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1926 Chicago Cubs Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1925 / 1927)
82-72, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 682 runs, Allowed 602 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68
Manager: Joe McCarthy (82-72)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 885,063 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 106

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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 Gabby Hartnett 25 93 325 284 35 78 25 3 8 41 0 32 37 .275 .352 .468 .821 117 133 2 7
2 1B Charlie Grimm* 27 147 602 524 58 145 30 6 8 82 3 49 25 .277 .342 .403 .745 98 211 3 26
3 2B Sparky Adams 31 154 700 624 95 193 35 3 0 39 27 52 27 .309 .367 .375 .742 98 234 5 19
4 SS Jimmy Cooney 31 141 559 513 52 129 18 5 1 47 11 23 10 .251 .288 .312 .599 60 160 3 20
5 3B Howard Freigau 23 140 569 508 51 137 27 7 3 51 6 43 42 .270 .327 .368 .695 85 187 0 18
6 OF Riggs Stephenson 28 82 324 281 40 95 18 3 3 44 2 31 16 .338 .404 .456 .859 129 128 0 12
7 OF Cliff Heathcote* 28 139 589 510 98 141 33 3 10 53 18 58 30 .276 .353 .412 .764 103 210 2 19
8 OF Hack Wilson 26 142 613 529 97 170 36 8 21 109 10 69 61 .321 .406 .539 .944 150 285 6 9
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 C Mike Gonzalez 35 80 275 253 24 63 13 3 1 23 3 13 17 .249 .288 .336 .624 66 85 1 8
10 OF Pete Scott 28 77 224 189 34 54 13 1 3 34 3 22 31 .286 .363 .413 .776 107 78 1 12
11 OF Joe Kelly* 26 65 189 176 16 59 15 3 0 32 0 7 11 .335 .361 .455 .815 116 80 0 6
12 OF Joe Munson* 26 33 116 101 17 26 2 2 3 15 0 8 4 .257 .318 .406 .724 92 41 1 6
13 2B Clyde Beck 26 30 91 81 10 16 0 0 1 4 0 7 15 .198 .261 .235 .496 33 19 0 3
14 1B Chick Tolson 27 57 88 80 4 25 6 1 1 8 0 5 8 .313 .353 .450 .803 113 36 0 3
15 SS Red Shannon# 29 19 61 51 9 17 5 0 0 4 0 6 3 .333 .414 .431 .845 126 22 1 3
16 OF Mandy Brooks 28 26 57 48 7 9 1 0 1 6 0 5 5 .188 .278 .271 .549 47 13 1 3
17 IF Hank Schreiber 34 10 20 18 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .056 .056 .111 .167 -56 2 0 2
18 3B Joe Graves 20 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
19 C John Churry 25 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -43 0 0 0
20 Ralph Michaels 24 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Charley Root 27 42 99 91 8 13 1 0 1 7 0 2 25 .143 .179 .187 .366 -2 17 2 4
22 P Sheriff Blake# 26 39 71 65 2 14 0 0 0 4 0 2 9 .215 .250 .215 .465 25 14 1 3
23 P Tony Kaufmann 25 30 64 60 9 15 2 0 1 7 1 2 10 .250 .274 .333 .608 61 20 0 2
24 P Percy Jones 26 30 59 50 4 13 4 0 0 6 0 5 15 .260 .327 .340 .667 78 17 0 4
25 P Guy Bush 24 35 52 48 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 .167 .184 .167 .350 -6 8 0 3
26 P Bob Osborn 23 31 45 41 1 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 16 .146 .146 .171 .317 -16 7 0 4
27 P Bill Piercy 30 19 35 35 2 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 .257 .257 .343 .600 59 12 0 0
28 P Wilbur Cooper 34 8 20 18 2 7 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 .389 .450 .500 .950 153 9 0 0
29 P George Milstead* 23 18 19 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .053 .053 .053 .105 -72 1 0 0
30 P Pete Alexander 39 7 18 15 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 .467 .467 .600 1.067 183 9 0 3
31 P Walt Huntzinger 27 11 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 1 0 0
32 P Johnny Welch* 19 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 435 1 0 0
Team Totals 27.8 155 5902 5229 682 1453 291 49 66 630 85 445 447 .278 .338 .390 .728 94 2040 29 199
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 5 5 1 8 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 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
Sparky Adams 31 700 450 85 5.0 105 .323 .309 .289 .367 .350 .375 .401 .742 .751 98 .549 0.7 0.1 .738 .192 .066 .0 *45/6
Pete Alexander 39 18 11 4 9.7 105 .500 .467 .289 .467 .350 .600 .401 1.067 .751 183 .801 1.7 0.2 1.125 .133 .133 /1
Clyde Beck 26 91 68 5 2.0 105 .231 .198 .289 .261 .350 .235 .401 .496 .751 33 .178 -7.9 -0.8 .400 .123 .037 .0 4
#Sheriff Blake 26 71 54 3 1.5 105 .250 .215 .289 .250 .350 .215 .401 .465 .751 25 .115 -7.0 -0.7 .333 .031 .000 1
Mandy Brooks 28 57 42 3 1.9 105 .190 .188 .289 .278 .350 .271 .401 .549 .751 47 .170 -3.7 -0.4 .487 .188 .083 .0 O
Guy Bush 24 52 43 1 0.6 105 .195 .167 .289 .184 .350 .167 .401 .350 .751 -6 .026 -7.4 -0.7 .225 .021 .000 1
John Churry 25 5 4 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .289 .200 .350 .000 .401 .200 .751 -43 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .250 .250 .000 /2
Jimmy Cooney 31 559 404 45 3.0 105 .255 .251 .289 .288 .350 .312 .401 .599 .751 60 .316 -30.4 -3.0 .513 .127 .060 1.8 *6
Wilbur Cooper 34 20 11 4 9.7 105 .389 .389 .289 .450 .350 .500 .401 .950 .751 153 .801 1.3 0.1 1.091 .278 .111 .0 /1
Howard Freigau 23 569 389 61 4.2 105 .289 .270 .289 .327 .350 .368 .401 .695 .751 85 .463 -11.0 -1.1 .636 .195 .098 4.0 *5/6O
Mike Gonzalez 35 275 198 24 3.2 105 .264 .249 .289 .288 .350 .336 .401 .624 .751 66 .351 -12.7 -1.3 .537 .150 .087 1.5 2
Joe Graves 20 5 5 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .289 .000 .350 .000 .401 .000 .751 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 /5
*Charlie Grimm 27 602 405 71 4.7 105 .279 .277 .289 .342 .350 .403 .401 .745 .751 98 .515 -1.3 -0.1 .702 .225 .126 4.4 *3
Gabby Hartnett 25 325 213 46 5.8 105 .293 .275 .289 .352 .350 .468 .401 .821 .751 117 .608 7.4 0.7 .811 .306 .194 .0 2
*Cliff Heathcote 28 589 388 74 5.1 105 .279 .276 .289 .353 .350 .412 .401 .764 .751 103 .553 3.6 0.4 .780 .284 .135 12.9 *O
Walt Huntzinger 27 7 6 0 0.0 105 .200 .143 .289 .143 .350 .143 .401 .286 .751 -24 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .167 .000 .000 1
Percy Jones 26 59 41 6 3.9 105 .371 .260 .289 .327 .350 .340 .401 .667 .751 78 .432 -1.3 -0.1 .595 .180 .080 1
Tony Kaufmann 25 64 47 5 2.8 105 .286 .250 .289 .274 .350 .333 .401 .608 .751 61 .298 -3.5 -0.4 .511 .133 .083 1.0 1
*Joe Kelly 26 189 123 29 6.3 105 .358 .335 .289 .361 .350 .455 .401 .815 .751 116 .645 3.8 0.4 .744 .159 .119 O
Ralph Michaels 24 0 0 0.0 0.0
*George Milstead 23 19 18 0 0.0 105 .200 .053 .289 .053 .350 .053 .401 .105 .751 -72 .000 -4.7 -0.5 .056 .000 .000 1
*Joe Munson 26 116 81 13 4.3 105 .245 .257 .289 .318 .350 .406 .401 .724 .751 92 .474 -1.7 -0.2 .667 .228 .149 .0 O
Bob Osborn 23 45 39 1 0.7 105 .240 .146 .289 .146 .350 .171 .401 .317 .751 -16 .030 -6.8 -0.7 .200 .024 .024 1
Bill Piercy 30 35 26 3 3.1 105 .273 .257 .289 .257 .350 .343 .401 .600 .751 59 .330 -2.1 -0.2 .462 .086 .086 1
Charley Root 27 99 82 3 1.0 105 .185 .143 .289 .179 .350 .187 .401 .366 .751 -2 .056 -13.6 -1.4 .269 .066 .044 .0 1
Hank Schreiber 34 20 19 0 0.0 105 .059 .056 .289 .056 .350 .111 .401 .167 .751 -56 .000 -4.0 -0.4 .118 .056 .056 /564
Pete Scott 28 224 147 28 5.1 105 .329 .286 .289 .363 .350 .413 .401 .776 .751 107 .552 2.5 0.2 .770 .259 .127 3.0 O/5
#Red Shannon 29 61 37 9 6.5 105 .354 .333 .289 .414 .350 .431 .401 .845 .751 126 .658 2.4 0.2 .853 .216 .098 6
Riggs Stephenson 28 324 198 52 7.0 105 .351 .338 .289 .404 .350 .456 .401 .859 .751 129 .690 12.7 1.2 .866 .235 .117 2.4 O
Chick Tolson 27 88 58 13 6.0 105 .338 .313 .289 .353 .350 .450 .401 .803 .751 113 .624 1.4 0.1 .745 .200 .138 .0 3
*Johnny Welch 19 1 0 1 105 1.000 1.000 .289 1.000 .350 1.000 .401 2.000 .751 435 0.5 0.0 .000 .000 /1
Hack Wilson 26 613 368 114 8.2 105 .333 .321 .289 .406 .350 .539 .401 .944 .751 150 .750 39.1 3.8 1.031 .367 .217 13.5 *O
League Average 4.6 104 .294 .279 .288 .337 .348 .384 .399 .721 .747 93 .512 .674 .202 .105
Team Total 5902 3975 703 4.7 105 .294 .278 .289 .338 .350 .390 .401 .728 .751 94 .518 -45.3 -4.7 .688 .214 .112 74.3
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
Sparky Adams 31 161 704 646 95 196 36 3 0 39 27 53 28 .303 .361 .368 .729 85 154 154
Pete Alexander 39 31 72 70 2 16 4 0 0 6 0 2 16 .229 .250 .286 .536 5 30 30
Clyde Beck 26 31 92 85 11 17 0 0 1 4 0 7 16 .200 .261 .235 .496 5 30 30
#Sheriff Blake 26 41 70 67 2 14 0 0 0 4 0 2 9 .209 .243 .209 .452 3 39 39
Mandy Brooks 28 27 56 50 6 9 1 0 1 5 0 5 5 .180 .268 .260 .528 3 26 26
Guy Bush 24 37 50 49 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 .143 .160 .143 .303 1 35 35
John Churry 25 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 2 2
Jimmy Cooney 31 147 558 532 52 131 18 5 1 47 11 23 10 .246 .281 .305 .586 45 141 141
Wilbur Cooper 34 17 26 24 2 8 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 .333 .385 .417 .801 4 16 16
Howard Freigau 23 146 571 527 51 139 27 7 3 51 6 44 44 .264 .320 .359 .679 61 140 140
Mike Gonzalez 35 84 277 263 24 64 13 3 1 23 3 13 18 .243 .282 .327 .609 24 80 80
Joe Graves 20 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Charlie Grimm 27 154 596 543 58 147 30 6 8 82 3 50 26 .271 .336 .392 .728 71 147 147
Gabby Hartnett 25 97 328 294 35 79 25 3 8 41 0 32 39 .269 .345 .456 .800 46 93 93
*Cliff Heathcote 28 145 590 529 97 143 33 3 10 53 18 59 31 .270 .346 .401 .747 73 139 139
Walt Huntzinger 27 21 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 20 20
Percy Jones 26 31 57 52 4 13 4 0 0 6 0 5 16 .250 .316 .327 .643 5 30 30
Tony Kaufmann 25 31 64 62 9 15 2 0 1 7 1 2 10 .242 .266 .323 .588 5 30 30
*Joe Kelly 26 68 190 183 16 61 16 3 0 32 0 7 11 .333 .358 .454 .811 29 65 65
*George Milstead 23 19 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 18 18
*Joe Munson 26 34 113 104 17 26 2 2 3 15 0 8 4 .250 .310 .394 .704 13 33 33
Bob Osborn 23 32 43 43 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 17 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 31 31
Bill Piercy 30 20 37 37 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 19 19
Charley Root 27 44 100 96 9 14 1 0 1 8 0 2 26 .146 .180 .188 .368 3 42 42
Hank Schreiber 34 10 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10 10
Pete Scott 28 80 219 196 34 55 13 1 3 34 3 22 32 .281 .356 .403 .759 28 77 77
#Red Shannon 29 20 60 53 8 17 5 0 0 4 0 6 3 .321 .400 .415 .815 8 19 19
Riggs Stephenson 28 86 321 290 40 96 18 3 3 44 2 31 17 .331 .396 .445 .840 51 82 82
Chick Tolson 27 60 87 82 4 25 6 1 1 8 0 5 8 .305 .345 .439 .784 13 57 57
*Johnny Welch 19 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 3 3
Hack Wilson 26 148 624 548 97 173 37 8 21 109 10 70 64 .316 .399 .527 .926 114 142 142
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
Sparky Adams 31 5 2261 526 2261 2024 301 591 87 17 7 152 89 50 166 75 .292 .350 .362 .712 87 733 14 57
Pete Alexander 39 16 1723 601 1723 1585 132 328 55 12 10 144 3 5 63 249 .207 .238 .276 .513 43 437 1 74
Clyde Beck 26 1 91 30 91 81 10 16 0 0 1 4 0 7 15 .198 .261 .235 .496 33 19 0 3
#Sheriff Blake 26 4 192 110 192 179 11 36 1 1 0 14 0 1 5 31 .201 .227 .218 .445 17 39 1 7
Mandy Brooks 28 2 434 116 434 397 62 107 26 7 15 78 10 3 24 33 .270 .316 .484 .800 101 192 3 10
Guy Bush 24 4 141 94 141 131 5 23 1 0 0 8 0 0 4 17 .176 .200 .183 .383 1 24 0 0 6 0 0
John Churry 25 3 20 11 20 17 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .235 .350 .294 .644 71 5 0 0
Jimmy Cooney 31 5 1238 321 1238 1133 130 304 50 15 2 126 24 13 53 37 .268 .303 .344 .648 73 390 4 48
Wilbur Cooper 34 15 1316 521 1316 1227 111 293 34 17 6 106 12 9 47 140 .239 .269 .309 .578 61 379 4 38
Howard Freigau 23 5 1919 480 1919 1745 195 482 84 24 14 196 31 13 119 134 .276 .324 .376 .700 84 656 4 51
Mike Gonzalez 35 12 2629 862 2629 2363 240 604 107 16 11 203 48 10 191 164 .256 .316 .328 .644 85 776 18 57
Joe Graves 20 1 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Charlie Grimm 27 10 4449 1120 4449 4043 443 1149 183 76 36 539 38 44 279 231 .284 .333 .394 .727 92 1592 16 111
Gabby Hartnett 25 5 1520 437 1520 1339 184 375 83 16 56 218 16 7 138 181 .280 .353 .491 .844 119 658 12 31
*Cliff Heathcote 28 9 3788 985 3788 3410 480 931 142 44 25 323 163 75 252 246 .273 .326 .362 .689 89 1236 17 109
Walt Huntzinger 27 4 38 60 38 36 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 .167 .211 .167 .377 1 6 0 0
Percy Jones 26 5 182 138 182 165 9 29 4 0 0 14 0 0 8 58 .176 .214 .200 .414 8 33 0 9
Tony Kaufmann 25 6 364 169 364 338 37 81 19 1 7 48 1 0 16 69 .240 .274 .364 .638 65 123 0 10
*Joe Kelly 26 1 189 65 189 176 16 59 15 3 0 32 0 7 11 .335 .361 .455 .815 116 80 0 6
Ralph Michaels 24 3 68 32 68 61 11 18 1 0 0 8 1 0 6 10 .295 .358 .311 .670 73 19 0 1
*George Milstead 23 3 34 36 34 32 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .063 .118 .063 .180 -51 2 0 0
*Joe Munson 26 2 156 42 156 136 22 39 5 3 3 18 1 1 11 5 .287 .349 .434 .783 105 59 2 7
Bob Osborn 23 2 45 32 45 41 1 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 16 .146 .146 .171 .317 -16 7 0 0 4 0 0
Bill Piercy 30 6 217 116 217 191 9 33 10 1 0 14 0 0 7 46 .173 .210 .236 .446 16 45 2 17
Charley Root 27 2 113 69 113 104 9 14 1 0 1 7 0 0 3 30 .135 .174 .173 .347 -7 18 2 4
Hank Schreiber 34 5 96 36 96 91 10 18 5 0 0 6 0 0 1 16 .198 .207 .253 .459 34 23 0 4
Pete Scott 28 1 224 77 224 189 34 54 13 1 3 34 3 22 31 .286 .363 .413 .776 107 78 1 12
#Red Shannon 29 7 1220 310 1220 1070 124 277 38 22 0 91 21 6 109 178 .259 .334 .336 .670 89 359 12 29
Riggs Stephenson 28 6 1494 414 1494 1315 221 443 102 17 17 228 16 9 130 87 .337 .403 .479 .882 128 630 16 33
Chick Tolson 27 2 102 60 102 92 4 28 6 1 1 8 0 0 7 9 .304 .354 .424 .777 105 39 0 3
*Johnny Welch 19 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 435 1 0 0
Hack Wilson 26 4 1263 314 1263 1102 187 328 62 24 37 196 19 5 134 141 .298 .378 .498 .876 132 549 8 19
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

1925 / 1927 Batting Statistics