1955 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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

Team Batting

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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

* - 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

* - 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

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