1908 Chicago Cubs Statistics and Roster

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1908 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907/1909)
99-55, Finished 1st in National League
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World Series Champs
Scored 624 runs, Allowed 461 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-56
Managed by Frank Chance

Ballpark: West Side Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 665,325 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Won World Series (4-1) over Detroit Tigers

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Johnny Kling        32  126  424   51  117  23  5   4   59  21       .276  .315  .382  16           3  13          119
1B  Frank Chance        31  129  452   65  123  27  4   2   55  37       .272  .338  .363  27           8  16          120
2B *Johnny Evers        26  126  416   83  125  19  6   0   37  66       .300  .402  .375  36           5  22          144
3B  Harry Steinfeldt    30  150  539   63  130  20  6   1   62  36       .241  .294  .306  12           4  32           88
SS  Joe Tinker          27  157  548   67  146  22 14   6   68  32       .266  .307  .391  30           0  29          119
OF *Jimmy Sheckard      29  115  403   54   93  18  3   2   22  62       .231  .336  .305  18           2  21          102
OF *Frank Schulte       25  102  386   42   91  20  2   1   43  29       .236  .294  .306  15           3  25           88
OF *Jimmy Slagle        34  104  352   38   78   4  1   0   26  43       .222  .306  .239  17           0  22           72
    Solly Hofman        25  120  411   55  100  15  5   2   42  33       .243  .309  .319  15           6  28           97
   *Del Howard          30   96  315   42   88   7  3   1   26  23       .279  .338  .330  11           5  11          110
    Pat Moran           32   50  150   12   39   5  1   0   12  13       .260  .323  .307   6           1   8           98
    Heinie Zimmerman    21   46  113   17   33   4  1   0    9   1       .292  .298  .345   2           0   4          102
   *Jack Hayden         27   11   45    3    9   2  0   0    2   1       .200  .217  .244   1           0   2           45
   *Kid Durbin          21   14   28    3    7   1  0   0    0   2       .250  .323  .286   0           1   1           91
    Doc Marshall        32   12   20    4    6   0  1   0    3   0       .300  .300  .400   0           0   0          119
   *Vin Campbell        20    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100

   #Mordecai Brown      31   46  121    5   25   0  0   0    4   2       .207  .220  .207   2           0   5           34
    Ed Reulbach         25   46   99   10   23   6  2   0    9   6       .232  .276  .333   1           0   9           91
    Jack Pfiester       30   33   79    2    8   1  0   0    2   3       .101  .134  .114   1           0   4          -22
   #Orval Overall       27   38   70    3    9   1  1   0    9   5       .129  .197  .171   1           1   8           16
    Chick Fraser        34   26   50    3    6   1  0   0    1   2       .120  .154  .140   1           0   5           -8
    Carl Lundgren       28   23   47    2    7   0  0   0    1   0       .149  .167  .149   0           1   5           -1
   *Andy Coakley        25    4    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
   *Rube Kroh           21    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1       .000  .200  .000   0           0   0          -36
   *Bill Mack           23    2    3    1    2   0  1   0    0   0       .667  .667 1.333   0           0   0          525
    Carl Spongberg      24    1    3    0    2   0  0   0    0   0       .667  .667  .667   0           0   0          319
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  158 5085  624 1267 196 56  19  492 418       .249  .306  .321 212          40 270          106
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    2    2   1  6   4        3          2     2     3   1                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Ed Reulbach         25  46   2.03  24   7  1  35  10  25   7  297.7  227   81   67   4  106  133 1203   5  12  1     116
SP  Mordecai Brown      31  44   1.47  29   9  5  31  12  27   9  312.3  214   64   51   1   49  123 1180   6   5  0     160
SP *Jack Pfiester       30  33   2.00  12  10  0  29   1  18   3  252.0  204   80   56   1   70  117  994   5  11  0     117
SP  Orval Overall       27  37   1.92  15  11  4  27   9  16   4  225.0  165   74   48   3   78  167  874   6   2  0     122
SP  Chick Fraser        34  26   2.27  11   9  2  17   7  11   2  162.7  141   71   41   4   61   66  644   7   6  0     103
SP  Carl Lundgren       28  23   4.22   6   9  0  15   7   9   1  138.7  149   72   65   5   56   38  580   4   0  0      56


    Andy Coakley        25   4   0.89   2   0  0   3   0   2   1   20.3   14    4    2   0    6    7   79   0   0  0     265
   *Rube Kroh           21   2   1.50   0   0  0   1   1   0   0   12.0    9    3    2   0    4   11   49   1   0  0     156
    Carl Spongberg      24   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    7.0    9    7    7   1    6    4   36   0   2  0      26
   *Bill Mack           23   2   3.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.0    5    3    2   1    1    2   21   0   1  0      78
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7 158   2.14  99  55 12 158  50 108  29 1433.0 1137  461  341  20  437  668 5660  34  39  1     110
    Rank among 8 NL teams           3   1   8  2           4   1      1    1    3        6    7    1

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JKling 117 596 149 16 11 .979 4 PMoran 45 242 56 10 5 .968 8 DMarshall 4 9 2 0 1 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 158 847 207 26 17 .976 12 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .986 10.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FChance 126 1291 86 15 56 .989 10.93 SHofman 37 357 20 11 10 .972 10.19 DHoward 5 26 2 1 0 .966 5.60 JKling 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 1679 108 27 66 .985 11.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .954 5.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JEvers 122 237 361 25 39 .960 4.90 SHofman 22 41 55 6 5 .941 4.36 HZimmerman 20 41 43 7 2 .923 4.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 319 459 38 46 .953 4.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .932 3.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HSteinfeldt 150 166 275 28 15 .940 2.94 SHofman 9 16 13 0 0 1.000 3.22 HZimmerman 1 1 3 1 0 .800 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 183 291 29 15 .942 2.98 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .930 5.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JTinker 157 314 570 39 48 .958 5.63 HZimmerman 1 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 315 572 40 48 .957 5.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .960 1.99 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JSheckard 115 201 13 10 3 .955 1.86 115 0 0 FSchulte 102 145 8 1 2 .994 1.50 12 1 89 JSlagle 101 199 6 5 2 .976 2.03 26 75 0 DHoward 81 129 10 5 1 .965 1.72 4 31 52 SHofman 50 118 9 6 1 .955 2.54 0 50 2 KDurbin 14 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.07 0 11 0 JHayden 11 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 0 0 11 HZimmerman 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.62 2 4 2 JKling 6 6 4 1 1 .909 1.67 1 1 4 DMarshall 3 13 2 1 0 .937 5.00 0 1 2 JEvers 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 158 850 52 29 10 .969 1.89 158 158 158 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .953 2.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MBrown 44 35 73 0 3 1.000 3.11 EReulbach 46 15 77 7 7 .929 2.78 JPfiester 33 13 56 2 2 .972 2.46 OOverall 37 13 51 5 1 .928 2.56 CFraser 26 14 61 1 2 .987 4.15 CLundgren 23 6 34 1 1 .976 2.60 ACoakley 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.77 RKroh 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 CSpongberg 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86 BMack 2 0 2 1 0 .667 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 96 365 17 16 .964 2.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting Average Evers .300

On-base % Evers .402

Slugging % Tinker .391

OPS Evers .777

Games Tinker 157

At Bats Tinker 548

Plate Appearances (approx.) Steinfeldt 611

Runs Evers 83

Hits Tinker 146

Total Bases Tinker 214

Doubles Chance 27

Triples Tinker 14

Home Runs Tinker 6

RBI Tinker 68

Bases on Balls Evers 66

Stolen Bases Evers 36

Singles Tinker 104

Adjusted OPS+ Evers 144

Runs Created Tinker 66

Adjusted Batting Runs Evers 26

Batting Wins Evers 3.1

Extra-Base Hits Tinker 42

Times on Base Evers 196

Offensive Win% Evers .742

Hit By Pitch Chance 8

Sac. Hits Steinfeldt 32

Power/Speed Number Tinker 10.0

At Bats per Home Run Tinker 91.3

Outs Steinfeldt 441

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Brown 1.47

Wins Brown 29

Won-Loss % Reulbach .774

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Brown 0.842

Hits Allowed/9IP Brown 6.17

Bases on Balls/9IP Brown 1.41

Strikeouts/9IP Overall 6.68

Games Reulbach 46

Saves Brown 5

Innings Brown 312.3

Strikeouts Overall 167

Games Started Reulbach 35

Comp. Games Brown 27

Shutouts Brown 9

Home Runs Allow. Lundgren 5

Bases On Balls Allow. Reulbach 106

Hits Allowed Reulbach 227

SO to Walk Brown 2.51

Losses Overall 11

Earned Runs Allow. Reulbach 67

Wild Pitches Fraser 7

Hit Batsmen Reulbach 12

Batters Faced Reulbach 1203

Games Finished Brown 12

Adjusted ERA+ Brown 160

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