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Record: 60-94 .390.... 8th in National League
Stadium: Wrigley Field
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 720,118

Manager - Stan Hack

Team Leaders

HR: Banks [28]
RBI: Banks [85]
2B: Moryn [27]
SB: Fondy, Drake [9]
W: Rush [13]
SV: Lown [13]
SO: Jones [176]

Oldest Player: Clyde McCullough [39]
Youngest Player: Moe Drabowsky [20]
Longest Tenure: Warren Hacker, Bob Rush [9]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Solly Drake (Apr 17) Jerry Kindall (Jul 1) Richie Myers (Apr 21) Ed Winceniak (Apr 25)
Pitchers: John Briggs (Apr 17) Moe Drabowsky (Aug 7) George Piktuzis (Apr 25)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Hobie Landrith	26	111	312	22	69	10	3	4	32	0	2	39	38	1	15	7	3	2	.221	.307	.311	618
1B	Dee Fondy	31	137	543	52	146	22	9	9	46	9	7	20	74	0	5	7	10	4	.269	.290	.392	682
2B	Gene Baker	31	140	546	65	141	23	3	12	57	4	3	39	54	3	2	13	5	15	.258	.309	.377	686
3B	Don Hoak	28	121	424	51	91	18	4	5	37	8	3	41	46	1	0	8	4	4	.215	.283	.311	594
SS	Ernie Banks	25	139	538	82	160	25	8	28	85	6	9	52	62	0	18	0	3	7	.297	.358	.530	888
OF	Walt Moryn	30	147	529	69	151	27	3	23	67	4	2	50	67	3	2	1	5	9	.285	.348	.478	826
OF	Monte Irvin	37	111	339	44	92	13	3	15	50	1	0	41	41	0	5	3	4	11	.271	.346	.460	806
OF	Pete Whisenant	26	103	314	37	75	16	3	11	46	8	2	24	53	1	1	5	3	6	.239	.292	.414	706

3B-OF	Eddie Miksis	29	114	356	54	85	10	3	9	27	4	2	32	40	1	2	5	1	10	.239	.303	.360	663
P	Bob Rush	30	32	82	6	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	37	0	0	4	0	1	.098	.159	.110	269
OF	Jim King	23	118	317	32	79	13	2	15	54	1	2	30	40	1	5	2	4	4	.249	.313	.445	758
P	Sam Jones	30	33	57	3	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	19	0	0	10	0	1	.175	.230	.175	405
OF	Solly Drake	25	65	215	29	55	9	1	2	15	9	5	23	35	1	0	3	0	0	.256	.331	.335	666
P	Warren Hacker	31	34	54	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	.148	.148	.148	296
C	Harry Chiti	23	72	203	17	43	6	4	4	18	0	0	19	35	1	3	3	1	9	.212	.281	.340	621
P	Don Kaiser	21	27	47	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	.043	.042	.043	85
1B	Frank Kellert	31	71	129	10	24	3	1	4	17	0	0	12	22	0	1	1	1	8	.186	.254	.318	572
P	Jim Davis	31	46	28	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	3	0	0	.179	.207	.179	386
SS	Jerry Kindall	21	32	55	7	9	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	17	0	1	1	0	2	.164	.246	.218	464
P	Paul Minner	32	10	12	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.583	833
P	Turk Lown	32	61	23	2	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	11	0	0	1	0	0	.217	.280	.435	715
P	Dave Hillman	28	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Jim Brosnan	26	30	22	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	.182	.182	.227	409
P	Bill Tremel	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Vito Valentinetti	27	42	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	0	0	1	0	0	.100	.143	.100	243
C	Clyde McCullough	39	14	19	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	1	1	.211	.200	.263	463
3B	Ed Winceniak	27	15	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	.118	.167	.118	285
P	Moe Drabowsky	20	9	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500
P	Russ Meyer	32	20	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	.083	.154	.083	237
OF	Gale Wade	27	10	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.077	.000	77
P	Jim Hughes	33	25	7	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	715
C	Jim Fanning	28	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	500
	Owen Friend	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
	Richie Myers	26	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
C	El Tappe	29	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500
P	John Briggs	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	George Piktuzis	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			154	5260	597	1281	202	50	142	563	55	38	446	776	13	60	87	46	99	.244	.302	.382	684