1957_Chicago_Cubs_season
1957 Chicago Cubs season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1957 Chicago Cubs season was the 86th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 82nd in the National League and the 42nd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs tied with the Pittsburgh Pirates for seventh in the National League with a record of 62–92.
Quick Facts Chicago Cubs, League ...
| 1957 Chicago Cubs | ||||
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| League | National League | |||
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |||
| City | Chicago | |||
| Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |||
| General managers | John Holland | |||
| Managers | Bob Scheffing | |||
| Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) | |||
| Radio | WIND (Milo Hamilton, Jack Quinlan, Gene Elston) | |||
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- November 13, 1956: Don Hoak, Warren Hacker, and Pete Whisenant were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Ray Jablonski and Elmer Singleton.[1]
- December 11, 1956: Eddie Miksis, Jim Davis, Sam Jones, and Hobie Landrith were traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Poholsky, Jackie Collum, Ray Katt, and Wally Lammers (minors).[2]
- December 11, 1956: The Cubs traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Charlie Silvera and cash. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Harry Chiti to the Yankees on December 14.[3]
- Prior to 1957 season: Lou Jackson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.[4]
Season standings
More information W, L ...
| National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Milwaukee Braves | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | — | 45–32 | 50–27 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 8 | 42–35 | 45–32 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 11 | 43–34 | 41–36 |
| Cincinnati Redlegs | 80 | 74 | 0.519 | 15 | 45–32 | 35–42 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 18 | 38–39 | 39–38 |
| New York Giants | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 26 | 37–40 | 32–45 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 33 | 36–41 | 26–51 |
| Chicago Cubs | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 33 | 31–46 | 31–46 |
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Record vs. opponents
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| Team | BRO | CHC | CIN | MIL | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
| Brooklyn | — | 17–5 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 12–10 | |||||
| Chicago | 5–17 | — | 7–15 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 12–10–1 | 12–10 | |||||
| Cincinnati | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 4–18 | 12–10 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 9–13 | |||||
| Milwaukee | 12–10 | 13–9 | 18–4 | — | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | 16–6 | 11–11 | |||||
| New York | 10–12 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — | 10–12 | 9–13 | 8–14 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 13–9 | 14–8–1 | 6–16 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 | — | 13–9 | 9–13 | |||||
| Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 13–9 | 9–13 | — | 6–16 | |||||
| St. Louis | 10–12 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 16–6 | — | |||||
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Notable transactions
- April 16, 1957: Ray Katt and Ray Jablonski were traded by the Cubs to the New York Giants for Dick Littlefield and Bob Lennon.[5]
- April 20, 1957: Jim King was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bobby Del Greco and Ed Mayer.[6]
- May 1, 1957: Dee Fondy and Gene Baker were traded by the Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dale Long and Lee Walls.[7]
- May 23, 1957: Jackie Collum and Vito Valentinetti were traded by the Cubs to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Don Elston.[8]
- June 8, 1957: Chuck Tanner was claimed on waivers by the Cubs from the Milwaukee Braves.[9]
- September 10, 1957: Bobby Del Greco was purchased from the Cubs by the New York Yankees.[10]
Roster
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Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| C | Cal Neeman | 122 | 415 | 107 | .258 | 10 | 39 |
| 1B | Dale Long | 123 | 397 | 121 | .305 | 21 | 62 |
| 2B | Bobby Morgan | 125 | 425 | 88 | .207 | 5 | 27 |
| SS | Ernie Banks | 156 | 594 | 169 | .285 | 43 | 102 |
| 3B | Bobby Adams | 60 | 187 | 47 | .251 | 1 | 10 |
| LF | Lee Walls | 117 | 366 | 88 | .240 | 6 | 33 |
| CF | Bob Speake | 129 | 418 | 97 | .232 | 16 | 50 |
| RF | Walt Moryn | 149 | 568 | 164 | .289 | 19 | 88 |
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Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
More information Player, G ...
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Chuck Tanner | 95 | 318 | 91 | .286 | 7 | 42 |
| Jim Bolger | 112 | 273 | 75 | .275 | 5 | 29 |
| Jerry Kindall | 72 | 181 | 29 | .160 | 6 | 12 |
| Jack Littrell | 61 | 153 | 29 | .190 | 1 | 13 |
| Bob Will | 70 | 112 | 25 | .223 | 1 | 10 |
| Casey Wise | 43 | 106 | 19 | .179 | 0 | 7 |
| Jim Fanning | 47 | 89 | 16 | .180 | 0 | 4 |
| Charlie Silvera | 26 | 53 | 11 | .208 | 0 | 2 |
| Dee Fondy | 11 | 51 | 16 | .314 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Winceniak | 17 | 50 | 12 | .240 | 1 | 8 |
| Gene Baker | 12 | 44 | 11 | .250 | 1 | 10 |
| Bobby Del Greco | 20 | 40 | 8 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
| Johnny Goryl | 9 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Ernaga | 20 | 35 | 11 | .314 | 2 | 7 |
| Eddie Haas | 14 | 24 | 5 | .208 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Lennon | 9 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 1 | 3 |
| Gordon Massa | 6 | 15 | 7 | .467 | 0 | 3 |
| Ed Mickelson | 6 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Woods | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
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Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
More information Player, G ...
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Moe Drabowski | 36 | 239.2 | 13 | 15 | 3.53 | 170 |
| Dick Drott | 38 | 229.0 | 15 | 11 | 3.58 | 170 |
| Bob Rush | 31 | 205.1 | 6 | 16 | 4.38 | 103 |
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Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
More information Player, G ...
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Don Elston | 39 | 144.0 | 6 | 7 | 3.56 | 102 |
| Dave Hillman | 32 | 103.1 | 6 | 11 | 4.35 | 53 |
| Tom Poholsky | 28 | 84.0 | 1 | 7 | 4.93 | 28 |
| Don Kaiser | 20 | 72.0 | 2 | 6 | 5.00 | 23 |
| Elmer Singleton | 5 | 13.1 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 6 |
| Ed Mayer | 3 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.87 | 3 |
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Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
More information Player, G ...
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Turk Lown | 67 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3.77 | 51 |
| Dick Littlefield | 48 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5.35 | 51 |
| Jim Brosnan | 41 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3.38 | 73 |
| Vito Valentinetti | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 8 |
| Jackie Collum | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.75 | 7 |
| Bob Anderson | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 7 |
| John Briggs | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.46 | 1 |
| Glen Hobbie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.38 | 3 |
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See also: Minor League Baseball
More information Level, Team ...
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
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| Open | Portland Beavers | Pacific Coast League | Bill Sweeney, Frank Carswell and Bill Posedel |
| AA | Memphis Chicks | Southern Association | Lou Klein |
| AA | Fort Worth Cats | Texas League | Lee Handley |
| A | Des Moines Bruins | Western League | Lou Stringer and Hersh Martin |
| B | Burlington Bees | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Ken Raffensberger |
| C | Bakersfield Bears | California League | Dick Wilson and Babe Herman |
| C | Lafayette Bulls | Evangeline League | Walt Dixon |
| C | Magic Valley Cowboys | Pioneer League | Burdette Thurlby and Walt Dixon |
| D | Pulaski Cubs | Appalachian League | Vedie Himsl, Jim Bottomley, Halley Wilson and Burdette Thurlby |
| D | Paris Lakers | Midwest League | Verlon Walker |
| D | Ponca City Cubs | Sooner State League | Don Biebel |
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Lafayette franchise folded, June 20, 1957
- Ray Jablonski at Baseball-Reference
- Eddie Miksis at Baseball-Reference
- Harry Chiti at Baseball-Reference
- Lou Jackson at Baseball-Reference
- Jackie Collum at Baseball-Reference
- Bobby Del Greco at Baseball-Reference
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1957 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference