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1908 Chicago Cubs Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907 / 1909)
99-55, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 624 runs, Allowed 461 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-56
Manager: Frank Chance (99-55)
Ballpark: West Side Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 665,325 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 102
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-1) over Detroit Tigers

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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 32 126 461 424 51 117 23 5 4 59 16 21 .276 .315 .382 .697 119 162 3 13
2 1B Frank Chance 31 129 513 452 65 123 27 4 2 55 27 37 .272 .338 .363 .701 120 164 8 16
3 2B Johnny Evers* 26 126 509 416 83 125 19 6 0 37 36 66 .300 .402 .375 .777 144 156 5 22
4 SS Joe Tinker 27 157 609 548 67 146 22 14 6 68 30 32 .266 .307 .391 .697 119 214 0 29
5 3B Harry Steinfeldt 30 150 611 539 63 130 20 6 1 62 12 36 .241 .294 .306 .600 88 165 4 32
6 OF Jimmy Sheckard* 29 115 488 403 54 93 18 3 2 22 18 62 .231 .336 .305 .641 102 123 2 21
7 OF Frank Schulte* 25 102 443 386 42 91 20 2 1 43 15 29 .236 .294 .306 .600 88 118 3 25
8 OF Jimmy Slagle* 34 104 417 352 38 78 4 1 0 26 17 43 .222 .306 .239 .545 72 84 0 22
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 25 120 478 411 55 100 15 5 2 42 15 33 .243 .309 .319 .628 97 131 6 28
10 OF Del Howard* 30 96 354 315 42 88 7 3 1 26 11 23 .279 .338 .330 .668 110 104 5 11
11 C Pat Moran 32 50 172 150 12 39 5 1 0 12 6 13 .260 .323 .307 .630 98 46 1 8
12 2B Heinie Zimmerman 21 46 118 113 17 33 4 1 0 9 2 1 .292 .298 .345 .643 102 39 0 4
13 OF Jack Hayden* 27 11 48 45 3 9 2 0 0 2 1 1 .200 .217 .244 .462 45 11 0 2
14 OF Kid Durbin* 21 14 32 28 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .323 .286 .608 91 8 1 1
15 UT Doc Marshall 32 12 20 20 4 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700 119 8 0 0
16 Vin Campbell* 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
17 P Mordecai Brown# 31 46 128 121 5 25 0 0 0 4 2 2 .207 .220 .207 .426 34 25 0 5
18 P Ed Reulbach 25 46 114 99 10 23 6 2 0 9 1 6 .232 .276 .333 .610 91 33 0 9
19 P Jack Pfiester 30 33 86 79 2 8 1 0 0 2 1 3 .101 .134 .114 .248 -22 9 0 4
20 P Orval Overall# 27 38 84 70 3 9 1 1 0 9 1 5 .129 .197 .171 .369 16 12 1 8
21 P Chick Fraser 34 26 57 50 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 .120 .154 .140 .294 -8 7 0 5
22 P Carl Lundgren 28 23 53 47 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 .149 .167 .149 .316 -1 7 1 5
23 P Andy Coakley* 25 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
24 P Rube Kroh* 21 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -36 0 0 0
25 P Bill Mack* 23 2 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.333 2.000 525 4 0 0
26 P Carl Spongberg 24 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 319 2 0 0
Team Totals 28.7 158 5813 5085 625 1267 196 56 19 492 212 418 .249 .311 .321 .632 99 1632 40 270
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 2 2 1 6 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 3
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
#Mordecai Brown 31 128 101 5 1.3 74 .207 .207 .251 .220 .313 .207 .324 .426 .637 34 .185 -9.5 -1.2 .302 .033 .000 .0 1
*Vin Campbell 20 1 1 0 0.0 74 .000 .000 .251 .000 .313 .000 .324 .000 .637 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
Frank Chance 31 513 345 54 4.2 74 .269 .272 .251 .338 .313 .363 .324 .701 .637 120 .652 11.6 1.4 .717 .232 .091 3.7 *3
*Andy Coakley 25 6 6 0 0.0 74 .000 .000 .251 .000 .313 .000 .324 .000 .637 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Kid Durbin 21 32 22 2 2.4 74 .250 .250 .251 .323 .313 .286 .324 .608 .637 91 .410 -0.2 -0.0 .524 .107 .036 O
*Johnny Evers 26 509 313 62 5.3 74 .300 .300 .251 .402 .313 .375 .324 .777 .637 144 .742 25.8 3.1 .904 .320 .075 .0 *4/O
Chick Fraser 34 57 49 1 0.6 74 .120 .120 .251 .154 .313 .140 .324 .294 .637 -8 .043 -6.2 -0.8 .227 .080 .020 .0 1
*Jack Hayden 27 48 38 2 1.4 74 .200 .200 .251 .217 .313 .244 .324 .462 .637 45 .204 -2.9 -0.4 .361 .089 .044 .0 O
Solly Hofman 25 478 339 39 3.1 74 .240 .243 .251 .309 .313 .319 .324 .628 .637 97 .516 -1.1 -0.1 .595 .192 .075 3.5 O34/5
*Del Howard 30 354 238 34 3.8 74 .277 .279 .251 .338 .313 .330 .323 .668 .637 110 .614 3.8 0.5 .630 .159 .051 1.8 O/3
Johnny Kling 32 461 320 50 4.2 74 .269 .276 .251 .315 .313 .382 .324 .697 .637 119 .652 7.8 1.0 .658 .193 .106 6.4 *2/O3
*Rube Kroh 21 5 4 0 0.0 74 .000 .000 .251 .200 .313 .000 .324 .200 .637 -36 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .250 .000 /1
Carl Lundgren 28 53 45 1 0.6 74 .149 .149 .251 .167 .313 .149 .324 .316 .637 -1 .050 -5.5 -0.7 .200 .000 .000 1
*Bill Mack 23 3 1 3 80.8 74 .667 .667 .251 .667 .313 1.333 .323 2.000 .637 525 .998 1.3 0.2 4.000 .667 .667 /1
Doc Marshall 32 20 14 2 3.8 74 .300 .300 .251 .300 .313 .400 .324 .700 .637 119 .614 0.2 0.0 .571 .100 .100 /2O
Pat Moran 32 172 119 15 3.4 74 .260 .260 .251 .323 .313 .307 .324 .630 .637 98 .557 -0.1 -0.0 .595 .173 .047 .0 2
#Orval Overall 27 84 69 2 0.8 74 .129 .129 .251 .197 .313 .171 .324 .369 .637 16 .079 -6.8 -0.8 .311 .129 .043 .0 1
Jack Pfiester 30 86 75 1 0.4 74 .101 .101 .251 .134 .313 .114 .323 .248 .637 -22 .020 -11.1 -1.4 .183 .063 .013 .0 1
Ed Reulbach 25 114 85 9 2.8 74 .232 .232 .251 .276 .313 .333 .323 .610 .637 91 .478 -1.2 -0.2 .526 .172 .101 .0 1
*Frank Schulte 25 443 320 34 2.9 74 .234 .236 .251 .294 .313 .306 .324 .600 .637 88 .480 -4.6 -0.6 .559 .184 .070 1.9 O
*Jimmy Sheckard 29 488 331 41 3.3 74 .227 .231 .251 .336 .313 .305 .323 .641 .637 102 .549 4.1 0.5 .661 .273 .074 3.6 *O
*Jimmy Slagle 34 417 296 26 2.4 74 .222 .222 .251 .306 .313 .239 .324 .545 .637 72 .393 -9.8 -1.2 .526 .188 .017 .0 O
Carl Spongberg 24 3 1 1 26.9 74 .667 .667 .251 .667 .313 .667 .323 1.333 .637 319 .982 0.7 0.1 2.000 .000 .000 /1
Harry Steinfeldt 30 611 441 48 2.9 74 .240 .241 .251 .294 .313 .306 .323 .600 .637 88 .491 -7.5 -0.9 .531 .154 .065 1.8 *5
Joe Tinker 27 609 431 66 4.1 74 .258 .266 .251 .307 .313 .391 .324 .697 .637 119 .643 8.7 1.1 .687 .237 .124 10.0 *6
Heinie Zimmerman 21 118 84 12 3.8 74 .292 .292 .251 .298 .313 .345 .324 .643 .637 102 .614 -0.4 -0.1 .525 .080 .053 .0 4/O56
League Average 3.1 71 .235 .238 .246 .298 .308 .304 .318 .603 .626 93 .514 .557 .177 .066
Team Total 5813 4088 510 3.4 74 .246 .249 .251 .311 .313 .321 .323 .632 .637 99 .553 -5.2 -0.9 .603 .196 .072 34.9
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
#Mordecai Brown 31 48 132 130 7 30 0 0 0 5 2 2 0 .231 .242 .231 .473 7 46 46
*Vin Campbell 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Frank Chance 31 134 546 491 87 149 33 5 2 73 33 45 0 .303 .374 .403 .777 72 129 129
*Andy Coakley 25 37 88 86 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 .093 .114 .105 .218 1 36 36
*Kid Durbin 21 15 33 30 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .267 .333 .300 .633 3 14 14
*Johnny Evers 26 131 540 454 110 152 23 7 0 49 44 80 0 .335 .441 .416 .857 82 126 126
Chick Fraser 34 27 54 52 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 .115 .148 .135 .283 1 26 26
*Jack Hayden 27 11 49 48 4 11 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 .229 .245 .271 .516 3 11 11
Solly Hofman 25 125 490 443 73 120 18 6 2 56 18 40 0 .271 .341 .352 .693 52 120 120
*Del Howard 30 100 377 343 56 107 9 4 1 35 13 28 0 .312 .374 .370 .744 46 96 96
Johnny Kling 32 131 488 459 67 140 28 6 5 78 19 25 0 .305 .346 .425 .771 66 126 126
*Rube Kroh 21 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 2 2
Carl Lundgren 28 24 50 49 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .020 .000 .020 1 23 23
*Bill Mack 23 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 2 2
Doc Marshall 32 19 35 35 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 18 18
Pat Moran 32 52 179 162 16 47 6 1 0 16 7 16 0 .290 .358 .340 .697 20 50 50
#Orval Overall 27 39 81 74 4 11 1 1 0 13 1 6 0 .149 .222 .189 .411 3 38 38
Jack Pfiester 30 34 89 85 3 11 1 0 0 3 1 4 0 .129 .169 .141 .310 2 33 33
Ed Reulbach 25 48 114 107 14 28 7 2 0 12 1 7 0 .262 .307 .364 .672 12 46 46
*Frank Schulte 25 106 455 416 56 110 24 2 1 58 18 35 0 .264 .327 .339 .666 46 102 102
*Jimmy Sheckard 29 119 511 434 71 112 22 4 2 29 22 75 0 .258 .370 .341 .711 54 115 115
*Jimmy Slagle 34 108 431 379 51 94 5 1 0 35 20 52 0 .248 .339 .266 .605 34 104 104
Carl Spongberg 24 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 1 1
Harry Steinfeldt 30 156 629 581 84 156 24 7 1 82 14 43 0 .269 .324 .339 .663 63 150 150
Joe Tinker 27 163 632 593 89 176 27 17 7 90 36 39 0 .297 .340 .435 .775 87 157 157
Heinie Zimmerman 21 48 124 123 23 40 5 1 0 12 2 1 0 .325 .331 .382 .713 16 46 46
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
#Mordecai Brown 31 6 605 206 605 563 40 105 7 5 2 32 5 16 .187 .210 .227 .438 33 128 1 25
*Vin Campbell 20 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Frank Chance 31 11 4215 1060 4215 3561 662 1070 166 64 19 491 345 451 .300 .397 .399 .796 138 1421 118 85
*Andy Coakley 25 7 389 147 389 355 13 41 3 1 0 6 1 16 .115 .154 .130 .283 -12 46 0 18
*Kid Durbin 21 2 51 25 51 46 5 13 1 0 0 0 0 3 .283 .340 .304 .644 100 14 1 1
*Johnny Evers 26 7 3240 832 3240 2883 384 779 106 32 4 277 202 217 .270 .326 .333 .660 100 961 23 117
Chick Fraser 34 13 1441 457 1441 1315 134 235 34 13 3 96 19 81 34 .179 .230 .231 .461 33 304 7 38
*Jack Hayden 27 3 635 147 635 578 60 145 14 8 1 33 11 36 .251 .298 .308 .606 80 178 3 18
Solly Hofman 25 6 1580 414 1580 1391 203 351 42 15 7 140 74 115 .252 .313 .319 .632 93 444 8 66
*Del Howard 30 4 1795 467 1795 1630 174 442 50 20 5 169 61 93 .271 .322 .336 .658 103 547 30 42
Johnny Kling 32 9 3430 906 3430 3162 357 866 136 47 13 399 114 177 .274 .314 .359 .673 103 1135 10 81
*Rube Kroh 21 3 19 10 19 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .211 .167 .377 20 3 0 0
Carl Lundgren 28 7 522 181 522 458 31 71 8 3 0 25 4 36 .155 .218 .186 .404 23 85 1 27
*Bill Mack 23 1 3 2 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.333 2.000 525 4 0 0
Doc Marshall 32 4 650 211 650 607 44 129 16 7 2 44 12 0 28 .213 .255 .272 .527 66 165 7 8 0 0
Pat Moran 32 8 2236 624 2236 2059 164 495 80 22 17 218 47 105 .240 .287 .325 .613 84 670 30 42
#Orval Overall 27 4 407 147 407 365 27 61 11 5 0 32 4 15 .167 .206 .225 .431 29 82 3 24
Jack Pfiester 30 5 267 100 267 240 12 20 2 1 0 6 1 12 .083 .130 .100 .230 -29 24 1 14
Ed Reulbach 25 4 386 142 386 355 24 61 7 2 1 23 1 10 .172 .195 .211 .406 23 75 0 21
*Frank Schulte 25 5 2098 488 2098 1868 246 506 71 39 13 195 64 116 .271 .320 .372 .692 110 694 20 94
*Jimmy Sheckard 29 12 6154 1429 6154 5259 893 1494 247 100 43 598 370 643 .284 .370 .394 .764 125 2070 77 175
*Jimmy Slagle 34 10 5770 1298 5770 4996 779 1340 124 56 2 344 273 619 .268 .352 .317 .668 97 1582 23 132
Carl Spongberg 24 1 3 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 319 2 0 0
Harry Steinfeldt 30 11 5476 1347 5476 4857 610 1314 232 83 22 637 161 372 .271 .330 .366 .696 103 1778 61 186
Joe Tinker 27 7 3847 967 3847 3462 425 863 121 54 17 399 206 226 .249 .296 .330 .627 90 1143 6 153
Heinie Zimmerman 21 2 127 51 127 122 17 35 5 1 0 10 2 1 .287 .293 .344 .637 99 42 0 4
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1907 / 1909 Batting Statistics