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Major League Baseball team season

1955 Chicago Cubs

League

City

Record

72–81 (.471)

League place

6th

Owners

Television

WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)

Radio

WIND
(Bert Wilson,Jack Quinlan,Gene Elston,Vince Lloyd)

← 1954

Seasons

1956 →

The1955 Chicago Cubs season was the 84th season of theChicago Cubs franchise, the 80th in theNational League and the 40th atWrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth in the National League with a record of 72–81.

Offseason

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October 1, 1954:Johnny Klippstein andJim Willis were traded by the Cubs to theCincinnati Redlegs forJim Bolger,Harry Perkowski andTed Tappe.^[1]
November 16, 1954:Ralph Kiner was sent by the Cubs to theCleveland Indians for $60,000 as part of an earlier deal (the Cubs sent a player to be named later to the Indians forSam Jones and players to be named later) made on September 30, 1954. The Indians sentGale Wade to the Cubs on November 30 to complete the trade.^[2]
November 22, 1954:Jim King was drafted by the Cubs from theSt. Louis Cardinals in the 1954rule 5 draft.^[3]

Regular season

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May 10, 1955:Duke Snider of theBrooklyn Dodgers hit the 200th HR of his career against the Cubs. The opposing pitcher wasWarren Hacker and the home run was hit atWrigley Field.^[4]
May 12, 1955: Sam Jones of the Cubs became the first black pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the major leagues.^[5] It was against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Season standings

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e
National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	98	55	.641	—	56‍–‍21	42‍–‍34
Milwaukee Braves	85	69	.552	13½	46‍–‍31	39‍–‍38
New York Giants	80	74	.519	18½	44‍–‍35	36‍–‍39
Philadelphia Phillies	77	77	.500	21½	46‍–‍31	31‍–‍46
Cincinnati Redlegs	75	79	.487	23½	46‍–‍31	29‍–‍48
Chicago Cubs	72	81	.471	26	43‍–‍33	29‍–‍48
St. Louis Cardinals	68	86	.442	30½	41‍–‍36	27‍–‍50
Pittsburgh Pirates	60	94	.390	38½	36‍–‍39	24‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

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1955 National League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Team	BRO	CHC	CIN	MIL	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Brooklyn	—	14–7–1	12–10	15–7	13–9	16–6	14–8	14–8
Chicago	7–14–1	—	11–11	7–15	12–10	10–12	11–11	14–8
Cincinnati	10–12	11–11	—	9–13	9–13	11–11	14–8	11–11
Milwaukee	7–15	15–7	13–9	—	14–8	14–8	11–11	11–11
New York	9–13	10–12	13–9	8–14	—	10–12	17–5	13–9
Philadelphia	6–16	12–10	11–11	8–14	12–10	—	15–7	13–9
Pittsburgh	8–14	11–11	8–14	11–11	5–17	7–15	—	10–12
St. Louis	8–14	8–14	11–11	11–11	9–13	9–13	12–10	—

Notable transactions

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April 16, 1955:Lloyd Merriman was purchased by the Cubs from theChicago White Sox.^[6]
June 12, 1955:Owen Friend was purchased by the Cubs from theBoston Red Sox.^[7]
August 19, 1955:George Altman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[8]
August 19, 1955:J. C. Hartman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[9]

Roster

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1955 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 35Vicente Amor 29John André 23Bubba Church 42Hy Cohen 22Jim Davis 18Warren Hacker 53Dave Hillman 19Hal Jeffcoat 27Sam Jones 45Don Kaiser 24Paul Minner 43Harry Perkowski 16Howie Pollet 17Bob Rush 26Bob Thorpe 33Bill Tremel		Catchers 32Harry Chiti 25Walker Cooper 1Jim Fanning 8Clyde McCullough 55El Tappe Infielders 37Gene Baker 14Ernie Banks 40Dee Fondy 3Owen Friend 2Randy Jackson 5Vern Morgan		Outfielders 7Frank Baumholtz 30Jim Bolger 48Jim King 28Lloyd Merriman 21Eddie Miksis 9Hank Sauer 11Bob Speake 4Ted Tappe 3Gale Wade Other batters 31Al Lary		Manager 6Stan Hack Coaches 41Ray Blades 46Ray Hayworth 20Dutch Leonard 46Bob Scheffing

1955 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

31Al Lary

Manager

6Stan Hack

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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	Harry Chiti	113	338	78	.231	11	41
1B	Dee Fondy	150	574	152	.265	17	65
2B	Gene Baker	154	609	163	.268	11	52
SS	Ernie Banks	154	596	176	.295	44	117
3B	Randy Jackson	138	499	132	.265	21	70
LF	Hank Sauer	79	261	55	.211	12	28
CF	Eddie Miksis	131	481	113	.235	9	41
RF	Jim King	113	301	77	.256	11	45

Other batters

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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
Frank Baumholtz	105	280	81	.289	1	27
Bob Speake	95	261	57	.218	12	43
Jim Bolger	64	160	33	.206	0	7
Lloyd Merriman	72	145	31	.214	1	8
Walker Cooper	54	111	31	.279	7	15
Clyde McCullough	44	81	16	.198	0	10
Ted Tappe	23	50	13	.260	4	10
Gale Wade	9	33	6	.182	1	1
Jim Fanning	5	10	0	.000	0	0
Owen Friend	6	10	1	.100	0	0
Vern Morgan	7	7	1	.143	0	1
El Tappe	2	0	0	----	0	0
Al Lary	4	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Sam Jones	36	241.2	14	20	4.10	198
Bob Rush	33	234.0	13	11	3.50	130
Warren Hacker	35	213.0	11	15	4.27	80
Paul Minner	22	157.2	9	9	3.48	53

Other pitchers

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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	42	133.2	7	11	4.44	62
Howie Pollet	24	61.0	4	3	5.61	27
Hy Cohen	7	17.0	0	0	7.94	4

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Hal Jeffcoat	50	8	6	6	2.95	32
Dave Hillman	25	0	0	0	5.31	23
Harry Perkowski	25	3	4	2	5.29	28
Bill Tremel	23	3	0	2	3.72	13
John André	22	0	1	1	5.80	19
Don Kaiser	11	0	0	0	5.40	11
Vicente Amor	4	0	1	0	4.50	3
Bubba Church	2	0	0	1	5.40	3
Bob Thorpe	2	0	0	0	3.00	0

Farm system

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Level	Team	League	Manager
Open	Los Angeles Angels	Pacific Coast League	Bill Sweeney,Jack Warner andBob Scheffing
A	Macon Peaches	Sally League	Pepper Martin andIvy Griffin
A	Des Moines Bruins	Western League	Les Peden andPepper Martin
B	Burlington Bees	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Hal Meek
C	Vicksburg Hill Billies	Cotton States League	Fred Williams
C	Lafayette Oilers	Evangeline League	Lou Klein
C	Magic Valley Cowboys	Pioneer League	Ed McDade
D	Paris Lakers	Mississippi–Ohio Valley League	Dick Rigazio
D	Gainesville Owls/Ponca City Cubs	Sooner State League	Ed Carnett

Notes

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^Jim Bolger atBaseball-Reference
^Ralph Kiner atBaseball-Reference
^Jim King atBaseball-Reference
^Duke Snider | The Baseball Page
^Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 198, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^Lloyd Merriman atBaseball-Reference
^Owen Friend atBaseball-Reference
^George Altman atBaseball-Reference
^J. C. Hartman atBaseball-Reference

References

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Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997).The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America.ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1955 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

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1955 All-Star Game 1955 World Series

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