1907 Chicago Cubs

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1906 / 1908

107-45, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Chance (107-45)
Scored 574 runs, Allowed 390 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 102-50

Ballparks: West Side Grounds · Attendance: 422,550 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 102

Postseason:

Won World Series (4-0) over Detroit Tigers

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1906 / 1908 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	31	104	367	334	44	95	15	8	1	43	9		27	16	.284	.342	.386	.728	122	129		2	4
2	1B	Frank Chance	30	111	451	382	58	112	19	2	1	49	35		51	21	.293	.395	.361	.756	131	138		13	5
3	2B	Johnny Evers*	25	151	565	508	66	127	18	4	2	51	46		38	17	.250	.309	.313	.622	90	159		5	14
4	SS	Joe Tinker	26	117	444	402	36	89	11	3	1	36	20		25	30	.221	.269	.271	.540	65	109		1	16
5	3B	Harry Steinfeldt	29	152	613	542	52	144	25	5	1	70	19		37	38	.266	.323	.336	.659	101	182		9	25
6	OF	Jimmy Sheckard*	28	143	601	484	76	129	23	1	1	36	31		76	53	.267	.373	.324	.697	113	157		6	35
7	OF	Frank Schulte*	24	97	389	342	44	98	14	7	2	32	7		22	37	.287	.339	.386	.725	121	132		5	20
8	OF	Jimmy Slagle*	33	136	575	489	71	126	6	6	0	32	28		76	52	.258	.359	.294	.653	100	144		1	9
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	Solly Hofman	24	134	536	470	67	126	11	3	1	36	29		41	30	.268	.328	.311	.639	95	146		1	24
10	C	Pat Moran	31	65	214	198	8	45	5	1	1	19	5		10	19	.227	.271	.278	.549	68	55		2	4
11	1B	Del Howard*	29	51	157	148	10	34	2	2	0	13	3		6	12	.230	.269	.270	.540	65	40		2	1
12	OF	Newt Randall	27	22	88	78	6	16	4	2	0	4	2		8	10	.205	.279	.308	.587	79	24		0	2
13	OF	Kid Durbin*	20	11	19	18	2	6	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	.333	.368	.333	.702	115	6		0	0
14	SS	Bill Sweeney	21	3	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	-14	1		0	1
15	UT	Mike Kahoe	33	5	10	10	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	145	4		0	0
16	UT	Heinie Zimmerman	20	5	9	9	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	70	3		0	0
17	C	Jack Hardy	30	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	53	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
18	P	Orval Overall#	26	36	105	94	6	20	4	2	0	9	0		3	11	.213	.237	.298	.535	63	28		0	8
19	P	Mordecai Brown#	30	36	91	85	6	13	0	2	1	7	0		1	17	.153	.163	.235	.398	22	20		0	5
20	P	Jack Pfiester	29	30	77	64	4	6	1	0	0	1	0		5	26	.094	.159	.109	.269	-18	7		0	8
21	P	Carl Lundgren	27	28	77	66	4	7	0	0	0	3	0		4	20	.106	.157	.106	.263	-19	7		0	7
22	P	Ed Reulbach	24	27	68	63	4	11	1	0	1	3	0		1	13	.175	.188	.238	.426	30	15		0	4
23	P	Chick Fraser	33	22	51	45	4	3	0	0	0	2	0		2	10	.067	.125	.067	.192	-41	3		1	3
24	P	Jack Taylor	33	18	47	47	2	9	2	0	0	1	0		0	8	.191	.191	.234	.426	30	11		0	0
		Team Totals	28.0	155	5570	4892	571	1224	162	48	13	450	235		435	445	.250	.318	.311	.628	92	1521		48	195
		Rank in 8 NL teams				6	2	3	1	7	7		2	1	3	8	3	3	4	3		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	Orval Overall	26	23	7	.767	1.68	36	30	4	26	8	3	268.1	201	62	50	3	69		141	11	0	10	1048	149	1.006	6.7	0.1	2.3	4.7	2.04
2	SP	Mordecai Brown	30	20	6	.769	1.39	34	27	7	20	6	3	233.0	180	51	36	2	40		107	6	0	4	861	179	0.944	7.0	0.1	1.5	4.1	2.68
3	SP	Carl Lundgren	27	18	7	.720	1.17	28	25	3	21	7	0	207.0	130	42	27	0	92		84	2	1	2	795	213	1.072	5.7	0.0	4.0	3.7	0.91
4	SP	Jack Pfiester*	29	14	9	.609	1.15	30	22	5	13	3	0	195.0	143	61	25	1	48		90	5	0	2	745	216	0.979	6.6	0.0	2.2	4.2	1.88
5	SP	Ed Reulbach	24	17	4	.810	1.69	27	22	5	16	4	0	192.0	147	48	36	1	64		96	9	0	2	749	148	1.099	6.9	0.0	3.0	4.5	1.50
6	SP	Chick Fraser	33	8	5	.615	2.28	22	15	7	9	2	1	138.1	112	51	35	1	46		41	3	0	3	539	110	1.142	7.3	0.1	3.0	2.7	0.89
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	RP	Jack Taylor	33	7	5	.583	3.29	18	13	5	8	0	0	123.0	127	62	45	3	33		22	1	0	2	507	76	1.301	9.3	0.2	2.4	1.6	0.67
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
8		Kid Durbin*	20	0	1	.000	5.40	5	1	4	1	0	1	16.2	14	13	10	0	10		5	1	0	0	71	48	1.440	7.6	0.0	5.4	2.7	0.50
		Team Totals	28.2	107	44	.709	1.73	155	155	40	114	30	8	1373.1	1054	390	264	11	402		586	38	1	25	5315	144	1.060	6.9	0.1	2.6	3.8	1.46
		Rank in 8 NL teams		1	8		1				5	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3		3
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
Mordecai Brown	30	35		97	21	75	1	5	.990	2.74							P-OF
Frank Chance	30	109		1219	1129	80	10	64	.992	11.09							1B
Kid Durbin	20	10		11	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.10							P-OF
Johnny Evers	25	151		878	346	500	32	58	.964	5.60							2B
Chick Fraser	33	22		52	7	42	3	0	.942	2.23							P
Jack Hardy	30	1		11	9	1	1	0	.909	10.00	1		1	1	50%		C
Solly Hofman	24	136		610	435	144	31	36	.949	4.26							OF-SS-1B-3B-2B
Del Howard	29	41		338	312	16	10	17	.970	8.00							1B-OF
Mike Kahoe	33	4		10	9	1	0	0	1.000	2.50	0		2	1	33%		C-1B
Johnny Kling	31	100		628	509	111	8	12	.987	6.20	2		92	79	46%		C-1B
Carl Lundgren	27	28		63	6	56	1	1	.984	2.21							P
Pat Moran	31	59		339	258	72	9	9	.973	5.59	3		53	52	50%		C
Orval Overall	26	36		93	14	76	3	2	.968	2.50							P
Jack Pfiester	29	30		59	8	44	7	0	.881	1.73							P
Newt Randall	27	21		52	44	3	5	1	.904	2.24							OF
Ed Reulbach	24	27		71	13	53	5	3	.930	2.44							P
Frank Schulte	24	92		147	132	11	4	1	.973	1.55							OF
Jimmy Sheckard	28	142		241	222	13	6	2	.975	1.65							OF
Jimmy Slagle	33	136		264	239	15	10	5	.962	1.87							OF
Harry Steinfeldt	29	151		484	161	307	16	18	.967	3.10							3B
Bill Sweeney	21	3		14	2	6	6	0	.571	2.67							SS
Jack Taylor	33	18		46	6	40	0	1	1.000	2.56							P
Joe Tinker	26	113		644	215	390	39	45	.939	5.35							SS
Heinie Zimmerman	20	6		22	10	8	4	2	.818	3.00							2B-SS-OF
Team Totals	27.9	155		6393	4111	2071	211	282	.967	4.20	6		148	133	47%
Rank in 8 NL teams							8	3	1
	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
Mordecai Brown#	30	91	-7	0	0	0	0	3	3	-1	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$	Traded	1/O
Frank Chance	30	451	17	2	0	0	12	-4	14	41	4.6	29	3.1	1.5	$	Free Agency	*3
Kid Durbin*	20	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	Purchased	/O1
Johnny Evers*	25	565	-4	4	0	0	26	0	17	43	4.3	17	1.8	2.5	$	Purchased	*4
Chick Fraser	33	51	-7	0	0	0	0	2	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	Traded	1
Jack Hardy	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Purchased	/2
Solly Hofman	24	536	-1	3	0	0	8	-1	16	25	2.5	17	1.8	0.7	$	Purchased	O63/54
Del Howard*	29	157	-6	0	0	0	0	-1	5	-2	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$	Traded	3/O
Mike Kahoe	33	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Free Agency	/23
Johnny Kling	31	367	9	0	0	0	5	6	11	31	3.4	26	2.8	0.6	$4,500	Purchased	2/3
Carl Lundgren	27	77	-9	0	0	0	0	2	2	-5	-0.7	-5	-0.5	-0.2	$		1
Pat Moran	31	214	-7	-1	0	0	1	4	6	3	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	Traded	2
Orval Overall#	26	105	-4	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	Traded	1
Jack Pfiester	29	77	-8	0	0	0	0	2	2	-4	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$	Purchased	1
Newt Randall	27	88	-2	0	0	0	2	-1	3	2	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	Rule 5 Draft	O
Ed Reulbach	24	68	-5	0	0	0	0	2	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	Free Agency	1
Frank Schulte*	24	389	9	0	0	0	4	-5	11	19	2.2	15	1.6	0.6	$	Purchased	O
Jimmy Sheckard*	28	601	12	2	0	0	0	-7	17	24	2.8	24	2.6	0.2	$	Traded	*O
Jimmy Slagle*	33	575	4	2	0	0	-1	-4	17	18	1.9	19	2.0	-0.1	$		*O
Harry Steinfeldt	29	613	2	-1	0	0	15	5	18	39	3.9	24	2.6	1.3	$	Traded	*5
Bill Sweeney	21	12	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	Rule 5 Draft	/6
Jack Taylor	33	47	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	Traded	1
Joe Tinker	26	444	-15	1	0	0	15	7	13	21	1.7	6	0.6	1.1	$3,000	Purchased	*6
Heinie Zimmerman	20	9	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	Purchased	/4O6
Team Total	28.0	5570	-27	12	0	0	85	15	163	248	24.5	163	17.5	7.0	$7,500
	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
Mordecai Brown	30	233.0	27	51	102	10	1.0	51	5.2	$	Traded
Kid Durbin*	20	16.2	1	13	7	1	1.0	-6	-0.8	$	Purchased
Chick Fraser	33	138.1	15	51	61	6	1.0	10	0.5	$	Traded
Carl Lundgren	27	207.0	25	42	91	9	1.0	49	5.0	$
Orval Overall	26	268.1	30	62	118	12	1.0	56	5.6	$	Traded
Jack Pfiester*	29	195.0	22	61	86	8	1.0	25	2.1	$	Purchased
Ed Reulbach	24	192.0	22	48	84	8	1.0	36	3.5	$	Free Agency
Jack Taylor	33	123.0	13	62	54	5	1.0	-8	-1.6	$	Traded
Team Total	28.2	1373.1	155	390	603	59	1.0	213	19.5	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1906 / 1908 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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