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1960 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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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1959 / 1961 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 Salary
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 Salary

Richie Ashburn

Tony Taylor

Earl Averill
Jim McKnight

Walt Moryn

Dick Bertell
Jim Hegan
Del Rice

Ron Santo

Ed Bouchee
Cal Neeman

Dick Gernert
Nelson Mathews

Ernie Banks

Ron Santo
Sammy Taylor

Jerry Kindall

Don Zimmer

Al Heist

Sammy Drake

Grady Hatton
Danny Murphy
Irv Noren

George Altman

Moe Thacker

Art Schult

Lou Johnson

Frank Thomas

Bob Will

Dick Drott

Mark Freeman
John Goetz

Bob Anderson

Dick Burwell

Don Elston

Dick Ellsworth

Seth Morehead

Moe Drabowsky

Glen Hobbie

Art Ceccarelli
Jim Hegan
Billy Williams

Danny Murphy

Don Cardwell
Al Schroll
Art Schult

Jim Brewer
Ben Johnson
Mel Wright

Joe Schaffernoth

1959 / 1961 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers