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1958 St. Louis Cardinals  (1957)  (1959) 70-84, 7th in National League Scored 639 runs, Allowed 714 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-86 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .701 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 104 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 67-87   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 72-82 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Richie Ashburn       31  153  567  109  217  15   6   3   37  56  16   91   68  .383  .468  .446  133   9.5  2(+2)e8    33  
 1B *Stan Musial          37  136  406   76  134  23   0  17   71   3   1   74   32  .330  .432  .512   93   8.7  2e16       -6  
 3B  Frank Malzone        28  154  613   67  184  25   1  15  101   3   0   53   60  .300  .352  .418   89   5.4  1e26       16  
 OF *Albie Pearson        23  149  559   83  148  18   6   6   47   8   7   60   58  .265  .339  .351   68   3.8  2(-1)e7   -23  
 1B *Frank Torre          26  119  283   45   91  18   5   5   38   5   3   23   25  .322  .375  .473   50   6.8  2e7        19  
 OF *Willie Kirkland      24  111  364   45   93  19   4  17   60   4   4   35   80  .255  .321  .470   48   4.4  2(-3)e10   11  
 2B  Billy Gardner        30  154  576   36  148  27   3   2   49   6  11   18   62  .257  .282  .325   48   2.8  3e11       37  
 OF  Curt Flood           20  115  321   32   89  11   3   8   35   6   4   16   49  .277  .314  .405   38   4.2  1(0)e10    20  
 SS  Chico Fernandez      26  137  473   38  104  16   1   3   36  20   4   32   45  .220  .271  .277   37   2.6  3e18      -49  
 C   Cal Neeman           29   59  175   27   56   7   0  12   33   0   0   14   39  .320  .375  .566   37   8.1  4(+2)e5   132  
 C   Earl Battey          23   94  182   22   37   9   0   9   24   2   4   29   54  .203  .315  .401   22   4.0  2(-1)e4   -26  
 C   Hal Smith            27   68  234   17   53   9   1   0   23   2   1   20   18  .226  .290  .274   18   2.5  4(0)e5     23  
 SS  Gene Freese          24   55  129   12   33   6   0   4   16   0   0    3   20  .256  .273  .395   12   3.5  4e43      -30  
 OF *Gene Stephens        25   55   69    9   18   2   1   4   10   2   2    7   15  .261  .329  .493   10   5.2  2(+1)e5   180  
 PH  Ray Katt             31    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -507  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           710                   11

     * - 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            26  13  13  .500  35  35   2   0   0   0   1  230.2  196  106   97  25   94  128  3.78   97   3.8  -61  
  P  Phil Paine           28   9   0 1.000  49   0   0  23   3   2   0   76.2   80   49   40   8   36   60  4.70   44   5.0    6  
  P  Ralph Terry          22   9  15  .375  36  36   0   0   0   0   0  209.0  220  106   97  23   63  149  4.18  111   4.7  -22  
  P *Curt Simmons         29   8   5  .615  20  20   0   0   0   0   0  112.1  129   61   55  11   23   72  4.41   56   4.5  -57  
  P  Larry Jackson        27   7  13  .350  36  35   0   1   0   0   0  198.1  202   93   83  28   46  144  3.77   98   4.4  -47  
  P *Taylor Phillips      25   6  13  .316  28  28   1   0   0   0   0  136.2  152   78   72  15   52  101  4.74   75   4.9  -57  
  P  Bill Monbouquette    21   4   2  .667  38   0   0  16   3   1   0   60.0   52   19   16   2   37   36  2.40   24   3.7 -104  
  P  Bob Mabe             28   4   3  .571  33   0   0  20   3   1   0   40.2   49   18   17   4    7   30  3.76   24   5.3   15  
  P  Bob Anderson         22   3   3  .500  51   0   0  22   8   4   0   75.0   65   32   26   7   39   71  3.12   35   4.3   -2  
  P  Paul Giel            25   3   6  .333  58   0   0  13   0   4   0   69.1   81   55   45  10   47   48  5.84   56   7.3   76  
  P  Sal Maglie           41   2   2  .500  54   0   0  14   2   1   0   83.1   69   53   49  17   48   38  5.29   49   5.5  -74  
  P *Morrie Martin        35   2   8  .200  40   0   0  32  24   5   0   47.0   42   22   19   7   22   29  3.64   23   4.4   38  
  P *Bill Wight           36   0   1  .000  28   0   0  10   0   1   0   36.1   37   22   21   7   18   16  5.20   24   6.0   30  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      721        -32

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Hal Smith 541 67 68 402 17 1 2 .998 25 9 Earl Battey 468 44 85 350 16 3 1 .992 15 11 Cal Neeman 366 43 54 255 16 1 1 .996 30 11 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Musial 880 99 99 862 71 4 90 .996 9.54 Frank Torre 495 55 56 483 29 1 36 .998 9.31 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Gardner 1362 154 154 356 438 17 92 .979 5.25 Gene Freese 14 0 5 5 3 1 1 .889 5.27 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Malzone 1374 154 154 129 390 28 33 .949 3.40 Gene Freese 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chico Fernandez 1152 132 135 214 391 10 70 .984 4.73 Gene Freese 223 22 36 47 74 9 13 .931 4.88 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Albie Pearson 963 107 109 247 10 4 2 .985 2.40 Richie Ashburn 308 38 38 72 3 1 1 .987 2.19 Gene Stephens 105 9 24 23 0 1 0 .958 1.97 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Richie Ashburn 864 104 105 183 9 6 1 .970 2.00 Albie Pearson 326 37 37 85 3 0 0 1.000 2.43 Curt Flood 157 13 37 35 5 1 0 .976 2.30 Gene Stephens 28 0 15 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 Willie Kirkland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Kirkland 798 88 94 170 5 8 1 .956 1.97 Curt Flood 530 61 61 128 5 5 2 .964 2.26 Richie Ashburn 27 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 Gene Stephens 18 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.47 Albie Pearson 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1958 Draft

Round 1 (#5):	Curt Simmons
Round 2 (#18):	Ralph Terry
Round 3 (#31):	Albie Pearson
Round 4 (#44):	Taylor Phillips
Round 5 (#56):	Gene Freese
Round 6 (#67):	Bill Monbouquette
Round 7 (#75):	Paul Giel

Transactions

• 1958 postseason: released Paul Giel

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