1955 St. Louis Cardinals season

1955 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1955
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 = Eddie Stanky and Harry Walker
television =KTVI
radio = KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola)
espntn = stl
brtn = stl
The St. Louis Cardinals 1955 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, 30½ 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 '86, with Vince Coleman and Todd Worrell, respectively.

Offseason

*October 19, 1954: Peanuts Lowrey was released by the St. Louis Cardinals. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lowrepe01.shtml]

Regular season

tandings

Roster

Starting pitchers

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1955.shtml 1955 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1955&t=SLN 1955 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]


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