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1962 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1961/1963)
59-103, Finished 9th in National League
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Scored 632 runs, Allowed 827 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-101
Managed by El Tappe, Lou Klein, and Charlie Metro

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 609,802 (10th of 10)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 105
  (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 108
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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   Dick Bertell        26   77  215   19   65   6  2   2   18  13   30  .302  .343  .377   0   1   4   1   5   1   5   91
1B  Ernie Banks         31  154  610   87  164  20  6  37  104  30   71  .269  .306  .503   5   1  19   7   0  10   3  110
2B  Ken Hubbs           20  160  661   90  172  24  9   5   49  35  129  .260  .299  .346   3   7  20   3  13   3   0   70
3B  Ron Santo           22  162  604   44  137  20  4  17   83  65   94  .227  .302  .358   4   1  17   2   3   5   5   74
SS  Andre Rodgers       27  138  461   40  128  20  8   5   44  44   93  .278  .343  .388   5   6  12   3   2   2   4   93
LF *Billy Williams      24  159  618   94  184  22  8  22   91  70   72  .298  .369  .466   9   9  11   4   0   7   3  120
CF *Lou Brock           23  123  434   73  114  24  7   9   35  35   96  .263  .319  .412  16   7   5   3   0   5   4   92
RF *George Altman       29  147  534   74  170  27  5  22   74  62   89  .318  .393  .511  19   7   8   5   0   2  14  137
   *Don Landrum         26   83  238   29   67   5  2   1   15  30   31  .282  .369  .332   9   2   2   3   1   0   0   87
    Cuno Barragan       30   58  134   11   27   6  1   0   12  21   28  .201  .306  .261   0   2   6   0   1   2   1   52
    Moe Thacker         28   65  107    8   20   5  0   0    9  14   40  .187  .287  .234   0   1   2   1   0   0   1   40
   *Bob Will            30   87   92    6   22   3  0   2   15  13   22  .239  .327  .337   0   0   1   0   1   2   2   76
    Jim McKnight        26   60   85    6   19   0  1   0    5   2   13  .224  .241  .247   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   30
    Alex Grammas        36   23   60    3   14   3  0   0    3   2    7  .233  .270  .283   1   1   3   1   0   0   0   47
    El Tappe            35   26   53    3   11   0  0   0    6   4    3  .208  .288  .208   0   0   2   2   1   0   0   34
    Elder White         27   23   53    4    8   2  0   0    1   8   11  .151  .274  .189   3   0   2   1   2   0   0   25
    Nelson Mathews      20   15   49    5   15   2  0   2   13   5    4  .306  .393  .469   3   3   1   2   1   0   0  127
   *Danny Murphy        19   14   35    5    7   3  1   0    3   2    9  .200  .243  .343   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   53
    Bobby Gene Smith    28   13   29    3    5   0  0   1    2   2    6  .172  .219  .276   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   30
   #Billy Ott           21   12   28    3    4   0  0   1    2   2   10  .143  .200  .250   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   18
    Daryl Robertson     26    9   19    0    2   0  0   0    2   2   10  .105  .182  .105   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  -22
   *Moe Morhardt        25   18   16    1    2   0  0   0    2   2    8  .125  .222  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -5
   *Sammy Taylor        29    7   15    0    2   1  0   0    1   3    3  .133  .278  .200   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   29
    Jim McAnany         25    7    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .143  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -58

    Bob Buhl            33   34   69    2    0   0  0   0    1   6   35  .000  .091  .000   1   1   0   1   7   1   0  -73
    Cal Koonce          21   35   64    7    6   1  0   0    2   1   25  .094  .108  .109   0   0   3   0   3   0   0  -42
   *Dick Ellsworth      22   37   62    5    7   1  0   0    2  14   28  .113  .276  .129   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   12
    Don Cardwell        26   41   61    2    9   0  1   0    3   4   27  .148  .200  .180   0   0   2   0   4   0   0    2
    Glen Hobbie         26   42   49    4    6   0  0   0    0   3   24  .122  .173  .122   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -20
    Bob Anderson        26   57   23    1    3   0  1   0    1   2   10  .130  .200  .217   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   11
    Paul Toth           27    6   11    1    2   0  0   0    1   1    1  .182  .250  .182   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   17
    Don Elston          33   57    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Dave Gerard         25   39    8    0    3   0  0   0    0   1    2  .375  .444  .375   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  120
    Al Lary             33   23    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   2    1  .167  .375  .167   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   50
    Tony Balsamo        24   18    5    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    3  .200  .200  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   54
    Barney Schultz      35   51    5    0    0   0  0   0    1   1    2  .000  .167  .000   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -51
   *Jack Curtis         25    4    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .250  .400  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   77
    Freddie Burdette    25    8    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    George Gerberman    20    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   46
   *Morrie Steevens     21   12    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.8  162 5534  632 1398 196 56 126  600 504 1044  .253  .315  .377  78  50 131  39  54  42  43   90
    Rank among 10 NL teams         6    8    7   7  3   8        7    1     7     9     8   4   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Dick Ellsworth      22  37   5.09   9  20  1  33   3   6   0  208.7  241  131  118  23   77  113  921  15   5  0   6  81
SP  Bob Buhl            33  34   3.69  12  13  0  30   3   8   1  212.0  204  108   87  23   94  109  915   5   6  1   6 112
SP  Cal Koonce          21  35   3.97  10  10  0  30   3   3   1  190.7  200   93   84  17   86   84  844   2   7  2   3 104
SP  Don Cardwell        26  41   4.92   7  16  4  29   9   6   1  195.7  205  116  107  27   60  104  848   9   9  0   7  84
SP  Glen Hobbie         26  42   5.22   5  14  0  23  12   5   0  162.0  198  112   94  19   62   87  733   5   3  1   8  79

CL  Don Elston          33  57   2.44   4   8  8   0  32   0   0   66.3   57   25   18   6   32   37  275   1   1  0   7 169
RP  Bob Anderson        26  57   5.02   2   7  4   4  16   0   0  107.7  111   70   60   9   60   82  492   8   5  0   5  83
RP  Barney Schultz      35  51   3.82   5   5  5   0  24   0   0   77.7   66   36   33   7   23   58  319   3   4  0   6 108
RP  Dave Gerard         25  39   4.91   2   3  3   0  13   0   0   58.7   67   40   32  10   28   30  266   2   1  0   5  84
RP  Tony Balsamo        24  18   6.44   0   1  0   0   5   0   0   29.3   34   22   21   1   20   27  140   8   1  1   2  64

    Paul Toth           27   6   4.24   3   1  0   4   0   1   0   34.0   29   17   16   2   10   11  138   2   2  0   1  98
    Al Lary             33  15   7.15   0   1  0   3   4   0   0   34.0   42   27   27   5   15   18  155   3   0  0   0  58
   *Jack Curtis         25   4   3.50   0   2  0   3   0   0   0   18.0   18    8    7   2    6    8   72   1   0  0   1 118
   *Morrie Steevens     21  12   2.40   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   15.0   10    4    4   0   11    5   67   0   1  0   0 172
    Freddie Burdette    25   8   3.72   0   0  1   0   1   0   0    9.7    5    4    4   2    8    5   40   0   0  0   3 111
    Jack Warner         21   7   7.71   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    7.0    9    7    6   3    0    3   29   2   0  0   0  54
   *Jim Brewer          24   6   9.53   0   1  0   1   2   0   0    5.7   10    6    6   2    3    1   27   0   0  0   0  43
    George Gerberman    20   1   1.69   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    5.3    3    1    1   1    5    1   24   0   0  0   0 245
    Don Prince          24   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    1    0    4   0   1  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.6 162   4.54  59 103 26 162 133  29   4 1438.0 1509  827  725 159  601  783 6309  66  46  5  60  91
    Rank among 10 NL teams          9   9   2  5          10   9      6    9    9        9   10    9
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - 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 Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DBertell 537 61 76 306 36 5 0 .986 16 24 41 17 CBarragan 370 41 55 207 27 7 2 .971 8 14 23 13 MThacker 324 35 65 219 34 1 8 .996 7 17 26 20 ETappe 169 21 26 101 13 0 4 1.000 1 5 10 5 STaylor 38 4 6 23 1 0 0 1.000 1 3 1 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1438 162 162 856 111 13 14 .987 33 63 101 55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EBanks 1305 148 149 1458 106 11 134 .993 10.78 GAltman 125 13 16 121 8 0 13 1.000 9.29 ARodgers 8 1 1 11 1 0 1 1.000 13.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 1590 115 11 148 .994 10.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *5.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KHubbs 1394 158 159 363 489 15 103 .983 5.50 AGrammas 19 2 3 3 7 0 1 1.000 4.74 JMcKnight 17 2 2 4 5 0 2 1.000 4.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 370 501 15 106 .983 5.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *2.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSanto 1372 156 157 161 332 23 33 .955 3.23 JMcKnight 41 4 9 7 14 1 2 .955 4.61 EBanks 18 2 3 4 1 0 1 1.000 2.50 DRobertson 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.16 AGrammas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 EWhite 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 174 350 24 36 .956 3.28 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *5.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARodgers 1121 128 133 239 433 28 91 .960 5.39 EWhite 124 14 15 25 44 1 6 .986 5.01 AGrammas 112 12 13 20 42 0 11 1.000 4.98 DRobertson 41 5 6 6 14 0 1 1.000 4.36 RSanto 39 3 8 6 11 1 2 .944 3.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 296 544 30 111 .966 5.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 *1.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWilliams 1412 159 159 271 17 9 4 .970 1.84 DMurphy 18 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DLandrum 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 271 17 9 4 .970 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBrock 896 101 106 234 6 9 2 .964 2.41 DLandrum 333 38 40 87 2 3 2 .967 2.40 NMathews 120 14 14 26 0 1 0 .963 1.95 BSmith 49 6 6 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.81 GAltman 37 3 6 6 0 1 0 .857 1.46 DMurphy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 362 9 14 4 .964 2.32 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GAltman 1091 124 125 230 7 6 4 .975 1.96 DLandrum 151 17 20 33 1 1 1 .971 2.03 BWill 65 6 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.94 BOtt 50 6 7 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.78 DMurphy 41 5 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.86 JMcKnight 30 3 5 6 1 1 1 .875 2.10 BSmith 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 296 10 8 6 .975 1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.07 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BWilliams 1412 159 159 273 18 10 4 .967 1.85 GAltman 1128 127 129 234 8 7 3 .972 1.93 LBrock 896 101 106 243 7 9 2 .965 2.51 DLandrum 492 56 59 122 3 4 3 .969 2.28 NMathews 120 14 14 25 0 1 0 .962 1.87 BWill 65 6 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.94 DMurphy 60 7 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.74 BSmith 58 7 7 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.53 BOtt 50 6 7 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.78 JMcKnight 30 3 5 6 1 1 1 .875 2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1438 162 162 940 39 32 13 .968 2.04 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBuhl 212 30 34 15 29 3 2 .936 1.87 DEllsworth 208 33 37 7 41 3 3 .941 2.07 DCardwell 195 29 41 15 37 1 2 .981 2.39 CKoonce 190 30 35 17 29 3 1 .939 2.17 GHobbie 162 23 42 8 31 0 1 1.000 2.17 BAnderson 107 4 57 4 16 1 1 .952 1.67 BSchultz 77 0 51 5 12 1 2 .944 1.97 DElston 66 0 57 5 16 0 2 1.000 2.85 DGerard 58 0 39 4 9 2 0 .867 1.99 PToth 34 4 6 4 5 2 0 .818 2.38 ALary 34 3 15 1 5 1 0 .857 1.59 TBalsamo 29 0 18 3 6 1 2 .900 2.76 JCurtis 18 3 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 MSteevens 15 1 12 0 5 1 0 .833 3.00 FBurdette 9 0 8 0 2 1 0 .667 1.86 JWarner 7 0 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86 JBrewer 5 1 6 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.16 GGerberman 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.70 DPrince 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 89 251 21 18 .942 2.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Altman .318

On-base % Altman .393

Slugging % Altman .511

OPS Altman .904

Games Santo 162

At Bats Hubbs 661

Plate Appearances (approx.) Hubbs 715

Runs Williams 94

Hits Williams 184

Total Bases Banks 307

Doubles Altman 27

Triples Hubbs 9

Home Runs Banks 37

RBI Banks 104

Bases on Balls Williams 70

Strikeouts Hubbs 129

Stolen Bases Altman 19

Singles Hubbs 134

Adjusted OPS+ Altman 137

Runs Created Altman 110

Adjusted Batting Runs Altman 29

Batting Wins Altman 2.9

Extra-Base Hits Banks 63

Times on Base Williams 258

Offensive Win% Altman .724

Hit By Pitch Banks 7

Sac. Hits Hubbs 13

Sac. Flies Banks 10

Intentional Walks Altman 14

Grounded into Double Plays Hubbs 20

Caught Stealing Williams 9

Power/Speed Number Altman 20.4

At Bats per Strikeout Banks and Williams 8.6

At Bats per Home Run Banks 16.5

Outs Hubbs 532

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Buhl 3.69

Wins Buhl 12

Won-Loss % Koonce .500

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Cardwell 1.354

Hits Allowed/9IP Buhl 8.66

Bases on Balls/9IP Cardwell 2.76

Strikeouts/9IP Ellsworth 4.87

Games Anderson and Elston 57

Saves Elston 8

Innings Buhl 212.0

Strikeouts Ellsworth 113

Games Started Ellsworth 33

Comp. Games Buhl 8

Shutouts Buhl, Cardwell, and Koonce 1

Home Runs Allow. Cardwell 27

Bases On Balls Allow. Buhl 94

Hits Allowed Ellsworth 241

SO to Walk Cardwell 1.73

Losses Ellsworth 20

Earned Runs Allow. Ellsworth 118

Wild Pitches Ellsworth 15

Hit Batsmen Cardwell 9

Batters Faced Ellsworth 921

Games Finished Elston 32

Adjusted ERA+ Buhl 112

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