1955 Chicago Cubs Statistics

1954 Season 1956 Season

Record: 72-81-1, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Stan Hack (72-81-1)

General Manager: Wid Matthews

Ballpark: Wrigley Field

Attendance: 875,800 (4th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 67-86, 626 Runs, 713 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Harry Chiti	22	113	372	338	24	78	6	1	11	41	0	0	25	68	.231	.282	.352	.634	68	119	8	1	3	5	8
2	1B	Dee Fondy*	30	150	618	574	69	152	23	8	17	65	8	9	35	87	.265	.307	.422	.729	92	242	9	2	3	4	6
3	2B	Gene Baker	30	154	681	609	82	163	29	7	11	52	9	7	49	57	.268	.323	.392	.715	89	239	14	2	18	3	1
4	SS	Ernie Banks	24	154	646	596	98	176	29	9	44	117	9	3	45	72	.295	.345	.596	.941	144	355	16	2	0	3	6
5	3B	Randy Jackson	29	138	565	499	73	132	13	7	21	70	0	2	58	58	.265	.340	.445	.785	107	222	11	1	3	4	6
6	LF	Hank Sauer	38	79	290	261	29	55	8	1	12	28	0	0	26	47	.211	.286	.387	.673	77	101	8	2	0	1	0
7	CF	Eddie Miksis	28	131	524	481	52	113	14	2	9	41	3	6	32	55	.235	.282	.328	.611	62	158	11	0	10	1	3
8	RF	Jim King*	22	113	333	301	43	77	12	3	11	45	2	1	24	39	.256	.312	.425	.737	94	128	3	2	3	3	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Frank Baumholtz*	36	105	309	280	23	81	12	5	1	27	0	1	16	24	.289	.325	.379	.703	87	106	9	1	7	5	2
10	LF	Bob Speake*	24	95	294	261	36	57	9	5	12	43	3	4	28	71	.218	.300	.429	.729	91	112	1	3	0	1	4
11	CF	Jim Bolger	23	64	173	160	19	33	5	4	0	7	2	2	9	17	.206	.257	.288	.545	45	46	3	2	2	0	1
12	CF	Lloyd Merriman*	30	72	167	145	15	31	6	1	1	8	1	0	21	21	.214	.311	.290	.601	61	42	0	0	0	1	0
13	C	Walker Cooper	40	54	119	111	11	31	8	1	7	15	0	0	6	19	.279	.322	.559	.881	129	62	3	1	1	0	1
14	C	Clyde McCullough	38	44	94	81	7	16	0	0	0	10	0	0	8	15	.198	.272	.198	.469	28	16	1	1	2	2	3
15	RF	Ted Tappe*	24	23	63	50	12	13	2	0	4	10	0	0	11	11	.260	.413	.540	.953	151	27	0	2	0	0	3
16	CF	Gale Wade*	26	9	38	33	5	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	.182	.270	.303	.573	52	10	1	0	1	0	0
17	C	Jim Fanning	27	5	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	1	0	0	0	0
18	3B	Vern Morgan*	26	7	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.143	.400	.143	.543	53	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	IF	Owen Friend	28	6	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	-46	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	C	El Tappe	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
21		Al Lary	26	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
22	P	Bob Rush	29	33	91	82	6	9	2	0	1	5	0	0	6	40	.110	.170	.171	.341	-9	14	0	0	3	0	0
23	P	Sam Jones	29	36	85	77	2	14	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	27	.182	.213	.195	.407	10	15	4	0	5	0	0
24	P	Warren Hacker	30	35	72	72	6	18	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	9	.250	.250	.319	.569	50	23	1	0	0	0	0
25	P	Paul Minner*	31	22	62	56	5	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	7	.232	.295	.268	.563	51	15	0	0	1	0	0
26	P	Jim Davis#	30	42	43	37	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	21	.027	.100	.027	.127	-64	1	1	0	3	0	0
27	P	Hal Jeffcoat	30	52	27	23	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	9	.174	.240	.304	.544	44	7	2	0	2	0	0
28	P	Howie Pollet*	34	24	18	15	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.400	.471	.533	1.004	167	8	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Harry Perkowski*	32	26	14	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.154	.368	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Dave Hillman	27	26	14	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.100	.308	.100	.408	15	1	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	John André*	32	22	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	-41	1	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Bill Tremel	25	23	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.286	.375	.286	.661	79	2	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Hy Cohen	24	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-26	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Don Kaiser	20	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Bubba Church	30	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Bob Thorpe	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Vicente Amor	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.6	154	5767	5214	626	1287	187	55	164	597	37	35	428	806	.247	.305	.398	.703	85	2076	107	22	69	33	45
		Rank in 8 NL teams				5	7	7	7	2	5		7	5	8	8	7	8	6	7		6		7		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.5	154	5317	4807	600	1216	177	54	162	581	37	35	401	673	.253	.311	.413	.725	91	1987	99	22	53	33	45
		Pitcher Totals	29.7	154	450	407	26	71	10	1	2	16	0	0	27	133	.174	.226	.219	.444	19	89	8	0	16	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Sam Jones	29	14	20	.412	4.10	36	34	1	12	4	0	241.2	175	118	110	22	185	5	198	14	0	5	1070	101	4.38	1.490	6.5	0.8	6.9	7.4	1.07
2	SP	Bob Rush	29	13	11	.542	3.50	33	33	0	14	3	0	234.0	204	95	91	19	73	4	130	2	0	4	959	118	3.27	1.184	7.8	0.7	2.8	5.0	1.78
3	SP	Warren Hacker	30	11	15	.423	4.27	35	30	4	13	0	3	213.0	202	112	101	38	43	7	80	2	0	3	885	97	4.57	1.150	8.5	1.6	1.8	3.4	1.86
4	SP	Paul Minner*	31	9	9	.500	3.48	22	22	0	7	1	0	157.2	173	67	61	15	47	10	53	1	0	2	675	119	3.84	1.395	9.9	0.9	2.7	3.0	1.13
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Hal Jeffcoat	30	8	6	.571	2.95	50	1	25	0	0	6	100.2	107	46	33	5	53	12	32	4	0	2	453	140	4.08	1.589	9.6	0.4	4.7	2.9	0.60
6	RP	Jim Davis*	30	7	11	.389	4.44	42	16	17	0	0	1	133.2	122	79	66	16	58	5	62	2	0	7	568	93	4.34	1.347	8.2	1.1	3.9	4.2	1.07
7	RP	Howie Pollet*	34	4	3	.571	5.61	24	7	8	1	1	4	61.0	62	41	38	11	27	3	27	0	0	2	267	74	5.15	1.459	9.1	1.6	4.0	4.0	1.00
8	RP	Dave Hillman	27	0	0		5.31	25	3	9	0	0	0	57.2	63	36	34	10	25	0	23	1	0	1	259	78	5.18	1.526	9.8	1.6	3.9	3.6	0.92
9	RP	Harry Perkowski*	32	3	4	.429	5.29	25	4	14	0	0	2	47.2	53	32	28	3	25	4	28	0	0	1	215	79	3.58	1.636	10.0	0.6	4.7	5.3	1.12
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		John André	32	0	1	.000	5.80	22	3	5	0	0	1	45.0	45	34	29	7	28	4	19	1	0	1	207	72	5.48	1.622	9.0	1.4	5.6	3.8	0.68
11		Bill Tremel	25	3	0	1.000	3.72	23	0	12	0	0	2	38.2	33	18	16	2	18	2	13	0	0	1	163	112	3.76	1.319	7.7	0.5	4.2	3.0	0.72
12		Don Kaiser	20	0	0		5.40	11	0	6	0	0	0	18.1	20	11	11	2	5	0	11	1	0	1	79	78	3.57	1.364	9.8	1.0	2.5	5.4	2.20
13		Hy Cohen	24	0	0		7.94	7	1	0	0	0	0	17.0	28	17	15	2	10	0	4	1	0	0	86	53	5.37	2.235	14.8	1.1	5.3	2.1	0.40
14		Vicente Amor	22	0	1	.000	4.50	4	0	3	0	0	0	6.0	11	3	3	0	3	1	3	0	1	1	31	97	2.87	2.333	16.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
15		Bubba Church	30	0	0		5.40	2	0	1	0	0	1	3.1	4	2	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	15	85	5.37	1.500	10.8	2.7	2.7	8.1	3.00
16		Bob Thorpe	20	0	0		3.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	154	2.37	1.333	12.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	29.6	72	81	.471	4.17	154	154	107	47	9	20	1378.1	1306	713	639	153	601	57	686	29	1	31	5944	99	4.19	1.384	8.5	1.0	3.9	4.5	1.14
		Rank in 8 NL teams		6	3		6				4	4	4	3	3	6	6	3	8		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W