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1958 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1958
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)
espntn	stl
brtn	stl

(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola) 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.

Offseason

December 2, 1957: 1957 minor league draft
- Ellis Burton was drafted by the Cardinals from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- Lee Tate was drafted by the Cardinals from the San Francisco Giants.
December 5, 1957: Marty Kutyna, Ted Wieand, and Willard Schmidt were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Curt Flood and Joe Taylor.

Regular season

Third baseman Ken Boyer won a Gold Glove this year.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 2, 1958: Jim King was traded by the Cardinals to the San Francisco Giants for Ray Katt.
April 19, 1958: Phil Paine was selected off waivers by the Cardinals from the Milwaukee Braves.
May 20, 1958: Alvin Dark was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Jim Brosnan.
June 15, 1958: Dick Schofield and cash were traded by the Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Johnny O'Brien and Gene Freese.
July 2, 1958: Morrie Martin was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Cleveland Indians.
September 29, 1958: Gene Freese was traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Solly Hemus.

Roster

1958 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	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		150	570	175	.307	23	90
LF	Del Ennis	106	329	86	.261	3	47
CF		121	422	110	.261	10	41
RF		137	442	124	.281	13	55

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
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
	39	108	23	.213	1	8
Bobby Smith	28	88	25	.284	2	5
	40	76	17	.224	0	0
	18	64	19	.297	1	5
	19	41	7	.171	1	4
	10	35	7	.200	0	1
	8	30	7	.233	2	4
	18	23	7	.304	1	3
Benny Valenzuela	10	14	3	.214	0	0
	12	2	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
	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

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
	49	198.0	13	13	3.68	124
	33	115.0	8	4	3.44	65
	31	111.2	3	9	4.51	74
Lindy McDaniel	26	108.2	5	7	5.80	47
	35	84.0	4	6	4.93	41
	13	29.1	0	1	6.44	13
	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

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
	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
	7	0	1	1	3.52	1
Johnny O'Brien	1	0	0	0	22.50	2
	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Nuevo Laredo, Dothan

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burtoel01.shtml Ellis Burton] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tatele01.shtml Lee Tate] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/floodcu01.shtml Curt Flood] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kattra01.shtml Ray Katt] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/paineph01.shtml Phil Paine] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brosnji01.shtml Jim Brosnan] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/o'brijo03.shtml Johnny O'Brien] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martimo01.shtml Morrie Martin] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hemusso01.shtml Solly Hemus] 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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