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1955 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956)
72-81, Finished 6th in National League
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Scored 626 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-86
Manager: Stan Hack (72-81)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
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 - 100, Pitching - 102

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1954 / 1956 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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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 Harry Chiti 22 113 372 338 24 78 6 1 11 41 0 0 25 68 .231 .282 .352 .634 68 119 8 1 3 5 8
2 1B Dee Fondy* 30 150 618 574 69 152 23 8 17 65 8 9 35 87 .265 .307 .422 .729 92 242 9 2 3 4 6
3 2B Gene Baker 30 154 681 609 82 163 29 7 11 52 9 7 49 57 .268 .323 .392 .715 89 239 14 2 18 3 1
4 SS Ernie Banks 24 154 646 596 98 176 29 9 44 117 9 3 45 72 .295 .345 .596 .941 144 355 16 2 0 3 6
5 3B Randy Jackson 29 138 565 499 73 132 13 7 21 70 0 2 58 58 .265 .340 .445 .785 107 222 11 1 3 4 6
6 LF Hank Sauer 38 79 290 261 29 55 8 1 12 28 0 0 26 47 .211 .286 .387 .673 77 101 8 2 0 1 0
7 CF Eddie Miksis 28 131 524 481 52 113 14 2 9 41 3 6 32 55 .235 .282 .328 .611 62 158 11 0 10 1 3
8 RF Jim King* 22 113 333 301 43 77 12 3 11 45 2 1 24 39 .256 .312 .425 .737 94 128 3 2 3 3 1
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 OF Frank Baumholtz* 36 105 309 280 23 81 12 5 1 27 0 1 16 24 .289 .325 .379 .703 87 106 9 1 7 5 2
10 LF Bob Speake* 24 95 293 261 36 57 9 5 12 43 3 4 28 71 .218 .300 .429 .729 91 112 1 3 0 1 4
11 CF Jim Bolger 23 64 173 160 19 33 5 4 0 7 2 2 9 17 .206 .257 .288 .545 45 46 3 2 2 0 1
12 CF Lloyd Merriman* 30 72 167 145 15 31 6 1 1 8 1 0 21 21 .214 .311 .290 .601 61 42 0 0 0 1 0
13 C Walker Cooper 40 54 119 111 11 31 8 1 7 15 0 0 6 19 .279 .322 .559 .881 129 62 3 1 1 0 1
14 C Clyde McCullough 38 44 94 81 7 16 0 0 0 10 0 0 8 15 .198 .272 .198 .469 28 16 1 1 2 2 3
15 RF Ted Tappe* 24 23 63 50 12 13 2 0 4 10 0 0 11 11 .260 .413 .540 .953 151 27 0 2 0 0 3
16 CF Gale Wade* 26 9 38 33 5 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 .182 .270 .303 .573 52 10 1 0 1 0 0
17 C Jim Fanning 27 5 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .091 .000 .091 -73 0 1 0 0 0 0
18 3B Vern Morgan* 26 7 10 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .143 .400 .143 .543 53 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 IF Owen Friend 28 6 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -46 1 0 0 0 0 0
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
20 P Bob Rush 29 33 91 82 6 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 6 40 .110 .170 .171 .341 -9 14 0 0 3 0 0
21 P Sam Jones 29 36 85 77 2 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 27 .182 .213 .195 .407 10 15 4 0 5 0 0
22 P Warren Hacker 30 35 72 72 6 18 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 9 .250 .250 .319 .569 50 23 1 0 0 0 0
23 P Paul Minner* 31 22 62 56 5 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 .232 .295 .268 .563 51 15 0 0 1 0 0
24 P Jim Davis# 30 42 43 37 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 21 .027 .100 .027 .127 -64 1 1 0 3 0 0
25 P Hal Jeffcoat 30 52 27 23 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 9 .174 .240 .304 .544 44 7 2 0 2 0 0
26 P Howie Pollet* 34 24 18 15 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .400 .471 .533 1.004 167 8 0 0 1 0 0
27 P Harry Perkowski* 32 26 14 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .154 .214 .154 .368 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Dave Hillman 27 26 14 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .100 .308 .100 .408 15 1 0 0 1 0 0
29 P John Andre* 32 22 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -41 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Bill Tremel 25 23 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .375 .286 .661 79 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Hy Cohen 24 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Don Kaiser 20 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Bubba Church 30 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.5 154 5766 5214 626 1287 187 55 164 597 37 35 428 806 .247 .305 .398 .703 85 2076 107 22 69 33 45
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 7 7 7 2 5 7 4 8 1 7 8 6 7 6
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
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* - 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 Sam Jones 29 14 20 .412 4.10 36 34 1 12 4 0 241.2 175 118 110 22 185 5 198 14 0 5 1070 101 1.490 6.5 0.8 6.9 7.4 1.07
2 SP Bob Rush 29 13 11 .542 3.50 33 33 0 14 3 0 234.0 204 95 91 19 73 4 130 2 0 4 959 118 1.184 7.8 0.7 2.8 5.0 1.78
3 SP Warren Hacker 30 11 15 .423 4.27 35 30 4 13 0 3 213.0 202 112 101 38 43 7 80 2 0 3 885 97 1.150 8.5 1.6 1.8 3.4 1.86
4 SP Paul Minner* 31 9 9 .500 3.48 22 22 0 7 1 0 157.2 173 67 61 15 47 10 53 1 0 2 675 118 1.395 9.9 0.9 2.7 3.0 1.13
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
5 CL Hal Jeffcoat 30 8 6 .571 2.95 50 1 26 0 0 6 100.2 107 46 33 5 53 12 32 4 0 2 453 140 1.589 9.6 0.4 4.7 2.9 0.60
6 RP Jim Davis* 30 7 11 .389 4.44 42 16 17 0 0 3 133.2 122 79 66 16 58 5 62 2 0 7 568 93 1.347 8.2 1.1 3.9 4.2 1.07
7 RP Howie Pollet* 34 4 3 .571 5.61 24 7 7 1 1 5 61.0 62 41 38 11 27 3 27 0 0 2 267 73 1.459 9.1 1.6 4.0 4.0 1.00
8 RP Dave Hillman 27 0 0 5.31 25 3 9 0 0 0 57.2 63 36 34 10 25 0 23 1 0 1 259 78 1.526 9.8 1.6 3.9 3.6 0.92
9 RP Harry Perkowski* 32 3 4 .429 5.29 25 4 14 0 0 2 47.2 53 32 28 3 25 4 28 0 0 1 215 78 1.636 10.0 0.6 4.7 5.3 1.12
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
10 John Andre 32 0 1 .000 5.80 22 3 5 0 0 1 45.0 45 34 29 7 28 4 19 1 0 1 207 71 1.622 9.0 1.4 5.6 3.8 0.68
11 Bill Tremel 25 3 0 1.000 3.72 23 0 12 0 0 2 38.2 33 18 16 2 18 2 13 0 0 1 163 111 1.319 7.7 0.5 4.2 3.0 0.72
12 Don Kaiser 20 0 0 5.40 11 0 6 0 0 0 18.1 20 11 11 2 5 0 11 1 0 1 79 76 1.364 9.8 1.0 2.5 5.4 2.20
13 Hy Cohen 24 0 0 7.94 7 1 0 0 0 0 17.0 28 17 15 2 10 0 4 1 0 0 86 52 2.235 14.8 1.1 5.3 2.1 0.40
14 Vicente Amor 22 0 1 .000 4.50 4 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 11 3 3 0 3 1 3 0 1 1 31 92 2.333 16.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
15 Bubba Church 30 0 0 5.40 2 0 1 0 0 1 3.1 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 15 76 1.500 10.8 2.7 2.7 8.1 3.00
16 Bob Thorpe 20 0 0 3.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 137 1.333 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 29.6 72 81 .471 4.17 154 154 107 47 9 23 1378.1 1306 713 639 153 601 57 686 29 1 31 5944 99 1.384 8.5 1.0 3.9 4.5 1.14
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 3 4 4 2 3 3 6 6 3 8 4
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
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* - 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
Vicente Amor 22 4 0 6.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 6.00 1.00 P
John Andre 32 22 3 45.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.60 0.36 P
Gene Baker 30 154 154 1378.1 906 432 444 30 114 .967 9.5 8.3 9.5 6.3 3.2 0 5.72 5.69 2B
Ernie Banks 24 154 154 1376.1 794 290 482 22 102 .972 13.9 12.1 12.9 3.3 9.6 1 5.05 5.01 SS
Frank Baumholtz 36 63 63 546.1 135 131 3 1 1 .993 0.0 0.0 1.0 -0.1 1.2 -1 2.21 2.13 LF-RF
Jim Bolger 23 52 44 385.1 133 127 1 5 0 .962 4.7 14.6 6.7 5.4 1.3 -2 2.99 2.46 CF-LF
Harry Chiti 22 113 103 904.2 573 495 69 9 10 .984 -4.0 -5.3 -4 5.61 4.99 17 17 37 17 31% C
Bubba Church 30 2 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Hy Cohen 24 7 1 17.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.06 0.29 P
Walker Cooper 40 31 21 202.2 103 88 11 4 1 .961 0.0 0.0 0 4.40 3.19 1 2 5 3 38% C
Jim Davis 30 42 16 133.2 28 5 22 1 0 .964 0.0 0.0 1.82 0.64 P
Jim Fanning 27 5 4 33.0 32 30 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 8.73 6.40 2 1 1 1 50% C
Dee Fondy 30 147 147 1313.2 1424 1304 107 13 135 .991 -2.7 -2.5 -2.7 -1.3 -1.4 0 9.67 9.60 1B
Owen Friend 28 3 2 18.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 33.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 2.50 1.67 3B-SS
Warren Hacker 30 35 30 213.0 37 14 20 3 0 .919 0.0 0.0 1.44 0.97 P
Dave Hillman 27 25 3 57.2 15 4 10 1 1 .933 0.0 0.0 2.18 0.56 P
Randy Jackson 29 134 134 1202.2 392 125 247 20 26 .949 -3.2 -3.2 -2.2 -2.9 0.7 -1 2.78 2.78 3B
Hal Jeffcoat 30 50 1 100.2 31 4 24 3 1 .903 0.0 0.0 2.50 0.56 P
Sam Jones 29 36 34 241.2 55 14 36 5 0 .909 0.0 0.0 1.86 1.39 P
Don Kaiser 20 11 0 18.1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.0 0.0 0.98 0.18 P
Jim King 22 93 71 676.0 192 180 9 3 2 .984 7.8 13.8 9.8 4.4 5.4 -2 2.52 2.03 RF-LF
Clyde McCullough 38 37 26 234.0 174 160 12 2 0 .989 -1.0 -5.1 -1 6.62 4.65 1 4 11 4 27% C
Lloyd Merriman 30 49 32 311.0 84 80 2 2 2 .976 1.1 4.2 2.1 1.1 0.9 -1 2.37 1.67 CF-LF-RF
Eddie Miksis 28 135 126 1117.2 332 272 54 6 6 .982 12.5 13.4 10.5 1.6 8.9 2 0 2.63 2.41 CF-RF-3B
Paul Minner 31 22 22 157.2 44 4 39 1 3 .977 0.0 0.0 2.45 1.95 P
Vern Morgan 26 2 1 11.0 6 2 2 2 0 .667 0.0 0.0 3.27 2.00 3B
Harry Perkowski 32 25 4 47.2 20 8 12 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.78 0.80 P
Howie Pollet 34 24 7 61.0 22 7 15 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.25 0.92 P
Bob Rush 29 33 33 234.0 60 16 43 1 1 .983 0.0 0.0 2.27 1.79 P
Hank Sauer 38 68 68 581.0 120 113 4 3 1 .975 3.7 7.6 2.7 1.3 1.5 1 1.81 1.72 LF
Bob Speake 24 65 62 541.1 182 164 11 7 8 .962 1.7 3.8 0.7 0.4 0.3 1 0 2.91 2.69 LF-RF-1B
El Tappe 28 2 0 4.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 0 1 0 0 C
Ted Tappe 24 15 13 114.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.42 1.20 RF
Bob Thorpe 20 2 0 3.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 6.00 1.00 P
Bill Tremel 25 23 0 38.2 9 2 5 2 0 .778 0.0 0.0 1.63 0.30 P
Gale Wade 26 9 7 75.2 15 12 1 2 0 .867 -2.9 -46.0 -2.9 -2.9 0.0 0 1.55 1.44 CF
Team Totals 28.5 154 1386 12405.0 5988 4135 1706 147 415 .975 41.6 4.0 48.6 17.1 31.6 -2 0 -5 4.24 3.47 21 25 54 25 32%
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 7 5
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

1954 / 1956 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics