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1956 Chicago Cubs Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
60-94, Finished 8th in National League
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Scored 597 runs, Allowed 708 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89
Manager: Stan Hack (60-94)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
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
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 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
Jim Brosnan 26 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 24, 1929 2 30 10 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Chiti 23 R R 6' 3" 225 Nov 16, 1932 5 72 63 72 72 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
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
Moe Drabowsky 20 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 21, 1935 1st 9 7 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solly Drake 25 B R 6' 0" 170 Oct 23, 1930 1st 65 52 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 53 6 4
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
Dee Fondy 31 L L 6' 3" 196 Oct 31, 1924 6 137 132 137 137 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Owen Friend 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 21, 1927 5 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
Don Hoak 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 5, 1928 3 121 108 121 121 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
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
Monte Irvin HOF 37 R R 6' 1" 195 Feb 25, 1919 8 111 88 111 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 0 96 14 0
Sam Jones 30 R R 6' 4" 200 Dec 14, 1925 4 33 28 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Frank Kellert 31 R R 185 Jul 6, 1924 4 71 25 71 71 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
Jerry Kindall 21 R R 175 May 27, 1935 1st 32 18 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 10
Jim King 23 L R 6' 0" 185 Aug 27, 1932 2 118 81 118 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 14 82 27 0
Hobie Landrith 26 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 16, 1930 7 111 90 111 111 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Turk Lown 32 R R 6' 1" 185 May 30, 1924 5 61 0 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clyde McCullough 39 R R 180 Mar 4, 1917 15 14 3 14 14 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Russ Meyer 32 B R 6' 1" 185 Oct 25, 1923 11 20 9 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Miksis 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 11, 1926 12 114 87 114 114 0 0 0 19 48 2 6 25 2 33 10 3
Paul Minner 32 L L 6' 5" 210 Jul 30, 1923 10 10 9 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walt Moryn 30 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 12, 1926 3 147 141 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 141 4 0
Richie Myers 26 R R 5' 6" 150 Apr 7, 1930 1st 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
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
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
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
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
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
Gale Wade 27 L R 185 Jan 20, 1929 2 10 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 3
Pete Whisenant 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 14, 1929 3 103 85 103 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 83 3 93 4 1
Ed Winceniak 27 R R 5' 9" 165 Apr 16, 1929 1st 15 2 15 15 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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