1957 St. Louis Cardinals roster

32 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1957 MLB season.

1957 Cardinals roster: batting

1957 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.
Don Blasingame15465010817685821.271.343.711
Alvin Dark140583801694643.290.326.707
Ken Boyer14254479144196212.265.318.732
Wally Moon1425168615224735.295.367.875
Stan Musial13450282176291021.351.4221.034
Del Ennis13649061140241051.286.332.826
Eddie Kasko134479591311356.273.319.653
Hal Smith10033325932372.279.314.665
Joe Cunningham12226150839523.318.439.918
Hobie Landrith7521418523261.243.318.631
Bobby gene Smith9318524393181.211.260.568
Walker Cooper48787213100.269.310.784
Dick Schofield6556109011.161.254.415
Jim King2235111020.314.385.699
Tom Alston91725020.294.333.686
Gene Green61503020.200.188.454
Don Lassetter41322000.154.214.522

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

1957 Cardinals roster: pitching

1957 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.
Larry JacksonP41221593.47210.1961.201
Lindy McDanielP30261593.49191.0751.300
Sam JonesP28271293.60182.21541.290
Herm WehmeierP36181074.31165.0911.330
Vinegar bend MizellP33218103.74149.1871.250
Willard SchmidtP4081034.78116.2631.670
Von McDanielP1713753.2286.2451.180
Murry DicksonP1413534.1474.0291.510
Lloyd MerrittP440123.3165.1351.357
Billy MuffettP230322.2544.0211.098
Morrie MartinP41002.5310.270.840
Frank BarnesP31014.5010.052.200
Lynn LovenguthP21012.009.061.330
Bob MillerP50007.009.072.000
Tom CheneyP43015.009.0102.330

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.