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1955 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956

72-81, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Stan Hack (72-81)
Scored 626 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-86

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 875,800 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

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1954 / 1956 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
Vicente Amor 22 R R 6' 3" 182 Aug 8, 1932 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
John Andre 32 L R 6' 4" 200 Jan 3, 1923 1st 22 3 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Gene Baker 30 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 15, 1925 3 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 All-Star
Ernie Banks HOF 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 31, 1931 3 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.1 All-Star
Frank Baumholtz 36 L L 5' 10" 175 Oct 7, 1918 8 105 63 105 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 24 63 42 0 0.2
Jim Bolger 23 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 23, 1932 4 64 44 64 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 49 0 51 1 14 -0.4
Harry Chiti 22 R R 6' 2" 221 Nov 16, 1932 4 113 103 113 113 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.7
Bubba Church 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 12, 1924 6 3 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1
Hy Cohen 24 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 29, 1931 1st 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Walker Cooper 40 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 16 54 21 54 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0.6
Jim Davis 30 B L 6' 0" 180 Sep 15, 1924 2 42 16 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Jim Fanning 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 14, 1927 2 5 4 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Dee Fondy 30 L L 6' 3" 195 Oct 13, 1924 5 150 147 150 147 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.3
Owen Friend 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 21, 1927 4 6 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.2
Warren Hacker 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 21, 1924 8 35 30 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6
Dave Hillman 27 R R 5' 11" 168 Sep 14, 1927 1st 26 3 26 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3
Randy Jackson 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 10, 1926 6 138 134 138 134 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.8 All-Star
Hal Jeffcoat 30 R R 5' 10" 185 Sep 6, 1924 8 52 1 52 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.4
Sam Jones 29 R R 6' 4" 192 Dec 14, 1925 3 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 All-Star
Don Kaiser 20 R R 6' 5" 195 Feb 3, 1935 1st 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Jim King 22 L R 6' 0" 185 Aug 27, 1932 1st 113 71 113 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 76 93 22 2 1.5
Al Lary 26 R R 6' 3" 185 Sep 26, 1928 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Clyde McCullough 38 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 4, 1917 14 44 26 44 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.6
Lloyd Merriman 30 L L 6' 0" 190 Aug 2, 1924 5 72 32 72 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 37 3 49 22 6 -0.2
Eddie Miksis 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 11, 1926 11 131 126 131 129 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 75 42 111 2 0 0.1
Paul Minner 31 L L 6' 5" 200 Jul 30, 1923 9 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2
Vern Morgan 26 L R 6' 1" 190 Aug 8, 1928 2 7 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Harry Perkowski 32 L L 6' 2" 196 Sep 6, 1922 8 26 4 26 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.8
Howie Pollet 34 L L 6' 1" 175 Jun 26, 1921 13 24 7 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Bob Rush 29 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 21, 1925 8 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.3
Hank Sauer 38 R R 6' 3" 198 Mar 17, 1917 11 79 68 79 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 0 0 68 11 0 0.1
Bob Speake 24 L L 6' 1" 178 Aug 22, 1930 1st 95 62 95 62 0 0 8 0 0 0 49 0 8 55 31 2 0.5
El Tappe 28 R R 5' 11" 180 May 21, 1927 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Tappe 24 L R 6' 3" 185 Feb 2, 1931 3 23 13 23 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 10 0 0.5
Bob Thorpe 20 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 12, 1935 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bill Tremel 25 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 4, 1929 2 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Gale Wade 26 L R 6' 1" 185 Jan 20, 1929 1st 9 7 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 1 -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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Jim Fanning
Randy Jackson
Owen Friend
Gale Wade
Ted Tappe
Vern Morgan
Frank Baumholtz
Clyde McCullough
Hank Sauer

Bob Speake
Ernie Banks
Howie Pollet
Bob Rush
Warren Hacker
Hal Jeffcoat
Eddie Miksis
Jim Davis

Bubba Church
Paul Minner
Walker Cooper
Bob Thorpe
Sam Jones
Lloyd Merriman
John Andre
Jim Bolger

Al Lary
Harry Chiti
Bill Tremel
Vicente Amor
Gene Baker
Dee Fondy
Hy Cohen
Harry Perkowski

Don Kaiser
Jim King
Dave Hillman
El Tappe

1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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