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1956 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955/1957) 60-94, Finished 8th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 597 runs, Allowed 708 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89 Managed by Stan Hack Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 720,118 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 103   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 Stats (1955/1957) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Hobie Landrith      26  111  312   22   69  10  3   4   32  39   38  .221  .307  .311   0   2   2   1   7   3  15   68
1B *Dee Fondy           31  137  543   52  146  22  9   9   46  20   74  .269  .290  .392   9   7   4   0   7  10   5   82
2B  Gene Baker          31  140  546   65  141  23  3  12   57  39   54  .258  .309  .377   4   3  15   3  13   5   2   85
3B  Don Hoak            28  121  424   51   91  18  4   5   37  41   46  .215  .283  .311   8   3   4   1   8   4   0   61
SS  Ernie Banks         25  139  538   82  160  25  8  28   85  52   62  .297  .358  .530   6   9   7   0   0   3  18  136
LF  Monte Irvin         37  111  339   44   92  13  3  15   50  41   41  .271  .346  .460   1   0  11   0   3   4   5  116
CF  Pete Whisenant      26  103  314   37   75  16  3  11   46  24   53  .239  .292  .414   8   2   6   1   5   3   1   88
RF *Walt Moryn          30  147  529   69  151  27  3  23   67  50   67  .285  .348  .478   4   2   9   3   1   5   2  121
    Eddie Miksis        29  114  356   54   85  10  3   9   27  32   40  .239  .303  .360   4   2  10   1   5   1   2   78
   *Jim King            23  118  317   32   79  13  2  15   54  30   40  .249  .313  .445   1   2   4   1   2   4   5  102
   #Solly Drake         25   65  215   29   55   9  1   2   15  23   35  .256  .331  .335   9   5   0   1   3   0   0   81
    Harry Chiti         23   72  203   17   43   6  4   4   18  19   35  .212  .281  .340   0   0   9   1   3   1   3   67
    Frank Kellert       31   71  129   10   24   3  1   4   17  12   22  .186  .254  .318   0   0   8   0   1   1   1   54
    Jerry Kindall       21   32   55    7    9   1  1   0    0   6   17  .164  .246  .218   1   0   2   0   1   0   1   27
    Clyde McCullough    39   14   19    0    4   1  0   0    1   0    5  .211  .200  .263   0   0   1   0   2   1   0   24
    Ed Winceniak        27   15   17    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    3  .118  .167  .118   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -21
   *Gale Wade           27   10   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .077  .000   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  -77
    Jim Fanning         28    1    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .250   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   36
    Owen Friend         29    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Richie Myers        26    4    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    El Tappe            29    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   52

    Bob Rush            30   32   82    6    8   1  0   0    2   6   37  .098  .159  .110   0   0   1   0   4   0   0  -25
    Sam Jones           30   33   57    3   10   0  0   0    1   4   19  .175  .230  .175   0   0   1   0  10   0   0   12
    Warren Hacker       31   34   54    2    8   0  0   0    4   0    6  .148  .148  .148   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -19
    Don Kaiser          21   27   47    1    2   0  0   0    1   0   30  .043  .042  .043   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  -77
   #Jim Davis           31   46   28    3    5   0  0   0    0   1   10  .179  .207  .179   0   0   0   0   3   0   0    6
    Turk Lown           32   61   23    2    5   0  1   1    2   2   11  .217  .280  .435   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   90
    Jim Brosnan         26   30   22    2    4   1  0   0    0   0    6  .182  .182  .227   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   10
    Vito Valentinetti   27   42   20    0    2   0  0   0    0   1   10  .100  .143  .100   0   1   0   0   1   0   0  -33
    Moe Drabowsky       20    9   16    1    4   0  0   0    0   0    3  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   36
   #Russ Meyer          32   20   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .083  .154  .083   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -33
   *Paul Minner         32   10   12    2    3   2  1   0    0   0    6  .250  .250  .583   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  116
    Jim Hughes          33   25    7    2    2   1  0   0    1   0    0  .286  .286  .429   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   90
    Dave Hillman        28    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4  157 5260  597 1281 202 50 142  563 446  776  .244  .303  .382  55  38  99  13  87  46  60   91
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    6    7   5  3   5        6    1     7     7     5   3   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Rush            30  32   3.19  13  10  0  32   0  13   1  239.7  210  101   85  30   59  104  977   6   2  0   8 119
SP  Sam Jones           30  33   3.91   9  14  0  28   3   8   2  188.7  155   93   82  21  115  176  832   2   8  0   6  97
SP  Warren Hacker       31  34   4.66   3  13  0  24   4   4   0  168.0  190  103   87  28   44   65  726   1   1  0  11  82
SP  Don Kaiser          21  27   3.59   4   9  0  22   2   5   1  150.3  144   69   60  15   52   74  640   3   1  0   8 106
SP *Paul Minner         32  10   6.89   2   5  0   9   0   1   0   47.0   60   38   36   9   19   14  213   1   2  0   2  55
SP  Moe Drabowsky       20   9   2.47   2   4  0   7   2   3   0   51.0   37   19   14   1   39   36  225   0   2  0   3 154

CL  Turk Lown           32  61   3.58   9   8 13   0  47   0   0  110.7   95   49   44  10   78   74  489   1   1  0  12 106
RP  Vito Valentinetti   27  42   3.78   6   4  1   2  18   0   0   95.3   84   47   40  10   36   26  397   4   1  0   7 101
RP *Jim Davis           31  46   3.66   5   7  2  11  17   2   1  120.3  116   56   49  11   59   66  525   3   6  0   4 104
RP  Jim Hughes          33  25   5.16   1   3  0   1   8   0   0   45.3   43   35   26   4   30   20  206   1   4  1   5  74
RP  Jim Brosnan         26  30   3.79   5   9  1  10  11   1   1   95.0   95   44   40   9   45   51  411   2   0  0   8 100

    Russ Meyer          32  20   6.32   1   6  0   9   6   0   0   57.0   71   41   40  11   26   28  264   0   2  0   4  60
    Dave Hillman        28   2   2.19   0   2  0   2   0   0   0   12.3   11    7    3   0    5    6   56   0   0  0   0 174
    John Briggs         22   3   1.69   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.3    5    1    1   1    4    1   28   0   3  0   1 226
   *George Piktuzis     24   2   7.20   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.0    6    4    4   1    2    3   21   0   0  0   0  53
    Bill Tremel         26   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    3    1    1   0    0    0    5   0   0  0   0  42
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.8 157   3.96  60  94 17 157 120  37   6 1392.0 1325  708  612 161  613  744 6015  24  33  1  79  96
    Rank among 8 NL teams           6   8   1  7           6   6      2    4    7        6    8    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- HLandrith 802 90 99 483 55 14 9 .975 10 10 31 11 HChiti 540 63 67 327 35 7 2 .981 6 4 15 15 CMcCullough 36 3 7 24 3 0 0 1.000 1 0 2 0 JFanning 8 1 1 5 3 2 1 .800 0 ETappe 5 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1392 157 157 843 96 23 12 .976 17 14 48 26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *9.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DFondy 1171 132 133 1048 94 17 101 .985 8.78 FKellert 220 25 27 209 24 2 22 .991 9.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1392 157 157 1257 118 19 123 .986 8.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GBaker 1232 139 140 362 426 25 99 .969 5.76 EMiksis 158 18 19 30 52 2 9 .976 4.65 EWinceniak 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1392 157 157 393 478 27 108 .970 5.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *3.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DHoak 957 108 110 122 158 15 16 .949 2.63 EMiksis 412 47 48 59 96 4 5 .975 3.38 EWinceniak 22 2 4 5 3 1 0 .889 3.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1392 157 157 186 257 20 21 .957 2.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 *4.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EBanks 1228 139 139 279 357 25 92 .962 4.66 JKindall 158 18 18 33 53 4 12 .956 4.88 EMiksis 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1392 157 157 313 412 29 104 .962 4.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 *2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MIrvin 777 88 96 215 7 2 0 .991 2.57 JKing 589 69 69 164 10 1 2 .994 2.66 EMiksis 13 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 PWhisenant 12 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1392 157 157 383 17 3 2 .993 2.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PWhisenant 720 82 83 224 5 1 0 .996 2.86 SDrake 461 52 53 138 4 1 1 .993 2.77 EMiksis 191 21 25 50 0 1 0 .980 2.35 GWade 18 2 3 7 0 1 0 .875 3.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1392 157 157 419 9 4 1 .991 2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WMoryn 1241 141 141 272 17 6 1 .980 2.09 JKing 114 12 14 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 PWhisenant 27 3 3 6 1 1 0 .875 2.33 EMiksis 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1392 157 157 297 18 7 1 .978 2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.28 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- WMoryn 1241 141 141 268 18 5 2 .983 2.07 MIrvin 777 88 96 216 6 2 0 .991 2.57 PWhisenant 759 85 93 242 6 2 0 .992 2.94 JKing 703 81 82 187 10 2 2 .990 2.52 SDrake 461 52 53 142 3 1 1 .993 2.83 EMiksis 214 22 33 54 1 1 0 .982 2.31 GWade 18 2 3 7 0 1 0 .875 3.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1392 157 157 1116 44 14 5 .988 2.50 157 157 157 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BRush 239 32 32 14 34 2 2 .960 1.80 SJones 188 28 33 7 21 4 3 .875 1.34 WHacker 167 24 34 5 18 0 2 1.000 1.24 DKaiser 150 22 27 7 26 3 1 .917 1.98 JDavis 120 11 46 2 23 0 3 1.000 1.87 TLown 110 0 61 9 13 1 1 .957 1.79 VValentinet 96 2 42 4 12 1 0 .941 1.50 JBrosnan 95 10 30 8 11 0 0 1.000 1.80 RMeyer 57 9 20 4 17 0 2 1.000 3.32 MDrabowsky 51 7 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.59 PMinner 47 9 10 4 10 1 0 .933 2.68 JHughes 45 1 25 1 5 0 2 1.000 1.19 DHillman 12 2 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.93 JBriggs 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.70 GPiktuzis 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BTremel 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1392 157 157 67 202 12 16 .957 1.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Banks .297 On-base % Banks .358 Slugging % Banks .530 OPS Banks .888 Games Moryn 147 At Bats Baker 546 Plate Appearances (approx.) Baker 606 Runs Banks 82 Hits Banks 160 Total Bases Banks 285 Doubles Moryn 27 Triples Fondy 9 Home Runs Banks 28 RBI Banks 85 Bases on Balls Banks 52 Strikeouts Fondy 74 Stolen Bases Drake and Fondy 9 Singles Fondy 106 Adjusted OPS+ Banks 136 Runs Created Banks 99 Adjusted Batting Runs Banks 26 Batting Wins Banks 2.6 Extra-Base Hits Banks 61 Times on Base Banks 212 Offensive Win% Banks .675 Hit By Pitch Baker and Moryn 3 Sac. Hits Baker 13 Sac. Flies Fondy 10 Intentional Walks Banks 18 Grounded into Double Plays Baker 15 Caught Stealing Banks 9 Power/Speed Number Banks 9.9 At Bats per Strikeout Baker 10.1 At Bats per Home Run Banks 19.2 Outs Baker 441

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Rush 3.19 Wins Rush 13 Won-Loss % Rush .565 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Rush 1.122 Hits Allowed/9IP Jones 7.39 Bases on Balls/9IP Rush 2.22 Strikeouts/9IP Jones 8.40 Games Lown 61 Saves Lown 13 Innings Rush 239.7 Strikeouts Jones 176 Games Started Rush 32 Comp. Games Rush 13 Shutouts Jones 2 Home Runs Allow. Rush 30 Bases On Balls Allow. Jones 115 Hits Allowed Rush 210 SO to Walk Rush 1.76 Losses Jones 14 Earned Runs Allow. Hacker 87 Wild Pitches Rush 6 Hit Batsmen Jones 8 Batters Faced Rush 977 Games Finished Lown 47 Adjusted ERA+ Rush 119

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