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1956 National League
Team Record GB
Brooklyn Dodgers 93 - 61
Milwaukee Braves 92 - 62 1.0
Cincinnati Redlegs 91 - 63 2.0
St. Louis Cardinals 76 - 78 17.0
Philadelphia Phillies 71 - 83 22.0
New York Giants 67 - 87 26.0
Pittsburgh Pirates 66 - 88 27.0
Chicago Cubs 60 - 94 33.0

8th (NL)
Runs Scored: 597
Runs Allowed: 708
Attendance: 720,118

1956 Chicago Cubs Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Hobie Landrith C 26 111 312 22 69 10 3 4 32 39 15 38 0 2 7 1 2 .221 .307 .311 .618
Dee Fondy 1B 31 137 543 52 146 22 9 9 46 20 5 74 9 7 7 0 4 .269 .290 .392 .682
Gene Baker 2B 31 140 546 65 141 23 3 12 57 39 2 54 4 3 13 3 15 .258 .309 .377 .686
Don Hoak 3B 28 121 424 51 91 18 4 5 37 41 0 46 8 3 8 1 4 .215 .283 .311 .594
Ernie Banks SS 25 139 538 82 160 25 8 28 85 52 18 62 6 9 0 0 7 .297 .358 .530 .888
Monte Irvin LF 37 111 339 44 92 13 3 15 50 41 5 41 1 0 3 0 11 .271 .346 .460 .806
Pete Whisenant CF 26 103 314 37 75 16 3 11 46 24 1 53 8 2 5 1 6 .239 .292 .414 .706
Walt Moryn RF 30 147 529 69 151 27 3 23 67 50 2 67 4 2 1 3 9 .285 .348 .478 .826

1956 Chicago Cubs Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jim King 23 118 317 32 79 13 2 15 54 30 5 40 1 2 2 1 4 .249 .313 .445 .758
Eddie Miksis 29 114 356 54 85 10 3 9 27 32 2 40 4 2 5 1 10 .239 .303 .360 .663
Harry Chiti 23 72 203 17 43 6 4 4 18 19 3 35 0 0 3 1 9 .212 .281 .340 .621
Frank Kellert 31 71 129 10 24 3 1 4 17 12 1 22 0 0 1 0 8 .186 .254 .318 .572
Solly Drake 25 65 215 29 55 9 1 2 15 23 0 35 9 5 3 1 0 .256 .331 .335 .666
Jerry Kindall 21 32 55 7 9 1 1 0 0 6 1 17 1 0 1 0 2 .164 .246 .218 .464
Ed Winceniak 27 15 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 .118 .167 .118 .285
Clyde McCullough 39 14 19 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 1 .211 .200 .263 .463
Gale Wade 27 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .077 .000 .077
Richie Myers 26 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
El Tappe 29 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Owen Friend 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jim Fanning 28 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500

1956 Chicago Cubs Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bob Rush P 30 32 82 6 8 1 0 0 2 6 0 37 0 0 4 0 1 .098 .159 .110 .269
Sam Jones P 30 33 57 3 10 0 0 0 1 4 0 19 0 0 10 0 1 .175 .230 .175 .405
Warren Hacker P 31 34 54 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 1 .148 .148 .148 .296
Don Kaiser P 21 27 47 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 .043 .042 .043 .085
Jim Davis P 31 46 28 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 .179 .207 .179 .386
Turk Lown P 32 61 23 2 5 0 1 1 2 2 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 .217 .280 .435 .715
Jim Brosnan P 26 30 22 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 .182 .182 .227 .409
Vito Valentinetti P 27 42 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 1 1 0 0 .100 .143 .100 .243
Moe Drabowsky P 20 9 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Russ Meyer P 32 20 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 .083 .154 .083 .237
Paul Minner P 32 10 12 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .583 .833
Jim Hughes P 33 25 7 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .715
Dave Hillman P 28 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1956 Chicago Cubs Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Bob Rush 30 32 32 13 10 .565 3.19 239.2 101 85 210 30 59 104 .229 2 6 13 1 0 4.52
Sam Jones 30 33 28 9 14 .391 3.91 188.2 93 82 155 21 115 176 .219 8 2 8 2 0 4.54
Warren Hacker 31 34 24 3 13 .188 4.66 168.0 103 87 190 28 44 65 .279 1 1 4 0 0 5.20
Don Kaiser 21 27 22 4 9 .308 3.59 150.1 69 60 144 15 52 74 .245 1 3 5 1 0 4.37
Paul Minner 32 10 9 2 5 .286 6.89 47.0 38 36 60 9 19 14 .313 2 1 1 0 0 6.23
Moe Drabowsky 20 9 7 2 4 .333 2.47 51.0 19 14 37 1 39 36 .201 2 0 3 0 0 4.25
Dave Hillman 28 2 2 0 2 .000 2.19 12.1 7 3 11 0 5 6 .216 0 0 0 0 0 3.24

1956 Chicago Cubs Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Turk Lown 32 61 0 9 8 .529 3.58 110.2 49 44 95 10 78 74 .232 1 1 0 0 13 4.98
Jim Davis 31 46 11 5 7 .417 3.66 120.1 56 49 116 11 59 66 .252 6 3 2 1 2 4.71
Vito Valentinetti 27 42 2 6 4 .600 3.78 95.1 47 40 84 10 36 26 .233 1 4 0 0 1 4.98
Jim Brosnan 26 30 10 5 9 .357 3.79 95.0 44 40 95 9 45 51 .260 0 2 1 1 1 4.58
Jim Hughes 33 25 1 1 3 .250 5.16 45.1 35 26 43 4 30 20 .250 4 1 0 0 0 5.51
Russ Meyer 32 20 9 1 6 .143 6.32 57.0 41 40 71 11 26 28 .301 2 0 0 0 0 6.00
John Briggs 22 3 0 0 0 .000 1.69 5.1 1 1 5 1 4 1 .238 3 0 0 0 0 9.00
George Piktuzis 24 2 0 0 0 .000 7.20 5.0 4 4 6 1 2 3 .316 0 0 0 0 0 5.60
Bill Tremel 26 1 0 0 0 .000 9.00 1.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 .600 0 0 0 0 0 3.00