1956 St. Louis Cardinals roster

20 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1956 MLB season.

1956 Cardinals roster: batting

1956 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.
Ken Boyer1505959118226988.306.347.841
Stan Musial15659487184271092.310.386.908
Don Blasingame150587941530278.261.344.666
Wally Moon14954086161166812.298.390.858
Rip Repulski1123764410411552.277.330.758
Hal Smith7522727645231.282.326.727
Hank Sauer7515111455240.298.403.827
Walker Cooper40685182140.265.296.752
Charlie Peete2352310060.192.288.596
Dick Schofield163033010.100.100.267
Joe Cunningham4310000.000.250.250
Tom Alston3200000.000.000.000

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

1956 Cardinals roster: pitching

1956 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.
Vinegar bend MizellP333314143.62208.21531.270
Tom PoholskyP33299143.59203.0951.250
Willard SchmidtP3321683.84147.2521.421
Lindy McDanielP397763.40116.1591.400
Larry JacksonP511224.1185.1501.419
Jackie CollumP381624.2060.0171.507
Bob BlaylockP146166.3741.0391.680
Gordon JonesP51025.5611.161.680

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.