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1956 Chicago Cubs
UDFA Class
Team Name
Chicago Cubs
Season
1956
League
National League
W-L Record
60-94
(.390)
GBL:
33.0
Div/Lg/MLB Rank
8 / 8 / 14
General Manager
Wid Mathews
Manager
Stan Hack
Attendance
720,118
(Rank: 14)
Ballpark
Wrigley Field
Playoffs
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A list of undrafted free agents known to have signed with this organization for the selected calendar year. Capturing undrafted free agents signings is an ongoing project and is likely not complete for each class.
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year
sign date
player
draft pos
source
school or country
pos
ht
wt
ba
th
born
place
hilvl
mlb years
stat years
1956
Jim Brewer
P
HS
Broken Arrow (Broken Arrow,OK)
P
6-2
195
L
L
1937-11-14
Merced,CA
MLB
1960-1976
1960-1976
1956
Jack Curtis
P
HS
Granite Falls (Granite Falls,NC)
P
5-10
175
L
L
1937-01-11
Rhodhiss,NC
MLB
1961-1963
1961-1963
1956
Joe Schaffernoth
P
HS
Jonathan Dayton Regional (Springfield,NJ)
P
6-5
195
R
R
1937-08-06
Trenton,NJ
MLB
1959-1961
1959-1961
1956
Billy Williams
OF
FA
Alabama
OF
6-1
175
L
R
1938-06-15
Whistler,AL
MLB
1959-1976
1959-1976
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