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1920 Chicago Cubs Batting Statistics
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75-79, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 619 runs, Allowed 635 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79
Manager: Fred Mitchell (75-79)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 480,783 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

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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 Bob O'Farrell 23 94 312 270 29 67 11 4 3 19 1 0 34 23 .248 .332 .352 .684 95 95 0 8
2 1B Fred Merkle 31 92 367 330 33 94 20 4 3 38 3 5 24 32 .285 .335 .397 .732 108 131 1 12
3 2B Zeb Terry 29 133 575 496 56 139 26 9 0 52 12 16 44 22 .280 .341 .369 .710 102 183 2 33
4 SS Charlie Hollocher* 24 80 369 301 53 96 17 2 0 22 20 14 41 15 .319 .406 .389 .795 127 117 3 24
5 3B Charlie Deal 28 129 512 450 48 108 10 5 3 39 5 8 20 14 .240 .285 .304 .589 68 137 8 34
6 OF Dave Robertson* 30 134 555 500 68 150 29 11 10 75 17 23 40 44 .300 .353 .462 .815 131 231 1 14
7 OF Dode Paskert 38 139 572 487 57 136 22 10 5 71 16 14 64 58 .279 .366 .396 .763 117 193 3 18
8 OF Max Flack* 30 135 592 520 85 157 30 6 4 49 13 19 52 15 .302 .373 .406 .779 122 211 7 13
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 Turner Barber* 26 94 369 340 27 90 10 5 0 50 5 6 9 26 .265 .290 .324 .613 74 110 3 17
10 IF Buck Herzog 34 91 350 305 39 59 9 2 0 19 8 9 20 21 .193 .261 .236 .497 42 72 8 17
11 C Bill Killefer 32 62 212 191 16 42 7 1 0 16 2 2 8 5 .220 .280 .267 .547 56 51 8 5
12 OF Babe Twombly* 24 78 205 183 25 43 1 1 2 14 5 9 17 20 .235 .303 .284 .588 68 52 1 4
13 UT Bernie Friberg 20 50 124 114 11 24 5 1 0 7 2 2 6 20 .211 .250 .272 .522 48 31 0 4
14 C Tom Daly 28 44 94 90 12 28 6 0 0 13 1 1 2 6 .311 .333 .378 .711 102 34 1 1
15 2B William Marriott* 27 14 50 43 7 12 4 2 0 5 1 1 6 5 .279 .367 .465 .832 136 20 0 1
16 MI Hal Leathers* 21 9 25 23 3 7 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 .304 .333 .478 .812 129 11 0 1
17 3B Sumpter Clarke 22 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 90 1 0 0
18 Bill McCabe# 27 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 185 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
19 P Pete Alexander 33 46 135 118 9 27 4 1 1 14 0 0 11 26 .229 .295 .305 .600 71 36 0 6
20 P Hippo Vaughn# 32 40 116 102 14 22 3 1 1 12 0 0 12 23 .216 .298 .294 .592 69 30 0 2
21 P Claude Hendrix 31 34 87 83 10 15 3 0 0 6 2 0 3 11 .181 .209 .217 .426 21 18 0 1
22 P Lefty Tyler* 30 29 76 65 6 17 3 1 0 6 0 0 9 7 .262 .351 .338 .690 97 22 0 2
23 P Speed Martin 26 35 48 44 5 7 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 10 .159 .213 .250 .463 31 11 0 1
24 P Paul Carter* 26 31 37 35 3 6 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 5 .171 .194 .257 .452 28 9 0 1
25 P Sweetbreads Bailey 25 21 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 -19 1 0 1
26 P Virgil Cheeves 19 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -40 0 0 0
27 P Chippy Gaw 28 6 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 43 1 0 0
28 P Joel Newkirk 24 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
29 P Percy Jones 20 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
30 P Joe Jaeger 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
31 P Ted Turner 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.4 154 5811 5117 619 1350 223 67 34 536 115 129 428 421 .264 .326 .354 .680 93 1809 46 220
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 5 7 3 7 3 5 1 2 5 5 5 5 4 5
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Pete Alexander 33 135 97 11 3.1 92 .286 .229 .279 .295 .333 .305 .371 .600 .703 71 .398 -4.4 -0.5 .516 .169 .076 .0 1
Sweetbreads Bailey 25 8 7 0 0.0 92 .333 .143 .279 .143 .333 .143 .371 .286 .703 -19 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .167 .000 .000 1
*Turner Barber 26 369 273 30 3.0 92 .287 .265 .279 .290 .333 .324 .371 .613 .703 74 .386 -12.3 -1.3 .473 .082 .059 .0 3O/4
*Paul Carter 26 37 30 2 1.8 92 .200 .171 .279 .194 .333 .257 .371 .452 .703 28 .201 -3.5 -0.4 .345 .114 .086 1
Virgil Cheeves 19 5 4 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .279 .200 .333 .000 .370 .200 .703 -40 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .250 .000 /1
Sumpter Clarke 22 3 2 0 0.0 92 .500 .333 .279 .333 .333 .333 .371 .667 .703 90 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000 /5
Tom Daly 28 94 64 11 4.7 92 .333 .311 .279 .333 .333 .378 .371 .711 .703 102 .587 0.3 0.0 .587 .089 .067 .0 2
Charlie Deal 28 512 384 36 2.6 92 .242 .240 .279 .285 .333 .304 .371 .589 .703 68 .320 -19.8 -2.2 .463 .102 .064 3.8 *5
*Max Flack 30 592 395 72 5.0 92 .305 .302 .279 .373 .333 .406 .371 .779 .703 122 .612 17.0 1.8 .691 .192 .104 6.1 *O
Bernie Friberg 20 124 96 7 2.0 92 .255 .211 .279 .250 .333 .272 .371 .522 .703 48 .228 -7.7 -0.8 .402 .114 .061 .0 4O
Chippy Gaw 28 4 3 0 0.0 92 .333 .250 .279 .250 .333 .250 .370 .500 .703 43 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 /1
Claude Hendrix 31 87 69 4 1.6 92 .208 .181 .279 .209 .333 .217 .371 .426 .703 21 .163 -8.5 -0.9 .338 .096 .036 .0 1
Buck Herzog 34 350 272 16 1.6 92 .208 .193 .279 .261 .333 .236 .371 .497 .703 42 .166 -22.6 -2.5 .388 .105 .043 .0 45/3
*Charlie Hollocher 24 369 243 46 5.2 92 .336 .319 .279 .406 .333 .389 .371 .795 .703 127 .629 13.7 1.5 .763 .226 .070 .0 6
Joe Jaeger 25 1 1 0 0.0 92 .000 .279 .000 .333 .000 .371 .000 .704 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Percy Jones 20 2 2 0 0.0 92 .000 .279 .000 .333 .000 .370 .000 .704 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Bill Killefer 32 212 156 13 2.3 92 .226 .220 .279 .280 .333 .267 .371 .547 .703 56 .274 -10.6 -1.2 .444 .089 .047 .0 2
*Hal Leathers 21 25 17 4 6.4 92 .286 .304 .279 .333 .333 .478 .371 .812 .703 129 .716 0.8 0.1 .813 .261 .174 1.0 /64
*William Marriott 27 50 33 7 5.8 92 .316 .279 .279 .367 .333 .465 .371 .832 .703 136 .676 2.2 0.2 .813 .326 .186 .0 4
Speed Martin 26 48 38 2 1.4 92 .182 .159 .279 .213 .333 .250 .371 .463 .703 31 .141 -4.0 -0.4 .405 .182 .091 1.0 1
#Bill McCabe 27 2 1 1 27.3 92 .500 .500 .279 .500 .333 .500 .370 1.000 .704 185 .973 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
Fred Merkle 31 367 253 42 4.5 92 .308 .285 .279 .335 .333 .397 .371 .732 .703 108 .572 3.5 0.4 .639 .179 .112 3.0 3/O
Joel Newkirk 24 3 3 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .279 .000 .333 .000 .371 .000 .703 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Bob O'Farrell 23 312 211 32 4.1 92 .262 .248 .279 .332 .333 .352 .371 .684 .703 95 .531 -1.0 -0.1 .640 .233 .104 1.5 2
Dode Paskert 38 572 383 68 4.8 92 .309 .279 .279 .366 .333 .396 .371 .763 .703 117 .601 13.0 1.4 .718 .253 .117 7.6 *O
*Dave Robertson 30 555 387 74 5.2 92 .314 .300 .279 .353 .333 .462 .371 .815 .703 131 .634 19.2 2.1 .713 .230 .162 12.6 *O
Zeb Terry 29 575 406 59 4.0 92 .293 .280 .279 .341 .333 .369 .371 .710 .703 102 .510 2.3 0.2 .603 .169 .089 .0 64
Ted Turner 28 1 1 0 0.0 92 .000 .279 .000 .333 .000 .371 .000 .704 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Babe Twombly 24 205 153 14 2.5 92 .255 .235 .279 .303 .333 .284 .371 .588 .703 68 .310 -7.5 -0.8 .443 .120 .049 2.9 O/4
*Lefty Tyler 30 76 50 8 4.4 92 .293 .262 .279 .351 .333 .338 .371 .690 .703 97 .554 0.1 0.0 .646 .215 .077 1
#Hippo Vaughn 32 116 82 9 3.0 92 .269 .216 .279 .298 .333 .294 .371 .592 .703 69 .384 -3.9 -0.4 .525 .196 .078 .0 1
League Average 3.9 91 .289 .269 .277 .321 .331 .355 .368 .677 .699 94 .505 .579 .160 .087
Team Total 5811 4116 568 3.8 92 .282 .264 .279 .326 .333 .354 .371 .680 .703 93 .487 -37.5 -4.3 .582 .171 .090 52.5
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Pete Alexander 33 48 140 127 11 31 5 1 1 17 0 13 27 .244 .314 .323 .637 13 46 46
Sweetbreads Bailey 25 22 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21 21
*Turner Barber 26 99 374 361 31 98 11 5 0 58 5 10 27 .271 .297 .330 .626 35 94 94
*Paul Carter 26 33 39 38 4 7 1 1 0 5 0 1 5 .184 .205 .263 .468 2 31 31
Virgil Cheeves 19 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 5 5
Sumpter Clarke 22 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Tom Daly 28 46 99 96 14 31 7 0 0 15 1 2 6 .323 .343 .396 .739 13 44 44
Charlie Deal 28 136 508 477 55 117 11 5 3 45 5 22 15 .245 .291 .308 .600 41 129 129
*Max Flack 30 142 613 550 97 168 32 6 4 56 14 56 16 .305 .377 .407 .784 83 135 135
Bernie Friberg 20 53 127 121 12 26 5 1 0 8 2 6 21 .215 .252 .273 .525 8 50 50
Chippy Gaw 28 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6 6
Claude Hendrix 31 36 91 88 11 16 3 0 0 6 2 3 12 .182 .209 .216 .425 4 34 34
Buck Herzog 34 96 352 322 45 63 10 2 0 22 9 21 22 .196 .264 .239 .503 19 91 91
*Charlie Hollocher 24 84 369 321 61 105 19 2 0 25 22 45 16 .327 .415 .399 .813 53 80 80
Joe Jaeger 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Percy Jones 20 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Bill Killefer 32 65 221 203 19 46 8 1 0 19 2 9 5 .227 .290 .276 .565 15 62 62
*Hal Leathers 21 9 26 25 3 8 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 .320 .346 .480 .826 4 9 9
*William Marriott 27 15 52 46 8 13 4 2 0 6 1 6 5 .283 .365 .457 .822 8 14 14
Speed Martin 26 37 50 47 6 8 1 0 1 5 1 3 11 .170 .220 .255 .475 3 35 35
#Bill McCabe 27 46 76 74 12 12 0 0 0 3 1 2 6 .162 .184 .162 .346 2 44 44
Fred Merkle 31 97 377 350 38 102 22 4 3 43 3 26 34 .291 .342 .403 .745 48 92 92
Joel Newkirk 24 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Bob O'Farrell 23 99 327 289 34 75 12 4 3 22 1 38 24 .260 .346 .360 .705 37 94 94
Dode Paskert 38 146 590 517 65 148 24 11 5 81 17 70 61 .286 .375 .404 .779 78 139 139
*Dave Robertson 30 141 568 525 78 157 30 12 10 86 18 42 46 .299 .352 .459 .811 85 134 134
Zeb Terry 29 140 574 525 64 149 28 10 0 60 13 47 23 .284 .345 .375 .720 67 133 133
Ted Turner 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
*Babe Twombly 24 82 209 191 28 44 1 1 2 16 5 17 21 .230 .297 .277 .574 16 78 78
*Lefty Tyler 30 31 78 68 7 18 3 1 0 7 0 10 7 .265 .359 .338 .697 8 29 29
#Hippo Vaughn 32 42 123 109 16 25 3 1 1 14 0 14 24 .229 .317 .303 .620 11 40 40
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Pete Alexander 33 10 1174 415 1174 1085 98 213 39 9 5 81 3 1 49 181 .196 .232 .263 .494 43 285 1 39
Sweetbreads Bailey 25 2 29 42 29 25 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .320 .393 .360 .753 123 9 0 1
*Turner Barber 26 6 887 267 887 807 78 220 24 13 1 94 16 9 42 77 .273 .313 .338 .652 91 273 6 32
*Paul Carter 26 7 163 129 163 154 14 30 3 1 0 10 0 0 5 33 .195 .220 .227 .447 32 35 0 4
Virgil Cheeves 19 1 5 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -40 0 0 0
Sumpter Clarke 22 1 3 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 90 1 0 0
Tom Daly 28 7 421 193 421 397 37 95 10 2 0 33 4 5 17 35 .239 .272 .275 .547 61 109 1 6
Charlie Deal 28 9 2795 736 2795 2508 243 630 85 26 8 252 62 8 122 112 .251 .290 .315 .606 78 791 16 149
*Max Flack 30 7 3869 921 3869 3404 514 937 134 47 22 250 163 38 326 193 .275 .343 .362 .704 108 1231 24 115
Bernie Friberg 20 2 144 58 144 134 11 28 6 1 0 8 2 2 6 22 .209 .243 .269 .512 47 36 0 4
Chippy Gaw 28 1 4 6 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 43 1 0 0
Claude Hendrix 31 10 990 421 990 922 118 222 39 17 14 97 9 0 39 168 .241 .275 .366 .640 86 337 4 25
Buck Herzog 34 13 6047 1493 6047 5284 705 1370 191 75 20 445 312 53 427 307 .259 .329 .335 .664 96 1771 120 216
*Charlie Hollocher 24 3 1457 326 1457 1240 176 373 54 13 5 86 62 14 132 64 .301 .374 .377 .752 123 468 14 71
Joe Jaeger 25 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Percy Jones 20 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Bill Killefer 32 12 3256 990 3256 3017 226 708 85 21 4 224 36 5 109 122 .235 .269 .281 .550 62 847 32 98
*Hal Leathers 21 1 25 9 25 23 3 7 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 .304 .333 .478 .812 129 11 0 1
*William Marriott 27 2 56 17 56 49 7 12 4 2 0 5 1 1 6 6 .245 .327 .408 .735 110 20 0 1
Speed Martin 26 4 117 89 117 106 8 18 3 0 1 6 1 0 4 27 .170 .200 .226 .426 25 24 0 7
#Bill McCabe 27 3 219 106 219 199 28 32 3 2 0 13 6 2 15 28 .161 .227 .196 .423 25 39 2 3
Fred Merkle 31 14 6408 1630 6408 5767 716 1575 289 82 61 732 271 20 453 582 .273 .331 .383 .714 109 2211 44 144
Joel Newkirk 24 2 4 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Bob O'Farrell 23 6 584 201 584 519 50 130 24 9 4 43 4 0 52 48 .250 .320 .355 .674 97 184 1 12
Dode Paskert 38 14 6899 1689 6899 5925 860 1597 278 76 42 573 293 41 711 651 .270 .352 .363 .715 110 2153 41 222
*Dave Robertson 30 7 2694 680 2694 2517 325 717 94 41 40 299 90 50 97 236 .285 .315 .402 .717 117 1013 13 67
Zeb Terry 29 5 1542 386 1542 1343 139 329 48 21 0 104 29 16 118 98 .245 .312 .312 .624 83 419 13 68
Ted Turner 28 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Babe Twombly 24 1 205 78 205 183 25 43 1 1 2 14 5 9 17 20 .235 .303 .284 .588 68 52 1 4
*Lefty Tyler 30 11 958 371 958 844 81 183 31 2 4 73 0 0 79 138 .217 .285 .273 .557 65 230 1 34
#Hippo Vaughn 32 12 971 375 971 880 79 149 23 6 2 56 12 2 66 217 .169 .230 .216 .446 32 190 3 22
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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