1955 CHICAGO CUBS

| Level: MLB

Data Store

Stats Glossary

About Stats

Roster

Statistics

Team Page

Location: Chicago,IL
Team Record: 72-81 .471
Result: 6th in National League
Manager(s): Stan Hack
General Manager: Wid Mathews
Stadium: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 875,800
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Chicago Cubs affiliate history

Oldest Player: Walker Cooper (40)
Youngest Player: Don Kaiser (20)
Longest Tenure: Hal Jeffcoat, Warren Hacker, Bob Rush (8)
Top Hitter: Ernie Banks (7)
Top Pitcher: Bob Rush (5)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 67.40%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Brooklyn	98	55	.641	--
Milwaukee	85	69	.552	13.5
NY Giants	80	74	.519	18.5
Philadelphia	77	77	.500	21.5
Cincinnati	75	79	.487	23.5
Chi Cubs	72	81	.471	26.0
St. Louis	68	86	.442	30.5
Pittsburgh	60	94	.390	38.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
37	Gene Baker	2b-3b	20	30	-	MLB	154	609	82	163	29	7	11	52	9	7	49	57	2	1	18	3	14	.268	.323	.392	715	239	681	488	86	4.8	.279
14	Ernie Banks	1b-ss	7	24	UDFA: 1953	MLB	154	596	98	176	29	9	44	117	9	3	45	72	2	6	0	3	16	.295	.345	.596	941	355	646	442	132	8.1	.273
40	Dee Fondy	1b	25	30	-	MLB	150	574	69	152	23	8	17	65	8	9	35	87	2	6	3	4	9	.265	.307	.422	729	242	618	447	78	4.7	.285
2	Randy Jackson	3b	46	29	-	MLB	138	499	73	132	13	7	21	70	0	2	58	58	1	6	3	4	11	.265	.340	.445	785	222	565	387	83	5.8	.262
21	Eddie Miksis	2b-of	47	28	-	MLB	131	481	52	113	14	2	9	41	3	6	32	55	0	3	10	1	11	.235	.282	.328	611	158	524	396	44	3.0	.249
32	Harry Chiti	c	43	22	-	MLB	113	338	24	78	6	1	11	41	0	0	25	68	1	8	3	5	8	.231	.282	.352	634	119	372	276	31	3.1	.254
48	Jim King	of	-	22	-	MLB	113	301	43	77	12	3	11	45	2	1	24	39	2	1	3	3	3	.256	.312	.425	737	128	333	234	45	5.2	.260
7	Frank Baumholtz	of	60	36	-	MLB	105	280	23	81	12	5	1	27	0	1	16	24	1	2	7	5	9	.289	.325	.379	703	106	309	221	37	4.6	.308
9	Hank Sauer	of	-	38	-	MLB	79	261	29	55	8	1	12	28	0	0	26	47	2	0	0	1	8	.211	.286	.387	673	101	290	215	29	3.7	.212
11	Bob Speake	of-1b	53	24	-	MLB	95	261	36	57	9	5	12	43	3	4	28	71	3	4	0	1	1	.218	.300	.429	729	112	293	210	34	4.4	.251
30	Jim Bolger	of	-	23	-	MLB	64	160	19	33	5	4	0	7	2	2	9	17	2	1	2	0	3	.206	.257	.287	545	46	173	134	12	2.4	.231
28	Lloyd Merriman	of	-	30	-	MLB	72	145	15	31	6	1	1	8	1	0	21	21	0	0	0	1	0	.214	.311	.290	601	42	167	115	16	3.7	.242
25	Walker Cooper	c	-	40	-	MLB	54	111	11	31	8	1	7	15	0	0	6	19	1	1	1	0	3	.279	.322	.559	881	62	119	84	21	6.9	.282
17	Bob Rush	p	-	29	-	MLB	33	82	6	9	2	0	1	5	0	0	6	40	0	0	3	0	0	.110	.170	.171	341	14	91	76	-3	-1.0	.195
8	Clyde McCullough	c	-	38	-	MLB	44	81	7	16	0	0	0	10	0	0	8	15	1	3	2	2	1	.198	.272	.198	469	16	94	70	3	1.2	.235
27	Sam Jones	p	-	29	-	MLB	36	77	2	14	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	27	0	0	5	0	4	.182	.212	.195	407	15	85	72	-1	-0.5	.280
18	Warren Hacker	p	-	30	-	MLB	35	72	6	18	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.319	569	23	72	55	6	2.8	.286
24	Paul Minner	p	-	31	-	MLB	22	56	5	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	7	0	0	1	0	0	.232	.295	.268	563	15	62	44	5	3.0	.265
55	Ted Tappe	of	-	24	-	MLB	23	50	12	13	2	0	4	10	0	0	11	11	2	3	0	0	0	.260	.413	.540	953	27	63	37	12	8.9	.257
22	Jim Davis	p	-	30	-	MLB	42	37	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	21	0	0	3	0	1	.027	.100	.027	127	1	43	40	-5	-3.1	.062
3	Gale Wade	of	-	26	-	MLB	9	33	5	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	1	0	1	.182	.270	.303	573	10	38	29	3	2.7	.172
19	Hal Jeffcoat	of-p	-	30	-	MLB	52	23	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	9	0	0	2	0	2	.174	.240	.304	544	7	27	23	0	0.5	.231
16	Howie Pollet	p	-	34	-	MLB	24	15	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	.400	.471	.533	1004	8	18	10	4	10.2	.600
43	Harry Perkowski	p	-	32	-	MLB	26	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	368	2	14	11	0	0.3	.182
1	Jim Fanning	c	-	27	-	MLB	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.091	.000	91	0	11	11	-	-	.000
53	Dave Hillman	p	-	27	-	MLB	26	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	1	0	0	.100	.308	.100	408	1	14	10	0	0.2	.200
3	Owen Friend	2b	-	28	-	MLB	6	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	200	1	10	9	-1	-2.1	.143
29	John Andre	p	-	32	-	MLB	22	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	222	1	9	8	-1	-2.4	.200
5	Vern Morgan	3b	-	26	-	MLB	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.400	.143	543	1	10	6	0	2.1	.333
33	Bill Tremel	p	-	25	-	MLB	23	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	661	2	8	5	1	4.0	.400
42	Hy Cohen	p	-	24	-	MLB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	0	4	3	0	-0.9	.000
45	Don Kaiser	p	-	20	-	MLB	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
23	Bubba Church	p	-	30	-	MLB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
31	Al Lary	p	-	26	-	MLB	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000
Totals: (34 players)							153	5214	626	1287	187	55	164	597	37	35	428	806	22	45	69	33	107	.247	.305	.398	703	2076	5766	4171	670	4.3	.263

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
27	Sam Jones	7	29	-	MLB	14	20	4.10	36	34	12	4	1	0	241.2	175	118	110	22	185	198	5	0	1.49	6.52	0.82	6.89	7.37	0.93	--	0.85
17	Bob Rush	5	29	-	MLB	13	11	3.50	33	33	14	3	0	0	234.0	204	95	91	19	73	130	4	0	1.18	7.85	0.73	2.81	5.00	0.56	--	0.84
18	Warren Hacker	12	30	-	MLB	11	15	4.27	35	30	13	0	4	3	213.0	202	112	101	38	43	80	3	0	1.15	8.54	1.61	1.82	3.38	0.54	--	0.50
24	Paul Minner	26	31	-	MLB	9	9	3.48	22	22	7	1	0	0	157.2	173	67	61	15	47	53	2	0	1.40	9.88	0.86	2.68	3.03	0.89	--	1.19
22	Jim Davis	33	30	-	MLB	7	11	4.44	42	16	0	0	17	3	133.2	122	79	66	16	58	62	7	0	1.35	8.21	1.08	3.91	4.17	0.94	--	0.81
19	Hal Jeffcoat	29	30	-	MLB	8	6	2.95	50	1	0	0	26	6	100.2	107	46	33	5	53	32	2	0	1.59	9.57	0.45	4.74	2.86	1.66	--	1.71
16	Howie Pollet	42	34	-	MLB	4	3	5.61	24	7	1	1	7	5	61.0	62	41	38	11	27	27	2	0	1.46	9.15	1.62	3.98	3.98	1.00	--	1.56
53	Dave Hillman	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	5.31	25	3	0	0	9	0	57.2	63	36	34	10	25	23	1	0	1.53	9.83	1.56	3.90	3.59	1.09	--	0.85
43	Harry Perkowski	52	32	-	MLB	3	4	5.29	25	4	0	0	14	2	47.2	53	32	28	3	25	28	1	0	1.64	10.01	0.57	4.72	5.29	0.89	--	1.07
29	John Andre	-	32	-	MLB	0	1	5.80	22	3	0	0	5	1	45.0	45	34	29	7	28	19	1	0	1.62	9.00	1.40	5.60	3.80	1.47	--	0.87
33	Bill Tremel	-	25	-	MLB	3	0	3.72	23	0	0	0	12	2	38.2	33	18	16	2	18	13	1	0	1.32	7.68	0.47	4.19	3.03	1.38	--	1.50
45	Don Kaiser	-	20	-	MLB	0	0	5.40	11	0	0	0	6	0	18.1	20	11	11	2	5	11	1	0	1.36	9.82	0.98	2.45	5.40	0.45	--	0.94
42	Hy Cohen	-	24	-	MLB	0	0	7.94	7	1	0	0	0	0	17.0	28	17	15	2	10	4	0	0	2.24	14.82	1.06	5.29	2.12	2.50	--	0.80
35	Vicente Amor	-	22	-	MLB	0	1	4.50	4	0	0	0	3	0	6.0	11	3	3	0	3	3	1	1	2.33	16.50	0.00	4.50	4.50	1.00	--	0.67
23	Bubba Church	-	30	-	MLB	0	0	5.40	2	0	0	0	1	1	3.1	4	2	2	1	1	3	0	0	1.50	10.80	2.70	2.70	8.10	0.33	--	0.00
26	Bob Thorpe	-	20	-	MLB	0	0	3.00	2	0	0	0	2	0	3.0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	12.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	--	--	4.00
Totals: (34 players)						72	81	4.17	153	153	47	9	106	23	1,378	1306	713	639	164	601	686	31	1	1.24	8.53	1.00	3.92	4.48	0.88	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Harry Chiti	C	113		495	69	9	10	.984	0.00
Clyde McCullough	C	37		160	12	2	0	.989	0.00
Walker Cooper	C	31		88	11	4	1	.961	0.00
Jim Fanning	C	5		30	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
El Tappe	C	2		3	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dee Fondy	1B	147		1304	107	13	135	.991	0.00
Bob Speake	1B	8		69	7	2	7	.974	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gene Baker	2B	154		432	444	30	114	.967	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Randy Jackson	3B	134		125	247	20	26	.949	0.00
Eddie Miksis	3B	18		23	46	3	5	.958	0.00
Owen Friend	3B	2		2	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Vern Morgan	3B	2		2	2	2	0	.667	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ernie Banks	SS	154		290	482	22	102	.972	0.00
Owen Friend	SS	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Miksis	OF	111		267	6	3	1	.989	0.00
Jim King	OF	93		184	10	2	2	.990	0.00
Hank Sauer	OF	68		122	4	2	1	.984	0.00
Frank Baumholtz	OF	63		131	3	1	1	.993	0.00
Bob Speake	OF	55		90	4	4	1	.959	0.00
Jim Bolger	OF	51		125	1	6	0	.955	0.00
Lloyd Merriman	OF	47		82	2	2	2	.977	0.00
Ted Tappe	OF	15		18	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Gale Wade	OF	9		12	1	2	0	.867	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hal Jeffcoat	P	50	100	4	24	3	1	.903	2.51
Jim Davis	P	42	133	5	22	1	0	.964	1.82
Sam Jones	P	36	241	14	36	5	0	.909	1.87
Warren Hacker	P	35	213	14	20	3	0	.919	1.44
Bob Rush	P	33	234	16	43	1	1	.983	2.27
Dave Hillman	P	25	57	4	10	1	1	.933	2.20
Harry Perkowski	P	25	47	8	12	0	0	1.000	3.81
Howie Pollet	P	24	61	7	15	0	1	1.000	3.25
Bill Tremel	P	23	38	2	5	2	0	.778	1.65
John Andre	P	22	45	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.60
Paul Minner	P	22	157	4	39	1	3	.977	2.46
Don Kaiser	P	11	18	0	2	1	0	.667	0.99
Hy Cohen	P	7	17	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.06
Vicente Amor	P	4	6	0	4	0	0	1.000	6.00
Bubba Church	P	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Bob Thorpe	P	2	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	6.00

About Us | Site Map | Privacy Policy | Contact Us

Boxscores data is obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.org.

Please Support The Baseball Cube.