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1962 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1961 / 1963

59-103, Finished 9th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: El Tappe (4-16), Lou Klein (12-18) and Charlie Metro (43-69)
Scored 632 runs, Allowed 827 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-101

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 609,802 (10th of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 108

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1961 / 1963 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 29 L R 6' 4" 200 Mar 20, 1933 4 147 140 147 142 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 6 125 129 6 0 2.8 $ All-Star
Bob Anderson 26 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 29, 1935 6 57 4 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Tony Balsamo 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 21, 1937 1st 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Ernie Banks HOF 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 31, 1931 10 154 150 154 151 0 0 149 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.7 $ All-Star
Cuno Barragan 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Jun 20, 1932 2 58 41 58 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.4 $
Dick Bertell 26 R R 6' 0" 200 Nov 21, 1935 3 77 61 77 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.1 $
Jim Brewer 24 L L 6' 1" 186 Nov 14, 1937 3 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Lou Brock HOF 23 L L 5' 11" 170 Jun 18, 1939 2 123 101 123 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 106 16 5 0.4 $
Bob Buhl 33 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 12, 1928 10 34 30 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Freddie Burdette 25 R R 6' 1" 170 Sep 15, 1936 1st 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Don Cardwell 26 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 7, 1935 6 41 29 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Jack Curtis 25 L L 5' 10" 175 Jan 11, 1937 2 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Dick Ellsworth 22 L L 6' 3" 180 Mar 22, 1940 4 37 33 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Don Elston 33 R R 6' 0" 165 Apr 6, 1929 7 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Dave Gerard 25 R R 6' 2" 205 Aug 6, 1936 1st 39 0 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
George Gerberman 20 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 8, 1942 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Alex Grammas 36 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 3, 1926 9 23 14 23 17 0 0 0 3 1 13 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.2 $
Glen Hobbie 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 24, 1936 6 42 23 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Ken Hubbs 20 R R 6' 2" 175 Dec 23, 1941 2 160 158 160 159 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.2 $
Cal Koonce 21 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 18, 1940 1st 35 30 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $
Don Landrum 26 L R 6' 0" 180 Feb 16, 1936 4 83 56 83 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40 20 59 23 3 0.9 $
Al Lary 33 R R 6' 3" 185 Sep 26, 1928 3 23 3 23 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 -0.3 $
Nelson Mathews 20 R R 6' 4" 195 Jul 21, 1941 3 15 14 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 14 1 0 0.5 $
Jim McAnany 25 R R 5' 10" 196 Sep 4, 1936 5 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.1 $
Jim McKnight 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 1, 1936 2 60 9 60 15 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 5 5 50 0 -0.9 $
Moe Morhardt 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 16, 1937 2 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 -0.2 $
Danny Murphy 19 L R 5' 11" 185 Aug 23, 1942 3 14 7 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 9 6 0 -0.3 $
Billy Ott 21 B R 6' 1" 180 Nov 23, 1940 1st 12 6 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 5 0 -0.2 $
Don Prince 24 R R 6' 4" 200 Apr 5, 1938 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Daryl Robertson 26 R R 6' 0" 184 Jan 5, 1936 1st 9 5 9 7 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.5 $
Andre Rodgers 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Dec 2, 1934 6 138 129 138 134 0 0 1 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.9 $
Ron Santo HOF 22 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1940 3 162 159 162 160 0 0 0 0 157 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.6 $22,500
Barney Schultz 35 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 15, 1926 4 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Bobby Smith 28 R R 5' 11" 180 May 28, 1934 6 13 7 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 7 6 0 -0.2 $
Morrie Steevens 21 L L 6' 2" 175 Oct 7, 1940 1st 12 1 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
El Tappe 35 R R 5' 11" 180 May 21, 1927 6 26 21 26 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Sammy Taylor 29 L R 6' 2" 185 Feb 27, 1933 5 7 4 7 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3 $
Moe Thacker 28 R R 6' 3" 205 May 21, 1934 4 65 35 65 65 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Paul Toth 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Jun 30, 1935 1st 6 4 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Jack Warner 21 R R 5' 11" 190 Jul 12, 1940 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Elder White 28 R R 5' 11" 165 Dec 23, 1933 1st 23 14 23 16 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 6 2 -0.4 $
Bob Will 30 L L 5' 10" 175 Jul 15, 1931 5 87 6 87 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 79 1 0.0 $
Billy Williams HOF 24 L R 6' 1" 175 Jun 15, 1938 4 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 159 0 0 2.3 $ 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 Salary

Dick Bertell

Sammy Taylor

Moe Thacker

Cuno Barragan

Ron Santo

Alex Grammas
Moe Morhardt

Ernie Banks

Jim McKnight

Ken Hubbs

Andre Rodgers

Daryl Robertson
Elder White

Cal Koonce
Billy Ott

George Altman

Jim McAnany

Nelson Mathews
Bobby Smith

Lou Brock

Billy Williams

Don Landrum
Danny Murphy

Bob Will

George Gerberman

Bob Buhl
Dave Gerard

Bob Anderson
Jack Warner

Cal Koonce

Morrie Steevens

Don Elston

Dick Ellsworth

Jim Brewer
Jack Warner

Tony Balsamo
Paul Toth

Glen Hobbie

Barney Schultz

Freddie Burdette
Jack Curtis

Don Cardwell

Dave Gerard

Al Lary

Don Prince

1961 / 1963 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers