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Major League Baseball

Record: 74-80 .481.... 6th in National League
Stadium: Wrigley Field
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 858,255

Manager - Bob Scheffing

Team Leaders

HR: Banks [45]
RBI: Banks [143]
2B: Taylor [30]
SB: Taylor [23]
W: Hobbie [16]
SV: Elston [13]
SO: Hobbie [138]

Oldest Player: Elmer Singleton [41]
Youngest Player: Billy Williams [21]
Longest Tenure: Ernie Banks [7]

Major League Debuts

Batters: George Altman (Apr 11) Don Eaddy (Apr 24) Billy Williams (Aug 6)
Pitchers: Ed Donnelly (Aug 1) Ben Johnson (Sep 6) Joe Schaffernoth (Apr 15)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Bobby Adams	3B-2B	37	R	R	5-10	170	12/14/1921	Tuolumne, CA	MLB	1946-1959
	George Altman	OF	26	L	R	6-4	200	3/20/1933	Goldsboro, NC	MLB	1959-1967
	Bob Anderson	P	23	R	R	6-4	210	9/29/1935	East Chicago, IN	MLB	1957-1963
	Earl Averill	C-OF	27	R	R	5-10	190	9/9/1931	Cleveland, OH	MLB	1956-1963
14	Ernie Banks	1B-SS	28	R	R	6-1	180	1/31/1931	Dallas, TX	MLB	1953-1971
	John Buzhardt	P	22	R	R	6-2	198	8/17/1936	Prosperity, SC	MLB	1958-1968
	Art Ceccarelli	P	29	R	L	6-0	190	4/2/1930	New Haven, CT	MLB	1955-1960
	Alvin Dark	SS-3B	37	R	R	5-11	185	1/7/1922	Comanche, OK	MLB	1946-1960
	Ed Donnelly	P	24	R	R	6-0	175	12/10/1934	Allen, MI	MLB	1959-1959
	Moe Drabowsky	P	23	R	R	6-2	200	7/21/1935	Ozanna, PO	MLB	1956-1972
	Dick Drott	P	22	R	R	6-0	185	7/1/1936	Cincinnati, OH	MLB	1957-1963
	Don Eaddy	3B	25	R	R	5-11	165	2/16/1934	Grand Rapids, MI	MLB	1959-1959
	Don Elston	P	30	R	R	6-0	170	4/6/1929	Campbellstown, OH	MLB	1953-1964
	Johnny Goryl	2B-3B	25	R	R	5-10	175	10/21/1933	Cumberland, RI	MLB	1957-1964
	Bill Henry	P	31	L	L	6-2	180	10/15/1927	Alice, TX	MLB	1952-1969
	Dave Hillman	P	31	R	R	5-11	168	9/14/1927	Dungannon, VA	MLB	1955-1962
	Glen Hobbie	P	23	R	R	6-2	195	4/24/1936	Witt, IL	MLB	1957-1964
	Lou Jackson	OF	23	L	R	5-10	168	7/26/1935	Riverton, LA	MLB	1958-1964
	Randy Jackson	3B	33	R	R		180	2/10/1926	Little Rock, AR	MLB	1950-1959
	Ben Johnson	P	28	R	R	6-2	190	5/16/1931	Greenwood, SC	MLB	1959-1960
	Chick King	OF	28	R	R	6-2	190	11/10/1930	Paris, TN	MLB	1954-1959
	Dale Long	1B	33	L	L	6-4	210	2/6/1926	Springfield, MO	MLB	1951-1963
	Jim Marshall	1B	28	L	L	6-1	190	5/25/1931	Danville, IL	MLB	1958-1962
	Morrie Martin	P	36	L	L	6-0	180	9/3/1922	Dixon, MO	MLB	1949-1959
	Seth Morehead	P	24	L	L	6-0	195	8/15/1934	Houston, TX	MLB	1957-1961
	Walt Moryn	OF	33	L	R	6-2	205	4/12/1926	St. Paul, MN	MLB	1954-1961
	Cal Neeman	C	30	R	R	6-1	192	2/18/1929	Valmeyer, IL	MLB	1957-1963
	Irv Noren	OF	34	L	L	6-0	190	11/29/1924	Jamestown, NY	MLB	1950-1960
	Taylor Phillips	P	26	L	L	5-11	185	6/18/1933	Atlanta, GA	MLB	1956-1963
	Bob Porterfield	P	35	R	R	6-0	190	8/10/1923	Newport, VA	MLB	1948-1959
	Joe Schaffernoth	P	21	R	R		195	8/6/1937	Trenton, NJ	MLB	1959-1961
	Art Schult	1B-OF	31	R	R	6-4	220	6/20/1928	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1953-1960
	Elmer Singleton	P	41	R	R	6-2	174	6/26/1918	Ogden, UT	MLB	1945-1959
	Bob Smith	P	32	L	L	6-0	185	5/13/1927	Clarence, MO	MLB	1958-1959
	Sammy Taylor	C	26	L	R	6-2	185	2/27/1933	Woodruff, SC	MLB	1958-1963
	Tony Taylor	2B-3B	23	R	R	5-9	179	12/19/1935	Central Alava, CU	MLB	1958-1976
	Bobby Thomson	OF	35	R	R	6-2	185	10/25/1923	Glasgow, ST	MLB	1946-1960
	Lee Walls	OF	26	R	R	6-3	205	1/6/1933	San Diego, CA	MLB	1952-1964
	Billy Williams	OF	21	L	R	6-1	175	6/15/1938	Whistler, AL	MLB	1959-1976