1956 St. Louis Cardinals season
- 1956 St. Louis Cardinals season
MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1956
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 = Fred Hutchinson
television =KTVI
radio = KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe 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.
Offseason
*October 20, 1955: Harry Walker was released by the St. Louis Cardinals. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walkeha01.shtml]
Regular season
tandings
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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/virdobi01.shtml Bill Virdon Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 14, 1956: Red Schoendienst was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with a player to be named later, Jackie Brandt, Dick Littlefield, and Bill Sarni to the New York Giants for Alvin Dark, Ray Katt, Don Liddle, and Whitey Lockman. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Gordon Jones (October 1, 1956) to the New York Giants to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schoere01.shtml Red Schoendienst Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
Roster
Starting pitchers
References
External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1956.shtml 1956 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1956&t=SLN 1956 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
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