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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1959 / 1961
60-94, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Grimm (6-11) and Lou Boudreau (54-83)
Scored 634 runs, Allowed 776 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91
Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 809,770 (7th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 101
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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Altman | 27 | L | R | 6' 4" | 200 | Mar 20, 1933 | 2 | 119 | 83 | 119 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 30 | 24 | 79 | 25 | 2 | 1.5 | $ | |
| Bob Anderson | 24 | R | R | 6' 4" | 210 | Sep 29, 1935 | 4 | 39 | 30 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | $ | |
| Richie Ashburn HOF | 33 | L | R | 5' 10" | 170 | Mar 19, 1927 | 13 | 151 | 145 | 151 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 97 | 0 | 146 | 6 | 0 | 4.9 | $ | |
| Earl Averill | 28 | R | R | 5' 10" | 185 | Sep 9, 1931 | 4 | 52 | 21 | 52 | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Ernie Banks HOF | 29 | R | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Jan 31, 1931 | 8 | 156 | 156 | 156 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | $ | All-Star |
| Dick Bertell | 24 | R | R | 6' 0" | 200 | Nov 21, 1935 | 1st | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Ed Bouchee | 27 | L | L | 6' 0" | 200 | Mar 7, 1933 | 5 | 98 | 75 | 98 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0.3 | $ | |
| Jim Brewer | 22 | L | L | 6' 1" | 186 | Nov 14, 1937 | 1st | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Dick Burwell | 20 | R | R | 6' 1" | 190 | Jan 23, 1940 | 1st | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Don Cardwell | 24 | R | R | 6' 4" | 210 | Dec 7, 1935 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | $12,000 | |
| Art Ceccarelli | 30 | R | L | 6' 0" | 190 | Apr 2, 1930 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Moe Drabowsky | 24 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Jul 21, 1935 | 5 | 33 | 7 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1.4 | $ | |
| Sammy Drake | 25 | B | R | 5' 11" | 175 | Oct 7, 1934 | 1st | 15 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Dick Drott | 23 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Jul 1, 1936 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.8 | $ | |
| Dick Ellsworth | 20 | L | L | 6' 3" | 180 | Mar 22, 1940 | 2 | 31 | 27 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | $ | |
| Don Elston | 31 | R | R | 6' 0" | 165 | Apr 6, 1929 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | $ | |
| Mark Freeman | 29 | R | R | 6' 4" | 220 | Dec 7, 1930 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.9 | $ | |
| Dick Gernert | 31 | R | R | 6' 3" | 209 | Sep 28, 1928 | 9 | 52 | 18 | 52 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 2 | -0.1 | $ | |
| John Goetz | 22 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Oct 24, 1937 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Grady Hatton | 37 | L | R | 5' 8" | 170 | Oct 7, 1922 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Jim Hegan | 39 | R | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Aug 3, 1920 | 17 | 24 | 12 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Al Heist | 32 | R | R | 6' 2" | 185 | Oct 5, 1927 | 1st | 41 | 25 | 41 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 1.0 | $ | |
| Glen Hobbie | 24 | R | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Apr 24, 1936 | 4 | 46 | 36 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | $ | |
| Ben Johnson | 29 | R | R | 6' 2" | 190 | May 15, 1931 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.7 | $ | |
| Lou Johnson | 25 | R | R | 5' 11" | 170 | Sep 22, 1934 | 1st | 34 | 16 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 3 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Jerry Kindall | 25 | R | R | 6' 2" | 175 | May 27, 1935 | 4 | 89 | 62 | 89 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Nelson Mathews | 18 | R | R | 6' 4" | 195 | Jul 21, 1941 | 1st | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Jim McKnight | 24 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Jun 1, 1936 | 1st | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Seth Morehead | 25 | L | L | 6' 0" | 195 | Aug 15, 1934 | 4 | 45 | 7 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | $ | |
| Walt Moryn | 34 | L | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Apr 12, 1926 | 7 | 38 | 27 | 38 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0.6 | $ | |
| Danny Murphy | 17 | L | R | 5' 11" | 185 | Aug 23, 1942 | 1st | 31 | 18 | 31 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 8 | 2 | -0.7 | $ | |
| Cal Neeman | 31 | R | R | 6' 1" | 192 | Feb 18, 1929 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Irv Noren | 35 | L | L | 6' 0" | 190 | Nov 29, 1924 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Del Rice | 37 | R | R | 6' 2" | 190 | Oct 27, 1922 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Ron Santo HOF | 20 | R | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Feb 25, 1940 | 1st | 95 | 94 | 95 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | $ | |
| Joe Schaffernoth | 22 | R | R | 6' 4" | 195 | Aug 6, 1937 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | $ | |
| Al Schroll | 28 | R | R | 6' 2" | 210 | Mar 22, 1932 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Art Schult | 32 | R | R | 6' 3" | 210 | Jun 20, 1928 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| El Tappe | 33 | R | R | 5' 11" | 180 | May 21, 1927 | 5 | 51 | 38 | 51 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.7 | $ | |
| Sammy Taylor | 27 | L | R | 6' 2" | 185 | Feb 27, 1933 | 3 | 74 | 31 | 74 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Tony Taylor | 24 | R | R | 5' 9" | 170 | Dec 19, 1935 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Moe Thacker | 26 | R | R | 6' 3" | 205 | May 21, 1934 | 2 | 54 | 30 | 54 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Frank Thomas | 31 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Jun 11, 1929 | 10 | 135 | 120 | 135 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 12 | 0 | -0.7 | $ | |
| Bob Will | 28 | L | L | 5' 10" | 175 | Jul 15, 1931 | 3 | 138 | 112 | 138 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 121 | 20 | 0 | 0.6 | $ | |
| Billy Williams HOF | 22 | L | R | 6' 1" | 175 | Jun 15, 1938 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Mel Wright | 32 | R | R | 6' 3" | 210 | May 11, 1928 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Don Zimmer | 29 | R | R | 5' 9" | 165 | Jan 17, 1931 | 7 | 132 | 94 | 132 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1.1 | $ | |
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR |