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1908 Chicago Cubs

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907 / 1909

99-55, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Chance (99-55)
Scored 624 runs, Allowed 461 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-56

Ballparks: West Side Grounds · 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

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

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1907 / 1909 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 33 .276 .315 .382 .697 119 162 3 13
2 1B Frank Chance 31 129 513 452 65 123 27 4 2 55 27 37 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 14 .300 .402 .375 .777 144 156 5 22
4 SS Joe Tinker 27 157 609 548 67 146 22 14 6 68 30 32 38 .266 .307 .391 .697 119 214 0 29
5 3B Harry Steinfeldt 30 150 611 539 63 130 20 6 1 62 12 36 48 .241 .294 .306 .600 88 165 4 32
6 OF Jimmy Sheckard* 29 115 488 403 54 93 18 3 2 22 18 62 49 .231 .336 .305 .641 102 123 2 21
7 OF Jimmy Slagle* 34 104 417 352 38 78 4 1 0 26 17 43 41 .222 .306 .239 .545 72 84 0 22
8 OF Frank Schulte* 25 102 443 386 42 91 20 2 1 43 15 29 49 .236 .294 .306 .600 88 118 3 25
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 34 .243 .309 .319 .628 97 131 6 28
10 OF Del Howard* 30 96 354 315 42 88 7 3 1 26 11 23 21 .279 .338 .330 .668 110 104 5 11
11 C Pat Moran 32 50 172 150 12 39 5 1 0 12 6 13 11 .260 .323 .307 .630 98 46 1 8
12 2B Heinie Zimmerman 21 46 118 113 17 33 4 1 0 9 2 1 14 .292 .298 .345 .643 102 39 0 4
13 OF Jack Hayden* 27 11 48 45 3 9 2 0 0 2 1 1 5 .200 .217 .244 .462 45 11 0 2
14 OF Kid Durbin* 21 14 32 28 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 .250 .323 .286 .608 91 8 1 1
15 UT Doc Marshall 32 12 20 20 4 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 .300 .300 .400 .700 119 8 0 0
16 Vin Campbell* 20 1 1 1 0 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 20 .207 .220 .207 .426 34 25 0 5
18 P Ed Reulbach 25 46 114 99 10 23 6 2 0 9 1 6 32 .232 .276 .333 .610 91 33 0 9
19 P Jack Pfiester 30 33 86 79 2 8 1 0 0 2 1 3 30 .101 .134 .114 .248 -22 9 0 4
20 P Orval Overall# 27 38 84 70 3 9 1 1 0 9 1 5 9 .129 .197 .171 .369 16 12 1 8
21 P Chick Fraser 34 26 57 50 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 13 .120 .154 .140 .294 -8 7 0 5
22 P Carl Lundgren 28 23 53 47 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 .149 .167 .149 .316 -1 7 1 5
23 P Andy Coakley* 25 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
24 P Rube Kroh* 21 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 .667 .667 1.333 2.000 525 4 0 0
26 P Karl Spongberg 24 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 319 2 0 0
Team Totals 28.7 158 5813 5085 625 1267 196 56 19 492 212 418 520 .249 .311 .321 .632 99 1632 40 270
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 2 2 1 6 4 1 3 5 2 2 3 3 3 6
Non-Pitcher Totals 28.7 158 5274 4603 599 1185 187 52 19 466 206 399 401 .257 .322 .333 .655 106 1533 38 234
Pitcher Totals 28.7 158 539 482 26 82 9 4 0 26 6 19 119 .170 .205 .205 .410 29 99 2 36
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 Mordecai Brown 31 29 9 .763 1.47 44 31 12 27 9 5 312.1 214 64 51 1 49 123 5 0 6 1153 160 0.842 6.2 0.0 1.4 3.5 2.51
2 SP Ed Reulbach 25 24 7 .774 2.03 46 35 10 25 7 1 297.2 227 81 67 4 106 133 12 1 5 1181 116 1.119 6.9 0.1 3.2 4.0 1.25
3 SP Jack Pfiester* 30 12 10 .545 2.00 33 29 1 18 3 0 252.0 204 82 56 1 70 117 11 0 5 994 118 1.087 7.3 0.0 2.5 4.2 1.67
4 SP Orval Overall 27 15 11 .577 1.92 37 27 9 16 4 4 225.0 165 74 48 3 78 167 2 0 6 874 123 1.080 6.6 0.1 3.1 6.7 2.14
5 SP Chick Fraser 34 11 9 .550 2.27 26 17 7 11 2 2 162.2 141 71 41 4 61 66 6 0 7 644 104 1.242 7.8 0.2 3.4 3.7 1.08
6 SP Carl Lundgren 28 6 9 .400 4.22 23 15 7 9 1 0 138.2 149 72 65 5 56 38 0 0 4 580 56 1.478 9.7 0.3 3.6 2.5 0.68
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 Andy Coakley 25 2 0 1.000 0.89 4 3 0 2 1 0 20.1 14 4 2 0 6 7 0 0 0 79 273 0.984 6.2 0.0 2.7 3.1 1.17
8 Rube Kroh* 21 0 0 1.50 2 1 1 0 0 0 12.0 9 3 2 0 4 11 0 1 1 49 165 1.083 6.8 0.0 3.0 8.3 2.75
9 Karl Spongberg 24 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 9 7 7 1 6 4 2 0 0 36 28 2.143 11.6 1.3 7.7 5.1 0.67
10 Bill Mack* 23 0 0 3.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 5 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 21 87 1.000 7.5 1.5 1.5 3.0 2.00
Team Totals 28.8 99 55 .643 2.14 158 158 50 108 27 12 1433.2 1137 461 341 20 437 668 39 2 34 5611 110 1.098 7.1 0.1 2.7 4.2 1.53
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 3 4 1 2 1 1 3 4 6 7 1
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% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Mordecai Brown 31 44 108 35 73 0 3 1.000 2.45 P
Frank Chance 31 126 1392 1291 86 15 56 .989 10.93 1B
Andy Coakley 25 4 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Kid Durbin 21 11 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.36 OF
Johnny Evers 26 123 623 237 361 25 39 .960 4.86 2B-OF
Chick Fraser 34 26 76 14 61 1 2 .987 2.88 P
Jack Hayden 27 11 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 OF
Solly Hofman 25 118 652 532 97 23 16 .965 5.33 OF-1B-2B-3B
Del Howard 30 86 173 155 12 6 1 .965 1.94 OF-1B
Johnny Kling 32 125 777 607 153 17 12 .978 6.08 4 114 112 50% 46% C-OF-1B
Rube Kroh 21 2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Carl Lundgren 28 23 41 6 34 1 1 .976 1.74 P
Bill Mack 23 2 3 0 2 1 0 .667 1.00 P
Doc Marshall 32 7 27 22 4 1 1 .963 3.71 0 1 2 67% 46% C-OF
Pat Moran 32 45 308 242 56 10 5 .968 6.62 8 44 42 49% 46% C
Orval Overall 27 37 69 13 51 5 1 .928 1.73 P
Jack Pfiester 30 33 71 13 56 2 2 .972 2.09 P
Ed Reulbach 25 46 99 15 77 7 7 .929 2.00 P
Frank Schulte 25 102 154 145 8 1 2 .994 1.50 OF
Jimmy Sheckard 29 115 224 201 13 10 3 .955 1.86 OF
Jimmy Slagle 34 101 210 199 6 5 2 .976 2.03 OF
Karl Spongberg 24 1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 P
Harry Steinfeldt 30 150 469 166 275 28 15 .940 2.94 3B
Joe Tinker 27 157 923 314 570 39 48 .958 5.63 SS
Heinie Zimmerman 21 30 105 48 48 9 2 .914 3.20 2B-OF-SS-3B
Team Totals 28.7 158 6549 4289 2054 206 218 .969 4.16 12 159 156 50% 46%
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 3 1
Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Mordecai Brown# 31 46 128 -9 -0 0 0 9 -0 -0.1 4 4 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 4 $3,500 Traded 1
Vin Campbell* 20 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .475 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0
Frank Chance 31 129 513 10 1 0 8 -4 15 1.8 17 31 3.6 .515 .512 2.7 0.5 23 Free Agency *3
Andy Coakley* 25 4 6 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .473 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 Purchased /1
Kid Durbin* 21 14 32 -0 0 0 -2 -0 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.2 .479 .498 0.1 -0.3 1 Purchased O
Johnny Evers* 26 126 509 23 1 0 6 0 30 3.8 17 47 5.6 .530 .524 4.8 0.8 41 Purchased *4/O
Chick Fraser 34 26 57 -6 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.3 2 -0 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 Traded 1
Jack Hayden* 27 11 48 -3 -0 0 0 -1 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .461 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -2 Rule 5 Draft O
Solly Hofman 25 120 478 -1 -1 0 2 -2 -2 -0.2 16 14 1.4 .498 .499 1.2 -0.1 12 Purchased O34/5
Del Howard* 30 96 354 4 -1 0 0 -4 -1 -0.2 12 11 1.1 .499 .499 1.1 -0.5 11 Traded O/3
Johnny Kling 32 126 461 8 -0 0 3 7 18 2.2 15 33 3.8 .518 .514 3.5 1.3 30 $4,500 Purchased *2/O3
Rube Kroh* 21 2 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .486 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
Carl Lundgren 28 23 53 -5 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .490 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 1
Bill Mack* 23 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 0 2 0.2 .581 .501 0.2 0.0 1 /1
Doc Marshall 32 12 20 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.2 1 2 0.2 .515 .501 0.1 0.2 1 Purchased /2O
Pat Moran 32 50 172 -0 -0 0 -1 3 2 0.2 6 7 0.8 .504 .501 0.9 0.2 8 Traded 2
Orval Overall# 27 38 84 -7 -0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 2 Traded 1
Jack Pfiester 30 33 86 -11 -0 0 0 6 -5 -0.7 3 -2 -0.7 .480 .496 -0.7 0.0 -2 Purchased 1
Ed Reulbach 25 46 114 -2 -0 0 0 8 6 0.7 4 9 0.7 .515 .504 0.7 -0.0 9 Free Agency 1
Frank Schulte* 25 102 443 -5 -0 0 0 -5 -11 -1.5 14 3 -0.0 .486 .491 0.0 -0.7 3 Purchased O
Jimmy Sheckard* 29 115 488 2 -0 0 0 -6 -4 -0.6 15 11 1.0 .495 .497 1.1 -0.8 11 Traded *O
Jimmy Slagle* 34 104 417 -10 -0 0 2 -3 -12 -1.6 14 2 -0.1 .485 .491 -0.3 -0.2 -0 O
Karl Spongberg 24 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .593 .501 0.1 0.0 1 /1
Harry Steinfeldt 30 150 611 -7 -1 0 1 5 -2 -0.3 20 18 1.9 .499 .499 1.8 0.8 17 Traded *5
Joe Tinker 27 157 609 10 1 0 23 10 45 5.7 20 65 7.9 .537 .536 4.9 4.3 42 $3,400 Purchased *6
Heinie Zimmerman 21 46 118 -0 -0 0 -3 -0 -4 -0.5 4 0 -0.1 .490 .497 0.3 -0.4 3 Purchased 4/O56
Team Total 28.7 1580 5813 -9 -0 0 40 36 67 7.6 187 254 26.0 .505 .502 21.5 5.0 214 $11,400
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Mordecai Brown 31 312.1 44 31 64 1.84 3.23 0.25 0.00 100.0 2.98 40 5.7 1.0 -0.2 8.2 60 .629 .535 $3,500 Traded
Andy Coakley 25 20.1 4 3 4 1.77 3.23 0.26 0.00 100.0 2.97 3 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.6 4 .596 .502 Purchased
Chick Fraser 34 162.2 26 17 71 3.93 3.23 0.25 0.00 100.0 2.98 -17 -2.0 1.0 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .422 .488 Traded
Rube Kroh* 21 12.0 2 1 3 2.25 3.23 0.23 0.00 100.0 3.01 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .570 .501
Carl Lundgren 28 138.2 23 15 72 4.67 3.23 0.28 0.00 100.0 2.96 -26 -3.0 1.0 -0.1 -1.9 -17 .371 .482
Bill Mack* 23 6.0 2 0 3 4.50 3.23 0.23 0.00 100.0 3.01 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .440 .499
Orval Overall 27 225.0 37 27 74 2.96 3.23 0.22 0.00 100.0 3.01 2 0.2 1.0 -0.2 2.0 16 .506 .501 Traded
Jack Pfiester* 30 252.0 33 29 82 2.93 3.23 0.26 0.00 100.0 2.98 2 0.2 1.0 -0.2 2.3 18 .507 .502 Purchased
Ed Reulbach 25 297.2 46 35 81 2.45 3.23 0.25 0.00 100.0 2.98 18 2.5 1.0 -0.2 4.9 37 .553 .515 Free Agency
Karl Spongberg 24 7.0 1 0 7 9.00 3.23 0.29 0.00 100.0 2.95 -5 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .147 .498
Team Total 28.8 1433.2 218 158 461 2.89 3.23 0.25 0.00 100.0 2.98 17 3.7 1.0 -1.1 15.2 108 .517 .502 $3,500
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1907 / 1909 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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