1955 St. Louis Cardinals season
1955 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Busch Stadium I | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 68–86 (.442) | |
League place | 7th | |
Owners | August "Gussie" Busch | |
General managers | Richard A. Meyer | |
Managers | Eddie Stanky, Harry Walker | |
Television | KTVI | |
Radio | KMOX (Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1955 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 74th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 64th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 68–86 during the season and finished seventh in the National League, 30+1⁄2 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Outfielder Bill Virdon won the Rookie of the Year Award this year, batting .281, with 17 home runs and 68 RBIs. This was the second consecutive year a Cardinal won the Rookie of the Year Award, with Wally Moon winning the previous season. The Cardinals would have this occur again in 1985 and 1986, with Vince Coleman and Todd Worrell, respectively.
Offseason
[edit]- October 19, 1954: Peanuts Lowrey was released by the Cardinals.[1]
- November 22, 1954: Jim King was drafted from the Cardinals by the Chicago Cubs in the 1954 rule 5 draft.[2]
- November 30, 1954: Benny Valenzuela was drafted by the Cardinals from the Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings in the 1954 minor league draft.[3]
- December 8, 1954: Ray Jablonski and Gerry Staley were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Frank Smith.[4]
- Prior to 1955 season: Duke Carmel was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.[5]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 98 | 55 | .641 | — | 56–21 | 42–34 |
Milwaukee Braves | 85 | 69 | .552 | 13½ | 46–31 | 39–38 |
New York Giants | 80 | 74 | .519 | 18½ | 44–35 | 36–39 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 77 | .500 | 21½ | 46–31 | 31–46 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 23½ | 46–31 | 29–48 |
Chicago Cubs | 72 | 81 | .471 | 26 | 43–33 | 29–48 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 68 | 86 | .442 | 30½ | 41–36 | 27–50 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 60 | 94 | .390 | 38½ | 36–39 | 24–55 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BR | CHC | CIN | MIL | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Brooklyn | — | 14–7–1 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 14–8 | |||||
Chicago | 7–14–1 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 14–8 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–12 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
Milwaukee | 7–15 | 15–7 | 13–9 | — | 14–8 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 11–11 | |||||
New York | 9–13 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 8–14 | — | 10–12 | 17–5 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–16 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — | 15–7 | 13–9 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8–14 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 7–15 | — | 10–12 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–14 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 12–10 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- June 3, 1955: Del Rice was traded by the Cardinals to the Milwaukee Braves for Pete Whisenant.[6]
Roster
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Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
| Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Bill Sarni | 107 | 325 | 83 | .255 | 3 | 34 |
1B | Stan Musial | 154 | 562 | 179 | .319 | 33 | 108 |
2B | Red Schoendienst | 145 | 553 | 148 | .268 | 11 | 51 |
SS | Alex Grammas | 128 | 366 | 88 | .240 | 3 | 25 |
3B | Ken Boyer | 147 | 530 | 140 | .264 | 18 | 62 |
LF | Rip Repulski | 147 | 512 | 138 | .270 | 23 | 73 |
CF | Bill Virdon | 144 | 534 | 150 | .281 | 17 | 68 |
RF | Wally Moon | 152 | 593 | 175 | .295 | 19 | 76 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Solly Hemus | 96 | 206 | 50 | .243 | 5 | 21 |
Nelson Burbrink | 58 | 170 | 47 | .276 | 0 | 15 |
Harry Elliott | 68 | 117 | 30 | .256 | 1 | 12 |
Pete Whisenant | 58 | 115 | 22 | .191 | 2 | 9 |
Bob Stephenson | 67 | 111 | 27 | .243 | 0 | 6 |
Joe Frazier | 58 | 70 | 14 | .200 | 4 | 9 |
Del Rice | 20 | 59 | 12 | .203 | 1 | 7 |
Don Blasingame | 5 | 16 | 6 | .375 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Walker | 11 | 14 | 5 | .357 | 0 | 1 |
Dick Rand | 3 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 1 | 3 |
Tom Alston | 13 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Ducky Schofield | 12 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Harvey Haddix | 37 | 208.0 | 12 | 16 | 4.46 | 150 |
Larry Jackson | 37 | 177.1 | 9 | 14 | 4.31 | 88 |
Luis Arroyo | 35 | 159.0 | 11 | 8 | 4.19 | 68 |
Tom Poholsky | 30 | 151.0 | 9 | 11 | 3.81 | 66 |
Willard Schmidt | 20 | 129.2 | 7 | 6 | 2.78 | 86 |
Ben Flowers | 4 | 27.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.62 | 19 |
Vic Raschi | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 21.60 | 1 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Brooks Lawrence | 46 | 96.0 | 3 | 8 | 6.56 | 52 |
Floyd Wooldridge | 18 | 57.2 | 2 | 4 | 4.84 | 14 |
Gordon Jones | 15 | 57.0 | 1 | 4 | 5.84 | 46 |
John Mackinson | 8 | 20.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.84 | 8 |
Lindy McDaniel | 4 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.74 | 7 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Paul LaPalme | 56 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2.75 | 39 |
Mel Wright | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6.19 | 18 |
Frank Smith | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.23 | 17 |
Barney Schultz | 19 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7.89 | 19 |
Bobby Tiefenauer | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.41 | 16 |
Herb Moford | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7.88 | 8 |
Al Gettel | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 7 |
Tony Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
Awards and honors
[edit]- Red Schoendienst, second base, starter
- Luis Arroyo, reserve
- Harvey Haddix, reserve
- Stan Musial, reserve[7]
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Fresno, Paducah, Hamilton; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Johnson City[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Peanuts Lowrey at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Jim King at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Benny Valenzuela at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Ray Jablonski at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Duke Carmel at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Del Rice at Baseball-Reference
- ^ "1955 All-Star Game".
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007