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1926 Chicago Cubs

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1925 / 1927

82-72, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe McCarthy (82-72)
Scored 682 runs, Allowed 602 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68

Ballparks: Cubs Park · Attendance: 885,063 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 106


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1925 / 1927 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 93 326 284 35 78 25 3 8 41 0 32 37 .275 .352 .468 .821 118 133 2 7
2 1B Charlie Grimm* 27 147 603 524 58 145 30 6 8 82 3 49 25 .277 .342 .403 .745 99 211 3 26
3 2B Sparky Adams 31 154 701 624 95 193 35 3 0 39 27 52 27 .309 .367 .375 .742 99 234 5 19
4 SS Jimmy Cooney 31 141 558 513 52 129 18 5 1 47 11 23 10 .251 .288 .312 .599 61 160 3 20
5 3B Howard Freigau 23 140 568 508 51 137 27 7 3 51 6 43 42 .270 .327 .368 .695 86 187 0 18
6 OF Riggs Stephenson 28 82 324 281 40 95 18 3 3 44 2 31 16 .338 .404 .456 .859 130 128 0 12
7 OF Cliff Heathcote* 28 139 589 510 98 141 33 3 10 53 18 58 30 .276 .353 .412 .764 104 210 2 19
8 OF Hack Wilson 26 142 614 529 97 170 36 8 21 109 10 69 61 .321 .406 .539 .944 151 285 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 67 85 1 8
10 OF Pete Scott 28 77 224 189 34 54 13 1 3 34 3 22 31 .286 .363 .413 .776 108 78 1 12
11 OF Joe Kelly* 26 65 189 176 16 59 15 3 0 32 0 7 11 .335 .361 .455 .815 117 80 0 6
12 OF Joe Munson* 26 33 117 101 17 26 2 2 3 15 0 8 4 .257 .318 .406 .724 93 41 1 6
13 2B Clyde Beck 26 30 90 81 10 16 0 0 1 4 0 7 15 .198 .261 .235 .496 34 19 0 3
14 1B Chick Tolson 31 57 89 80 4 25 6 1 1 8 0 5 8 .313 .353 .450 .803 114 36 0 3
15 SS Red Shannon# 29 19 60 51 9 17 5 0 0 4 0 6 3 .333 .414 .431 .845 127 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 Charlie 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 26 14 1 3
23 P Tony Kaufmann 25 30 64 60 9 15 2 0 1 7 1 2 10 .250 .274 .333 .608 62 20 0 2
24 P Percy Jones 26 30 59 50 4 13 4 0 0 6 0 5 15 .260 .327 .340 .667 79 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 -15 7 0 4
27 P Bill Piercy 30 19 35 35 2 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 .257 .257 .343 .600 60 12 0 0
28 P Wilbur Cooper 34 8 20 18 2 7 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 .389 .450 .500 .950 154 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 1.067 184 9 0 3
31 P Walt Huntzinger 27 11 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -23 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 2.000 437 1 0 0
Team Totals 27.8 155 5904 5229 682 1453 291 49 66 630 85 445 447 .278 .338 .390 .728 95 2040 29 199
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 5 5 1 8 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4
Non-Pitcher Totals 27.9 155 5414 4779 650 1358 278 48 64 592 83 431 346 .284 .347 .403 .749 100 1924 26 176
Pitcher Totals 26.6 155 490 450 32 95 13 1 2 38 2 14 101 .211 .240 .258 .498 33 116 3 23
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 Charlie Root 27 18 17 .514 2.82 42 32 7 21 2 2 271.1 267 104 85 10 62 127 6 1 1 1110 137 1.213 8.9 0.3 2.1 4.2 2.05
2 SP Sheriff Blake 26 11 12 .478 3.60 39 27 9 11 4 1 197.2 204 91 79 7 92 95 6 0 6 849 108 1.497 9.3 0.3 4.2 4.3 1.03
3 SP Tony Kaufmann 25 9 7 .563 3.02 26 22 3 14 1 2 169.2 169 71 57 6 44 52 6 1 4 711 128 1.255 9.0 0.3 2.3 2.8 1.18
4 SP Percy Jones* 26 12 7 .632 3.09 30 20 5 10 2 2 160.1 151 64 55 3 90 80 5 0 3 703 125 1.503 8.5 0.2 5.1 4.5 0.89
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 Guy Bush 24 13 9 .591 2.86 35 15 13 7 2 2 157.1 149 58 50 3 42 32 3 0 1 641 135 1.214 8.5 0.2 2.4 1.8 0.76
6 RP Bob Osborn 23 6 5 .545 3.63 31 15 11 6 0 1 136.1 157 64 55 3 58 43 0 0 1 606 107 1.577 10.4 0.2 3.8 2.8 0.74
7 RP Bill Piercy 30 6 5 .545 4.48 19 5 9 1 0 0 90.1 96 52 45 1 37 31 6 0 4 401 87 1.472 9.6 0.1 3.7 3.1 0.84
8 RP George Milstead* 23 1 5 .167 3.58 18 4 9 0 0 2 55.1 63 30 22 0 24 14 1 0 0 241 109 1.572 10.2 0.0 3.9 2.3 0.58
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 Wilbur Cooper* 34 2 1 .667 4.42 8 8 0 3 2 0 55.0 65 32 27 6 21 18 0 0 0 240 88 1.564 10.6 1.0 3.4 2.9 0.86
10 Pete Alexander 39 3 3 .500 3.46 7 7 0 4 0 0 52.0 55 26 20 0 7 12 0 0 0 218 112 1.192 9.5 0.0 1.2 2.1 1.71
11 Walt Huntzinger 27 1 1 .500 0.94 11 0 8 0 0 2 28.2 26 8 3 0 8 4 3 0 0 118 416 1.186 8.2 0.0 2.5 1.3 0.50
12 Johnny Welch 19 0 0 2.08 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.1 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 203 1.385 10.4 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 26.5 82 72 .532 3.26 155 155 77 77 13 14 1378.1 1407 602 499 39 486 508 36 2 20 5854 119 1.373 9.2 0.3 3.2 3.3 1.05
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 1 5 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 8 2
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% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Sparky Adams 31 152 152 144 892 338 523 31 97 .965 5.48 2B-3B-SS
Pete Alexander 39 7 7 4 20 1 19 0 0 1.000 2.86 P
Clyde Beck 26 27 23 20 149 68 80 1 19 .993 4.93 2B
Sheriff Blake 26 39 27 11 64 9 54 1 1 .984 1.62 P
Mandy Brooks 28 18 8 8 25 23 2 0 2 1.000 1.39 OF
Guy Bush 24 35 15 7 45 4 39 2 1 .956 1.23 P
John Churry 25 1 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 1 0 0% 43% C
Jimmy Cooney 31 141 140 136 860 344 492 24 107 .972 5.93 SS
Wilbur Cooper 34 8 8 3 13 1 11 1 0 .923 1.50 P
Howard Freigau 23 136 133 129 393 136 244 13 22 .967 2.75 3B-SS-OF
Mike Gonzalez 35 78 71 66 363 306 53 4 5 .989 4.60 5 16 22 58% 44% C
Joe Graves 20 2 1 1 4 0 1 3 1 .250 0.50 3B
Charlie Grimm 27 147 146 142 1502 1416 68 18 139 .988 10.10 1B
Gabby Hartnett 25 88 83 76 402 307 86 9 6 .978 4.47 12 25 37 60% 43% C
Cliff Heathcote 28 133 133 124 333 306 22 5 8 .985 2.47 OF
Walt Huntzinger 27 11 0 0 10 1 8 1 1 .900 0.82 P
Percy Jones 26 30 20 10 41 2 34 5 0 .878 1.20 P
Tony Kaufmann 25 26 22 14 38 4 34 0 2 1.000 1.46 P
Joe Kelly 26 39 38 30 64 58 3 3 0 .953 1.56 OF
George Milstead 23 18 4 0 30 5 24 1 2 .967 1.61 P
Joe Munson 26 28 26 21 59 51 2 6 1 .898 1.89 OF
Bob Osborn 23 31 15 6 49 9 39 1 4 .980 1.55 P
Bill Piercy 30 19 5 1 31 5 23 3 1 .903 1.47 P
Charlie Root 27 42 32 21 70 8 58 4 4 .943 1.57 P
Hank Schreiber 34 7 4 3 18 7 11 0 0 1.000 2.57 SS-3B-2B
Pete Scott 28 60 47 44 130 116 9 5 3 .962 2.08 OF-3B
Red Shannon 29 13 12 12 70 25 42 3 6 .957 5.15 SS
Riggs Stephenson 28 74 73 73 140 126 7 7 0 .950 1.80 OF
Chick Tolson 31 13 9 8 112 104 7 1 11 .991 8.54 1B
Johnny Welch 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Hack Wilson 26 140 140 135 369 348 11 10 5 .973 2.56 OF
Team Totals 27.6 155 1395 1250 6301 4133 2006 162 448 .974 3.90 17 42 59 58% 43%
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 1 1
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Sparky Adams 31 154 701 1 1 0 15 5 22 2.2 20 42 4.3 .515 .514 2.8 2.1 27 *45/6
Pete Alexander 39 7 18 2 0 0 0 2 4 0.4 1 4 0.4 .552 .502 0.4 0.0 4 Traded /1
Clyde Beck 26 30 90 -8 0 0 3 1 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.2 .486 .497 -0.5 0.4 -4 4
Sheriff Blake# 26 39 71 -7 0 0 0 7 0 -0.0 2 2 -0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 1
Mandy Brooks 28 26 57 -4 0 0 -1 -1 -5 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .479 .497 -0.3 -0.2 -3 O/987
Guy Bush 24 35 52 -7 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.2 2 -1 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 1
John Churry 25 2 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .457 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 /2
Jimmy Cooney 31 141 558 -28 -0 0 22 9 3 0.3 17 20 2.0 .502 .502 -0.2 3.2 -2 Traded *6
Wilbur Cooper 34 8 20 1 0 0 0 2 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .542 .502 0.3 0.0 4 Traded /1
Howard Freigau 23 140 568 -11 -0 0 -2 5 -9 -0.9 18 9 0.8 .494 .494 1.0 0.2 11 Traded *5/68O
Mike Gonzalez 35 80 275 -12 -0 0 1 2 -9 -1.0 8 -1 -0.1 .488 .494 -0.2 0.3 -2 Traded 2
Joe Graves 20 2 5 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .381 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 /5
Charlie Grimm* 27 147 603 -1 -0 0 -9 -7 -16 -1.7 19 2 0.2 .488 .490 1.1 -1.7 11 Traded *3
Gabby Hartnett 25 93 326 6 0 0 -1 3 8 0.8 10 18 1.8 .509 .505 1.9 0.2 19 Unknown 2
Cliff Heathcote* 28 139 589 3 0 0 13 -6 11 1.1 18 29 2.9 .508 .507 1.6 0.7 16 Traded *O987
Walt Huntzinger 27 11 7 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 Waivers 1
Percy Jones 26 30 59 -2 0 0 0 6 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .513 .502 0.4 -0.0 6 1
Tony Kaufmann 25 30 64 -4 -0 0 0 6 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 -0.0 5 1
Joe Kelly* 26 65 189 4 0 0 -3 -2 -1 -0.1 6 5 0.5 .498 .499 0.8 -0.5 8 O79
Ralph Michaels 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0
George Milstead* 23 18 19 -5 0 0 0 2 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .482 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 1
Joe Munson* 26 33 117 -1 0 0 0 -1 -2 -0.2 4 1 0.1 .493 .499 0.1 -0.2 1 O79
Bob Osborn 23 31 45 -8 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .489 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 1
Bill Piercy 30 19 35 -2 0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .508 .501 0.2 -0.0 3 1
Charlie Root 27 42 99 -14 0 0 0 10 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.4 .490 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -1 1
Hank Schreiber 34 10 20 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .459 .497 -0.3 0.0 -3 /564
Pete Scott 28 77 224 2 -0 0 0 -3 -2 -0.2 7 5 0.5 .498 .499 0.6 -0.3 5 O79/5
Red Shannon# 29 19 60 2 0 0 2 1 5 0.5 2 7 0.7 .528 .503 0.5 0.3 5 6
Riggs Stephenson 28 82 324 13 -0 0 -2 -3 7 0.7 10 17 1.7 .509 .504 1.9 -0.6 19 O7/9
Chick Tolson 31 57 89 1 0 0 0 -1 1 0.1 3 4 0.3 .501 .500 0.3 -0.1 3 3
Johnny Welch* 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .519 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /1
Hack Wilson 26 142 614 37 -1 0 0 -4 33 3.3 19 52 5.2 .523 .520 5.2 -0.4 52 Rule 5 Draft *8O
Team Total 27.8 1714 5904 -48 1 0 37 47 37 3.1 181 217 20.0 .502 .501 16.3 3.3 181
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Pete Alexander 39 52.0 7 7 26 4.50 4.77 0.26 0.00 100.9 4.55 0 0.0 -0.0 0.4 5 .502 .500 Traded
Sheriff Blake 26 197.2 39 27 91 4.14 4.60 0.23 0.00 103.0 4.50 7 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.3 25 .519 .505
Guy Bush 24 157.1 35 15 58 3.32 4.56 0.25 0.00 100.7 4.34 17 1.9 1.0 -0.1 3.1 31 .553 .511
Wilbur Cooper* 34 55.0 8 8 32 5.24 4.73 0.24 0.00 101.4 4.54 -4 -0.4 -0.0 0.0 0 .446 .497 Traded
Walt Huntzinger 27 28.2 11 0 8 2.51 4.67 0.26 0.00 101.6 4.49 6 0.7 1.0 -0.0 0.9 9 .561 .504 Waivers
Percy Jones* 26 161.1 30 20 64 3.57 4.60 0.23 0.00 102.4 4.48 16 1.7 1.0 -0.1 3.0 30 .556 .510
Tony Kaufmann 25 169.2 26 22 71 3.77 4.59 0.25 0.00 102.2 4.43 12 1.3 1.0 -0.1 2.6 27 .549 .508
George Milstead* 23 55.1 18 4 30 4.88 4.58 0.25 0.00 100.3 4.34 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .480 .498
Bob Osborn 23 136.1 31 15 64 4.22 4.57 0.25 0.00 104.5 4.51 4 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.5 16 .513 .502
Bill Piercy 30 89.1 19 5 52 5.24 4.67 0.26 0.00 101.5 4.48 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 0 .459 .495
Charlie Root 27 271.1 42 32 104 3.45 4.62 0.23 0.00 100.6 4.41 28 3.0 1.0 -0.1 5.2 52 .573 .519
Johnny Welch 19 4.1 3 0 2 4.15 4.72 0.24 0.00 98.6 4.42 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 0 .504 .500
Team Total 26.5 1378.1 269 155 602 3.93 4.61 0.24 0.00 101.9 4.45 75 8.1 1.0 -0.6 19.2 197 .530 .504
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1925 / 1927 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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