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1961 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962

64-90, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Vedie Himsl (10-21), Harry Craft (7-9), El Tappe (42-54) and Lou Klein (5-6)
Scored 689 runs, Allowed 800 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-87

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 673,057 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 102

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1960 / 1962 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
George Altman 28 L R 6' 4" 200 Mar 20, 1933 3 138 131 138 132 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 25 115 130 7 0 3.3 All-Star
Bob Anderson 25 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 29, 1935 5 57 12 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Richie Ashburn HOF 34 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 19, 1927 14 109 69 109 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 62 0 77 40 0 -0.5
Ernie Banks HOF 30 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 31, 1931 9 138 132 138 133 0 0 7 0 0 104 23 0 0 23 6 0 4.3 All-Star
Cuno Barragan 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Jun 20, 1932 1st 10 9 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Dick Bertell 25 R R 6' 0" 200 Nov 21, 1935 2 92 75 92 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.1
Ed Bouchee 28 L L 6' 0" 200 Mar 7, 1933 6 112 90 112 107 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.5
Jim Brewer 23 L L 6' 1" 186 Nov 14, 1937 2 36 11 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Lou Brock HOF 22 L L 5' 11" 170 Jun 18, 1939 1st 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 -0.3
Dick Burwell 21 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 23, 1940 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Don Cardwell 25 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 7, 1935 5 40 38 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.5
Jack Curtis 24 L L 5' 10" 175 Jan 11, 1937 1st 31 27 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Sammy Drake 26 B R 5' 11" 175 Oct 7, 1934 2 13 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 10 -0.1
Dick Drott 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 1, 1936 5 35 8 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.1
Dick Ellsworth 21 L L 6' 3" 180 Mar 22, 1940 3 37 31 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3
Don Elston 32 R R 6' 0" 165 Apr 6, 1929 6 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
George Freese 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 12, 1926 3 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.0
Al Heist 33 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 5, 1927 2 109 82 109 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 99 8 2 1.1
Glen Hobbie 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 24, 1936 5 36 29 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6
Ken Hubbs 19 R R 6' 2" 175 Dec 23, 1941 1st 10 6 10 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.1
Jerry Kindall 26 R R 6' 2" 175 May 27, 1935 5 96 76 96 90 0 0 0 50 0 47 0 0 0 0 7 5 -1.4
Nelson Mathews 19 R R 6' 4" 195 Jul 21, 1941 2 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0.0
Jim McAnany 24 R R 5' 10" 196 Sep 4, 1936 4 11 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0 0.0
Moe Morhardt 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 16, 1937 1st 7 7 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Danny Murphy 18 L R 5' 11" 185 Aug 23, 1942 2 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0.2
Mel Roach 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 25, 1933 7 23 9 23 13 0 0 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.5
Andre Rodgers 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Dec 2, 1934 5 73 57 73 66 0 0 43 1 0 24 0 0 2 2 8 1 0.3
Ron Santo HOF 21 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1940 2 154 152 154 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.5
Joe Schaffernoth 23 R R 6' 4" 195 Aug 6, 1937 3 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Barney Schultz 34 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 15, 1926 3 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sammy Taylor 28 L R 6' 2" 185 Feb 27, 1933 4 89 61 89 75 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0.1
Moe Thacker 27 R R 6' 3" 205 May 21, 1934 3 25 11 25 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Frank Thomas 32 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 11, 1929 11 15 12 15 14 0 0 6 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 2 0 0.0
Bob Will 29 L L 5' 10" 175 Jul 15, 1931 4 86 14 86 32 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 22 31 61 2 -0.5
Billy Williams HOF 23 L R 6' 1" 175 Jun 15, 1938 3 146 133 146 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 0 26 135 13 0 0.8
Mel Wright 33 R R 6' 3" 210 May 11, 1928 4 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Don Zimmer 30 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 17, 1931 8 128 112 128 121 0 0 0 116 5 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 0.2 All-Star
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Richie Ashburn
Dick Bertell
Sammy Taylor
George Freese
Moe Thacker
Cuno Barragan
Ron Santo
Ed Bouchee
Mel Roach

Ernie Banks
Jerry Kindall
Don Zimmer
Andre Rodgers
Sammy Drake
Jim McAnany
George Altman
Al Heist

Nelson Mathews
Lou Brock
Moe Morhardt
Moe Thacker
Frank Thomas
Billy Williams
Danny Murphy
Bob Will
Dick Drott
Bob Anderson

Ken Hubbs
Dick Burwell
Don Elston
Dick Ellsworth
Glen Hobbie
Barney Schultz
Jack Curtis
Don Cardwell

Mel Wright
Joe Schaffernoth
Jim Brewer

1960 / 1962 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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