1956 Chicago Cubs
60 - 94
1955 / 1957 (Organization)
8th place in the NL (33 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record:
39 - 38 (.506)
21 - 56 (.273)
-2.2 wins
-14.8 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 597 / 680 ( -83 )
Allowed/Expected: 708 / 672 ( -36 )
Pyth Record: 65 - 89 (-5)
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Wrigley Field
Attendance: 720,118 Avg Att: 9,001 (0.65)
Att Rank: 7 / 8 Lg Avg: 13,928
       
Park Factor: 1.01    
HR Factor: 1.12 R/L HR: 1.21 / 0.98
Notes:


Top Prospects (as of March 1st)

Filters
Positions
# Pos
Age
 
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
  Acquired Via M D Y
1
LF
18.0
63.8
369.0
180.0
 
-0.2
0.5
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1956
2
RF
23.3
12.9
85.7
21.1
 
2.3
1.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
8
19
1955
3
SP
19.9
11.4
71.6
20.6
 
1.0
-0.9
2.5
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
1
1954
4
LF
21.8
8.1
59.5
17.2
 
-0.1
 
Unknown
1
1
1956
5
SP
20.2
5.8
57.0
12.2
 
-0.1
1.5
2.2
1.8
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1955
6
SP
20.8
3.9
39.0
7.6
 
-0.6
0.7
0.7
1.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
7
29
1954
7
SP
22.8
2.9
17.1
4.7
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
30
1955
8
2B
22.7
1.6
12.8
-1.4
 
0.1
0.7
-0.1
 
Draft (Minor League)
11
27
1955
9
LF
25.9
1.4
16.2
0.8
 
1.1
0.2
-0.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
11
8
1948
10
RP
19.8
0.8
3.0
1.4
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
3
1954
11
SP
21.4
0.7
9.1
0.9
 
1.1
-0.4
 
Free Agency (Bonus Baby)
2
8
1955
12
RF
25.9
0.5
2.5
1.6
 
0.6
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
5
20
1953
13
RP
18.9
0.3
4.6
-1.0
 
-0.2
1.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1956
14
RP
24.9
0.1
0.6
0.4
 
0.1
 
Draft (Minor League)
12
2
1952
15
SW
25.0
0.1
1.2
-0.3
 
0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
7
28
1950
16
DH
26.2
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
 
-0.0
 
Trade
9
22
1955
17
RP
24.5
-0.0
0.0
-0.2
 
-0.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1950
18
SW
23.9
-0.1
0.5
-0.7
 
-0.2
 
Draft (Rule 5)
11
22
1954
19
DH
24.4
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
 
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1952
20
3B
22.4
-0.2
0.0
-0.0
 
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
5
29
1955
21
RF
21.1
-0.3
1.6
0.2
 
-0.3
-0.0
0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1953
22
RP
18.7
-0.3
0.0
-0.3
 
-0.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1955
23
RP
19.9
-0.3
2.1
-0.6
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1955
24
CF
25.7
-0.4
5.7
-0.8
 
0.4
-0.8
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
3
9
1951
25
SP
22.4
-0.4
7.1
0.9
 
0.2
-0.3
0.5
0.0
-0.8
 
Trade
9
22
1955
26
RF
25.0
-0.5
13.4
-3.0
 
-0.2
0.0
0.6
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
5
16
1954
27
2B
21.7
-1.0
0.2
-1.4
 
-0.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
9
23
1954
28
SP
20.0
-1.1
19.7
-5.1
 
2.5
-1.4
-0.3
-1.8
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
16
1954
29
SS
22.2
-1.4
3.4
-2.5
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
8
19
1955
30
CF
24.4
-1.5
6.1
-6.4
 
-0.1
-0.1
-1.0
 
Trade
10
1
1954
31
2B
23.8
-1.9
3.0
-4.7
 
-0.7
-0.3
-0.7
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
9
8
1952
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