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1954 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955

64-90, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Stan Hack (64-90)
Scored 700 runs, Allowed 766 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-83

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 748,183 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101

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1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Gene Baker 29 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 15, 1925 2 135 134 135 134 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.3 $
Ernie Banks HOF 23 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 31, 1931 2 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Frank Baumholtz 35 L L 5' 10" 175 Oct 7, 1918 7 90 66 90 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 62 13 73 20 2 1.0 $
Steve Bilko 25 R R 6' 1" 230 Nov 13, 1928 6 47 21 47 22 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0.5 $
Jim Brosnan 24 R R 6' 4" 197 Oct 24, 1929 1st 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Bubba Church 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 12, 1924 5 8 3 8 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.9 $
Dave Cole 23 R R 6' 2" 175 Aug 29, 1930 5 19 14 19 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Walker Cooper 39 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 15 57 43 57 48 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 1.9 $
Jim Davis 29 B L 6' 0" 180 Sep 15, 1924 1st 46 12 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Bruce Edwards 30 R R 5' 8" 180 Jul 15, 1923 8 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 $
Jim Fanning 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 14, 1927 1st 11 11 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Dee Fondy 29 L L 6' 3" 195 Oct 13, 1924 4 141 133 141 138 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1.0 $
Joe Garagiola 28 L R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1926 9 63 48 63 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 1.3 $
Warren Hacker 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 21, 1924 7 43 18 43 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.9 $
Randy Jackson 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 10, 1926 5 126 124 126 124 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.5 $ All-Star
Hal Jeffcoat 29 R R 5' 10" 185 Sep 6, 1924 7 56 3 56 46 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 11 0.6 $
Ralph Kiner HOF 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 27, 1922 9 147 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 147 0 0 2.8 $65,000
Chris Kitsos 26 B R 5' 9" 165 Feb 11, 1928 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
Johnny Klippstein 26 R R 6' 1" 173 Oct 17, 1927 5 36 21 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Al Lary 25 R R 6' 3" 185 Sep 26, 1928 1st 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $
Turk Lown 30 R R 6' 0" 180 May 30, 1924 4 16 0 16 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.5 $
Luis Marquez 28 R R 5' 10" 174 Oct 28, 1925 2 17 2 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 14 0 7 0.1 $
Clyde McCullough 37 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 4, 1917 13 31 20 31 29 0 26 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.3 $
Eddie Miksis 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 11, 1926 10 38 21 38 24 0 0 0 20 3 0 1 0 0 1 11 5 -0.5 $
Paul Minner 30 L L 6' 5" 200 Jul 30, 1923 8 33 29 33 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.1 $
Vern Morgan 25 L R 6' 1" 190 Aug 8, 1928 1st 24 15 24 15 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.5 $
Howie Pollet 33 L L 6' 1" 175 Jun 26, 1921 12 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
John Pyecha 22 R R 6' 5" 200 Nov 25, 1931 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Hal Rice 30 L R 6' 1" 195 Feb 11, 1924 7 51 12 51 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21 24 29 3 -1.1 $
Don Robertson 23 L L 5' 10" 180 Oct 15, 1930 1st 14 0 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 4 6 -0.2 $
Bob Rush 28 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 21, 1925 7 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.7 $
Hank Sauer 37 R R 6' 3" 198 Mar 17, 1917 10 142 141 142 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 135 141 1 0 3.8 $
Bill Serena 29 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 2, 1924 6 41 12 41 14 0 0 0 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0.2 $
Bob Talbot 27 R R 6' 0" 170 Jun 6, 1927 2 114 94 114 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 110 2 6 -1.7 $
El Tappe 27 R R 5' 11" 180 May 21, 1927 1st 46 34 46 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.9 $
Bill Tremel 24 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 4, 1929 1st 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Jim Willis 27 L R 6' 3" 175 Mar 20, 1927 2 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Bob Zick 27 L R 6' 0" 168 Apr 26, 1927 1st 11 0 11 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.4 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Bill Serena

Randy Jackson

Ralph Kiner

Bruce Edwards

Frank Baumholtz

Clyde McCullough

Hank Sauer

Bob Talbot

Joe Garagiola

Chris Kitsos

Ernie Banks

Howie Pollet

Bob Rush

Warren Hacker

Hal Jeffcoat

Eddie Miksis

Jim Davis

Bubba Church
Dave Cole

Paul Minner

Walker Cooper

Jim Brosnan

Hal Rice
Jim Willis

Vern Morgan

Al Lary

Bill Tremel

John Pyecha

Turk Lown

Johnny Klippstein

Gene Baker

Bob Zick

Dave Cole

Dee Fondy

Jim Fanning
Luis Marquez

Steve Bilko

Don Robertson

El Tappe

1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers