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St. Louis Cardinals 12-15-1956
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| Breaking News |  | Saturday, December 15th, 1956: Mullin Brushes Off Media Over Rumored St. Louis Contract
Scuttlebutt has Pat Mullin on the move to St. Louis, but the 39-year-old denied those rumors today in an interview.
Still, insiders are reporting that the center fielder is mulling over a $10,000,000, 1-year deal.
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 | Wednesday, September 12th, 1956: St. Louis Blanks Pittsburgh Behind Jackson
Larry Jackson had the Pittsburgh Pirates dancing to his tune today with a sparkling 2-0 shutout performance for the St. Louis Cardinals. He gave up 3 hits and collected 2 walks and 4 strikeouts.
Pittsburgh hitters were bewildered throughout the game by his delivery.
The opposing manager said, "When you face a guy who hides the ball like he does, it takes a couple of at-bats to try to find his release point. We just never figured him out."
This season Jackson has compiled a 18-8 mark with a 3.50 ERA.
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 | Tuesday, September 11th, 1956: SS Lipon Inks Extension
Fans hailed the signing of Johnny Lipon today as the St. Louis Cardinals shortstop came to terms with the club.
Set to make $2,300,000 over the upcoming 1 year, Lipon signed primarily out of loyalty to the organization, thrilling the most diehard supporters who think there isn't much loyalty in a market driven by free agency.
Year-to-date in 120 games Lipon has compiled a .192 batting average with 69 hits and 2 home runs. He has also scored 48 times and knocked in 30 runs.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | LF Sandy Amoros | fractured cheekbone | 4 months | On DL, eligible for return |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 91-63, .591 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 47-30, .610 PCT | | Record on the road | 44-33, .571 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 8-3, .727 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 22-15, .595 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 26-10, .722 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 65-53, .551 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 18-9, .667 PCT | | Record in May | 18-11, .621 PCT | | Record in June | 14-12, .538 PCT | | Record in July | 17-11, .607 PCT | | Record in August | 17-12, .586 PCT | | Record in September | 7-8, .467 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .269 - 2nd in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .370 - 1st in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .455 - 1st in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .825 - 1st in NL | | Runs Scored | 914 - 1st in NL | | Hits | 1415 - 3rd in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 456 - 1st in NL | | Home Runs | 236 - 1st in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 837 - 1st in NL | | Strikeouts | 731 - 5th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 39 - 4th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.56 - 7th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 4.39 - 8th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 5.21 - 6th in NL | | Runs allowed | 806 - 7th in NL | | Hits allowed | 1417 - 7th in NL | | Opponents AVG | .267 - 7th in NL | | BABIP | .272 - 6th in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 184 - 7th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 566 - 2nd in NL | | Strikeouts | 598 - 7th in NL |
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