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1909 Chicago Cubs

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1908 / 1910

104-49, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Chance (104-49)
Scored 635 runs, Allowed 390 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 109-44

Ballparks: West Side Grounds · Attendance: 633,480 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 95


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1908 / 1910 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 Jimmy Archer 26 80 286 261 31 60 9 2 1 30 5 12 31 .230 .266 .291 .558 71 76 1 12
2 1B Frank Chance 32 93 370 324 53 88 16 4 0 46 29 30 32 .272 .341 .346 .686 110 112 4 12
3 2B Johnny Evers* 27 127 552 463 88 122 19 6 1 24 28 73 18 .263 .369 .337 .705 116 156 4 12
4 SS Joe Tinker 28 143 555 516 56 132 26 11 4 57 23 17 45 .256 .280 .372 .652 99 192 0 22
5 3B Harry Steinfeldt 31 151 621 528 73 133 27 6 2 59 22 57 37 .252 .331 .337 .668 105 178 5 31
6 OF Jimmy Sheckard* 30 148 644 525 81 134 29 5 1 43 15 72 70 .255 .346 .335 .681 109 176 1 46
7 OF Frank Schulte* 26 140 591 538 57 142 16 11 4 60 23 24 56 .264 .298 .357 .655 100 192 2 27
8 OF Solly Hofman 26 153 613 527 60 150 21 4 2 58 20 53 48 .285 .351 .351 .702 115 185 1 32
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 C Pat Moran 33 77 269 246 18 54 11 1 1 23 2 16 22 .220 .278 .285 .563 72 70 4 3
10 1B Del Howard* 31 69 241 203 25 40 4 2 1 24 6 18 17 .197 .282 .251 .533 63 51 6 14
11 2B Heinie Zimmerman 22 65 190 183 23 50 9 2 0 21 7 3 14 .273 .285 .344 .629 93 63 0 4
12 OF Joe Stanley# 28 22 60 52 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 6 9 .135 .224 .154 .378 16 8 0 2
13 UT John Kane 26 20 53 45 6 4 1 0 0 5 1 2 4 .089 .146 .111 .257 -21 5 1 5
14 OF George Browne* 33 12 45 39 7 8 0 1 0 1 3 5 4 .205 .295 .256 .552 69 10 0 1
15 1B Fred Luderus* 23 11 43 37 8 11 1 1 1 9 0 3 8 .297 .366 .459 .825 153 17 1 2
16 C Tom Needham 30 13 28 28 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 -12 4 0 0
17 OF Bill Davidson 22 2 8 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .143 .250 .143 .393 21 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 Mordecai Brown# 32 50 135 125 13 22 3 1 0 9 0 5 18 .176 .208 .216 .424 30 27 0 5
19 P Orval Overall# 28 38 107 96 7 22 6 1 2 11 0 7 20 .229 .282 .375 .657 101 36 0 4
20 P Ed Reulbach 26 35 98 86 3 12 2 1 0 7 0 5 31 .140 .187 .186 .373 14 16 0 7
21 P Jack Pfiester 31 29 73 65 5 11 1 0 0 4 1 5 26 .169 .229 .185 .413 27 12 0 3
22 P Rube Kroh* 22 17 45 40 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 12 .150 .227 .150 .377 16 6 0 1
23 P Irv Higginbotham 27 19 28 26 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .231 .259 .231 .490 50 6 1 1
24 P Rip Hagerman 23 13 24 23 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 12 .130 .167 .174 .341 4 4 0 0
25 P Rudy Schwenck* 25 3 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .400 .250 .650 100 1 0 0
26 P King Cole 23 1 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.250 2.000 511 5 0 0
27 P Ray Brown 20 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
28 P Pat Ragan 23 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
29 P Carl Lundgren 29 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 207 1 0 0
30 P Chick Fraser 35 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
31 P Andy Coakley* 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.4 155 5696 4999 632 1227 203 60 20 496 187 420 549 .245 .308 .322 .630 93 1610 31 246
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 2 6 2 4 4 3 1 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 6 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 Mordecai Brown 32 27 9 .750 1.31 50 34 15 32 8 7 342.2 246 78 50 1 53 172 7 0 9 1280 193 0.873 6.5 0.0 1.4 4.5 3.25
2 SP Orval Overall 28 20 11 .645 1.42 38 32 6 23 9 3 285.0 204 66 45 1 80 205 8 0 11 1116 179 0.996 6.4 0.0 2.5 6.5 2.56
3 SP Ed Reulbach 26 19 10 .655 1.78 35 32 3 23 6 0 262.2 194 69 52 1 82 105 11 0 4 1008 143 1.051 6.6 0.0 2.8 3.6 1.28
4 SP Jack Pfiester* 31 17 6 .739 2.43 29 25 4 13 5 0 196.2 179 67 53 1 49 73 5 1 3 800 105 1.159 8.2 0.0 2.2 3.3 1.49
5 SP Rube Kroh* 22 9 4 .692 1.65 17 13 4 10 2 0 120.1 97 26 22 2 30 51 1 1 0 464 155 1.055 7.3 0.1 2.2 3.8 1.70
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
6 RP Rip Hagerman 23 4 4 .500 1.82 13 7 3 4 1 0 79.0 64 29 16 0 28 32 2 0 2 315 140 1.165 7.3 0.0 3.2 3.6 1.14
7 RP Irv Higginbotham 27 5 2 .714 2.19 19 6 7 4 0 1 78.0 64 32 19 0 20 32 3 0 0 324 117 1.077 7.4 0.0 2.3 3.7 1.60
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 Rudy Schwenck* 25 1 1 .500 3.86 3 2 1 0 0 0 14.0 16 7 6 0 3 3 1 0 0 56 69 1.357 10.3 0.0 1.9 1.9 1.00
9 Ray Brown 20 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 3 2 0 4 2 0 0 1 33 135 1.000 5.0 0.0 4.0 2.0 0.50
10 King Cole 23 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 6 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 34 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 1.0 0.33
11 Carl Lundgren 29 0 1 .000 4.15 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.1 6 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 21 70 2.308 12.5 0.0 8.3 0.0 0.00
12 Pat Ragan 23 0 0 2.45 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 15 120 1.364 9.8 0.0 2.5 4.9 2.00
13 Chick Fraser 35 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 13 2.000 6.0 0.0 12.0 3.0 0.25
14 Andy Coakley 26 0 1 .000 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 7 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 15 18 5.000 31.5 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
Team Totals 28.1 104 49 .680 1.75 155 155 45 111 32 11 1409.1 1094 389 272 6 364 680 38 2 30 5494 147 1.035 7.0 0.0 2.3 4.3 1.87
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 1 2 1 2 4 1 1 1 2 2 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
Jimmy Archer 26 80 526 408 97 21 7 .960 6.31 5 74 71 49% C
George Browne 33 12 18 16 1 1 0 .944 1.42 OF
Mordecai Brown 32 50 104 18 83 3 6 .971 2.02 P
Ray Brown 20 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Frank Chance 32 92 947 901 40 6 43 .994 10.23 1B
Andy Coakley 26 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
King Cole 23 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Bill Davidson 22 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 OF
Johnny Evers 27 126 654 262 354 38 29 .942 4.89 2B
Chick Fraser 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Rip Hagerman 23 13 23 4 19 0 1 1.000 1.77 P
Irv Higginbotham 27 19 23 4 16 3 0 .870 1.05 P
Solly Hofman 26 153 376 347 16 13 5 .965 2.37 OF
Del Howard 31 57 638 593 32 13 29 .980 10.96 1B
John Kane 26 16 53 26 24 3 3 .943 3.13 OF-SS-3B-2B
Rube Kroh 22 17 44 6 37 1 2 .977 2.53 P
Fred Luderus 23 11 120 110 4 6 4 .950 10.36 1B
Carl Lundgren 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Pat Moran 33 74 486 381 97 8 3 .984 6.46 2 69 71 51% C
Tom Needham 30 7 49 43 5 1 0 .980 6.86 0 6 4 40% C
Orval Overall 28 38 84 12 69 3 3 .964 2.13 P
Jack Pfiester 31 29 77 6 69 2 1 .974 2.59 P
Pat Ragan 23 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Ed Reulbach 26 35 111 15 91 5 4 .955 3.03 P
Frank Schulte 26 140 189 169 14 6 1 .968 1.31 OF
Rudy Schwenck 25 3 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 2.33 P
Jimmy Sheckard 30 148 305 277 18 10 5 .967 1.99 OF
Joe Stanley 28 16 19 17 1 1 0 .947 1.13 OF
Harry Steinfeldt 31 151 513 183 299 31 16 .940 3.19 3B
Joe Tinker 28 143 840 320 470 50 49 .940 5.52 SS
Heinie Zimmerman 22 47 212 100 93 19 12 .910 4.11 2B-SS-3B
Team Totals 28.3 155 6425 4224 1957 244 224 .962 4.16 7 149 146 49%
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 6 2
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
Jimmy Archer 26 286 -7 0 0 0 -1 5 8 5 0.4 6 0.7 -0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
Mordecai Brown# 32 135 -9 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $4,100 Traded 1
Ray Brown 20 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
George Browne* 33 45 -1 1 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased O
Frank Chance 32 370 9 3 0 0 3 -3 11 23 2.5 20 2.2 0.3 $ Free Agency 3
King Cole 23 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ Purchased /1
Bill Davidson 22 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /O
Johnny Evers* 27 552 18 3 0 0 7 0 15 43 4.8 36 4.0 0.8 $ Purchased *4
Chick Fraser 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $2,700 Traded /1
Rip Hagerman 23 24 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
Irv Higginbotham 27 28 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Solly Hofman 26 613 17 -1 0 0 10 -4 18 40 4.3 30 3.3 1.0 $ Purchased *O
Del Howard* 31 241 -6 0 0 0 0 -2 7 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Traded 3
John Kane 26 53 -6 0 0 0 0 0 1 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.6 0.0 $ Traded /O564
Rube Kroh* 22 45 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
Fred Luderus* 23 43 3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Purchased 3
Carl Lundgren 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Pat Moran 33 269 -5 -2 0 0 2 5 8 8 0.7 6 0.7 0.0 $ Traded 2
Tom Needham 30 28 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Traded /2
Orval Overall# 28 107 1 -1 0 0 0 4 3 7 0.7 7 0.8 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Jack Pfiester 31 73 -5 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Pat Ragan 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Ed Reulbach 26 98 -8 0 0 0 0 4 3 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Free Agency 1
Frank Schulte* 26 591 4 1 0 0 -4 -7 17 11 1.2 15 1.7 -0.5 $ Purchased *O
Rudy Schwenck* 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Jimmy Sheckard* 30 644 14 0 0 0 2 -8 18 26 2.9 24 2.6 0.3 $ Traded *O
Joe Stanley# 28 60 -5 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft O
Harry Steinfeldt 31 621 10 1 0 0 6 5 18 40 4.2 34 3.7 0.5 $ Traded *5
Joe Tinker 28 555 2 2 0 0 15 9 16 44 4.5 29 3.2 1.3 $3,700 Purchased *6
Heinie Zimmerman 22 190 0 1 0 0 -5 1 6 3 0.3 8 0.9 -0.6 $ Purchased 46/5
Team Total 28.4 5696 15 8 0 0 33 20 163 239 24.5 206 22.8 1.7 $10,500
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 32 342.2 34 78 158 6 1.0 80 8.7 $ Traded
Ray Brown 20 9.0 1 3 4 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Andy Coakley 26 2.0 1 7 1 0 1.0 -6 -0.8 $ Purchased
King Cole 23 9.0 1 0 4 0 1.0 4 0.5 $ Purchased
Chick Fraser 35 3.0 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Traded
Rip Hagerman 23 79.0 7 29 36 1 1.0 7 0.7 $
Irv Higginbotham 27 78.0 6 32 36 1 1.0 4 0.2 $
Rube Kroh* 22 120.1 13 26 55 2 1.0 29 3.2 $
Carl Lundgren 29 4.1 1 2 2 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Orval Overall 28 285.0 32 66 131 5 1.0 65 7.1 $ Traded
Jack Pfiester* 31 196.2 25 67 90 3 1.0 23 2.3 $ Purchased
Pat Ragan 23 3.2 0 2 2 0 1.0 0 -0.1 $ Purchased
Ed Reulbach 26 262.2 32 69 121 4 1.0 52 5.5 $ Free Agency
Rudy Schwenck* 25 14.0 2 7 2 0 1.0 -5 -0.6 $
Team Total 28.1 1409.1 155 389 643 22 1.0 254 26.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1908 / 1910 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics