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1955 St. Louis Cardinals  (1954)  (1956) 64-90, 6th in National League Scored 719 runs, Allowed 864 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .699 Park Factor: Batting - 104 / Pitching - 105 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 61-93   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 68-86 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       28  145  581  112  211  36   9   3   41  15  14  105   45  .363  .461  .472  133   9.2  2(+2)e8    35  
 OF *Stan Musial          34  152  617  110  195  26   3  38  124   3   3   64   42  .316  .386  .553  127   7.8  2(0)e5    -36  
 1B *Mickey Vernon        37  154  569   84  177  24  19  21  110   1   0   74   57  .311  .386  .531  116   7.5  2e10       81  
 OF  Rip Repulski         26  147  545   83  154  28   1  24   91   3   4   46   70  .283  .338  .470   84   5.4  4(+2)e9     8  
 3B *Grady Hatton         32  136  414   58  112  12   9   9   60   0   0   66   37  .271  .368  .408   66   5.6  4e12       83  
 C   Hal Smith            24  123  429   52  107  21   5   4   45   1   3   35   20  .249  .306  .350   43   3.4  4(+1)e5   -35  
 UT  Billy Gardner        27   91  291   42   72  21   6   5   30   0   0   23   30  .247  .307  .412   39   4.5            143  
 UT  Roy Smalley          29   84  253   33   60  15   1   6   38   0   0   40   51  .237  .340  .375   34   4.4             85  
 SS  Jose Valdivielso     21  105  310   26   69  16   3   0   27   0   0   26   29  .223  .287  .294   25   2.7  2e38      -13  
 3B  Ray Jablonski        28   89  234   26   44   9   0   6   28   0   0    9   44  .188  .227  .303   14   1.9  5e65     -161  
 C   Nelson Burbrink      33   61  165    8   37   9   2   0   19   0   1   18   12  .224  .301  .303   12   2.4  4(0)e8    -65  
 2B  Peanuts Lowrey       37   62  193   23   40   7   0   0   11   1   0   15   22  .207  .262  .244   11   1.8  4e41       42  
 OF  Harry Elliott        31   65  129   12   28   7   0   0    9   0   0   13   14  .217  .287  .271    9   2.4  4(0)e7    -79  
 2B  Bob Stephenson       26   43  104   12   27   3   0   0    7   0   2    3   18  .260  .280  .288    7   2.4  3e39       25  
 OF *Marv Blaylock        25   64   83   11   15   4   1   0    5   3   1    9   16  .181  .269  .253    5   2.1  4(+2)e16  -95  
 3B  Clete Boyer          18   20   73    3   14   1   0   0    6   0   0    2   16  .192  .213  .205    2    .9  3e5      -103  
 PH  Foster Castleman     24    2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -731  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           733                   13

     * - 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  Ray Moore            29  12   7  .632  38  19   3  16   3   1   1  158.1  144   78   69  10   87   88  3.92   72   4.0  -35  
  P  Tom Poholsky         25  10   8  .556  33  25   1   4   0   0   0  156.2  157   97   86  28   54   66  4.94   84   4.8   15  
  P  Larry Jackson        24   9  13  .409  31  31   2   0   0   0   0  188.2  199  107  101  24   70   89  4.82  108   5.2  -52  
  P *Luis Arroyo          28   8   9  .471  26  24   2   2   1   0   0  160.1  171   92   82  17   67   73  4.60   87   4.8  -15  
  P  Ron Kline            23   7  15  .318  36  19   1   3   0   0   1  143.2  167   97   91  21   47   42  5.70   93   5.8    0  
  P *Curt Simmons         26   6  13  .316  54  13   0  23   3   3   0  123.2  136   83   71  11   56   58  5.17   77   5.6  -46  
  P *Art Ceccarelli       25   3   4  .429   8   8   4   0   0   0   0   60.1   61   39   37  11   27   30  5.52   39   5.9  -33  
  P  Ramon Monzant        22   3   5  .375  43   6   1  16   2   1   0  103.0  112   66   61  11   58   45  5.33   65   5.7    9  
  P  Floyd Wooldridge     26   3   5  .375  54   8   3  20   1   0   0  122.0  141   78   72  17   60   43  5.31   81   6.0   -4  
  P  Gerry Staley         34   2   7  .222  74   1   0  24   2   3   0  122.1  190  116   98  23   35   57  7.21  115   8.3   44  
  P  Frank Smith          27   1   4  .200  30   0   0  29  18   4   0   29.0   25   11    9   2   20   17  2.79   15   4.7   75  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      841        -10

     * - 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 1012 113 120 541 37 6 5 .990 41 16 Nelson Burbrink 355 41 46 181 14 7 0 .965 7 5 Harry Elliott 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Vernon 1230 140 140 1274 179 9 132 .994 10.63 Stan Musial 129 14 14 135 15 0 15 1.000 10.47 Marv Blaylock 8 0 2 12 1 0 0 1.000 14.62 Peanuts Lowrey 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Grady Hatton 348 39 42 126 110 1 31 .996 6.10 Peanuts Lowrey 310 36 38 109 87 6 27 .970 5.69 Billy Gardner 276 31 33 84 91 11 24 .941 5.71 Roy Smalley 239 26 33 72 81 2 18 .987 5.75 Bob Stephenson 194 22 25 66 59 5 14 .962 5.79 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Grady Hatton 670 75 80 54 155 8 8 .963 2.81 Ray Jablonski 434 51 55 31 97 18 8 .877 2.65 Clete Boyer 160 19 19 17 41 0 6 1.000 3.26 Billy Gardner 77 7 14 6 30 0 1 1.000 4.23 Roy Smalley 12 1 5 1 7 0 1 1.000 6.00 Marv Blaylock 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bob Stephenson 6 0 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 7.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jose Valdivielso 761 87 93 138 316 12 59 .974 5.37 Roy Smalley 339 38 42 82 142 2 28 .991 5.95 Billy Gardner 262 29 34 51 110 11 25 .936 5.52 Bob Stephenson 5 0 5 2 2 0 1 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rip Repulski 1165 131 131 253 5 6 0 .977 1.99 Harry Elliott 183 21 21 39 3 1 1 .977 2.07 Marv Blaylock 11 1 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.64 Ray Jablonski 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Richie Ashburn 1286 144 144 407 15 9 3 .979 2.95 Peanuts Lowrey 65 8 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.07 Marv Blaylock 17 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Musial 1206 136 137 230 6 4 1 .983 1.76 Mickey Vernon 99 11 11 19 0 2 0 .905 1.73 Marv Blaylock 33 4 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.97 Harry Elliott 22 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 Peanuts Lowrey 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Rip Repulski 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1955 Draft

Round 1 (#3):	Mickey Vernon
Round 2 (#17):	Grady Hatton
Round 3 (#31):	Hal Smith
Round 4 (#44):	Gerry Staley
Round 5 (#57):	Billy Gardner
Round 6 (#70):	Peanuts Lowrey
Round 7 (#82):	Marv Blaylock
Round 8 (#89):	Ramon Monzant
Round 9 (#94):	Clete Boyer
Round 10 (#96):	Foster Castleman
Round 11 (#98):	Jerry Schoonmaker

Transactions

• 1955-13: acquired Art Ceccarelli as a free agent
• 1955 postseason: released Harry Elliott, Ron Kline

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