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1956 St. Louis Cardinals  (1955)  (1957) 48-106, 7th in National League Scored 596 runs, Allowed 933 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 45-109 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .685 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 106 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 52-102   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 76-78 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          35  154  586   95  183  38   2  26   89   2   0   86   48  .312  .401  .517  122   7.8  3e12       10  
 OF *Richie Ashburn       29  154  604   92  183  18   2   3   36   6   1   90   45  .303  .398  .354   95   5.9  2(+2)e10  -16  
 OF  Rip Repulski         27  116  427   44  112  26   3  10   59   0   1   24   70  .262  .312  .407   50   4.1  4(+1)e9   -38  
 3B  Ray Jablonski        29  126  444   53  103  24   1  19   58   0   6   39   58  .232  .305  .419   49   3.6  4e14      -32  
 OF #Dave Philley         36  124  428   45  109  21   3   5   48   5   2   45   42  .255  .324  .353   47   3.7  3(-2)e13    4  
 2B  Billy Gardner        28  147  564   61  124  23   1  10   58   2   3   27   58  .220  .264  .317   42   2.3  3e22      -34  
 C   Hal Smith            25   77  282   32   90  16   0   7   42   1   1   11   33  .319  .342  .450   39   5.2  4(-2)e9    65  
 SS  Roy Smalley          30   78  185   20   56  19   7   0   32   0   0   23   29  .303  .387  .481   33   6.5  4e44      229  
 UT  Jim Brideweser       29   90  257   28   55  15   1   0   18   6   2   35   34  .214  .311  .280   25   3.1  3e18       42  
 SS  Jose Valdivielso     22  108  302   34   60   7   3   5   32   6   1   38   60  .199  .287  .291   24   2.5  3e42      -72  
 C   Walker Cooper        41   49  118   12   33  11   5   3   16   0   0    4   15  .280  .301  .534   16   5.0  4(+2)e2    83  
 1B *Eddie Robinson       35   92  138   14   27   3   0   3   11   0   0   14   16  .196  .284  .283   11   2.8  4e25      -77  
 OF *Dave Pope            35   22   81    6   23   6   1   0    9   0   0    0   12  .284  .293  .383    9   4.3  4(0)e6    155  
 1B *Frank Torre          24   65  160   14   34   1   0   0   15   1   0   12    7  .212  .267  .219    8   1.8  2e12     -113  
 C   Tom Gastall          24   53  179   10   27   5   0   0   12   0   0    8   36  .151  .188  .179    5    .9  4(+3)e16 -111  
 OF *Charlie Peete        27   57   50    4   13   2   0   0    0   0   0    5   11  .260  .327  .300    4   3.3  3(0)e16    31  
 UT  Chico Fernandez      24   33   50    6   12   0   0   2    4   1   2    3    9  .240  .283  .360    4   2.8             79  
 OF *Tex Nelson           19   18   76    4   14   1   0   0    6   0   0    5   26  .184  .235  .197    3   1.4  4(+2)e16  -80  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           595                   -5

     * - 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 *Curt Simmons         27  10  16  .385  31  31   6   0   0   0   2  208.2  233  132  120  26   92   87  5.18  130   5.5   80  
  P  Ron Kline            24  10  19  .345  36  36   2   0   0   0   2  231.2  278  167  152  28   84  111  5.91  153   5.9   85  
  P  Tom Poholsky         26   8  14  .364  34  34   2   0   0   0   2  219.2  226  104   99  26   79  109  4.06  114   4.7  -36  
  P  Larry Jackson        25   5   6  .455  58   0   0  27   5   4   0   90.2   76   42   34   5   61   63  3.38   38   3.8  -32  
  P *Jackie Collum        29   4  11  .267  42   0   0  25   2   3   0   59.0   84   50   48  14   26   17  7.32   55   8.4  102  
  P  Stu Miller           28   4  12  .250  36  18   0  11   1   1   0  128.0  162  103   94  20   66   81  6.61  106   7.4   35  
  P *Luis Arroyo          29   2   1  .667  12   0   0   8   0   0   0   21.0   38   30   18   8    7   13  7.71   28  11.5  243  
  P  Ray Moore            30   2  13  .133  29  29   1   0   0   0   0  180.0  184  111   87  21   99  120  4.35  102   5.0   50  
  P *Don Liddle           31   1   2  .333  49   0   0  22   1   0   0   72.2   99   61   56  18   46   42  6.94   73   9.0   21  
  P  Hal Griggs           27   1   4  .200  58   1   0  23   1   1   0   89.2  106   75   72  16   84   55  7.23   84   8.4   -1  
  P  Jim Konstanty        39   1   5  .167  37   0   0  27  15   5   0   39.2   55   38   35  16   26   20  7.94   46  10.2  262  
  P  Bob Blaylock         21   0   3  .000   5   5   0   0   0   0   0   26.0   24   20   18   4   16   26  6.23   16   5.5  -93  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      951         45

     * - 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 679 75 76 430 17 6 3 .987 4 3 Tom Gastall 457 53 53 264 21 10 0 .966 31 11 Walker Cooper 230 26 28 131 10 1 1 .993 5 6 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Musial 934 104 104 912 83 7 95 .993 9.59 Frank Torre 279 32 34 281 23 4 30 .987 9.81 Eddie Robinson 154 18 19 131 11 5 13 .966 8.30 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Gardner 1249 141 142 416 361 13 106 .984 5.60 Chico Fernandez 60 7 7 16 16 1 3 .970 4.80 Jim Brideweser 57 6 10 18 19 1 2 .974 5.88 Ray Jablonski 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ray Jablonski 1015 114 114 104 203 9 16 .972 2.72 Jim Brideweser 325 38 39 30 68 11 8 .899 2.71 Dave Philley 26 2 6 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.42 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jose Valdivielso 703 77 84 125 301 18 53 .959 5.46 Roy Smalley 374 46 47 70 133 17 27 .923 4.89 Jim Brideweser 254 29 35 58 109 5 23 .971 5.92 Chico Fernandez 34 2 9 7 13 0 2 1.000 5.24 Billy Gardner 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Philley 983 110 110 179 4 9 0 .953 1.68 Stan Musial 344 40 40 76 2 0 0 1.000 2.04 Charlie Peete 20 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.21 Dave Pope 14 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.51 Rip Repulski 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Richie Ashburn 1365 154 154 458 17 9 2 .981 3.13 Charlie Peete 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rip Repulski 891 106 107 184 13 6 0 .970 1.99 Tex Nelson 154 18 18 33 0 2 0 .943 1.93 Dave Pope 151 17 18 42 1 0 1 1.000 2.56 Stan Musial 88 10 10 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.36 Charlie Peete 83 3 33 22 0 1 0 .957 2.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1956 Draft

Round 1 (#4):	Ray Jablonski
Round 3 (#32):	Jose Valdivielso
Round 4 (#46):	Stu Miller
Round 5 (#59):	Jim Brideweser
Round 6 (#70):	Tom Gastall
Round 7 (#78):	Eddie Robinson
Round 8 (#83):	Hal Griggs
Round 9 (#88):	Roy Smalley
Round 10 (#92):	Frank Torre
Round 11 (#95):	Chico Fernandez
Round 12 (#96):	Dave Pope
Round 13 (#97):	Luis Arroyo
Round 14 (#98):	Tex Nelson

Transactions

• 1956-01: traded Gene Stephens to BRN for Dave Philley
• 1956 postseason: released Tom Gastall, Tex Nelson

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