Baseball Roster for 1956 St. Louis Cardinals
| # | Player Name | Pos | Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | Born | Place | High Level | mlbYears | Salary |
| 22 | Tom Alston | 1B | 30 | L | R | 6-5 | 210 | 1/31/1926 | Greensboro,North Carolina | MLB | 1954-1957 |
| 3 | Don Blasingame | 2B | 24 | L | R | 5-10 | 165 | 3/16/1932 | Corinth,Mississippi | MLB | 1955-1966 |
| 24 | Bob Blaylock | P | 21 | R | R | 6-1 | 185 | 6/28/1935 | Chattanooga,Oklahoma | MLB | 1956-1959 |
| 14 | Ken Boyer | 3B-1B | 25 | R | R | 6-2 | 200 | 5/20/1931 | Liberty,Missouri | MLB | 1955-1969 |
| 21 | Jackie Brandt | OF | 22 | R | R | 5-11 | 170 | 4/28/1934 | Omaha,Nebraska | MLB | 1956-1967 |
| 32 | Jackie Collum | P | 29 | L | L | 5-7 | 163 | 6/21/1927 | Victor,Iowa | MLB | 1951-1962 |
| 30 | Walker Cooper | C | 41 | R | R | 6-3 | 210 | 1/8/1915 | Atherton,Missouri | MLB | 1940-1957 |
| 28 | Joe Cunningham | 1B | 24 | L | L | 6-1 | 190 | 8/27/1931 | Paterson,New Jersey | MLB | 1954-1966 |
| 11 | Alvin Dark | SS-3B | 34 | R | R | 5-11 | 185 | 1/7/1922 | Comanche,Oklahoma | MLB | 1946-1960 |
| 9 | Bobby Del Greco | OF | 23 | R | R | 5-11 | 190 | 4/7/1933 | Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania | MLB | 1952-1965 |
| 36 | Murry Dickson | P | 39 | R | R | | 157 | 8/21/1916 | Tracy,Missouri | MLB | 1939-1959 |
| 37 | Ben Flowers | P | 29 | R | R | 6-4 | 195 | 6/15/1927 | Wilson,North Carolina | MLB | 1951-1956 |
| 24 | Joe Frazier | OF | 33 | L | R | 6-0 | 180 | 10/6/1922 | Liberty,North Carolina | MLB | 1947-1956 |
| 4 | Alex Grammas | SS-3B | 30 | R | R | 6-0 | 178 | 4/3/1926 | Birmingham,Alabama | MLB | 1954-1963 |
| 42 | Harvey Haddix | P | 30 | L | L | 5-9 | 170 | 9/18/1925 | Medway,Ohio | MLB | 1952-1965 |
| 24 | Chuck Harmon | 3B-OF | 32 | R | R | 6-2 | 175 | 4/23/1924 | Washington,Indiana | MLB | 1954-1957 |
| 28 | Grady Hatton | 3B | 33 | L | R | 5-9 | 175 | 10/7/1922 | Beaumont,Texas | MLB | 1946-1960 |
| 7 | Solly Hemus | 2B | 33 | L | R | 5-9 | 175 | 4/17/1923 | Phoenix,Arizona | MLB | 1949-1959 |
| 39 | Larry Jackson | P | 25 | R | R | 6-2 | 190 | 6/2/1931 | Nampa,Idaho | MLB | 1955-1968 |
| 45 | Gordon Jones | P | 26 | R | R | 6-0 | 190 | 4/2/1930 | Portland,Oregon | MLB | 1954-1965 |
| 15 | Ray Katt | C | 29 | R | R | 6-2 | 200 | 5/9/1927 | New Braunfels,Texas | MLB | 1952-1959 |
| 16 | Ellis Kinder | P | 41 | R | R | 6-0 | 195 | 7/26/1914 | Atkins,Arkansas | MLB | 1946-1957 |
| 25 | Jim Konstanty | P | 39 | R | R | 6-1 | 202 | 3/2/1917 | Strykersville,New York | MLB | 1944-1956 |
| 35 | Paul LaPalme | P | 32 | L | L | 5-10 | 184 | 12/14/1923 | Springfield,Massachusetts | MLB | 1951-1957 |
| 21 | Don Liddle | P | 31 | L | L | 5-10 | 165 | 5/25/1925 | Mount Carmel,Illinois | MLB | 1953-1956 |
| - | Dick Littlefield | P | 30 | L | L | 6-0 | 180 | 3/18/1926 | Detroit,Michigan | MLB | 1950-1958 |
| 45 | Dick Littlefield | P | 30 | L | L | 6-0 | 180 | 3/18/1926 | Detroit,Michigan | MLB | 1950-1958 |
| 2 | Whitey Lockman | 1B-OF | 29 | L | R | 6-1 | 175 | 7/25/1926 | Lowell,North Carolina | MLB | 1945-1960 |
| 41 | Lindy McDaniel | P | 20 | R | R | 6-3 | 195 | 12/13/1935 | Hollis,Oklahoma | MLB | 1955-1975 |
| 36 | Stu Miller | P | 28 | R | R | 5-11 | 165 | 12/26/1927 | Northampton,Massachusetts | MLB | 1952-1968 |
| 17 | Vinegar Bend Mizell | P | 25 | R | L | 6-3 | 205 | 8/13/1930 | Vinegar Bend,Alabama | MLB | 1952-1962 |
| 20 | Wally Moon | OF | 26 | L | R | 6-0 | 175 | 4/3/1930 | Bay,Arkansas | MLB | 1954-1965 |
| 42 | Bobby Morgan | 2B-SS | 30 | R | R | 5-9 | 175 | 6/29/1926 | Oklahoma City,Oklahoma | MLB | 1950-1958 |
| 6 | Stan Musial | OF-1B | 35 | L | L | 6-0 | 175 | 11/21/1920 | Donora,Pennsylvania | MLB | 1941-1963 |
| 7 | Rocky Nelson | 1B | 31 | L | L | 5-11 | 178 | 11/18/1924 | Portsmouth,Ohio | MLB | 1949-1961 |
| 38 | Charlie Peete | OF | 27 | L | R | 5-9 | 190 | 2/22/1929 | Franklin,Virginia | MLB | 1956-1956 |
| 23 | Tom Poholsky | P | 26 | R | R | 6-3 | 205 | 8/26/1929 | Detroit,Michigan | MLB | 1950-1957 |
| 8 | Rip Repulski | OF | 28 | R | R | 6-0 | 195 | 10/4/1927 | Sauk Rapids,Minnesota | MLB | 1953-1961 |
| 15 | Bill Sarni | C | 28 | R | R | 5-11 | 187 | 9/19/1927 | Los Angeles,California | MLB | 1951-1956 |
| 10 | Hank Sauer | OF | 39 | R | R | 6-4 | 199 | 3/17/1917 | Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania | MLB | 1941-1959 |
| 44 | Willard Schmidt | P | 28 | R | R | 6-1 | 187 | 5/29/1928 | Hays,Kansas | MLB | 1952-1959 |
| 2 | Red Schoendienst | 2B | 33 | B | R | 6-0 | 170 | 2/2/1923 | Germantown,Illinois | MLB | 1945-1963 |
| 19 | Dick Schofield | SS-2B | 21 | B | R | 5-9 | 165 | 1/7/1935 | Springfield,Illinois | MLB | 1953-1971 |
| 18 | Hal Smith | C | 25 | R | R | 5-11 | 189 | 6/1/1931 | Barling,Arkansas | MLB | 1956-1965 |
| 25 | Max Surkont | P | 34 | R | R | 6-0 | 205 | 6/16/1922 | Central Falls,Rhode Island | MLB | 1949-1957 |
| 9 | Bill Virdon | OF | 25 | L | R | 6-0 | 175 | 6/9/1931 | Hazel Park,Michigan | MLB | 1955-1968 |
| 37 | Herm Wehmeier | P | 29 | R | R | 6-2 | 200 | 2/18/1927 | Cincinnati,Ohio | MLB | 1945-1958 |
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