1955 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 68-86
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 849,130, Avg. 11,437
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Eddie Stanky (17-19)
Manager: Harry Walker (51-67)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1955 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1955 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1955 season with a record of 68 wins and 86 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.

The Cardinals scored 654 runs and conceded 757 runs. Stan Musial walloped 33 home runs for St. Louis, while Ken Boyer, Wally Moon, Rip Repulski and Bill Virdon each swatted 20 or more, too. Stan Musial drove in 108 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .319 clip. Harvey Haddix led the squad with 12 wins, and Willard Schmidt registered a 2.78 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Eddie Stanky and Harry Walker coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Harvey Haddix	12	16	.429	4.46	37	30	3	9	2	1	208.0	216	111	103	27	62	7	150	5	1	2	888
Luis Arroyo	11	8	.579	4.19	35	24	6	9	1	0	159.0	162	80	74	22	63	6	68	2	0	6	691
Tom Poholsky	9	11	.450	3.81	30	24	5	8	2	0	151.0	143	71	64	26	35	4	66	2	0	4	626
Larry Jackson	9	14	.391	4.31	37	25	10	4	1	2	177.3	189	93	85	25	72	11	88	9	0	2	775
Willard Schmidt	7	6	.538	2.78	20	15	3	8	1	0	129.7	89	40	40	7	57	7	86	3	0	3	522
Paul LaPalme	4	3	.571	2.75	56	0	18	0	0	3	91.7	76	36	28	10	34	9	39	1	1	1	378
Frank Smith	3	1	.750	3.23	28	0	14	0	0	1	39.0	27	18	14	3	23	3	17	5	0	2	168
Brooks Lawrence	3	8	.273	6.56	46	10	7	2	1	1	96.0	102	73	70	11	58	7	52	7	1	2	442
Mel Wright	2	2	.500	6.19	29	0	15	0	0	1	36.3	44	26	25	4	9	2	18	1	0	0	160
Floyd Wooldridge	2	4	.333	4.84	18	8	3	2	0	0	57.7	64	36	31	9	27	4	14	1	0	1	260
Ben Flowers	1	0	1.000	3.62	4	4	0	0	0	0	27.3	27	12	11	1	12	0	19	0	0	0	120
Al Gettel	1	0	1.000	9.00	8	0	4	0	0	0	17.0	26	18	17	6	10	0	7	0	0	3	86
Herb Moford	1	1	.500	7.88	14	1	4	0	0	2	24.0	29	23	21	5	15	3	8	1	0	3	116
Barney Schultz	1	2	.333	7.89	19	0	9	0	0	4	29.7	28	27	26	5	15	3	19	4	0	0	133
Bobby Tiefenauer	1	4	.200	4.41	18	0	6	0	0	0	32.7	31	19	16	6	10	4	16	4	0	1	139
Gordon Jones	1	4	.200	5.84	15	9	1	0	0	0	57.0	66	38	37	10	28	5	46	1	0	0	262
Lindy McDaniel	0	0		4.74	4	2	2	0	0	0	19.0	22	10	10	4	7	1	7	0	0	0	84
Tony Jacobs	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	13
John Mackinson	0	1	.000	7.84	8	1	2	0	0	0	20.7	24	18	18	3	10	2	8	1	0	1	98
Vic Raschi	0	1	.000	21.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.7	5	4	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	11
Totals	68	86	.442	4.56	428	154	112	42	8	15	1376.7	1376	757	698	185	549	79	730	47	3	31	5972

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Stan Musial	154	656	562	97	179	30	5	33	108	5	4	80	39	.319	.408	.566	.974	318	12	8	2	4	19
Wally Moon	152	645	593	86	175	24	8	19	76	11	11	47	65	.295	.349	.459	.808	272	11	3	1	1	4
Bill Virdon	144	586	534	58	150	18	6	17	68	2	4	36	64	.281	.322	.433	.755	231	10	1	6	9	3
Red Schoendienst	145	615	553	68	148	21	3	11	51	7	7	54	28	.268	.335	.376	.711	208	9	4	0	4	5
Ken Boyer	147	574	530	78	140	27	2	18	62	22	17	37	67	.264	.311	.425	.735	225	6	1	1	5	5
Rip Repulski	147	576	512	64	138	28	2	23	73	5	7	49	66	.270	.333	.467	.800	239	17	4	3	8	3
Alex Grammas	128	408	366	32	88	19	2	3	25	4	1	33	36	.240	.308	.328	.636	120	9	3	5	1	9
Bill Sarni	107	362	325	32	83	15	2	3	34	1	1	27	33	.255	.313	.342	.654	111	13	1	7	2	0
Solly Hemus	96	240	206	36	50	10	2	5	21	1	1	27	22	.243	.335	.383	.718	79	2	2	4	1	0
Nelson Burbrink	58	187	170	11	47	8	1	0	15	1	1	14	13	.276	.333	.335	.669	57	5	1	1	1	1
Harry Elliott	68	131	117	9	30	4	0	1	12	0	2	11	9	.256	.321	.316	.637	37	8	1	0	2	3
Bob Stephenson	67	118	111	19	27	3	0	0	6	2	1	5	18	.243	.274	.270	.544	30	4	0	1	1	0
Pete Whisenant	58	122	115	10	22	5	1	2	9	2	0	5	29	.191	.223	.304	.527	35	2	0	1	1	0
Joe Frazier	58	79	70	12	14	1	0	4	9	0	0	6	12	.200	.269	.386	.655	27	3	1	1	1	0
Luis Arroyo	35	61	56	2	13	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	13	.232	.228	.286	.514	16	2	0	4	1	0
Del Rice	20	68	59	6	12	3	0	1	7	0	0	7	6	.203	.284	.305	.589	18	2	0	1	1	0
Harvey Haddix	37	78	73	10	12	2	2	1	7	0	0	4	15	.164	.208	.288	.495	21	3	0	1	0	0
Tom Poholsky	30	50	44	6	8	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.182	.200	.250	.450	11	1	0	5	0	0
Don Blasingame	5	23	16	4	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	.375	.545	.438	.983	7	0	0	1	0	1
Harry Walker	11	15	14	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.357	.400	.500	.900	7	0	0	0	0	0
Willard Schmidt	20	44	42	1	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	15	.119	.119	.143	.262	6	1	0	2	0	0
Floyd Wooldridge	18	19	18	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.278	.500	5	0	0	1	0	0
Paul LaPalme	56	20	19	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.211	.250	.263	.513	5	0	0	0	0	0
Al Gettel	8	6	6	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.667	1.167	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Rand	3	11	10	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	1	.300	.364	.600	.964	6	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Jackson	37	61	57	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	.053	.100	.053	.153	3	1	1	1	0	0
Brooks Lawrence	46	24	21	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.095	.136	.095	.232	2	0	0	2	0	0
Lindy McDaniel	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Alston	13	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Flowers	4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	1	0	0	0	0
Gordon Jones	15	19	14	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.071	.125	.071	.196	1	0	0	3	1	0
Mel Wright	29	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Jacobs	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Mackinson	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Tiefenauer	18	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	1	0	0
Herb Moford	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Smith	28	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Barney Schultz	19	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Schofield	12	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Raschi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2022	5855	5266	654	1375	228	36	143	608	64	59	458	597	.261	.321	.400	.721	2104	122	31	56	44	53

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Stan Musial	1B	110	106	946.7	925	92	8	93	.992	9.669	9.245	0	0	0	0
Wally Moon	1B	51	48	417.3	445	34	7	40	.986	1.330	9.392	0	0	0	0
Tom Alston	1B	7	0	13.0	14	1	0	1	1.000	1.385	2.143	0	0	0	0
Red Schoendienst	2B	142	141	1242.7	296	381	10	96	.985	4.903	4.768	0	0	0	0
Solly Hemus	2B	10	7	67.3	18	20	0	3	1.000	5.079	3.800	0	0	0	0
Bob Stephenson	2B	7	3	36.0	11	12	0	1	1.000	5.750	3.286	0	0	0	0
Don Blasingame	2B	3	3	31.0	8	13	1	1	.955	6.097	7.000	0	0	0	0
Ken Boyer	3B	139	114	1072.7	124	253	19	24	.952	3.163	2.712	0	0	0	0
Solly Hemus	3B	43	40	303.3	38	70	5	7	.956	3.204	2.512	0	0	0	0
Bob Stephenson	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bill Sarni	C	99	84	782.3	482	39	7	8	.987	5.994	5.263	5	7	18	9	33.3
Nelson Burbrink	C	55	49	423.3	261	24	6	4	.979	6.059	5.182	7	7	7	8	53.3
Del Rice	C	18	18	144.3	74	6	3	1	.964	4.988	4.444	2	4	4	1	20.0
Dick Rand	C	3	3	27.0	9	1	0	0	1.000	3.333	3.333	0	0	0	0
Rip Repulski	OF	141	131	1198.3	260	5	7	1	.974	1.990	1.879	0	0	0	0
Bill Virdon	OF	142	133	1186.0	339	7	12	1	.966	2.626	2.437	0	0	0	0
Wally Moon	OF	100	96	862.0	188	5	5	1	.975	2.015	1.930	0	0	0	0
Stan Musial	OF	51	48	377.7	75	2	1	0	.987	1.835	1.510	0	0	0	0
Pete Whisenant	OF	40	23	228.0	76	4	3	1	.964	3.158	2.000	0	0	0	0
Harry Elliott	OF	28	21	190.0	44	1	1	0	.978	2.132	1.607	0	0	0	0
Joe Frazier	OF	14	9	80.0	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.800	1.143	0	0	0	0
Harry Walker	OF	1	1	9.0	2	1	0	1	1.000	3.000	3.000	0	0	0	0
Tom Poholsky	OF	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000	0	0	0	0
Harvey Haddix	P	37	30	208.3	14	38	4	2	.929	2.246	1.405	0	0	0	0
Larry Jackson	P	37	25	177.3	16	30	7	2	.868	2.335	1.243	0	0	0	0
Luis Arroyo	P	35	24	159.0	5	20	2	0	.926	1.415	.714	0	0	0	0
Tom Poholsky	P	30	24	151.0	14	20	0	0	1.000	2.026	1.133	0	0	0	0
Willard Schmidt	P	20	15	129.7	12	20	2	5	.941	2.221	1.600	0	0	0	0
Brooks Lawrence	P	46	10	96.0	11	16	1	2	.964	2.531	.587	0	0	0	0
Paul LaPalme	P	56	0	91.7	7	19	1	1	.963	2.553	.464	0	0	0	0
Floyd Wooldridge	P	18	8	57.7	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.092	.389	0	0	0	0
Gordon Jones	P	15	9	57.0	1	4	0	1	1.000	.789	.333	0	0	0	0
Frank Smith	P	28	0	39.0	1	7	1	0	.889	1.846	.286	0	0	0	0
Mel Wright	P	29	0	36.3	5	6	0	0	1.000	2.725	.379	0	0	0	0
Bobby Tiefenauer	P	18	0	32.7	3	7	0	0	1.000	2.755	.556	0	0	0	0
Barney Schultz	P	19	0	29.7	6	7	0	0	1.000	3.944	.684	0	0	0	0
Ben Flowers	P	4	4	27.3	1	3	1	0	.800	1.317	1.000	0	0	0	0
Herb Moford	P	14	1	24.0	1	9	0	0	1.000	3.750	.714	0	0	0	0
John Mackinson	P	8	1	20.7	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.742	.500	0	0	0	0
Lindy McDaniel	P	4	2	19.0	3	3	0	0	1.000	2.842	1.500	0	0	0	0
Al Gettel	P	8	0	17.0	1	1	2	0	.500	1.059	.250	0	0	0	0
Tony Jacobs	P	1	0	2.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.000	0	0	0	0
Vic Raschi	P	1	1	1.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Alex Grammas	SS	126	118	989.0	235	340	19	76	.968	5.233	4.563	0	0	0	0
Bob Stephenson	SS	48	18	229.7	54	68	8	20	.938	4.781	2.542	0	0	0	0
Ken Boyer	SS	18	16	128.3	31	42	2	10	.973	5.119	4.056	0	0	0	0
Don Blasingame	SS	2	2	18.0	2	6	1	1	.889	4.000	4.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Schofield	SS	3	0	9.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	.667	0	0	0	0
Solly Hemus	SS	2	0	3.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	.500	0	0	0	0
Totals		1833	1386	12393.0	4131	1650	146	404	.975	4.198	3.154	14	18	29	18	38.3

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