1904 Chicago Cubs

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1903 / 1905

93-60, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Selee (93-60)
Scored 597 runs, Allowed 517 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-66

Ballparks: West Side Grounds · Attendance: 439,100 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99

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1903 / 1905 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Johnny Kling	28	123	483	452	41	110	18	0	2	46	7		16	26	.243	.271	.296	.567	75	134		1	14
2	1B	Frank Chance	27	124	514	451	89	140	16	10	6	49	42		36	21	.310	.382	.430	.812	150	194		16	11
3	2B	Johnny Evers*	22	152	587	532	49	141	14	7	0	47	26		28	22	.265	.307	.318	.624	93	169		4	23
4	SS	Joe Tinker	23	141	531	488	55	108	12	13	3	41	41		29	54	.221	.268	.318	.585	80	155		2	12
5	3B	Doc Casey#	34	136	593	548	71	147	20	4	1	43	21		18	28	.268	.300	.325	.625	93	178		7	20
6	OF	Jack McCarthy*	35	115	476	432	36	114	14	2	0	51	14		23	17	.264	.307	.306	.613	89	132		4	17
7	OF	Jimmy Slagle*	30	120	532	481	73	125	12	10	1	31	28		41	33	.260	.322	.333	.655	102	160		3	7
8	OF	Davy Jones*	24	98	383	336	44	82	11	5	3	39	14		41	22	.244	.330	.333	.663	105	112		2	4
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Shad Barry	25	73	290	263	29	69	7	2	1	26	12		17	16	.262	.310	.316	.625	93	83		1	9
10	UT	Otto Williams	26	57	206	185	21	37	4	1	0	8	9		13	34	.200	.256	.232	.489	51	43		1	7
11	C	Jack O'Neill	31	51	182	168	8	36	5	0	1	19	1		6	24	.214	.258	.262	.520	61	44		4	4
12	OF	Harry McChesney	24	22	92	88	9	23	6	2	0	11	2		4	17	.261	.293	.375	.668	106	33		0	0
13	OF	Frank Schulte*	21	20	87	84	16	24	4	3	2	13	1		2	13	.286	.310	.476	.787	141	40		1	0
14	UT	Frank Corridon#	23	19	60	58	3	13	1	0	0	1	0		1	10	.224	.237	.241	.479	48	14		0	1
15	UT	Aleck Smith?	33	10	32	29	2	6	1	0	0	1	1		3	4	.207	.281	.241	.523	62	7		0	0
16	UT	Solly Hofman	21	7	27	26	7	7	0	0	1	4	2		1	1	.269	.296	.385	.681	109	10		0	0
17	UT	George Moriarty	18	4	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.000	.071	.000	.071	-77	0		0	0
18	OF	Ike Van Zandt*	28	3	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
19	OF	Bill Carney#	30	2	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	-60	0		0	0
20	C	Fred Holmes	25	1	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	206	2		0	0
21	C	Tom Stanton#	29	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
22	OF	Dutch Rudolph*	21	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	106	1		0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
23	P	Bob Wicker	26	50	163	155	17	34	1	0	0	9	4		4	20	.219	.244	.226	.470	45	35		1	3
24	P	Jake Weimer	30	37	119	115	5	21	3	0	0	11	1		1	26	.183	.197	.209	.405	25	24		1	2
25	P	Buttons Briggs	28	34	101	94	6	16	1	0	1	4	0		5	26	.170	.212	.213	.425	31	20		0	2
26	P	Carl Lundgren	24	31	97	90	7	20	3	2	0	8	1		5	25	.222	.263	.300	.563	73	27		0	2
27	P	Mordecai Brown#	27	31	92	89	8	19	3	1	0	8	0		2	19	.213	.231	.270	.500	54	24		0	1
28	P	Ernie Groth	19	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	27.5	156	5695	5210	597	1294	157	62	22	470	227		298	471	.248	.295	.315	.610	88	1641		48	139
		Rank in 8 NL teams				2	5	4	7	5	5		2	1	8	7	6	7	6	6		5		3		1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Jake Weimer*	30	20	14	.588	1.91	37	37	0	31	5	0	307.0	229	96	65	1	97		177	7	2	4	1225	141	1.062	6.7	0.0	2.8	5.2	1.82
2	SP	Buttons Briggs	28	19	11	.633	2.05	34	30	4	28	3	3	277.0	252	102	63	3	77		112	8	0	3	1109	131	1.188	8.2	0.1	2.5	3.6	1.45
3	SP	Carl Lundgren	24	17	9	.654	2.60	31	27	4	25	2	1	242.0	203	97	70	2	77		106	4	2	5	980	103	1.157	7.5	0.1	2.9	3.9	1.38
4	SP	Bob Wicker	26	17	9	.654	2.67	30	27	3	23	4	0	229.0	201	92	68	6	58		99	3	1	4	929	100	1.131	7.9	0.2	2.3	3.9	1.71
5	SP	Mordecai Brown	27	15	10	.600	1.86	26	23	3	21	4	1	212.1	155	74	44	1	50		81	6	0	5	833	144	0.965	6.6	0.0	2.1	3.4	1.62
6	SP	Frank Corridon	23	5	5	.500	3.05	12	10	2	9	0	0	100.1	88	43	34	2	37		34	7	0	2	411	88	1.246	7.9	0.2	3.3	3.0	0.92
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7		Ernie Groth	19	0	2	.000	5.63	3	2	1	2	0	1	16.0	22	13	10	1	6		9	1	0	1	78	49	1.750	12.4	0.6	3.4	5.1	1.50
		Team Totals	26.8	93	60	.608	2.30	156	156	17	139	18	6	1383.2	1150	517	354	16	402		618	36	5	24	5565	116	1.122	7.5	0.1	2.6	4.0	1.54
		Rank in 8 NL teams		2	7		2				3	2	2	3	1	2	2	3	5		2
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Shad Barry	25	74		363	270	72	21	16	.942	4.62							OF-1B-3B-SS-2B
Buttons Briggs	28	34		70	16	54	0	2	1.000	2.06							P
Mordecai Brown	27	28		75	20	50	5	2	.933	2.50							P-2B-OF
Bill Carney	30	2		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50							OF
Doc Casey	34	136		446	163	244	39	11	.913	2.99	1		2	2	50%		3B-C
Frank Chance	27	124		1333	1213	107	13	48	.990	10.65	0		2	1	33%		1B-C
Frank Corridon	23	19		79	31	43	5	3	.937	3.89							P-1B-OF
Johnny Evers	22	152		953	381	518	54	53	.943	5.91							2B
Ernie Groth	19	3		2	0	2	0	1	1.000	0.67							P
Solly Hofman	21	7		13	8	4	1	1	.923	1.71							OF-SS
Fred Holmes	25	1		5	4	1	0	0	1.000	5.00	0		1	1	50%		C
Davy Jones	24	97		146	128	8	10	0	.932	1.40							OF
Johnny Kling	28	120		715	560	135	20	8	.972	5.79	16		107	109	50%		C-OF-1B
Carl Lundgren	24	31		81	21	56	4	2	.951	2.48							P
Jack McCarthy	35	115		230	213	8	9	0	.961	1.92							OF
Harry McChesney	24	22		30	27	2	1	1	.967	1.32							OF
George Moriarty	18	4		14	8	3	3	0	.786	2.75							OF-3B
Jack O'Neill	31	49		324	256	62	6	5	.981	6.49	5		48	50	51%		C
Dutch Rudolph	21	2		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50							OF
Frank Schulte	21	20		39	34	3	2	0	.949	1.85							OF
Jimmy Slagle	30	120		227	194	15	18	7	.921	1.74							OF
Aleck Smith	33	8		13	8	3	2	1	.846	1.38	0		1	1	50%		OF-C-3B
Tom Stanton	29	1		5	4	1	0	0	1.000	5.00	3		1	1	50%		C
Joe Tinker	23	141		860	331	465	64	54	.926	5.65							SS-OF
Ike Van Zandt	28	3		3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.00							OF
Jake Weimer	30	37		123	37	81	5	0	.959	3.19							P
Bob Wicker	26	50		89	48	34	7	1	.921	1.64							P-OF
Otto Williams	26	54		237	161	67	9	3	.962	4.22							OF-1B-SS-3B-2B
Team Totals	27.3	156		6477	4140	2039	298	219	.954	4.25	25		162	165	50%
Rank in 8 NL teams							6	5	3
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
Shad Barry	25	290	-2	0	0	0	-1	-1	9	5	0.4	6	0.6	-0.2	$	Traded	O35/64
Buttons Briggs	28	101	-7	-1	0	0	0	3	3	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	Traded	1
Mordecai Brown#	27	92	-5	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	Traded	1/4O
Bill Carney#	30	8	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O
Doc Casey#	34	593	-4	1	0	0	0	4	17	18	1.7	18	1.8	-0.1	$	Jumped Lgs	*5/2
Frank Chance	27	514	29	5	0	0	11	-4	15	56	6.1	45	4.6	1.5	$	Free Agency	*3/2
Frank Corridon#	23	60	-4	0	0	0	0	1	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	Purchased	1/3O
Johnny Evers*	22	587	-4	-1	0	0	16	0	17	28	2.7	12	1.2	1.5	$	Purchased	*4
Ernie Groth	19	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	Free Agency	/1
Solly Hofman	21	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	Purchased	/O6
Fred Holmes	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/2
Davy Jones*	24	383	3	0	0	0	-1	-5	12	9	0.9	10	1.0	-0.1	$	Jumped Lgs	O
Johnny Kling	28	483	-13	-2	0	0	-2	6	14	3	0.1	5	0.5	-0.4	$	Purchased	*2O/3
Carl Lundgren	24	97	-3	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$		1
Jack McCarthy*	35	476	-5	-2	0	0	-3	-4	14	0	-0.1	3	0.3	-0.4	$	Jumped Lgs	*O
Harry McChesney	24	92	0	0	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	Purchased	O
George Moriarty	18	14	-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$		/5O
Jack O'Neill	31	182	-7	-2	0	0	2	3	5	1	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	Traded	2
Dutch Rudolph*	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/O
Frank Schulte*	21	87	4	1	0	0	0	-1	2	6	0.7	6	0.6	0.1	$	Purchased	O
Jimmy Slagle*	30	532	2	3	0	0	-2	-6	15	12	1.2	14	1.4	-0.2	$		*O
Aleck Smith?	33	32	-1	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$		/O52
Tom Stanton#	29	3	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		/2
Joe Tinker	23	531	-12	4	0	0	11	9	16	28	2.7	17	1.7	1.0	$	Purchased	*6/O
Ike Van Zandt*	28	11	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$		/O
Jake Weimer	30	119	-10	-1	0	0	0	4	4	-3	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$		1
Bob Wicker	26	163	-10	0	0	0	0	3	5	-2	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$	Traded	1O
Otto Williams	26	206	-10	1	0	0	5	-1	6	1	0.0	-4	-0.4	0.4	$	Purchased	O36/45
Team Total	27.5	5695	-68	7	0	0	32	16	167	154	14.3	122	12.3	2.0	$
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Buttons Briggs	28	277.0	30	101	140	4	1.0	39	3.5	$	Traded
Mordecai Brown	27	212.1	23	74	107	3	1.0	33	3.1	$	Traded
Frank Corridon	23	100.1	10	41	51	2	1.0	10	0.7	$	Purchased
Ernie Groth	19	16.0	2	13	8	0	1.0	-5	-0.6	$	Free Agency
Carl Lundgren	24	242.0	27	97	122	4	1.0	25	2.0	$
Jake Weimer*	30	307.0	37	96	155	5	1.0	59	5.7	$
Bob Wicker	26	229.0	27	89	115	4	1.0	26	2.2	$	Traded
Team Total	26.8	1383.2	156	511	698	22	1.0	187	16.6	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1903 / 1905 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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