1956 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

St. Louis Cardinals
Season:	1956
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Busch Stadium I
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	76–78 (.494)
League Place:	4th
Owners:	August "Gussie" Busch
General Managers:	Frank Lane
Managers:	Fred Hutchinson
Television:	KTVI
Radio:	KMOX (Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola)
Espntn:	stl
Brtn:	stl

The 1956 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 75th season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its 65th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 76–78 during the season and finished fourth in the National League.

Offseason

October 20, 1955: Harry Walker was released by the Cardinals.^[1]
November 27, 1955: Ed Mayer was drafted by the Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1955 minor league draft.^[2]
November 27, 1955: Billy Muffett was drafted by the Cardinals from the Chicago Cubs in the 1955 rule 5 draft.^[3]
January 31, 1956: Brooks Lawrence and Sonny Senerchia were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Jackie Collum.^[4]
March 30, 1956: Pete Whisenant was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Hank Sauer.^[5]

Regular season

Notable transactions

May 14, 1956: Solly Hemus was traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bobby Morgan.^[6]
May 17, 1956: Bill Virdon was traded by the Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dick Littlefield and Bobby Del Greco.^[7]
May 28, 1956: The Cardinals traded cash and a player to be named later to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Toby Atwell. The Cardinals completed the deal by sending Dick Rand to the Pirates on October 14.^[8]
June 14, 1956: Red Schoendienst, Jackie Brandt, Dick Littlefield, Bill Sarni, and a player to be named later were traded by the Cardinals to the New York Giants for Alvin Dark, Ray Katt, Don Liddle, and Whitey Lockman. The Cardinals completed the deal by sending Gordon Jones to the Giants on October 1.^[9]

Roster

1956 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	75	227	64	.282	5	23
1B	156	594	184	.310	27	109
2B	150	587	153	.261	0	27
SS	100	413	118	.286	4	37
3B	150	595	182	.306	26	98
LF	112	376	104	.277	11	55
CF	102	270	58	.215	5	18
RF	149	540	161	.298	16	68

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
70	193	48	.249	0	10
47	158	41	.259	6	20
40	153	48	.314	0	15
75	151	45	.298	5	24
43	148	43	.291	5	22
61	113	22	.195	3	20
44	73	18	.247	0	7
24	71	15	.211	2	9
40	68	18	.265	2	14
38	56	13	.232	3	8
23	52	10	.192	0	6
27	42	12	.286	1	3
16	30	3	.100	0	1
14	19	4	.211	1	4
20	15	0	.000	0	0
6	12	3	.250	0	1
8	5	1	.200	0	2
4	3	0	.000	0	0
3	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	208.2	14	14	3.62	153
33	203.0	9	14	3.59	95
28	196.1	13	8	3.07	109
4	23.2	1	0	5.32	16
3	11.2	1	1	6.94	5

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	170.2	12	9	3.69	68
33	147.2	6	8	3.84	52
39	116.1	7	6	3.40	59
14	41.0	1	6	6.37	39
5	11.1	0	2	5.56	6
3	9.2	0	2	7.45	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
51	2	2	10	4.11	50
38	6	2	7	4.20	17
27	1	1	5	4.58	7
22	2	0	6	3.51	4
14	1	2	0	3.39	14
5	0	0	0	9.53	5
3	0	1	1	4.91	5
1	0	0	0	81.00	0

Farm system

External links

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walkeha01.shtml Harry Walker
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayered02.shtml Ed Mayer
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muffebi01.shtml Billy Muffett
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colluja01.shtml Jackie Collum
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sauerha01.shtml Hank Sauer
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hemusso01.shtml Solly Hemus
https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/virdobi01.shtml Bill Virdon
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/randdi01.shtml Dick Rand
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schoere01.shtml Red Schoendienst
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007