1956 St. Louis Cardinals season

1956 St. Louis Cardinals
File:St Louis Cardinals 1956-1966 logo.png
Ballpark	Busch Stadium I
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Owners	August "Gussie" Busch
Managers	Fred Hutchinson
Television	KTVI
Radio	KMOX (Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
Seasons

The St. Louis Cardinals 1956 season was the team's 75th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 65th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 76-78 during the season and finished 4th in the National League.

Standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	93	61	0.604	—	52–25	41–36
Milwaukee Braves	92	62	0.597	1	47–29	45–33
Cincinnati Redlegs	91	63	0.591	2	51–26	40–37
St. Louis Cardinals	76	78	0.494	17	43–34	33–44
Philadelphia Phillies	71	83	0.461	22	40–37	31–46
New York Giants	67	87	0.435	26	37–40	30–47
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	88	0.429	27	35–43	31–45
Chicago Cubs	60	94	0.390	33	39–38	21–56

Notable transactions

May 17, 1956: Bill Virdon was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dick Littlefield and Bobby Del Greco.

Roster

1956 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

Player stats

Batting

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

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

External links

• 1956 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1956 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com