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1963 Chicago Cubs  (1962)  (1964) 96-66, 3rd in National League Scored 754 runs, Allowed 564 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 104-58 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .725 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 96 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 90-72   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 82-80 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Vada Pinson          24  159  631  100  192  27  20  34   98  22   2   48   70  .304  .350  .572  120   6.9  1(-2)e9    62  
 3B  Ron Santo            23  160  653   96  211  38   8  28   90   4   5   39   78  .323  .359  .534  116   6.7  2e26       73  
 OF *Billy Williams       25  160  611   89  172  33   6  32  111   7   6   69   84  .282  .353  .512  110   6.3  3(+1)e4    11  
 SS *Wayne Causey         26  140  524   81  152  22   4  17   67   3   2   42   57  .290  .339  .445   81   5.6  3e20       44  
 OF *Lou Brock            24  119  451   83  130  19   9  12   49  44  12   29   96  .288  .336  .450   72   5.8  3(+1)e10  104  
 2B  Ken Hubbs            21  111  388   43  108  18   3   6   36  11   6   31   64  .278  .334  .387   50   4.5  2e25      114  
 1B *Tito Francona        29  106  358   45   90  21   2   9   53   5   0   26   47  .251  .305  .397   42   4.1  4e22       60  
 1B  Ernie Banks          32  105  271   33   67  18   2  11   40   0   0   32   41  .247  .334  .450   40   5.2  3e13       90  
 C  *Johnny Edwards       25  106  339   39   84  11   1   9   35   1   2   34   66  .248  .322  .366   40   4.2  2(-1)e3   -15  
 OF #Ellis Burton         26  103  244   29   59  15   1   5   29   7   2   30   57  .242  .327  .373   29   4.1  3(0)e6     -5  
 2B *Don Blasingame       31   89  248   26   58   7   1   5   26   3   3   25   15  .234  .304  .331   24   3.4  3e16       -8  
 SS  Eddie Kasko          32   57  170   31   46   7   1   6   18   0   1   16   26  .271  .332  .429   23   4.8  3e32      118  
 C   Dick Bertell         27   76  235   13   49   4   0   1   19   0   0   15   36  .209  .254  .238   14   2.0  3(-1)e5   -78  
 C  *Russ Nixon           28    7   23    3   12   0   0   1    6   0   0    2    2  .522  .577  .652    8  18.8  4(0)e4    512  
 PH #Jimmy Stewart        24   34   33    5   13   1   0   0    0   1   1    2    3  .394  .429  .424    5   7.5            186  
 PH  Earl Averill         31   21   25    4    5   1   0   2    6   0   0    3    6  .200  .286  .480    3   4.8              2  
 OF  Jim Hickman          26    3    7    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .286  .375  .429    0   3.7  3(-2)e15  114  
 OF  Leo Burke            29    6   12    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250  .250  .250    0   1.4  4(+1)e6   -79  
 PH  Ken Aspromonte       31    4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   -.0           -472  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                           786                   50

     * - 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  Larry Jackson        32  21  13  .618  36  36  14   0   0   0   4  278.1  276   96   86  14   59  174  2.78  115   3.7   15  
  P  Camilo Pascual       29  19   8  .704  31  31  10   0   0   0   1  236.0  215   97   90  22   80  187  3.43  102   3.9   14  
  P *Dick Ellsworth       23  18  10  .643  35  35  12   0   0   0   5  263.1  219   91   89  31   66  170  3.04   96   3.3   57  
  P  Bob Buhl             34  13   9  .591  38  25   6   4   0   0   1  194.1  199   89   83  21   58  109  3.84   95   4.4  -18  
  P *Chris Short          25   6   7  .462  25  14   1   4   0   1   1  105.0  108   48   45   9   39   93  3.86   54   4.7  -10  
  P  Paul Toth            28   5   5  .500  23  10   1   8   1   0   0   85.0   80   38   32   8   24   34  3.39   36   3.8   24  
  P  Chuck Estrada        25   3   0 1.000   5   2   1   3   1   0   1   20.1    8    0    0   0    6   15  0.00    2   1.0 -308  
  P  Dan Osinski          29   3   3  .500  23   6   0   5   1   1   0   64.2   52   36   35   6   38   43  4.87   28   3.9  -75  
  P *Dan Schneider        20   2   1  .667  30   1   0   8   1   0   0   25.2    9    4    4   1    8   11  1.40    3   1.2 -274  
  P  Don Elston           34   2   2  .500  56   0   0  25   3   1   0   62.1   44   16   15   7   18   36  2.17   18   2.7  -64  
  P  Jim Umbricht         32   2   3  .400  50   0   0  43  25   6   0   72.0   46   25   24  10   19   41  3.00   20   2.5  -37  
  P  Tom Sturdivant       33   2   5  .286  32   2   0  14   3   0   0   57.0   50   17   16   4   22   33  2.53   22   3.5  -38  
  P *Jack Spring          30   0   0  .000   4   0   0   1   1   0   0    1.2    5    6    6   0    4    1 32.40    4  26.7  844  
  P  Jack Warner          22   0   0  .000   4   0   0   2   1   0   0    5.0    5    1    1   0    0    0  1.80    1   3.2   -4  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      604         -1

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Johnny Edwards 848 90 102 576 41 2 6 .997 37 22 Dick Bertell 566 65 68 434 17 3 2 .993 24 6 Russ Nixon 50 6 7 31 2 0 0 1.000 4 2 Earl Averill 7 1 3 5 1 1 0 .857 4 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tito Francona 819 97 98 826 90 10 60 .989 10.06 Ernie Banks 648 65 94 670 66 3 58 .996 10.23 Leo Burke 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.00 Earl Averill 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Hubbs 863 96 100 225 268 18 59 .965 5.14 Don Blasingame 593 66 67 165 190 5 33 .986 5.38 Eddie Kasko 9 0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.23 Jimmy Stewart 6 0 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ron Santo 1441 159 160 132 357 23 30 .955 3.05 Don Blasingame 22 2 4 2 6 0 0 1.000 3.27 Wayne Causey 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 Eddie Kasko 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wayne Causey 1121 123 127 192 399 16 61 .974 4.75 Eddie Kasko 343 38 41 59 147 1 26 .995 5.41 Jimmy Stewart 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.23 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Williams 1441 159 160 310 11 3 2 .991 2.01 Earl Averill 17 2 2 3 0 1 0 .750 1.59 Ellis Burton 9 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 Tito Francona 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vada Pinson 1439 159 159 402 15 3 6 .993 2.61 Ellis Burton 32 3 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.53 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lou Brock 911 106 109 168 0 4 0 .977 1.66 Ellis Burton 528 52 82 81 3 1 1 .988 1.43 Jim Hickman 16 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56 Leo Burke 15 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1963 Draft

Round 1 (#4):	Jim Umbricht
Round 2 (#19):	Eddie Kasko
Round 3 (#33):	Tom Sturdivant
Round 4 (#49):	Dan Schneider
Round 5 (#64):	Earl Averill
Round 6 (#79):	Jack Spring

Transactions

• 1963-02: traded Jim Hickman to CIN for Chris Short
• 1963 postseason: released Russ Nixon, Dan Osinski, Jack Spring

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