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1957 Chicago Cubs season

Field	Value
name	Chicago Cubs
season	1957
league	National League
ballpark	Wrigley Field
city	Chicago
record
league_place	7th
owners	Philip K. Wrigley
general_managers	John Holland
managers	Bob Scheffing
television	WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
radio	WIND
(Milo Hamilton, Jack Quinlan, Gene Elston)

(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) (Milo Hamilton, Jack Quinlan, Gene Elston) |}} The 1957 Chicago Cubs season was the 86th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 82nd in the National League, and the 42nd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs tied with the Pittsburgh Pirates for seventh in the National League with a record of 62–92–2 ( winning percentage).

Offseason

November 13, 1956: Don Hoak, Warren Hacker, and Pete Whisenant were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Ray Jablonski and Elmer Singleton.
December 11, 1956: Eddie Miksis, Jim Davis, Sam Jones, and Hobie Landrith were traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Poholsky, Jackie Collum, Ray Katt, and Wally Lammers (minors).
December 11, 1956: The Cubs traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Charlie Silvera and cash. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Harry Chiti to the Yankees on December 14.
Prior to 1957 season: Lou Jackson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 16, 1957: Ray Katt and Ray Jablonski were traded by the Cubs to the New York Giants for Dick Littlefield and Bob Lennon.
April 20, 1957: Jim King was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bobby Del Greco and Ed Mayer.
May 1, 1957: Dee Fondy and Gene Baker were traded by the Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dale Long and Lee Walls.
May 23, 1957: Jackie Collum and Vito Valentinetti were traded by the Cubs to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Don Elston.
June 8, 1957: Chuck Tanner was claimed on waivers by the Cubs from the Milwaukee Braves.
September 10, 1957: Bobby Del Greco was purchased from the Cubs by the New York Yankees.

Roster

1957 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	Cal Neeman	122	415	107	.258	10	39
1B	Dale Long	123	397	121	.305	21	62
2B	Bobby Morgan	125	425	88	.207	5	27
SS	Ernie Banks	156	594	169	.285	43	102
3B	Bobby Adams	60	187	47	.251	1	10
LF	Lee Walls	117	366	88	.240	6	33
CF	Bob Speake	129	418	97	.232	16	50
RF	Walt Moryn	149	568	164	.289	19	88

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
Chuck Tanner	95	318	91	.286	7	42
Jim Bolger	112	273	75	.275	5	29
Jerry Kindall	72	181	29	.160	6	12
Jack Littrell	61	153	29	.190	1	13
Bob Will	70	112	25	.223	1	10
Casey Wise	43	106	19	.179	0	7
Jim Fanning	47	89	16	.180	0	4
	26	53	11	.208	0	2
Dee Fondy	11	51	16	.314	0	2
Ed Winceniak	17	50	12	.240	1	8
Gene Baker	12	44	11	.250	1	10
Bobby Del Greco	20	40	8	.200	0	3
Johnny Goryl	9	38	8	.211	0	1
Frank Ernaga	20	35	11	.314	2	7
Eddie Haas	14	24	5	.208	0	4
Bob Lennon	9	21	3	.143	1	3
Gordon Massa	6	15	7	.467	0	3
Ed Mickelson	6	12	0	.000	0	1
Jim Woods	2	0	0	----	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
Moe Drabowski	36	239.2	13	15	3.53	170
Dick Drott	38	229.0	15	11	3.58	170
Bob Rush	31	205.1	6	16	4.38	103

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
Don Elston	39	144.0	6	7	3.56	102
Dave Hillman	32	103.1	6	11	4.35	53
	28	84.0	1	7	4.93	28
Don Kaiser	20	72.0	2	6	5.00	23
	5	13.1	0	1	6.75	6
	3	7.2	0	0	5.87	3

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	67	5	7	12	3.77	51
	48	2	3	4	5.35	51
	41	5	5	0	3.38	73
Vito Valentinetti	9	0	0	0	2.25	8
Jackie Collum	9	1	1	1	6.75	7
	8	0	1	0	7.71	7
	3	0	1	0	12.46	1
Glen Hobbie	2	0	0	0	10.38	3

Farm system

and Bill Posedel Halley Wilson and Burdette Thurlby Lafayette franchise folded, June 20, 1957

Notes

References

1957 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jablora01.shtml Ray Jablonski] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/miksied01.shtml Eddie Miksis] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chitiha01.shtml Harry Chiti] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jackslo01.shtml Lou Jackson] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kattra01.shtml Ray Katt] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kingji01.shtml Jim King] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fondyde01.shtml Dee Fondy] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colluja01.shtml Jackie Collum] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=tannech01 Chuck Tanner transactions at Baseball Almanac]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/delgrbo01.shtml Bobby Del Greco] at ''Baseball-Reference''

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