1957 St. Louis Cardinals season
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The 1957
Offseason
- October 16, 1956: Hank Sauer was released by the Cardinals.[1]
- November 27, 1956: Charlie Peete, 27, was killed in a plane crash, along with his wife and three children, while flying to Venezuela to play Winter League ball. He was projected to be the Cardinals' starting center fielder in 1957.[2]
- December 3, 1956: Bob Smith was drafted by the Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1956 rule 5 draft.[3]
- 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.[4]
- February 26, 1957: New York Giants for Hoyt Wilhelm.[5]
- Prior to 1957 season: Cal Browning was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.[6]
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Milwaukee Braves | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | — | 45–32 | 50–27 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 8 | 42–35 | 45–32 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 11 | 43–34 | 41–36 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 80 | 74 | 0.519 | 15 | 45–32 | 35–42 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 18 | 38–39 | 39–38 |
New York Giants | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 26 | 37–40 | 32–45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 33 | 36–41 | 26–51 |
Chicago Cubs | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 33 | 31–46 | 31–46 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BRO | CHC | CIN | MIL | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Brooklyn | — | 17–5 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 12–10 | |||||
Chicago | 5–17 | — | 7–15 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 12–10–1 | 12–10 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 4–18 | 12–10 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 9–13 | |||||
Milwaukee | 12–10 | 13–9 | 18–4 | — | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | 16–6 | 11–11 | |||||
New York | 10–12 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — | 10–12 | 9–13 | 8–14 | |||||
Philadelphia | 13–9 | 14–8–1 | 6–16 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 | — | 13–9 | 9–13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 13–9 | 9–13 | — | 6–16 | |||||
St. Louis | 10–12 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 16–6 | — |
Notable transactions
- April 20, 1957: Ed Mayer and Bobby Del Greco were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Jim King.[7]
- May 14, 1957: Bob Smith was purchased from the Cardinals by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[3]
- September 19, 1957: Eddie Miksis was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Baltimore Orioles[4]
- September 19, 1957: Morrie Martin was purchased by the Cardinals from the Baltimore Orioles.[8]
- September 21, 1957: Cleveland Indians.[5]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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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 | 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 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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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 |
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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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 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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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 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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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 system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Omaha Cardinals | American Association
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Johnny Keane |
AAA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Cot Deal |
AA | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Harry Walker |
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Columbus Foxes | Sally League | Skeeter Newsome |
B
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Winston-Salem Red Birds
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Carolina League | George Kissell |
C
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Winnipeg Goldeyes | Northern League | Vern Benson |
C
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Billings Mustangs | Pioneer League | Ed Lyons |
D
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Wytheville Cardinals
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Appalachian League | Johnny Grodzicki |
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Daytona Beach Islanders | Florida State League | Homer Ray Wilson |
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Albany Cardinals | Georgia–Florida League | Chase Riddle |
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Decatur Commodores | Midwest League | Al Unser |
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Ardmore Cardinals
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Sooner State League | J. C. Dunn and Mike Ryba |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Houston, Winnipeg, Billings, Albany, Decatur, Ardmore[9]
References
- ^ Hank Sauer at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Schuster, Joe, Charlie Peete, Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project
- ^ a b Bob Smith at Baseball-Reference
- ^ a b Eddie Miksis at Baseball-Reference
- ^ a b 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