1959 St. Louis Cardinals roster

40 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1959 MLB season.

1959 Cardinals roster: batting

1959 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 Blasingame1506159017812415.289.361.720
Ken Boyer14956386174289412.309.384.892
Gino Cimoli143519611458727.279.327.757
Bill White13851777156127215.302.344.814
Joe Cunningham144458651587602.345.453.931
Hal Smith1424523512213502.270.295.698
Alex Grammas13136843993303.269.337.679
Stan Musial115341378714440.255.364.792
Curt Flood12120824537262.255.305.724
Gene Oliver6817214426283.244.271.672
George Crowe7710314318290.301.330.923
Wally Shannon4795527050.284.292.629
Gene Green3074814130.189.241.551
Bobby gene Smith43601113170.217.230.546
Lee Tate415057140.140.232.492
Tim McCarver82434000.167.231.439
Ray Katt152407020.292.292.667
Duke Carmel102323030.130.167.341
Solly Hemus241724010.235.500.853
Joe Durham6520000.000.000.000
Charlie O'rourke2200000.000.000.000

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

1959 Cardinals roster: pitching

1959 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 JacksonP403714133.30256.01451.310
Vinegar bend MizellP313013104.20201.11081.420
Ernie BroglioP35257124.72181.11331.450
Lindy McDanielP62714123.82132.0861.4015
Marshall BridgesP274634.2676.0761.371
Bob GibsonP139353.3375.2481.530
Bob MillerP1110433.3170.2431.230
Dick RickettsP129165.8255.2251.760
Alex KellnerP124213.1637.0191.110
Dean StoneP181014.2030.0171.531
Bob DulibaP110012.7822.2141.371
Howie NunnP160227.5921.1201.780
Tom CheneyP112016.9411.282.400
Jack UrbanP80009.2810.242.340
Bob BlaylockP31014.009.031.220
Bill SmithP60001.088.141.681
Phil ClarkP700112.867.052.290
Tom HughesP220215.754.022.750
Marv GrissomP300022.502.003.000

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.