1955 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1955 National League Wrigley Field Chicago 72 81 y 6th Philip K. Wrigley Wid Matthews Stan Hack WGN-TV(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton) WIND(Bert Wilson, Milo Hamilton, Jack Quinlan, Gene Elston) thumb | right The 1955 Chicago Cubs season was the 84th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 80th in the National League and the 40th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth in the National League with a record of 72–81. Offseason October 1, 1954: Johnny Klippstein and Jim Willis were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Jim Bolger, Harry Perkowski and Ted Tappe.Jim Bolger at Baseball-Reference November 16, 1954: Ralph Kiner was sent by the Cubs to the Cleveland Indians for $60,000 as part of an earlier deal (the Cubs sent a player to be named later to the Indians for Sam Jones and players to be named later) made on September 30, 1954. The Indians sent Gale Wade to the Cubs on November 30 to complete the trade.Ralph Kiner at Baseball-Reference November 22, 1954: Jim King was drafted by the Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1954 rule 5 draft.Jim King at Baseball-Reference Regular season May 10, 1955: Duke Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers hit the 200th HR of his career against the Cubs. The opposing pitcher was Warren Hacker and the home run was hit at Wrigley Field.http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/snidedu01.php Duke Snider The Baseball Page May 7, 2006 March 4, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060304170320/http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/snidedu01.php dead May 12, 1955: Sam Jones of the Cubs became the first black pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the major leagues.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 198, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 It was against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Notable transactions April 16, 1955: Lloyd Merriman was purchased by the Cubs from the Chicago White Sox.Lloyd Merriman at Baseball-Reference June 12, 1955: Owen Friend was purchased by the Cubs from the Boston Red Sox.Owen Friend at Baseball-Reference August 19, 1955: George Altman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.George Altman at Baseball-Reference August 19, 1955: J. C. Hartman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.J. C. Hartman at Baseball-Reference Roster 1955 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 35 Vicente Amor 29 John André 23 Bubba Church 42 Hy Cohen 22 Jim Davis 18 Warren Hacker 53 Dave Hillman 19 Hal Jeffcoat 27 Sam Jones 45 Don Kaiser 24 Paul Minner 43 Harry Perkowski 16 Howie Pollet 17 Bob Rush 26 Bob Thorpe 33 Bill Tremel Catchers 32 Harry Chiti 25 Walker Cooper  1 Jim Fanning  8 Clyde McCullough 55 El Tappe Infielders 37 Gene Baker 14 Ernie Banks 40 Dee Fondy  3 Owen Friend  2 Randy Jackson  5 Vern Morgan Outfielders  7 Frank Baumholtz 30 Jim Bolger 48 Jim King 28 Lloyd Merriman 21 Eddie Miksis  9 Hank Sauer 11 Bob Speake  4 Ted Tappe  3 Gale Wade Other batters 31 Al Lary Manager  6 Stan Hack Coaches 41 Ray Blades 46 Ray Hayworth 20 Dutch Leonard 46 Bob Scheffing 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 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 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 Jim Bolger (baseball) 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 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 Sam Jones Sam Jones (baseball) 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 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 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 John André (baseball) 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 Bob Thorpe (pitcher) 2 0 0 0 3.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball Open Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Bill Sweeney, Jack Warner and Bob Scheffing A Macon Peaches Sally League Pepper Martin and Ivy Griffin A Des Moines Bruins Western League Les Peden and Pepper 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 LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lafayette, Magic Valley Gainesville franchise transferred to Ponca City and renamed, May 19, 1955 Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1955 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:1955 in Chicago