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1917 Chicago Cubs

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 - 107, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 105


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1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Art Wilson 31 81 252 211 17 45 9 2 2 25 6 32 36 .213 .322 .303 .626 87 64 2 7
2 1B Fred Merkle 28 146 608 549 65 146 30 9 3 57 13 42 60 .266 .323 .370 .692 106 203 4 13
3 2B Larry Doyle* 30 135 550 476 48 121 19 5 6 61 5 48 28 .254 .323 .353 .675 101 168 0 26
4 SS Chuck Wortman 25 75 220 190 24 33 4 1 0 9 6 18 23 .174 .245 .205 .450 35 39 0 12
5 3B Charlie Deal 25 135 497 449 46 114 11 3 0 47 10 19 18 .254 .284 .292 .576 72 131 0 29
6 OF Cy Williams* 29 138 539 468 53 113 22 4 5 42 8 38 78 .241 .308 .338 .646 92 158 7 26
7 OF Les Mann 24 117 485 444 63 121 19 10 1 44 14 27 46 .273 .316 .367 .683 103 163 1 13
8 OF Max Flack* 27 131 510 447 65 111 18 7 0 21 17 51 34 .248 .325 .320 .645 93 143 0 12
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 OF Harry Wolter* 32 117 401 353 44 88 15 7 0 28 7 38 40 .249 .324 .331 .655 95 117 1 9
10 IF Rollie Zeider 33 108 393 354 36 86 14 2 0 27 17 28 30 .243 .302 .294 .596 78 104 2 9
11 C Rowdy Elliott 26 85 244 223 18 56 8 5 0 28 4 11 11 .251 .292 .332 .624 86 74 2 8
12 SS Pete Kilduff 24 56 225 202 23 56 9 5 0 15 11 12 19 .277 .324 .371 .695 107 75 2 9
13 C Pickles Dillhoefer 23 42 104 95 3 12 1 1 0 8 1 2 9 .126 .144 .158 .302 -10 15 0 7
14 1B Dutch Ruether* 23 31 53 44 3 12 1 3 0 11 0 8 11 .273 .385 .432 .816 143 19 0 1
15 IF Charlie Pechous 20 13 44 41 2 10 0 0 0 1 1 2 9 .244 .295 .244 .539 62 10 1 0
16 OF Morrie Schick 25 14 39 34 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 10 .147 .216 .147 .363 9 5 0 2
17 IF Paddy Driscoll 22 13 32 28 2 3 1 0 0 3 2 2 6 .107 .167 .143 .310 -7 4 0 2
18 OF Turner Barber* 23 7 30 28 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 2 8 .214 .267 .250 .517 54 7 0 0
19 1B Vic Saier* 26 6 23 21 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 .238 .304 .286 .590 76 6 0 0
20 1B Roy Leslie 22 7 20 19 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 .211 .250 .211 .461 38 4 0 0
21 C Bob O'Farrell 20 3 9 8 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 .375 .444 .625 1.069 217 5 0 0
22 UT Harry Wolfe 24 9 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900 170 2 0 0
23 OF William Marriott* 23 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
24 IF Herb Hunter* 21 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
25 Earl Blackburn 24 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
26 Jimmy Archer 34 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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
27 P Hippo Vaughn# 29 41 111 100 7 16 2 1 0 6 1 9 33 .160 .229 .200 .429 28 20 0 2
28 P Phil Douglas 27 51 97 87 3 11 0 1 0 3 0 3 18 .126 .156 .149 .305 -9 13 0 7
29 P Claude Hendrix 28 48 96 86 7 22 3 1 0 7 1 5 20 .256 .304 .314 .618 84 27 1 4
30 P Al Demaree* 32 24 46 41 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 17 .122 .200 .122 .322 -3 5 0 1
31 P Paul Carter* 23 23 38 35 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 2 10 .171 .216 .200 .416 24 7 0 1
32 P Vic Aldridge 23 30 30 29 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .138 .138 .138 .276 -18 4 0 1
33 P Mike Prendergast 28 35 29 28 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 .250 .276 .321 .597 78 9 0 0
34 P Tom Seaton# 29 16 25 21 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 7 .238 .333 .286 .619 85 6 0 1
35 P Harry Weaver 25 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 19 1 0 0
36 P Roy Walker 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
37 P Gene Packard* 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.6 157 5775 5135 552 1229 194 67 17 458 127 415 599 .239 .299 .313 .612 83 1608 23 202
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 4 8 3 6 7 7 1 3 2 7 6 7 7 7 7 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 Hippo Vaughn* 29 23 13 .639 2.01 41 38 2 27 5 0 295.2 255 97 66 3 91 195 9 0 2 1216 143 1.170 7.8 0.1 2.8 5.9 2.14
2 SP Phil Douglas 27 14 20 .412 2.55 51 37 11 20 5 1 293.1 269 123 83 13 50 151 6 0 11 1161 113 1.088 8.3 0.4 1.5 4.6 3.02
3 SP Claude Hendrix 28 10 12 .455 2.60 40 21 15 13 1 1 215.0 202 94 62 3 72 81 4 1 8 892 111 1.274 8.5 0.1 3.0 3.4 1.13
4 SP Al Demaree 32 5 9 .357 2.55 24 18 4 6 1 1 141.1 125 53 40 5 37 43 2 0 3 569 113 1.146 8.0 0.3 2.4 2.7 1.16
5 SP Paul Carter 23 5 8 .385 3.26 23 13 3 6 0 2 113.1 115 47 41 2 19 34 3 1 1 453 88 1.182 9.1 0.2 1.5 2.7 1.79
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 Vic Aldridge 23 6 6 .500 3.12 30 6 13 1 1 2 106.2 100 52 37 1 37 44 2 0 5 445 92 1.284 8.4 0.1 3.1 3.7 1.19
7 RP Mike Prendergast 28 3 6 .333 3.35 35 8 16 1 0 1 99.1 112 42 37 6 21 43 0 0 3 411 86 1.339 10.1 0.5 1.9 3.9 2.05
8 RP Tom Seaton 29 5 4 .556 2.53 16 9 5 3 1 1 74.2 60 30 21 0 23 27 1 0 1 295 114 1.112 7.2 0.0 2.8 3.3 1.17
9 RP Dutch Ruether* 23 2 0 1.000 2.48 10 4 5 1 0 0 36.1 37 12 10 0 12 23 3 0 1 153 117 1.349 9.2 0.0 3.0 5.7 1.92
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
10 Harry Weaver 25 1 1 .500 2.75 4 2 2 1 1 0 19.2 17 10 6 0 7 8 0 0 1 82 107 1.220 7.8 0.0 3.2 3.7 1.14
11 Roy Walker 24 0 1 .000 3.86 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 3 0 5 4 0 0 1 34 80 1.857 10.3 0.0 6.4 5.1 0.80
12 Gene Packard* 29 0 0 10.80 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 3 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 35 1.800 16.2 5.4 0.0 5.4
Team Totals 27.5 74 80 .481 2.62 157 157 77 79 15 9 1404.0 1303 567 408 34 374 654 30 2 37 5719 110 1.194 8.4 0.2 2.4 4.2 1.75
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 4 3 7 5 3 5 5 5 3 8 4 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
Vic Aldridge 23 30 49 2 44 3 2 .939 1.53 P
Turner Barber 23 7 15 13 2 0 0 1.000 2.14 OF
Paul Carter 23 23 34 2 30 2 1 .941 1.39 P
Charlie Deal 25 130 423 151 254 18 21 .957 3.12 3B
Al Demaree 32 24 47 3 44 0 1 1.000 1.96 P
Pickles Dillhoefer 23 37 198 146 49 3 2 .985 5.27 8 25 26 51% 44% C
Phil Douglas 27 51 118 9 102 7 3 .941 2.18 P
Larry Doyle 30 128 681 300 348 33 54 .952 5.06 2B
Paddy Driscoll 22 11 46 15 24 7 4 .848 3.55 2B-3B-SS
Rowdy Elliott 26 73 413 307 93 13 9 .969 5.48 10 58 50 46% 44% C
Max Flack 27 117 225 199 14 12 3 .947 1.82 OF
Claude Hendrix 28 42 62 6 52 4 1 .935 1.38 P-OF
Herb Hunter 21 2 6 3 2 1 0 .833 2.50 3B-2B
Pete Kilduff 24 56 266 102 145 19 21 .929 4.41 SS-2B
Roy Leslie 22 6 64 59 3 2 3 .969 10.33 1B
Les Mann 24 116 234 203 20 11 2 .953 1.92 OF
William Marriott 23 1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 OF
Fred Merkle 28 146 1524 1430 68 26 85 .983 10.26 1B-OF
Bob O'Farrell 20 3 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 3.33 0 2 1 33% 44% C
Gene Packard 29 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Charlie Pechous 20 12 46 19 23 4 2 .913 3.50 3B-SS
Mike Prendergast 28 35 30 3 25 2 2 .933 0.80 P
Dutch Ruether 23 15 56 43 13 0 3 1.000 3.73 P-1B
Vic Saier 26 6 63 56 7 0 3 1.000 10.50 1B
Morrie Schick 25 12 25 21 3 1 0 .960 2.00 OF
Tom Seaton 29 16 28 2 25 1 0 .964 1.69 P
Hippo Vaughn 29 41 110 14 89 7 2 .936 2.51 P
Roy Walker 24 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Harry Weaver 25 4 11 0 10 1 0 .909 2.50 P
Cy Williams 29 136 378 340 23 15 4 .960 2.67 OF
Art Wilson 31 75 468 361 92 15 5 .968 6.04 8 61 50 45% 44% C
Harry Wolfe 24 3 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.33 OF-SS
Harry Wolter 32 98 157 134 14 9 5 .943 1.51 OF-1B
Chuck Wortman 25 67 271 85 164 22 26 .919 3.72 SS-2B-3B
Rollie Zeider 33 100 405 151 226 28 35 .931 3.77 SS-3B-2B-OF-1B
Team Totals 27.5 157 6472 4193 2012 267 300 .959 3.81 26 146 127 47% 44%
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 4 8
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 (v2.1): 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
Vic Aldridge 23 30 30 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ Purchased 1
Jimmy Archer 34 2 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .475 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Turner Barber* 23 7 30 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .467 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ /O
Earl Blackburn 24 2 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .475 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ Traded
Paul Carter* 23 23 38 -3 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
Charlie Deal 25 135 497 -14 -0 0 0 4 -10 -1.3 14 3 0.1 .490 .492 0.1 0.5 3 $ Purchased *5
Al Demaree* 32 24 46 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .490 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ Traded 1
Pickles Dillhoefer 23 42 104 -12 0 0 -1 2 -11 -1.4 3 -8 -1.1 .466 .491 -1.0 0.1 -7 $ 2
Phil Douglas 27 51 97 -11 0 0 0 7 -4 -0.6 3 -2 -0.6 .489 .497 -0.6 0.0 -2 $ Purchased 1
Larry Doyle* 30 135 550 2 -0 0 -4 0 -2 -0.2 15 14 1.3 .498 .499 1.9 -0.4 18 $ Traded *4
Paddy Driscoll 22 13 32 -4 0 0 -2 0 -5 -0.6 1 -4 -0.5 .451 .496 -0.3 -0.2 -2 $ /456
Rowdy Elliott 26 85 244 -3 -0 0 -1 4 -1 -0.1 7 6 0.6 .499 .499 0.7 0.3 7 $ 2
Max Flack* 27 131 510 -3 -0 0 -2 -6 -11 -1.4 14 3 0.0 .489 .491 0.3 -1.0 5 $ Purchased *O
Claude Hendrix 28 48 96 -2 0 0 0 6 5 0.6 3 7 0.6 .512 .503 0.6 0.0 7 $ Purchased 1/O
Herb Hunter* 21 3 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .475 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ Traded /45
Pete Kilduff 24 56 225 1 0 0 -6 3 -1 -0.1 6 6 0.5 .498 .499 1.3 -0.3 12 $ Traded 6/4
Roy Leslie 22 7 20 -1 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .471 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /3
Les Mann 24 117 485 1 -0 0 -4 -6 -10 -1.2 14 4 0.2 .490 .493 0.7 -1.2 8 $ Purchased *O
William Marriott* 23 3 6 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .439 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ /O
Fred Merkle 28 146 608 4 -0 0 -5 -5 -7 -0.9 17 10 0.8 .494 .494 1.4 -1.3 15 $ Purchased *3/O
Bob O'Farrell 20 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 0 2 0.2 .551 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ Rule 5 Draft /2
Gene Packard* 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ Purchased /1
Charlie Pechous 20 13 44 -2 -0 0 -2 1 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .469 .497 0.0 -0.2 -0 $ Purchased /56
Mike Prendergast 28 35 29 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.2 1 2 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ Jumped Lgs 1
Dutch Ruether* 23 31 53 2 0 0 0 3 5 0.6 2 6 0.6 .518 .503 0.6 -0.0 6 $ Rule 5 Draft 1/3
Vic Saier* 26 6 23 -0 0 0 1 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .506 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $ Purchased /3
Morrie Schick 25 14 39 -4 0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .463 .497 -0.4 -0.1 -3 $ O
Tom Seaton# 29 16 25 -0 0 0 0 2 1 0.2 1 2 0.2 .510 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ Purchased 1
Hippo Vaughn# 29 41 111 -9 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 2 $ Traded 1
Roy Walker 24 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .494 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
Harry Weaver 25 4 5 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .494 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
Cy Williams* 29 138 539 -4 -0 0 4 -4 -4 -0.6 15 11 0.9 .496 .497 0.5 0.1 7 $ Amateur Free Agent *O
Art Wilson 31 81 252 -3 -0 0 -2 4 -1 -0.2 7 6 0.6 .498 .499 0.8 0.2 8 $ Traded 2
Harry Wolfe 24 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .506 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ Rule 5 Draft /O6
Harry Wolter* 32 117 401 -2 -0 0 -4 -5 -11 -1.4 11 -0 -0.3 .488 .491 0.2 -1.1 4 $ O/3
Chuck Wortman 25 75 220 -14 0 0 -5 4 -16 -1.9 6 -9 -1.3 .474 .488 -0.7 -0.2 -4 $ Purchased 6/45
Rollie Zeider 33 108 393 -8 0 0 -5 4 -9 -1.1 11 2 0.0 .490 .493 0.6 -0.1 7 $ Purchased 654/3O
Team Total 27.6 1755 5775 -103 -1 0 -38 33 -110 -13.8 162 52 1.1 .492 .498 6.0 -4.8 90 $
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 (v2.1): 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
Vic Aldridge 23 106.2 30 6 52 4.39 3.53 -0.25 0.00 106.0 4.00 -5 -0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.2 3 .481 .496 $ Purchased
Paul Carter 23 113.1 23 13 47 3.73 3.53 -0.26 0.00 106.0 4.01 3 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.2 12 .518 .503 $
Al Demaree 32 141.1 24 18 53 3.38 3.53 -0.25 0.00 106.0 4.01 10 1.3 1.0 -0.1 2.2 20 .552 .508 $ Traded
Phil Douglas 27 293.1 51 37 123 3.77 3.53 -0.24 0.00 106.0 3.99 7 0.8 1.0 -0.2 2.8 28 .516 .505 $ Purchased
Claude Hendrix 28 215.0 40 21 94 3.93 3.53 -0.25 0.00 106.0 4.01 1 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.6 17 .504 .501 $ Purchased
Gene Packard* 29 1.2 2 0 2 10.80 3.53 -0.26 0.00 106.0 4.02 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .427 .499 $ Purchased
Mike Prendergast 28 99.1 35 8 42 3.81 3.53 -0.25 0.00 106.0 4.01 2 0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.0 9 .507 .502 $ Jumped Lgs
Dutch Ruether* 23 36.1 10 4 12 2.97 3.53 -0.24 0.00 106.0 3.99 4 0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.8 7 .552 .503 $ Rule 5 Draft
Tom Seaton 29 74.2 16 9 30 3.62 3.53 -0.24 0.00 106.0 3.99 3 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.9 8 .524 .502 $ Purchased
Hippo Vaughn* 29 295.2 41 38 97 2.95 3.53 -0.23 0.00 106.0 3.98 33 4.5 1.0 -0.2 6.5 55 .609 .528 $ Traded
Roy Walker 24 7.0 2 1 5 6.43 3.53 -0.26 0.00 106.0 4.02 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .394 .499 $
Harry Weaver 25 19.2 4 2 10 4.58 3.53 -0.25 0.00 106.0 4.00 -1 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .462 .499 $
Team Total 27.5 1404.0 278 157 567 3.63 3.53 -0.24 0.00 106.0 4.00 55 7.2 1.0 -0.8 16.9 156 .526 .504 $
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics