Chicago Cubs 1956
60–94record
.390win pct
597runs
708allowed
-111run diff
142home runs
37players
The three rarest things in 1956
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | Titanium Sombrero | 1956-05-02 | 1 in 22,364 games | box score ↗ | |
| 74 | Four Intentional Walks Issued | JBJim Brosnan | 1956-05-02 | 1 in 2,511 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | Platinum Sombrero | 1956-05-02 | 1 in 927 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (37)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBGene Baker | 140 | 605 | 545 | 65 | 141 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 57 | 39 | 54 | 4 | 3 | .259 | .309 | .378 | .687 |
| 139 | 593 | 538 | 82 | 160 | 25 | 8 | 28 | 85 | 52 | 62 | 6 | 9 | .297 | .358 | .530 | .887 | |
| WMWalt Moryn | 147 | 589 | 529 | 69 | 151 | 27 | 3 | 23 | 66 | 51 | 67 | 4 | 2 | .285 | .349 | .478 | .827 |
| DFDee Fondy | 137 | 580 | 543 | 52 | 146 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 20 | 74 | 9 | 7 | .269 | .290 | .392 | .682 |
| 121 | 479 | 425 | 51 | 91 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 41 | 47 | 8 | 3 | .214 | .282 | .311 | .593 | |
| EMEddie Miksis | 114 | 395 | 356 | 54 | 85 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 40 | 4 | 2 | .239 | .303 | .360 | .662 |
| 111 | 388 | 339 | 44 | 92 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 50 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 0 | .271 | .348 | .460 | .808 | |
| HLHobie Landrith | 111 | 362 | 312 | 22 | 69 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 39 | 38 | 0 | 2 | .221 | .307 | .311 | .618 |
| JKJim King | 118 | 354 | 317 | 32 | 79 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 54 | 30 | 40 | 1 | 2 | .249 | .312 | .445 | .757 |
| PWPete Whisenant | 103 | 346 | 314 | 37 | 75 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 23 | 54 | 8 | 2 | .239 | .290 | .414 | .704 |
| SDSolly Drake | 65 | 241 | 215 | 29 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 35 | 9 | 5 | .256 | .328 | .335 | .663 |
| HCHarry Chiti | 72 | 227 | 203 | 17 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .281 | .340 | .621 |
| FKFrank Kellert | 71 | 143 | 129 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .254 | .318 | .571 |
| BRBob Rush | 32 | 92 | 82 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 0 | .098 | .159 | .110 | .269 |
| SJSam Jones | 33 | 71 | 57 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .175 | .230 | .175 | .405 |
| JKJerry Kindall | 32 | 62 | 55 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .164 | .246 | .218 | .464 |
| WHWarren Hacker | 34 | 55 | 54 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .148 | .148 | .148 | .296 |
| DKDon Kaiser | 27 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .042 | .043 | .084 |
| JDJim Davis | 46 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .207 | .179 | .385 |
| TLTurk Lown | 61 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .280 | .435 | .715 |
| JBJim Brosnan | 30 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .227 | .409 |
| CMClyde McCullough | 14 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .200 | .263 | .463 |
| VVVito Valentinetti | 42 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .143 | .100 | .243 |
| MDMoe Drabowsky | 9 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
| EWEd Winceniak | 15 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 |
| RMRuss Meyer | 20 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 |
| GWGale Wade | 10 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 |
| PMPaul Minner | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .583 | .833 |
| JHJim Hughes | 25 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 |
| JFJim Fanning | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
| DHDave Hillman | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| OFOwen Friend | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| ETEl Tappe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 |
| RMRichie Myers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| JBJohn Briggs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| GPGeorge Piktuzis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| BTBill Tremel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Pitching (16)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRBob Rush | 32 | 13–10 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 210 | 101 | 85 | 59 | 104 | 30 | 239.2 | 3.19 | 1.12 |
| SJSam Jones | 33 | 9–14 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 155 | 93 | 82 | 115 | 176 | 21 | 188.2 | 3.91 | 1.43 |
| WHWarren Hacker | 34 | 3–13 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 190 | 103 | 87 | 44 | 65 | 28 | 167.0 | 4.69 | 1.40 |
| DKDon Kaiser | 27 | 4–9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 144 | 69 | 60 | 52 | 74 | 15 | 150.1 | 3.59 | 1.30 |
| JDJim Davis | 46 | 5–7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 116 | 56 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 11 | 120.1 | 3.66 | 1.45 |
| TLTurk Lown | 61 | 9–8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 95 | 49 | 44 | 78 | 74 | 10 | 110.2 | 3.58 | 1.56 |
| VVVito Valentinetti | 42 | 6–4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 47 | 40 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 96.1 | 3.74 | 1.25 |
| JBJim Brosnan | 30 | 5–9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 44 | 40 | 45 | 51 | 9 | 95.0 | 3.79 | 1.47 |
| RMRuss Meyer | 20 | 1–6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 41 | 40 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 57.0 | 6.32 | 1.70 |
| MDMoe Drabowsky | 9 | 2–4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 39 | 36 | 1 | 51.0 | 2.47 | 1.49 |
| PMPaul Minner | 10 | 2–5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 38 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 47.0 | 6.89 | 1.68 |
| JHJim Hughes | 25 | 1–3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 35 | 26 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 45.1 | 5.16 | 1.61 |
| DHDave Hillman | 2 | 0–2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12.1 | 2.19 | 1.30 |
| JBJohn Briggs | 3 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5.1 | 1.69 | 1.69 |
| GPGeorge Piktuzis | 2 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5.0 | 7.20 | 1.60 |
| BTBill Tremel | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 13.50 | 4.50 |