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1958 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1958 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkBusch Stadium I
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record72–82 (.468)
League place5th
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
General managersBing Devine
ManagersFred Hutchinson, Stan Hack
TelevisionKTVI
RadioKMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
← 1957 Seasons 1959 →

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

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Regular season

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Third baseman Ken Boyer won a Gold Glove this year.

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Braves 92 62 .597 — 48‍–‍29 44‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Pirates 84 70 .545 8 49‍–‍28 35‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants 80 74 .519 12 44‍–‍33 36‍–‍41
Cincinnati Redlegs 76 78 .494 16 40‍–‍37 36‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs 72 82 .468 20 35‍–‍42 37‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals 72 82 .468 20 39‍–‍38 33‍–‍44
Los Angeles Dodgers 71 83 .461 21 39‍–‍38 32‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies 69 85 .448 23 35‍–‍42 34‍–‍43

Record vs. opponents

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1958 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1958 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
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

Other batters

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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
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

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Cardinals American Association Johnny Keane
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Cot Deal
AA Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo Mexican League Jose Ramos
AA Houston Buffaloes Texas League Harry Walker
A York White Roses Eastern League Joe Schultz
B Winston-Salem Red Birds Carolina League Vern Benson
C Stockton Ports California League Don Pries
C Winnipeg Goldeyes Northern League Al Unser
C Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Chase Riddle
D Dothan Cardinals Alabama–Florida League J. C. Dunn
D Wytheville Cardinals Appalachian League Whitey Kurowski
D Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Homer Ray Wilson
D Albany Cardinals Georgia–Florida League Mo Mozzali
D Keokuk Cardinals Midwest League Frank Calo
D Hobbs Cardinals Sophomore League Wayne Wallace

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Nuevo Laredo, Dothan[10]

References

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  1. ^ Ellis Burton at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Lee Tate at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Curt Flood at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Ray Katt at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Phil Paine at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Jim Brosnan at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Johnny O'Brien at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Morrie Martin at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ Solly Hemus at Baseball-Reference
  10. ^ 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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