1955 St. Louis Cardinals roster

36 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1955 MLB season.

1955 Cardinals roster: batting

1955 St. Louis Cardinals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Wally Moon15259386175197611.295.349.808
Stan Musial15456297179331085.319.408.974
Red Schoendienst1455536814811517.268.335.711
Ken Boyer14753078140186222.264.311.735
Rip Repulski1475126413823735.270.333.800
Alex Grammas12836632883254.240.308.636
Bill Sarni10732532833341.255.313.654
Solly Hemus9620636505211.243.335.718
Nelson Burbrink5817011470151.276.333.669
Harry Elliott681179301120.256.321.637
Pete Whisenant581151022292.191.223.527
Bob Stephenson671111927062.243.274.544
Joe Frazier58701214490.200.269.655
Don Blasingame51646001.375.545.983
Harry Walker111425010.357.400.900
Dick Rand31013130.300.364.964
Tom Alston13801000.125.125.250
Dick Schofield12430000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1955 Cardinals roster: pitching

1955 St. Louis Cardinals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Harvey HaddixP373012164.46208.01501.341
Larry JacksonP37259144.31177.1881.472
Luis ArroyoP35241184.19159.0681.420
Tom PoholskyP30249113.81151.0661.180
Willard SchmidtP2015762.78129.2861.130
Brooks LawrenceP4610386.5696.0521.671
Paul LapalmeP560432.7591.2391.203
Floyd WooldridgeP188244.8457.2141.580
Gordon JonesP159145.8457.0461.650
Frank SmithP280313.2339.0171.281
Mel WrightP290226.1936.1181.461
Bobby TiefenauerP180144.4132.2161.260
Barney SchultzP190127.8929.2191.454
Herb MofordP141117.8824.081.832
John MackinsonP81017.8420.281.650
Lindy McDanielP42004.7419.071.530
Al GettelP80109.0017.072.120
Tony JacobsP100018.002.013.500

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.