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1921 Chicago Cubs

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1920 / 1922

64-89, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Johnny Evers (41-55) and Bill Killefer (23-34)
Scored 668 runs, Allowed 773 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-87

Ballparks: Cubs Park · Attendance: 410,107 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 108


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1920 / 1922 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 24 96 281 260 32 65 12 7 4 32 2 0 18 14 .250 .299 .396 .695 82 103 0 3
2 1B Ray Grimes 27 147 622 530 91 170 38 6 6 79 5 8 70 55 .321 .406 .449 .855 126 238 6 16
3 2B Zeb Terry 30 123 553 488 59 134 18 1 2 45 1 13 27 19 .275 .318 .328 .646 71 160 4 34
4 SS Charlie Hollocher* 25 140 629 558 71 161 28 8 3 37 5 16 43 13 .289 .342 .384 .725 91 214 2 26
5 3B Charlie Deal 29 115 454 422 52 122 19 8 3 66 3 5 13 9 .289 .310 .393 .704 85 166 0 19
6 OF Max Flack* 31 133 615 572 80 172 31 4 6 37 17 11 32 15 .301 .342 .400 .742 96 229 4 7
7 OF Turner Barber* 27 127 513 452 73 142 14 4 1 54 5 9 41 24 .314 .379 .369 .748 99 167 6 14
8 OF George Maisel 29 111 427 393 54 122 7 2 0 43 17 7 11 13 .310 .334 .338 .673 78 133 3 20
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 IF John Kelleher 27 95 341 301 31 93 11 7 4 47 2 5 16 16 .309 .346 .432 .778 104 130 1 23
10 OF John Sullivan 31 76 269 240 28 79 14 4 4 41 3 5 19 26 .329 .381 .471 .852 124 113 1 9
11 OF Babe Twombly* 25 87 190 175 22 66 8 1 1 18 4 6 11 10 .377 .414 .451 .865 129 79 0 4
12 C Tom Daly 29 51 153 143 12 34 7 1 0 22 1 2 8 8 .238 .278 .301 .579 53 43 0 2
13 C Bill Killefer 33 45 144 133 11 43 1 0 0 16 3 3 4 4 .323 .357 .331 .688 83 44 3 4
14 UT William Marriott* 27 30 44 38 3 12 1 1 0 7 0 1 4 1 .316 .381 .395 .776 106 15 0 2
15 3B Hooks Warner* 27 14 41 38 4 8 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 1 .211 .268 .237 .505 35 9 1 0
16 OF Dave Robertson* 31 22 38 36 7 8 3 0 0 14 0 2 1 3 .222 .243 .306 .549 44 11 0 1
17 OF Red Thomas 23 8 36 30 5 8 3 0 1 5 0 1 4 5 .267 .371 .467 .838 120 14 1 1
18 SS Carter Elliott* 27 12 35 28 5 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 .250 .364 .321 .685 83 9 0 2
19 2B Joe Klugmann 26 6 24 21 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 .286 .348 .286 .634 69 6 1 1
20 C Kettle Wirts 23 7 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 -4 2 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
21 P Pete Alexander 34 31 102 95 8 29 3 1 1 14 0 1 2 13 .305 .320 .389 .709 87 37 0 5
22 P Speed Martin 27 37 76 73 2 17 4 1 0 6 1 0 1 16 .233 .243 .315 .558 47 23 0 2
23 P Buck Freeman# 24 38 58 53 3 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 27 .208 .263 .226 .490 31 12 1 1
24 P Virgil Cheeves 20 37 53 48 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .167 .184 .188 .371 -2 9 0 4
25 P Hippo Vaughn# 33 17 44 41 2 10 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 12 .244 .279 .366 .645 69 15 0 1
26 P Lefty York* 28 40 44 39 2 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 12 .128 .171 .154 .325 -14 6 1 3
27 P Elmer Ponder 28 16 35 33 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .121 .121 .152 .273 -28 5 0 2
28 P Lefty Tyler* 31 19 28 26 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .231 .259 .308 .567 49 8 0 1
29 P Percy Jones 21 32 28 27 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .222 .250 .222 .472 26 6 0 0
30 P Vic Keen 22 5 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -52 0 0 1
31 P Tony Kaufmann 20 2 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 161 3 0 0
32 P George Stueland# 22 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 77 1 0 0
33 P Ollie Hanson 25 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
34 P Oscar Fuhr* 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
35 P Sweetbread Bailey 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.0 153 5907 5321 668 1553 234 56 37 609 70 97 343 374 .292 .339 .378 .717 89 2010 35 208
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 4 4 7 6 7 4 5 6 3 3 7 5 7 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 34 15 13 .536 3.39 31 30 1 21 3 1 252.0 286 110 95 10 33 77 1 0 1 1033 113 1.266 10.2 0.4 1.2 2.8 2.33
2 SP Speed Martin 27 11 15 .423 4.35 37 28 7 13 1 1 217.1 245 115 105 12 68 86 2 0 2 925 88 1.440 10.1 0.5 2.8 3.6 1.26
3 SP Buck Freeman 24 9 10 .474 4.11 38 20 12 6 0 3 177.1 189 96 81 12 70 42 8 0 3 771 93 1.461 9.6 0.6 3.6 2.1 0.60
4 SP Virgil Cheeves 20 11 12 .478 4.64 37 22 12 9 1 0 163.0 192 97 84 8 47 39 9 1 0 708 83 1.466 10.6 0.4 2.6 2.2 0.83
5 SP Hippo Vaughn* 33 3 11 .214 6.01 17 14 2 7 0 0 109.1 153 90 73 8 31 30 5 1 1 500 64 1.683 12.6 0.7 2.6 2.5 0.97
6 SP Elmer Ponder 28 3 6 .333 4.74 16 11 3 5 0 0 89.1 117 58 47 7 17 31 3 0 0 394 81 1.500 11.8 0.7 1.7 3.1 1.82
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
7 RP Lefty York* 28 5 9 .357 4.73 40 11 15 4 1 1 139.0 170 82 73 5 63 57 5 1 4 639 81 1.676 11.0 0.3 4.1 3.7 0.90
8 RP Percy Jones* 21 3 5 .375 4.56 32 3 17 1 0 0 98.2 116 57 50 2 39 46 4 0 3 446 84 1.571 10.6 0.2 3.6 4.2 1.18
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 Lefty Tyler* 31 3 2 .600 3.24 10 6 4 4 0 0 50.0 59 22 18 2 14 8 0 0 1 216 119 1.460 10.6 0.4 2.5 1.4 0.57
10 Vic Keen 22 0 3 .000 4.68 5 4 1 1 0 0 25.0 29 17 13 0 9 9 1 0 1 105 83 1.520 10.4 0.0 3.2 3.2 1.00
11 Tony Kaufmann 20 1 0 1.000 4.15 2 1 1 1 0 1 13.0 12 6 6 0 3 6 0 0 0 54 95 1.154 8.3 0.0 2.1 4.2 2.00
12 George Stueland 22 0 1 .000 5.73 2 1 1 0 0 0 11.0 11 7 7 0 7 4 0 0 0 49 69 1.636 9.0 0.0 5.7 3.3 0.57
13 Ollie Hanson 25 0 2 .000 7.00 2 2 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 7 7 0 6 2 1 0 0 42 57 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 2.0 0.33
14 Sweetbread Bailey 26 0 0 3.60 3 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 24 115 1.600 10.8 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00
15 Oscar Fuhr* 27 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 11 9 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 22 47 2.750 24.8 2.3 0.0 4.5
Team Totals 27.2 64 89 .418 4.39 153 153 79 73 6 7 1363.0 1605 775 665 67 409 441 40 3 17 5928 87 1.478 10.6 0.4 2.7 2.9 1.08
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 2 7 6 6 8 6 7 7 7 6 7 4
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 34 31 30 20 73 11 60 2 4 .973 2.29 P
Sweetbread Bailey 26 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Turner Barber 27 123 120 110 265 234 23 8 4 .970 2.09 OF
Virgil Cheeves 20 37 22 9 41 4 33 4 0 .902 1.00 P
Tom Daly 29 47 42 29 225 171 48 6 10 .973 4.66 2 31 25 45% C
Charlie Deal 29 112 110 106 371 122 239 10 19 .973 3.22 3B
Carter Elliott 27 10 7 7 56 24 30 2 4 .964 5.40 SS
Max Flack 31 130 130 130 266 244 19 3 2 .989 2.02 OF
Buck Freeman 24 38 20 6 49 3 43 3 2 .939 1.21 P
Oscar Fuhr 27 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Ray Grimes 27 147 146 141 1624 1544 68 12 93 .993 10.97 1B
Ollie Hanson 25 2 2 1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Charlie Hollocher 25 137 137 131 803 282 491 30 72 .963 5.64 SS
Percy Jones 21 32 3 1 20 6 14 0 0 1.000 0.63 P
Tony Kaufmann 20 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Vic Keen 22 5 4 1 8 0 7 1 1 .875 1.40 P
John Kelleher 27 82 72 67 401 192 194 15 31 .963 4.44 3B-2B-1B-SS-OF
Bill Killefer 33 42 38 27 197 147 43 7 6 .964 4.52 2 29 26 47% C
Joe Klugmann 26 5 5 5 32 15 16 1 1 .969 6.20 2B
George Maisel 29 109 105 96 277 259 12 6 2 .978 2.51 OF
William Marriott 27 8 5 4 29 11 13 5 2 .828 2.67 2B-3B-SS-OF
Speed Martin 27 37 28 13 75 9 65 1 1 .987 2.00 P
Bob O'Farrell 24 90 71 65 368 269 87 12 8 .967 3.96 3 45 49 52% C
Elmer Ponder 28 16 11 5 36 3 31 2 1 .944 2.13 P
Dave Robertson 31 7 4 4 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 OF
George Stueland 22 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
John Sullivan 31 66 60 56 130 122 3 5 0 .962 1.89 OF
Zeb Terry 30 122 122 117 705 272 413 20 57 .972 5.61 2B
Red Thomas 23 8 8 8 26 24 1 1 0 .962 3.13 OF
Babe Twombly 25 44 31 27 95 81 11 3 0 .968 2.04 OF
Lefty Tyler 31 10 6 4 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.30 P
Hippo Vaughn 33 17 14 7 27 1 24 2 0 .926 1.47 P
Hooks Warner 27 10 9 8 23 4 18 1 1 .957 2.20 3B
Kettle Wirts 23 5 2 2 16 13 3 0 1 1.000 3.20 0 3 1 25% C
Lefty York 28 40 11 4 27 1 22 4 0 .852 0.58 P
Team Totals 27.7 153 1377 1212 6298 4080 2052 166 323 .974 3.87 7 108 101 48%
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 5 1
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 34 102 -2 0 0 0 0 6 3 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ Traded 1
Turner Barber* 27 513 4 0 0 0 -2 -5 15 12 1.2 14 1.4 -0.2 $ *O789
Virgil Cheeves 20 53 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
Tom Daly 29 153 -9 -1 0 0 2 2 5 -1 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Purchased 2
Charlie Deal 29 454 -8 0 0 0 2 4 13 11 1.1 9 0.9 0.2 $ Purchased *5
Carter Elliott* 27 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 6
Max Flack* 31 615 -1 1 0 0 -2 -6 16 8 0.8 10 1.0 -0.2 $ Purchased *O9
Buck Freeman# 24 58 -6 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Oscar Fuhr* 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Ray Grimes 27 622 24 0 0 0 -3 -7 18 32 3.2 35 3.5 -0.3 $ *3
Ollie Hanson 25 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Charlie Hollocher* 25 629 -4 -4 0 0 7 9 17 25 2.5 18 1.8 0.7 $ Purchased *6
Percy Jones 21 28 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Tony Kaufmann 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Vic Keen 22 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
John Kelleher 27 341 3 -1 0 0 0 2 10 14 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $ 5436/O
Bill Killefer 33 144 -2 -1 0 0 0 1 4 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 2
Joe Klugmann 26 24 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /4
George Maisel 29 427 -10 3 0 0 0 -3 12 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ *8O
William Marriott* 27 44 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ /457O6
Speed Martin 27 76 -6 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Bob O'Farrell 24 281 -7 2 0 0 0 3 8 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
Elmer Ponder 28 35 -6 0 0 0 0 2 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Dave Robertson* 31 38 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Traded /O87
George Stueland# 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
John Sullivan 31 269 9 -2 0 0 -3 -3 8 9 0.9 12 1.2 -0.3 $ Purchased O7/89
Zeb Terry 30 553 -17 -4 0 0 3 4 15 1 0.1 -2 -0.2 0.3 $ Purchased *4
Red Thomas 23 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ /8O
Babe Twombly* 25 190 8 -2 0 0 -2 -1 6 9 0.9 11 1.1 -0.2 $ O87/9
Lefty Tyler* 31 28 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Hippo Vaughn# 33 44 -2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Hooks Warner* 27 41 -3 0 0 0 1 0 1 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 5
Kettle Wirts 23 11 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /2
Lefty York* 28 44 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
Team Total 28.0 5907 -60 -9 0 0 1 30 166 128 12.7 127 12.7 0.0 $
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 34 252.0 29 110 145 0 1.0 35 3.7 $ Traded
Sweetbread Bailey 26 5.0 0 2 3 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Virgil Cheeves 20 163.0 22 97 94 0 1.0 -3 -0.2 $
Buck Freeman 24 177.1 20 96 102 0 1.0 6 0.7 $
Oscar Fuhr* 27 4.0 0 9 2 0 1.0 -7 -0.7 $
Ollie Hanson 25 9.0 2 7 5 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Percy Jones* 21 98.2 3 57 57 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Tony Kaufmann 20 13.0 1 6 7 0 1.0 1 0.2 $
Vic Keen 22 25.0 4 17 14 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
Speed Martin 27 217.1 28 115 125 0 1.0 10 1.1 $
Elmer Ponder 28 89.1 11 58 51 0 1.0 -7 -0.6 $ Traded
George Stueland 22 11.0 1 7 6 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
Lefty Tyler* 31 50.0 6 22 29 0 1.0 7 0.7 $ Traded
Hippo Vaughn* 33 109.1 14 90 63 0 1.0 -27 -2.7 $ Traded
Lefty York* 28 139.0 10 82 80 0 1.0 -2 -0.1 $
Team Total 27.2 1363.0 151 775 783 0 1.0 8 1.6 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1920 / 1922 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics