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1956 National League
Team Record GB
Brooklyn Dodgers 93 - 61
Milwaukee Braves 92 - 62 1.0
Cincinnati Redlegs 91 - 63 2.0
St. Louis Cardinals 76 - 78 17.0
Philadelphia Phillies 71 - 83 22.0
New York Giants 67 - 87 26.0
Pittsburgh Pirates 66 - 88 27.0
Chicago Cubs 60 - 94 33.0

4th (NL)
Runs Scored: 678
Runs Allowed: 698
Attendance: 1,029,773

1956 St. Louis Cardinals Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Hal Smith C 25 75 227 27 64 12 0 5 23 15 4 22 1 0 0 0 7 .282 .326 .401 .727
Stan Musial 1B 35 156 594 87 184 33 6 27 109 75 15 39 2 0 3 3 19 .310 .386 .522 .908
Don Blasingame 2B 24 150 587 94 153 22 7 0 27 72 0 52 8 8 2 3 3 .261 .344 .322 .666
Ken Boyer 3B 25 150 595 91 182 30 2 26 98 38 7 65 8 3 2 1 18 .306 .347 .494 .841
Alvin Dark SS 34 100 413 54 118 14 7 4 37 21 0 33 3 1 2 2 9 .286 .320 .383 .703
Rip Repulski LF 27 112 376 44 104 18 3 11 55 24 3 46 2 2 1 7 14 .277 .330 .428 .758
Bobby Del Greco CF 23 102 270 29 58 16 2 5 18 32 3 50 1 1 3 6 2 .215 .308 .344 .652
Wally Moon RF 26 149 540 86 161 22 11 16 68 80 7 50 12 9 1 1 13 .298 .390 .469 .859

1956 St. Louis Cardinals Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Hank Sauer 39 75 151 11 45 4 0 5 24 25 3 31 0 0 0 3 5 .298 .403 .424 .827
Whitey Lockman 29 70 193 14 48 0 2 0 10 18 4 8 2 2 1 0 2 .249 .311 .269 .580
Bobby Morgan 30 61 113 14 22 7 0 3 20 15 0 24 0 2 1 0 4 .195 .287 .336 .623
Ray Katt 29 47 158 11 41 4 0 6 20 6 1 24 0 1 1 1 2 .259 .289 .399 .688
Grady Hatton 33 44 73 10 18 1 2 0 7 13 0 7 1 0 3 0 3 .247 .360 .315 .675
Bill Sarni 28 43 148 12 43 7 2 5 22 8 2 15 1 0 1 1 4 .291 .329 .466 .795
Red Schoendienst 33 40 153 22 48 9 0 0 15 13 0 5 0 1 1 0 2 .314 .365 .373 .738
Walker Cooper 41 40 68 5 18 5 1 2 14 3 1 8 0 0 1 0 2 .265 .296 .456 .752
Rocky Nelson 31 38 56 6 13 5 0 3 8 6 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 .232 .306 .482 .788
Jackie Brandt 22 27 42 9 12 3 0 1 3 4 0 5 0 1 1 1 1 .286 .362 .429 .791
Bill Virdon 25 24 71 10 15 2 0 2 9 5 2 8 0 1 2 1 0 .211 .269 .324 .593
Charlie Peete 27 23 52 3 10 2 2 0 6 6 0 10 0 2 0 1 6 .192 .288 .308 .596
Chuck Harmon 32 20 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .118 .000 .118
Dick Schofield 21 16 30 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .167 .267
Joe Frazier 33 14 19 1 4 2 0 1 4 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 .211 .318 .474 .792
Solly Hemus 33 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .200 .429 .200 .629
Alex Grammas 30 6 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .308 .250 .558
Joe Cunningham 24 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Tom Alston 30 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1956 St. Louis Cardinals Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Vinegar Bend Mizell P 25 33 75 5 8 1 0 0 4 4 0 16 0 0 5 1 4 .107 .163 .120 .283
Murry Dickson P 39 32 77 6 19 2 2 0 6 1 0 9 0 0 2 0 1 .247 .256 .325 .581
Tom Poholsky P 26 33 69 7 11 2 0 0 3 1 0 14 0 0 3 0 2 .159 .171 .188 .359
Herm Wehmeier P 29 42 58 6 13 3 0 2 8 2 0 17 0 0 1 0 0 .224 .250 .379 .629
Willard Schmidt P 28 33 43 3 10 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 0 0 3 0 0 .233 .267 .256 .523
Lindy McDaniel P 20 39 32 1 7 4 0 0 2 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 .219 .242 .344 .586
Jackie Collum P 29 38 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .294 .214 .508
Larry Jackson P 25 51 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .167 .091 .258
Bob Blaylock P 21 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
Harvey Haddix P 30 5 9 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .364 .333 .697
Ben Flowers P 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Gordon Jones P 26 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ellis Kinder P 41 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Don Liddle P 31 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Dick Littlefield P 30 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jim Konstanty P 39 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Stu Miller P 28 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Max Surkont P 34 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1956 St. Louis Cardinals Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Vinegar Bend Mizell 25 33 33 14 14 .500 3.62 208.2 93 84 172 20 92 153 .220 7 4 11 3 0 4.20
Tom Poholsky 26 33 29 9 14 .391 3.59 203.0 100 81 210 27 44 95 .263 5 6 7 2 0 4.52
Murry Dickson 39 28 27 13 8 .619 3.07 196.1 75 67 175 20 57 109 .236 1 7 12 3 0 4.10
Willard Schmidt 28 33 21 6 8 .429 3.84 147.2 69 63 131 18 78 52 .238 1 6 2 0 1 5.49
Herm Wehmeier 29 34 19 12 9 .571 3.69 170.2 80 70 150 16 71 68 .233 1 2 7 2 1 4.69
Harvey Haddix 30 4 4 1 0 1.000 5.32 23.2 15 14 28 3 10 16 .292 0 1 1 1 0 4.56
Ben Flowers 29 3 3 1 1 .500 6.94 11.2 9 9 15 1 5 5 .313 0 0 0 0 0 4.54
Dick Littlefield 30 3 2 0 2 .000 7.45 9.2 9 8 9 2 4 5 .231 0 0 0 0 0 5.90

1956 St. Louis Cardinals Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Larry Jackson 25 51 1 2 2 .500 4.11 85.1 44 39 75 5 45 50 .234 1 4 0 0 9 4.21
Lindy McDaniel 20 39 7 7 6 .538 3.40 116.1 60 44 121 7 42 59 .265 0 8 1 0 0 3.85
Jackie Collum 29 38 1 6 2 .750 4.20 60.0 29 28 63 6 27 17 .273 2 2 0 0 7 5.18
Jim Konstanty 39 27 0 1 1 .500 4.58 39.1 20 20 46 4 6 7 .286 0 0 0 0 5 4.42
Ellis Kinder 41 22 0 2 0 1.000 3.51 25.2 11 10 23 3 9 4 .232 0 0 0 0 6 5.26
Bob Blaylock 21 14 6 1 6 .143 6.37 41.0 32 29 45 7 24 39 .273 0 0 0 0 0 5.07
Don Liddle 31 14 2 1 2 .333 8.39 24.2 25 23 36 8 18 14 .346 0 3 0 0 0 8.27
Gordon Jones 26 5 1 0 2 .000 5.56 11.1 9 7 14 2 5 6 .292 0 0 0 0 0 5.56
Max Surkont 34 5 0 0 0 .000 9.53 5.2 6 6 10 3 2 5 .400 0 0 0 0 0 9.18
Stu Miller 28 3 0 0 1 .000 4.91 7.1 6 4 12 3 5 5 .375 0 0 0 0 1 9.00
Paul LaPalme 32 1 0 0 0 .000 81.00 0.2 6 6 4 0 2 0 .667 0 2 0 0 0 12.00