1920 Chicago Cubs

1920 > Class Major League > 1920 National League
Overall: 75-79
Scored 619 runs, Allowed 635 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Fred Mitchell
Represented: Chicago, IL
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1919 / 1921

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Pete Alexander	33	46	135	118	9	27	4	1	1	14	0	0	11	26	.229	.295	.305	.600	36	0	6
2	Sweetbread Bailey	25	21	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	1
3	Turner Barber*	26	94	369	340	27	90	10	5	0	50	5	6	9	26	.265	.290	.324	.613	110	3	17
4	Paul Carter*	26	31	37	35	3	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	5	.171	.194	.257	.452	9	0	1
5	Virgil Cheeves	19	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0
6	Sumpter Clarke	22	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0
7	Tom Daly	28	44	94	90	12	28	6	0	0	13	1	1	2	6	.311	.333	.378	.711	34	1	1
8	Charlie Deal	28	129	512	450	48	108	10	5	3	39	5	8	20	14	.240	.285	.304	.589	137	8	34
9	Max Flack*	30	135	592	520	85	157	30	6	4	49	13	19	52	15	.302	.373	.406	.779	211	7	13
10	Bernie Friberg	20	50	124	114	11	24	5	1	0	7	2	2	6	20	.211	.250	.272	.522	31	0	4
11	Chippy Gaw	28	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0
12	Claude Hendrix	31	34	87	83	10	15	3	0	0	6	2	0	3	11	.181	.209	.217	.426	18	0	1
13	Buck Herzog	34	91	350	305	39	59	9	2	0	19	8	9	20	21	.193	.261	.236	.497	72	8	17
14	Charlie Hollocher*	24	80	369	301	53	96	17	2	0	22	20	14	41	15	.319	.406	.389	.795	117	3	24
15	Joe Jaeger	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
16	Percy Jones	20	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
17	Bill Killefer	32	62	212	191	16	42	7	1	0	16	2	2	8	5	.220	.280	.267	.547	51	8	5
18	Hal Leathers*	21	9	25	23	3	7	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	.304	.333	.478	.812	11	0	1
19	William Marriott*	26	14	50	43	7	12	4	2	0	5	1	1	6	5	.279	.367	.465	.832	20	0	1
20	Speed Martin	26	35	48	44	5	7	1	0	1	4	1	0	3	10	.159	.213	.250	.463	11	0	1
21	Fred Merkle	31	92	367	330	33	94	20	4	3	38	3	5	24	32	.285	.335	.397	.732	131	1	12
22	Joel Newkirk	24	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
23	Bob O'Farrell	23	94	312	270	29	67	11	4	3	19	1	0	34	23	.248	.332	.352	.684	95	0	8
24	Dode Paskert	38	139	572	487	57	136	22	10	5	71	16	14	64	58	.279	.366	.396	.763	193	3	18
25	Dave Robertson*	30	134	555	500	68	150	29	11	10	75	17	23	40	44	.300	.353	.462	.815	231	1	14
26	Zeb Terry	29	133	575	496	56	139	26	9	0	52	12	16	44	22	.280	.341	.369	.710	183	2	33
27	Ted Turner	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
28	Babe Twombly*	24	78	205	183	25	43	1	1	2	14	5	9	17	20	.235	.303	.284	.588	52	1	4
29	Lefty Tyler*	30	29	76	65	6	17	3	1	0	6	0	0	9	7	.262	.351	.338	.690	22	0	2
30	Hippo Vaughn#	32	40	116	102	14	22	3	1	1	12	0	0	12	23	.216	.298	.294	.592	30	0	2
	30 Players	29.3	154	5811	5117	619	1350	223	67	34	535	115	129	428	421	.264	.326	.354	.680	1809	46	220

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Pete Alexander	33	27	14	.659	1.91	46	40	6	33	7	5	363.1	335	96	77	8	69	173	1	0	3	1447	1.112	8.3	0.2	1.7	4.3	2.51
2	Sweetbread Bailey	25	1	2	.333	7.12	21	1	12	0	0	0	36.2	55	38	29	1	11	8	2	0	2	175	1.800	13.5	0.2	2.7	2.0	0.73
3	Paul Carter	26	3	6	.333	4.67	31	8	15	2	0	2	106.0	131	68	55	3	36	14	5	0	3	466	1.575	11.1	0.3	3.1	1.2	0.39
4	Virgil Cheeves	19	0	0		3.50	5	2	2	0	0	0	18.0	16	7	7	0	7	3	0	0	0	73	1.278	8.0	0.0	3.5	1.5	0.43
5	Chippy Gaw	28	1	1	.500	4.85	6	1	4	0	0	0	13.0	16	9	7	1	3	4	1	0	0	58	1.462	11.1	0.7	2.1	2.8	1.33
6	Claude Hendrix	31	9	12	.429	3.58	27	23	2	12	0	0	203.2	216	101	81	6	54	72	3	0	4	872	1.326	9.5	0.3	2.4	3.2	1.33
7	Joe Jaeger	25	0	0		12.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	6	6	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	18	3.333	18.0	0.0	12.0	0.0	0.00
8	Percy Jones*	20	0	0		11.57	4	0	4	0	0	0	7.0	15	10	9	1	3	0	1	0	0	37	2.571	19.3	1.3	3.9	0.0	0.00
9	Speed Martin	26	4	15	.211	4.83	35	13	10	6	0	2	136.0	165	96	73	2	50	44	1	0	5	618	1.581	10.9	0.1	3.3	2.9	0.88
10	Joel Newkirk	24	0	1	.000	5.40	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.2	8	6	4	1	6	2	0	0	0	31	2.100	10.8	1.4	8.1	2.7	0.33
11	Ted Turner	28	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	2.250	13.5	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
12	Lefty Tyler*	30	11	12	.478	3.31	27	27	0	18	2	0	193.0	193	83	71	6	57	57	3	0	2	803	1.295	9.0	0.3	2.7	2.7	1.00
13	Hippo Vaughn*	32	19	16	.543	2.54	40	38	2	24	4	0	301.0	301	113	85	8	81	131	8	1	3	1255	1.269	9.0	0.2	2.4	3.9	1.62
	13 Players	29.6	75	79	.487	3.27	154	154	59	95	13	9	1388.2	1459	635	504	37	382	508	25	1	22	5859	1.326	9.5	0.2	2.5	3.3	1.33

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Bob O'Farrell	86	317	100	19	6	.956	4.85	6	64	51	44%
Bill Killefer	61	304	80	9	6	.977	6.30	2	36	51	59%
Tom Daly	29	88	18	2	0	.981	3.66	1	16	9	36%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Fred Merkle	85	906	54	15	52	.985	11.29
Turner Barber	69	739	30	9	40	.988	11.14
Buck Herzog	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Zeb Terry	63	138	222	9	30	.976	5.71
Buck Herzog	59	128	175	20	25	.938	5.14
Bernie Friberg	24	57	74	5	9	.963	5.46
William Marriott	14	26	40	8	2	.892	4.71
Hal Leathers	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.00
Turner Barber	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Babe Twombly	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Charlie Deal	128	129	268	11	22	.973	3.10
Buck Herzog	28	25	66	9	7	.910	3.25
Sumpter Clarke	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Charlie Hollocher	80	196	280	23	34	.954	5.95
Zeb Terry	70	153	249	16	32	.962	5.74
Hal Leathers	6	15	18	7	0	.825	5.50

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Dave Robertson	134							0.00
Bernie Friberg	15							0.00
Turner Barber	6							0.00
Babe Twombly	5							0.00
Fred Merkle	1							0.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Dode Paskert	136							0.00
Babe Twombly	15							0.00
Turner Barber	8							0.00
Bernie Friberg	8							0.00
Max Flack	1							0.00

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Max Flack	131							0.00
Babe Twombly	25							0.00
Turner Barber	3							0.00
Bernie Friberg	3							0.00
Dode Paskert	1							0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dode Paskert	137	306	23	15	3	.956	2.40
Dave Robertson	134	230	10	8	1	.968	1.79
Max Flack	132	216	16	8	2	.967	1.76
Babe Twombly	45	91	6	3	0	.970	2.16
Bernie Friberg	24	28	2	1	0	.968	1.25
Turner Barber	17	27	1	1	0	.966	1.65
Fred Merkle	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Pete Alexander	46	8	105	2	2	.983	2.46
Hippo Vaughn	40	9	71	10	4	.889	2.00
Speed Martin	35	6	44	4	1	.926	1.43
Paul Carter	31	0	25	3	1	.893	0.81
Claude Hendrix	27	4	56	5	1	.923	2.22
Lefty Tyler	27	15	64	2	3	.975	2.93
Sweetbread Bailey	21	0	14	0	0	1.000	0.67
Chippy Gaw	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.50
Virgil Cheeves	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.40
Percy Jones	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.50
Joe Jaeger	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50
Joel Newkirk	2	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Ted Turner	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Pete Alexander	33	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Feb 26, 1887	Elba, NE, US	1920-04-14	1920-10-01
Sweetbread Bailey	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	184	Feb 12, 1895	Joliet, IL, US	1920-05-01	1920-09-22
Turner Barber	26	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jul 9, 1893	Lavinia, TN, US	1920-04-14	1920-10-03
Paul Carter	26	L	R	6' 3.0"	175	May 1, 1894	Lake Park, GA, US	1920-04-18	1920-09-20
Virgil Cheeves	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Feb 12, 1901	Oklahoma City, OK, US	1920-09-07	1920-09-27
Sumpter Clarke	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Oct 18, 1897	Savannah, GA, US	1920-09-27	1920-09-27
Tom Daly	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	171	Dec 12, 1891	St. John, NB, CA	1920-05-04	1920-10-02
Charlie Deal	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	160	Oct 30, 1891	Wilkinsburg, PA, US	1920-04-14	1920-10-03
Max Flack	30	L	L	5' 7.0"	148	Feb 5, 1890	Belleville, IL, US	1920-04-14	1920-09-26
Bernie Friberg	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	Aug 18, 1899	Manchester, NH, US	1920-04-19	1920-09-16
Chippy Gaw	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Mar 13, 1892	West Newton, MA, US	1920-04-20	1920-07-04
Claude Hendrix	31	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Apr 13, 1889	Olathe, KS, US	1920-04-17	1920-08-27
Buck Herzog	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Jul 9, 1885	Baltimore, MD, US	1920-04-14	1920-09-09
Charlie Hollocher	24	L	R	5' 7.0"	154	Jun 11, 1896	St. Louis, MO, US	1920-04-14	1920-07-25
Joe Jaeger	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Mar 3, 1895	St. Cloud, MN, US	1920-07-28	1920-09-06
Percy Jones	20	R	L	5' 11.0"	175	Oct 28, 1899	Harwood, TX, US	1920-08-06	1920-09-27
Bill Killefer	32	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Oct 10, 1887	Bloomingdale, MI, US	1920-04-14	1920-08-09
Hal Leathers	21	L	R	5' 8.0"	152	Dec 2, 1898	Selma, CA, US	1920-09-13	1920-10-02
William Marriott	26	L	R	6' 0.0"	170	Aug 18, 1893	Pratt, KS, US	1920-09-16	1920-10-03
Speed Martin	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Sep 15, 1893	Wawawai, WA, US	1920-04-17	1920-10-02
Bill McCabe	27	S	R	5' 9.0"	180	Oct 28, 1892	Chicago, IL, US	1920-05-01	1920-05-18
Fred Merkle	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Dec 20, 1888	Watertown, WI, US	1920-04-28	1920-10-02
Joel Newkirk	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jun 1, 1896	Kyana, IN, US	1920-04-20	1920-04-23
Bob O'Farrell	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	180	Oct 19, 1896	Waukegan, IL, US	1920-04-20	1920-10-03
Dode Paskert	38	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Aug 28, 1881	Cleveland, OH, US	1920-04-14	1920-10-03
Dave Robertson	30	L	L	6' 0.0"	186	Sep 25, 1889	Portsmouth, VA, US	1920-04-15	1920-10-03
Zeb Terry	29	R	R	5' 8.0"	129	Jun 17, 1891	Denison, TX, US	1920-05-05	1920-10-03
Ted Turner	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	May 4, 1892	Lawrenceburg, KY, US	1920-04-20	1920-04-20
Babe Twombly	24	L	R	5' 10.0"	165	Jan 18, 1896	Jamaica Plain, MA, US	1920-04-14	1920-10-03
Lefty Tyler	30	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Dec 14, 1889	Derry, NH, US	1920-04-17	1920-10-03
Hippo Vaughn	32	S	L	6' 4.0"	215	Apr 9, 1888	Weatherford, TX, US	1920-04-15	1920-10-02

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