1958 Chicago Cubs Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 72-82
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 979,904, Avg. 14,836
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Bob Scheffing (72-82)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1958 Chicago Cubs Roster
1958 Chicago Cubs Results

The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1958 season with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.

The Cubs tallied 709 runs and yielded 725 runs. Ernie Banks walloped 47 home runs for Chicago, while Walt Moryn, Bobby Thomson, Lee Walls and Dale Long each added 20 or more, too. Ernie Banks drove in 129 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .313 average. Glen Hobbie led the squad with 10 wins, and Dave Hillman recorded a 3.15 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Bob Scheffing coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Glen Hobbie	10	6	.625	3.74	55	16	21	2	1	2	168.3	163	80	70	13	93	8	91	7	0	7	755
Don Elston	9	8	.529	2.88	69	0	39	0	0	10	97.0	75	35	31	9	39	10	84	1	1	2	400
Moe Drabowsky	9	11	.450	4.51	22	20	1	4	1	0	125.7	118	73	63	19	73	4	77	5	0	0	569
Taylor Phillips	7	10	.412	4.76	39	27	4	5	1	1	170.3	178	102	90	22	79	5	102	6	3	8	761
Dick Drott	7	11	.389	5.43	39	31	3	4	0	0	167.3	156	118	101	23	99	6	127	6	0	9	763
Bill Henry	5	4	.556	2.88	44	0	18	0	0	6	81.3	63	27	26	8	17	6	58	1	0	0	314
John Briggs	5	5	.500	4.52	20	17	2	3	1	0	95.7	99	52	48	12	45	1	46	1	2	2	418
Dave Hillman	4	8	.333	3.15	31	16	4	3	0	1	125.7	132	57	44	12	31	4	65	0	0	1	540
John Buzhardt	3	0	1.000	1.85	6	2	1	1	0	0	24.3	16	5	5	2	7	1	9	0	1	0	95
Bob Anderson	3	3	.500	3.97	17	8	4	2	0	0	65.7	61	29	29	3	29	1	51	1	0	1	275
Marcelino Solis	3	3	.500	6.06	15	4	3	0	0	0	52.0	74	41	35	5	20	1	15	4	0	2	244
Jim Brosnan	3	4	.429	3.14	8	8	0	2	0	0	51.7	41	20	18	3	29	3	24	0	0	0	215
Ed Mayer	2	2	.500	3.80	19	0	4	0	0	1	23.7	15	12	10	0	16	1	14	3	0	0	100
Elmer Singleton	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.7	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	15
Gene Fodge	1	1	.500	4.76	16	4	7	1	0	0	39.7	47	22	21	5	11	3	15	0	0	1	175
Turk Lown	0	0		4.50	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	16
Freddy Rodriguez	0	0		7.36	7	0	3	0	0	2	7.3	8	6	6	2	5	0	5	1	0	0	36
Hersh Freeman	0	1	.000	8.31	9	0	3	0	0	0	13.0	23	13	12	3	3	0	7	0	0	0	69
Dick Ellsworth	0	1	.000	15.43	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.3	4	4	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	15
Dolan Nichols	0	4	.000	5.01	24	0	7	0	0	1	41.3	46	27	23	1	16	2	9	1	0	1	179
Totals	72	82	.468	4.22	447	154	127	27	4	24	1361.0	1322	725	638	142	619	57	805	38	7	36	5954

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Ernie Banks	154	682	617	119	193	23	11	47	129	4	4	52	87	.313	.366	.614	.980	379	14	4	1	8	12
Lee Walls	136	576	513	80	156	19	3	24	72	4	4	47	62	.304	.370	.493	.863	253	10	8	6	2	0
Bobby Thomson	152	615	547	67	155	27	5	21	82	0	2	56	76	.283	.351	.466	.817	255	16	4	2	6	7
Al Dark	114	506	464	54	137	16	4	3	43	1	1	29	23	.295	.339	.366	.706	170	13	5	2	6	1
Walt Moryn	143	587	512	77	135	26	7	26	77	1	2	62	83	.264	.350	.494	.845	253	7	8	2	3	7
Dale Long	142	554	480	68	130	26	4	20	75	2	0	66	64	.271	.357	.467	.824	224	15	2	0	6	9
Tony Taylor	140	555	497	63	117	15	3	6	27	21	6	40	93	.235	.299	.314	.613	156	9	7	7	4	0
Sammy Taylor	96	329	301	30	78	12	2	6	36	2	1	27	46	.259	.319	.372	.691	112	9	0	0	1	4
Johnny Goryl	83	250	219	27	53	9	3	4	14	0	1	27	34	.242	.331	.365	.696	80	14	2	2	0	2
Cal Neeman	76	226	201	30	52	7	0	12	29	0	0	21	41	.259	.336	.473	.809	95	5	3	0	1	2
Bobby Adams	62	105	96	14	27	4	4	0	4	2	0	6	15	.281	.324	.406	.730	39	2	0	3	0	0
Chuck Tanner	73	112	103	10	27	6	0	4	17	1	0	9	10	.262	.321	.437	.758	45	2	0	0	0	2
Jim Bolger	84	131	120	15	27	4	1	1	11	0	1	9	20	.225	.285	.300	.585	36	2	1	1	0	0
Jim Marshall	26	94	81	12	22	2	0	5	11	1	0	12	13	.272	.372	.481	.854	39	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Drott	39	59	55	6	15	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	18	.273	.310	.273	.583	15	0	0	1	0	0
John Briggs	20	36	35	3	9	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	14	.257	.257	.343	.600	12	1	0	1	0	0
Moe Drabowsky	22	48	45	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	.156	.156	.178	.333	8	0	0	3	0	0
Glen Hobbie	55	51	48	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	26	.146	.160	.146	.306	7	2	0	1	1	0
Moe Thacker	11	26	24	4	6	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	7	.250	.269	.542	.811	13	1	0	0	1	1
El Tappe	17	32	28	2	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	1	.214	.290	.214	.505	6	2	0	1	0	2
Lou Jackson	24	36	35	5	6	2	1	1	6	0	1	1	9	.171	.194	.371	.566	13	1	0	0	0	0
Dave Hillman	32	43	41	4	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	20	.146	.146	.195	.341	8	0	0	2	0	0
Don Elston	69	15	14	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.357	.357	.357	.714	5	0	0	1	0	0
Marcelino Solis	15	21	20	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.286	.300	.586	6	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Henry	44	19	17	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.235	.316	.294	.610	5	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Smith	18	23	20	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.150	.261	.150	.411	3	0	0	0	0	0
Taylor Phillips	39	62	54	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	24	.056	.105	.056	.161	3	1	0	5	0	0
Chick King	8	11	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.250	.455	.250	.705	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Anderson	17	17	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.118	.118	.118	.235	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Brosnan	8	19	19	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.105	.105	.158	.263	3	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Will	6	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Mayer	19	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Kindall	3	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.333	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
John Buzhardt	6	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Ernaga	9	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Morgan	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Fodge	16	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dick Ellsworth	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hersh Freeman	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabe Gabler	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Footer Johnson	8	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Freddy Rodriguez	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dolan Nichols	24	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gordon Massa	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elmer Singleton	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turk Lown	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2039	5902	5289	709	1402	207	49	182	666	39	23	487	853	.265	.330	.426	.756	2253	128	45	42	39	50

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Dale Long	1B	137	135	1186.7	1173	84	10	130	.992	9.533	9.175	0	0	0	0
Jim Marshall	1B	15	13	106.0	114	7	1	11	.992	1.274	8.067	0	0	0	0
Bobby Adams	1B	11	4	48.3	44	5	2	1	.961	9.124	4.455	0	0	0	0
Paul Smith	1B	4	2	20.0	14	2	1	0	.941	7.200	4.000	0	0	0	0
Tony Taylor	2B	137	128	1109.7	311	374	23	103	.968	5.556	5.000	0	0	0	0
Johnny Goryl	2B	35	19	188.3	45	65	6	13	.948	5.257	3.143	0	0	0	0
Bobby Adams	2B	7	5	43.0	15	13	1	5	.966	5.860	4.000	0	0	0	0
Jerry Kindall	2B	3	2	20.0	6	5	0	2	1.000	4.950	3.667	0	0	0	0
Al Dark	3B	111	111	964.0	107	225	18	24	.949	3.100	2.991	0	0	0	0
Johnny Goryl	3B	44	38	341.7	46	88	10	13	.931	3.530	3.045	0	0	0	0
Bobby Adams	3B	9	3	33.3	4	6	0	0	1.000	2.700	1.111	0	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	3B	4	2	21.0	5	3	1	1	.889	3.429	2.000	0	0	0	0
Tony Taylor	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Sammy Taylor	C	87	81	700.7	460	23	6	4	.988	6.204	5.552	2	21	24	9	27.3
Cal Neeman	C	71	57	506.0	340	25	3	6	.992	6.492	5.141	8	12	23	13	36.1
El Tappe	C	16	9	85.7	46	4	2	0	.962	5.253	3.125	1	0	2	1	33.3
Moe Thacker	C	9	7	67.0	34	6	2	1	.952	5.373	4.444	0	2	6	3	33.3
Dale Long	C	2	0	1.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	5.400	.500	1	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	OF	148	146	1287.7	353	13	4	3	.989	2.558	2.473	0	0	0	0
Walt Moryn	OF	141	136	1190.7	265	4	6	1	.978	2.033	1.908	0	0	0	0
Lee Walls	OF	132	131	1136.3	241	10	2	1	.992	1.988	1.902	0	0	0	0
Jim Bolger	OF	37	20	178.7	46	1	3	0	.940	2.368	1.270	0	0	0	0
Chuck Tanner	OF	15	11	118.7	21	0	1	0	.955	1.593	1.400	0	0	0	0
Jim Marshall	OF	11	10	83.0	5	1	0	0	1.000	.651	.545	0	0	0	0
Lou Jackson	OF	12	6	58.0	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.397	.750	0	0	0	0
Chick King	OF	7	2	28.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.929	.857	0	0	0	0
Bob Will	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Taylor Phillips	P	39	27	170.3	7	35	5	3	.894	2.219	1.077	0	0	0	0
Glen Hobbie	P	55	16	168.3	12	44	5	5	.918	2.994	1.018	0	0	0	0
Dick Drott	P	39	31	167.3	9	27	1	0	.973	1.936	.923	0	0	0	0
Dave Hillman	P	31	16	125.7	7	20	1	0	.964	1.934	.871	0	0	0	0
Moe Drabowsky	P	22	20	125.7	12	16	1	2	.966	2.005	1.273	0	0	0	0
Don Elston	P	69	0	97.0	7	19	0	1	1.000	2.412	.377	0	0	0	0
John Briggs	P	20	17	96.0	7	12	2	0	.905	1.781	.950	0	0	0	0
Bill Henry	P	44	0	81.0	2	8	0	1	1.000	1.111	.227	0	0	0	0
Bob Anderson	P	17	8	65.7	3	11	0	0	1.000	1.919	.824	0	0	0	0
Marcelino Solis	P	15	4	52.0	5	8	0	0	1.000	2.250	.867	0	0	0	0
Jim Brosnan	P	8	8	51.7	4	12	0	2	1.000	2.787	2.000	0	0	0	0
Dolan Nichols	P	24	0	41.3	0	13	0	0	1.000	2.831	.542	0	0	0	0
Gene Fodge	P	16	4	39.7	1	7	0	1	1.000	1.815	.500	0	0	0	0
John Buzhardt	P	6	2	24.3	2	7	0	0	1.000	3.329	1.500	0	0	0	0
Ed Mayer	P	19	0	23.7	1	3	1	0	.800	1.521	.211	0	0	0	0
Hersh Freeman	P	9	0	13.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.769	.444	0	0	0	0
Freddy Rodriguez	P	7	0	7.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Elmer Singleton	P	2	0	4.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.929	.500	0	0	0	0
Turk Lown	P	4	0	4.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Ellsworth	P	1	1	2.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ernie Banks	SS	154	154	1361.0	292	468	32	100	.960	5.026	4.935	0	0	0	0
Totals		1808	1386	12249.0	4083	1678	150	434	.975	4.233	3.186	12	35	55	26	32.1

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