St. Louis Cardinals 1956
76–78record
.494win pct
678runs
698allowed
-20run diff
124home runs
46players
The three rarest things in 1956
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | WMWally Moon | 1956-08-07 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Fifteen Runs | St. Louis Cardinals | 1956-07-01 | 1 in 127 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | LJLarry Jackson | 1956-09-21 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (46)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156 | 682 | 594 | 87 | 184 | 33 | 6 | 27 | 109 | 75 | 40 | 2 | 0 | .310 | .386 | .522 | .908 | |
| DBDon Blasingame | 150 | 665 | 587 | 94 | 153 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 72 | 52 | 8 | 8 | .261 | .344 | .322 | .666 |
| 150 | 639 | 595 | 91 | 182 | 30 | 2 | 26 | 98 | 38 | 65 | 8 | 3 | .306 | .347 | .494 | .841 | |
| WMWally Moon | 149 | 622 | 540 | 86 | 161 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 68 | 80 | 50 | 12 | 10 | .298 | .390 | .469 | .858 |
| ADAl Dark | 100 | 442 | 413 | 54 | 118 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 33 | 3 | 1 | .286 | .320 | .383 | .703 |
| RRRip Repulski | 112 | 410 | 376 | 44 | 104 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 55 | 24 | 45 | 2 | 4 | .277 | .330 | .428 | .758 |
| BGBobby Del Greco | 102 | 315 | 270 | 29 | 58 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 1 | 1 | .215 | .308 | .344 | .652 |
| HSHal Smith | 75 | 242 | 227 | 27 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .282 | .326 | .401 | .727 |
| 70 | 213 | 193 | 14 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .249 | .311 | .269 | .581 | |
| HSHank Sauer | 75 | 181 | 151 | 11 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .298 | .403 | .424 | .827 |
| 40 | 168 | 153 | 22 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .314 | .365 | .373 | .738 | |
| RKRay Katt | 47 | 167 | 158 | 11 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 1 | .259 | .289 | .399 | .688 |
| BSBill Sarni | 43 | 159 | 148 | 12 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .291 | .329 | .466 | .795 |
| BMBobby Morgan | 61 | 130 | 113 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 2 | .195 | .287 | .336 | .623 |
| GHGrady Hatton | 44 | 89 | 73 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .247 | .360 | .315 | .676 |
| VMVinegar Bend Mizell | 33 | 85 | 75 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .163 | .120 | .282 |
| MDMurry Dickson | 32 | 80 | 77 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .247 | .256 | .325 | .581 |
| BVBill Virdon | 24 | 80 | 71 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .211 | .269 | .324 | .593 |
| TPTom Poholsky | 33 | 73 | 69 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .171 | .188 | .360 |
| WCWalker Cooper | 40 | 72 | 68 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .296 | .456 | .752 |
| RNRocky Nelson | 38 | 62 | 56 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .306 | .482 | .789 |
| HWHerm Wehmeier | 42 | 61 | 58 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .250 | .379 | .629 |
| CPCharlie Peete | 23 | 59 | 52 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | .192 | .288 | .308 | .596 |
| JBJackie Brandt | 27 | 48 | 42 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .362 | .429 | .790 |
| WSWillard Schmidt | 33 | 48 | 43 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .267 | .256 | .522 |
| LMLindy McDaniel | 39 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .242 | .344 | .586 |
| DSDick Schofield | 16 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .167 | .267 |
| JFJoe Frazier | 14 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .211 | .318 | .474 | .792 |
| JCJackie Collum | 38 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .294 | .214 | .508 |
| CHChuck Harmon | 20 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .118 | .000 | .118 |
| AGAlex Grammas | 6 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 |
| LJLarry Jackson | 51 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 |
| BBBob Blaylock | 14 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 |
| 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .364 | .333 | .697 | |
| SHSolly Hemus | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 |
| JCJoe Cunningham | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 |
| BFBen Flowers | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| TATom Alston | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| GJGordon Jones | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| EKEllis Kinder | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| DLDon Liddle | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| DLDick Littlefield | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| JKJim Konstanty | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | .000 | – | – |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| MSMax Surkont | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| PLPaul LaPalme | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Pitching (19)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMVinegar Bend Mizell | 33 | 14–14 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 172 | 93 | 84 | 94 | 153 | 20 | 208.2 | 3.62 | 1.27 |
| TPTom Poholsky | 33 | 9–14 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 210 | 100 | 81 | 44 | 95 | 27 | 203.0 | 3.59 | 1.25 |
| MDMurry Dickson | 28 | 13–8 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 175 | 75 | 67 | 57 | 109 | 20 | 196.1 | 3.07 | 1.18 |
| HWHerm Wehmeier | 34 | 12–9 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 149 | 80 | 70 | 71 | 68 | 16 | 170.2 | 3.69 | 1.29 |
| WSWillard Schmidt | 33 | 6–8 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 131 | 69 | 64 | 78 | 52 | 18 | 147.2 | 3.90 | 1.42 |
| LMLindy McDaniel | 39 | 7–6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 60 | 44 | 42 | 59 | 7 | 116.1 | 3.40 | 1.40 |
| LJLarry Jackson | 51 | 2–2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 75 | 44 | 39 | 44 | 51 | 5 | 85.1 | 4.11 | 1.39 |
| JCJackie Collum | 38 | 6–2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 63 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 60.0 | 4.20 | 1.50 |
| BBBob Blaylock | 14 | 1–6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 32 | 29 | 24 | 39 | 7 | 41.0 | 6.37 | 1.68 |
| JKJim Konstanty | 27 | 1–1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 39.1 | 4.58 | 1.32 |
| EKEllis Kinder | 22 | 2–0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 25.2 | 3.51 | 1.25 |
| DLDon Liddle | 14 | 1–2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 24.2 | 8.39 | 2.19 |
| 4 | 1–0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 23.2 | 5.32 | 1.61 | |
| BFBen Flowers | 3 | 1–1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11.2 | 6.94 | 1.71 |
| GJGordon Jones | 5 | 0–2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11.1 | 5.56 | 1.68 |
| DLDick Littlefield | 3 | 0–2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9.2 | 7.45 | 1.34 |
| 3 | 0–1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7.1 | 4.91 | 2.32 | |
| MSMax Surkont | 5 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5.2 | 9.53 | 2.12 |
| PLPaul LaPalme | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 81.00 | 9.00 |