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1956 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957

60-94, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Stan Hack (60-94)
Scored 597 runs, Allowed 708 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 720,118 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 102

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1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Gene Baker 31 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 15, 1925 4 140 139 140 140 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3
Ernie Banks HOF 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 31, 1931 4 139 139 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 All-Star
John Briggs 22 R R 5' 10" 175 Jan 24, 1934 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Jim Brosnan 26 R R 6' 4" 197 Oct 24, 1929 2 30 10 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Harry Chiti 23 R R 6' 2" 221 Nov 16, 1932 5 72 63 72 67 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.5
Jim Davis 31 B L 6' 0" 180 Sep 15, 1924 3 46 11 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
Moe Drabowsky 20 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 21, 1935 1st 9 7 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3
Solly Drake 25 B R 6' 0" 170 Oct 23, 1930 1st 65 52 65 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 53 8 5 0.2
Jim Fanning 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 14, 1927 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dee Fondy 31 L L 6' 3" 195 Oct 13, 1924 6 137 132 137 133 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.5
Owen Friend 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 21, 1927 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Warren Hacker 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 21, 1924 9 34 24 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Dave Hillman 28 R R 5' 11" 168 Sep 14, 1927 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Don Hoak 28 R R 6' 1" 170 Feb 5, 1928 3 121 108 121 110 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 -1.0
Jim Hughes 33 R R 6' 1" 200 Mar 21, 1923 5 25 1 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Monte Irvin HOF 37 R R 6' 1" 195 Feb 25, 1919 8 111 88 111 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 0 96 22 0 2.4
Sam Jones 30 R R 6' 4" 192 Dec 14, 1925 4 33 28 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Don Kaiser 21 R R 6' 5" 195 Feb 3, 1935 2 27 22 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Frank Kellert 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 6, 1924 4 71 25 71 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 -0.8
Jerry Kindall 21 R R 6' 2" 175 May 27, 1935 1st 32 18 32 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 14 -0.1
Jim King 23 L R 6' 0" 185 Aug 27, 1932 2 118 81 118 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 14 82 37 0 1.8
Hobie Landrith 26 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 16, 1930 7 111 90 111 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0.2
Turk Lown 32 R R 6' 0" 180 May 30, 1924 5 61 0 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.3
Clyde McCullough 39 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 4, 1917 15 14 3 14 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.2
Russ Meyer 32 B R 6' 1" 175 Oct 25, 1923 11 20 9 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Eddie Miksis 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 11, 1926 12 114 87 114 100 0 0 0 19 48 2 6 25 2 33 17 4 0.8
Paul Minner 32 L L 6' 5" 200 Jul 30, 1923 10 10 9 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2
Walt Moryn 30 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 12, 1926 3 147 141 147 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 141 6 0 3.7
Richie Myers 26 R R 5' 6" 150 Apr 7, 1930 1st 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.0
George Piktuzis 24 R L 6' 2" 200 Jan 3, 1932 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Bob Rush 30 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 21, 1925 9 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
El Tappe 29 R R 5' 11" 180 May 21, 1927 3 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bill Tremel 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 4, 1929 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vito Valentinetti 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Sep 16, 1928 2 42 2 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Gale Wade 27 L R 6' 1" 185 Jan 20, 1929 2 10 2 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 3 -0.5
Pete Whisenant 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 14, 1929 3 103 85 103 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 83 3 93 10 1 0.9
Ed Winceniak 27 R R 5' 9" 165 Apr 16, 1929 1st 14 2 14 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 -0.3
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Gale Wade
Frank Kellert
Don Hoak
Clyde McCullough
Richie Myers
Ed Winceniak
Ernie Banks
John Briggs
Hobie Landrith

John Briggs
Bob Rush
Warren Hacker
Eddie Miksis
Jim Davis
Jerry Kindall
Paul Minner
Jim Hughes

Moe Drabowsky
Sam Jones
Pete Whisenant
Turk Lown
Harry Chiti
Bill Tremel
Russ Meyer
Gene Baker

Monte Irvin
Dee Fondy
Jim Brosnan
Walt Moryn
Don Kaiser
Solly Drake
Jim King
Jim Hughes
George Piktuzis

Dave Hillman
El Tappe
Vito Valentinetti

1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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