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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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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |