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1959 St. Louis Cardinals  (1958)  (1960) 59-95, 7th in National League Scored 535 runs, Allowed 760 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-103 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .694 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 103 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 57-97   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 71-83 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 *Willie Kirkland      25  137  476   62  139  22   2  25   70   4   3   53   95  .292  .365  .504   87   6.7  3(-3)e11   60  
 3B  Frank Malzone        29  154  620   78  177  28   3  19   62   4   0   40   53  .285  .327  .432   82   4.7  1e25        0  
 SS  Woodie Held          27  146  552   73  136  13   4  33   92   1   2   46  127  .246  .305  .464   75   4.6  2e29       -9  
 OF *Richie Ashburn       32  150  593   70  148   8   2   2   26   9   7   75   47  .250  .341  .280   63   3.8  3(+3)e13  -46  
 OF  Willie Tasby         26  147  516   48  123   7   6  18   59   3   5   38   87  .238  .301  .380   58   3.8  2(-2)e13   -1  
 1B *Stan Musial          38  116  314   42   87  10   4  12   47   0   0   41   16  .277  .358  .449   47   5.1  3e16       15  
 C   Hal Smith            28  136  454   32  106  13   1  10   40   2   5   17   40  .233  .259  .333   34   2.5  2(-1)e6  -105  
 2B  Sparky Anderson      25  117  415   31   85   8   6   0   23   2   8   29   41  .205  .257  .253   24   1.8  2e15      -21  
 1B *Frank Torre          27  101  288   16   57  13   0   1   16   0   0   34   17  .198  .288  .253   22   2.5  1e10      -84  
 OF  Curt Flood           21   71  119   16   36   5   1   6   10   1   1    9   14  .303  .352  .513   19   5.9  2(0)e16   141  
 2B  Billy Gardner        31   63  207   16   41   6   2   5   19   0   2   13   40  .198  .245  .319   15   2.4  3e21      -24  
 OF *Gene Stephens        26   88  107   15   30   6   2   1   11   3   1    8   13  .280  .342  .402   15   5.4  2(+1)e7    24  
 1B *George Crowe         38   73   72    7   21   4   0   4   11   0   0    8    9  .292  .362  .514   12   5.9  4e11      -46  
 SS  Chico Fernandez      27   33   40    5   11   2   0   0    3   2   0    2    3  .275  .310  .325    4   4.1  4e34       98  
 C   Cal Neeman           30   41   92    7   13   0   0   4   12   0   0    6   23  .141  .192  .272    4   1.3  4(+2)e2   -44  
 PH  Dick Gray            27    2    2    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500  .500 1.000    1  27.0            847  
 C   Earl Battey          24    2    4    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .250  .250  .500    0    .0  2(-1)e4    54  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           568                  -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  Larry Jackson        28  11  15  .423  36  36   5   0   0   0   1  242.0  244   94   94  27   68  122  3.50  112   4.2   -6  
  P  Bob Gibson           23  10   4  .714  50   0   0  29   4   2   0   82.1   82   46   46   7   42   65  5.03   43   4.7    3  
  P  Ron Kline            27   9  13  .409  31  31   4   0   0   0   2  199.1  173   91   80  23   78   88  3.61   86   3.8 -106  
  P  Bob Anderson         23   9  19  .321  36  36   2   0   0   0   1  231.2  255  133  120  23   90  109  4.66  137   5.3    4  
  P  Ernie Broglio        23   6  12  .333  28  28   2   0   0   0   2  172.1  160   95   78  16   92  122  4.07   93   4.8  -23  
  P  Dick Ricketts        25   5   3  .625  34   0   0  12   0   2   0   55.2   72   52   46  10   31   29  7.44   46   7.2   36  
  P *Jack Harshman        31   3  10  .231  47   8   1  34  14   9   0   95.1  109   53   52  13   24   64  4.91   56   5.4   39  
  P  Bob Mabe             29   2   1  .667  30   0   0   6   0   0   0   31.0   39   21   20   6   20    5  5.81   29   8.6   76  
  P  Bill Monbouquette    22   2  12  .143  31  15   0  11   1   1   0  123.2  147   71   66  18   43   66  4.80   79   5.8   51  
  P *Gene Snyder          28   1   2  .333  19   0   0   8   1   2   0   27.0   31   18   14   2   21   20  4.67   17   5.7  -62  
  P  Gary Blaylock        27   1   4  .200  46   0   0  31   7   2   0   56.1   61   34   28   5   30   40  4.47   34   5.5 -102  
  P  Hal Jeffcoat         34   0   0  .000  23   0   0   7   1   1   0   39.1   60   45   39   9   15   16  8.92   38   8.8    4  
  P *Alex Kellner         34   0   0  .000   5   0   0   2   0   0   0    9.1   10    7    6   3    0    5  5.79    5   5.3  117  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      782        -11

     * - 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 1109 125 132 701 64 11 6 .986 60 33 Cal Neeman 240 27 38 134 13 0 1 1.000 14 7 Earl Battey 9 1 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 Willie Kirkland 8 1 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Torre 697 79 90 747 66 1 82 .999 10.50 Stan Musial 636 72 78 659 42 5 77 .993 9.91 George Crowe 32 3 11 36 2 0 3 1.000 10.58 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sparky Anderson 937 106 113 295 327 9 89 .986 5.98 Billy Gardner 412 48 53 126 161 5 45 .983 6.27 Curt Flood 11 0 6 5 3 0 1 1.000 6.55 Chico Fernandez 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.75 Woodie Held 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Malzone 1365 154 154 141 327 29 36 .942 3.08 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Woodie Held 1282 144 146 293 453 25 107 .968 5.24 Chico Fernandez 84 10 13 23 28 2 8 .962 5.49 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Tasby 1268 147 147 252 11 14 0 .949 1.87 Gene Stephens 70 5 19 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.41 Stan Musial 28 2 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.30 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Richie Ashburn 1315 150 150 298 6 10 0 .968 2.08 Curt Flood 39 4 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 Gene Stephens 12 0 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Kirkland 1152 130 133 224 11 9 1 .963 1.84 Curt Flood 144 17 17 23 2 1 0 .962 1.57 Gene Stephens 65 7 12 18 1 2 1 .905 2.63 George Crowe 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1959 Draft

Round 1 (#1):	Richie Ashburn
Round 2 (#15):	Ron Kline
Round 4 (#38):	Billy Gardner
Round 5 (#51):	Willie Tasby
Round 6 (#64):	Gene Stephens
Round 7 (#77):	Cal Neeman
Round 8 (#86):	Sparky Anderson
Round 9 (#95):	Chico Fernandez
Round 10 (#102):	Earl Battey

Transactions

• 1959-01: traded Bill White, Wally Shannon, Pumpsie Green to LAN for Bob Anderson, Frank Torre, George Snyder
• 1959-09: traded Alex Kellner to CIN for Bob Mabe
• 1959 postseason: released Bill Monbouquette, Willie Tasby

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