1958 St. Louis Cardinals roster

31 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1958 MLB season.

1958 Cardinals roster: batting

1958 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 Boyer150570101175239011.307.360.857
Don Blasingame1435477115023620.274.343.700
Stan Musial1354726415917620.337.423.950
Gene Green1374424712413552.281.333.756
Curt Flood1214225011010412.261.317.699
Joe Cunningham1313376110512574.312.449.945
Del Ennis10632922863470.261.290.639
Wally Moon10829036697382.238.342.708
Eddie Kasko10425920572221.220.277.558
Hal Smith7722013501240.227.272.541
Irv Noren11717824474220.264.327.720
Hobie Landrith701449313130.215.335.641
Bobby gene Smith2888825251.284.304.691
Ruben Amaro4076817000.224.272.548
Ray Katt194117140.171.239.507
Lee Tate103547010.200.282.539
Ellis Burton83057240.233.324.824
Benny Valenzuela101403000.214.267.552

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

1958 Cardinals roster: pitching

1958 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.
Sam JonesP353514132.88250.02251.240
Larry JacksonP492313133.68198.01241.328
Vinegar bend MizellP302910143.42189.2801.420
Bob MabeP3113394.51111.2741.380
Lindy McDanielP2617575.80108.2471.560
Billy MuffettP356464.9384.0411.775
Phil PaineP460513.5673.1451.381
Nelson ChittumP132016.4429.1131.300
Frank BarnesP81117.5819.0171.840
Bill SmithP21016.529.241.660
Phil ClarkP70013.527.211.831
Von McDanielP210013.502.005.000
Tom FlaniganP10009.001.003.000

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.