1959 Chicago Cubs

74-80 • 0.481 Win% • 5th in NL

📊 Season Record

74 Wins
80 Losses
0.481 Win %
5th Rank
673 R 688 RA
Diff -15

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673 Runs Scored
688 Runs Allowed
-15 Run Diff
845K Attendance

📈 vs. 1959 NL Average

Batting Avg .249 4% below the 1959 league average (.260)
OBP .313 3% below the 1959 league average (.323)
SLG .341 equal to the 1959 league average (.342)
Team ERA 4.01 2% worse than the 1959 league average (3.95)
Runs Scored 673 1% below the 1959 league average (683 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 845,249
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Avg per Game 10,977

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Irv Noren 0.321 2 Ernie Banks 0.304 3 Tony Taylor 0.280 4 Art Schult 0.271 5 Sammy Taylor 0.269

Home Runs

1 Ernie Banks 45 2 Dale Long 14 3 Walt Moryn 14 4 Sammy Taylor 13 5 George Altman 12

RBI

1 Ernie Banks 143 2 Bobby Thomson 52 3 Walt Moryn 48 4 George Altman 47 5 Al Dark 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tony Taylor 150 624 96 175 0 0 8 38 45 86 23 0.280
Ernie Banks 155 589 97 179 0 0 45 143 64 72 2 0.304
Al Dark 136 477 60 126 0 0 6 45 55 50 1 0.264
George Altman 135 420 54 103 0 0 12 47 34 80 1 0.245
Walt Moryn 117 381 41 89 0 0 14 48 44 66 0 0.234
Bobby Thomson 122 374 55 97 0 0 11 52 35 50 1 0.259
Lee Walls 120 354 43 91 0 0 8 33 42 73 0 0.257
Sammy Taylor 110 353 41 95 0 0 13 43 35 47 1 0.269
Dale Long 110 296 34 70 0 0 14 37 31 53 0 0.236
Jim Marshall 108 294 39 74 0 0 11 40 33 39 0 0.252
Earl Averill 74 186 22 44 0 0 10 34 15 39 0 0.237
Irv Noren 65 156 27 50 0 0 4 19 13 24 2 0.321
Art Schult 42 118 17 32 0 0 2 14 7 14 0 0.271
Cal Neeman 44 105 7 17 0 0 3 9 11 23 0 0.162
Bob Anderson 37 80 6 6 0 0 0 3 3 34 0 0.075
Glen Hobbie 46 79 3 9 0 0 0 2 2 30 0 0.114
Randy Jackson 41 74 7 18 0 0 1 10 11 10 0 0.243
Dave Hillman 42 60 0 9 0 0 0 3 6 32 0 0.150
Johnny Goryl 25 48 1 9 0 0 1 6 5 3 1 0.188
Moe Drabowsky 31 45 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 20 0 0.111
Art Ceccarelli 18 33 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 16 0 0.091
Billy Williams 18 33 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 0.152
Bill Henry 65 31 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 12 0 0.194
John Buzhardt 31 29 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 0.069
Don Elston 65 19 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.211
Dick Drott 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.125
Elmer Singleton 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Lou Jackson 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.250
Ben Johnson 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.000
Taylor Phillips 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Chick King 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Joe Schaffernoth 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bobby Adams 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Seth Morehead 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Don Eaddy 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bob Porterfield 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Donnelly 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Morrie Martin 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bill Henry 2.68 2 Elmer Singleton 2.72 3 Don Elston 3.32 4 Dave Hillman 3.53 5 Glen Hobbie 3.69

Wins

1 Glen Hobbie 16 2 Bob Anderson 12 3 Don Elston 10 4 Bill Henry 9 5 Dave Hillman 8

Strikeouts

1 Glen Hobbie 138 2 Bill Henry 115 3 Bob Anderson 113 4 Dave Hillman 88 5 Don Elston 82
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Anderson 12 13 4.13 37 36 0 235.1 77 113
Glen Hobbie 16 13 3.69 46 33 0 234.0 106 138
Dave Hillman 8 11 3.53 39 24 0 191.0 43 88
Moe Drabowsky 5 10 4.13 31 23 0 141.2 75 70
Bill Henry 9 8 2.68 65 0 12 134.1 26 115
Art Ceccarelli 5 5 4.76 18 15 0 102.0 37 56
John Buzhardt 4 5 4.97 31 10 0 101.1 29 33
Don Elston 10 8 3.32 65 0 13 97.2 46 82
Elmer Singleton 2 1 2.72 21 1 0 43.0 12 25
Dick Drott 1 2 5.93 8 6 0 27.1 26 15
Seth Morehead 0 1 4.82 11 2 0 18.2 8 9
Ben Johnson 0 0 2.16 4 2 0 16.2 4 6
Taylor Phillips 0 2 7.56 7 2 0 16.2 11 5
Ed Donnelly 1 1 3.14 9 0 0 14.1 9 6
Joe Schaffernoth 1 0 8.22 5 1 0 7.2 4 3
Bob Porterfield 0 0 11.37 4 0 0 6.1 3 0
Morrie Martin 0 0 19.29 3 0 0 2.1 1 1
Bob Smith 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0.2 2 0

👥 Roster (39)

Bobby Adams George Altman Bob Anderson Earl Averill Ernie Banks John Buzhardt Art Ceccarelli Al Dark Ed Donnelly Moe Drabowsky Dick Drott Don Eaddy +27 more

39 players

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