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1959 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960

74-80, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Scheffing (74-80)
Scored 673 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 858,255 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98

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1958 / 1960 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
Bobby Adams 37 R R 5' 10" 160 Dec 14, 1921 14 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.1
George Altman 26 L R 6' 4" 200 Mar 20, 1933 1st 135 103 135 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 1 121 17 3 2.1
Bob Anderson 23 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 29, 1935 3 37 36 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Earl Averill 27 R R 5' 10" 185 Sep 9, 1931 3 74 43 74 50 0 32 0 2 13 0 5 0 0 5 29 0 0.5
Ernie Banks HOF 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 31, 1931 7 155 154 155 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 1 0 9.9 All-Star
John Buzhardt 22 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 17, 1936 2 31 10 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Art Ceccarelli 29 R L 6' 0" 190 Apr 2, 1930 4 18 15 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Al Dark 37 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 7, 1922 13 136 125 136 133 0 0 4 0 131 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.0
Ed Donnelly 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Dec 10, 1932 1st 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Moe Drabowsky 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 21, 1935 4 31 23 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Dick Drott 22 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 1, 1936 3 8 6 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Don Eaddy 25 R R 5' 11" 165 Feb 16, 1934 1st 15 0 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 -0.2
Don Elston 30 R R 6' 0" 165 Apr 6, 1929 4 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 All-Star
Johnny Goryl 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Oct 21, 1933 3 25 9 25 15 0 0 0 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 -0.2
Bill Henry 31 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 15, 1927 6 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2
Dave Hillman 31 R R 5' 11" 168 Sep 14, 1927 5 42 24 42 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.0
Glen Hobbie 23 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 24, 1936 3 46 33 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8
Lou Jackson 23 L R 5' 10" 168 Jul 26, 1935 2 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0.1
Randy Jackson 33 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 10, 1926 10 41 19 41 23 0 0 0 0 22 0 1 0 0 1 19 0 0.1
Ben Johnson 28 R R 6' 2" 190 May 15, 1931 1st 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Chick King 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 10, 1930 5 7 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 -0.1
Dale Long 33 L L 6' 4" 205 Feb 6, 1926 6 110 72 110 85 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0.4
Jim Marshall 28 L L 6' 1" 190 May 25, 1931 2 108 66 108 79 0 0 72 0 0 0 7 0 2 8 37 1 0.2
Morrie Martin 36 L L 6' 0" 173 Sep 3, 1922 10 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Seth Morehead 24 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 15, 1934 3 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Walt Moryn 33 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 12, 1926 6 117 100 117 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 1 14 104 15 0 0.4
Cal Neeman 30 R R 6' 1" 192 Feb 18, 1929 3 44 34 44 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 -0.6
Irv Noren 34 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 29, 1924 10 65 35 65 40 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 6 17 40 28 0 2.0
Taylor Phillips 26 L L 5' 11" 185 Jun 18, 1933 4 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Bob Porterfield 35 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 10, 1923 12 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Joe Schaffernoth 21 R R 6' 4" 195 Aug 6, 1937 1st 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Art Schult 31 R R 6' 3" 210 Jun 20, 1928 4 42 31 42 34 0 0 23 0 0 0 12 0 6 15 11 0 0.0
Elmer Singleton 41 R R 6' 2" 174 Jun 26, 1918 8 21 1 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Bob Smith 31 R L 6' 0" 185 May 13, 1928 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Sammy Taylor 26 L R 6' 2" 185 Feb 27, 1933 2 110 96 110 109 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1.3
Tony Taylor 23 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 19, 1935 2 150 149 150 150 0 0 0 149 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6
Bobby Thomson 35 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 25, 1923 14 122 96 122 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 50 29 116 10 3 1.2
Lee Walls 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Jan 6, 1933 5 120 100 120 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 119 4 1 1.1
Billy Williams HOF 21 L R 6' 1" 175 Jun 15, 1938 1st 18 7 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 7 1 -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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance
2

Lee Walls
4

Johnny Goryl
Billy Williams
5

Tony Taylor
6

Earl Averill
7

Walt Moryn
8

Dale Long
9

Bobby Thomson
11

Cal Neeman
12

Jim Marshall
14

Ernie Banks
15

Sammy Taylor
16

Bobby Adams
Randy Jackson
17

Al Dark
18

Don Eaddy
20

Chick King
Irv Noren
21

George Altman
22

Ed Donnelly
30

Dick Drott
31

Dave Hillman
32

Bob Anderson
36

Don Elston
37

Bill Henry
38

John Buzhardt
Seth Morehead
39

Moe Drabowsky
40

Glen Hobbie
41

Art Ceccarelli
Taylor Phillips
42

Lou Jackson
Elmer Singleton
43

Bob Porterfield
Art Schult
Bob Smith
45

Ben Johnson
Morrie Martin
46

Joe Schaffernoth

1958 / 1960 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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