The St. Louis Cardinals pulled it off against the New York Giants, 3 to 2, on June 6, 1956.

1956 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

NYG

Giants

17-26

2

STL

Cardinals

27-19

3

NYG

STL

1

0

0

2

1

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

1

0

7

0

1

8

0

0

9

0

1

10

0

0

11

0

1

R

2

3

H

9

6

E

1

0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Whitey Lockman LF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Alvin Dark SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill White 1B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Hank Thompson 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foster Castleman PR,3B 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Willie Mays CF 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Don Mueller RF 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Ray Katt C 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Dusty Rhodes PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wes Westrum C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Terwilliger 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ruben Gomez P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Windy McCall P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daryl Spencer PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Hoyt Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Antonelli P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 9 2 1 1 3 2 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ruben Gomez 8.2 4 2 1 3 9 0
Windy McCall 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hoyt Wilhelm (L) 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Johnny Antonelli 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 10.1 6 3 2 4 9 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Blasingame SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Grady Hatton 2B 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1
Stan Musial RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jackie Brandt PR,RF 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ken Boyer 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
Wally Moon 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Rip Repulski LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Sarni C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Del Greco CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Poholsky P 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bobby Morgan PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Konstanty P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Schoendienst PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ellis Kinder P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Sauer PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chuck Harmon PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 2 0 4 9 0 0 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Poholsky 6.0 5 2 2 1 1 1
Jim Konstanty 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ellis Kinder (W) 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 11.0 9 2 2 1 3 1

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