1954 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) · 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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Joe Garagiola*	28	63	187	153	16	43	5	0	5	21	0	0	28	12	.281	.403	.412	.815	113	63	4	4	1	1
2	1B	Dee Fondy*	29	141	610	568	77	162	30	4	9	49	20	5	35	84	.285	.326	.400	.725	88	227	9	1	2	4
3	2B	Gene Baker	29	135	603	541	68	149	32	5	13	61	4	5	47	55	.275	.333	.425	.758	96	230	12	2	9	4
4	SS	Ernie Banks	23	154	649	593	70	163	19	7	19	79	6	10	40	50	.275	.326	.427	.753	94	253	11	7	5	4
5	3B	Randy Jackson	28	126	543	484	77	132	17	6	19	67	2	1	44	55	.273	.333	.450	.784	102	218	9	2	9	4
6	LF	Ralph Kiner	31	147	643	557	88	159	36	5	22	73	2	0	76	90	.285	.371	.487	.858	121	271	17	2	5	3
7	CF	Bob Talbot	27	114	428	403	45	97	15	4	1	19	3	6	16	25	.241	.274	.305	.579	51	123	6	3	5	1
8	RF	Hank Sauer	37	142	605	520	98	150	18	1	41	103	2	1	70	68	.288	.375	.563	.938	140	293	8	6	2	7
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	CF	Frank Baumholtz*	35	90	327	303	38	90	12	6	4	28	1	3	20	15	.297	.340	.416	.756	96	126	5	1	1	2
10	C	Walker Cooper	39	57	181	158	21	49	10	2	7	32	0	0	21	23	.310	.398	.532	.929	140	84	7	2	0	0
11	C	El Tappe	27	46	132	119	5	22	3	0	0	4	0	0	10	9	.185	.246	.210	.456	20	25	2	0	2	1
12	2B	Eddie Miksis	27	38	104	99	9	20	3	0	2	3	1	0	3	9	.202	.225	.293	.518	34	29	2	0	2	0
13	1B	Steve Bilko	25	47	103	92	11	22	8	1	4	12	0	0	11	24	.239	.320	.478	.799	105	44	6	0	0	0
14	C	Clyde McCullough	37	31	87	81	9	21	7	0	3	17	0	0	5	5	.259	.310	.457	.767	97	37	1	1	0	0
15	RF	Hal Rice*	30	51	81	72	5	11	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	15	.153	.235	.153	.387	4	11	1	0	0	1
16	IF	Bill Serena	29	41	79	63	8	10	0	1	4	13	0	0	14	18	.159	.316	.381	.697	81	24	2	1	0	1
17	3B	Vern Morgan*	25	24	67	64	3	15	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.234	.242	.266	.508	32	17	2	0	1	1
18	C	Jim Fanning	26	11	39	38	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.184	.205	.184	.389	2	7	4	0	0	0
19	OF	Luis Marquez	28	17	15	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	4	.083	.214	.083	.298	-19	1	0	0	1	0
20	RF	Don Robertson*	23	14	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
21		Bruce Edwards	30	4	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.000	.400	.000	.400	15	0	0	0	0	0
22	SS	Chris Kitsos#	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0
23	P	Paul Minner*	30	33	88	76	7	13	3	0	2	14	0	0	8	19	.171	.241	.289	.531	38	22	1	0	1	3
24	P	Bob Rush	28	33	87	83	6	23	4	1	2	9	0	0	3	23	.277	.302	.422	.724	86	35	3	0	1	0
25	P	Warren Hacker	29	43	59	55	4	13	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	8	.236	.250	.273	.523	36	15	1	0	3	0
26	P	Howie Pollet*	33	20	51	47	6	13	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	6	.277	.292	.319	.611	59	15	2	0	3	0
27	P	Johnny Klippstein	26	36	48	45	2	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	.133	.130	.156	.286	-26	7	0	0	2	1
28	P	Jim Davis#	29	46	39	32	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	22	.063	.231	.063	.293	-19	2	0	0	0	0
29	P	Hal Jeffcoat	29	56	34	31	13	8	2	1	1	6	2	0	1	7	.258	.265	.484	.749	90	15	1	0	0	2
30	P	Dave Cole	23	19	31	28	1	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	4	.214	.267	.321	.588	52	9	2	0	1	0
31	P	Bill Tremel	24	33	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.250	.333	.250	.583	55	2	1	0	0	0
32	P	Jim Brosnan	24	18	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	-35	1	0	0	0	0
33	P	Jim Willis*	27	14	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Bubba Church	29	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Bob Zick*	27	10	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	31	1	0	0	0	0
36	P	Al Lary	25	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	1	0	0	0	0
37	P	John Pyecha	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Turk Lown	30	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.6	154	5965	5359	700	1412	229	45	159	640	46	31	478	693	.263	.325	.412	.737	91	2208	119	32	56	40	0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				2	5	3	4	6	3		4	3	7	2	6	7	4	6		4
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Bob Rush	28	13	15	.464	3.77	33	32	0	11	0	0	236.1	213	102	99	12	103		124	5	0	8	1007	111	1.337	8.1	0.5	3.9	4.7	1.20
2	SP	Paul Minner*	30	11	11	.500	3.96	32	29	3	12	0	1	218.0	236	107	96	19	50		79	1	0	1	913	106	1.312	9.7	0.8	2.1	3.3	1.58
3	SP	Johnny Klippstein	26	4	11	.267	5.29	36	21	9	4	0	1	148.0	155	104	87	13	96		69	4	1	5	693	79	1.696	9.4	0.8	5.8	4.2	0.72
4	SP	Howie Pollet*	33	8	10	.444	3.58	20	20	0	4	2	0	128.1	131	60	51	4	54		58	0	0	1	562	117	1.442	9.2	0.3	3.8	4.1	1.07
5	SP	Dave Cole	23	3	8	.273	5.36	18	14	3	2	1	0	84.0	74	56	50	7	62		37	1	0	5	379	78	1.619	7.9	0.8	6.6	4.0	0.60
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	CL	Hal Jeffcoat	29	5	6	.455	5.19	43	3	21	1	0	7	104.0	110	63	60	12	58		35	4	0	0	475	81	1.615	9.5	1.0	5.0	3.0	0.60
7	RP	Warren Hacker	29	6	13	.316	4.25	39	18	12	4	1	2	158.2	157	89	75	28	37		80	4	0	0	669	99	1.223	8.9	1.6	2.1	4.5	2.16
8	RP	Jim Davis*	29	11	7	.611	3.52	46	12	18	2	0	4	127.2	114	57	50	12	51		58	3	1	3	538	119	1.292	8.0	0.8	3.6	4.1	1.14
9	RP	Bill Tremel	24	1	2	.333	4.21	33	0	22	0	0	4	51.1	45	27	24	3	28		21	0	0	2	220	100	1.422	7.9	0.5	4.9	3.7	0.75
10	RP	Jim Brosnan	24	1	0	1.000	9.45	18	0	7	0	0	0	33.1	44	35	35	9	18		17	1	0	4	158	44	1.860	11.9	2.4	4.9	4.6	0.94
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
11		Jim Willis	27	0	1	.000	3.91	14	1	4	0	0	0	23.0	22	10	10	1	18		5	3	0	1	109	107	1.739	8.6	0.4	7.0	2.0	0.28
12		Turk Lown	30	0	2	.000	6.14	15	0	6	0	0	0	22.0	23	18	15	1	15		16	0	0	5	106	68	1.727	9.4	0.4	6.1	6.5	1.07
13		Bob Zick	27	0	0		8.27	8	0	5	0	0	0	16.1	23	15	15	1	7		9	0	0	0	75	51	1.837	12.7	0.6	3.9	5.0	1.29
14		Bubba Church	29	1	3	.250	9.82	7	3	2	1	0	0	14.2	21	18	16	8	13		8	0	0	0	76	43	2.318	12.9	4.9	8.0	4.9	0.62
15		Al Lary	25	0	0		3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	2	2	0	7		4	0	0	0	27	140	1.667	4.5	0.0	10.5	6.0	0.57
16		John Pyecha	22	0	1	.000	10.12	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	4	3	3	1	2		2	0	0	0	14	41	2.250	13.5	3.4	6.8	6.8	1.00
		Team Totals	28.3	64	90	.416	4.51	154	154	113	41	4	19	1374.1	1375	766	688	131	619		622	26	2	35	6021	93	1.451	9.0	0.9	4.1	4.1	1.00
		Rank in 8 NL teams		7	2		7				4	7	5	5	4	6	6	4	8		5087
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Gene Baker	29	134	134	1187.2	765	355	385	25	102	.967	0.9	0.9	1.9	-1.9	3.7		-1		5.61	5.52						2B
Ernie Banks	23	154	154	1373.1	821	312	475	34	105	.959	-1.7	-1.5	-1.7	-0.9	-0.8		0		5.16	5.11						SS
Frank Baumholtz	35	87	66	572.2	165	161	2	2	0	.988	-0.9	-1.9	3.1	0.7	2.4	-4			2.56	1.87						CF-RF-LF
Steve Bilko	25	22	21	175.2	210	182	28	0	17	1.000	2.8	19.1	2.8	0.6	2.2		0		10.76	9.55						1B
Jim Brosnan	24	18	0	33.1	14	3	10	1	2	.929									3.51	0.72						P
Bubba Church	29	7	3	14.2	4	2	2	0	0	1.000									2.45	0.57						P
Dave Cole	23	18	14	84.0	21	9	11	1	0	.952									2.14	1.11						P
Walker Cooper	39	48	43	368.0	226	190	31	5	4	.978	0.0	0.0						0	5.40	4.60	4	6	10	8	44%	C
Jim Davis	29	46	12	127.2	38	13	24	1	0	.974									2.61	0.80						P
Jim Fanning	26	11	11	99.1	46	40	6	0	0	1.000	-1.0	-12.1						-1	4.17	4.18	1	6	4	3	43%	C
Dee Fondy	29	138	133	1198.2	1356	1228	119	9	129	.993	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.8	-0.3		0		10.11	9.76						1B
Joe Garagiola	28	55	48	409.0	218	191	23	4	0	.982	-2.0	-5.9						-2	4.71	3.89	6	4	15	7	32%	C
Warren Hacker	29	39	18	158.2	30	10	20	0	2	1.000									1.70	0.77						P
Randy Jackson	28	124	124	1114.2	402	118	266	18	21	.955	1.6	1.7	2.6	-2.8	5.4		-1		3.10	3.10						3B
Hal Jeffcoat	29	46	3	111.0	37	13	20	4	1	.892	0.1	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0			2.68	0.72						P-CF
Ralph Kiner	31	147	147	1274.1	312	296	7	9	1	.971	-4.2	-4.0	-1.2	0.6	-1.8	-3			2.14	2.06						LF
Chris Kitsos	26	1	0	1.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.6	720.0	0.6	0.6	0.0		0		18.00	2.00						SS
Johnny Klippstein	26	36	21	148.0	42	15	27	0	3	1.000									2.55	1.17						P
Al Lary	25	1	1	6.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									3.00	2.00						P
Turk Lown	30	15	0	22.0	9	2	6	1	0	.889									3.27	0.53						P
Luis Marquez	28	14	2	42.0	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	1.1	31.4	1.1	0.6	0.5	0			3.86	1.29						CF-LF
Clyde McCullough	37	29	20	186.0	114	105	7	2	4	.982	-3.1	-20.0	-1.1	-1.1	0.0		0	-2	5.42	3.86	3	4	5	2	29%	C-3B
Eddie Miksis	27	24	21	194.0	132	64	63	5	16	.962	-1.2	-7.4	-1.2	-1.8	0.6		0		5.89	5.29						2B-3B-LF
Paul Minner	30	32	29	218.0	58	15	42	1	6	.983									2.35	1.78						P
Vern Morgan	25	15	15	133.0	38	8	26	4	1	.895	-0.6	-5.4	-0.6	-0.5	-0.1		0		2.30	2.27						3B
Howie Pollet	33	20	20	128.1	28	6	22	0	1	1.000									1.96	1.40						P
John Pyecha	22	1	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Hal Rice	30	24	12	112.0	26	21	2	3	0	.885	-4.5	-48.2	-3.5	-3.2	-0.3	-1			1.85	0.96						RF-LF
Don Robertson	23	6	0	9.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.2	-25.7	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0			0.96	0.17						RF
Bob Rush	28	33	32	236.1	72	15	54	3	4	.958									2.63	2.09						P
Hank Sauer	37	149	141	1243.0	299	281	7	11	2	.963	-7.4	-7.1	-1.4	-0.4	-1.0	-6			2.09	1.93						RF-LF
Bill Serena	29	14	12	101.2	33	5	26	2	0	.939	0.4	4.7	0.4	0.9	-0.5		0		2.74	2.21						3B-2B
Bob Talbot	27	110	94	861.1	260	244	10	6	1	.977	-2.5	-3.5	-1.5	-0.1	-1.4	-1			2.65	2.31						CF
El Tappe	27	46	34	331.0	210	185	22	3	2	.986	-1.0	-3.6						-1	5.63	4.50	0	7	16	9	36%	C
Bill Tremel	24	33	0	51.1	7	1	5	1	0	.857									1.05	0.18						P
Jim Willis	27	14	1	23.0	8	0	8	0	1	1.000									3.13	0.57						P
Bob Zick	27	8	0	16.1	4	1	2	1	0	.750									1.65	0.38						P
Team Totals	29.3	154	1386	12369.0	6038	4123	1761	154	425	.974	-18.2	-1.8	4.8	-4.1	8.7	-15	-2	-6	4.28	3.47	14	27	50	29	37%
Rank in 8 NL teams								2	5	6
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1953 / 1955 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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