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1959 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960)
74-80, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 673 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79
Manager: Bob Scheffing (74-80)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 858,255 (6th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100; one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
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1958 / 1960 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	Sammy Taylor*	26	110	390	353	41	95	13	2	13	43	1	0	35	47	.269	.336	.428	.764	103	151	6	1	0	1	13
2	1B	Dale Long*	33	110	330	296	34	70	10	3	14	37	0	0	31	53	.236	.306	.432	.738	95	128	6	0	0	3	2
3	2B	Tony Taylor	23	150	688	624	96	175	30	8	8	38	23	9	45	86	.280	.331	.393	.724	93	245	8	6	6	7	0
4	SS	Ernie Banks	28	155	671	589	97	179	25	6	45	143	2	4	64	72	.304	.374	.596	.970	155	351	18	7	2	9	20
5	3B	Alvin Dark	37	136	545	477	60	126	22	9	6	45	1	1	55	50	.264	.342	.386	.728	95	184	4	3	7	3	9
6	LF	Walt Moryn*	33	117	432	381	41	89	14	1	14	48	0	0	44	66	.234	.316	.386	.702	87	147	13	3	2	2	2
7	CF	George Altman*	26	135	468	420	54	103	14	4	12	47	1	0	34	80	.245	.312	.383	.695	85	161	8	7	6	1	4
8	RF	Lee Walls	26	120	409	354	43	91	18	3	8	33	0	2	42	73	.257	.342	.393	.734	96	139	6	5	5	3	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
9	OF	Bobby Thomson	35	122	418	374	55	97	15	2	11	52	1	0	35	50	.259	.322	.398	.721	92	149	9	2	2	5	6
10	1B	Jim Marshall*	28	108	331	294	39	74	10	1	11	40	0	1	33	39	.252	.324	.405	.729	94	119	5	0	1	3	1
11	C	Earl Averill	27	74	205	186	22	44	10	0	10	34	0	1	15	39	.237	.298	.452	.749	97	84	2	2	0	2	1
12	OF	Irv Noren*	34	65	172	156	27	50	6	2	4	19	2	0	13	24	.321	.384	.462	.845	126	72	1	3	0	0	1
13	UT	Art Schult	31	42	130	118	17	32	7	0	2	14	0	0	7	14	.271	.320	.381	.702	87	45	6	2	2	1	0
14	C	Cal Neeman	30	44	117	105	7	17	2	0	3	9	0	0	11	23	.162	.241	.267	.508	36	28	1	0	1	0	2
15	3B	Randy Jackson	33	41	91	74	7	18	5	1	1	10	0	0	11	10	.243	.341	.378	.720	93	28	5	0	6	0	1
16	IF	Johnny Goryl	25	25	53	48	1	9	3	1	1	6	1	1	5	3	.188	.264	.354	.618	64	17	3	0	0	0	0
17	LF	Billy Williams*	21	18	34	33	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	7	.152	.176	.212	.389	4	7	2	0	0	0	0
18		Lou Jackson*	23	6	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	CF	Chick King	28	7	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	1B	Bobby Adams	37	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	3B	Don Eaddy	25	15	1	1	3	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
22	P	Bob Anderson	23	37	90	80	6	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	34	.075	.119	.088	.207	-43	7	1	1	6	0	0
23	P	Glen Hobbie	23	46	84	79	3	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	30	.114	.136	.127	.262	-29	10	0	0	3	0	0
24	P	Dave Hillman	31	42	71	60	0	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	32	.150	.239	.150	.389	7	9	0	1	4	0	0
25	P	Moe Drabowsky	23	31	47	45	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	20	.111	.149	.133	.282	-23	6	1	0	0	0	0
26	P	Art Ceccarelli	29	18	38	33	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	.091	.167	.091	.258	-28	3	1	0	2	0	0
27	P	Bill Henry*	31	65	32	31	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	.194	.194	.194	.387	4	6	0	0	1	0	0
28	P	John Buzhardt	22	31	32	29	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.069	.100	.103	.203	-45	3	0	0	2	0	0
29	P	Don Elston	30	65	22	19	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.211	.211	.211	.421	13	4	0	0	3	0	0
30	P	Dick Drott	22	8	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	1	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Elmer Singleton	41	21	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Ben Johnson	28	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Taylor Phillips*	26	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Joe Schaffernoth	21	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Seth Morehead*	24	11	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	290	2	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Bob Porterfield	35	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Ed Donnelly	24	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Morrie Martin*	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Bob Smith*	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.1	155	5939	5296	673	1321	209	44	163	635	32	19	498	911	.249	.317	.398	.715	90	2107	106	43	62	40	63
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	5	7	6	3	3		7	7	3	1	7	7	5	6		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.

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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 Anderson	23	12	13	.480	4.13	37	36	1	7	1	0	235.1	245	117	108	21	77	3	113	5	3	4	1004	96	1.368	9.4	0.8	2.9	4.3	1.47
2	SP	Glen Hobbie	23	16	13	.552	3.69	46	33	3	10	3	0	234.0	204	105	96	15	106	1	138	6	0	9	991	107	1.325	7.8	0.6	4.1	5.3	1.30
3	SP	Dave Hillman	31	8	11	.421	3.53	39	24	5	4	1	0	191.0	178	84	75	17	43	3	88	1	0	1	780	112	1.157	8.4	0.8	2.0	4.1	2.05
4	SP	Moe Drabowsky	23	5	10	.333	4.13	31	23	4	3	1	0	141.2	138	78	65	21	75	4	70	3	0	7	631	96	1.504	8.8	1.3	4.8	4.4	0.93
5	SP	Art Ceccarelli*	29	5	5	.500	4.76	18	15	2	4	2	0	102.0	95	58	54	19	37	6	56	1	1	4	432	83	1.294	8.4	1.7	3.3	4.9	1.51
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	30	10	8	.556	3.32	65	0	49	0	0	13	97.2	77	40	36	11	46	7	82	3	0	2	413	119	1.259	7.1	1.0	4.2	7.6	1.78
7	RP	Bill Henry*	31	9	8	.529	2.68	65	0	35	0	0	12	134.1	111	42	40	19	26	3	115	1	1	3	526	147	1.020	7.4	1.3	1.7	7.7	4.42
8	RP	John Buzhardt	22	4	5	.444	4.97	31	10	7	1	1	0	101.1	107	64	56	12	29	4	33	1	0	1	439	79	1.342	9.5	1.1	2.6	2.9	1.14
9	RP	Elmer Singleton	41	2	1	.667	2.72	21	1	12	0	0	0	43.0	40	15	13	2	12	2	25	0	0	0	180	145	1.209	8.4	0.4	2.5	5.2	2.08
10	RP	Seth Morehead*	24	0	1	.000	4.82	11	2	1	0	0	0	18.2	25	13	10	1	8	2	9	0	0	0	88	82	1.768	12.1	0.5	3.9	4.3	1.13
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		Dick Drott	22	1	2	.333	5.93	8	6	0	1	1	0	27.1	25	19	18	5	26	1	15	0	0	2	129	67	1.866	8.2	1.6	8.6	4.9	0.58
12		Ben Johnson	28	0	0		2.16	4	2	1	0	0	0	16.2	17	5	4	1	4	0	6	0	0	0	69	183	1.260	9.2	0.5	2.2	3.2	1.50
13		Taylor Phillips*	26	0	2	.000	7.56	7	2	0	0	0	0	16.2	22	14	14	3	11	2	5	2	0	0	84	52	1.980	11.9	1.6	5.9	2.7	0.45
14		Ed Donnelly	24	1	1	.500	3.14	9	0	3	0	0	0	14.1	18	7	5	1	9	1	6	0	1	0	69	126	1.884	11.3	0.6	5.7	3.8	0.67
15		Joe Schaffernoth	21	1	0	1.000	8.22	5	1	1	0	0	0	7.2	11	7	7	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	36	48	1.957	12.9	1.2	4.7	3.5	0.75
16		Bob Porterfield	35	0	0		11.37	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	14	9	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	36	35	2.684	19.9	1.4	4.3	0.0	0.00
17		Morrie Martin*	36	0	0		19.29	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	5	5	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	14	20	2.571	19.3	7.7	3.9	3.9	1.00
18		Bob Smith*	32	0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	5	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	9	5	10.500	67.5	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	26.5	74	80	.481	4.01	155	155	125	30	10	25	1391.0	1337	688	620	152	519	40	765	24	6	34	5930	98	1.334	8.7	1.0	3.4	4.9	1.47
		Rank in 8 NL teams		5	3		5				8	4	3	4	3	5	5	6	6		6526
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	37	1	0	2.0	3	2	0	1	0	.667	-0.6	-360.0	-0.6	0.0	-0.6		0		9.00	2.00						1B
George Altman	26	121	103	949.0	288	278	7	3	2	.990	8.1	10.2	8.1	-1.0	9.2	0			2.70	2.36						CF-RF
Bob Anderson	23	37	36	234.1	60	13	43	4	4	.933									2.15	1.51						P
Earl Averill	27	52	43	388.0	259	197	49	13	4	.950	-3.1	-9.6	0.9	0.1	0.9	0	0	-4	5.71	4.73	3	6	18	4	18%	C-3B-LF-2B
Ernie Banks	28	154	154	1371.1	802	271	519	12	95	.985	23.3	20.4	23.3	4.7	18.7		0		5.18	5.13						SS
John Buzhardt	22	31	10	103.1	32	7	22	3	1	.906									2.53	0.94						P
Art Ceccarelli	29	18	15	102.0	18	2	15	1	1	.944									1.50	0.94						P
Alvin Dark	37	136	125	1125.2	419	138	260	21	21	.950	7.6	8.1	7.6	-0.9	8.5		0		3.18	2.93						3B-1B-SS
Ed Donnelly	24	9	0	14.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000									1.88	0.33						P
Moe Drabowsky	23	31	23	141.1	35	12	21	2	1	.943									2.10	1.06						P
Dick Drott	22	8	6	27.1	5	0	4	1	0	.800									1.32	0.50						P
Don Eaddy	25	1	0	4.0	2	0	1	1	0	.500	-0.5	-150.0	-0.5	-0.5	0.0		0		2.25	1.00						3B
Don Elston	30	65	0	98.2	19	3	14	2	1	.895									1.55	0.26						P
Johnny Goryl	25	15	9	99.1	43	11	31	1	2	.977	0.1	1.2	1.1	2.1	-1.0		-1		3.81	2.80						2B-3B
Bill Henry	31	65	0	134.1	21	2	18	1	2	.952									1.34	0.31						P
Dave Hillman	31	39	24	191.0	61	28	31	2	0	.967									2.78	1.51						P
Glen Hobbie	23	46	33	232.0	62	18	40	4	2	.935									2.25	1.26						P
Randy Jackson	33	23	19	167.2	51	20	28	3	2	.941	-1.2	-8.6	-1.2	-0.4	-0.7		0		2.58	2.09						3B-LF
Ben Johnson	28	4	2	16.2	3	2	1	0	0	1.000									1.62	0.75						P
Chick King	28	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.4	-53.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	0			1.00	1.00						CF
Dale Long	33	85	72	680.2	792	731	49	12	63	.985	-1.3	-2.3	-1.3	-1.7	0.4		0		10.31	9.18						1B
Jim Marshall	28	81	66	608.2	619	565	52	2	52	.997	-1.5	-3.0	-1.5	-3.8	2.3	0	0		9.12	7.62						1B-LF-RF
Morrie Martin	36	3	0	2.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									3.86	0.33						P
Seth Morehead	24	11	2	18.2	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Walt Moryn	33	108	100	859.2	188	177	9	2	1	.989	4.3	6.0	2.3	-2.2	4.5	2			1.95	1.72						LF-RF-CF
Cal Neeman	30	38	34	264.2	168	158	9	1	1	.994	-3.0	-13.6						-3	5.68	4.39	3	6	20	2	9%	C
Irv Noren	34	41	35	290.1	86	82	4	0	1	1.000	7.4	30.6	7.4	1.7	5.7	0			2.67	2.10						RF-LF-CF-1B
Taylor Phillips	26	7	2	16.2	5	1	4	0	0	1.000									2.70	0.71						P
Bob Porterfield	35	4	0	6.2	2	0	2	0	1	1.000									2.70	0.50						P
Joe Schaffernoth	21	5	1	7.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									1.17	0.20						P
Art Schult	31	41	31	251.2	162	154	6	2	15	.988	-0.4	-1.9	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	0	0		5.72	3.90						1B-LF-RF
Elmer Singleton	41	21	1	43.0	16	5	10	1	1	.938									3.14	0.71						P
Bob Smith	32	1	0	0.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									13.50	1.00						P
Sammy Taylor	26	109	96	889.2	544	497	37	10	1	.982	-7.0	-9.4						-7	5.40	4.90	6	22	70	21	23%	C
Tony Taylor	23	151	149	1313.0	836	355	456	25	105	.970	-1.1	-1.0	-2.1	-1.9	-0.2		1		5.56	5.37						2B-SS
Bobby Thomson	35	140	96	895.1	237	225	9	3	4	.987	4.4	5.9	7.4	1.9	5.5	-3			2.35	1.67						CF-LF-RF
Lee Walls	26	119	100	893.1	206	198	1	7	0	.966	1.4	1.9	6.4	2.4	4.1	-5			2.00	1.67						RF
Billy Williams	21	10	7	65.0	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	1.0	18.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	0			2.49	1.80						LF
Team Totals	29.0	155	1395	12519.0	6071	4173	1758	140	383	.977	37.5	3.6	57.5	0.5	57.5	-6	0	-14	4.26	3.30	12	34	108	27	20%
Rank in 8 NL teams								5	5	4
	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

1958 / 1960 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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