1956 St. Louis Cardinals

76-78 • 0.494 Win% • 4th in NL

📊 Season Record

76 Wins
78 Losses
0.494 Win %
4th Rank
678 R 698 RA
Diff -20

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

678 Runs Scored
698 Runs Allowed
-20 Run Diff
1,028K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 NL Average

Batting Avg .268 5% above the 1956 league average (.256)
OBP .330 3% above the 1956 league average (.320)
SLG .337 2% below the 1956 league average (.343)
Team ERA 3.97 5% worse than the 1956 league average (3.77)
Runs Scored 678 3% above the 1956 league average (659 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSportsman's Park IV
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 1,028,902
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Avg per Game 13,191

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Red Schoendienst 0.314 2 Stan Musial 0.310 3 Ken Boyer 0.306 4 Wally Moon 0.298 5 Hank Sauer 0.298

Home Runs

1 Stan Musial 27 2 Ken Boyer 26 3 Wally Moon 16 4 Rip Repulski 11 5 Ray Katt 6

RBI

1 Stan Musial 109 2 Ken Boyer 98 3 Wally Moon 68 4 Rip Repulski 55 5 Al Dark 37
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ken Boyer 150 595 91 182 0 0 26 98 38 65 8 0.306
Stan Musial 156 594 87 184 0 0 27 109 75 39 2 0.310
Don Blasingame 150 587 94 153 0 0 0 27 72 52 8 0.261
Wally Moon 149 540 86 161 0 0 16 68 80 50 12 0.298
Al Dark 100 413 54 118 0 0 4 37 21 33 3 0.286
Rip Repulski 112 376 44 104 0 0 11 55 24 46 2 0.277
Bobby Del Greco 102 270 29 58 0 0 5 18 32 50 1 0.215
Hal Smith 75 227 27 64 0 0 5 23 15 22 1 0.282
Whitey Lockman 70 193 14 48 0 0 0 10 18 8 2 0.249
Ray Katt 47 158 11 41 0 0 6 20 6 24 0 0.259
Red Schoendienst 40 153 22 48 0 0 0 15 13 5 0 0.314
Hank Sauer 75 151 11 45 0 0 5 24 25 31 0 0.298
Bill Sarni 43 148 12 43 0 0 5 22 8 15 1 0.291
Bobby Morgan 61 113 14 22 0 0 3 20 15 24 0 0.195
Murry Dickson 32 77 6 19 0 0 0 6 1 9 0 0.247
Vinegar Bend Mizell 33 75 5 8 0 0 0 4 4 16 0 0.107
Grady Hatton 44 73 10 18 0 0 0 7 13 7 1 0.247
Bill Virdon 24 71 10 15 0 0 2 9 5 8 0 0.211
Tom Poholsky 33 69 7 11 0 0 0 3 1 14 0 0.159
Walker Cooper 40 68 5 18 0 0 2 14 3 8 0 0.265
Herm Wehmeier 42 58 6 13 0 0 2 8 2 17 0 0.224
Rocky Nelson 38 56 6 13 0 0 3 8 6 6 0 0.232
Charlie Peete 23 52 3 10 0 0 0 6 6 10 0 0.192
Willard Schmidt 33 43 3 10 0 0 0 0 2 16 0 0.233
Jackie Brandt 27 42 9 12 0 0 1 3 4 5 0 0.286
Lindy McDaniel 39 32 1 7 0 0 0 2 1 10 0 0.219
Dick Schofield 16 30 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.100
Joe Frazier 14 19 1 4 0 0 1 4 3 3 0 0.211
Chuck Harmon 20 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.000
Jackie Collum 38 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.214
Alex Grammas 6 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.250
Bob Blaylock 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.091
Larry Jackson 51 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.091
Harvey Haddix 5 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0.222
Solly Hemus 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.200
Joe Cunningham 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Ben Flowers 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Alston 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gordon Jones 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ellis Kinder 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Don Liddle 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Littlefield 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Stu Miller 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Max Surkont 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Konstanty 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Paul LaPalme 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Murry Dickson 3.07 2 Lindy McDaniel 3.40 3 Tom Poholsky 3.59 4 Vinegar Bend Mizell 3.62 5 Herm Wehmeier 3.69

Wins

1 Vinegar Bend Mizell 14 2 Murry Dickson 13 3 Herm Wehmeier 12 4 Tom Poholsky 9 5 Lindy McDaniel 7

Strikeouts

1 Vinegar Bend Mizell 153 2 Murry Dickson 109 3 Tom Poholsky 95 4 Herm Wehmeier 68 5 Lindy McDaniel 59
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Vinegar Bend Mizell 14 14 3.62 33 33 0 208.2 92 153
Tom Poholsky 9 14 3.59 33 29 0 203.0 44 95
Murry Dickson 13 8 3.07 28 27 0 196.1 57 109
Herm Wehmeier 12 9 3.69 34 19 1 170.2 71 68
Willard Schmidt 6 8 3.84 33 21 1 147.2 78 52
Lindy McDaniel 7 6 3.40 39 7 0 116.1 42 59
Larry Jackson 2 2 4.11 51 1 9 85.1 45 50
Jackie Collum 6 2 4.20 38 1 7 60.0 27 17
Bob Blaylock 1 6 6.37 14 6 0 41.0 24 39
Jim Konstanty 1 1 4.58 27 0 5 39.1 6 7
Ellis Kinder 2 0 3.51 22 0 6 25.2 9 4
Don Liddle 1 2 8.39 14 2 0 24.2 18 14
Harvey Haddix 1 0 5.32 4 4 0 23.2 10 16
Ben Flowers 1 1 6.94 3 3 0 11.2 5 5
Gordon Jones 0 2 5.56 5 1 0 11.1 5 6
Dick Littlefield 0 2 7.45 3 2 0 9.2 4 5
Stu Miller 0 1 4.91 3 0 1 7.1 5 5
Max Surkont 0 0 9.53 5 0 0 5.2 2 5
Paul LaPalme 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0.2 2 0

👥 Roster (46)

Tom Alston Don Blasingame Bob Blaylock Ken Boyer Jackie Brandt Jackie Collum Walker Cooper Joe Cunningham Al Dark Bobby Del Greco Murry Dickson Ben Flowers +34 more

46 players

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