1959 St. Louis Cardinals season

1959 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1959
misc =



current league = National League
y1 = 1892
Uniform
ballpark = Busch Stadium I
y4 = 1920
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = August "Gussie" Busch
managers = Solly Hemus
television = KPLR
radio = KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola)
espntn = stl
brtn = stl
The St. Louis Cardinals 1959 season was the team's 78th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 68th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 71-83 during the season and finished 7th in the National League.

Third baseman Ken Boyer won a Gold Glove this year.

Offseason

*December 3, 1958: Ruben Amaro, Sr. was traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chuck Essegian. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/amaroru01.shtml Ruben Amaro page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 4, 1958: Wally Moon and Phil Paine were traded by the Cardinals to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Gino Cimoli. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/paineph01.shtml Phil Paine page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular Season

Season Recap

They Redbirds played the league's best baseball from early May into late July, during which time they went went 40-30.

But pitching failed the Redbirds. Their 4.34 ERA was ranked worst in the National League. Larry Jackson and Lindy McDaniel, who found success and sved 15 games after an early-season move to the bullpen, each won a team-high 14 games.

tandings

Opening Day starters

Roster

Starting pitchers

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1959.shtml 1959 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1959&t=SLN 1959 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]


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