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1955 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1955
league	National League
ballpark	Busch Stadium I
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	68–86 (.442)
league_place	7th
owners	August "Gussie" Busch
general_managers	Richard A. Meyer
managers	Eddie Stanky, Harry Walker
television	KTVI
radio	KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola)
espntn	stl
brtn	stl

(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola) The 1955 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 74th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 64th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 68–86 during the season and finished seventh in the National League, games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Outfielder Bill Virdon won the Rookie of the Year Award this year, batting .281, with 17 home runs and 68 RBIs. This was the second consecutive year a Cardinal won the Rookie of the Year Award, with Wally Moon winning the previous season. The Cardinals would have this occur again in 1985 and 1986, with Vince Coleman and Todd Worrell, respectively.

Offseason

October 19, 1954: Peanuts Lowrey was released by the Cardinals.
November 22, 1954: Jim King was drafted from the Cardinals by the Chicago Cubs in the 1954 rule 5 draft.
November 30, 1954: Benny Valenzuela was drafted by the Cardinals from the Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings in the 1954 minor league draft.
December 8, 1954: Ray Jablonski and Gerry Staley were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Frank Smith.
Prior to 1955 season: Duke Carmel was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 3, 1955: Del Rice was traded by the Cardinals to the Milwaukee Braves for Pete Whisenant.

Roster

1955 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Bill Sarni	107	325	83	.255	3	34
1B	Stan Musial	154	562	179	.319	33	108
2B	Red Schoendienst	145	553	148	.268	11	51
SS	Alex Grammas	128	366	88	.240	3	25
3B	Ken Boyer	147	530	140	.264	18	62
LF	Rip Repulski	147	512	138	.270	23	73
CF		144	534	150	.281	17	68
RF		152	593	175	.295	19	76

Other batters

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
Solly Hemus	96	206	50	.243	5	21
Nelson Burbrink	58	170	47	.276	0	15
Harry Elliott	68	117	30	.256	1	12
Pete Whisenant	58	115	22	.191	2	9
Bob Stephenson	67	111	27	.243	0	6
Joe Frazier	58	70	14	.200	4	9
Del Rice	20	59	12	.203	1	7
Don Blasingame	5	16	6	.375	0	0
	11	14	5	.357	0	1
	3	10	3	.300	1	3
Tom Alston	13	8	1	.125	0	0
Ducky Schofield	12	4	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Harvey Haddix	37	208.0	12	16	4.46	150
Larry Jackson	37	177.1	9	14	4.31	88
	35	159.0	11	8	4.19	68
Tom Poholsky	30	151.0	9	11	3.81	66
Willard Schmidt	20	129.2	7	6	2.78	86
	4	27.1	1	0	3.62	19
Vic Raschi	1	1.2	0	1	21.60	1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Brooks Lawrence	46	96.0	3	8	6.56	52
Floyd Wooldridge	18	57.2	2	4	4.84	14
Gordon Jones	15	57.0	1	4	5.84	46
John Mackinson	8	20.2	0	1	7.84	8
Lindy McDaniel	4	19.0	0	0	4.74	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Paul LaPalme	56	4	3	2	2.75	39
Mel Wright	29	2	2	1	6.19	18
	28	3	1	1	3.23	17
Barney Schultz	19	1	2	4	7.89	19
Bobby Tiefenauer	18	1	4	0	4.41	16
Herb Moford	14	1	1	2	7.88	8
	8	1	0	0	9.00	7
Tony Jacobs	1	0	0	0	18.00	1

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Red Schoendienst, second base, starter
Luis Arroyo, reserve
Harvey Haddix, reserve
Stan Musial, reserve

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Fresno, Paducah, Hamilton; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Johnson City

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lowrepe01.shtml Peanuts Lowrey] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kingji01.shtml Jim King] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valenbe01.shtml Benny Valenzuela] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jablora01.shtml Ray Jablonski] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carmedu01.shtml Duke Carmel] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ricede01.shtml Del Rice] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"1955 All-Star Game".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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