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1956 Chicago Cubs season

Field	Value
name	Chicago Cubs
season	1956
league	National League
ballpark	Wrigley Field
city	Chicago
record
league_place	8th
owners	Philip K. Wrigley
general_managers	Wid Matthews
managers	Stan Hack
television	WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
radio	WIND
(Milo Hamilton, Jack Quinlan, Gene Elston)

(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton) (Milo Hamilton, Jack Quinlan, Gene Elston) |}} 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.
- Vito Valentinetti was drafted by the Cubs from the Toronto Maple Leafs.
November 28, 1955: Hal Jeffcoat was traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Hobie Landrith.
December 9, 1955: Frank Baumholtz was purchased from the Cubs by the Philadelphia Phillies.
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.
March 30, 1956: Hank Sauer was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Pete Whisenant.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1956 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers

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

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muffebi01.shtml Billy Muffett] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valenvi01.shtml Vito Valentinetti] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/landrho01.shtml Hobie Landrith] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/baumhfr01.shtml Frank Baumholtz] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jacksra01.shtml Randy Jackson] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sauerha01.shtml Hank Sauer] at ''Baseball Reference''

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