| 1955 St. Louis Cardinals | ||||
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| 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) | |||
| Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |||
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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, 30+1⁄2 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.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers | 98 | 55 | .641 | — | 56–21 | 42–34 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 85 | 69 | .552 | 13½ | 46–31 | 39–38 |
| New York Giants | 80 | 74 | .519 | 18½ | 44–35 | 36–39 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 77 | .500 | 21½ | 46–31 | 31–46 |
| Cincinnati Redlegs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 23½ | 46–31 | 29–48 |
| Chicago Cubs | 72 | 81 | .471 | 26 | 43–33 | 29–48 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 68 | 86 | .442 | 30½ | 41–36 | 27–50 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 60 | 94 | .390 | 38½ | 36–39 | 24–55 |
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| Team | BR | CHC | CIN | MIL | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
| Brooklyn | — | 14–7–1 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 14–8 | |||||
| Chicago | 7–14–1 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 14–8 | |||||
| Cincinnati | 10–12 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
| Milwaukee | 7–15 | 15–7 | 13–9 | — | 14–8 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 11–11 | |||||
| New York | 9–13 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 8–14 | — | 10–12 | 17–5 | 13–9 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 6–16 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — | 15–7 | 13–9 | |||||
| Pittsburgh | 8–14 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 7–15 | — | 10–12 | |||||
| St. Louis | 8–14 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 12–10 | — | |||||
| 1955 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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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 |
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| 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 | Bill Virdon | 144 | 534 | 150 | .281 | 17 | 68 |
| RF | Wally Moon | 152 | 593 | 175 | .295 | 19 | 76 |
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 |
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| 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 |
| Harry Walker | 11 | 14 | 5 | .357 | 0 | 1 |
| Dick Rand | 3 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 1 | 3 |
| Tom Alston | 13 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Ducky Schofield | 12 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Harvey Haddix | 37 | 208.0 | 12 | 16 | 4.46 | 150 |
| Larry Jackson | 37 | 177.1 | 9 | 14 | 4.31 | 88 |
| Luis Arroyo | 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 |
| Ben Flowers | 4 | 27.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.62 | 19 |
| Vic Raschi | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 21.60 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| 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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Paul LaPalme | 56 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2.75 | 39 |
| Mel Wright | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6.19 | 18 |
| Frank Smith | 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 |
| Al Gettel | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 7 |
| Tony Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Fresno, Paducah, Hamilton; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Johnson City[8]
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