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1957 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 / 1958

62-92, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Scheffing (62-92)
Scored 628 runs, Allowed 722 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-87

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 670,629 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 99

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1956 / 1958 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 Salary
Bobby Adams 35 R R 5' 10" 160 Dec 14, 1921 12 60 46 60 48 0 0 0 1 47 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 0.0 $
Bob Anderson 21 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 29, 1935 1st 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Gene Baker 32 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 15, 1925 5 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Ernie Banks HOF 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 31, 1931 5 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 58 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.7 $ All-Star
Jim Bolger 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 23, 1932 5 112 57 112 66 0 0 0 0 3 0 22 31 17 63 50 1 -0.1 $
John Briggs 23 R R 5' 10" 175 Jan 24, 1934 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jim Brosnan 27 R R 6' 4" 197 Oct 24, 1929 3 41 5 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
Jackie Collum 30 L L 5' 7" 160 Jun 21, 1927 7 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bobby Del Greco 24 R R 5' 10" 185 Apr 7, 1933 3 20 10 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 16 6 0 0.2 $
Moe Drabowsky 21 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 21, 1935 2 36 33 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.4 $
Dick Drott 20 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 1, 1936 1st 38 32 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $15,000
Don Elston 28 R R 6' 0" 165 Apr 6, 1929 2 39 14 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Frank Ernaga 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 22, 1930 1st 20 10 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 10 10 0 0.6 $
Jim Fanning 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 14, 1927 4 47 22 47 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 -0.3 $
Dee Fondy 32 L L 6' 3" 195 Oct 13, 1924 7 11 11 11 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Johnny Goryl 23 R R 5' 10" 175 Oct 21, 1933 1st 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Eddie Haas 22 L R 5' 11" 178 May 26, 1935 1st 14 4 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 10 0 -0.2 $
Dave Hillman 29 R R 5' 11" 168 Sep 14, 1927 3 36 14 36 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.0 $
Glen Hobbie 21 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 24, 1936 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Don Kaiser 22 R R 6' 5" 195 Feb 3, 1935 3 20 13 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Jerry Kindall 22 R R 6' 2" 175 May 27, 1935 2 72 41 72 56 0 0 0 28 19 9 0 0 0 0 11 8 -1.9 $
Bob Lennon 28 L L 6' 0" 200 Sep 15, 1928 3 9 4 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 5 0 -0.3 $
Dick Littlefield 31 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1926 8 48 2 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Jack Littrell 28 R R 6' 0" 179 Jan 22, 1929 4 61 47 61 58 0 0 0 6 5 47 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1.1 $
Dale Long 31 L L 6' 4" 205 Feb 6, 1926 4 123 103 123 104 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 3.1 $
Turk Lown 33 R R 6' 0" 180 May 30, 1924 6 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Gordon Massa 21 L R 6' 3" 210 Sep 2, 1935 1st 6 4 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Ed Mayer 25 L L 6' 2" 185 Nov 30, 1931 1st 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ed Mickelson 30 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 9, 1926 3 6 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.3 $
Bobby Morgan 31 R R 5' 9" 175 Jun 29, 1926 7 125 119 125 123 0 0 0 113 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 $
Walt Moryn 31 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 12, 1926 4 149 143 149 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 147 5 0 2.1 $
Cal Neeman 28 R R 6' 1" 192 Feb 18, 1929 1st 122 111 122 118 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.6 $
Tom Poholsky 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 26, 1929 6 28 11 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bob Rush 31 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 21, 1925 10 31 29 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Charlie Silvera 32 R R 5' 10" 175 Oct 13, 1924 10 26 19 26 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Elmer Singleton 39 R R 6' 2" 174 Jun 26, 1918 6 6 2 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3 $
Bob Speake 26 L L 6' 1" 178 Aug 22, 1930 2 129 99 129 101 0 0 43 0 0 0 20 40 0 60 28 0 1.1 $
Chuck Tanner 28 L L 6' 0" 185 Jul 4, 1928 3 95 78 95 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 27 0 82 15 1 0.2 $
Vito Valentinetti 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Sep 16, 1928 3 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Lee Walls 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Jan 6, 1933 3 117 88 117 94 0 0 0 0 1 0 65 30 8 94 23 1 -0.6 $
Bob Will 25 L L 5' 10" 175 Jul 15, 1931 1st 70 17 70 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 30 41 5 -0.1 $
Ed Winceniak 28 R R 5' 9" 165 Apr 16, 1929 2 17 11 17 12 0 0 0 3 4 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.1 $
Casey Wise 24 B R 6' 0" 170 Sep 8, 1932 1st 43 25 43 36 0 0 0 31 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 3 -0.9 $
Jim Woods 17 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 17, 1939 1st 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Jim Fanning
Lee Walls
Jim Bolger
Johnny Goryl
Bobby Del Greco
Frank Ernaga
Jack Littrell
Bobby Adams
Casey Wise
Charlie Silvera

Bob Lennon
Gordon Massa
Bob Speake
Bobby Morgan
Ed Winceniak
Ernie Banks
Jackie Collum
Jim Woods
John Briggs
Bob Will
Bob Rush
Dick Drott

Elmer Singleton
Jerry Kindall
Moe Drabowsky
Bob Anderson
Dale Long
Glen Hobbie
Tom Poholsky
Cal Neeman
Turk Lown

Bob Anderson
Dick Littlefield
Don Elston
Gene Baker
Eddie Haas
Jack Littrell
Chuck Tanner
Dee Fondy
Ed Mayer
Jim Brosnan
Walt Moryn

Don Kaiser
Ed Mickelson
Dave Hillman
Vito Valentinetti

1956 / 1958 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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