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1959 National League
Team Record GB
Los Angeles Dodgers 88 - 68
Milwaukee Braves 86 - 70 2.0
San Francisco Giants 83 - 71 4.0
Pittsburgh Pirates 78 - 76 9.0
Chicago Cubs 74 - 80 13.0
Cincinnati Redlegs 74 - 80 13.0
St. Louis Cardinals 71 - 83 16.0
Philadelphia Phillies 64 - 90 23.0

5th (NL)
Runs Scored: 673
Runs Allowed: 688
Attendance: 858,255

1959 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
Sammy Taylor C 26 110 353 41 95 13 2 13 43 35 13 47 1 0 0 1 6 .269 .336 .428 .764
Dale Long 1B 33 110 296 34 70 10 3 14 37 31 2 53 0 0 0 0 6 .236 .306 .432 .738
Tony Taylor 2B 23 150 624 96 175 30 8 8 38 45 0 86 23 9 6 6 8 .280 .331 .393 .724
Alvin Dark 3B 37 136 477 60 126 22 9 6 45 55 9 50 1 1 7 3 4 .264 .342 .386 .728
Ernie Banks SS 28 155 589 97 179 25 6 45 143 64 20 72 2 4 2 7 18 .304 .374 .596 .970
Walt Moryn LF 33 117 381 41 89 14 1 14 48 44 2 66 0 0 2 3 13 .234 .316 .386 .702
George Altman CF 26 135 420 54 103 14 4 12 47 34 4 80 1 0 6 7 8 .245 .312 .383 .695
Lee Walls RF 26 120 354 43 91 18 3 8 33 42 1 73 0 2 5 5 6 .257 .342 .393 .735

1959 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
Bobby Thomson 35 122 374 55 97 15 2 11 52 35 6 50 1 0 2 2 9 .259 .322 .398 .720
Jim Marshall 28 108 294 39 74 10 1 11 40 33 1 39 0 1 1 0 5 .252 .324 .405 .729
Earl Averill 27 74 186 22 44 10 0 10 34 15 1 39 0 1 0 2 2 .237 .298 .452 .750
Irv Noren 34 65 156 27 50 6 2 4 19 13 1 24 2 0 0 3 1 .321 .384 .462 .846
Cal Neeman 30 44 105 7 17 2 0 3 9 11 2 23 0 0 1 0 1 .162 .241 .267 .508
Art Schult 31 42 118 17 32 7 0 2 14 7 0 14 0 0 2 2 6 .271 .320 .381 .701
Randy Jackson 33 41 74 7 18 5 1 1 10 11 1 10 0 0 6 0 5 .243 .341 .378 .719
Johnny Goryl 25 25 48 1 9 3 1 1 6 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 .188 .264 .354 .618
Billy Williams 21 18 33 0 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 .152 .176 .212 .388
Don Eaddy 25 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Chick King 28 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Lou Jackson 23 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Bobby Adams 37 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1959 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 Anderson P 23 37 80 6 6 1 0 0 3 3 0 34 0 0 6 1 1 .075 .119 .088 .207
Glen Hobbie P 23 46 79 3 9 1 0 0 2 2 0 30 0 0 3 0 0 .114 .136 .127 .263
Dave Hillman P 31 42 60 0 9 0 0 0 3 6 0 32 0 0 4 1 0 .150 .239 .150 .389
Moe Drabowsky P 23 31 45 2 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 20 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .149 .133 .282
Art Ceccarelli P 29 18 33 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 16 0 0 2 0 1 .091 .167 .091 .258
Bill Henry P 31 65 31 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 0 0 1 0 0 .194 .194 .194 .388
John Buzhardt P 22 31 29 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 .069 .100 .103 .203
Don Elston P 30 65 19 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 .211 .211 .211 .422
Dick Drott P 22 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Elmer Singleton P 41 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ben Johnson P 28 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Taylor Phillips P 26 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Joe Schaffernoth P 21 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Seth Morehead P 24 11 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Bob Porterfield P 35 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1959 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 Anderson 23 37 36 12 13 .480 4.13 235.1 117 108 245 21 77 113 .266 5 4 7 1 0 4.25
Glen Hobbie 23 46 33 16 13 .552 3.69 234.0 105 96 204 15 106 138 .232 6 9 10 3 0 4.09
Dave Hillman 31 39 24 8 11 .421 3.53 191.0 84 75 178 17 43 88 .242 1 1 4 1 0 3.93
Moe Drabowsky 23 31 23 5 10 .333 4.13 141.2 78 65 138 21 75 70 .250 3 7 3 1 0 5.59
Art Ceccarelli 29 18 15 5 5 .500 4.76 102.0 58 54 95 19 37 56 .241 1 4 4 2 0 5.44
Dick Drott 22 8 6 1 2 .333 5.93 27.1 19 18 25 5 26 15 .243 0 2 1 1 0 7.13

1959 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
Don Elston 30 65 0 10 8 .556 3.32 97.2 40 36 77 11 46 82 .212 3 2 0 0 13 4.29
Bill Henry 31 65 0 9 8 .529 2.68 134.1 42 40 111 19 26 115 .222 1 3 0 0 12 3.73
John Buzhardt 22 31 10 4 5 .444 4.97 101.1 64 56 107 12 29 33 .262 1 1 1 1 0 4.78
Elmer Singleton 41 21 1 2 1 .667 2.72 43.0 15 13 40 2 12 25 .238 0 0 0 0 0 3.28
Seth Morehead 24 11 2 0 1 .000 4.82 18.2 13 10 25 1 8 9 .313 0 0 0 0 0 4.02
Ed Donnelly 24 9 0 1 1 .500 3.14 14.1 7 5 18 1 9 6 .300 0 0 0 0 0 4.95
Taylor Phillips 26 7 2 0 2 .000 7.56 16.2 14 14 22 3 11 5 .310 2 0 0 0 0 7.08
Joe Schaffernoth 21 5 1 1 0 1.000 8.22 7.2 7 7 11 1 4 3 .344 0 0 0 0 0 5.48
Ben Johnson 28 4 2 0 0 .000 2.16 16.2 5 4 17 1 4 6 .262 0 0 0 0 0 3.78
Bob Porterfield 35 4 0 0 0 .000 11.37 6.1 9 8 14 1 3 0 .424 0 0 0 0 0 6.47
Morrie Martin 36 3 0 0 0 .000 19.29 2.1 5 5 5 2 1 1 .417 1 0 0 0 0 15.86
Bob Smith 32 1 0 0 0 .000 81.00 0.2 6 6 5 0 2 0 .714 0 1 0 0 0 12.00