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1920 Chicago Cubs

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 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 Bob O'Farrell 23 94 312 270 29 67 11 4 3 19 1 0 34 23 .248 .332 .352 .684 96 95 0 8
2 1B Fred Merkle 31 92 367 330 33 94 20 4 3 38 3 5 24 32 .285 .335 .397 .732 109 131 1 12
3 2B Zeb Terry 29 133 575 496 56 139 26 9 0 52 12 16 44 22 .280 .341 .369 .710 103 183 2 33
4 SS Charlie Hollocher* 24 80 369 301 53 96 17 2 0 22 20 14 41 15 .319 .406 .389 .795 128 117 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 .815 132 231 1 14
7 OF Dode Paskert 38 139 572 487 57 136 22 10 5 71 16 14 64 58 .279 .366 .396 .763 118 193 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 75 110 3 17
10 IF Buck Herzog 34 91 350 305 39 59 9 2 0 19 8 9 20 21 .193 .261 .236 .497 43 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 57 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 69 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 49 31 0 4
14 C Tom Daly 28 44 94 90 12 28 6 0 0 13 1 1 2 6 .311 .333 .378 .711 103 34 1 1
15 2B William Marriott* 26 14 50 43 7 12 4 2 0 5 1 1 6 5 .279 .367 .465 .832 137 20 0 1
16 MI Hal Leathers* 21 9 25 23 3 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 .304 .333 .478 .812 130 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 91 1 0 0
18 Bill McCabe# 27 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 186 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 72 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 70 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 22 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 98 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 32 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 Sweetbread Bailey 25 21 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 -18 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 34 535 115 129 428 421 .264 .326 .354 .680 94 1809 46 220
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 5 7 3 7 3 5 1 2 5 5 4 5 5 5 2 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 Pete Alexander 33 27 14 .659 1.91 46 40 6 33 7 5 363.1 335 96 77 8 69 173 1 0 3 1447 168 1.112 8.3 0.2 1.7 4.3 2.51
2 SP Hippo Vaughn* 32 19 16 .543 2.54 40 38 2 24 4 0 301.0 301 113 85 8 81 131 8 1 3 1255 126 1.269 9.0 0.2 2.4 3.9 1.62
3 SP Claude Hendrix 31 9 12 .429 3.58 27 23 2 12 0 0 203.2 216 101 81 6 54 72 3 0 4 872 89 1.326 9.5 0.3 2.4 3.2 1.33
4 SP Lefty Tyler* 30 11 12 .478 3.31 27 27 0 18 2 0 193.0 193 83 71 6 57 57 3 0 2 803 97 1.295 9.0 0.3 2.7 2.7 1.00
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
5 RP Speed Martin 26 4 15 .211 4.83 35 13 10 6 0 2 136.0 165 96 73 2 50 44 1 0 5 618 66 1.581 10.9 0.1 3.3 2.9 0.88
6 RP Paul Carter 26 3 6 .333 4.67 31 8 15 2 0 2 106.0 131 68 55 3 36 14 5 0 3 466 69 1.575 11.1 0.3 3.1 1.2 0.39
7 RP Sweetbread Bailey 25 1 2 .333 7.12 21 1 12 0 0 0 36.2 55 38 29 1 11 8 2 0 2 175 45 1.800 13.5 0.2 2.7 2.0 0.73
8 RP Chippy Gaw 28 1 1 .500 4.85 6 1 4 0 0 0 13.0 16 9 7 1 3 4 1 0 0 58 68 1.462 11.1 0.7 2.1 2.8 1.33
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
9 Virgil Cheeves 19 0 0 3.50 5 2 2 0 0 0 18.0 16 7 7 0 7 3 0 0 0 73 94 1.278 8.0 0.0 3.5 1.5 0.43
10 Percy Jones* 20 0 0 11.57 4 0 4 0 0 0 7.0 15 10 9 1 3 0 1 0 0 37 30 2.571 19.3 1.3 3.9 0.0 0.00
11 Joel Newkirk 24 0 1 .000 5.40 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 8 6 4 1 6 2 0 0 0 31 63 2.100 10.8 1.4 8.1 2.7 0.33
12 Joe Jaeger 25 0 0 12.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 6 6 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 18 31 3.333 18.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 0.00
13 Ted Turner 28 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 32 2.250 13.5 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 30.3 75 79 .487 3.27 154 154 59 95 13 9 1388.2 1459 635 504 37 382 508 25 1 22 5859 98 1.326 9.5 0.2 2.5 3.3 1.33
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 3 5 1 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 4 3
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 GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Pete Alexander 33 46 40 33 115 8 105 2 2 .983 2.46 P
Sweetbread Bailey 25 21 1 0 14 0 14 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Turner Barber 26 87 84 81 809 767 32 10 40 .988 9.08 1B-OF-2B
Paul Carter 26 31 8 2 28 0 25 3 1 .893 0.81 P
Virgil Cheeves 19 5 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.40 P
Sumpter Clarke 22 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 3B
Tom Daly 28 29 18 17 108 88 18 2 0 .981 3.66 1 16 9 36% C
Charlie Deal 28 128 128 125 408 129 268 11 22 .973 3.10 3B
Max Flack 30 131 130 125 240 216 16 8 2 .967 1.76 OF
Bernie Friberg 20 46 35 22 167 85 76 6 9 .964 3.35 OF-2B
Chippy Gaw 28 6 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Claude Hendrix 31 27 23 12 65 4 56 5 1 .923 2.22 P
Buck Herzog 34 88 81 79 424 154 241 29 32 .932 4.49 2B-3B-1B
Charlie Hollocher 24 80 80 80 499 196 280 23 34 .954 5.95 SS
Joe Jaeger 25 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Percy Jones 20 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Bill Killefer 32 61 61 45 393 304 80 9 6 .977 6.30 2 36 51 59% C
Hal Leathers 21 8 4 4 43 15 21 7 0 .837 4.00 SS-2B
William Marriott 26 14 13 12 74 26 40 8 2 .892 4.71 2B
Speed Martin 26 35 13 6 54 6 44 4 1 .926 1.43 P
Fred Merkle 31 85 85 84 975 906 54 15 52 .985 11.16 1B-OF
Joel Newkirk 24 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 P
Bob O'Farrell 23 86 75 70 436 317 100 19 6 .956 4.85 6 64 51 44% C
Dode Paskert 38 137 137 132 344 306 23 15 3 .956 2.40 OF
Dave Robertson 30 134 129 122 248 230 10 8 1 .968 1.79 OF
Zeb Terry 29 133 133 131 787 291 471 25 62 .968 5.73 SS-2B
Ted Turner 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Babe Twombly 24 48 39 35 101 91 7 3 0 .970 2.09 OF-2B
Lefty Tyler 30 27 27 18 81 15 64 2 3 .975 2.93 P
Hippo Vaughn 32 40 38 24 90 9 71 10 4 .889 2.00 P
Team Totals 29.1 154 1386 1259 6513 4163 2125 225 283 .965 4.06 9 116 111 49%
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 8 4
Age G GS 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
Pete Alexander 33 135 -4 0 0 0 0 7 4 7 0.6 7 0.7 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Sweetbread Bailey 25 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Turner Barber* 26 369 -10 -1 0 0 -4 -4 11 -8 -1.0 -4 -0.4 -0.6 $ 3O/8794
Paul Carter* 26 37 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Virgil Cheeves 19 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Sumpter Clarke 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /5
Tom Daly 28 94 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Purchased 2
Charlie Deal 28 512 -16 0 0 0 3 4 15 6 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Purchased *5
Max Flack* 30 592 19 -2 0 0 -4 -6 16 23 2.6 27 2.9 -0.3 $ Purchased *O9
Bernie Friberg 20 124 -7 0 0 0 -4 0 4 -7 -0.8 -3 -0.3 -0.5 $ 4O7/89
Chippy Gaw 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Claude Hendrix 31 87 -8 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Buck Herzog 34 350 -20 0 0 0 -6 3 10 -13 -1.6 -7 -0.7 -0.9 $ Traded 45/3
Charlie Hollocher* 24 369 14 0 0 0 1 5 10 30 3.2 29 3.1 0.1 $ Purchased 6
Joe Jaeger 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Percy Jones 20 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Bill Killefer 32 212 -9 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 2
Hal Leathers* 21 25 1 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ /64
William Marriott* 26 50 2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 4
Speed Martin 26 48 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Bill McCabe# 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Fred Merkle 31 367 4 -2 0 0 -2 -4 11 7 0.7 9 1.0 -0.3 $ Purchased 3/7O
Joel Newkirk 24 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Bob O'Farrell 23 312 0 1 0 0 -2 3 9 11 1.1 13 1.4 -0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
Dode Paskert 38 572 13 -2 0 0 -3 -4 17 21 2.2 24 2.6 -0.4 $ Traded *8O
Dave Robertson* 30 555 20 -5 0 0 -6 -6 16 19 2.1 25 2.7 -0.6 $ Traded *7O
Zeb Terry 29 575 4 -3 0 0 6 7 16 30 3.0 24 2.6 0.4 $ Purchased 64
Ted Turner 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Babe Twombly* 24 205 -6 -2 0 0 0 -2 6 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ O97/84
Lefty Tyler* 30 76 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ Traded 1
Hippo Vaughn# 32 116 -4 1 0 0 0 6 3 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ Traded 1
Team Total 29.4 5811 -18 -14 0 0 -23 24 166 135 13.1 158 17.0 -3.9 $
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
Pete Alexander 33 363.1 40 96 177 -4 1.0 81 10.0 $ Traded
Sweetbread Bailey 25 36.2 1 38 18 0 1.0 -20 -2.2 $
Paul Carter 26 106.0 8 68 52 -1 1.0 -16 -1.6 $
Virgil Cheeves 19 18.0 2 7 9 0 1.0 2 0.2 $
Chippy Gaw 28 13.0 1 9 6 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
Claude Hendrix 31 203.2 23 101 99 -2 1.0 -2 0.3 $ Purchased
Joe Jaeger 25 3.0 0 6 1 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $
Percy Jones* 20 7.0 0 10 3 0 1.0 -7 -0.7 $
Speed Martin 26 136.0 13 96 66 -2 1.0 -30 -3.0 $
Joel Newkirk 24 6.2 1 6 3 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
Ted Turner 28 1.1 0 2 1 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
Lefty Tyler* 30 193.0 27 83 94 -2 1.0 11 1.7 $ Traded
Hippo Vaughn* 32 301.0 38 113 147 -3 1.0 34 4.6 $ Traded
Team Total 30.3 1388.2 154 635 676 -14 1.0 41 8.1 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1919 / 1921 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics