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1957 St. Louis Cardinals  (1956)  (1958) 68-86, 6th in National League Scored 715 runs, Allowed 732 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .701 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 73-81   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 87-67 Manager(s): Mike Rescigno

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Stan Musial          36  147  516  112  201  46   0  38  135   0   0   87   45  .390  .476  .700  175  14.3  2e12      142  
 OF *Richie Ashburn       30  154  629  114  204  21   6   0   34  31  12   98   47  .324  .416  .377  109   6.4  1(+2)e7    38  
 3B  Frank Malzone        27  154  634   63  183  32   2  13   80   0   0   41   61  .289  .333  .407   83   4.8  1e25      -11  
 2B  Billy Gardner        29  154  649   92  183  41   2   5   58  13  10   40   68  .282  .327  .374   78   4.0  3e11       20  
 OF *Harry Simpson        31  117  420   57  123  17   8  25   81   2   1   26   75  .293  .336  .550   72   6.2  3(+1)e10  113  
 SS  Chico Fernandez      25  139  487   45  122  10   4   8   49   9   3   38   67  .251  .306  .337   50   3.5  3e26        5  
 OF *Roger Maris          22  111  356   54   76   8   6  16   43   8   0   52   89  .213  .313  .404   48   4.5  2(-2)e9   -32  
 C   Cal Neeman           28  119  425   37  107  27   5   9   57   0   1   16   95  .252  .280  .402   44   3.6  4(+2)e5     9  
 OF *Gene Stephens        24  100  171   26   47   6   4   2   12   0   0   29   26  .275  .379  .392   26   5.5  2(+1)e7    19  
 1B *Frank Torre          25   70  134   13   39   7   2   3   16   0   0   14   16  .291  .358  .440   19   5.3  2e5        66  
 C   Hal Smith            26   53  154   15   47   6   2   0   20   3   1   11   16  .305  .347  .370   19   4.7  4(0)e5     53  
 OF  Bobby Thomson        33   54  158   20   39   6   5   4   37   1   0   12   38  .247  .302  .424   19   4.3  3(0)e3     21  
 OF  Lee Walls            24   55  147   16   35   5   1   2   13   4   1   13   40  .238  .300  .327   14   3.2  3(-1)e4    -1  
 OF  Rip Repulski         28   22   80    8   20   0   1   5   12   1   0    1   12  .250  .256  .462    9   4.3  4(+1)e10   -7  
 SS  Ron Samford          27   33   96    6   27   2   2   0    6   3   2    2   18  .281  .293  .344    8   3.1  4e29       86  
 C   Earl Battey          22   45   32    3    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    5   17  .125  .256  .156    1   1.7  2(-1)e4  -155  
 OF *Faye Throneberry     26    4   15    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    4  .133  .133  .333    0   1.4  3(-1)e7   -60  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           783                   34

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Ron Kline            25  12  12  .500  29  26   5   2   0   0   0  175.0  169   76   71  23   55   85  3.65   89   4.6  -36  
  P *Curt Simmons         28  12  13  .480  33  32   2   0   0   0   2  223.0  241  115   93  12   59  131  3.75  102   4.1  -21  
  P *Bud Daley            24   9   4  .692  55   0   0  15   1   5   0   97.0   95   44   38   7   41   77  3.53   48   4.4 -122  
  P  Ralph Terry          21   9   9  .500  26  25   5   1   0   0   2  157.0  152   73   68  13   52  103  3.90   71   4.1  -35  
  P  Ray Moore            31   9  10  .474  39  39   7   0   0   0   1  169.0  152   86   78  15   90  107  4.15   87   4.6   29  
  P  Larry Jackson        26   9  11  .450  32  32   5   0   0   0   1  207.1  208  103   89  23   65  129  3.86  103   4.5    5  
  P  Von McDaniel         18   3   2  .600  54   0   0  28   7   3   0   73.1   47   21   19   2   38   39  2.33   19   2.4 -145  
  P *Dick Tomanek         26   3   5  .375  51   0   0   8   0   1   0  100.0   96   73   63  28   48   74  5.67   70   6.3   42  
  P  Tom Morgan           27   1   6  .143  61   0   0  28   7   4   0   70.1   80   36   35  17   27   24  4.48   47   6.1   24  
  P  Lloyd Merritt        24   1   9  .100  51   0   0  34  18   6   0   69.1   77   44   44  14   37   36  5.71   49   6.4  105  
  P  Tom Poholsky         27   0   5  .000  27   0   0  14   1   1   0   53.0   99   61   55   7   13   25  9.34   62  10.6  145  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      753         -6

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Cal Neeman 944 111 118 593 45 9 3 .986 71 38 Hal Smith 351 42 50 263 12 1 1 .996 21 7 Earl Battey 100 1 43 50 4 0 0 1.000 1 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Musial 1142 128 130 1119 111 15 106 .988 9.69 Frank Torre 252 26 40 242 27 0 19 1.000 9.59 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Gardner 1393 154 154 323 413 11 102 .985 4.75 Ron Samford 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Malzone 1391 154 154 178 381 26 34 .956 3.62 Lee Walls 4 0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 7.36 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chico Fernandez 1172 127 137 246 341 21 69 .965 4.51 Ron Samford 222 27 27 46 68 4 13 .966 4.62 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harry Simpson 638 71 73 157 1 4 0 .975 2.23 Bobby Thomson 293 33 33 69 3 0 0 1.000 2.21 Roger Maris 227 24 27 66 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 Rip Repulski 164 19 19 37 1 3 0 .927 2.09 Gene Stephens 54 5 9 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Faye Throneberry 15 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 Lee Walls 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roger Maris 591 69 70 152 6 8 1 .952 2.40 Richie Ashburn 346 37 38 91 2 3 0 .969 2.42 Harry Simpson 225 25 29 57 3 1 0 .984 2.40 Gene Stephens 214 22 38 49 4 1 0 .981 2.23 Lee Walls 12 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Bobby Thomson 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.15 Rip Repulski 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Richie Ashburn 1043 117 117 232 10 8 3 .968 2.09 Lee Walls 304 36 36 67 2 2 0 .972 2.05 Gene Stephens 28 0 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 Faye Throneberry 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Cal Neeman 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Bobby Thomson 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Roger Maris 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1957 Draft

Round 1 (#6):	Ray Moore
Round 2 (#20):	Harry Simpson
Round 3 (#33):	Roger Maris
Round 4 (#46):	Bobby Thomson
Round 5 (#59):	Tom Morgan
Round 6 (#69):	Ron Samford
Round 7 (#78):	Dick Tomanek
Round 8 (#85):	Lee Walls
Round 9 (#90):	Pete Whisenant
Round 10 (#95):	Eddie Miksis
Round 11 (#97):	Bud Daley
Round 12 (#98):	Faye Throneberry

Transactions

• 1957-08: traded Jim Davis, Eddie Miksis to CHN for Tom Poholsky
• 1957-09: traded SLN#2 to WAA for Rip Repulski
• 1957 postseason: released Bud Daley, Frank Malzone, Frank Torre

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