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Record: 64-90 .416.... 7th in National League
Stadium: Wrigley Field
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 673,057

Manager - - -, Harry Craft, Lou Klein, El Tappe

Team Leaders

HR: Banks [29]
RBI: Altman [96]
2B: Santo [32]
SB: Ashburn [7]
W: Cardwell [15]
SV: Elston, Anderson [8]
SO: Cardwell [156]

Oldest Player: Barney Schultz [34]
Youngest Player: Danny Murphy [18]
Longest Tenure: Ernie Banks [9]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Cuno Barragan (Sep 1) Lou Brock (Sep 10) Ken Hubbs (Sep 10) Moe Morhardt (Sep 7)
Pitchers: Jack Curtis (Apr 22)

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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	Dick Bertell	25	92	267	20	73	7	1	2	33	0	0	15	33	0	3	1	4	7	.273	.308	.330	638
1B	Ed Bouchee	28	112	319	49	79	12	3	12	38	1	4	58	77	5	7	4	1	2	.248	.371	.417	788
2B	Don Zimmer	30	128	477	57	120	25	4	13	40	5	1	25	70	2	1	7	1	16	.252	.291	.403	694
3B	Ron Santo	21	154	578	84	164	32	6	23	83	2	3	73	77	0	7	1	3	25	.284	.362	.479	841
SS	Ernie Banks	30	138	511	75	142	22	4	29	80	1	2	54	75	2	21	0	6	11	.278	.346	.507	853
OF	Billy Williams	23	146	529	75	147	20	7	25	86	6	0	45	70	5	11	1	4	11	.278	.338	.484	822
OF	George Altman	28	138	518	77	157	28	12	27	96	6	2	40	92	4	3	4	7	4	.303	.353	.560	913
OF	Al Heist	33	109	321	48	82	14	3	7	37	3	3	39	51	1	0	4	1	7	.255	.337	.383	720

2B-SS	Jerry Kindall	26	96	310	37	75	22	3	9	44	2	2	18	89	2	0	3	0	5	.242	.288	.419	707
P	Don Cardwell	25	40	95	6	10	3	0	3	6	0	0	6	55	1	0	4	0	0	.105	.167	.232	399
OF	Richie Ashburn	34	109	307	49	79	7	4	0	19	7	6	55	27	3	2	1	2	4	.257	.373	.306	679
P	Glen Hobbie	25	36	66	5	11	3	0	2	6	0	0	5	30	0	0	3	0	1	.167	.225	.303	528
C	Sammy Taylor	28	89	235	26	56	8	2	8	23	0	0	23	39	4	7	1	1	6	.238	.316	.391	707
P	Dick Ellsworth	21	37	56	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	29	1	0	5	0	0	.036	.100	.054	154
1B-SS	Andre Rodgers	26	73	214	27	57	17	0	6	23	1	1	25	54	1	1	1	2	6	.266	.343	.430	773
P	Bob Anderson	25	57	42	5	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	22	0	0	2	0	0	.143	.163	.286	449
OF	Bob Will	29	86	113	9	29	9	0	0	8	0	1	15	19	0	0	1	1	1	.257	.341	.336	677
P	Jim Brewer	23	36	22	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	0	1	0	0	.182	.250	.182	432
P	Jack Curtis	24	31	60	8	10	2	0	2	4	0	0	10	23	0	0	2	0	0	.167	.286	.300	586
P	Dick Drott	24	35	22	1	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.304	.364	668
OF-1B	Frank Thomas	32	15	50	7	13	2	0	2	6	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	3	.260	.288	.420	708
P	Don Elston	32	58	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	.182	.182	.182	364
2B-1B	Mel Roach	28	23	39	1	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	3	.128	.190	.179	369
P	Joe Schaffernoth	23	21	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
C	Moe Thacker	27	25	35	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	11	11	1	1	0	0	1	.171	.383	.171	554
P	Mel Wright	33	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
C	Cuno Barragan	29	10	28	3	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	7	0	0	1	0	1	.214	.267	.321	588
P	Dick Burwell	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2B	Ken Hubbs	19	10	28	4	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.179	.393	572
1B	Moe Morhardt	24	7	18	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.381	.278	659
OF	Danny Murphy	18	4	13	3	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.846	1275
OF	Lou Brock	22	4	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	258
OF	Jim McAnany	24	11	10	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.400	764
P	Barney Schultz	34	41	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	.100	.100	.100	200
OF	Nelson Mathews	19	3	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	222
	George Freese	34	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	661
OF	Sammy Drake	26	13	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167
Batting Totals			154	5344	689	1364	238	51	176	650	35	25	539	1027	32	64	52	33	115	.255	.325	.418	743