1955 Chicago Cubs

72-81 • 0.471 Win% • 6th in NL

📊 Season Record

72 Wins
81 Losses
0.471 Win %
6th Rank
626 R 713 RA
Diff -87

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626 Runs Scored
713 Runs Allowed
-87 Run Diff
858K Attendance

📈 vs. 1955 NL Average

Batting Avg .246 5% below the 1955 league average (.258)
OBP .303 7% below the 1955 league average (.327)
SLG .341 2% below the 1955 league average (.349)
Team ERA 4.17 3% worse than the 1955 league average (4.04)
Runs Scored 626 10% below the 1955 league average (697 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 858,821
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Avg per Game 11,153

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ernie Banks 0.295 2 Frank Baumholtz 0.289 3 Walker Cooper 0.279 4 Gene Baker 0.268 5 Dee Fondy 0.265

Home Runs

1 Ernie Banks 44 2 Randy Jackson 21 3 Dee Fondy 17 4 Hank Sauer 12 5 Bob Speake 12

RBI

1 Ernie Banks 117 2 Randy Jackson 70 3 Dee Fondy 65 4 Gene Baker 52 5 Jim King 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Gene Baker 154 609 82 163 0 0 11 52 49 57 9 0.268
Ernie Banks 154 596 98 176 0 0 44 117 45 72 9 0.295
Dee Fondy 150 574 69 152 0 0 17 65 35 87 8 0.265
Randy Jackson 138 499 73 132 0 0 21 70 58 58 0 0.265
Eddie Miksis 131 481 52 113 0 0 9 41 32 55 3 0.235
Harry Chiti 113 338 24 78 0 0 11 41 25 68 0 0.231
Jim King 113 301 43 77 0 0 11 45 24 39 2 0.256
Frank Baumholtz 105 280 23 81 0 0 1 27 16 24 0 0.289
Hank Sauer 79 261 29 55 0 0 12 28 26 47 0 0.211
Bob Speake 95 261 36 57 0 0 12 43 28 71 3 0.218
Jim Bolger 64 160 19 33 0 0 0 7 9 17 2 0.206
Lloyd Merriman 72 145 15 31 0 0 1 8 21 21 1 0.214
Walker Cooper 54 111 11 31 0 0 7 15 6 19 0 0.279
Bob Rush 33 82 6 9 0 0 1 5 6 40 0 0.110
Clyde McCullough 44 81 7 16 0 0 0 10 8 15 0 0.198
Sam Jones 36 77 2 14 0 0 0 5 3 27 0 0.182
Warren Hacker 35 72 6 18 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0.250
Paul Minner 22 56 5 13 0 0 0 1 5 7 0 0.232
Ted Tappe 23 50 12 13 0 0 4 10 11 11 0 0.260
Jim Davis 42 37 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 21 0 0.027
Gale Wade 9 33 5 6 0 0 1 1 4 3 0 0.182
Hal Jeffcoat 52 23 3 4 0 0 1 1 2 9 0 0.174
Howie Pollet 24 15 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.400
Harry Perkowski 26 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.154
Jim Fanning 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Owen Friend 6 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.100
Dave Hillman 26 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0.100
John Andre 22 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.111
Vern Morgan 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0.143
Bill Tremel 23 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.286
Hy Cohen 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Don Kaiser 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bubba Church 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Vicente Amor 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Lary 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
El Tappe 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Thorpe 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Hal Jeffcoat 2.95 2 Paul Minner 3.48 3 Bob Rush 3.50 4 Bill Tremel 3.72 5 Sam Jones 4.10

Wins

1 Sam Jones 14 2 Bob Rush 13 3 Warren Hacker 11 4 Paul Minner 9 5 Hal Jeffcoat 8

Strikeouts

1 Sam Jones 198 2 Bob Rush 130 3 Warren Hacker 80 4 Jim Davis 62 5 Paul Minner 53
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Sam Jones 14 20 4.10 36 34 0 241.2 185 198
Bob Rush 13 11 3.50 33 33 0 234.0 73 130
Warren Hacker 11 15 4.27 35 30 3 213.0 43 80
Paul Minner 9 9 3.48 22 22 0 157.2 47 53
Jim Davis 7 11 4.44 42 16 3 133.2 58 62
Hal Jeffcoat 8 6 2.95 50 1 6 100.2 53 32
Howie Pollet 4 3 5.61 24 7 5 61.0 27 27
Dave Hillman 0 0 5.31 25 3 0 57.2 25 23
Harry Perkowski 3 4 5.29 25 4 2 47.2 25 28
John Andre 0 1 5.80 22 3 1 45.0 28 19
Bill Tremel 3 0 3.72 23 0 2 38.2 18 13
Don Kaiser 0 0 5.40 11 0 0 18.1 5 11
Hy Cohen 0 0 7.94 7 1 0 17.0 10 4
Vicente Amor 0 1 4.50 4 0 0 6.0 3 3
Bubba Church 0 0 5.40 2 0 1 3.1 1 3
Bob Thorpe 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 3.0 0 0

👥 Roster (37)

Vicente Amor John Andre Gene Baker Ernie Banks Frank Baumholtz Jim Bolger Harry Chiti Bubba Church Hy Cohen Walker Cooper Jim Davis Jim Fanning +25 more

37 players

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