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1960 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1959/1961) 60-94, Finished 7th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 634 runs, Allowed 776 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91 Managed by Charlie Grimm and Lou Boudreau Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 809,770 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 100   (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 101   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 Stats (1959/1961) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   El Tappe            33   51  103   11   24   7  0   0    3  11   12  .233  .313  .301   0   1   2   1   6   0   1   70
1B *Ed Bouchee          27   98  299   33   71  11  1   5   44  45   51  .237  .335  .331   2   0   4   2   0   6   4   85
2B  Jerry Kindall       25   89  246   17   59  16  2   2   23   5   52  .240  .253  .346   4   3   7   0   3   2   3   63
3B  Ron Santo           20   95  347   44   87  24  2   9   44  31   44  .251  .311  .409   0   3   9   0   2   2   5   97
SS  Ernie Banks         29  156  597   94  162  32  7  41  117  71   69  .271  .350  .554   1   3  14   4   0   6  28  145
LF *Richie Ashburn      33  151  547   99  159  16  5   0   40 116   50  .291  .415  .338  16   4   4   1   7   1   1  111
CF  Al Heist            32   41  102   11   28   5  3   1    6  10   12  .275  .339  .412   3   1   2   0   1   0   0  106
RF *Bob Will            28  138  475   58  121  20  9   6   53  47   54  .255  .321  .373   1   5  10   1   8   3   3   91
    Frank Thomas        31  135  479   54  114  12  1  21   64  28   74  .238  .280  .399   1   0  12   0   1   1   4   85
    Don Zimmer          29  132  368   37   95  16  7   6   35  27   56  .258  .307  .389   8   6   9   0   5   2   4   90
   *George Altman       27  119  334   50   89  16  4  13   51  32   67  .266  .330  .455   4   3   4   1   2   3   6  114
   *Sammy Taylor        27   74  150   14   31   9  0   3   17   6   18  .207  .241  .327   0   1   5   1   1   1   0   55
   *Walt Moryn          34   38  109   12   32   4  0   2   11  13   19  .294  .366  .385   2   1   2   0   0   1   0  108
    Earl Averill        28   52  102   14   24   4  0   1   13  11   16  .235  .310  .304   1   1   3   1   1   2   1   70
    Dick Gernert        31   52   96    8   24   3  0   0   11  10   19  .250  .321  .281   1   0   5   0   1   0   0   68
    Moe Thacker         26   54   90    5   14   1  0   0    6  14   20  .156  .269  .167   1   1   3   0   0   0   5   24
    Tony Taylor         24   19   76   14   20   3  3   1    9   8   12  .263  .337  .421   2   0   1   1   3   1   0  108
   *Danny Murphy        17   31   75    7    9   2  0   1    6   4   13  .120  .175  .187   0   0   2   1   1   0   0    0
    Lou Johnson         25   34   68    6   14   2  1   0    1   5   19  .206  .270  .265   3   1   2   1   1   0   1   48
    Del Rice            37   18   52    2   12   3  0   0    4   2    7  .231  .255  .288   0   0   3   0   0   1   1   49
   *Billy Williams      22   12   47    4   13   0  2   2    7   5   12  .277  .346  .489   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  127
    Jim Hegan           39   24   43    4    9   2  1   1    5   1   10  .209  .244  .372   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   67
   *Grady Hatton        37   28   38    3   13   0  0   0    7   2    5  .342  .381  .342   0   0   2   1   1   1   1  101
    Dick Bertell        24    5   15    0    2   0  0   0    2   3    1  .133  .263  .133   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   14
   #Sammy Drake         25   15   15    5    1   0  0   0    0   1    4  .067  .125  .067   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -45
    Art Schult          32   12   15    1    2   1  0   0    1   1    3  .133  .188  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   1    7
    Cal Neeman          31    9   13    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    5  .154  .154  .231   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    4
   *Irv Noren           35   12   11    0    1   0  0   0    1   3    4  .091  .286  .091   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10
    Nelson Mathews      18    3    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   38
    Jim McKnight        24    3    6    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   85

    Glen Hobbie         24   46   86    6   13   1  0   1    6   6   31  .151  .215  .198   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   15
    Bob Anderson        24   39   71    4   12   0  0   0    1   4   26  .169  .221  .169   0   0   0   1   5   1   0    9
    Don Cardwell        24   33   69    9   14   1  0   3    6   0   30  .203  .203  .348   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   48
   *Dick Ellsworth      20   31   48    3    2   0  0   0    1   6   30  .042  .148  .042   0   0   0   0   6   0   0  -44
   *Seth Morehead       25   45   29    1    4   1  0   0    2   1   13  .138  .167  .172   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   -6
    Don Elston          31   60   24    0    3   0  0   0    0   0   10  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -31
    Mark Freeman        29   30   20    2    3   0  0   0    1   1    9  .150  .190  .150   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   -5
    Dick Drott          23   23   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    6  .100  .100  .100   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -45
    Joe Schaffernoth    22   33    7    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    2  .286  .286  .286   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   58
   *Jim Brewer          22    6    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .167  .286  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   29
    Moe Drabowsky       24   33    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Dick Burwell        20    3    3    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   85
    Ben Johnson         29   17    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Mel Wright          32    9    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    John Goetz          22    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Al Schroll          28    2    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  454
    Art Ceccarelli      30    7    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   1   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1  156 5311  634 1293 213 48 119  600 531  897  .243  .312  .369  51  34 109  19  64  35  69   93
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    7    7   5  3   7        1    2     7     7     7   5   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Glen Hobbie         24  46   3.97  16  20  1  36   5  16   4  258.7  253  130  114  27  101  134 1118   8   9  0   7  95
SP  Bob Anderson        24  38   4.11   9  11  1  30   3   5   0  203.7  201  105   93  26   68  115  868   9   7  0   8  92
SP *Dick Ellsworth      20  31   3.72   7  13  0  27   0   6   0  176.7  170   83   73  12   72   94  744   1   2  0   8 101
SP  Don Cardwell        24  31   4.37   8  14  0  26   2   6   1  177.0  166  101   86  19   68  129  753   2   5  1  10  86

CL  Don Elston          31  60   3.40   8   9 11   0  33   0   0  127.0  109   57   48  17   55   85  547   0   4  0   8 111
RP *Seth Morehead       25  45   3.94   2   9  4   7  15   2   0  123.3  123   61   54  17   46   64  531   3   2  3   6  95
RP  Joe Schaffernoth    22  33   2.78   2   3  3   0  18   0   0   55.0   46   21   17   2   17   33  221   1   1  0   2 135
RP  Moe Drabowsky       24  32   6.44   3   1  1   7  12   0   0   50.3   71   44   36   3   23   26  243   4   1  0   0  58
RP  Mark Freeman        29  30   5.63   3   3  1   8   9   1   0   76.7   70   51   48  10   33   50  334   2   5  0   3  67

    Dick Drott          23  23   7.16   0   6  0   9   7   0   0   55.3   63   49   44   7   42   32  269   4   3  0   0  53
    Ben Johnson         29  17   4.91   2   1  1   0   7   0   0   29.3   39   21   16   3   11    9  130   1   1  0   0  77
   *Jim Brewer          22   5   5.82   0   3  0   4   0   0   0   21.7   25   14   14   2    6    7   99   0   1  0   2  65
    Mel Wright          32   9   4.96   0   1  2   0   6   0   0   16.3   17    9    9   1    3    8   67   0   0  0   1  76
   *Art Ceccarelli      30   7   5.54   0   0  0   1   2   0   0   13.0   16   12    8   1    4   10   59   3   0  0   0  68
    Dick Burwell        20   3   5.59   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    9.7   11    6    6   2    7    1   44   1   1  0   0  67
    John Goetz          22   4  12.79   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.3   10    9    9   2    4    6   32   0   0  0   1  29
    Al Schroll          28   2  10.13   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.7    3    3    3   1    5    2   16   0   0  0   0  37
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 24.5 156   4.35  60  94 25 156 120  36   6 1402.0 1393  776  678 152  565  805 6075  39  42  4  56  86
    Rank among 8 NL teams           8   7   2  6           7   7      1    6    8        7    8    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- ETappe 323 38 49 215 27 2 4 .992 3 8 24 22 MThacker 275 30 50 170 23 4 2 .980 2 3 9 13 STaylor 272 31 43 152 24 4 2 .978 4 9 13 11 EAverill 187 21 34 130 8 3 1 .979 2 6 15 3 DRice 143 16 18 85 7 3 0 .968 2 4 12 6 JHegan 118 12 22 76 9 2 2 .977 2 4 10 6 DBertell 44 4 5 18 6 0 0 1.000 0 1 3 2 CNeeman 38 4 9 34 4 0 1 1.000 0 4 5 2 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1402 156 156 880 108 18 12 .982 15 39 91 65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EBouchee 676 75 80 709 56 7 56 .991 10.17 FThomas 414 48 50 426 34 8 36 .983 10.00 GAltman 168 18 21 164 14 1 15 .994 9.54 DGernert 135 14 18 132 16 2 13 .987 9.87 INoren 8 1 1 5 0 1 1 .833 5.62 ASchult 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1402 156 156 1437 120 19 121 .988 10.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *5.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKindall 594 62 82 147 218 13 44 .966 5.53 DZimmer 572 66 75 170 215 8 25 .980 6.05 TTaylor 173 19 19 36 50 2 20 .977 4.47 GHatton 47 7 8 11 16 2 2 .931 5.17 SDrake 12 2 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 JMcKnight 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 .667 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1402 156 156 366 502 26 92 .971 5.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSanto 836 94 94 78 144 13 6 .945 2.39 DZimmer 287 28 45 38 51 8 5 .918 2.79 FThomas 261 33 33 25 55 6 4 .930 2.76 SDrake 16 1 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.66 EAverill 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1402 156 156 142 252 27 15 .936 2.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *4.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EBanks 1375 156 156 283 488 18 94 .977 5.04 DZimmer 20 0 5 3 8 0 1 1.000 4.95 JKindall 7 0 2 0 4 0 1 1.000 5.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1402 156 156 286 500 18 96 .978 5.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RAshburn 455 55 58 110 3 3 0 .974 2.23 FThomas 319 33 44 61 2 3 0 .955 1.77 WMoryn 200 24 25 45 1 2 1 .958 2.07 GAltman 197 20 27 39 0 0 0 1.000 1.78 BWilliams 109 12 12 27 0 1 0 .964 2.22 LJohnson 40 4 8 8 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 DGernert 37 4 5 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.68 BWill 20 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 ASchult 17 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.56 AHeist 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 DZimmer 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 EAverill 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1402 156 156 310 9 9 1 .973 2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RAshburn 805 90 97 208 7 5 1 .977 2.40 AHeist 232 25 32 65 2 1 0 .985 2.59 GAltman 230 25 30 65 1 0 0 1.000 2.58 DMurphy 113 14 16 34 1 1 1 .972 2.78 LJohnson 21 2 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 4.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1402 156 156 383 11 7 2 .983 2.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWill 1007 110 117 215 10 2 2 .991 2.01 GAltman 172 20 24 33 1 1 0 .971 1.77 LJohnson 94 10 13 25 2 0 0 1.000 2.59 FThomas 46 6 6 16 1 0 0 1.000 3.33 DMurphy 30 4 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 WMoryn 28 3 5 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.54 NMathews 16 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 JMcKnight 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 INoren 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1402 156 156 308 15 3 2 .991 2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.20 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RAshburn 1261 145 146 317 11 8 2 .976 2.34 BWill 1027 112 121 224 10 2 2 .992 2.05 GAltman 600 65 79 144 2 1 0 .993 2.19 FThomas 365 39 49 77 3 3 0 .964 1.97 AHeist 235 25 33 65 2 1 0 .985 2.56 WMoryn 228 27 30 52 2 2 1 .964 2.13 LJohnson 155 16 25 43 4 0 0 1.000 2.72 DMurphy 143 18 21 40 1 1 1 .976 2.58 BWilliams 109 12 12 25 0 1 0 .962 2.05 DGernert 37 4 5 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.68 ASchult 17 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.56 NMathews 16 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 JMcKnight 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DZimmer 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 EAverill 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 INoren 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1402 156 156 1007 36 19 6 .982 2.23 156 156 156 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 *2.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GHobbie 258 36 46 19 67 5 4 .945 2.99 BAnderson 203 30 38 10 43 4 2 .930 2.34 DEllsworth 176 27 31 12 29 0 1 1.000 2.09 DCardwell 176 26 31 12 21 1 0 .971 1.69 DElston 128 0 60 10 13 4 1 .852 1.62 SMorehead 123 7 45 8 19 0 1 1.000 1.97 MFreeman 76 8 30 3 6 1 0 .900 1.06 DDrott 55 9 23 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.79 JSchafferno 55 0 33 4 10 0 2 1.000 2.29 MDrabowsky 50 7 32 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.25 BJohnson 29 0 17 2 8 0 1 1.000 3.07 JBrewer 21 4 5 2 5 1 0 .875 2.90 MWright 16 0 9 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.10 ACeccarelli 13 1 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 DBurwell 9 1 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.86 JGoetz 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.43 ASchroll 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1402 156 156 90 238 16 13 .953 2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Ashburn .291 On-base % Ashburn .415 Slugging % Banks .554 OPS Banks .904 Games Banks 156 At Bats Banks 597 Plate Appearances (approx.) Banks 678 Runs Ashburn 99 Hits Banks 162 Total Bases Banks 331 Doubles Banks 32 Triples Will 9 Home Runs Banks 41 RBI Banks 117 Bases on Balls Ashburn 116 Strikeouts Thomas 74 Stolen Bases Ashburn 16 Singles Ashburn 138 Adjusted OPS+ Banks 145 Runs Created Banks 113 Adjusted Batting Runs Banks 36 Batting Wins Banks 3.6 Extra-Base Hits Banks 80 Times on Base Ashburn 276 Offensive Win% Banks .683 Hit By Pitch Banks 4 Sac. Hits Will 8 Sac. Flies Banks and Bouchee 6 Intentional Walks Banks 28 Grounded into Double Plays Banks 14 Caught Stealing Zimmer 6 Power/Speed Number Zimmer 6.9 At Bats per Strikeout Ashburn 10.9 At Bats per Home Run Banks 14.6 Outs Banks 458

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Ellsworth 3.72 Wins Hobbie 16 Won-Loss % Elston .471 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Anderson 1.321 Hits Allowed/9IP Cardwell 8.44 Bases on Balls/9IP Anderson 3.00 Strikeouts/9IP Cardwell 6.56 Games Elston 60 Saves Elston 11 Innings Hobbie 258.7 Strikeouts Hobbie 134 Games Started Hobbie 36 Comp. Games Hobbie 16 Shutouts Hobbie 4 Home Runs Allow. Hobbie 27 Bases On Balls Allow. Hobbie 101 Hits Allowed Hobbie 253 SO to Walk Cardwell 1.90 Losses Hobbie 20 Earned Runs Allow. Hobbie 114 Wild Pitches Anderson 9 Hit Batsmen Hobbie 9 Batters Faced Hobbie 1118 Games Finished Elston 33 Adjusted ERA+ Ellsworth 101

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