1955 St. Louis Cardinals season
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The 1955
Outfielder
Offseason
- 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: 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
Season standings
National League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 98 | 55 | 0.641 | — | 56–21 | 42–34 |
Milwaukee Braves | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 13½ | 46–31 | 39–38 |
New York Giants | 80 | 74 | 0.519 | 18½ | 44–35 | 36–39 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 21½ | 46–31 | 31–46 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 23½ | 46–31 | 29–48 |
Chicago Cubs | 72 | 81 | 0.471 | 26 | 43–33 | 29–48 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 68 | 86 | 0.442 | 30½ | 41–36 | 27–50 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 60 | 94 | 0.390 | 38½ | 36–39 | 24–55 |
Record vs. opponents
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
- June 3, 1955: Milwaukee Braves for Pete Whisenant.[6]
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
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
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
Starting pitchers
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
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
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
- Red Schoendienst, second base, starter
- Luis Arroyo, reserve
- Harvey Haddix, reserve
- Stan Musial, reserve[7]
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Fresno, Paducah, Hamilton; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Johnson City[8]
References
- ^ 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