The 1956 Chicago Cubs season was the 85th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 81st in the National League and the 41st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished eighth and last in the National League with a record of 60–94.
Offseason November 27, 1955: 1955 rule 5 draft Billy Muffett was drafted from the Cubs by the St. Louis Cardinals.Billy Muffett at Baseball Reference Vito Valentinetti was drafted by the Cubs from the Toronto Maple Leafs.Vito Valentinetti at Baseball Reference November 28, 1955: Hal Jeffcoat was traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Hobie Landrith.Hobie Landrith at Baseball Reference December 9, 1955: Frank Baumholtz was purchased from the Cubs by the Philadelphia Phillies.Frank Baumholtz at Baseball Reference December 9, 1955: Randy Jackson and Don Elston were traded by the Cubs to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Don Hoak, Russ Meyer, and Walt Moryn.Randy Jackson at Baseball Reference March 30, 1956: Hank Sauer was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Pete Whisenant.Hank Sauer at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1956 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 111 312 69 .221 4 32 1B Dee Fondy 137 543 146 .269 9 46 2B Gene Baker 140 546 141 .258 12 57 SS Ernie Banks 139 538 160 .297 28 85 3B Don Hoak 121 424 91 .215 5 37 LF Monte Irvin 111 339 92 .271 15 50 CF Pete Whisenant 103 314 75 .239 11 46 RF Walt Moryn 147 529 151 .285 23 67
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Eddie Miksis 114 356 85 .239 9 27 Jim King 118 317 79 .249 15 54 Solly Drake 65 215 55 .256 2 15 Harry Chiti 72 203 43 .212 4 18 Frank Kellert 71 129 24 .186 4 17 Jerry Kindall 32 55 9 .164 0 0 Clyde McCullough 14 19 4 .211 0 1 Ed Winceniak 15 17 2 .118 0 0 Gale Wade 10 12 0 .000 0 0 Jim Fanning 1 4 1 .250 0 0 Owen Friend 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Richie Myers 4 1 0 .000 0 0 El Tappe 3 1 0 .000 0 0
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Bob Rush 32 239.2 13 10 3.19 104 Sam Jones 33 188.2 9 14 3.91 176 Warren Hacker 34 168.0 3 13 4.66 65 Don Kaiser 27 150.1 4 9 3.59 74 Moe Drabowsky 9 51.0 2 4 2.47 36 Paul Minner 10 47.0 2 5 6.89 14 Dave Hillman 2 12.1 0 2 2.19 6
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Jim Davis 46 120.1 5 7 3.66 66 Jim Brosnan 30 95.0 5 9 3.79 51 Russ Meyer 20 57.0 1 6 6.32 28
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Turk Lown 61 9 8 13 3.58 74 42 6 4 1 3.78 26 Jim Hughes 25 1 3 0 5.16 20 3 0 0 0 1.69 1 George Piktuzis 2 0 0 0 7.20 3 Bill Tremel 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Los Angeles, Paris; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Lafayette
Notes
References
1956 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference