1956 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1956 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	Hobie Landrith*	26	111	362	312	22	69	10	3	4	32	0	2	39	38	.221	.307	.311	.618	68	97	2	1	7	3	15
2	1B	Dee Fondy*	31	137	580	543	52	146	22	9	9	46	9	7	20	74	.269	.290	.392	.682	82	213	4	0	7	10	5
3	2B	Gene Baker	31	140	606	546	65	141	23	3	12	57	4	3	39	54	.258	.309	.377	.686	85	206	15	3	13	5	2
4	SS	Ernie Banks	25	139	593	538	82	160	25	8	28	85	6	9	52	62	.297	.358	.530	.887	136	285	7	0	0	3	18
5	3B	Don Hoak	28	121	478	424	51	91	18	4	5	37	8	3	41	46	.215	.283	.311	.594	61	132	4	1	8	4	0
6	LF	Monte Irvin	37	111	387	339	44	92	13	3	15	50	1	0	41	41	.271	.346	.460	.807	116	156	11	0	3	4	5
7	CF	Pete Whisenant	26	103	347	314	37	75	16	3	11	46	8	2	24	53	.239	.292	.414	.706	88	130	6	1	5	3	1
8	RF	Walt Moryn*	30	147	588	529	69	151	27	3	23	67	4	2	50	67	.285	.348	.478	.826	121	253	9	3	1	5	2
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	UT	Eddie Miksis	29	114	395	356	54	85	10	3	9	27	4	2	32	40	.239	.303	.360	.662	78	128	10	1	5	1	2
10	LF	Jim King*	23	118	354	317	32	79	13	2	15	54	1	2	30	40	.249	.313	.445	.757	102	141	4	1	2	4	5
11	CF	Solly Drake#	25	65	242	215	29	55	9	1	2	15	9	5	23	35	.256	.331	.335	.665	81	72	0	1	3	0	0
12	C	Harry Chiti	23	72	227	203	17	43	6	4	4	18	0	0	19	35	.212	.281	.340	.621	67	69	9	1	3	1	3
13	1B	Frank Kellert	31	71	143	129	10	24	3	1	4	17	0	0	12	22	.186	.254	.318	.571	54	41	8	0	1	1	1
14	SS	Jerry Kindall	21	32	62	55	7	9	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	17	.164	.246	.218	.464	27	12	2	0	1	0	1
15	C	Clyde McCullough	39	14	22	19	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.211	.200	.263	.463	24	5	1	0	2	1	0
16	IF	Ed Winceniak	27	15	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.118	.167	.118	.284	-21	2	1	0	0	0	0
17	CF	Gale Wade*	27	10	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.077	.000	.077	-77	0	2	0	0	0	0
18	C	Jim Fanning	28	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	36	1	1	0	0	0	0
19	C	El Tappe	29	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	52	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		Owen Friend	29	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		Richie Myers	26	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
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
22	P	Bob Rush	30	32	92	82	6	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	37	.098	.159	.110	.269	-25	9	1	0	4	0	0
23	P	Sam Jones	30	33	71	57	3	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	19	.175	.230	.175	.405	12	10	1	0	10	0	0
24	P	Warren Hacker	31	34	55	54	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	6	.148	.148	.148	.296	-19	8	1	0	1	0	0
25	P	Don Kaiser	21	27	48	47	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	30	.043	.042	.043	.084	-77	2	0	0	0	1	0
26	P	Jim Davis#	31	46	32	28	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.179	.207	.179	.385	6	5	0	0	3	0	0
27	P	Turk Lown	32	61	26	23	2	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	11	.217	.280	.435	.715	90	10	0	0	1	0	0
28	P	Jim Brosnan	26	30	24	22	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.182	.182	.227	.409	10	5	0	0	2	0	0
29	P	Vito Valentinetti	27	42	22	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	.100	.143	.100	.243	-33	2	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Moe Drabowsky	20	9	18	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	36	4	0	0	2	0	0
31	P	Russ Meyer#	32	20	15	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.083	.154	.083	.237	-33	1	0	0	2	0	0
32	P	Paul Minner*	32	10	12	12	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.583	.833	116	7	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Jim Hughes	33	25	7	7	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	90	3	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Dave Hillman	28	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Bill Tremel	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	John Briggs	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	George Piktuzis	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.4	157	5852	5260	597	1281	202	50	142	563	55	38	446	776	.244	.302	.382	.684	84	2009	99	13	87	46	60
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	6	7	5	3	5		3	1	6	1	7	7	5	7		5
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	Bob Rush	30	13	10	.565	3.19	32	32	0	13	1	0	239.2	210	101	85	30	59	8	104	2	0	6	977	119	1.122	7.9	1.1	2.2	3.9	1.76
2	SP	Sam Jones	30	9	14	.391	3.91	33	28	3	8	2	0	188.2	155	93	82	21	115	6	176	8	0	2	832	97	1.431	7.4	1.0	5.5	8.4	1.53
3	SP	Warren Hacker	31	3	13	.188	4.66	34	24	4	4	0	0	168.0	190	103	87	28	44	11	65	1	0	1	726	82	1.393	10.2	1.5	2.4	3.5	1.48
4	SP	Don Kaiser	21	4	9	.308	3.59	27	22	2	5	1	0	150.1	144	69	60	15	52	8	74	1	0	3	640	106	1.304	8.6	0.9	3.1	4.4	1.42
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	Turk Lown	32	9	8	.529	3.58	61	0	47	0	0	13	110.2	95	49	44	10	78	12	74	1	0	1	489	106	1.563	7.7	0.8	6.3	6.0	0.95
6	RP	Jim Davis*	31	5	7	.417	3.66	46	11	17	2	1	2	120.1	116	56	49	11	59	4	66	6	0	3	525	104	1.454	8.7	0.8	4.4	4.9	1.12
7	RP	Vito Valentinetti	27	6	4	.600	3.78	42	2	18	0	0	1	95.1	84	47	40	10	36	7	26	1	0	4	397	101	1.259	7.9	0.9	3.4	2.5	0.72
8	RP	Jim Brosnan	26	5	9	.357	3.79	30	10	11	1	1	1	95.0	95	44	40	9	45	8	51	0	0	2	411	100	1.474	9.0	0.9	4.3	4.8	1.13
9	RP	Jim Hughes	33	1	3	.250	5.16	25	1	8	0	0	0	45.1	43	35	26	4	30	5	20	4	1	1	206	74	1.610	8.5	0.8	6.0	4.0	0.67
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		Russ Meyer	32	1	6	.143	6.32	20	9	6	0	0	0	57.0	71	41	40	11	26	4	28	2	0	0	264	60	1.702	11.2	1.7	4.1	4.4	1.08
11		Moe Drabowsky	20	2	4	.333	2.47	9	7	2	3	0	0	51.0	37	19	14	1	39	3	36	2	0	0	225	154	1.490	6.5	0.2	6.9	6.4	0.92
12		Paul Minner*	32	2	5	.286	6.89	10	9	0	1	0	0	47.0	60	38	36	9	19	2	14	2	0	1	213	55	1.681	11.5	1.7	3.6	2.7	0.74
13		Dave Hillman	28	0	2	.000	2.19	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.1	11	7	3	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	56	174	1.297	8.0	0.0	3.6	4.4	1.20
14		John Briggs	22	0	0		1.69	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	5	1	1	1	4	1	1	3	0	0	28	226	1.688	8.4	1.7	6.8	1.7	0.25
15		George Piktuzis*	24	0	0		7.20	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	6	4	4	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	21	53	1.600	10.8	1.8	3.6	5.4	1.50
16		Bill Tremel	26	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	42	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	28.7	60	94	.390	3.96	157	157	120	37	6	17	1392.0	1325	708	612	161	613	79	744	33	1	24	6015	96	1.392	8.6	1.0	4.0	4.8	1.21
		Rank in 8 NL teams		8	1		6				6	6	7	2	4	7	6	6	8		5695
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
Gene Baker	31	140	139	1232.0	813	362	426	25	99	.969	8.5	8.3	8.5	3.3	5.2		0		5.76	5.63						2B
Ernie Banks	25	139	139	1228.0	661	279	357	25	92	.962	1.6	1.6	0.6	-5.3	5.9		1		4.66	4.58						SS
John Briggs	22	3	0	5.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									1.69	0.33						P
Jim Brosnan	26	30	10	95.0	19	8	11	0	0	1.000									1.80	0.63						P
Harry Chiti	23	67	63	540.0	369	327	35	7	2	.981	3.0	6.7						3	6.03	5.40	6	4	15	15	50%	C
Jim Davis	31	46	11	120.1	25	2	23	0	3	1.000									1.87	0.54						P
Moe Drabowsky	20	9	7	51.0	9	2	7	0	0	1.000									1.59	1.00						P
Solly Drake	25	53	52	461.1	143	138	4	1	1	.993	1.6	4.2	0.6	3.0	-2.4	1			2.77	2.68						CF
Jim Fanning	28	1	1	8.0	10	5	3	2	1	.800									9.00	8.00	0					C
Dee Fondy	31	133	132	1171.0	1159	1048	94	17	101	.985	0.6	0.6	0.6	-0.7	1.3		0		8.78	8.59						1B
Warren Hacker	31	34	24	167.0	23	5	18	0	2	1.000									1.24	0.68						P
Dave Hillman	28	2	2	12.1	4	0	4	0	0	1.000									2.92	2.00						P
Don Hoak	28	110	108	957.1	295	122	158	15	16	.949	-4.3	-5.4	-4.3	-2.4	-1.9		0		2.63	2.55						3B
Jim Hughes	33	25	1	45.1	6	1	5	0	2	1.000									1.19	0.24						P
Monte Irvin	37	96	88	777.0	224	215	7	2	0	.991	9.9	15.3	8.9	2.3	6.6	1			2.57	2.31						LF
Sam Jones	30	33	28	188.2	32	7	21	4	3	.875									1.34	0.85						P
Don Kaiser	21	27	22	150.1	36	7	26	3	1	.917									1.98	1.22						P
Frank Kellert	31	27	25	220.2	235	209	24	2	22	.991	-0.8	-4.4	-0.8	0.8	-1.6		0		9.50	8.63						1B
Jerry Kindall	21	18	18	158.2	90	33	53	4	12	.956	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	-0.8		0		4.88	4.78						SS
Jim King	23	83	81	703.0	194	183	10	1	2	.995	8.1	13.8	6.1	4.8	1.3	2			2.47	2.33						LF-RF
Hobie Landrith	26	99	90	802.0	552	483	55	14	9	.975	-2.0	-3.0						-2	6.04	5.43	10	10	31	11	26%	C
Turk Lown	32	61	0	110.2	23	9	13	1	1	.957									1.79	0.36						P
Clyde McCullough	39	7	3	36.1	27	24	3	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	6.69	3.86	1	0	2	0	0%	C
Russ Meyer	32	20	9	57.0	21	4	17	0	2	1.000									3.32	1.05						P
Eddie Miksis	29	102	87	790.1	300	143	150	7	14	.977	0.5	0.8	1.5	1.0	0.5	0	-1		3.34	2.87						3B-CF-2B-LF-RF-SS
Paul Minner	32	10	9	47.0	15	4	10	1	0	.933									2.68	1.40						P
Walt Moryn	30	141	141	1241.2	295	272	17	6	1	.980	8.4	8.1	9.4	6.3	3.1	-1			2.09	2.05						RF
George Piktuzis	24	2	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Bob Rush	30	32	32	239.2	50	14	34	2	2	.960									1.80	1.50						P
El Tappe	29	3	0	5.1	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	6.75	1.33	0	0	0	0		C
Bill Tremel	26	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Vito Valentinetti	27	42	2	96.1	17	4	12	1	0	.941									1.49	0.38						P
Gale Wade	27	3	2	18.0	8	7	0	1	0	.875	-0.8	-53.3	-0.8	-0.4	-0.3	0			3.50	2.33						CF
Pete Whisenant	26	93	85	759.2	239	231	6	2	0	.992	4.9	7.7	2.9	2.4	0.6	2			2.81	2.55						CF-RF-LF
Ed Winceniak	27	5	2	23.0	10	6	3	1	0	.900	0.2	10.4	0.2	0.0	0.2		0		3.52	1.80						3B-2B
Team Totals	28.5	157	1413	12525.0	5926	4175	1607	144	389	.976	39.4	3.8	33.4	15.9	17.7	5	0	1	4.15	3.41	17	14	48	26	35%
Rank in 8 NL teams								4	6	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

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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