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1957 Chicago Cubs  (1956)  (1958) 83-71, 3rd in National League Scored 724 runs, Allowed 668 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .699 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 95 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 78-76   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 62-92 Manager(s): Alan Boodman

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 SS  Ernie Banks          26  153  608   96  166  29   8  44  136   8   3   69  100  .273  .348  .564  116   6.7  2e16      -27  
 OF *Gus Bell             28  145  529   62  157  25   1   9   52   0   0   37   71  .297  .344  .399   69   4.7  2(-2)e5    -8  
 1B *Dale Long            31  132  438   59  116  23   0  13   46   0   0   71   95  .265  .370  .406   66   5.3  4e7       -99  
 OF *Walt Moryn           31  152  576   65  154  32   0   7   68   1   0   50   88  .267  .327  .359   65   4.0  4(0)e12  -109  
 OF *Jim Rivera           35  130  410   85   97  16   8  15   42  20   0   43  112  .237  .311  .424   57   4.8  2(-2)e7   -34  
 UT  Dick Williams        28  109  386   58  111  19   2  13   41   5   5   25   45  .288  .330  .448   56   5.2             95  
 C  *Smoky Burgess        30   82  202   40   64   6   3  18   41   0   0   34   19  .317  .418  .644   56  10.7  4(+1)e5   143  
 2B  Gene Baker           32  117  423   55  111  22   6   0   41  11   2   39   50  .262  .327  .343   49   3.9  3e23      -17  
 C  *Frank House          27  124  335   40   92  17   0   6   46   0   1   33   25  .275  .336  .379   43   4.6  3(0)e4     43  
 2B  Ted Lepcio           27   71  197   29   56   2   1  11   32   0   0   24   51  .284  .368  .472   34   6.4  4e18       93  
 3B  Bobby Morgan         31  130  393   36   74  18   0   7   43   5   3   44   96  .188  .270  .288   30   2.4  3e22      -35  
 3B  Bobby Adams          35   90  184   19   50  12   2   1   25   0   0   16   39  .272  .327  .375   24   4.6  3e22       39  
 PH  Frank Ernaga         26   31   28    8   10   3   1   3    8   0   0   12    5  .357  .550  .857   14  22.2            267  
 OF  Bobby Gene Smith     23   62  131   13   28   7   0   4   14   2   1    8   23  .214  .261  .359   12   3.2  2(-2)e8    51  
 OF  Eddie Miksis         30   18   41    8   13   3   0   2    5   0   0    7    8  .317  .417  .537    8   7.8  3(+2)e7   345  
 2B  Jack Littrell        28    7   20    4    8   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    5  .400  .455  .600    4   8.8  4e19      560  
 C   Charlie Silvera      32   20   46    3   12   2   0   0    5   1   0    1    3  .261  .292  .304    4   3.5  3(+1)e6    69  
 3B  Randy Jackson        31    9   24    4    7   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    6  .292  .346  .458    4   5.9  3e22      306  
 UT  Ed Winceniak         28   18   38    5    9   1   0   1    6   0   0    3    7  .237  .279  .342    3   3.0             -8  
 C   Jim Fanning          29    3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4(-1)e6  -426  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           724                   -1

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Dick Donovan         29  13  10  .565  32  31   7   0   0   0   1  231.2  219   92   85  25   36  112  3.30   89   3.5  -13  
  P  Camilo Pascual       23  13  12  .520  34  28   7   3   2   2   3  181.0  179   93   78  14   61  141  3.88   90   4.5  -18  
  P  Bob Rush             31  12   8  .600  38  29   2   7   1   0   0  215.0  228   90   83  18   72  117  3.47  108   4.6  -12  
  P  Cal McLish           31  10   7  .588  63   7   0  24   7   4   0  148.0  123   55   53  12   64  107  3.22   58   3.6  -25  
  P  Hal Jeffcoat         32   9   9  .500  27  26   3   0   0   0   0  147.0  183   85   70  14   30   73  4.29   90   5.5  -33  
  P  Jim Brosnan          27   6   4  .600  67   0   0  46  17   2   0   99.0   75   36   34   8   39   80  3.09   34   3.1  -77  
  P  Don Elston           28   6   5  .545  54  14   1  19   4   1   0  145.2  140   85   80  18   64  114  4.94   80   5.0    9  
  P  Dave Hillman         29   6   8  .429  23  13   0   1   0   0   0   97.1  109   52   47  10   38   59  4.35   55   5.0  -39  
  P *Mickey McDermott     27   3   5  .375  35   2   0  13   3   3   0   58.1   54   38   35  13   37   36  5.40   39   5.9   15  
  P *Jim Davis            32   2   0 1.000   4   1   0   0   0   0   0    9.1   15    5    5   2    0    3  4.82    8   7.9   65  
  P  Don McMahon          27   2   3  .400  42   0   0  18   6   4   0   50.0   55   24   24   2   33   55  4.32   28   5.2  184  
  P  Don Kaiser           22   1   0 1.000   7   3   0   2   1   0   0   18.1   19    9    8   1    5   10  3.93    9   4.5 -106  
  P *Dick Littlefield     31   0   0  .000   5   0   0   1   1   0   0    5.2    6    4    4   2    6    2  6.35    4   7.3  114  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      696        -12

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Frank House 844 88 111 603 45 3 4 .995 49 27 Smoky Burgess 445 53 56 315 29 5 2 .986 44 14 Charlie Silvera 106 11 19 64 4 2 0 .971 14 4 Jack Littrell 8 1 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 3 0 Jim Fanning 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dale Long 1066 117 120 1070 87 5 92 .996 9.77 Dick Williams 330 36 38 312 27 4 37 .988 9.24 Jim Rivera 10 1 2 11 0 0 1 1.000 9.90 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gene Baker 933 103 110 223 277 13 55 .975 4.82 Ted Lepcio 382 44 52 99 129 3 43 .987 5.37 Bobby Morgan 37 1 15 6 13 0 3 1.000 4.66 Bobby Adams 28 2 7 3 9 0 2 1.000 3.90 Jack Littrell 19 3 3 4 8 0 4 1.000 5.68 Ed Winceniak 8 1 1 4 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Morgan 964 108 113 104 256 14 24 .963 3.36 Bobby Adams 311 31 44 38 82 7 7 .945 3.48 Randy Jackson 51 6 7 7 22 1 1 .967 5.08 Ed Winceniak 47 5 7 5 11 1 3 .941 3.04 Dick Williams 22 3 5 2 1 1 0 .750 1.23 Gene Baker 11 1 5 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.18 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ernie Banks 1379 151 152 271 448 11 81 .985 4.69 Ed Winceniak 21 2 3 1 10 0 2 1.000 4.71 Jack Littrell 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Walt Moryn 1221 151 152 280 6 9 1 .969 2.11 Bobby Gene Smith 63 0 29 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 Jim Rivera 48 0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.72 Dick Williams 38 0 15 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.72 Frank Ernaga 18 3 3 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50 Gus Bell 13 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46 Eddie Miksis 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gus Bell 1243 134 140 320 23 5 1 .986 2.48 Bobby Gene Smith 90 11 12 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.90 Jim Rivera 49 6 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Dick Williams 25 3 3 8 1 2 0 .818 3.24 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Rivera 763 82 89 165 5 4 1 .977 2.01 Dick Williams 382 42 45 83 3 2 0 .977 2.03 Bobby Gene Smith 154 17 19 31 2 2 0 .943 1.93 Eddie Miksis 108 13 13 34 1 1 0 .972 2.92 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1957 Draft

Round 2 (#27):	Frank House
Round 3 (#40):	Dick Williams
Round 4 (#53):	Randy Jackson

Transactions

• 1957-01: traded Charlie Neal to PIN for Gene Baker
• 1957-01: acquired Mickey McDermott as a free agent
• 1957-02: acquired Bobby Gene Smith as a free agent
• 1957-08: traded Tom Poholsky to SLN for Jim Davis, Eddie Miksis
• 1957 postseason: released Jim Fanning, Dave Hillman

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