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1927 Chicago Cubs (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
Managed by Joe McCarthy

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,159,168 (1st of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 Stats / Schedule (1926/1928) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   85-68 , Final Rank: 4, GB:    8.5
Days in First:                  41 (last on September 1, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          29 (last on August 19)
Most Games under .500:           3 (last on April 26)

Biggest Lead:                  6.0 (last on August 16)
Farthest Behind Leader:        8.5 (last on October 2)

Longest Winning Streak:         12 (June 5 to June 16)
Longest Losing Streak:           7 (August 29 to September 4)

Most Runs Allowed:              13 (September 6)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (April 28)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       8
Times Opponent Shutout:         11

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        85  68     750     661    .556

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           50  28     398     315    .641
Road           35  40     352     346    .467

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           7   7      64      67    .500
May            15  10     145     127    .600
June           17  10     140     138    .630
July           18  12     141     110    .600
August         16  11     133      89    .593
September      12  17     123     124    .414
October         0   1       4       6    .000

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     48  28     389     356    .632
Second Half    37  40     361     305    .481
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        27  27     199     199    .500

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        21  15     225     171    .583

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO            15   7     104      82    .682
BSN            15   7     122      80    .682
CIN            14   8     103      95    .636
NYG            10  12      97     103    .455
PHI            13   9     137      91    .591
PIT             9  13      95     101    .409
STL             9  12      92     109    .429

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 12     CHC  STL  W  10-1        1-0     1    Tied  1:57 C Root                     42,000 +
  2 Wed, Apr 13     CHC  STL  L   0-5        1-1     3     0.5  1:39 J Haines                        0 -
  3 Fri, Apr 15     CHC  STL  W   1-0        2-1     3     1.0  0:00 P Jones                    12,000 +
  4 Sat, Apr 16     CHC  PIT  W   5-2        3-1     1    Tied  1:55 G Bush                     13,000 ++
  5 Sun, Apr 17     CHC  PIT  L   3-8        3-2     4     1.0  2:00 R Kremer                   45,000 -
  6 Mon, Apr 18     CHC  PIT  L   1-9        3-3     5     2.0  1:56 L Meadows                       0 --
  7 Wed, Apr 20     CHC @STL  L   2-4        3-4     6     2.5  1:30 B Sherdel                  20,000 ---
  8 Sat, Apr 23     CHC @STL  L   0-7        3-5     6     3.5  1:35 F Rhem                      3,000 ----
  9 Sun, Apr 24     CHC @CIN  W   5-3        4-5     6     2.5  1:47 C Root                            +
 10 Mon, Apr 25     CHC @CIN  L   9-11       4-6     6     3.0  2:07 A Nehf                          0 -
 11 Tue, Apr 26     CHC @CIN  L   5-8        4-7     6     3.5  0:00 R Lucas                         0 --
 12 Wed, Apr 27     CHC @CIN  W   2-1        5-7     6     3.0  1:32 S Blake                         0 +
 13 Thu, Apr 28     CHC @PIT  W  16-4        6-7     6     3.0  2:15 C Root                          0 ++
 14 Sat, Apr 30     CHC @PIT  W   5-4        7-7     5     3.5  0:00 L Roy                           0 +++
 15 Sun, May  1     CHC  PIT  L   6-7        7-8     5     3.5  1:55 R Kremer                   37,000 -
 16 Tue, May  3     CHC  CIN  W   4-3        8-8     5     2.0  1:34 S Blake                    12,000 +
 17 Wed, May  4     CHC  CIN  W  13-9        9-8     4     2.0  2:00 T Kaufmann                      0 ++
 18 Sat, May  7     CHC @NYG  W   6-4       10-8     3     1.5  0:00 C Root                     35,000 +++
 19 Sun, May  8     CHC @NYG  L   4-5       10-9     4     2.5  1:55 V Barnes                          -
 20 Tue, May 10     CHC @PHI  W   6-3       11-9     3     2.0  1:40 S Blake                         0 +
 21 Wed, May 11     CHC @PHI  L   2-5       11-10    4     3.0  2:10 A Ferguson                      0 -
 22 Thu, May 12     CHC @PHI  W   4-1       12-10    3     3.0  1:49 C Root                          0 +
 23 Fri, May 13     CHC @PHI  L   1-4       12-11    5     3.0  1:35 H Pruett                        0 -
 24 Sat, May 14     CHC @BSN  W   7-2       13-11    5     3.0  3:42 G Bush                          0 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Tue, May 17     CHC @BSN  W   4-3       14-11    3     3.5  4:13 B Osborn                        0 ++
 26 Wed, May 18     CHC @BRO  W   7-4       15-11    2     2.5  1:43 C Root                          0 +++
 27 Fri, May 20     CHC @BRO  W   7-5       16-11    2     1.5  0:00 T Kaufmann                  4,000 ++++
 28 Sat, May 21     CHC @BRO  W   6-4       17-11    1    Tied  2:17 G Bush                            +++++
 29                 CHC @BRO  W  11-6       18-11    1    Tied  2:15 S Blake                         0 ++++++
 30 Sun, May 22     CHC @CIN  L   4-8       18-12    1    Tied  1:55 R Lucas                           -
 31 Wed, May 25     CHC  STL  L   5-8       18-13    2     1.5  1:36 P Alexander                     0 --
 32                 CHC  STL  W   8-4       19-13    2     1.5  0:00 B Osborn                   25,000 +
 33 Thu, May 26     CHC  CIN  W  11-2       20-13    2     1.5  1:44 C Root                          0 ++
 34 Fri, May 27     CHC  CIN  W   3-2       21-13    2     1.5  1:57 C Root                          0 +++
 35 Sat, May 28     CHC  CIN  L   0-8       21-14    2     2.5  1:39 P Donohue                   6,000 -
 36 Sun, May 29     CHC  PIT  L   5-8       21-15    2     3.5  2:02 C Hill                     30,000 --
 37 Mon, May 30     CHC @PIT  W   7-6       22-15    2     3.5  2:33 T Kaufmann                 25,000 +
 38                 CHC @PIT  L   5-6       22-16    2     3.5  2:02 V Aldridge                 40,000 -
 39 Tue, May 31     CHC @PIT  L   9-10      22-17    3     4.5  2:27 C Hill                          0 --
 40 Fri, Jun  3     CHC  BSN  L   4-5       22-18    4     5.5  1:58 C Robertson                10,000 ---
 41 Sat, Jun  4     CHC  BSN  L   8-10      22-19    4     6.0  2:04 J Genewich                 15,000 ----
 42 Sun, Jun  5     CHC  BSN  W   7-0       23-19    4     5.5  1:50 S Blake                           +
 43 Mon, Jun  6     CHC  BSN  W   4-3       24-19    3     5.5  2:32 J Brillheart                    0 ++
 44 Tue, Jun  7     CHC  BRO  W   7-6       25-19    3     5.5  1:50 L Roy                           0 +++
 45 Wed, Jun  8     CHC  BRO  W   3-2       26-19    2     4.5  1:30 H Carlson                  11,000 ++++
 46 Thu, Jun  9     CHC  BRO  W   4-3       27-19    2     3.5  1:49 L Roy                       7,000 +++++
 47 Fri, Jun 10     CHC  BRO  W   5-4       28-19    2     3.5  2:12 J Brillheart               16,500 ++++++
 48 Sat, Jun 11     CHC  NYG  W   2-1       29-19    2     2.5  0:00 C Root                     30,000 +++++++
 49 Sun, Jun 12     CHC  NYG  W   7-6       30-19    2     1.5  2:17 C Root                            ++++++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Mon, Jun 13     CHC  NYG  W   6-2       31-19    2     1.5  0:00 S Blake                     7,000 +++++++++
 51 Tue, Jun 14     CHC  NYG  W   4-3       32-19    2     1.0  0:00 B Osborn                   14,000 ++++++++++
 52 Wed, Jun 15     CHC  PHI  W  12-5       33-19    2     1.0  1:52 C Root                      8,000 +++++++++++
 53 Thu, Jun 16     CHC  PHI  W   7-2       34-19    2     1.0  1:36 H Carlson                       0 ++++++++++++
 54 Fri, Jun 17     CHC  PHI  L   2-12      34-20    2     1.0  2:00 C Mitchell                 15,000 -
 55 Sat, Jun 18     CHC  PHI  L   2-7       34-21    2     2.0  1:44 A Ferguson                 15,000 --
 56 Sun, Jun 19     CHC  PIT  W  14-7       35-21    2     1.0  2:17 C Root                          0 +
 57 Mon, Jun 20     CHC  PIT  L   0-4       35-22    2     2.0  1:57 L Meadows                  25,000 -
 58 Tue, Jun 21     CHC @STL  L   5-6       35-23    2     2.5  2:46 J Haines                   10,000 --
 59                 CHC @STL  L   3-12      35-24    2     2.5  1:48 F Rhem                     14,500 ---
 60 Wed, Jun 22     CHC @STL  L   5-11      35-25    3     3.5  0:00 P Alexander                 5,000 ----
 61 Fri, Jun 24     CHC @PIT  W   4-2       36-25    3     2.5  1:52 C Root                          0 +
 62 Sat, Jun 25     CHC @PIT  W   6-4       37-25    3     1.5  2:02 H Carlson                  30,000 ++
 63 Sun, Jun 26     CHC @CIN  L   5-8       37-26    3     2.5  1:42 D Luque                           -
 64 Mon, Jun 27     CHC @CIN  W  11-4       38-26    3     1.5  1:52 J Brillheart                    0 +
 65 Tue, Jun 28     CHC @CIN  L   1-8       38-27    3     2.5  1:54 E Rixey                         0 -
 66 Wed, Jun 29     CHC @CIN  W   2-1       39-27    3     1.5  2:02 H Carlson                       0 +
 67 Fri, Jul  1     CHC  STL  W   6-2       40-27    2     1.5  2:04 H Carlson                  20,000 ++
 68 Sat, Jul  2     CHC  STL  W   7-4       41-27    2     1.5  0:00 G Bush                     20,000 +++
 69 Sun, Jul  3     CHC  STL  W   7-4       42-27    2     0.5  2:08 C Root                            ++++
 70 Mon, Jul  4     CHC  CIN  W   2-1       43-27    2     0.5  1:45 G Bush                            +++++
 71                 CHC  CIN  W   6-3       44-27    2     0.5  1:42 G Bush                            ++++++
 72 Tue, Jul  5     CHC  CIN  W   8-5       45-27    2     0.5  1:54 P Jones                         0 +++++++
 73 Thu, Jul  7     CHC @PIT  W   2-1       46-27    1  up 0.5  1:33 H Carlson                       0 ++++++++
 74 Fri, Jul  8     CHC @PIT  W   1-0       47-27    1  up 1.5  1:38 C Root                          0 +++++++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sat, Jul  9     CHC @PIT  L   0-4       47-28    1  up 0.5  1:26 V Aldridge                 23,000 -
 76 Sun, Jul 10     CHC @BRO  W   1-0       48-28    1  up 1.0  1:58 G Bush                            +
 77 Tue, Jul 12     CHC @BSN  W   6-2       49-28    1  up 1.0  1:52 S Blake                         0 ++
 78 Wed, Jul 13     CHC @BSN  L   3-6       49-29    1  up 1.5  2:01 K Greenfield                      -
 79                 CHC @BSN  W   4-1       50-29    1  up 1.5  1:57 C Root                     10,000 +
 80 Thu, Jul 14     CHC @BSN  W   6-1       51-29    1  up 1.5  1:40 B Osborn                        0 ++
 81 Fri, Jul 15     CHC @BSN  W   9-6       52-29    1  up 1.5  1:46 J Brillheart                    0 +++
 82 Sat, Jul 16     CHC @NYG  L   5-6       52-30    1  up 1.5  2:00 L Benton                          -
 83                 CHC @NYG  L   2-4       52-31    1  up 1.5  1:23 D Henry                    30,000 --
 84 Mon, Jul 18     CHC @NYG  W   6-4       53-31    1  up 0.5  2:20 H Carlson                       0 +
 85                 CHC @NYG  L   2-3       53-32    1  up 0.5  1:27 V Barnes                   10,000 -
 86 Tue, Jul 19     CHC @NYG  W   8-5       54-32    1  up 1.0  0:00 B Osborn                   30,000 +
 87 Wed, Jul 20     CHC @NYG  L   4-5       54-33    1  up 0.5  2:15 D Songer                        0 -
 88 Thu, Jul 21     CHC @PHI  L   3-7       54-34    1  up 1.0  1:45 H Pruett                        0 --
 89 Fri, Jul 22     CHC @PHI  L   5-6       54-35    1    Tied  0:00 D Ulrich                        0 ---
 90 Sun, Jul 24     CHC @BRO  L   2-3       54-36    1    Tied  2:10 J Petty                           ----
 91                 CHC @BRO  W   7-1       55-36    1    Tied  1:33 S Blake                           +
 92 Wed, Jul 27     CHC  NYG  L   4-6       55-37    2     1.0  1:59 F Fitzsimmon               28,000 -
 93 Thu, Jul 28     CHC  NYG  L   5-6       55-38    2     1.0  0:00 B Grimes                   15,000 --
 94 Fri, Jul 29     CHC  NYG  W   5-4       56-38    2     1.0  2:21 C Root                     37,000 +
 95 Sat, Jul 30     CHC  PHI  L   3-5       56-39    2     1.0  0:00 D Ulrich                        0 -
 96 Sun, Jul 31     CHC  PHI  W  12-5       57-39    2     0.5  1:35 C Root                            +
 97 Mon, Aug  1     CHC  PHI  W   6-5       58-39    1  up 0.5  1:40 P Jones                         0 ++
 98 Tue, Aug  2     CHC  PHI  W   6-2       59-39    1  up 1.5  1:40 G Bush                          0 +++
 99 Wed, Aug  3     CHC  BSN  W  12-1       60-39    1  up 1.5  1:52 H Carlson                       0 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Thu, Aug  4     CHC  BSN  W   5-4       61-39    1  up 1.0  2:02 C Root                      6,000 +++++
101 Fri, Aug  5     CHC  BSN  W   5-2       62-39    1  up 2.0  1:45 P Jones                    33,000 ++++++
102 Sat, Aug  6     CHC  BRO  W   6-2       63-39    1  up 3.0  0:00 S Blake                    15,000 +++++++
103 Sun, Aug  7     CHC  BRO  W   6-5       64-39    1  up 3.5  2:28 C Root                            ++++++++
104 Tue, Aug  9     CHC  BRO  W   2-0       65-39    1  up 3.0  1:35 H Carlson                  38,000 +++++++++
105                 CHC  BRO  L   4-5       65-40    1  up 3.0  2:10 W Clark                    43,000 -
106 Thu, Aug 11     CHC  CIN  W   2-0       66-40    1  up 4.5  1:17 C Root                     22,000 +
107 Sat, Aug 13     CHC  CIN  W   2-1       67-40    1  up 5.0  1:48 S Blake                    22,000 ++
108 Sun, Aug 14     CHC  CIN  W   7-2       68-40    1  up 5.0  1:45 P Jones                           +++
109 Tue, Aug 16     CHC @BRO  W   3-0       69-40    1  up 6.0  1:40 C Root                          0 ++++
110 Wed, Aug 17     CHC @BRO  L   5-6       69-41    1  up 5.0  2:00 W Clark                     5,000 -
111 Fri, Aug 19     CHC @BRO  W   3-0       70-41    1  up 5.0  1:35 S Blake                         0 +
112                 CHC @BRO  L   1-6       70-42    1  up 5.0  1:52 D McWeeny                       0 -
113 Sat, Aug 20     CHC @BSN  L   5-6       70-43    1  up 3.5  2:05 J Werts                           --
114                 CHC @BSN  L   1-2       70-44    1  up 3.5  1:25 H McQuillan                     0 ---
115 Mon, Aug 22     CHC @BSN  L   3-5       70-45    1  up 2.5  1:38 C Robertson                     0 ----
116 Wed, Aug 24     CHC @PHI  L   6-7       70-46    1  up 2.5  1:50 A Ferguson                 10,000 -----
117                 CHC @PHI  W  13-1       71-46    1  up 2.5  1:45 P Jones                    10,000 +
118 Thu, Aug 25     CHC @PHI  W   8-0       72-46    1  up 3.0  1:25 C Root                          0 ++
119 Sat, Aug 27     CHC @PHI  L   1-2       72-47    1  up 3.5  1:35 D Ulrich                          -
120                 CHC @PHI  W  10-6       73-47    1  up 3.5  2:08 C Root                      5,000 +
121 Mon, Aug 29     CHC @NYG  L   7-8       73-48    1  up 2.5  2:10 F Fitzsimmon               40,000 -
122                 CHC @NYG  L   1-4       73-49    1  up 2.5  1:44 L Benton                   42,000 --
123 Tue, Aug 30     CHC @NYG  L   3-7       73-50    1  up 2.0  0:00 B Grimes                   25,000 ---
124 Thu, Sep  1     CHC @PIT  L   3-4       73-51    1    Tied  1:52 L Meadows                  18,000 ----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Fri, Sep  2     CHC @CIN  L   0-5       73-52    2     1.0  1:37 J May                           0 -----
126 Sat, Sep  3     CHC @CIN  L   1-2       73-53    2     2.0  1:43 R Lucas                         0 ------
127 Sun, Sep  4     CHC  STL  L   1-2       73-54    3     3.0  1:45 B Sherdel                         -------
128 Mon, Sep  5     CHC  STL  W   6-1       74-54    3     2.0  1:59 L Weinert                         +
129                 CHC  STL  L   0-2       74-55    3     2.0  1:44 J Haines                   37,000 -
130 Tue, Sep  6     CHC @STL  L   1-13      74-56    4     3.0  1:42 P Alexander                18,000 --
131 Wed, Sep  7     CHC @STL  L   2-6       74-57    4     2.5  1:51 F Frankhouse                7,500 ---
132                 CHC @STL  W   8-4       75-57    4     2.5  1:52 S Blake                    13,000 +
133 Thu, Sep  8     CHC @STL  W  11-7       76-57    3     2.0  2:05 C Root                      5,000 ++
134 Fri, Sep  9     CHC  NYG  L   2-7       76-58    4     3.0  2:15 B Grimes                   35,000 -
135 Sat, Sep 10     CHC  NYG  W   2-1       77-58    4     3.0  1:52 G Bush                     28,000 +
136 Sun, Sep 11     CHC  NYG  W   7-5       78-58    4     2.5  1:47 H Carlson                         ++
137 Mon, Sep 12     CHC  NYG  L   5-7       78-59    4     3.5  2:21 F Fitzsimmon               26,000 -
138 Tue, Sep 13     CHC  BRO  L   5-6       78-60    4     5.0  2:07 B Doak                      7,000 --
139 Wed, Sep 14     CHC  BRO  L   6-10      78-61    4     6.5  1:58 D Vance                     7,000 ---
140 Fri, Sep 16     CHC  BRO  L   3-4       78-62    4     8.0  1:55 D McWeeny                       0 ----
141 Sat, Sep 17     CHC  BSN  W   3-2       79-62    4     8.0  2:17 G Bush                            +
142                 CHC  BSN  W   5-3       80-62    4     8.0  1:44 H Carlson                       0 ++
143 Sun, Sep 18     CHC  BSN  L   7-11      80-63    4     8.5  2:02 B Smith                           -
144 Mon, Sep 19     CHC  BSN  W   6-0       81-63    4     7.5  1:32 A Nehf                          0 +
145 Tue, Sep 20     CHC  BSN  W   8-5       82-63    4     6.5  1:29 P Jones                         0 ++
146 Thu, Sep 22     CHC  PHI  W   8-4       83-63    4     6.5  1:29 C Root                      4,000 +++
147 Fri, Sep 23     CHC  PHI  W  10-0       84-63    4     5.5  1:32 H Carlson                   6,000 ++++
148 Sat, Sep 24     CHC  PHI  W  10-2       85-63    4     4.5  1:30 S Blake                         0 +++++
149 Sun, Sep 25     CHC  PIT  L   1-2       85-64    4     6.5  1:36 V Aldridge                      0 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 CHC  PIT  L   1-6       85-65    4     6.5  1:43 R Kremer                        0 --
151 Mon, Sep 26     CHC  PIT  L   0-1       85-66    4     7.5  1:05 J Miljus                    5,000 ---
152 Tue, Sep 27     CHC  PIT  L   1-2       85-67    4     8.5  1:39 R Kremer                    3,000 ----
153 Sun, Oct  2     CHC @STL  L   4-6       85-68    4     8.5  1:39 J Haines                          -----

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