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1957 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1957
league	National League
ballpark	Busch Stadium I
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	87–67 (.565)
league_place	2nd
owners	August "Gussie" Busch
general_managers	Frank Lane
managers	Fred Hutchinson
television	KTVI
radio	KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola)
espntn	stl
brtn	stl

(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola) The 1957 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 76th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 66th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 87–67 during the season and finished second in the National League, eight games behind the Milwaukee Braves.

Offseason

October 16, 1956: Hank Sauer was released by the Cardinals.
November 27, 1956: Charlie Peete, 27, was killed in a plane crash, along with his wife and three children, while flying to Venezuela to play Winter League ball. He was projected to be the Cardinals' starting center fielder in 1957.
December 3, 1956: Bob Smith was drafted by the Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1956 rule 5 draft.
December 11, 1956: Tom Poholsky, Jackie Collum, Ray Katt, and Wally Lammers (minors) were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Eddie Miksis, Jim Davis, Sam Jones, and Hobie Landrith.
February 26, 1957: Whitey Lockman was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Giants for Hoyt Wilhelm.
Prior to 1957 season: Cal Browning was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 20, 1957: Ed Mayer and Bobby Del Greco were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Jim King.
May 14, 1957: Bob Smith was purchased from the Cardinals by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
September 19, 1957: Eddie Miksis was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Baltimore Orioles
September 19, 1957: Morrie Martin was purchased by the Cardinals from the Baltimore Orioles.
September 21, 1957: Hoyt Wilhelm was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Cleveland Indians.

Roster

1957 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	100	333	93	.279	2	37
1B	134	502	176	.351	29	102
2B	154	650	176	.271	8	58
SS	140	583	169	.290	4	64
3B	134	479	131	.273	1	35
LF	142	516	152	.295	24	73
CF	142	544	144	.265	19	62
RF	136	490	140	.286	24	105

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
122	261	83	.318	9	52
75	214	52	.243	3	26
93	185	39	.211	3	18
48	78	21	.269	3	10
65	56	9	.161	0	1
49	38	8	.211	1	2
22	35	11	.314	0	2
17	30	11	.367	1	10
9	17	5	.294	0	2
6	15	3	.200	0	2
4	13	2	.154	0	0
9	3	1	.333	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
30	191.0	15	9	3.49	75
28	182.2	12	9	3.60	154
17	86.2	7	5	3.22	45
14	74.0	5	3	4.14	29

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
41	210.1	15	9	3.47	96
36	165.0	10	7	4.31	91
33	149.1	8	10	3.74	87
40	116.2	10	3	4.78	63
4	10.2	0	0	2.53	7
3	10.0	0	1	4.50	5
4	9.0	0	1	5.00	10
2	9.0	0	1	2.00	6

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
40	1	4	11	4.25	29
44	1	2	7	3.31	35
23	3	2	8	2.25	21
10	0	1	1	5.27	5
6	0	0	1	4.66	11
5	0	0	0	7.00	7
3	0	0	0	3.86	2

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Houston, Winnipeg, Billings, Albany, Decatur, Ardmore

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sauerha01.shtml Hank Sauer] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2066&pid=11017 Schuster, Joe, ''Charlie Peete'', Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithbo03.shtml Bob Smith] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/miksied01.shtml Eddie Miksis] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilheho01.shtml Hoyt Wilhelm] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brownca01.shtml Cal Browning] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayered02.shtml Ed Mayer] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martimo01.shtml Morrie Martin] at ''Baseball-Reference''
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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