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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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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	Sammy Taylor	26	110	353	41	95	13	2	13	43	1	0	35	47	1	13	0	1	6	.269	.336	.428	764
1B	Dale Long	33	110	296	34	70	10	3	14	37	0	0	31	53	0	2	0	3	6	.236	.306	.432	738
2B	Tony Taylor	23	150	624	96	175	30	8	8	38	23	9	45	86	6	0	6	7	8	.280	.331	.393	724
3B	Alvin Dark	37	136	477	60	126	22	9	6	45	1	1	55	50	3	9	7	3	4	.264	.342	.386	728
SS	Ernie Banks	28	155	589	97	179	25	6	45	143	2	4	64	72	7	20	2	9	18	.304	.374	.596	970
OF	George Altman	26	135	420	54	103	14	4	12	47	1	0	34	80	7	4	6	1	8	.245	.312	.383	695
OF	Lee Walls	26	120	354	43	91	18	3	8	33	0	2	42	73	5	1	5	3	6	.257	.342	.393	735
OF	Bobby Thomson	35	122	374	55	97	15	2	11	52	1	0	35	50	2	6	2	5	9	.259	.322	.398	720

OF	Walt Moryn	33	117	381	41	89	14	1	14	48	0	0	44	66	3	2	2	2	13	.234	.316	.386	702
P	Bob Anderson	23	37	80	6	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	34	1	0	6	0	1	.075	.119	.088	207
1B	Jim Marshall	28	108	294	39	74	10	1	11	40	0	1	33	39	0	1	1	3	5	.252	.324	.405	729
P	Glen Hobbie	23	46	79	3	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	30	0	0	3	0	0	.114	.136	.127	263
C	Earl Averill	27	74	186	22	44	10	0	10	34	0	1	15	39	2	1	0	2	2	.237	.298	.452	750
P	Dave Hillman	31	42	60	0	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	32	1	0	4	0	0	.150	.239	.150	389
OF	Irv Noren	34	65	156	27	50	6	2	4	19	2	0	13	24	3	1	0	0	1	.321	.384	.462	846
P	Moe Drabowsky	23	31	45	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	20	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.149	.133	282
1B-OF	Art Schult	31	42	118	17	32	7	0	2	14	0	0	7	14	2	0	2	1	6	.271	.320	.381	701
P	Bill Henry	31	65	31	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	.194	.194	.194	388
C	Cal Neeman	30	44	105	7	17	2	0	3	9	0	0	11	23	0	2	1	0	1	.162	.241	.267	508
P	John Buzhardt	22	31	29	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	0	0	2	0	0	.069	.100	.103	203
3B	Randy Jackson	33	41	74	7	18	5	1	1	10	0	0	11	10	0	1	6	0	5	.243	.341	.378	719
P	Don Elston	30	65	19	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	.211	.211	.211	422
2B	Johnny Goryl	25	25	48	1	9	3	1	1	6	1	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	3	.188	.264	.354	618
P	Dick Drott	22	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250
P	Art Ceccarelli	29	18	33	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	0	0	2	0	1	.091	.167	.091	258
P	Elmer Singleton	41	21	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
OF	Billy Williams	21	18	33	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	2	.152	.176	.212	388
P	Taylor Phillips	26	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
	Lou Jackson	23	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500
P	Ben Johnson	28	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
OF	Chick King	28	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Joe Schaffernoth	21	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
1B	Bobby Adams	37	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Seth Morehead	24	11	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1500
3B	Don Eaddy	25	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Bob Porterfield	35	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Ed Donnelly	24	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Morrie Martin	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Bob Smith	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			154	5296	673	1321	209	44	163	635	32	19	498	911	43	63	62	40	106	.249	.317	.398	715