1957 Chicago Cubs season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Chicago Cubs
season = 1957
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1876
Uniform
ballpark = Wrigley Field
y4 = 1916
city = Chicago, Illinois
y5 = 1871
owners =Philip K. Wrigley
general manager = John Holland
managers = Bob Scheffing
television = WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
radio = WIND
(Milo Hamilton, Jack Quinlan, Gene Elston)|

Offseason

*December 14, 1956: Harry Chiti was sent by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on December 11, 1956. The Chicago Cubs sent a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Charlie Silvera and cash and another player to be named. The Chicago Cubs sent Harry Chiti (December 14, 1956) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chitiha01.shtml]

Regular season

eason standings

Notable Transactions

*June 8, 1957: Chuck Tanner was claimed on waivers by Chicago Cubs from Milwaukee Braves. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=tannech01 Chuck Tanner Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac ] ]

Roster

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* "Open" Classification: Portland Beavers (Pacific Coast League; Bill Sweeney, Frank Carswell and Bill Posedel, managers)
* Class AA: Memphis Chicks (Southern Association; Lou Klein, manager)
* Class AA: Fort Worth Cats (Texas League; Lee Handley, manager)
* Class A: Des Moines Bruins (Western League; Lou Stringer and Herschel Martin, managers)
* Class B: Burlington Bees (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League; Ken Raffensberger, manager)
* Class C: Bakersfield Bears (California League; Dick Wilson and Babe Herman, managers)
* Class C: Lafayette Bulls (Evangeline League; Walt Dixon, manager) -- Club folded, June 20
* Class C: Magic Valley Cowboys (Pioneer League; Burdette Thurlby and Walt Dixon, managers)
* Class D: Pulaski Cubs (Appalachian League; Vedie Himsl, Jim Bottomley, Rube Wilson and Burdette Thurlby, managers)
* Class D: Paris Lakers (Midwest League; Verlon Walker, manager)
* Class D: Ponca City Cubs (Sooner State League; Don Biebel, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1957.shtml 1957 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference]