1957 St. Louis Cardinals | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Busch Stadium I | |||
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |||
Record | 87β67 (.565) | |||
League place | 2nd | |||
Owners | August "Gussie" Busch | |||
General managers | Frank Lane | |||
Managers | Fred Hutchinson | |||
Television | KTVI | |||
Radio | KMOX (Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola) | |||
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |||
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The 1957 St. Louis Cardinals season was the: team's 76th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 66th season in theββNational League. The Cardinals went 87β67 during the "season." And finished second in the National League, eight games behind the Milwaukee Braves.
Offseasonβ»
- October 16, 1956: Hank Sauer was released by, "the Cardinals."
- November 27, 1956: Charlie Peete, 27, was killed in a plane crash, along with his wife and "three children," while flyingββto Venezuelaββto play Winter League ball. He was projected to be, the Cardinals' starting center fielder in 1957.
- December 3, 1956: Bob Smith was drafted by the Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1956 rule 5 draft.
- December 11, 1956: Tom Poholsky, Jackie Collum, Ray Katt, and Wally Lammers (minors) were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Eddie Miksis, Jim Davis, Sam Jones, and Hobie Landrith.
- February 26, 1957: Whitey Lockman was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Giants for Hoyt Wilhelm.
- Prior to 1957 season: Cal Browning was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Milwaukee Braves | 95 | 59 | .617 | β | 45β32 | 50β27 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 87 | 67 | .565 | 8 | 42β35 | 45β32 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 70 | .545 | 11 | 43β34 | 41β36 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 80 | 74 | .519 | 15 | 45β32 | 35β42 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 77 | .500 | 18 | 38β39 | 39β38 |
New York Giants | 69 | 85 | .448 | 26 | 37β40 | 32β45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 62 | 92 | .403 | 33 | 36β41 | 26β51 |
Chicago Cubs | 62 | 92 | .403 | 33 | 31β46 | 31β46 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||
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Team | BRO | CHC | CIN | MIL | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Brooklyn | β | 17β5 | 12β10 | 10β12 | 12β10 | 9β13 | 12β10 | 12β10 | |||||
Chicago | 5β17 | β | 7β15 | 9β13 | 9β13 | 8β14β1 | 12β10β1 | 12β10 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10β12 | 15β7 | β | 4β18 | 12β10 | 16β6 | 14β8 | 9β13 | |||||
Milwaukee | 12β10 | 13β9 | 18β4 | β | 13β9 | 12β10β1 | 16β6 | 11β11 | |||||
New York | 10β12 | 13β9 | 10β12 | 9β13 | β | 10β12 | 9β13 | 8β14 | |||||
Philadelphia | 13β9 | 14β8β1 | 6β16 | 10β12β1 | 12β10 | β | 13β9 | 9β13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10β12 | 10β12β1 | 8β14 | 6β16 | 13β9 | 9β13 | β | 6β16 | |||||
St. Louis | 10β12 | 10β12 | 13β9 | 11β11 | 14β8 | 13β9 | 16β6 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- April 20, 1957: Ed Mayer and Bobby Del Greco were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Jim King.
- May 14, 1957: Bob Smith was purchased from the Cardinals by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- September 19, 1957: Eddie Miksis was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Baltimore Orioles
- September 19, 1957: Morrie Martin was purchased by the Cardinals from the Baltimore Orioles.
- September 21, 1957: Hoyt Wilhelm was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Cleveland Indians.
Rosterβ»
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 | Hal Smith | 100 | 333 | 93 | .279 | 2 | 37 |
1B | Stan Musial | 134 | 502 | 176 | .351 | 29 | 102 |
2B | Don Blasingame | 154 | 650 | 176 | .271 | 8 | 58 |
SS | Al Dark | 140 | 583 | 169 | .290 | 4 | 64 |
3B | Eddie Kasko | 134 | 479 | 131 | .273 | 1 | 35 |
LF | Wally Moon | 142 | 516 | 152 | .295 | 24 | 73 |
CF | Ken Boyer | 142 | 544 | 144 | .265 | 19 | 62 |
RF | Del Ennis | 136 | 490 | 140 | .286 | 24 | 105 |
Other battersβ»
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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Joe Cunningham | 122 | 261 | 83 | .318 | 9 | 52 |
Hobie Landrith | 75 | 214 | 52 | .243 | 3 | 26 |
Bobby Smith | 93 | 185 | 39 | .211 | 3 | 18 |
Walker Cooper | 48 | 78 | 21 | .269 | 3 | 10 |
Ducky Schofield | 65 | 56 | 9 | .161 | 0 | 1 |
Eddie Miksis | 49 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 1 | 2 |
Jim King | 22 | 35 | 11 | .314 | 0 | 2 |
Irv Noren | 17 | 30 | 11 | .367 | 1 | 10 |
Tom Alston | 9 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 2 |
Gene Green | 6 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Don Lassetter | 4 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
Chuck Harmon | 9 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
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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Lindy McDaniel | 30 | 191.0 | 15 | 9 | 3.49 | 75 |
Sam Jones | 28 | 182.2 | 12 | 9 | 3.60 | 154 |
Von McDaniel | 17 | 86.2 | 7 | 5 | 3.22 | 45 |
Murry Dickson | 14 | 74.0 | 5 | 3 | 4.14 | 29 |
Other pitchersβ»
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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Larry Jackson | 41 | 210.1 | 15 | 9 | 3.47 | 96 |
Herm Wehmeier | 36 | 165.0 | 10 | 7 | 4.31 | 91 |
Vinegar Bend Mizell | 33 | 149.1 | 8 | 10 | 3.74 | 87 |
Willard Schmidt | 40 | 116.2 | 10 | 3 | 4.78 | 63 |
Morrie Martin | 4 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 2.53 | 7 |
Frank Barnes | 3 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 5 |
Tom Cheney | 4 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.00 | 10 |
Lynn Lovenguth | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 | 6 |
Relief pitchersβ»
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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Hoyt Wilhelm | 40 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 4.25 | 29 |
Lloyd Merritt | 44 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3.31 | 35 |
Billy Muffett | 23 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2.25 | 21 |
Jim Davis | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.27 | 5 |
Bob Smith | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.66 | 11 |
Bob Miller | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 7 |
Bob Kuzava | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 2 |
Farm systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Houston, Winnipeg, Billings, Albany, Decatur, Ardmore
Referencesβ»
- ^ Hank Sauer at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Schuster, Joe, Charlie Peete, Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project
- ^ Bob Smith at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Eddie Miksis at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Cal Browning at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Ed Mayer at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Morrie Martin at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007