1958 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1958 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1957 / 1959)
72-82, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 709 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79
Manager: Bob Scheffing (72-82)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 979,904 (6th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99; one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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1957 / 1959 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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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	Sammy Taylor*	25	96	329	301	30	78	12	2	6	36	2	1	27	46	.259	.319	.372	.691	84	112	9	0	0	1	4
2	1B	Dale Long*	32	142	554	480	68	130	26	4	20	75	2	0	66	64	.271	.357	.467	.824	119	224	15	2	0	6	9
3	2B	Tony Taylor	22	140	555	497	63	117	15	3	6	27	21	6	40	93	.235	.299	.314	.613	65	156	9	7	7	4	0
4	SS	Ernie Banks	27	154	682	617	119	193	23	11	47	129	4	4	52	87	.313	.366	.614	.980	156	379	14	4	1	8	12
5	3B	Alvin Dark	36	114	506	464	54	137	16	4	3	43	1	1	29	23	.295	.339	.366	.706	89	170	13	5	2	6	1
6	LF	Walt Moryn*	32	143	587	512	77	135	26	7	26	77	1	2	62	83	.264	.350	.494	.845	123	253	7	8	2	3	7
7	CF	Bobby Thomson	34	152	615	547	67	155	27	5	21	82	0	2	56	76	.283	.351	.466	.817	116	255	16	4	2	6	7
8	RF	Lee Walls	25	136	576	513	80	156	19	3	24	72	4	4	47	62	.304	.370	.493	.863	129	253	10	8	6	2	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
9	IF	Johnny Goryl	24	83	250	219	27	53	9	3	4	14	0	1	27	34	.242	.331	.365	.696	86	80	14	2	2	0	2
10	C	Cal Neeman	29	76	226	201	30	52	7	0	12	29	0	0	21	41	.259	.336	.473	.809	114	95	5	3	0	1	2
11	LF	Jim Bolger	26	84	131	120	15	27	4	1	1	11	0	1	9	20	.225	.285	.300	.585	57	36	2	1	1	0	0
12	OF	Chuck Tanner*	28	73	112	103	10	27	6	0	4	17	1	0	9	10	.262	.321	.437	.758	101	45	2	0	0	0	2
13	IF	Bobby Adams	36	62	105	96	14	27	4	4	0	4	2	0	6	15	.281	.324	.406	.730	94	39	2	0	3	0	0
14	UT	Jim Marshall*	27	26	94	81	12	22	2	0	5	11	1	0	12	13	.272	.372	.481	.854	127	39	0	1	0	0	0
15	OF	Lou Jackson*	22	24	36	35	5	6	2	1	1	6	0	1	1	9	.171	.194	.371	.566	47	13	1	0	0	0	0
16	C	El Tappe	31	17	32	28	2	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	1	.214	.290	.214	.505	38	6	2	0	1	0	2
17	C	Moe Thacker	24	11	26	24	4	6	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	7	.250	.269	.542	.811	110	13	1	0	0	1	1
18	1B	Paul Smith*	27	18	23	20	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.150	.261	.150	.411	14	3	0	0	0	0	0
19	CF	Chick King	27	8	11	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.250	.455	.250	.705	96	2	0	0	0	0	1
20		Frank Ernaga	27	9	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	2B	Jerry Kindall	23	3	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.333	.500	30	2	0	0	0	0	0
22	RF	Bob Will*	26	6	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	109	1	0	0	0	0	0
23		Footer Johnson*	26	8	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		Gabe Gabler*	27	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
25		Gordon Massa*	22	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
26		Bobby Morgan	32	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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
27	P	Taylor Phillips*	25	39	62	54	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	24	.056	.105	.056	.161	-55	3	1	0	5	0	0
28	P	Dick Drott	21	39	59	55	6	15	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	18	.273	.310	.273	.583	58	15	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Glen Hobbie	22	55	51	48	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	26	.146	.160	.146	.306	-17	7	2	0	1	1	0
30	P	Moe Drabowsky	22	22	48	45	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	.156	.156	.178	.333	-11	8	0	0	3	0	0
31	P	Dave Hillman	30	32	43	41	4	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	20	.146	.146	.195	.341	-10	8	0	0	2	0	0
32	P	John Briggs	24	20	36	35	3	9	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	14	.257	.257	.343	.600	59	12	1	0	1	0	0
33	P	Marcelino Solis*	27	15	21	20	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.286	.300	.586	57	6	1	0	0	0	0
34	P	Bill Henry*	30	44	19	17	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.235	.316	.294	.610	65	5	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Jim Brosnan	28	8	19	19	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.105	.105	.158	.263	-31	3	1	0	0	0	0
36	P	Bob Anderson	22	17	17	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.118	.118	.118	.235	-37	2	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Don Elston	29	69	15	14	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.357	.357	.357	.714	92	5	0	0	1	0	0
38	P	Gene Fodge	26	16	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63	0	0	0	1	0	0
39	P	John Buzhardt	21	6	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	1	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Dolan Nichols	28	24	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Ed Mayer*	26	19	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Elmer Singleton	40	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Hersh Freeman	29	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	Freddy Rodriguez	34	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	P	Dick Ellsworth*	18	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.6	154	5902	5289	709	1402	207	49	182	666	39	23	487	853	.265	.330	.426	.756	101	2253	128	45	42	39	50
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	2	2	7	4	1		6	6	6	2	3	5	1	1		1
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.

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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	Taylor Phillips*	25	7	10	.412	4.76	39	27	4	5	1	1	170.1	178	102	90	22	79	5	102	6	3	8	761	82	1.509	9.4	1.2	4.2	5.4	1.29
2	SP	Dick Drott	21	7	11	.389	5.43	39	31	3	4	0	0	167.1	156	118	101	23	99	6	127	6	0	9	763	72	1.524	8.4	1.2	5.3	6.8	1.28
3	SP	Moe Drabowsky	22	9	11	.450	4.51	22	20	1	4	1	0	125.2	118	73	63	19	73	4	77	5	0	0	569	87	1.520	8.5	1.4	5.2	5.5	1.05
4	SP	Dave Hillman	30	4	8	.333	3.15	31	16	4	3	0	1	125.2	132	57	44	12	31	4	65	0	0	1	540	124	1.297	9.5	0.9	2.2	4.7	2.10
5	SP	John Briggs	24	5	5	.500	4.52	20	17	2	3	1	0	95.2	99	52	48	12	45	1	46	1	2	2	418	87	1.505	9.3	1.1	4.2	4.3	1.02
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
6	CL	Don Elston	29	9	8	.529	2.88	69	0	39	0	0	10	97.0	75	35	31	9	39	10	84	1	1	2	400	136	1.175	7.0	0.8	3.6	7.8	2.15
7	RP	Glen Hobbie	22	10	6	.625	3.74	55	16	21	2	1	2	168.1	163	80	70	13	93	8	91	7	0	7	755	105	1.521	8.7	0.7	5.0	4.9	0.98
8	RP	Bill Henry*	30	5	4	.556	2.88	44	0	18	0	0	6	81.1	63	27	26	8	17	6	58	1	0	0	314	136	0.984	7.0	0.9	1.9	6.4	3.41
9	RP	Dolan Nichols	28	0	4	.000	5.01	24	0	7	0	0	1	41.1	46	27	23	1	16	2	9	1	0	1	179	78	1.500	10.0	0.2	3.5	2.0	0.56
10	RP	Ed Mayer*	26	2	2	.500	3.80	19	0	4	0	0	1	23.2	15	12	10	0	16	1	14	3	0	0	100	103	1.310	5.7	0.0	6.1	5.3	0.88
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
11		Bob Anderson	22	3	3	.500	3.97	17	8	4	2	0	0	65.2	61	29	29	3	29	1	51	1	0	1	275	98	1.371	8.4	0.4	4.0	7.0	1.76
12		Marcelino Solis*	27	3	3	.500	6.06	15	4	3	0	0	0	52.0	74	41	35	5	20	1	15	4	0	2	244	65	1.808	12.8	0.9	3.5	2.6	0.75
13		Jim Brosnan	28	3	4	.429	3.14	8	8	0	2	0	0	51.2	41	20	18	3	29	3	24	0	0	0	215	125	1.355	7.1	0.5	5.1	4.2	0.83
14		Gene Fodge	26	1	1	.500	4.76	16	4	7	1	0	0	39.2	47	22	21	5	11	3	15	0	0	1	175	82	1.462	10.7	1.1	2.5	3.4	1.36
15		John Buzhardt	21	3	0	1.000	1.85	6	2	1	1	0	0	24.1	16	5	5	2	7	1	9	0	1	0	95	212	0.945	5.9	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.29
16		Hersh Freeman	29	0	1	.000	8.31	9	0	3	0	0	0	13.0	23	13	12	3	3	0	7	0	0	0	69	47	2.000	15.9	2.1	2.1	4.8	2.33
17		Freddy Rodriguez	34	0	0		7.36	7	0	3	0	0	2	7.1	8	6	6	2	5	0	5	1	0	0	36	53	1.773	9.8	2.5	6.1	6.1	1.00
18		Elmer Singleton	40	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	15		0.429	1.9	0.0	1.9	3.9	2.00
19		Turk Lown	34	0	0		4.50	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	16	87	1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	9.0	1.33
20		Dick Ellsworth*	18	0	1	.000	15.43	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	4	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	15	25	3.000	15.4	0.0	11.6	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	25.1	72	82	.468	4.22	154	154	127	27	4	24	1361.0	1322	725	638	142	619	57	805	38	7	36	5954	93	1.426	8.7	0.9	4.1	5.3	1.30
		Rank in 8 NL teams		5	3						8	8	5	8	2	6	6	3	8		3
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

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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
Bobby Adams	36	27	12	124.2	90	63	24	3	6	.967	-1.5	-14.4	-1.5	-0.6	-0.8		0		6.28	3.22						1B-2B-3B
Bob Anderson	22	17	8	65.2	14	3	11	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.92	0.82						P
Ernie Banks	27	154	154	1361.0	792	292	468	32	100	.960	9.5	8.4	11.5	4.6	6.9		-2		5.03	4.94						SS
Jim Bolger	26	39	20	178.2	50	46	1	3	0	.940	2.7	18.1	2.7	0.2	2.5	0			2.37	1.21						LF-RF-CF
John Briggs	24	20	17	96.0	21	7	12	2	0	.905	0.0	0.0							1.78	0.95						P
Jim Brosnan	28	8	8	51.2	16	4	12	0	2	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.79	2.00						P
John Buzhardt	21	6	2	24.1	9	2	7	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							3.33	1.50						P
Alvin Dark	36	111	111	964.0	350	107	225	18	24	.949	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.9	-0.1		0		3.10	2.99						3B
Moe Drabowsky	22	22	20	125.2	29	12	16	1	2	.966	0.0	0.0							2.01	1.27						P
Dick Drott	21	39	31	167.1	37	9	27	1	0	.973	0.0	0.0							1.94	0.92						P
Dick Ellsworth	18	1	1	2.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0							0.00	0.00						P
Don Elston	29	69	0	97.0	26	7	19	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.41	0.38						P
Gene Fodge	26	16	4	39.2	8	1	7	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.82	0.50						P
Hersh Freeman	29	9	0	13.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.77	0.44						P
Johnny Goryl	24	79	57	530.0	260	91	153	16	26	.938	3.7	8.4	3.7	3.2	0.4		0		4.14	3.09						3B-2B
Bill Henry	30	44	0	81.0	10	2	8	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.11	0.23						P
Dave Hillman	30	31	16	125.2	28	7	20	1	0	.964	0.0	0.0							1.93	0.87						P
Glen Hobbie	22	55	16	168.1	61	12	44	5	5	.918	0.0	0.0							2.99	1.02						P
Lou Jackson	22	14	6	58.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-0.2	-4.1	-0.2	-0.8	0.6	0			1.24	0.57						CF-LF-RF
Jerry Kindall	23	3	2	20.0	11	6	5	0	2	1.000	0.3	18.0	0.3	0.0	0.3		0		4.95	3.67						2B
Chick King	27	7	2	28.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-4.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0			1.93	0.86						CF
Dale Long	32	139	135	1188.1	1268	1173	85	10	130	.992	-6.2	-6.3	-6.2	-2.7	-3.5		0	0	9.53	9.05	1	0	0	0		1B-C
Turk Lown	34	4	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0							0.00	0.00						P
Jim Marshall	27	26	23	189.0	131	122	8	1	11	.992	-3.0	-19.0	-3.0	-1.8	-1.1	0	0		6.19	5.00						1B-RF
Ed Mayer	26	19	0	23.2	5	1	3	1	0	.800	0.0	0.0							1.52	0.21						P
Walt Moryn	32	141	136	1190.2	276	266	4	6	1	.978	1.9	1.9	3.9	0.2	3.7	-2			2.04	1.91						LF
Cal Neeman	29	71	57	506.0	368	340	25	3	6	.992	0.0	0.0						0	6.49	5.14	8	12	23	13	36%	C
Dolan Nichols	28	24	0	41.1	13	0	13	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.83	0.54						P
Taylor Phillips	25	39	27	170.1	47	7	35	5	3	.894	0.0	0.0							2.22	1.08						P
Freddy Rodriguez	34	7	0	7.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0							0.00	0.00						P
Elmer Singleton	40	2	0	4.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.93	0.50						P
Paul Smith	27	4	2	20.0	17	14	2	1	0	.941	-0.5	-30.0	-0.5	-0.5	0.0		0		7.20	4.00						1B
Marcelino Solis	27	15	4	52.0	13	5	8	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.25	0.87						P
Chuck Tanner	28	15	11	118.2	19	18	0	1	0	.947	-2.7	-27.3	-1.7	-0.4	-1.3	-1			1.37	1.20						RF-CF-LF
El Tappe	31	16	9	85.2	52	46	4	2	0	.962	0.0	0.0						0	5.25	3.13	1	0	2	1	33%	C
Sammy Taylor	25	87	81	700.2	489	460	23	6	4	.988	-3.0	-5.1						-3	6.20	5.55	2	21	24	9	27%	C
Tony Taylor	22	138	128	1110.2	708	311	374	23	103	.968	-2.5	-2.7	-1.5	-7.3	5.8		-1		5.55	4.96						2B-3B
Moe Thacker	24	9	7	67.0	42	34	6	2	1	.952	0.0	0.0						0	5.37	4.44	0	2	6	3	33%	C
Bobby Thomson	34	158	148	1308.2	363	342	16	5	4	.986	2.4	2.2	-3.6	-6.2	2.6	6	0		2.46	2.27						CF-3B-RF-LF
Lee Walls	25	132	131	1136.1	250	237	11	2	1	.992	2.9	3.1	2.9	-0.3	3.2	0			1.96	1.88						RF
Bob Will	26	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.4	-240.0	-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0			0.00	0.00						RF
Team Totals	28.1	154	1386	12249.0	5911	4083	1678	150	434	.975	4.1	0.4	7.1	-11.9	19.2	3	-3	-3	4.23	3.19	12	35	55	26	32%
Rank in 8 NL teams								3	4	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

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