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1917 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916 / 1918

74-80, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Mitchell (74-80)
Scored 552 runs, Allowed 567 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79

Ballparks: Weeghman Park · Attendance: 360,218 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 108, Pitching - 107 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 105


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1916 / 1918 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Vic Aldridge 23 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 25, 1893 1st 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Jimmy Archer 34 R R 5' 10" 168 May 13, 1883 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turner Barber 23 L R 5' 11" 170 Jul 9, 1893 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 7 0.0
Earl Blackburn 24 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 1, 1892 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Paul Carter 23 L R 6' 3" 175 May 1, 1894 4 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Charlie Deal 25 R R 6' 0" 160 Oct 30, 1891 6 135 135 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Al Demaree 32 L R 6' 0" 170 Sep 8, 1884 6 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7
Pickles Dillhoefer 23 R R 5' 7" 154 Oct 13, 1893 1st 42 42 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Phil Douglas 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 17, 1890 4 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Larry Doyle 30 L R 5' 10" 165 Jul 31, 1886 11 135 135 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Paddy Driscoll 22 R R 5' 8" 155 Jan 11, 1895 1st 13 13 0 0 0 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Rowdy Elliott 26 R R 5' 9" 160 Jul 8, 1890 3 85 85 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Max Flack 27 L L 5' 7" 148 Feb 5, 1890 4 131 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 6 77 117 1.0
Claude Hendrix 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 13, 1889 7 48 48 40 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1.9
Herb Hunter 21 L R 6' 0" 165 Dec 25, 1895 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Pete Kilduff 24 R R 5' 7" 155 Apr 4, 1893 1st 56 56 0 0 0 5 0 51 0 0 0 0 0.8
Roy Leslie 22 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 23, 1894 1st 7 7 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Les Mann 24 R R 5' 9" 172 Nov 18, 1892 5 117 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 11 2 116 1.1
William Marriott 23 L R 6' 0" 170 Aug 18, 1893 1st 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 -0.1
Fred Merkle 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Dec 20, 1888 11 146 146 0 0 140 0 0 0 5 1 0 6 1.6
Bob O'Farrell 20 R R 5' 9" 180 Oct 19, 1896 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Gene Packard 29 L L 5' 10" 155 Jul 13, 1887 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Charlie Pechous 20 R R 6' 0" 170 Oct 5, 1896 3 13 13 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Mike Prendergast 28 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 15, 1888 4 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Dutch Ruether 23 L L 6' 1" 180 Sep 13, 1893 1st 31 31 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
Vic Saier 26 L R 5' 11" 185 May 4, 1891 7 6 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Morrie Schick 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 17, 1892 1st 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 12 -0.3
Tom Seaton 29 B R 6' 0" 175 Aug 30, 1887 6 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Hippo Vaughn 29 B L 6' 4" 215 Apr 9, 1888 9 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.5
Roy Walker 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 13, 1893 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Harry Weaver 25 R R 5' 11" 160 Feb 26, 1892 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cy Williams 29 L L 6' 2" 180 Dec 21, 1887 6 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 136 1.1
Art Wilson 31 R R 5' 8" 170 Dec 11, 1885 10 81 81 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Harry Wolfe 24 R R 5' 8" 160 Nov 24, 1892 1st 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
Harry Wolter 32 L R 5' 10" 175 Jul 11, 1884 7 117 117 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 94 97 0.4
Chuck Wortman 25 R R 5' 7" 150 Jan 5, 1892 2 75 75 0 0 0 1 1 65 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Rollie Zeider 33 R R 5' 10" 162 Nov 16, 1883 8 108 108 0 0 1 24 26 48 0 1 0 1 0.4
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1916 / 1918 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers