1956 Chicago Cubs Batting Statistics

1955 Season 1957 Season

Record: 60-94-3, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Stan Hack (60-94-3)

General Manager: Wid Matthews (Resigned 10/11/1956)

Ballpark: Wrigley Field

Attendance: 720,118 (7th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 65-89, 597 Runs, 708 Runs Allowed

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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	Hobie Landrith*	26	111	362	312	22	69	10	3	4	32	0	2	39	38	.221	.307	.311	.618	68	97	2	1	7	3	15
2	1B	Dee Fondy*	31	137	580	543	52	146	22	9	9	46	9	7	20	74	.269	.290	.392	.682	82	213	4	0	7	10	5
3	2B	Gene Baker	31	140	606	546	65	141	23	3	12	57	4	3	39	54	.258	.309	.377	.686	85	206	15	3	13	5	2
4	SS	Ernie Banks	25	139	593	538	82	160	25	8	28	85	6	9	52	62	.297	.358	.530	.887	136	285	7	0	0	3	18
5	3B	Don Hoak	28	121	479	424	51	91	18	4	5	37	8	3	41	46	.215	.283	.311	.594	61	132	4	1	8	4	0
6	LF	Monte Irvin	37	111	388	339	44	92	13	3	15	50	1	0	41	41	.271	.346	.460	.807	116	156	11	0	3	4	5
7	CF	Pete Whisenant	26	103	347	314	37	75	16	3	11	46	8	2	24	53	.239	.292	.414	.706	88	130	6	1	5	3	1
8	RF	Walt Moryn*	30	147	589	529	69	151	27	3	23	67	4	2	50	67	.285	.348	.478	.826	121	253	9	3	1	5	2
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	UT	Eddie Miksis	29	114	395	356	54	85	10	3	9	27	4	2	32	40	.239	.303	.360	.662	78	128	10	1	5	1	2
10	LF	Jim King*	23	118	354	317	32	79	13	2	15	54	1	2	30	40	.249	.313	.445	.757	102	141	4	1	2	4	5
11	CF	Solly Drake#	25	65	242	215	29	55	9	1	2	15	9	5	23	35	.256	.331	.335	.665	81	72	0	1	3	0	0
12	C	Harry Chiti	23	72	227	203	17	43	6	4	4	18	0	0	19	35	.212	.281	.340	.621	67	69	9	1	3	1	3
13	1B	Frank Kellert	31	71	143	129	10	24	3	1	4	17	0	0	12	22	.186	.254	.318	.571	54	41	8	0	1	1	1
14	SS	Jerry Kindall	21	32	62	55	7	9	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	17	.164	.246	.218	.464	27	12	2	0	1	0	1
15	C	Clyde McCullough	39	14	22	19	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.211	.200	.263	.463	24	5	1	0	2	1	0
16	3B	Ed Winceniak	27	15	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.118	.167	.118	.284	-21	2	1	0	0	0	0
17	CF	Gale Wade*	27	10	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.077	.000	.077	-77	0	2	0	0	0	0
18	C	Jim Fanning	28	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	36	1	1	0	0	0	0
19	C	El Tappe	29	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	52	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		Owen Friend	29	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		Richie Myers	26	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	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
22	P	Bob Rush	30	32	92	82	6	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	37	.098	.159	.110	.269	-25	9	1	0	4	0	0
23	P	Sam Jones	30	33	71	57	3	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	19	.175	.230	.175	.405	12	10	1	0	10	0	0
24	P	Warren Hacker	31	34	55	54	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	6	.148	.148	.148	.296	-19	8	1	0	1	0	0
25	P	Don Kaiser	21	27	48	47	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	30	.043	.042	.043	.084	-77	2	0	0	0	1	0
26	P	Jim Davis#	31	46	32	28	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.179	.207	.179	.385	6	5	0	0	3	0	0
27	P	Turk Lown	32	61	26	23	2	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	11	.217	.280	.435	.715	90	10	0	0	1	0	0
28	P	Jim Brosnan	26	30	24	22	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.182	.182	.227	.409	10	5	0	0	2	0	0
29	P	Vito Valentinetti	27	42	22	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	.100	.143	.100	.243	-33	2	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Moe Drabowsky	20	9	18	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	36	4	0	0	2	0	0
31	P	Russ Meyer#	32	20	15	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.083	.154	.083	.237	-33	1	0	0	2	0	0
32	P	Paul Minner*	32	10	12	12	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.583	.833	116	7	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Jim Hughes	33	25	7	7	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	90	3	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Dave Hillman	28	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Bill Tremel	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	John Briggs	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	George Piktuzis	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.5	157	5855	5260	597	1281	202	50	142	563	55	38	446	776	.244	.302	.382	.684	84	2009	99	13	87	46	60
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	6	7	5	3	5		3	8	6	8	7	7	5	7		5		8		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.5	157	5429	4876	573	1227	197	48	141	552	55	37	431	634	.252	.311	.398	.710	91	1943	96	13	61	45	60
		Pitcher Totals	28.7	157	426	384	24	54	5	2	1	11	0	1	15	142	.141	.173	.172	.344	-6	66	3	0	26	1	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