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1955 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954/1956) 72-81, Finished 6th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 626 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-86 Managed by Stan Hack Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 875,800 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 102   (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 102   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Harry Chiti         22  113  338   24   78   6  1  11   41  25   68  .231  .282  .352   0   0   8   1   3   5   8   68
1B *Dee Fondy           30  150  574   69  152  23  8  17   65  35   87  .265  .307  .422   8   9   9   2   3   4   6   92
2B  Gene Baker          30  154  609   82  163  29  7  11   52  49   57  .268  .323  .392   9   7  14   2  18   3   1   89
3B  Randy Jackson       29  138  499   73  132  13  7  21   70  58   58  .265  .340  .445   0   2  11   1   3   4   6  107
SS  Ernie Banks         24  154  596   98  176  29  9  44  117  45   72  .295  .345  .596   9   3  16   2   0   3   6  144
OF  Eddie Miksis        28  131  481   52  113  14  2   9   41  32   55  .235  .282  .328   3   6  11   0  10   1   3   62
OF *Jim King            22  113  301   43   77  12  3  11   45  24   39  .256  .312  .425   2   1   3   2   3   3   1   94
OF  Hank Sauer          38   79  261   29   55   8  1  12   28  26   47  .211  .286  .387   0   0   8   2   0   1   0   77
   *Frank Baumholtz     36  105  280   23   81  12  5   1   27  16   24  .289  .325  .379   0   1   9   1   7   5   2   87
   *Bob Speake          24   95  261   36   57   9  5  12   43  28   71  .218  .300  .429   3   4   1   3   0   1   4   91
    Jim Bolger          23   64  160   19   33   5  4   0    7   9   17  .206  .257  .288   2   2   3   2   2   0   1   45
   *Lloyd Merriman      30   72  145   15   31   6  1   1    8  21   21  .214  .311  .290   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   61
    Walker Cooper       40   54  111   11   31   8  1   7   15   6   19  .279  .322  .559   0   0   3   1   1   0   1  129
    Clyde McCullough    38   44   81    7   16   0  0   0   10   8   15  .198  .272  .198   0   0   1   1   2   2   3   28
   *Ted Tappe           24   23   50   12   13   2  0   4   10  11   11  .260  .413  .540   0   0   0   2   0   0   3  151
   *Gale Wade           26    9   33    5    6   1  0   1    1   4    3  .182  .270  .303   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   52
    Jim Fanning         27    5   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .091  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -73
    Owen Friend         28    6   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .100  .100  .100   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -46
   *Vern Morgan         26    7    7    1    1   0  0   0    1   3    4  .143  .400  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   53
    Al Lary             26    4    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
    El Tappe            28    2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

    Bob Rush            29   33   82    6    9   2  0   1    5   6   40  .110  .170  .171   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   -9
    Sam Jones           29   36   77    2   14   1  0   0    5   3   27  .182  .213  .195   0   0   4   0   5   0   0   10
    Warren Hacker       30   35   72    6   18   3  1   0    3   0    9  .250  .250  .319   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   50
   *Paul Minner         31   22   56    5   13   2  0   0    1   5    7  .232  .295  .268   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   51
   #Jim Davis           30   42   37    1    1   0  0   0    1   3   21  .027  .100  .027   0   0   1   0   3   0   0  -64
    Hal Jeffcoat        30   52   23    3    4   0  0   1    1   2    9  .174  .240  .304   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   44
   *Howie Pollet        34   24   15    0    6   2  0   0    0   2    5  .400  .471  .533   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  167
   *Harry Perkowski     32   26   13    2    2   0  0   0    0   1    2  .154  .214  .154   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0
    Dave Hillman        27   26   10    1    1   0  0   0    0   3    5  .100  .308  .100   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   15
   *John Andre          32   22    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    4  .111  .111  .111   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -41
    Bill Tremel         25   23    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    2  .286  .375  .286   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   79
    Hy Cohen            24    7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -26
    Don Kaiser          20   11    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bubba Church        30    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.5  154 5214  626 1287 187 55 164  597 428  806  .247  .304  .398  37  35 107  22  69  33  45   91
    Rank among 8 NL teams          5    7    7   7  2   5        8    1     7     8     6   7   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Sam Jones           29  36   4.10  14  20  0  34   1  12   4  241.7  175  118  110  22  185  198 1070   5  14  0   5 101
SP  Bob Rush            29  33   3.50  13  11  0  33   0  14   3  234.0  204   95   91  19   73  130  959   4   2  0   4 118
SP  Warren Hacker       30  35   4.27  11  15  3  30   4  13   0  213.0  202  112  101  38   43   80  885   3   2  0   7  97
SP *Paul Minner         31  22   3.48   9   9  0  22   0   7   1  157.7  173   67   61  15   47   53  675   2   1  0  10 118

CL  Hal Jeffcoat        30  50   2.95   8   6  6   1  26   0   0  100.7  107   46   33   5   53   32  453   2   4  0  12 140
RP *Jim Davis           30  42   4.44   7  11  3  16  17   0   0  133.7  122   79   66  16   58   62  568   7   2  0   5  93
RP  Bill Tremel         25  23   3.72   3   0  2   0  12   0   0   38.7   33   18   16   2   18   13  163   1   0  0   2 111
RP  Dave Hillman        27  25   5.31   0   0  0   3   9   0   0   57.7   63   36   34  10   25   23  259   1   1  0   0  78
RP *Harry Perkowski     32  25   5.29   3   4  2   4  14   0   0   47.7   53   32   28   3   25   28  215   1   0  0   4  78

   *Howie Pollet        34  24   5.61   4   3  5   7   7   1   1   61.0   62   41   38  11   27   27  267   2   0  0   3  73
    John Andre          32  22   5.80   0   1  1   3   5   0   0   45.0   45   34   29   7   28   19  207   1   1  0   4  71
    Don Kaiser          20  11   5.40   0   0  0   0   6   0   0   18.3   20   11   11   2    5   11   79   1   1  0   0  76
    Hy Cohen            24   7   7.94   0   0  0   1   0   0   0   17.0   28   17   15   2   10    4   86   0   1  0   0  52
    Vicente Amor        22   4   4.50   0   1  0   0   3   0   0    6.0   11    3    3   0    3    3   31   1   0  1   1  92
    Bubba Church        30   2   5.40   0   0  1   0   1   0   0    3.3    4    2    2   1    1    3   15   0   0  0   0  76
    Bob Thorpe          20   2   3.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.0    4    2    1   0    0    0   12   0   0  0   0 137
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.7 154   4.17  72  81 23 154 107  47  10 1378.0 1306  713  638 153  601  686 5944  31  29  1  57  99
    Rank among 8 NL teams           6   6   3  2           4   4      3    3    6        3    8    4

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- HChiti 113 495 69 9 10 .984 17 CMcCullough 37 160 12 2 0 .989 1 WCooper 31 88 11 4 1 .961 1 JFanning 5 30 2 0 0 1.000 2 ETappe 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 776 95 15 11 .983 21 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DFondy 147 1304 107 13 135 .991 9.60 BSpeake 8 69 7 2 7 .974 9.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1373 114 15 142 .990 9.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .974 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GBaker 154 432 444 30 114 .967 5.69 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 432 444 30 114 .967 5.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .951 2.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RJackson 134 125 247 20 26 .949 2.78 EMiksis 18 23 46 3 5 .958 3.83 OFriend 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 VMorgan 2 2 2 2 0 .667 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 152 297 25 31 .947 2.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EBanks 154 290 482 22 102 .972 5.01 OFriend 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 291 482 22 102 .972 5.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.10 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- EMiksis 111 267 6 3 1 .989 2.46 0 76 41 JKing 93 184 10 2 2 .990 2.09 17 0 76 HSauer 68 122 4 2 1 .984 1.85 67 0 1 FBaumholtz 63 131 3 1 1 .993 2.13 40 0 23 BSpeake 55 90 4 4 1 .959 1.71 49 0 8 JBolger 51 125 1 6 0 .955 2.47 3 49 0 LMerriman 47 82 2 2 2 .977 1.79 8 36 3 TTappe 15 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.27 0 0 15 GWade 9 12 1 2 0 .867 1.44 0 9 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1031 32 22 8 .980 2.31 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .950 2.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SJones 36 14 36 5 0 .909 1.86 BRush 33 16 43 1 1 .983 2.27 WHacker 35 14 20 3 0 .919 1.44 PMinner 22 4 39 1 3 .977 2.45 JDavis 42 5 22 1 0 .964 1.82 HJeffcoat 50 4 24 3 1 .903 2.50 HPollet 24 7 15 0 1 1.000 3.25 DHillman 25 4 10 1 1 .933 2.18 HPerkowski 25 8 12 0 0 1.000 3.77 JAndre 22 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.60 BTremel 23 2 5 2 0 .778 1.63 DKaiser 11 0 2 1 0 .667 0.98 HCohen 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.06 VAmor 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.00 BChurch 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BThorpe 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 80 242 18 7 .947 2.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Banks .295 On-base % Banks .345 Slugging % Banks .596 OPS Banks .941 Games Baker and Banks 154 At Bats Baker 609 Plate Appearances (approx.) Baker 681 Runs Banks 98 Hits Banks 176 Total Bases Banks 355 Doubles Baker and Banks 29 Triples Banks 9 Home Runs Banks 44 RBI Banks 117 Bases on Balls Jackson 58 Strikeouts Fondy 87 Stolen Bases Baker and Banks 9 Singles Baker 116 Adjusted OPS+ Banks 144 Runs Created Banks 117 Adjusted Batting Runs Banks 34 Batting Wins Banks 3.3 Extra-Base Hits Banks 82 Times on Base Banks 223 Offensive Win% Banks .681 Hit By Pitch Speake 3 Sac. Hits Baker 18 Sac. Flies Baumholtz and Chiti 5 Intentional Walks Chiti 8 Grounded into Double Plays Banks 16 Caught Stealing Fondy 9 Power/Speed Number Banks 14.9 At Bats per Strikeout Baker 10.7 At Bats per Home Run Banks 13.5 Outs Baker 488

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Minner 3.48 Wins Jones 14 Won-Loss % Jeffcoat .571 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hacker 1.150 Hits Allowed/9IP Jones 6.52 Bases on Balls/9IP Hacker 1.82 Strikeouts/9IP Jones 7.37 Games Jeffcoat 50 Saves Jeffcoat 6 Innings Jones 241.7 Strikeouts Jones 198 Games Started Jones 34 Comp. Games Rush 14 Shutouts Jones 4 Home Runs Allow. Hacker 38 Bases On Balls Allow. Jones 185 Hits Allowed Rush 204 SO to Walk Hacker 1.86 Losses Jones 20 Earned Runs Allow. Jones 110 Wild Pitches Davis 7 Hit Batsmen Jones 14 Batters Faced Jones 1070 Games Finished Jeffcoat 26 Adjusted ERA+ Minner and Rush 118

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