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1927 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926 / 1928

85-68, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe McCarthy (85-68)
Scored 750 runs, Allowed 661 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-68

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · 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 - 101, Pitching - 100


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1926 / 1928 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Sparky Adams 32 R R 5' 5" 151 Aug 26, 1894 6 146 146 146 146 0 0 0 61 55 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5
Clyde Beck 27 R R 5' 10" 176 Jan 6, 1900 2 117 112 117 117 0 0 0 101 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Sheriff Blake 27 B R 6' 0" 180 Sep 17, 1899 5 32 27 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2
Jim Brillheart 23 R L 5' 11" 170 Sep 28, 1903 3 32 12 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Guy Bush 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 23, 1901 5 36 22 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9
Hal Carlson 35 R R 6' 0" 180 May 17, 1892 11 27 22 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7
John Churry 26 R R 5' 9" 172 Nov 26, 1900 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Jimmy Cooney 32 R R 5' 11" 160 Aug 24, 1894 6 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Wayland Dean 25 B R 6' 1" 178 Jun 20, 1902 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Woody English 21 R R 5' 10" 155 Mar 2, 1906 1st 88 82 88 85 0 0 0 0 1 84 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.1
Howard Freigau 24 R R 5' 10" 160 Aug 1, 1902 6 30 23 30 30 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Mike Gonzalez 36 R R 6' 1" 200 Sep 24, 1890 13 39 29 39 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.1
Hank Grampp 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 28, 1903 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Charlie Grimm 28 L L 5' 11" 173 Aug 28, 1898 11 147 146 147 147 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Fred Haney 31 R R 5' 6" 170 Apr 25, 1896 6 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 -0.1
Gabby Hartnett HOF 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 20, 1900 6 127 124 127 125 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.9
Cliff Heathcote 29 L L 5' 10" 160 Jan 24, 1898 10 83 54 83 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 49 57 20 6 1.3
Percy Jones 27 R L 5' 11" 175 Oct 28, 1899 6 30 11 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Tony Kaufmann 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Dec 16, 1900 7 9 6 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Art Nehf 34 L L 5' 9" 176 Jul 31, 1892 13 8 2 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Bob Osborn 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Apr 17, 1903 3 24 12 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Eddie Pick 28 B R 6' 0" 185 May 7, 1899 3 54 46 54 51 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 -1.3
Charlie Root 28 R R 5' 10" 190 Mar 17, 1899 3 48 36 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8
Luther Roy 24 R R 5' 10" 161 Jul 29, 1902 3 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Pete Scott 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 21, 1897 2 71 29 71 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 35 36 33 2 1.0
Tommy Sewell 21 L R 5' 7" 155 Apr 16, 1906 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Riggs Stephenson 29 R R 5' 10" 185 Jan 5, 1898 7 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 6 0 146 0 0 146 0 0 5.2
Chick Tolson 32 R R 6' 0" 185 May 3, 1895 3 39 7 39 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0.3
Earl Webb 29 L R 6' 1" 185 Sep 17, 1897 2 102 84 102 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 78 86 16 0 2.7
Lefty Weinert 25 L L 6' 1" 195 Apr 21, 1902 7 5 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Johnny Welch 20 L R 6' 3" 184 Dec 2, 1906 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Harry Wilke 26 R R 5' 10" 171 Dec 14, 1900 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Hack Wilson HOF 27 R R 5' 6" 190 Apr 26, 1900 5 146 146 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 146 0 0 6.3
Elmer Yoter 27 R R 5' 7" 155 Jun 26, 1900 3 13 8 13 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1926 / 1928 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers