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1955 Chicago Cubs (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
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.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 Stats / Schedule (1954/1956) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   72-81 , Final Rank: 6, GB:   26.0
Days in First:                   3 (last on April 14, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          11 (last on June 9)
Most Games under .500:          12 (last on August 25)

Biggest Lead:                  1.0 (last on April 11)
Farthest Behind Leader:       27.0 (last on September 20)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (August 3 to August 9)
Longest Losing Streak:           9 (July 9 to July 20)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (September 9)
Most Runs Scored:               14 (April 12)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      11
Times Opponent Shutout:         10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        72  81     626     713    .471

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           43  33     350     322    .566
Road           29  48     276     391    .377

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           7   8      70      77    .467
May            20   9     130     100    .690
June           13  17     108     131    .433
July           10  22     127     170    .313
August         14  16     118     144    .467
September       8   9      73      91    .471

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     45  40     355     363    .529
Second Half    27  41     271     350    .397
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        28  30     213     215    .483

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        10  22     141     237    .313

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             7  14      93     127    .333
CIN            11  11      77     107    .500
MLN             7  15      66     100    .318
NYG            12  10      91      83    .545
PHI            10  12      87     105    .455
PIT            11  11      93      88    .500
STL            14   8     119     103    .636

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Mon, Apr 11     CHC @CIN  W   7-5        1-0     1  up 1.0  2:42 S Jones                    32,195 +
  2 Tue, Apr 12     CHC  STL  W  14-4        2-0     1  up 0.5  2:44 P Minner                   26,153 ++
  3 Thu, Apr 14     CHC @CIN  W   6-4        3-0     1  up 0.5  3:20 H Jeffcoat                  2,572 +++
  4 Sat, Apr 16     CHC @STL  L  11-12       3-1     2     1.0  4:39 H Haddix                    9,075 -
  5 Sun, Apr 17     CHC @STL  W   6-5        4-1     3     2.0  2:48 J Davis                           +
  6                 CHC @STL  L   1-14       4-2     3     2.0  2:01 L Jackson                  26,730 -
  7 Mon, Apr 18     CHC @MLN  L   1-2        4-3     4     3.0  2:03 B Buhl                     10,306 --
  8 Tue, Apr 19     CHC @MLN  L   2-3        4-4     5     4.0  2:16 G Conley                   11,325 ---
  9 Wed, Apr 20     CHC  MLN  L   5-9        4-5     5     5.0  2:50 L Burdette                  7,233 ----
 10 Fri, Apr 22     CHC  CIN  W   6-3        5-5     4     4.5  2:15 P Minner                    4,991 +
 11 Sat, Apr 23     CHC  CIN  W   1-0        6-5     4     4.5  2:58 J Davis                     5,809 ++
 12 Sun, Apr 24     CHC  CIN  W   2-1        7-5     3     3.5  2:16 S Jones                    13,523 +++
 13 Wed, Apr 27     CHC @PIT  L   1-4        7-6     4     4.5  2:14 B Purkey                    1,044 -
 14 Thu, Apr 28     CHC @BRO  L   2-4        7-7     5     5.5  2:10 C Labine                    2,371 --
 15 Sat, Apr 30     CHC @BRO  L   5-7        7-8     5     6.5  2:25 R Meyer                    10,011 ---
 16 Sun, May  1     CHC @PHI  W   8-7        8-8     4     6.0  3:09 H Jeffcoat                      0 +
 17                 CHC @PHI  W   4-2        9-8     4     6.0  2:26 H Jeffcoat                 13,917 ++
 18 Mon, May  2     CHC @PHI  W   2-1       10-8     2     6.0  2:10 W Hacker                    7,964 +++
 19 Tue, May  3     CHC @NYG  W   6-0       11-8     2     5.5  2:20 B Rush                     10,001 ++++
 20 Wed, May  4     CHC @NYG  L   3-4       11-9     2     6.5  2:47 R Gomez                     4,468 -
 21 Thu, May  5     CHC @NYG  L   3-6       11-10    2     7.5  2:36 S Maglie                    3,372 --
 22 Fri, May  6     CHC @CIN  L   2-4       11-11    2     8.5  2:05 J Nuxhall                  14,644 ---
 23 Sat, May  7     CHC @CIN  L   7-8       11-12    4     9.5  2:30 R Minarcin                  3,288 ----
 24 Sun, May  8     CHC @CIN  W   5-3       12-12    4    10.0  2:45 S Jones                           +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25                 CHC @CIN  L   3-4       12-13    4    10.0  2:29 C Valentine                15,086 -
 26 Tue, May 10     CHC  BRO  L   0-3       12-14    4    11.0  1:55 D Newcombe                  6,686 --
 27 Wed, May 11     CHC  BRO  W  10-8       13-14    4    10.0  2:35 J Davis                    10,637 +
 28 Thu, May 12     CHC  PIT  W   4-0       14-14    4     9.0  2:38 S Jones                     2,918 ++
 29 Sat, May 14     CHC  NYG  W   8-0       15-14    4     9.5  2:32 B Rush                     17,818 +++
 30 Sun, May 15     CHC  NYG  W   5-2       16-14    4     9.5  2:16 W Hacker                          ++++
 31                 CHC  NYG  L   4-9       16-15    4     9.5  2:39 S Maglie                   41,101 -
 32 Wed, May 18     CHC  PHI  W   3-2       17-15    2     7.5  2:39 S Jones                           +
 33                 CHC  PHI  W   7-5       18-15    2     7.5  2:44 H Jeffcoat                 28,718 ++
 34 Fri, May 20     CHC @MLN  W   4-2       19-15    2     6.5  2:30 H Jeffcoat                 31,103 +++
 35 Sat, May 21     CHC @MLN  W   2-1       20-15    2     6.5  1:39 W Hacker                   26,278 ++++
 36 Sun, May 22     CHC @MLN  L   1-5       20-16    3     7.5  2:34 G Conley                   27,544 -
 37 Wed, May 25     CHC  STL  W   1-0       21-16    2     6.0  2:43 P Minner                          +
 38                 CHC  STL  W   3-1       22-16    2     6.0  2:24 B Rush                      4,539 ++
 39 Thu, May 26     CHC  STL  W   3-0       23-16    2     6.0  2:09 H Pollet                    4,565 +++
 40 Fri, May 27     CHC  MLN  L   5-7       23-17    2     6.0  2:51 G Conley                    8,848 -
 41 Sat, May 28     CHC  MLN  W   5-2       24-17    2     6.0  2:22 W Hacker                   17,772 +
 42 Sun, May 29     CHC  MLN  W   9-6       25-17    2     6.0  2:43 H Jeffcoat                 22,796 ++
 43 Mon, May 30     CHC @STL  W   9-5       26-17    2     6.0  2:55 P Minner                          +++
 44                 CHC @STL  W   4-3       27-17    2     6.0  2:44 H Pollet                   28,238 ++++
 45 Wed, Jun  1     CHC @PHI  L   1-3       27-18    2     6.5  2:00 R Roberts                   1,997 -
 46 Thu, Jun  2     CHC @PHI  L   4-8       27-19    2     7.5  2:45 C Simmons                   6,084 --
 47 Fri, Jun  3     CHC @NYG  W   4-1       28-19    2     7.5  2:11 B Rush                     12,183 +
 48 Sat, Jun  4     CHC @NYG  W   9-8       29-19    2     7.5  3:39 W Hacker                    9,039 ++
 49 Sun, Jun  5     CHC @NYG  L   2-3       29-20    2     7.5  2:13 S Maglie                          -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 CHC @NYG  W   3-1       30-20    2     7.5  2:23 S Jones                    18,431 +
 51 Tue, Jun  7     CHC @PIT  W   4-3       31-20    2     8.0  2:46 W Hacker                    6,581 ++
 52 Wed, Jun  8     CHC @PIT  L   1-2       31-21    2     9.0  2:17 R Kline                     3,779 -
 53 Thu, Jun  9     CHC @PIT  W   6-2       32-21    2     8.5  2:01 P Minner                    2,187 +
 54 Fri, Jun 10     CHC @BRO  L   0-7       32-22    2     9.5  2:14 C Erskine                  21,277 -
 55 Sat, Jun 11     CHC @BRO  L   3-4       32-23    2    10.5  2:20 B Loes                      5,077 --
 56 Sun, Jun 12     CHC @BRO  W   9-5       33-23    2    10.5  2:20 J Davis                         0 +
 57                 CHC @BRO  L   2-6       33-24    2    10.5  2:32 C Labine                   28,503 -
 58 Tue, Jun 14     CHC  NYG  L   0-5       33-25    2    11.5  2:11 R Gomez                    14,912 --
 59 Wed, Jun 15     CHC  NYG  L   2-7       33-26    2    11.5  2:49 P Giel                     14,781 ---
 60 Thu, Jun 16     CHC  NYG  W   2-1       34-26    2    10.5  2:03 W Hacker                   10,902 +
 61 Fri, Jun 17     CHC  PHI  L   2-3       34-27    2    11.5  2:25 C Simmons                   6,575 -
 62 Sat, Jun 18     CHC  PHI  W   4-0       35-27    2    10.5  2:04 S Jones                    16,543 +
 63 Sun, Jun 19     CHC  PHI  L   0-1       35-28    2    11.0  3:54 J Meyer                         0 -
 64                 CHC  PHI  W   8-7       36-28    2    11.0  2:00 H Pollet                   34,529 +
 65 Tue, Jun 21     CHC  BRO  L   2-7       36-29    2    12.0  2:54 D Newcombe                 22,886 -
 66 Wed, Jun 22     CHC  BRO  L   2-3       36-30    2    13.0  2:23 E Roebuck                  17,908 --
 67 Thu, Jun 23     CHC  BRO  L   4-7       36-31    2    14.0  2:32 C Labine                   21,098 ---
 68 Fri, Jun 24     CHC  PIT  W  10-3       37-31    2    13.0  2:09 P Minner                    4,424 +
 69 Sat, Jun 25     CHC  PIT  W   6-4       38-31    2    13.0  2:10 W Hacker                   12,181 ++
 70 Sun, Jun 26     CHC  PIT  L   4-5       38-32    2    12.5  2:37 V Law                             -
 71                 CHC  PIT  W   2-1       39-32    2    12.5  2:57 B Rush                     24,500 +
 72 Tue, Jun 28     CHC @MLN  W   7-3       40-32    2    12.5  2:25 S Jones                    42,088 ++
 73 Wed, Jun 29     CHC @MLN  L   1-14      40-33    2    12.5  2:38 L Burdette                 35,135 -
 74 Thu, Jun 30     CHC @MLN  L   4-7       40-34    3    13.5  2:30 R Crone                    31,332 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Fri, Jul  1     CHC  STL  W  11-7       41-34    2    12.5  2:42 J Davis                     7,244 +
 76 Sat, Jul  2     CHC  STL  W   4-3       42-34    2    11.5  2:39 P Minner                   15,623 ++
 77 Sun, Jul  3     CHC  STL  L   2-8       42-35    2    11.5  2:39 F Wooldridge                      -
 78                 CHC  STL  W  10-5       43-35    2    11.5  2:50 S Jones                    35,176 +
 79 Mon, Jul  4     CHC  CIN  L   3-6       43-36    2    12.5  2:07 A Fowler                          -
 80                 CHC  CIN  W   4-3       44-36    2    12.5  2:10 W Hacker                   21,759 +
 81 Wed, Jul  6     CHC  MLN  L   1-5       44-37    2    12.5  2:32 G Conley                   22,875 -
 82 Thu, Jul  7     CHC  MLN  L   2-3       44-38    2    13.5  2:06 B Buhl                     14,562 --
 83 Fri, Jul  8     CHC @STL  W   6-4       45-38    3    13.5  3:40 H Perkowski                16,548 +
 84 Sat, Jul  9     CHC @STL  L   2-4       45-39    3    13.5  2:07 T Poholsky                 17,231 -
 85 Sun, Jul 10     CHC @STL  L   2-7       45-40    3    13.5  2:35 L Arroyo                   15,036 --
 86 Thu, Jul 14     CHC @NYG  L   2-3       45-41    3    13.5  2:13 R Gomez                    12,759 ---
 87 Fri, Jul 15     CHC @NYG  L   3-5       45-42    3    14.5  2:13 J Hearn                     5,028 ----
 88 Sat, Jul 16     CHC @PHI  L   4-5       45-43    4    15.5  2:19 R Roberts                   5,241 -----
 89 Sun, Jul 17     CHC @PHI  L  11-12      45-44    4    17.5  3:44 J Meyer                         0 ------
 90                 CHC @PHI  L   6-8       45-45    4    17.5  2:47 R Negray                    8,518 -------
 91 Mon, Jul 18     CHC @PHI  L   1-2       45-46    4    17.5  1:59 H Wehmeier                  8,192 --------
 92 Wed, Jul 20     CHC @BRO  L   1-10      45-47    4    17.5  2:30 D Newcombe                        ---------
 93                 CHC @BRO  W   5-3       46-47    4    17.5  2:43 B Rush                     20,819 +
 94 Thu, Jul 21     CHC @BRO  L   1-4       46-48    5    18.5  2:33 D Bessent                   6,516 -
 95 Fri, Jul 22     CHC @PIT  L   1-3       46-49    5    19.5  2:03 R Face                      7,388 --
 96 Sat, Jul 23     CHC @PIT  L   2-10      46-50    5    19.5  2:58 B Friend                    2,955 ---
 97 Sun, Jul 24     CHC @PIT  L   5-12      46-51    5    20.5  2:16 D Hall                            ----
 98                 CHC @PIT  L   2-3       46-52    5    20.5  2:16 V Law                      14,466 -----
 99 Tue, Jul 26     CHC  NYG  L   5-6       46-53    5    21.5  3:42 D Liddle                   12,908 ------

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Wed, Jul 27     CHC  NYG  W   4-2       47-53    5    20.0  2:15 P Minner                          +
101                 CHC  NYG  W   9-8       48-53    5    20.0  2:55 B Tremel                   14,721 ++
102 Thu, Jul 28     CHC  NYG  L   1-4       48-54    6    21.0  2:33 P Giel                      8,245 -
103 Fri, Jul 29     CHC  PHI  L   4-6       48-55    6    22.0  2:48 J Meyer                     4,271 --
104 Sat, Jul 30     CHC  PHI  L   0-3       48-56    6    23.0  2:26 B Miller                    8,405 ---
105 Sun, Jul 31     CHC  PHI  W   7-1       49-56    5    22.5  1:59 W Hacker                   14,469 +
106                 CHC  PHI  W   6-5       50-56    5    22.5  2:43 H Jeffcoat                 14,469 ++
107 Mon, Aug  1     CHC  PIT  L   4-5       50-57    5    23.5  2:04 D Hall                      3,194 -
108 Tue, Aug  2     CHC  PIT  W  12-4       51-57    5    22.5  2:40 B Rush                      4,788 +
109 Wed, Aug  3     CHC  PIT  L   2-3       51-58    5    23.0  2:17 R Face                            -
110                 CHC  PIT  W   5-4       52-58    5    23.0  3:17 H Perkowski                 8,805 +
111 Thu, Aug  4     CHC  PIT  W  11-10      53-58    5    23.0  2:42 B Tremel                    3,486 ++
112 Fri, Aug  5     CHC  BRO  W  10-8       54-58    5    22.0  2:19 H Jeffcoat                 11,868 +++
113 Sun, Aug  7     CHC  BRO  W   4-3       55-58    5    21.0  2:35 B Rush                     39,119 ++++
114 Mon, Aug  8     CHC  BRO  W   1-0       56-58    5    20.0  2:14 S Jones                    22,742 +++++
115 Tue, Aug  9     CHC  CIN  W   4-3       57-58    5    20.0  2:00 J Davis                     7,298 ++++++
116 Wed, Aug 10     CHC  CIN  L   2-7       57-59    5    21.5  2:16 D Gross                    12,500 -
117                 CHC  CIN  L   3-6       57-60    5    21.5  2:18 A Fowler                   14,184 --
118 Thu, Aug 11     CHC  CIN  L   5-6       57-61    5    22.0  3:05 J Klippstein                6,153 ---
119 Fri, Aug 12     CHC  MLN  W   7-1       58-61    5    21.5  2:29 B Rush                     11,333 +
120 Sat, Aug 13     CHC  MLN  L   3-4       58-62    5    22.0  2:41 B Buhl                     19,907 -
121 Sun, Aug 14     CHC  MLN  L   3-4       58-63    5    22.5  2:11 R Crone                    24,947 --
122 Tue, Aug 16     CHC @CIN  L   2-11      58-64    6    22.5  2:14 J Black                    14,224 ---
123 Wed, Aug 17     CHC @CIN  W   3-2       59-64    5    21.5  2:55 B Rush                     10,276 +
124 Thu, Aug 18     CHC @CIN  L   1-2       59-65    6    22.5  2:57 A Fowler                    4,257 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Fri, Aug 19     CHC @MLN  L   0-7       59-66    6    22.5  2:13 L Burdette                 41,569 --
126 Sat, Aug 20     CHC @MLN  L   1-6       59-67    6    22.5  2:25 R Crone                    29,857 ---
127 Sun, Aug 21     CHC @MLN  L   1-8       59-68    6    22.5  3:53 B Buhl                     33,198 ----
128 Tue, Aug 23     CHC @BRO  L   4-6       59-69    6    23.5  2:46 D Bessent                  18,649 -----
129 Wed, Aug 24     CHC @BRO  L   5-9       59-70    6    24.5  2:36 R Meyer                     7,845 ------
130 Thu, Aug 25     CHC @PIT  L   1-2       59-71    6    24.0  2:16 R Face                      6,181 -------
131 Fri, Aug 26     CHC @PIT  W   6-3       60-71    6    23.0  2:23 S Jones                     5,376 +
132 Sat, Aug 27     CHC @PIT  W   4-3       61-71    6    23.0  2:09 H Pollet                    3,210 ++
133 Sun, Aug 28     CHC @NYG  W   3-0       62-71    6    23.0  2:10 B Rush                      9,121 +++
134 Mon, Aug 29     CHC @NYG  W   6-3       63-71    6    23.0  2:12 W Hacker                    2,388 ++++
135 Tue, Aug 30     CHC @PHI  W   3-1       64-71    6    23.0  2:40 S Jones                     9,790 +++++
136 Wed, Aug 31     CHC @PHI  L   2-13      64-72    6    23.0  2:32 M Dickson                   8,018 -
137 Fri, Sep  2     CHC  STL  W  12-2       65-72    6    23.5  2:20 P Minner                    8,160 +
138 Sat, Sep  3     CHC  STL  L   2-3       65-73    6    24.5  2:28 H Haddix                   10,886 -
139 Sun, Sep  4     CHC  STL  W   4-3       66-73    6    24.5  2:11 B Tremel                   13,774 +
140 Mon, Sep  5     CHC  MLN  W   2-0       67-73    5    25.5  1:57 S Jones                         0 ++
141                 CHC  MLN  L   0-1       67-74    5    25.5  2:50 R Crone                    25,274 -
142 Wed, Sep  7     CHC  PIT  L   0-2       67-75    6    26.5  2:48 B Friend                    3,076 --
143 Fri, Sep  9     CHC  BRO  W  11-4       68-75    6    27.0  2:03 B Rush                            +
144                 CHC  BRO  L   9-16      68-76    6    27.0  2:47 R Meyer                     9,847 -
145 Sat, Sep 10     CHC  BRO  -   3-3       68-76    6    27.0  1:29                            11,796 -
146 Sun, Sep 11     CHC  NYG  W   7-5       69-76    6    25.5  2:37 H Perkowski                10,043 +
147 Tue, Sep 13     CHC  PHI  L   0-10      69-77    6    25.5  2:30 M Dickson                   1,785 -
148 Sat, Sep 17     CHC  CIN  W   3-2       70-77    6    24.0  2:25 B Rush                      6,455 +
149 Sun, Sep 18     CHC  CIN  L   5-12      70-78    6    25.0  2:24 J Nuxhall                  11,314 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Mon, Sep 19     CHC @STL  L   5-6       70-79    6    25.5  2:54 M Wright                    4,953 --
151 Tue, Sep 20     CHC @STL  L   0-2       70-80    6    27.0  2:15 B Flowers                   5,037 ---
152 Wed, Sep 21     CHC @STL  W   7-5       71-80    6    26.5  2:58 J Davis                     3,267 +
153 Sat, Sep 24     CHC @CIN  W   3-2       72-80    6    25.0  2:03 S Jones                     2,146 ++
154 Sun, Sep 25     CHC @CIN  L   0-13      72-81    6    26.0  2:49 A Fowler                   11,518 -

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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