1958 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Busch Stadium I | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 72–82 (.468) | |
League place | 5th | |
Owners | August "Gussie" Busch | |
General managers | Bing Devine | |
Managers | Fred Hutchinson, Stan Hack | |
Television | KTVI | |
Radio | KMOX (Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1958 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 77th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 67th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 72–82 during the season and finished sixth in the National League.
Third baseman Ken Boyer won a Gold Glove this year.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Milwaukee Braves | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | — | 48–29 | 44–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 8 | 49–28 | 35–42 |
San Francisco Giants | 80 | 74 | 0.519 | 12 | 44–33 | 36–41 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 16 | 40–37 | 36–41 |
Chicago Cubs | 72 | 82 | 0.468 | 20 | 35–42 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 72 | 82 | 0.468 | 20 | 39–38 | 33–44 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 21 | 39–38 | 32–45 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 23 | 35–42 | 34–43 |
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Team | CHC | CIN | LAD | MIL | PHI | PIT | SFG | STL | |||||
Chicago | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | |||||
Los Angeles | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 11–11 | |||||
Milwaukee | 12–10 | 17–5 | 8–14 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–13 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 9–13 | — | 12–10 | 8–14 | 12–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | |||||
San Francisco | 10–12 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 6–16 | 14–8 | 10–12 | — | 13–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — |
1958 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Hal R. Smith | 77 | 220 | 50 | .227 | 1 | 24 |
1B | Stan Musial | 135 | 472 | 159 | .337 | 17 | 62 |
2B | Don Blasingame | 143 | 547 | 150 | .274 | 2 | 36 |
SS | Eddie Kasko | 104 | 259 | 57 | .220 | 2 | 22 |
3B | Ken Boyer | 150 | 570 | 175 | .307 | 23 | 90 |
LF | Del Ennis | 106 | 329 | 86 | .261 | 3 | 47 |
CF | Curt Flood | 121 | 422 | 110 | .261 | 10 | 41 |
RF | Gene Green | 137 | 442 | 124 | .281 | 13 | 55 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Joe Cunningham | 131 | 337 | 105 | .312 | 12 | 57 |
Wally Moon | 108 | 290 | 69 | .238 | 7 | 38 |
Gene Freese | 62 | 191 | 49 | .257 | 6 | 16 |
Irv Noren | 117 | 178 | 47 | .264 | 4 | 22 |
Hobie Landrith | 70 | 144 | 31 | .215 | 3 | 13 |
Dick Schofield | 39 | 108 | 23 | .213 | 1 | 8 |
Bobby Smith | 28 | 88 | 25 | .284 | 2 | 5 |
Rubén Amaro | 40 | 76 | 17 | .224 | 0 | 0 |
Alvin Dark | 18 | 64 | 19 | .297 | 1 | 5 |
Ray Katt | 19 | 41 | 7 | .171 | 1 | 4 |
Lee Tate | 10 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Ellis Burton | 8 | 30 | 7 | .233 | 2 | 4 |
Joe Taylor | 18 | 23 | 7 | .304 | 1 | 3 |
Benny Valenzuela | 10 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny O'Brien | 12 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Sam Jones | 35 | 250.0 | 14 | 13 | 2.88 | 225 |
Vinegar Bend Mizell | 30 | 189.2 | 10 | 14 | 3.42 | 80 |
Sal Maglie | 10 | 53.0 | 2 | 6 | 4.75 | 21 |
Herm Wehmeier | 3 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Larry Jackson | 49 | 198.0 | 13 | 13 | 3.68 | 124 |
Jim Brosnan | 33 | 115.0 | 8 | 4 | 3.44 | 65 |
Bob Mabe | 31 | 111.2 | 3 | 9 | 4.51 | 74 |
Lindy McDaniel | 26 | 108.2 | 5 | 7 | 5.80 | 47 |
Billy Muffett | 35 | 84.0 | 4 | 6 | 4.93 | 41 |
Nelson Chittum | 13 | 29.1 | 0 | 1 | 6.44 | 13 |
Frank Barnes | 8 | 19.0 | 1 | 1 | 7.58 | 17 |
Bill Smith | 2 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.52 | 4 |
Von McDaniel | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Phil Paine | 46 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3.56 | 45 |
Bill Wight | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5.02 | 18 |
Chuck Stobbs | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.63 | 25 |
Morrie Martin | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.74 | 16 |
Phil Clark | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.52 | 1 |
Johnny O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 2 |
Tom Flanigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |
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