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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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Team Batting

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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
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
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* - 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 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 8 4 3 4 3 5 5 6 6 6
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
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* - 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
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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.53 0.94 P
Art Ceccarelli 29 18 15 102.0 18 2 15 1 1 .944 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.88 0.33 P
Moe Drabowsky 23 31 23 141.1 35 12 21 2 1 .943 0.0 0.0 2.10 1.06 P
Dick Drott 22 8 6 27.1 5 0 4 1 0 .800 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.34 0.31 P
Dave Hillman 31 39 24 191.0 61 28 31 2 0 .967 0.0 0.0 2.78 1.51 P
Glen Hobbie 23 46 33 232.0 62 18 40 4 2 .935 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 3.86 0.33 P
Seth Morehead 24 11 2 18.2 0 0 0 0 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 0.0 0.0 2.70 0.71 P
Bob Porterfield 35 4 0 6.2 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.70 0.50 P
Joe Schaffernoth 21 5 1 7.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 3.14 0.71 P
Bob Smith 32 1 0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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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