1956 Chicago Cubs

60-94 • 0.390 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

60 Wins
94 Losses
0.390 Win %
8th Rank
597 R 708 RA
Diff -111

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597 Runs Scored
708 Runs Allowed
-111 Run Diff
721K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 NL Average

Batting Avg .243 5% below the 1956 league average (.256)
OBP .302 6% below the 1956 league average (.320)
SLG .324 6% below the 1956 league average (.343)
Team ERA 3.96 5% worse than the 1956 league average (3.77)
Runs Scored 597 9% below the 1956 league average (659 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 721,083
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Avg per Game 9,013

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ernie Banks 0.297 2 Walt Moryn 0.285 3 Monte Irvin 0.271 4 Dee Fondy 0.269 5 Gene Baker 0.258

Home Runs

1 Ernie Banks 28 2 Walt Moryn 23 3 Monte Irvin 15 4 Jim King 15 5 Gene Baker 12

RBI

1 Ernie Banks 85 2 Walt Moryn 67 3 Gene Baker 57 4 Jim King 54 5 Monte Irvin 50
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Gene Baker 140 546 65 141 0 0 12 57 39 54 4 0.258
Dee Fondy 137 543 52 146 0 0 9 46 20 74 9 0.269
Ernie Banks 139 538 82 160 0 0 28 85 52 62 6 0.297
Walt Moryn 147 529 69 151 0 0 23 67 50 67 4 0.285
Don Hoak 121 424 51 91 0 0 5 37 41 46 8 0.215
Eddie Miksis 114 356 54 85 0 0 9 27 32 40 4 0.239
Monte Irvin 111 339 44 92 0 0 15 50 41 41 1 0.271
Jim King 118 317 32 79 0 0 15 54 30 40 1 0.249
Pete Whisenant 103 314 37 75 0 0 11 46 24 53 8 0.239
Hobie Landrith 111 312 22 69 0 0 4 32 39 38 0 0.221
Solly Drake 65 215 29 55 0 0 2 15 23 35 9 0.256
Harry Chiti 72 203 17 43 0 0 4 18 19 35 0 0.212
Frank Kellert 71 129 10 24 0 0 4 17 12 22 0 0.186
Bob Rush 32 82 6 8 0 0 0 2 6 37 0 0.098
Sam Jones 33 57 3 10 0 0 0 1 4 19 0 0.175
Jerry Kindall 32 55 7 9 0 0 0 0 6 17 1 0.164
Warren Hacker 34 54 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0.148
Don Kaiser 27 47 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 30 0 0.043
Jim Davis 46 28 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0.179
Turk Lown 61 23 2 5 0 0 1 2 2 11 0 0.217
Jim Brosnan 30 22 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.182
Vito Valentinetti 42 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0.100
Clyde McCullough 14 19 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.211
Ed Winceniak 15 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.118
Moe Drabowsky 9 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.250
Russ Meyer 20 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.083
Paul Minner 10 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.250
Gale Wade 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Jim Hughes 25 7 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.286
Jim Fanning 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Dave Hillman 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Owen Friend 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Richie Myers 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
El Tappe 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
John Briggs 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
George Piktuzis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Tremel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Moe Drabowsky 2.47 2 Bob Rush 3.19 3 Turk Lown 3.58 4 Don Kaiser 3.59 5 Jim Davis 3.66

Wins

1 Bob Rush 13 2 Sam Jones 9 3 Turk Lown 9 4 Vito Valentinetti 6 5 Jim Brosnan 5

Strikeouts

1 Sam Jones 176 2 Bob Rush 104 3 Don Kaiser 74 4 Turk Lown 74 5 Jim Davis 66
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Rush 13 10 3.19 32 32 0 239.2 59 104
Sam Jones 9 14 3.91 33 28 0 188.2 115 176
Warren Hacker 3 13 4.66 34 24 0 168.0 44 65
Don Kaiser 4 9 3.59 27 22 0 150.1 52 74
Jim Davis 5 7 3.66 46 11 2 120.1 59 66
Turk Lown 9 8 3.58 61 0 13 110.2 78 74
Vito Valentinetti 6 4 3.78 42 2 1 95.1 36 26
Jim Brosnan 5 9 3.79 30 10 1 95.0 45 51
Russ Meyer 1 6 6.32 20 9 0 57.0 26 28
Moe Drabowsky 2 4 2.47 9 7 0 51.0 39 36
Paul Minner 2 5 6.89 10 9 0 47.0 19 14
Jim Hughes 1 3 5.16 25 1 0 45.1 30 20
Dave Hillman 0 2 2.19 2 2 0 12.1 5 6
John Briggs 0 0 1.69 3 0 0 5.1 4 1
George Piktuzis 0 0 7.20 2 0 0 5.0 2 3
Bill Tremel 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0

👥 Roster (37)

Gene Baker Ernie Banks John Briggs Jim Brosnan Harry Chiti Jim Davis Moe Drabowsky Solly Drake Jim Fanning Dee Fondy Owen Friend Warren Hacker +25 more

37 players

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