1958 Chicago Cubs Statistics

1957 Season 1959 Season

Record: 72-82-0, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bob Scheffing (72-82)

General Manager: John Holland

Ballpark: Wrigley Field

Attendance: 979,904 (6th of 8)

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

Pythagorean W-L: 75-79, 709 Runs, 725 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	Sammy Taylor*	25	96	329	301	30	78	12	2	6	36	2	1	27	46	.259	.319	.372	.691	84	112	9	0	0	1	4
2	1B	Dale Long*	32	142	556	480	68	130	26	4	20	75	2	0	66	64	.271	.357	.467	.824	118	224	15	2	0	6	9
3	2B	Tony Taylor	22	140	555	497	63	117	15	3	6	27	21	6	40	93	.235	.299	.314	.613	64	156	9	7	7	4	0
4	SS	Ernie Banks	27	154	682	617	119	193	23	11	47	129	4	4	52	87	.313	.366	.614	.980	155	379	14	4	1	8	12
5	3B	Al Dark	36	114	506	464	54	137	16	4	3	43	1	1	29	23	.295	.339	.366	.706	88	170	13	5	2	6	1
6	LF	Walt Moryn*	32	143	587	512	77	135	26	7	26	77	1	2	62	83	.264	.350	.494	.845	122	253	7	8	2	3	7
7	CF	Bobby Thomson	34	152	615	547	67	155	27	5	21	82	0	2	56	76	.283	.351	.466	.817	116	255	16	4	2	6	7
8	RF	Lee Walls	25	136	576	513	80	156	19	3	24	72	4	4	47	62	.304	.370	.493	.863	128	253	10	8	6	2	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
9	IF	Johnny Goryl	24	83	250	219	27	53	9	3	4	14	0	1	27	34	.242	.331	.365	.696	85	80	14	2	2	0	2
10	C	Cal Neeman	29	76	226	201	30	52	7	0	12	29	0	0	21	41	.259	.336	.473	.809	113	95	5	3	0	1	2
11	LF	Jim Bolger	26	84	131	120	15	27	4	1	1	11	0	1	9	20	.225	.285	.300	.585	56	36	2	1	1	0	0
12	OF	Chuck Tanner*	29	73	112	103	10	27	6	0	4	17	1	0	9	10	.262	.321	.437	.758	100	45	2	0	0	0	2
13	IF	Bobby Adams	36	62	105	96	14	27	4	4	0	4	2	0	6	15	.281	.324	.406	.730	93	39	2	0	3	0	0
14	UT	Jim Marshall*	27	26	94	81	12	22	2	0	5	11	1	0	12	13	.272	.372	.481	.854	126	39	0	1	0	0	0
15	OF	Lou Jackson*	22	24	36	35	5	6	2	1	1	6	0	1	1	9	.171	.194	.371	.566	46	13	1	0	0	0	0
16	C	El Tappe	31	17	32	28	2	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	1	.214	.290	.214	.505	37	6	2	0	1	0	2
17	C	Moe Thacker	24	11	26	24	4	6	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	7	.250	.269	.542	.811	109	13	1	0	0	1	1
18	1B	Paul Smith*	27	18	23	20	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.150	.261	.150	.411	13	3	0	0	0	0	0
19	CF	Chick King	27	8	11	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.250	.455	.250	.705	95	2	0	0	0	0	1
20		Frank Ernaga	27	9	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	2B	Jerry Kindall	23	3	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.333	.500	29	2	0	0	0	0	0
22	RF	Bob Will*	26	6	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	108	1	0	0	0	0	0
23		Footer Johnson*	26	8	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		Gabe Gabler*	27	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
25		Gordon Massa*	22	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
26		Bobby Morgan	32	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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
27	P	Taylor Phillips*	25	39	62	54	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	24	.056	.105	.056	.161	-55	3	1	0	5	0	0
28	P	Dick Drott	21	39	59	55	6	15	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	18	.273	.310	.273	.583	57	15	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Glen Hobbie	22	55	51	48	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	26	.146	.160	.146	.306	-18	7	2	0	1	1	0
30	P	Moe Drabowsky	22	22	48	45	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	.156	.156	.178	.333	-11	8	0	0	3	0	0
31	P	Dave Hillman	30	32	43	41	4	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	20	.146	.146	.195	.341	-10	8	0	0	2	0	0
32	P	John Briggs	24	20	36	35	3	9	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	14	.257	.257	.343	.600	58	12	1	0	1	0	0
33	P	Marcelino Solis*	27	15	22	20	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.286	.300	.586	57	6	1	0	0	0	0
34	P	Bill Henry*	30	44	19	17	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.235	.316	.294	.610	64	5	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Jim Brosnan	28	8	19	19	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.105	.105	.158	.263	-31	3	1	0	0	0	0
36	P	Bob Anderson	22	17	17	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.118	.118	.118	.235	-37	2	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Don Elston	29	69	15	14	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.357	.357	.357	.714	91	5	0	0	1	0	0
38	P	Gene Fodge	26	16	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63	0	0	0	1	0	0
39	P	John Buzhardt	21	6	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	1	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Dolan Nichols	28	24	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Ed Mayer*	26	19	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	1	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Elmer Singleton	40	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Hersh Freeman	29	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	Freddy Rodríguez	34	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	P	Dick Ellsworth*	18	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	P	Turk Lown	34	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.7	154	5905	5289	709	1402	207	49	182	666	39	23	487	853	.265	.330	.426	.756	100	2253	128	45	42	39	50
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	2	2	7	4	1		6	3	6	7	3	4	1	1		1		1		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.0	154	5483	4895	681	1335	200	48	182	642	39	23	476	701	.273	.340	.445	.785	107	2177	122	45	27	38	50
		Pitcher Totals	24.7	154	422	394	28	67	7	1	0	24	0	0	11	152	.170	.192	.193	.385	3	76	6	0	15	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

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	Taylor Phillips*	25	7	10	.412	4.76	39	27	4	5	1	1	170.1	178	102	90	22	79	5	102	6	3	8	761	83	4.45	1.509	9.4	1.2	4.2	5.4	1.29
2	SP	Dick Drott	21	7	11	.389	5.43	39	31	3	4	0	0	167.1	156	118	101	23	99	6	127	6	0	9	763	73	4.63	1.524	8.4	1.2	5.3	6.8	1.28
3	SP	Moe Drabowsky	22	9	11	.450	4.51	22	20	1	4	1	0	125.2	118	73	63	19	73	4	77	5	0	0	569	88	5.08	1.520	8.5	1.4	5.2	5.5	1.05
4	SP	Dave Hillman	30	4	8	.333	3.15	31	16	4	3	0	1	125.2	132	57	44	12	31	4	65	0	0	1	540	126	3.42	1.297	9.5	0.9	2.2	4.7	2.10
5	SP	John Briggs	24	5	5	.500	4.52	20	17	2	3	1	0	95.2	99	52	48	12	45	1	46	1	2	2	418	88	4.59	1.505	9.3	1.1	4.2	4.3	1.02
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
6	CL	Don Elston	29	9	8	.529	2.88	69	0	39	0	0	11	97.0	75	35	31	9	39	10	84	1	1	2	400	138	3.19	1.175	7.0	0.8	3.6	7.8	2.15
7	RP	Glen Hobbie	22	10	6	.625	3.74	55	16	21	2	1	2	168.1	163	80	70	13	93	8	91	7	0	7	755	106	4.18	1.521	8.7	0.7	5.0	4.9	0.98
8	RP	Bill Henry*	30	5	4	.556	2.88	44	0	18	0	0	6	81.1	63	27	26	8	17	6	58	1	0	0	314	138	2.99	0.984	7.0	0.9	1.9	6.4	3.41
9	RP	Dolan Nichols	28	0	4	.000	5.01	24	0	7	0	0	1	41.1	46	27	23	1	16	2	9	1	0	1	179	80	3.59	1.500	10.0	0.2	3.5	2.0	0.56
10	RP	Ed Mayer*	26	2	2	.500	3.80	19	0	4	0	0	1	23.2	15	12	10	0	16	1	14	3	0	0	100	106	3.70	1.310	5.7	0.0	6.1	5.3	0.88
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
11		Bob Anderson	22	3	3	.500	3.97	17	8	4	2	0	0	65.2	61	29	29	3	29	1	51	1	0	1	275	100	2.89	1.371	8.4	0.4	4.0	7.0	1.76
12		Marcelino Solis*	27	3	3	.500	6.06	15	4	3	0	0	0	52.0	74	41	35	5	20	1	15	4	0	2	244	66	4.53	1.808	12.8	0.9	3.5	2.6	0.75
13		Jim Brosnan	28	3	4	.429	3.14	8	8	0	2	0	0	51.2	41	20	18	3	29	3	24	0	0	0	215	127	3.98	1.355	7.1	0.5	5.1	4.2	0.83
14		Gene Fodge	26	1	1	.500	4.76	16	4	7	1	0	0	39.2	47	22	21	5	11	3	15	0	0	1	175	84	4.19	1.462	10.7	1.1	2.5	3.4	1.36
15		John Buzhardt	21	3	0	1.000	1.85	6	2	1	1	0	0	24.1	16	5	5	2	7	1	9	0	1	0	95	217	3.67	0.945	5.9	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.29
16		Hersh Freeman	29	0	1	.000	8.31	9	0	3	0	0	0	13.0	23	13	12	3	3	0	7	0	0	0	69	49	5.09	2.000	15.9	2.1	2.1	4.8	2.33
17		Freddy Rodríguez	34	0	0		7.36	7	0	3	0	0	2	7.1	8	6	6	2	5	0	5	1	0	0	36	57	7.11	1.773	9.8	2.5	6.1	6.1	1.00
18		Elmer Singleton	40	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	15		2.26	0.429	1.9	0.0	1.9	3.9	2.00
19		Turk Lown	34	0	0		4.50	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	16	96	2.73	1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	9.0	1.33
20		Dick Ellsworth*	18	0	1	.000	15.43	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	4	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	15	30	7.62	3.000	15.4	0.0	11.6	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	25.1	72	82	.468	4.22	154	154	127	27	4	25	1361.0	1322	725	638	142	619	57	805	38	7	36	5954	94	4.10	1.426	8.7	0.9	4.1	5.3	1.30
		Rank in 8 NL teams		5	3		6				8	8	4	8	2	6	6	3	8		3
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