1959 Chicago Cubs Statistics and Roster

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1959 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958/1960)
74-80, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 673 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79
Managed by Bob Scheffing

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 858,255 (6th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Sammy Taylor        26  110  353   41   95  13  2  13   43  35   47  .269  .336  .428   1   0   6   1   0   1  13  103
1B *Dale Long           33  110  296   34   70  10  3  14   37  31   53  .236  .306  .432   0   0   6   0   0   3   2   95
2B  Tony Taylor         23  150  624   96  175  30  8   8   38  45   86  .280  .331  .393  23   9   8   6   6   7   0   93
3B  Alvin Dark          37  136  477   60  126  22  9   6   45  55   50  .264  .342  .386   1   1   4   3   7   3   9   95
SS  Ernie Banks         28  155  589   97  179  25  6  45  143  64   72  .304  .374  .596   2   4  18   7   2   9  20  155
LF *Walt Moryn          33  117  381   41   89  14  1  14   48  44   66  .234  .316  .386   0   0  13   3   2   2   2   87
CF *George Altman       26  135  420   54  103  14  4  12   47  34   80  .245  .312  .383   1   0   8   7   6   1   4   85
RF  Lee Walls           26  120  354   43   91  18  3   8   33  42   73  .257  .342  .393   0   2   6   5   5   3   1   96
    Bobby Thomson       35  122  374   55   97  15  2  11   52  35   50  .259  .322  .398   1   0   9   2   2   5   6   92
   *Jim Marshall        28  108  294   39   74  10  1  11   40  33   39  .252  .324  .405   0   1   5   0   1   3   1   94
    Earl Averill        27   74  186   22   44  10  0  10   34  15   39  .237  .298  .452   0   1   2   2   0   2   1   97
   *Irv Noren           34   65  156   27   50   6  2   4   19  13   24  .321  .384  .462   2   0   1   3   0   0   1  126
    Art Schult          31   42  118   17   32   7  0   2   14   7   14  .271  .320  .381   0   0   6   2   2   1   0   87
    Cal Neeman          30   44  105    7   17   2  0   3    9  11   23  .162  .241  .267   0   0   1   0   1   0   2   36
    Randy Jackson       33   41   74    7   18   5  1   1   10  11   10  .243  .341  .378   0   0   5   0   6   0   1   93
    Johnny Goryl        25   25   48    1    9   3  1   1    6   5    3  .188  .264  .354   1   1   3   0   0   0   0   64
   *Billy Williams      21   18   33    0    5   0  1   0    2   1    7  .152  .176  .212   0   0   2   0   0   0   0    4
   *Lou Jackson         23    6    4    2    1   0  0   0    1   0    2  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   35
    Chick King          28    7    3    3    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bobby Adams         37    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Don Eaddy           25   15    1    3    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Bob Anderson        23   37   80    6    6   1  0   0    3   3   34  .075  .119  .088   0   0   1   1   6   0   0  -43
    Glen Hobbie         23   46   79    3    9   1  0   0    2   2   30  .114  .136  .127   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -29
    Dave Hillman        31   42   60    0    9   0  0   0    3   6   32  .150  .239  .150   0   0   0   1   4   0   0    7
    Moe Drabowsky       23   31   45    2    5   1  0   0    2   2   20  .111  .149  .133   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -23
    Art Ceccarelli      29   18   33    2    3   0  0   0    0   3   16  .091  .167  .091   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -28
   *Bill Henry          31   65   31    4    6   0  0   0    2   0   12  .194  .194  .194   0   0   0   0   1   0   0    4
    John Buzhardt       22   31   29    4    2   1  0   0    0   1   15  .069  .100  .103   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -45
    Don Elston          30   65   19    2    4   0  0   0    1   0    2  .211  .211  .211   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   13
    Dick Drott          22    8    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -33
    Elmer Singleton     41   21    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Ben Johnson         28    4    4    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Taylor Phillips     26    7    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Joe Schaffernoth    21    5    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Seth Morehead       24   11    2    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  290
    Bob Porterfield     35    4    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0  155 5296  673 1321 209 44 163  635 498  911  .249  .314  .398  32  19 106  43  62  40  63   99
    Rank among 8 NL teams          4    5    7   6  3   3        3    1     7     7     5   7   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Anderson        23  37   4.13  12  13  0  36   1   7   1  235.3  245  117  108  21   77  113 1004   4   5  3   3  96
SP  Glen Hobbie         23  46   3.69  16  13  0  33   3  10   3  234.0  204  105   96  15  106  138  991   9   6  0   1 107
SP  Dave Hillman        31  39   3.53   8  11  0  24   5   4   1  191.0  178   84   75  17   43   88  780   1   1  0   3 112
SP  Moe Drabowsky       23  31   4.13   5  10  0  23   4   3   1  141.7  138   78   65  21   75   70  631   7   3  0   4  96
SP *Art Ceccarelli      29  18   4.76   5   5  0  15   2   4   2  102.0   95   58   54  19   37   56  432   4   1  1   6  83
SP  Dick Drott          22   8   5.93   1   2  0   6   0   1   1   27.3   25   19   18   5   26   15  129   2   0  0   1  67

CL  Don Elston          30  65   3.32  10   8 13   0  49   0   0   97.7   77   40   36  11   46   82  413   2   3  0   7 119
RP *Bill Henry          31  65   2.68   9   8 12   0  35   0   0  134.3  111   42   40  19   26  115  526   3   1  1   3 147
RP  John Buzhardt       22  31   4.97   4   5  0  10   7   1   1  101.3  107   64   56  12   29   33  439   1   1  0   4  79
RP  Elmer Singleton     41  21   2.72   2   1  0   1  12   0   0   43.0   40   15   13   2   12   25  180   0   0  0   2 145
RP  Ed Donnelly         24   9   3.14   1   1  0   0   3   0   0   14.3   18    7    5   1    9    6   69   0   0  1   1 126

   *Seth Morehead       24  11   4.82   0   1  0   2   1   0   0   18.7   25   13   10   1    8    9   88   0   0  0   2  82
    Ben Johnson         28   4   2.16   0   0  0   2   1   0   0   16.7   17    5    4   1    4    6   69   0   0  0   0 183
   *Taylor Phillips     26   7   7.56   0   2  0   2   0   0   0   16.7   22   14   14   3   11    5   84   0   2  0   2  52
    Joe Schaffernoth    21   5   8.22   1   0  0   1   1   0   0    7.7   11    7    7   1    4    3   36   0   0  0   0  48
    Bob Porterfield     35   4  11.37   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    6.3   14    9    8   1    3    0   36   0   0  0   0  35
   *Morrie Martin       36   3  19.29   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.3    5    5    5   2    1    1   14   0   1  0   0  20
   *Bob Smith           32   1  81.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.7    5    6    6   0    2    0    9   1   0  0   1   5
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.3 155   4.01  74  80 25 155 125  30  11 1391.0 1337  688  620 152  519  765 5930  34  24  6  40  98
    Rank among 8 NL teams           5   5   3  3           8   4      4    3    5        6    6    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- STaylor 889 96 109 497 37 10 1 .982 6 22 69 21 CNeeman 264 34 38 158 9 1 1 .994 3 6 20 2 EAverill 236 25 32 173 11 7 1 .963 3 6 18 4 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1391 155 155 828 57 18 3 .980 12 34 107 27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 *9.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLong 680 72 85 731 49 12 63 .985 10.31 JMarshall 547 59 72 558 51 2 52 .997 10.01 ASchult 131 20 23 126 6 2 15 .985 9.07 ADark 27 4 4 26 4 1 1 .968 10.00 INoren 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 BAdams 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 .667 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 1446 110 18 131 .989 10.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *5.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TTaylor 1302 148 149 352 456 25 105 .970 5.59 JGoryl 78 6 11 11 25 1 1 .973 4.15 EAverill 11 1 2 3 6 0 1 1.000 7.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 366 487 26 107 .970 5.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ADark 1090 121 131 111 255 20 20 .948 3.02 RJackson 166 18 22 20 28 3 2 .941 2.59 EAverill 109 13 13 16 32 5 2 .906 3.96 JGoryl 21 3 4 0 6 0 1 1.000 2.54 DEaddy 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 147 322 29 25 .942 3.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *5.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EBanks 1371 154 154 271 519 12 95 .985 5.18 TTaylor 11 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 ADark 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 275 520 12 95 .985 5.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WMoryn 767 88 93 155 8 2 1 .988 1.91 BThomson 297 31 61 60 4 2 2 .970 1.94 INoren 108 13 17 28 1 0 0 1.000 2.41 ASchult 76 6 12 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.99 BWilliams 65 7 10 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.49 JMarshall 44 5 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.02 EAverill 31 4 5 5 0 1 0 .833 1.44 RJackson 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 288 13 5 3 .984 1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GAltman 941 102 120 275 7 3 2 .989 2.70 BThomson 394 46 50 111 3 0 2 1.000 2.60 INoren 46 6 6 12 2 0 1 1.000 2.74 CKing 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 WMoryn 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 400 12 3 5 .993 2.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LWalls 893 100 119 198 1 7 0 .966 2.00 BThomson 204 19 29 54 2 1 0 .982 2.47 INoren 133 16 17 39 1 0 0 1.000 2.71 WMoryn 91 12 14 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.17 ASchult 44 5 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 JMarshall 17 2 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.59 GAltman 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 328 6 8 0 .977 2.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.21 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GAltman 949 103 121 278 7 3 2 .990 2.70 BThomson 895 96 116 223 9 3 4 .987 2.33 LWalls 893 100 119 203 1 7 0 .967 2.06 WMoryn 859 100 104 175 9 2 1 .989 1.93 INoren 287 35 40 81 4 0 1 1.000 2.66 ASchult 120 11 15 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.94 BWilliams 65 7 10 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.49 JMarshall 61 7 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 EAverill 31 4 5 5 0 1 0 .833 1.44 CKing 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 RJackson 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1391 155 155 1018 31 16 8 .985 2.26 155 155 155 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BAnderson 234 36 37 13 43 4 4 .933 2.15 GHobbie 232 33 46 18 40 4 2 .935 2.25 DHillman 191 24 39 28 31 2 0 .967 2.78 MDrabowsky 141 23 31 12 21 2 1 .943 2.10 BHenry 134 0 65 2 18 1 2 .952 1.34 JBuzhardt 103 10 31 7 22 3 1 .906 2.53 ACeccarelli 102 15 18 2 15 1 1 .944 1.50 DElston 98 0 65 3 14 2 1 .895 1.55 ESingleton 43 1 21 5 10 1 1 .937 3.14 DDrott 27 6 8 0 4 1 0 .800 1.32 SMorehead 18 2 11 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TPhillips 16 2 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.69 BJohnson 16 2 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.62 EDonnelly 14 0 9 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.89 JSchafferno 7 1 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 BPorterfiel 6 0 4 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.69 MMartin 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91 BSmith 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 12.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 93 231 21 14 .939 2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Banks .304

On-base % Banks .374

Slugging % Banks .596

OPS Banks .970

Games Banks 155

At Bats Taylor 624

Plate Appearances (approx.) Taylor 688

Runs Banks 97

Hits Banks 179

Total Bases Banks 351

Doubles Taylor 30

Triples Dark 9

Home Runs Banks 45

RBI Banks 143

Bases on Balls Banks 64

Strikeouts Taylor 86

Stolen Bases Taylor 23

Singles Taylor 129

Adjusted OPS+ Banks 155

Runs Created Banks 126

Adjusted Batting Runs Banks 45

Batting Wins Banks 4.4

Extra-Base Hits Banks 76

Times on Base Banks 250

Offensive Win% Banks .713

Hit By Pitch Altman and Banks 7

Sac. Hits Dark 7

Sac. Flies Banks 9

Intentional Walks Banks 20

Grounded into Double Plays Banks 18

Caught Stealing Taylor 9

Power/Speed Number Taylor 11.9

At Bats per Strikeout Dark 9.5

At Bats per Home Run Banks 13.1

Outs Taylor 479

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Hillman 3.53

Wins Hobbie 16

Won-Loss % Elston .556

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hillman 1.157

Hits Allowed/9IP Hobbie 7.85

Bases on Balls/9IP Hillman 2.03

Strikeouts/9IP Hobbie 5.31

Games Elston and Henry 65

Saves Elston 13

Innings Anderson 235.3

Strikeouts Hobbie 138

Games Started Anderson 36

Comp. Games Hobbie 10

Shutouts Hobbie 3

Home Runs Allow. Anderson and Drabowsky 21

Bases On Balls Allow. Hobbie 106

Hits Allowed Anderson 245

SO to Walk Hillman 2.05

Losses Anderson and Hobbie 13

Earned Runs Allow. Anderson 108

Wild Pitches Hobbie 9

Hit Batsmen Hobbie 6

Batters Faced Anderson 1004

Games Finished Elston 49

Adjusted ERA+ Hillman 112

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