1957 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1957
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago
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)

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.

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.^[1]
• 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).^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• Prior to 1957 season: Lou Jackson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[4]

Regular season

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.^[5]
• April 20, 1957: Jim King was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bobby Del Greco and Ed Mayer.^[6]
• May 1, 1957: Dee Fondy and Gene Baker were traded by the Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dale Long and Lee Walls.^[7]
• May 23, 1957: Jackie Collum and Vito Valentinetti were traded by the Cubs to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Don Elston.^[8]
• June 8, 1957: Chuck Tanner was claimed on waivers by the Cubs from the Milwaukee Braves.^[9]
• September 10, 1957: Bobby Del Greco was purchased from the Cubs by the New York Yankees.^[10]

Roster

1957 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		122	415	107	.258	10	39
1B		123	397	121	.305	21	62
2B		125	425	88	.207	5	27
SS		156	594	169	.285	43	102
3B		60	187	47	.251	1	10
LF		117	366	88	.240	6	33
CF		129	418	97	.232	16	50
RF		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
	95	318	91	.286	7	42
	112	273	75	.275	5	29
	72	181	29	.160	6	12
	61	153	29	.190	1	13
	70	112	25	.223	1	10
	43	106	19	.179	0	7
	47	89	16	.180	0	4
	26	53	11	.208	0	2
	11	51	16	.314	0	2
	17	50	12	.240	1	8
	12	44	11	.250	1	10
	20	40	8	.200	0	3
	9	38	8	.211	0	1
	20	35	11	.314	2	7
	14	24	5	.208	0	4
	9	21	3	.143	1	3
	6	15	7	.467	0	3
	6	12	0	.000	0	1
	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
	36	239.2	13	15	3.53	170
	38	229.0	15	11	3.58	170
	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
	39	144.0	6	7	3.56	102
	32	103.1	6	11	4.35	53
	28	84.0	1	7	4.93	28
	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
	67	5	7	12	3.77	51
	48	2	3	4	5.35	51
	41	5	5	0	3.38	73
	9	0	0	0	2.25	8
	9	1	1	1	6.75	7
	8	0	1	0	7.71	7
	3	0	1	0	12.46	1
	2	0	0	0	10.38	3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

Lafayette franchise folded, June 20, 1957

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1957 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

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