1959 CHICAGO CUBS

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Location: Chicago,IL
Team Record: 74-80 .481
Result: 6th in National League
Manager(s): Bob Scheffing
General Manager: John Holland
Stadium: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 858,255
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Chicago Cubs affiliate history

Oldest Player: Elmer Singleton (41)
Youngest Player: Billy Williams (21)
Longest Tenure: Ernie Banks (7)
Top Hitter: Ernie Banks (3)
Top Pitcher: Glen Hobbie (10)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 80.13%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
LA Dodgers	88	68	.564	--
Milwaukee	86	70	.551	2.0
SF Giants	83	71	.539	4.0
Pittsburgh	78	76	.506	9.0
Chi Cubs	74	80	.481	13.0
Cincinnati	74	80	.481	13.0
St. Louis	71	83	.461	16.0
Philadelphia	64	90	.416	23.0

BATTING STATISTICS

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Splits Analysis

#	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
5	Tony Taylor	2b-3b	12	23	UDFA: 1955	MLB	150	624	96	175	30	8	8	38	23	9	45	86	6	0	6	7	8	.280	.331	.393	724	245	688	479	91	5.1	.311
14	Ernie Banks	1b-ss	3	28	UDFA: 1953	MLB	155	589	97	179	25	6	45	143	2	4	64	72	7	20	2	9	18	.304	.374	.596	970	351	671	443	137	8.4	.279
17	Alvin Dark	ss-3b	21	37	-	MLB	136	477	60	126	22	9	6	45	1	1	55	50	3	9	7	3	4	.264	.342	.386	728	184	545	366	74	5.5	.283
21	George Altman	of	41	26	-	MLB	135	420	54	103	14	4	12	47	1	0	34	80	7	4	6	1	8	.245	.312	.383	695	161	468	332	52	4.2	.277
7	Walt Moryn	of	-	33	-	MLB	117	381	41	89	14	1	14	48	0	0	44	66	3	2	2	2	13	.234	.316	.386	702	147	432	309	48	4.2	.248
9	Bobby Thomson	of	58	35	-	MLB	122	374	55	97	15	2	11	52	1	0	35	50	2	6	2	5	9	.259	.322	.398	721	149	418	293	52	4.8	.270
2	Lee Walls	of	55	26	-	MLB	120	354	43	91	18	3	8	33	0	2	42	73	5	1	5	3	6	.257	.342	.393	734	139	409	279	51	4.9	.301
15	Sammy Taylor	c	48	26	-	MLB	110	353	41	95	13	2	13	43	1	0	35	47	1	13	0	1	6	.269	.336	.428	764	151	390	265	55	5.6	.279
8	Dale Long	1b	-	33	-	MLB	110	296	34	70	10	3	14	37	0	0	31	53	0	2	0	3	6	.236	.306	.432	738	128	330	235	42	4.8	.241
12	Jim Marshall	1b	-	28	-	MLB	108	294	39	74	10	1	11	40	0	1	33	39	0	1	1	3	5	.252	.324	.405	729	119	331	230	43	5.0	.255
6	Earl Averill	c-of	-	27	-	MLB	74	186	22	44	10	0	10	34	0	1	15	39	2	1	0	2	2	.237	.298	.452	749	84	205	147	27	4.9	.245
20	Irv Noren	of	68	34	-	MLB	65	156	27	50	6	2	4	19	2	0	13	24	3	1	0	0	1	.321	.384	.462	845	72	172	107	30	7.6	.359
43	Art Schult	1b-of	-	31	-	MLB	42	118	17	32	7	0	2	14	0	0	7	14	2	0	2	1	6	.271	.320	.381	702	45	130	95	15	4.2	.291
11	Cal Neeman	c	-	30	-	MLB	44	105	7	17	2	0	3	9	0	0	11	23	0	2	1	0	1	.162	.241	.267	508	28	117	90	5	1.6	.177
32	Bob Anderson	p	-	23	-	MLB	37	80	6	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	34	1	0	6	0	1	.075	.119	.087	207	7	90	81	-6	-2.1	.130
40	Glen Hobbie	p	-	23	-	MLB	46	79	3	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	30	0	0	3	0	0	.114	.136	.127	262	10	84	73	-4	-1.6	.184
16	Randy Jackson	3b	-	33	-	MLB	41	74	7	18	5	1	1	10	0	0	11	10	0	1	6	0	5	.243	.341	.378	720	28	91	67	10	4.0	.270
31	Dave Hillman	p	-	31	-	MLB	42	60	0	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	32	1	0	4	0	0	.150	.239	.150	389	9	71	55	-1	-0.7	.321
4	Johnny Goryl	2b-3b	-	25	-	MLB	25	48	1	9	3	1	1	6	1	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	3	.187	.264	.354	618	17	53	43	5	2.9	.182
39	Moe Drabowsky	p	-	23	-	MLB	31	45	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	20	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.149	.133	282	6	47	41	-3	-1.8	.200
4	Billy Williams	of	-	21	UDFA: 1956	MLB	18	33	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	2	.152	.176	.212	389	7	34	30	0	-0.3	.192
41	Art Ceccarelli	p	-	29	-	MLB	18	33	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	0	0	2	0	1	.091	.167	.091	258	3	38	33	-2	-2.0	.176
37	Bill Henry	p	-	31	-	MLB	65	31	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	.194	.194	.194	387	6	32	26	0	-0.5	.316
38	John Buzhardt	p	-	22	-	MLB	31	29	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	0	0	2	0	0	.069	.100	.103	203	3	32	29	-2	-2.3	.143
36	Don Elston	p	-	30	-	MLB	65	19	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	.211	.211	.211	421	4	22	18	1	0.9	.235
30	Dick Drott	p	-	22	-	MLB	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	1	8	7	0	-1.4	.167
42	Elmer Singleton	p	-	41	-	MLB	21	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
41	Taylor Phillips	p	-	26	-	MLB	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
45	Ben Johnson	p	-	28	-	MLB	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
22,42	Lou Jackson	of	-	23	-	MLB	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	1	4	3	0	0.3	.500
46	Joe Schaffernoth	p	-	21	-	MLB	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
20	Chick King	of	-	28	-	MLB	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
41	Seth Morehead	p	-	24	-	MLB	11	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1500	2	2	1	1	28.1	.500
16	Bobby Adams	3b-2b	-	37	-	MLB	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
43	Bob Porterfield	p	-	35	-	MLB	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
18	Don Eaddy	3b	-	25	-	MLB	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (36 players)							154	5296	673	1321	209	44	163	635	32	19	498	911	43	63	62	40	106	.249	.317	.398	715	2107	5939	4202	709	4.6	.272

PITCHING STATISTICS

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Advanced Stats

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Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	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
32	Bob Anderson	21	23	-	MLB	12	13	4.13	37	36	7	1	1	0	235.1	245	117	108	21	77	113	4	3	1.37	9.37	0.80	2.94	4.32	0.68	.314	1.57
40	Glen Hobbie	10	23	-	MLB	16	13	3.69	46	33	10	3	3	0	234.0	204	105	96	15	106	138	9	0	1.32	7.85	0.58	4.08	5.31	0.77	.298	1.19
31	Dave Hillman	22	31	-	MLB	8	11	3.53	39	24	4	1	5	0	191.0	178	84	75	17	43	88	1	0	1.16	8.39	0.80	2.03	4.15	0.49	.292	1.00
39	Moe Drabowsky	49	23	-	MLB	5	10	4.13	31	23	3	1	4	0	141.2	138	78	65	21	75	70	7	0	1.50	8.77	1.33	4.76	4.45	1.07	.273	1.04
37	Bill Henry	25	31	-	MLB	9	8	2.68	65	0	0	0	35	12	134.1	111	42	40	19	26	115	3	1	1.02	7.44	1.27	1.74	7.70	0.23	.276	0.68
41	Art Ceccarelli	48	29	-	MLB	5	5	4.76	18	15	4	2	2	0	102.0	95	58	54	19	37	56	4	1	1.29	8.38	1.68	3.26	4.94	0.66	.280	0.84
38	John Buzhardt	-	22	-	MLB	4	5	4.97	31	10	1	1	7	0	101.1	107	64	56	12	29	33	1	0	1.34	9.50	1.07	2.58	2.93	0.88	.287	1.37
36	Don Elston	26	30	-	MLB	10	8	3.32	65	0	0	0	49	13	97.2	77	40	36	11	46	82	2	0	1.26	7.10	1.01	4.24	7.56	0.56	.283	0.68
42	Elmer Singleton	54	41	-	MLB	2	1	2.72	21	1	0	0	12	0	43.0	40	15	13	2	12	25	0	0	1.21	8.37	0.42	2.51	5.23	0.48	.358	1.63
30	Dick Drott	-	22	-	MLB	1	2	5.93	8	6	1	1	0	0	27.1	25	19	18	5	26	15	2	0	1.87	8.23	1.65	8.56	4.94	1.73	.244	0.58
41	Seth Morehead	-	24	-	MLB	0	1	4.82	11	2	0	0	1	0	18.2	25	13	10	1	8	9	0	0	1.77	12.05	0.48	3.86	4.34	0.89	.511	0.81
45	Ben Johnson	-	28	-	MLB	0	0	2.16	4	2	0	0	1	0	16.2	17	5	4	1	4	6	0	0	1.26	9.18	0.54	2.16	3.24	0.67	.276	0.95
41	Taylor Phillips	55	26	-	MLB	0	2	7.56	7	2	0	0	0	0	16.2	22	14	14	3	11	5	0	0	1.98	11.88	1.62	5.94	2.70	2.20	.311	1.30
22	Ed Donnelly	-	24	-	MLB	1	1	3.14	9	0	0	0	3	0	14.1	18	7	5	1	9	6	0	1	1.88	11.30	0.63	5.65	3.77	1.50	.370	1.92
46	Joe Schaffernoth	-	21	-	MLB	1	0	8.22	5	1	0	0	1	0	7.2	11	7	7	1	4	3	0	0	1.96	12.91	1.17	4.70	3.52	1.33	.370	1.09
43	Bob Porterfield	46	35	-	MLB	0	0	11.37	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	14	9	8	1	3	0	0	0	2.68	19.89	1.42	4.26	0.00	--	.722	0.86
45	Morrie Martin	-	36	-	MLB	0	0	19.29	3	0	0	0	1	0	2.1	5	5	5	2	1	1	0	0	2.57	19.29	7.71	3.86	3.86	1.00	.375	0.60
43	Bob Smith	-	31	-	MLB	0	0	81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	5	6	6	0	2	0	1	0	10.50	67.50	0.00	27.00	0.00	--	--	--
Totals: (36 players)						74	80	4.01	154	154	30	10	124	25	1,391	1337	688	620	163	519	765	34	6	1.31	8.65	0.98	3.36	4.95	0.68	.298

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Sammy Taylor	C	109		497	37	10	1	.982	0.00
Cal Neeman	C	38		158	9	1	1	.994	0.00
Earl Averill	C	32		173	11	7	1	.963	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dale Long	1B	85		731	49	12	63	.985	0.00
Jim Marshall	1B	72		558	51	2	52	.997	0.00
Art Schult	1B	23		126	6	2	15	.985	0.00
Alvin Dark	1B	4		26	4	1	1	.968	0.00
Bobby Adams	1B	1		2	0	1	0	.667	0.00
Irv Noren	1B	1		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tony Taylor	2B	149		352	456	25	105	.970	0.00
Johnny Goryl	2B	11		11	25	1	1	.973	0.00
Earl Averill	2B	2		3	6	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Alvin Dark	3B	131		111	255	20	20	.948	0.00
Randy Jackson	3B	22		20	28	3	2	.941	0.00
Earl Averill	3B	13		16	32	5	2	.906	0.00
Johnny Goryl	3B	4		0	6	0	1	1.000	0.00
Don Eaddy	3B	1		0	1	1	0	.500	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ernie Banks	SS	154		271	519	12	95	.985	0.00
Tony Taylor	SS	2		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Alvin Dark	SS	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Altman	OF	121		278	7	3	2	.990	0.00
Lee Walls	OF	119		203	1	7	0	.967	0.00
Bobby Thomson	OF	116		223	9	3	4	.987	0.00
Walt Moryn	OF	104		175	9	2	1	.989	0.00
Irv Noren	OF	40		81	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Art Schult	OF	15		26	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Billy Williams	OF	10		18	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Marshall	OF	8		7	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Earl Averill	OF	5		5	0	1	0	.833	0.00
Randy Jackson	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Chick King	OF	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Don Elston	P	65	97	3	14	2	1	.895	1.57
Bill Henry	P	65	134	2	18	1	2	.952	1.34
Glen Hobbie	P	46	234	18	40	4	2	.935	2.23
Dave Hillman	P	39	191	28	31	2	0	.967	2.78
Bob Anderson	P	37	235	13	43	4	4	.933	2.14
John Buzhardt	P	31	101	7	22	3	1	.906	2.58
Moe Drabowsky	P	31	141	12	21	2	1	.943	2.10
Elmer Singleton	P	21	43	5	10	1	1	.937	3.14
Art Ceccarelli	P	18	102	2	15	1	1	.944	1.50
Seth Morehead	P	11	18	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Ed Donnelly	P	9	14	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.91
Dick Drott	P	8	27	0	4	1	0	.800	1.33
Taylor Phillips	P	7	16	1	4	0	0	1.000	2.78
Joe Schaffernoth	P	5	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.25
Ben Johnson	P	4	16	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.67
Bob Porterfield	P	4	6	0	2	0	1	1.000	2.95
Morrie Martin	P	3	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.29
Bob Smith	P	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	45.00

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