Chicago Cubs 1959

74–80record

.481win pct

673runs

688allowed

-15run diff

163home runs

39players

The three rarest things in 1959

Rarity	What	Who	Date	Rate	Game
76	Ten Strikeouts in Relief	Dave Hillman	1959-05-28	1 in 3,062 games	box score ↗
60	Walk-Off Wild Pitch	Chicago Cubs	1959-09-11	1 in 653 games	box score ↗
48	Six Times On Base	Tony Taylor	1959-08-13	1 in 214 games	box score ↗

Batting (39)

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Tony Taylor	150	688	624	96	175	30	8	8	38	45	86	23	11	.280	.331	.393	.724
Ernie Banks	155	671	589	97	179	25	6	45	143	64	72	2	4	.304	.374	.596	.970
Al Dark	136	545	477	60	126	22	9	6	45	55	50	1	1	.264	.342	.386	.728
George Altman	135	467	420	54	103	14	4	12	47	33	80	1	0	.245	.310	.383	.694
Walt Moryn	117	432	381	41	88	14	1	14	48	44	66	0	0	.231	.314	.383	.697
Bobby Thomson	122	418	374	55	97	15	2	11	51	35	50	1	0	.259	.322	.398	.721
Lee Walls	120	409	354	43	91	18	3	8	33	42	73	0	2	.257	.342	.393	.734
Sammy Taylor	110	390	353	41	95	13	2	13	44	35	47	1	0	.269	.336	.428	.764
Jim Marshall	108	331	294	39	74	10	1	11	40	33	39	0	1	.252	.324	.405	.729
Dale Long	110	330	296	34	70	10	3	14	37	31	53	0	0	.236	.306	.432	.738
Earl Averill	74	205	186	22	45	10	0	10	34	15	39	0	1	.242	.302	.457	.759
Irv Noren	65	172	156	27	50	6	2	4	19	13	24	2	0	.321	.384	.462	.845
Art Schult	42	130	118	17	32	7	0	2	14	7	14	0	0	.271	.320	.381	.702
Cal Neeman	44	117	105	7	17	2	0	3	9	11	23	0	0	.162	.241	.267	.508
Randy Jackson	41	91	74	7	18	5	1	1	10	11	10	0	0	.243	.341	.378	.720
Bob Anderson	37	90	80	6	6	1	0	0	3	3	34	0	0	.075	.119	.087	.207
Glen Hobbie	46	84	79	3	9	1	0	0	2	2	30	0	0	.114	.136	.127	.262
Dave Hillman	42	71	60	0	9	0	0	0	3	6	31	0	0	.150	.239	.150	.389
Johnny Goryl	25	53	48	1	9	3	1	1	6	5	3	1	1	.188	.264	.354	.618
Moe Drabowsky	31	47	45	2	5	1	0	0	2	2	20	0	0	.111	.149	.133	.282
Art Ceccarelli	18	38	33	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	16	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258
Billy Williams	18	34	33	0	5	0	1	0	2	1	7	0	0	.152	.176	.212	.389
Bill Henry	65	33	31	4	6	0	0	0	2	1	12	0	0	.194	.219	.194	.412
John Buzhardt	31	32	29	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	15	0	0	.069	.100	.103	.203
Don Elston	65	23	20	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
Dick Drott	8	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250
Elmer Singleton	21	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Ben Johnson	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Lou Jackson	6	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Taylor Phillips	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Chick King	7	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bobby Adams	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Seth Morehead	11	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500
Joe Schaffernoth	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Don Eaddy	15	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bob Porterfield	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Ed Donnelly	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Morrie Martin	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Bob Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–

Pitching (18)

Player	G	W–L	GS	CG	SV	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP
Bob Anderson	37	12–13	36	7	0	245	117	108	77	113	21	234.1	4.15	1.37
Glen Hobbie	46	16–13	33	10	0	204	105	96	106	139	15	232.0	3.72	1.34
Dave Hillman	39	8–11	24	4	0	178	84	75	43	88	17	191.0	3.53	1.16
Moe Drabowsky	31	5–10	23	3	0	137	78	65	75	70	21	141.1	4.14	1.50
Bill Henry	65	9–8	0	0	12	111	42	40	26	115	19	134.1	2.68	1.02
John Buzhardt	31	4–5	10	1	0	107	64	56	29	34	12	103.1	4.88	1.32
Art Ceccarelli	18	5–5	15	4	0	95	58	54	37	56	19	102.0	4.76	1.29
Don Elston	65	10–8	0	0	14	77	40	36	46	82	11	98.2	3.28	1.25
Elmer Singleton	21	2–1	1	0	0	40	15	13	12	25	2	43.0	2.72	1.21
Dick Drott	8	1–2	6	1	0	25	19	18	26	15	5	27.1	5.93	1.87
Seth Morehead	11	0–1	2	0	0	26	13	10	8	9	1	18.2	4.82	1.82
Ben Johnson	4	0–0	2	0	0	17	5	4	4	6	1	16.2	2.16	1.26
Taylor Phillips	7	0–2	2	0	0	22	14	14	11	5	3	16.2	7.56	1.98
Ed Donnelly	9	1–1	0	0	0	18	7	5	9	6	1	14.1	3.14	1.88
Joe Schaffernoth	5	1–0	1	0	0	11	7	7	4	3	1	7.2	8.22	1.96
Bob Porterfield	4	0–0	0	0	0	14	9	8	3	0	1	6.2	10.80	2.55
Morrie Martin	3	0–0	0	0	0	5	5	5	1	1	2	2.1	19.29	2.57
Bob Smith	1	0–0	0	0	0	5	6	6	2	0	0	0.2	81.00	10.50