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1920 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1919 / 1921

75-79, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Mitchell (75-79)
Scored 619 runs, Allowed 635 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79

Ballparks: Cubs Park · Attendance: 480,783 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98


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1919 / 1921 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 Salary
Pete Alexander HOF 33 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 26, 1887 10 46 40 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.6 $
Sweetbread Bailey 25 R R 6' 0" 184 Feb 12, 1895 2 21 1 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.3 $
Turner Barber 26 L R 5' 11" 170 Jul 9, 1893 6 94 84 94 87 0 0 69 1 0 0 6 8 3 17 7 0 -1.0 $
Paul Carter 26 L R 6' 3" 175 May 1, 1894 7 31 8 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6 $
Virgil Cheeves 19 R R 6' 0" 195 Feb 12, 1901 1st 5 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Sumpter Clarke 22 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 18, 1897 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Tom Daly 28 R R 5' 11" 171 Dec 12, 1891 7 44 18 44 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.4 $
Charlie Deal 28 R R 6' 0" 160 Oct 30, 1891 9 129 128 129 128 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Max Flack 30 L L 5' 7" 148 Feb 5, 1890 7 135 130 135 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 131 3 1 2.6 $
Bernie Friberg 20 R R 5' 11" 178 Aug 18, 1899 2 50 35 50 46 0 0 0 24 0 0 16 6 3 24 2 2 -0.8 $
Chippy Gaw 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 13, 1892 1st 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Claude Hendrix 31 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 13, 1889 10 34 23 34 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.2 $
Buck Herzog 34 R R 5' 11" 160 Jul 9, 1885 13 91 81 91 88 0 0 1 59 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1.6 $
Charlie Hollocher 24 L R 5' 7" 154 Jun 11, 1896 3 80 80 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $
Joe Jaeger 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 3, 1895 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Percy Jones 20 R L 5' 11" 175 Oct 28, 1899 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Bill Killefer 32 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 10, 1887 12 62 61 62 61 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Hal Leathers 21 L R 5' 8" 152 Dec 2, 1898 1st 9 4 9 8 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
William Marriott 26 L R 6' 0" 170 Aug 18, 1893 2 14 13 14 14 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Speed Martin 26 R R 6' 0" 165 Sep 15, 1893 4 35 13 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3.1 $
Bill McCabe 27 B R 5' 9" 180 Oct 28, 1892 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.0 $
Fred Merkle 31 R R 6' 1" 190 Dec 20, 1888 14 92 85 92 85 0 0 85 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 0.7 $
Joel Newkirk 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 1, 1896 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Bob O'Farrell 23 R R 5' 9" 180 Oct 19, 1896 6 94 75 94 86 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1.1 $
Dode Paskert 38 R R 5' 11" 165 Aug 28, 1881 14 139 137 139 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 2 0 2.2 $
Dave Robertson 30 L L 6' 0" 186 Sep 25, 1889 7 134 129 134 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 134 0 0 2.1 $
Zeb Terry 29 R R 5' 8" 129 Jun 17, 1891 5 133 133 133 133 0 0 0 63 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $
Ted Turner 28 R R 6' 0" 180 May 4, 1892 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Babe Twombly 24 L R 5' 10" 165 Jan 18, 1896 1st 79 39 79 48 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 9 26 46 25 6 -0.5 $
Lefty Tyler 30 L L 6' 0" 175 Dec 14, 1889 11 29 27 29 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.3 $
Hippo Vaughn 32 B L 6' 4" 215 Apr 9, 1888 12 40 38 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1919 / 1921 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers