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1927 Chicago Cubs Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926 / 1928)
85-68, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 750 runs, Allowed 661 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-68
Manager: Joe McCarthy (85-68)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,159,168 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99

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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 26 127 509 449 56 132 32 5 10 80 2 44 42 .294 .361 .454 .815 116 204 3 13
2 1B Charlie Grimm* 28 147 617 543 68 169 29 6 2 74 3 45 21 .311 .367 .398 .765 104 216 3 26
3 2B Clyde Beck 27 117 450 391 44 101 20 5 2 44 0 43 37 .258 .332 .350 .682 82 137 0 16
4 SS Woody English 21 87 374 334 46 97 14 4 1 28 1 16 26 .290 .325 .365 .690 84 122 1 23
5 3B Sparky Adams 32 146 705 647 100 189 17 7 0 49 26 42 26 .292 .335 .340 .675 80 220 0 16
6 OF Riggs Stephenson 29 152 668 579 101 199 46 9 7 82 8 65 28 .344 .415 .491 .906 141 284 6 18
7 OF Hack Wilson 27 146 646 551 119 175 30 12 30 129 13 71 70 .318 .401 .579 .980 159 319 6 18
8 OF Earl Webb* 29 102 395 332 58 100 18 4 14 52 3 48 31 .301 .391 .506 .897 138 168 1 14
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 OF Cliff Heathcote* 29 83 258 228 28 67 12 4 2 25 6 20 16 .294 .359 .408 .766 104 93 3 7
10 3B Eddie Pick# 28 54 210 181 23 31 5 2 2 15 0 20 26 .171 .254 .254 .508 36 46 0 9
11 OF Pete Scott 29 71 180 156 28 49 18 1 0 21 1 19 18 .314 .392 .442 .834 122 69 1 4
12 SS Jimmy Cooney 32 33 149 132 16 32 2 0 0 6 1 8 7 .242 .286 .258 .543 46 34 0 9
13 C Mike Gonzalez 36 39 123 108 15 26 4 1 1 15 1 10 8 .241 .311 .324 .635 69 35 1 4
14 3B Howard Freigau 24 30 96 86 12 20 5 0 0 10 0 9 10 .233 .313 .291 .603 62 25 1 0
15 1B Chick Tolson 28 39 61 54 6 16 4 0 2 17 0 4 9 .296 .345 .481 .826 118 26 0 3
16 3B Elmer Yoter 27 13 31 27 2 6 1 1 0 5 0 4 4 .222 .323 .333 .656 75 9 0 0
17 3B Harry Wilke 26 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
18 Fred Haney 31 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
19 Tommy Sewell* 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
20 C John Churry 26 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 434 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
21 P Charley Root 28 48 132 122 15 27 6 1 0 8 0 4 35 .221 .252 .287 .539 43 35 1 5
22 P Sheriff Blake# 27 32 88 83 2 16 0 0 0 3 0 1 10 .193 .202 .193 .395 6 16 0 4
23 P Guy Bush 25 36 71 65 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 10 .123 .136 .138 .275 -27 9 0 5
24 P Hal Carlson 35 27 70 67 1 11 0 0 0 9 0 0 7 .164 .164 .164 .328 -12 11 0 3
25 P Jim Brillheart 23 32 52 44 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 19 .023 .065 .023 .088 -76 1 0 6
26 P Percy Jones 27 30 41 40 3 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 11 .350 .350 .375 .725 93 15 0 1
27 P Bob Osborn 24 24 40 39 1 8 0 1 0 4 0 0 14 .205 .205 .256 .462 22 10 0 1
28 P Tony Kaufmann 26 9 22 16 2 5 0 0 1 6 0 4 4 .313 .450 .500 .950 153 8 0 2
29 P Art Nehf* 34 8 7 7 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 .429 .429 .571 1.000 165 4 0 0
30 P Lefty Weinert* 25 5 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 45 1 0 0
31 P Luther Roy 24 11 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 78 1 0 0
32 P Hank Grampp 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Johnny Welch* 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Wayland Dean# 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.1 153 6018 5303 750 1505 266 63 74 692 65 0 481 492 .284 .346 .400 .746 98 2119 0 27 207 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 4 3 1 5 3 6 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
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 32 705 474 74 4.2 105 .304 .292 .291 .335 .350 .340 .402 .675 .752 80 .458 -18.5 -1.8 .629 .153 .048 .0 456
Clyde Beck 27 450 306 45 3.9 105 .281 .258 .291 .332 .350 .350 .402 .682 .752 82 .430 -9.4 -0.9 .621 .202 .092 .0 45/6
#Sheriff Blake 27 88 71 3 1.1 105 .219 .193 .291 .202 .350 .193 .402 .395 .752 6 .072 -11.4 -1.1 .254 .012 .000 1
Jim Brillheart 23 52 49 0 0.0 105 .040 .023 .291 .065 .350 .023 .402 .088 .752 -76 .000 -11.2 -1.1 .070 .045 .000 1
Guy Bush 25 71 62 1 0.4 105 .145 .123 .291 .136 .350 .138 .402 .275 .752 -27 .013 -11.9 -1.2 .175 .031 .015 1
Hal Carlson 35 70 59 2 0.9 105 .183 .164 .291 .164 .350 .164 .402 .328 .752 -12 .049 -10.9 -1.1 .196 .000 .000 1
John Churry 26 1 0 1 105 1.000 1.000 .291 1.000 .350 1.000 .402 2.000 .752 434 0.5 0.0 .000 .000 /2
Jimmy Cooney 32 149 109 10 2.5 105 .256 .242 .291 .286 .350 .258 .402 .543 .752 46 .241 -10.3 -1.0 .430 .083 .015 .0 6
#Wayland Dean 25 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Woody English 21 374 260 39 4.0 105 .313 .290 .291 .325 .350 .365 .402 .690 .752 84 .439 -8.4 -0.8 .591 .126 .075 1.0 6/5
Howard Freigau 24 96 66 8 3.2 105 .263 .233 .291 .313 .350 .291 .402 .603 .752 62 .347 -4.3 -0.4 .530 .163 .058 5
Mike Gonzalez 36 123 86 11 3.4 105 .253 .241 .291 .311 .350 .324 .402 .635 .752 69 .369 -4.7 -0.5 .573 .185 .083 1.0 2
Hank Grampp 23 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
*Charlie Grimm 28 617 400 79 5.3 105 .321 .311 .291 .367 .350 .398 .402 .765 .752 104 .565 4.0 0.4 .714 .175 .087 2.4 *3
Fred Haney 31 3 3 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .291 .000 .350 .000 .402 .000 .752 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
Gabby Hartnett 26 509 330 73 5.9 105 .307 .294 .291 .361 .350 .454 .402 .815 .752 116 .615 10.7 1.1 .798 .263 .160 3.3 *2
*Cliff Heathcote 29 258 168 33 5.3 105 .310 .294 .291 .359 .350 .408 .402 .766 .752 104 .563 1.5 0.1 .758 .228 .114 3.0 O
Percy Jones 27 41 27 5 5.0 105 .483 .350 .291 .350 .350 .375 .402 .725 .752 93 .535 -0.5 -0.1 .577 .025 .025 1
Tony Kaufmann 26 22 13 4 8.2 105 .364 .313 .291 .450 .350 .500 .402 .950 .752 153 .745 1.4 0.1 1.091 .438 .188 .0 /1
*Art Nehf 34 7 4 2 13.4 105 .500 .429 .291 .429 .350 .571 .402 1.000 .752 165 .877 0.6 0.1 1.000 .143 .143 /1
Bob Osborn 24 40 32 2 1.7 105 .320 .205 .291 .205 .350 .256 .402 .462 .752 22 .136 -4.6 -0.5 .323 .051 .051 1
#Eddie Pick 28 210 159 12 2.0 105 .190 .171 .291 .254 .350 .254 .402 .508 .752 36 .183 -17.0 -1.7 .440 .193 .083 .0 5/4O
Charley Root 28 132 100 9 2.4 105 .310 .221 .291 .252 .350 .287 .402 .539 .752 43 .236 -10.1 -1.0 .421 .098 .066 1
Luther Roy 24 3 2 0 0.0 105 .333 .333 .291 .333 .350 .333 .402 .667 .752 78 .000 -0.1 0.0 .500 .000 .000 1
Pete Scott 29 180 111 27 6.5 105 .355 .314 .291 .392 .350 .442 .402 .834 .752 122 .656 6.3 0.6 .841 .256 .128 .0 O
*Tommy Sewell 21 1 1 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .291 .000 .350 .000 .402 .000 .752 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
Riggs Stephenson 29 668 398 116 7.8 105 .353 .344 .291 .415 .350 .491 .402 .906 .752 141 .726 36.7 3.6 .955 .273 .147 7.5 *O/5
Chick Tolson 28 61 41 9 5.9 105 .326 .296 .291 .345 .350 .481 .402 .826 .752 118 .612 1.3 0.1 .789 .259 .185 .0 /3
*Earl Webb 29 395 246 65 7.1 105 .300 .301 .291 .391 .350 .506 .402 .897 .752 138 .689 18.6 1.8 .948 .358 .205 4.9 O
*Lefty Weinert 25 6 4 0 0.0 105 .250 .200 .291 .333 .350 .200 .402 .533 .752 45 .000 -0.4 0.0 .500 .200 .000 /1
*Johnny Welch 20 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Harry Wilke 26 9 9 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .291 .000 .350 .000 .402 .000 .752 -100 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .000 .000 .000 /5
Hack Wilson 27 646 394 126 8.6 105 .322 .318 .291 .401 .350 .579 .402 .980 .752 159 .759 45.5 4.4 1.088 .414 .261 18.1 *O
Elmer Yoter 27 31 21 3 3.8 105 .261 .222 .291 .323 .350 .333 .402 .656 .752 75 .418 -1.0 -0.1 .619 .259 .111 5
League Average 4.7 104 .298 .281 .289 .337 .348 .384 .399 .721 .747 93 .510 .672 .197 .103
Team Total 6018 4005 759 5.1 105 .302 .284 .291 .346 .350 .400 .402 .746 .752 98 .546 -11.0 -1.4 .709 .219 .116 69.2
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 32 154 718 675 100 193 17 7 0 49 27 43 27 .286 .329 .332 .661 74 146 146
Clyde Beck 27 123 452 408 44 103 20 5 2 44 0 44 39 .252 .325 .341 .666 45 117 117
#Sheriff Blake 27 34 87 86 2 16 0 0 0 3 0 1 11 .186 .195 .186 .381 3 32 32
Jim Brillheart 23 34 48 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .000 .042 .000 .042 0 32 32
Guy Bush 25 38 69 68 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 11 .118 .130 .132 .263 1 36 36
Hal Carlson 35 41 97 96 5 17 0 0 0 12 0 1 9 .177 .186 .177 .363 3 39 39
John Churry 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 1 1
Jimmy Cooney 32 115 433 411 51 107 15 1 0 22 5 22 17 .260 .298 .302 .600 37 109 109
#Wayland Dean 25 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 5 5
Woody English 21 92 366 349 47 100 14 4 1 28 1 16 27 .287 .320 .358 .678 40 87 87
Howard Freigau 24 32 99 89 12 20 5 0 0 10 0 9 11 .225 .303 .281 .584 7 30 30
Mike Gonzalez 36 41 123 112 15 26 4 1 1 15 1 10 8 .232 .301 .313 .613 11 39 39
*Charlie Grimm 28 155 615 566 68 173 30 6 2 74 3 46 22 .306 .361 .390 .751 79 147 147
Fred Haney 31 53 150 124 22 33 4 1 3 12 4 26 15 .266 .393 .387 .780 19 51 51
Gabby Hartnett 26 134 517 469 57 136 33 5 10 81 2 45 44 .290 .356 .446 .802 74 127 127
*Cliff Heathcote 29 87 260 237 28 68 12 4 2 25 6 20 17 .287 .350 .397 .747 33 83 83
Percy Jones 27 32 42 42 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 30 30
Tony Kaufmann 26 19 28 24 3 6 0 0 2 8 0 4 5 .250 .357 .500 .857 4 18 18
*Art Nehf 34 31 25 23 1 6 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 .261 .320 .348 .668 2 29 29
Bob Osborn 24 25 41 41 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 15 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 24 24
#Eddie Pick 28 57 211 190 23 32 5 2 2 15 0 21 27 .168 .251 .247 .499 12 54 54
Charley Root 28 50 132 127 15 27 6 1 0 8 0 4 37 .213 .242 .276 .518 8 48 48
Luther Roy 24 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11 11
Pete Scott 29 75 185 164 29 51 19 1 0 21 1 20 19 .311 .389 .439 .828 27 71 71
*Tommy Sewell 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Riggs Stephenson 29 160 675 603 101 203 47 9 7 82 8 66 29 .337 .407 .479 .887 117 152 152
Chick Tolson 28 41 61 57 6 17 4 0 2 18 0 4 9 .298 .344 .474 .818 9 39 39
*Earl Webb 29 107 397 347 59 103 19 4 14 53 3 49 33 .297 .385 .496 .881 66 102 102
*Lefty Weinert 25 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 5 5
Harry Wilke 26 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Hack Wilson 27 154 654 575 120 179 31 12 31 130 13 73 74 .311 .394 .569 .963 127 146 146
Elmer Yoter 27 14 32 28 2 6 1 1 0 5 0 4 4 .214 .313 .321 .634 3 13 13
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 32 6 2966 672 2966 2671 401 780 104 24 7 201 115 50 208 101 .292 .346 .357 .703 85 953 14 73
Clyde Beck 27 2 541 147 541 472 54 117 20 5 3 48 0 50 52 .248 .320 .331 .650 74 156 0 19
#Sheriff Blake 27 5 280 142 280 262 13 52 1 1 0 17 0 1 6 41 .198 .219 .210 .429 13 55 1 11
Jim Brillheart 23 3 92 75 92 82 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 34 .049 .082 .049 .131 -64 4 1 7
Guy Bush 25 5 212 130 212 196 7 31 2 0 0 9 0 0 5 27 .158 .179 .168 .347 -8 33 0 0 11 0 0
Hal Carlson 35 11 678 326 678 634 52 140 16 4 5 60 0 1 21 104 .221 .248 .282 .530 41 179 2 21
John Churry 26 4 21 12 21 18 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .278 .381 .333 .714 89 6 0 0
Jimmy Cooney 32 6 1669 430 1669 1524 179 406 64 16 2 147 29 13 74 53 .266 .302 .333 .635 70 508 4 67
#Wayland Dean 25 4 210 127 210 196 24 49 6 2 6 31 0 0 9 47 .250 .286 .393 .679 77 77 0 1 4 0 0
Woody English 21 1 374 87 374 334 46 97 14 4 1 28 1 16 26 .290 .325 .365 .690 84 122 1 23
Howard Freigau 24 6 2015 510 2015 1831 207 502 89 24 14 206 31 13 128 144 .274 .323 .372 .695 83 681 5 51
Mike Gonzalez 36 13 2752 901 2752 2471 255 630 111 17 12 218 49 10 201 172 .255 .316 .328 .644 85 811 19 61
Hank Grampp 23 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Charlie Grimm 28 11 5066 1267 5066 4586 511 1318 212 82 38 613 41 44 324 252 .287 .337 .394 .731 94 1808 19 137
Fred Haney 31 6 2344 612 2344 1951 334 541 65 20 8 226 51 25 281 121 .277 .371 .343 .714 88 670 9 103
Gabby Hartnett 26 6 2029 564 2029 1788 240 507 115 21 66 298 18 7 182 223 .284 .355 .482 .837 118 862 15 44
*Cliff Heathcote 29 10 4046 1068 4046 3638 508 998 154 48 27 348 169 75 272 262 .274 .328 .365 .694 90 1329 20 116
Percy Jones 27 6 223 168 223 205 12 43 5 0 0 18 0 0 8 69 .210 .239 .234 .474 24 48 0 10
Tony Kaufmann 26 7 393 187 393 361 40 87 19 1 9 56 1 0 20 74 .241 .281 .374 .655 70 135 0 0 12 0 0
*Art Nehf 34 13 926 401 926 812 83 168 26 4 7 68 7 3 74 111 .207 .277 .275 .552 56 223 5 35
Bob Osborn 24 3 85 56 85 80 2 14 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 30 .175 .175 .213 .388 3 17 0 0 5 0 0
#Eddie Pick 28 3 224 66 224 191 25 34 5 2 2 17 0 0 23 30 .178 .266 .257 .523 40 49 0 10
Charley Root 28 3 245 117 245 226 24 41 7 1 1 15 0 0 7 65 .181 .216 .235 .451 20 53 3 9
Luther Roy 24 3 21 33 21 20 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500 29 5 0 1
Pete Scott 29 2 404 148 404 345 62 103 31 2 3 55 4 41 49 .299 .376 .426 .802 114 147 2 16
*Tommy Sewell 21 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Riggs Stephenson 29 7 2162 566 2162 1894 322 642 148 26 24 310 24 9 195 115 .339 .407 .483 .889 132 914 22 51
Chick Tolson 28 3 163 99 163 146 10 44 10 1 3 25 0 0 11 18 .301 .350 .445 .796 110 65 0 6
*Earl Webb 29 2 399 106 399 335 58 100 18 4 14 52 3 0 49 32 .299 .390 .501 .891 136 168 1 14
*Lefty Weinert 25 7 140 105 140 134 17 37 6 0 0 12 1 1 5 19 .276 .302 .321 .623 58 43 0 1
*Johnny Welch 20 2 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 435 1 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Wilke 26 1 9 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Hack Wilson 27 5 1909 460 1909 1653 306 503 92 36 67 325 32 5 205 211 .304 .386 .525 .911 141 868 14 37
Elmer Yoter 27 3 108 35 108 96 5 24 2 2 0 12 0 0 9 12 .250 .314 .313 .627 63 30 0 3
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

1926 / 1928 Batting Statistics