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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 - 101, Pitching - 102
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1954 / 1956 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 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
20 C El Tappe 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Al Lary 26 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 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
23 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
24 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
25 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
26 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
27 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
28 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
29 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
30 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
31 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
32 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
33 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
34 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
35 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
36 P Bob Thorpe 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Vicente Amor 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 6 4 4 2 3 3 6 6 3 8 5420
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 6.00 1.00 P
John Andre 32 22 3 45.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 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 0.00 0.00 P
Hy Cohen 24 7 1 17.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 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 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 1.44 0.97 P
Dave Hillman 27 25 3 57.2 15 4 10 1 1 .933 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 2.50 0.56 P
Sam Jones 29 36 34 241.2 55 14 36 5 0 .909 1.86 1.39 P
Don Kaiser 20 11 0 18.1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 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 2.45 1.95 P
Vern Morgan 26 2 1 11.0 6 2 2 2 0 .667 3.27 2.00 3B
Harry Perkowski 32 25 4 47.2 20 8 12 0 0 1.000 3.78 0.80 P
Howie Pollet 34 24 7 61.0 22 7 15 0 1 1.000 3.25 0.92 P
Bob Rush 29 33 33 234.0 60 16 43 1 1 .983 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 6.00 1.00 P
Bill Tremel 25 23 0 38.2 9 2 5 2 0 .778 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