1955 Chicago Cubs (MLB)

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Nickname:	Cubs
W-L Record:	72-81 .471
Rank:	6th in National League
Run Differential:	626-713 -87
Manager(s):	Stan Hack
General Manager:	Wid Mathews
Location:	Chicago, Illinois
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
Attendance:	875,800 10/16
Playoffs:
Top Draft Pick:	All picks
Years Active:	1871-2014
Franchise Information

Coaching Staff

Assistant Coach: Bob Scheffing
Assistant Coach: Ray Blades
Assistant Coach: Ray Hayworth
Pitching Coach: Dutch Leonard

Organization Affiliates

MLB: Chicago Cubs (MLB-NL) 72-81

Organizational Player Roster
Chicago Cubs Affiliate History

National League Standings
Team	W	L	WPct	GBL
Brooklyn	98	55	.641	--
Milwaukee	85	69	.552	13.5
NY Giants	80	74	.519	18.5
Philadelphia	77	77	.500	21.5
Cincinnati	75	79	.487	23.5
Chi Cubs	72	81	.471	26.0
St. Louis	68	86	.442	30.5
Pittsburgh	60	94	.390	38.5

A roster of all players who participated in at least one game for this team for this season.

The roster is sortable but defaults to an alphabetical listing.

Uniform numbers may not be complete for non-MLB teams. It is difficult to come by this information historically. See Data coverage

For MLB and Minor league teams, this roster was never an actual roster at any given point during the season.

Colleges may be missing players who were either red-shirted or who did not get into game action

Full Team Roster for 1955 Chicago Cubs season

Full Team Roster for 1955 Chicago Cubs season

Unif	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	B-T	Age	Born	Place	Draft Info	High Level	Current Team	Status
35	Vicente Amor	P	6-3	182	R-R	22	1932-08-08	Havana,Cuba	1955	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
29	John Andre	P	6-4	200	L-R	32	1923-01-03	Brockton,Massachusetts	1955	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
37	Gene Baker	2B-3B	6-1	170	R-R	30	1925-06-15	Davenport,Iowa	1953	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
14	Ernie Banks	1B-SS	6-1	180	R-R	24	1931-01-31	Dallas,Texas	1953	UDFA	MLB	-	-
7	Frank Baumholtz	OF	5-10	175	L-L	36	1918-10-07	Midvale,Ohio	1947	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
30	Jim Bolger	OF	6-2	180	R-R	23	1932-02-23	Cincinnati,Ohio	1950	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
32	Harry Chiti	C	6-3	225	R-R	22	1932-11-16	Kincaid,Illinois	1950	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
23	Bubba Church	P	6-0	180	R-R	30	1924-09-12	Birmingham,Alabama	1950	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
42	Hy Cohen	P	6-5	220	R-R	24	1931-01-29	Brooklyn,New York	1955	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
25	Walker Cooper	C	6-3	210	R-R	40	1915-01-08	Atherton,Missouri	1940	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
22	Jim Davis	P	6-0	180	B-L	30	1924-09-15	Red Bluff,California	1954	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
1	Jim Fanning	C	5-11	180	R-R	27	1927-09-14	Chicago,Illinois	1954	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
40	Dee Fondy	1B	6-3	196	L-L	30	1924-10-31	Slaton,Texas	1951	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
3	Owen Friend	2B	6-1	180	R-R	28	1927-03-21	Granite City,Illinois	1949	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
18	Warren Hacker	P	6-1	185	R-R	30	1924-11-21	Marissa,Illinois	1948	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
53	Dave Hillman	P	5-11	168	R-R	27	1927-09-14	Dungannon,Virginia	1955	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
2	Randy Jackson	3B	6-1	180	R-R	29	1926-02-10	Little Rock,Arkansas	1950	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
19	Hal Jeffcoat	OF-P	5-10	185	R-R	30	1924-09-06	West Columbia,South Carolina	1948	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
27	Sam Jones	P	6-4	200	R-R	29	1925-12-14	Stewartsville,Ohio	1951	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
45	Don Kaiser	P	6-5	195	R-R	20	1935-02-03	Byng,Oklahoma	1955	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
48	Jim King	OF	6-0	185	L-R	22	1932-08-27	Elkins,Arkansas	1955	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
31	Al Lary	P	6-3	185	R-R	26	1928-09-26	Northport,Alabama	1954	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
8	Clyde McCullough	C	5-11	180	R-R	38	1917-03-04	Nashville,Tennessee	1940	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
28	Lloyd Merriman	OF	6-0	195	L-L	30	1924-08-02	Clovis,California	1949	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
21	Eddie Miksis	2B-OF	6-0	185	R-R	28	1926-09-11	Burlington,New Jersey	1944	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
24	Paul Minner	P	6-5	210	L-L	31	1923-07-30	New Wilmington,Pennsylvania	1946	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
5	Vern Morgan	3B	6-1	190	L-R	26	1928-08-08	Emporia,Virginia	1954	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
43	Harry Perkowski	P	6-2	196	L-L	32	1922-09-06	Dante,Virginia	1947	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
16	Howie Pollet	P	6-1	175	L-L	34	1921-06-26	New Orleans,Louisiana	1941	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
17	Bob Rush	P	6-4	205	R-R	29	1925-12-21	Battle Creek,Michigan	1948	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
9	Hank Sauer	OF	6-4	199	R-R	38	1917-03-17	Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania	1941	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
11	Bob Speake	OF-1B	6-1	178	L-L	24	1930-08-22	Springfield,Missouri	1955	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
55	Ted Tappe	OF	6-3	185	L-R	24	1931-02-02	Seattle,Washington	1950	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
26	Bob Thorpe	P	6-1	170	R-R	20	1935-01-12	San Diego,California	1955	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
33	Bill Tremel	P	5-11	180	R-R	25	1929-07-04	Lilly,Pennsylvania	1954	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
3	Gale Wade	OF	6-1	185	L-R	26	1929-01-20	Hollister,Missouri	1955	Not drafted	MLB	-	-