1956 Chicago Cubs Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 60-94
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 721,083, Avg. 11,630
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Stan Hack (60-94)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1956 Chicago Cubs Roster
1956 Chicago Cubs Results

The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1956 season with a record of 60 wins and 94 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.

The Cubs plated 597 runs and conceded 708 runs. Ernie Banks paced Chicago with 28 home runs, while Jim King, Walt Moryn and Monte Irvin each walloped 20 or more also. Ernie Banks drove in 85 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .297 average. Bob Rush led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.19 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Stan Hack coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Bob Rush1310.5653.19323201310239.72101018530598104206977
Turk Lown98.5293.58610470013110.795494410781274101489
Sam Jones914.3913.9133283820188.71559382211156176802832
Vito Valentinetti64.6003.784221800195.38447401036726104397
Jim Davis57.4173.66461117212120.311656491159466603525
Jim Brosnan59.3573.7930101111195.0954440945851002411
Don Kaiser49.3083.5927222510150.314469601552874103640
Warren Hacker313.1884.6634244400168.01901038728441165101726
Moe Drabowsky24.3332.4797230051.0371914139336200225
Paul Minner25.2866.89109010047.0603836919214201213
Jim Hughes13.2505.16251800045.3433526430520411206
Russ Meyer16.1436.32209600057.07141401126428200264
John Briggs001.693010005.3511141130028
George Piktuzis007.202010005.0644120300021
Bill Tremel009.001000001.031100000005
Dave Hillman02.0002.1922000012.31173050600056
Totals6094.3903.96377157120376171392.0132570861216161379744331246015

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Ernie Banks139593538821602582885695262.297.358.530.887285700318
Walt Moryn147588529691512732367425067.285.348.478.82625393152
Dee Fondy13758054352146229946972074.269.290.392.682213407105
Gene Baker140606546651412331257433954.258.309.377.6862061531352
Monte Irvin11138733944921331550104141.271.346.460.807156110345
Don Hoak1214784245191184537834146.215.283.311.59413241840
Eddie Miksis1143953565485103927423240.239.303.360.662128101512
Jim King11835431732791321554123040.249.313.445.75714141245
Pete Whisenant10334731437751631146822453.239.292.414.70613061531
Hobie Landrith1113623122269103432023938.221.307.311.61897217315
Solly Drake65242215295591215952335.256.331.335.6657201300
Harry Chiti72227203174364418001935.212.281.340.6216991313
Frank Kellert71143129102431417001222.186.254.318.5714180111
Sam Jones337157310000100419.175.230.175.40510101000
Jerry Kindall32625579110010617.164.246.218.4641220101
Warren Hacker3455542800040006.148.148.148.296810100
Bob Rush32928268100200637.098.159.110.269910400
Turk Lown61262325011200211.217.280.435.7151000100
Jim Davis46322835000000110.179.207.179.385500300
Moe Drabowsky918161400000003.250.250.250.500400200
Clyde McCullough1422190410010005.211.200.263.463510210
Jim Brosnan3024222410000006.182.182.227.409500200
Paul Minner1012122321000006.250.250.583.833700000
Jim Hughes25772210010000.286.286.429.714300000
Ed Winceniak1518171200000013.118.167.118.284210000
Vito Valentinetti42222002000001110.100.143.100.243200100
Don Kaiser27484712000100030.043.042.043.084200010
Jim Fanning1440100000000.250.250.250.500110000
Russ Meyer2015120100000013.083.154.083.237100200
Gale Wade1013120000000010.000.077.000.077020000
El Tappe3210000000010.000.500.000.500000000
Richie Myers4111000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Owen Friend2220000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Dave Hillman2440000000001.000.000.000.000000000
George Piktuzis2000000000000000000
Bill Tremel1000000000000000000
John Briggs3000000000000000000
Totals1907585252605971281202501425635538446776.244.302.382.68420099913874660


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Dee Fondy1B1331321171.010489417101.9858.7778.5860000
Frank Kellert1B2725220.720924222.9919.5038.6300000
Gene Baker2B1401391232.03624262599.9695.7565.6290000
Eddie Miksis2B1918158.7305229.9764.6514.3160000
Ed Winceniak2B101.010001.0009.0001.0000000
Don Hoak3B110108957.31221581516.9492.6322.5450000
Eddie Miksis3B4847412.3599645.9753.3833.2290000
Ed Winceniak3B4222.05310.8893.2732.0000000
Hobie LandrithC9990802.048355149.9756.0375.4341010311126.2
Harry ChitiC6763540.03273572.9816.0335.40364151550.0
Clyde McCulloughC7336.3243001.0006.6883.85710200.0
Jim FanningC118.05321.8009.0008.0000000
El TappeC305.340001.0006.7501.3330000
Walt MorynOF1411411241.72681852.9832.0732.0280000
Monte IrvinOF9688777.0216620.9912.5712.3130000
Pete WhisenantOF9385759.7242620.9922.9382.6670000
Jim KingOF8281703.01871022.9902.5222.4020000
Solly DrakeOF5352461.3142311.9932.8292.7360000
Eddie MiksisOF3322214.354110.9822.3091.6670000
Gale WadeOF3218.07010.8753.5002.3330000
Bob RushP3232239.7143422.9601.8031.5000000
Sam JonesP3328188.772143.8751.336.8480000
Warren HackerP3424167.0518021.0001.240.6760000
Don KaiserP2722150.372631.9171.9761.2220000
Jim DavisP4611120.3223031.0001.870.5430000
Turk LownP610110.791311.9571.789.3610000
Vito ValentinettiP42296.341210.9411.495.3810000
Jim BrosnanP301095.0811001.0001.800.6330000
Russ MeyerP20957.0417021.0003.3161.0500000
Moe DrabowskyP9751.027001.0001.5881.0000000
Paul MinnerP10947.041010.9332.6811.4000000
Jim HughesP25145.315021.0001.191.2400000
Dave HillmanP2212.304001.0002.9192.0000000
John BriggsP305.301001.0001.688.3330000
George PiktuzisP205.00000.000.0000000
Bill TremelP100.70000.000.0000000
Ernie BanksSS1391391228.02793572592.9624.6614.5760000
Jerry KindallSS1818158.73353412.9564.8784.7780000
Eddie MiksisSS205.012001.0005.4001.5000000
Totals1696141312525.041751607144389.9764.1553.4091714482635.1




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