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1954 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953/1955)
64-90, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 700 runs, Allowed 766 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-83
Managed by Stan Hack

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 748,183 (5th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 101, Pitching - 103
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 Stats (1953/1955) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Joe Garagiola       28   63  153   16   43   5  0   5   21  28   12  .281  .403  .412   0   0   4   4   1   1      113
1B *Dee Fondy           29  141  568   77  162  30  4   9   49  35   84  .285  .326  .400  20   5   9   1   2   4       88
2B  Gene Baker          29  135  541   68  149  32  5  13   61  47   55  .275  .333  .425   4   5  12   2   9   4       96
3B  Randy Jackson       28  126  484   77  132  17  6  19   67  44   55  .273  .333  .450   2   1   9   2   9   4      102
SS  Ernie Banks         23  154  593   70  163  19  7  19   79  40   50  .275  .326  .427   6  10  11   7   5   4       94
OF  Ralph Kiner         31  147  557   88  159  36  5  22   73  76   90  .285  .371  .487   2   0  17   2   5   3      121
OF  Hank Sauer          37  142  520   98  150  18  1  41  103  70   68  .288  .375  .563   2   1   8   6   2   7      140
OF  Bob Talbot          27  114  403   45   97  15  4   1   19  16   25  .241  .274  .305   3   6   6   3   5   1       51
   *Frank Baumholtz     35   90  303   38   90  12  6   4   28  20   15  .297  .340  .416   1   3   5   1   1   2       96
    Walker Cooper       39   57  158   21   49  10  2   7   32  21   23  .310  .398  .532   0   0   7   2   0   0      140
    El Tappe            27   46  119    5   22   3  0   0    4  10    9  .185  .246  .210   0   0   2   0   2   1       20
    Eddie Miksis        27   38   99    9   20   3  0   2    3   3    9  .202  .225  .293   1   0   2   0   2   0       34
    Steve Bilko         25   47   92   11   22   8  1   4   12  11   24  .239  .320  .478   0   0   6   0   0   0      105
    Clyde McCullough    37   31   81    9   21   7  0   3   17   5    5  .259  .310  .457   0   0   1   1   0   0       97
   *Hal Rice            30   51   72    5   11   0  0   0    5   8   15  .153  .235  .153   0   0   1   0   0   1        4
   *Vern Morgan         25   24   64    3   15   2  0   0    2   1   10  .234  .242  .266   0   0   2   0   1   1       32
    Bill Serena         29   41   63    8   10   0  1   4   13  14   18  .159  .316  .381   0   0   2   1   0   1       81
    Jim Fanning         26   11   38    2    7   0  0   0    1   1    7  .184  .205  .184   0   0   4   0   0   0        2
    Luis Marquez        28   17   12    2    1   0  0   0    0   2    4  .083  .214  .083   3   0   0   0   1   0      -19
   *Don Robertson       23   14    6    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    Bruce Edwards       30    4    3    1    0   0  0   0    1   2    2  .000  .400  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0       15
   #Chris Kitsos        26    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0         

    Bob Rush            28   33   83    6   23   4  1   2    9   3   23  .277  .302  .422   0   0   3   0   1   0       86
   *Paul Minner         30   33   76    7   13   3  0   2   14   8   19  .171  .241  .289   0   0   1   0   1   3       38
    Warren Hacker       29   43   55    4   13   0  1   0    6   1    8  .236  .250  .273   0   0   1   0   3   0       36
   *Howie Pollet        33   20   47    6   13   2  0   0    4   1    6  .277  .292  .319   0   0   2   0   3   0       59
    Johnny Klippstein   26   36   45    2    6   1  0   0    3   0   14  .133  .130  .156   0   0   0   0   2   1      -26
   #Jim Davis           29   46   32    3    2   0  0   0    0   7   22  .063  .231  .063   0   0   0   0   0   0      -19
    Hal Jeffcoat        29   56   31   13    8   2  1   1    6   1    7  .258  .265  .484   2   0   1   0   0   2       90
    Dave Cole           23   19   28    1    6   0  0   1    4   2    4  .214  .267  .321   0   0   2   0   1   0       52
    Jim Brosnan         24   18    8    1    1   0  0   0    2   0    1  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0      -35
    Bill Tremel         24   33    8    0    2   0  0   0    2   1    2  .250  .333  .250   0   0   1   0   0   0       55
    Bubba Church        29    8    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
   *Jim Willis          27   14    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
   *Bob Zick            27   10    4    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0       31
    Al Lary             25    2    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0      162
    John Pyecha         22    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.5  154 5359  700 1412 229 45 159  640 478  693  .263  .324  .412  46  31 119  32  56  40       95
    Rank among 8 NL teams          2    5    3   4  6   3        7    2     6     7     4   4   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Rush            28  33   3.77  13  15  0  32   0  11   0  236.3  213  102   99  12  103  124 1007   8   5  0     111
SP *Paul Minner         30  32   3.96  11  11  1  29   3  12   0  218.0  236  107   96  19   50   79  913   1   1  0     106
SP  Johnny Klippstein   26  36   5.29   4  11  1  21   9   4   0  148.0  155  104   87  13   96   69  693   5   4  1      79
SP *Howie Pollet        33  20   3.58   8  10  0  20   0   4   2  128.3  131   60   51   4   54   58  562   1   0  0     117
SP  Dave Cole           23  18   5.36   3   8  0  14   3   2   1   84.0   74   56   50   7   62   37  379   5   1  0      78

CL  Hal Jeffcoat        29  43   5.19   5   6  7   3  21   1   0  104.0  110   63   60  12   58   35  475   0   4  0      81
RP *Jim Davis           29  46   3.52  11   7  4  12  18   2   0  127.7  114   57   50  12   51   58  538   3   3  1     119
RP  Bill Tremel         24  33   4.21   1   2  4   0  22   0   0   51.3   45   27   24   3   28   21  220   2   0  0     100
RP  Warren Hacker       29  39   4.25   6  13  2  18  12   4   1  158.7  157   89   75  28   37   80  669   0   4  0      99
RP  Jim Brosnan         24  18   9.45   1   0  0   0   7   0   0   33.3   44   35   35   9   18   17  158   4   1  0      44

    Jim Willis          27  14   3.91   0   1  0   1   4   0   0   23.0   22   10   10   1   18    5  109   1   3  0     107
    Turk Lown           30  15   6.14   0   2  0   0   6   0   0   22.0   23   18   15   1   15   16  106   5   0  0      68
    Bob Zick            27   8   8.27   0   0  0   0   5   0   0   16.3   23   15   15   1    7    9   75   0   0  0      51
    Bubba Church        29   7   9.82   1   3  0   3   2   1   0   14.7   21   18   16   8   13    8   76   0   0  0      43
    Al Lary             25   1   3.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    6.0    3    2    2   0    7    4   27   0   0  0     140
    John Pyecha         22   1  10.13   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    2.7    4    3    3   1    2    2   14   0   0  0      41
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.2 154   4.51  64  90 19 154 113  41   6 1374.0 1375  766  689 131  619  622 6021  35  26  2      93
    Rank among 8 NL teams           7   7   2  5           4   7      5    4    6        4    8    5

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
JGaragiola   55  191   23   4   0  .982   6            
WCooper      48  190   31   5   4  .978   4            
ETappe       46  185   22   3   2  .986   0            
CMcCullough  26  103    3   2   1  .981   3            
JFanning     11   40    6   0   0 1.000   1            
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  154  709   85  14   7  .983  14   0   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .991  9.26
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DFondy      138 1228  119   9 129  .993  9.76
SBilko       22  182   28   0  17 1.000  9.55
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154 1410  147   9 146  .994 10.20
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .976  5.31
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
GBaker      134  355  385  25 102  .967  5.52
EMiksis      21   62   61   5  16  .961  5.86
BSerena       2    2    1   0   0 1.000  1.50
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  419  447  30 118  .967  5.67
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .952  2.82
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RJackson    124  118  266  18  21  .955  3.10
VMorgan      15    8   26   4   1  .895  2.27
BSerena      12    3   25   2   0  .933  2.33
CMcCullough   3    2    4   0   3 1.000  2.00
EMiksis       2    2    2   0   0 1.000  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  133  323  24  25  .950  2.99
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .959  4.63
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
EBanks      154  312  475  34 105  .959  5.11
CKitsos       1    0    2   0   0 1.000  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  312  477  34 105  .959  5.17
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     G   PO    A   E   DP  .975  2.18  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
RKiner      147  298    6   9   1  .971  2.07 147   0   0
HSauer      141  282    8  11   2  .963  2.06   9   0 140
BTalbot     111  245   10   4   1  .985  2.30   0 111   0
FBaumholtz   71  168    2   2   0  .988  2.39  10  61  13
HRice        24   24    2   3   0  .897  1.08   3   0  21
LMarquez     14   16    0   0   0 1.000  1.14   4  10   0
DRobertson    6    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.17   0   0   6
HJeffcoat     3    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.33   0   3   0
EMiksis       1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00   1   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  154 1035   28  29   4  .973  2.32 154 154 154
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .960  2.07
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BRush        33   15   54   3   4  .958  2.63
PMinner      32   15   42   1   6  .983  2.35
WHacker      39   10   20   0   2 1.000  1.70
JKlippstein  36   15   27   0   3 1.000  2.55
HPollet      20    6   22   0   1 1.000  1.96
JDavis       46   13   24   1   0  .974  2.61
HJeffcoat    43   12   20   4   1  .889  2.77
DCole        18    9   11   1   0  .952  2.14
BTremel      33    1    5   1   0  .857  1.05
JBrosnan     18    3   10   1   2  .929  3.51
JWillis      14    0    8   0   1 1.000  3.13
TLown        15    2    6   1   0  .889  3.27
BZick         8    1    2   1   0  .750  1.66
BChurch       7    2    2   0   0 1.000  2.45
ALary         1    1    1   0   0 1.000  3.00
JPyecha       1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  105  254  14  20  .962  2.35
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageSauer.288
On-base %Sauer.375
Slugging %Sauer.563
OPSSauer.938
GamesBanks154
At BatsBanks593
Plate Appearances (approx.)Banks649
RunsSauer98
HitsBanks163
Total BasesSauer293
DoublesKiner36
TriplesBanks7
Home RunsSauer41
RBISauer103
Bases on BallsKiner76
StrikeoutsKiner90
Stolen BasesFondy20
SinglesFondy119
Adjusted OPS+Sauer140
Runs CreatedSauer109
Adjusted Batting RunsSauer31
Batting WinsSauer2.9
Extra-Base HitsKiner63
Times on BaseKiner237
Offensive Win%Sauer.696
Hit By PitchBanks7
Sac. HitsBaker and Jackson9
Sac. FliesSauer7
Grounded into Double PlaysKiner17
Caught StealingBanks10
Power/Speed NumberFondy12.4
At Bats per StrikeoutBanks11.9
At Bats per Home RunSauer12.7
OutsBanks460

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERARush3.77
WinsRush13
Won-Loss %Davis.611
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Hacker1.223
Hits Allowed/9IPRush8.11
Bases on Balls/9IPMinner2.06
Strikeouts/9IPRush4.72
GamesDavis46
SavesJeffcoat7
InningsRush236.3
StrikeoutsRush124
Games StartedRush32
Comp. GamesMinner12
ShutoutsPollet2
Home Runs Allow.Hacker28
Bases On Balls Allow.Rush103
Hits AllowedMinner236
SO to WalkHacker2.16
LossesRush15
Earned Runs Allow.Rush99
Wild PitchesRush8
Hit BatsmenRush5
Batters FacedRush1007
Games FinishedTremel22
Adjusted ERA+Rush111

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