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1928 Chicago Cubs

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929

91-63, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe McCarthy (91-63)
Scored 714 runs, Allowed 615 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 1,143,740 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 92


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1927 / 1929 Batting Statistics

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 27 120 464 388 61 117 26 9 14 57 3 65 32 .302 .404 .523 .928 142 203 2 9
2 1B Charlie Grimm* 29 147 615 547 67 161 25 5 5 62 7 39 20 .294 .342 .386 .728 91 211 1 28
3 2B Freddie Maguire 29 140 639 574 67 160 24 7 1 41 6 25 38 .279 .312 .350 .662 74 201 3 37
4 SS Woody English 22 116 522 475 68 142 22 4 2 34 4 30 28 .299 .343 .375 .718 88 178 2 15
5 3B Clyde Beck 28 131 552 483 72 124 18 4 3 52 3 58 58 .257 .341 .329 .670 77 159 4 7
6 OF Riggs Stephenson 30 137 591 512 75 166 36 9 8 90 8 68 29 .324 .407 .477 .883 131 244 3 8
7 OF Kiki Cuyler 29 133 581 499 92 142 25 9 17 79 37 51 61 .285 .359 .473 .832 117 236 7 24
8 OF Hack Wilson 28 145 623 520 89 163 32 9 31 120 4 77 94 .313 .404 .588 .992 157 306 2 24
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 3B Johnny Butler 35 62 202 174 17 47 7 0 0 16 2 19 7 .270 .352 .310 .662 75 54 3 6
10 C Mike Gonzalez 37 49 175 158 12 43 9 2 1 21 2 12 7 .272 .324 .373 .697 82 59 0 5
11 OF Cliff Heathcote* 30 67 159 137 26 39 8 0 3 18 6 17 12 .285 .364 .409 .772 102 56 0 5
12 OF Earl Webb* 30 62 159 140 22 35 7 3 3 23 0 14 17 .250 .318 .407 .725 89 57 0 5
13 IF Norm McMillan 32 49 143 123 11 27 2 2 1 12 0 13 19 .220 .299 .293 .592 56 36 1 6
14 1B Joe Kelly* 28 32 57 52 3 11 1 0 1 7 0 1 3 .212 .255 .288 .543 42 15 2 2
15 Johnny Moore* 26 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
16 Ray Jacobs 26 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
17 3B Elmer Yoter 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 P Pat Malone* 25 42 102 95 8 18 3 0 1 11 0 4 21 .189 .222 .253 .475 24 24 0 3
19 P Sheriff Blake# 28 35 97 88 10 19 1 0 0 5 0 1 13 .216 .233 .227 .461 21 20 1 7
20 P Charlie Root 29 40 83 73 5 13 5 0 0 5 0 2 18 .178 .200 .247 .447 17 18 0 8
21 P Guy Bush 26 42 79 73 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 18 .082 .107 .082 .189 -50 6 0 4
22 P Art Nehf* 35 31 70 58 4 11 0 1 1 3 0 7 8 .190 .277 .276 .553 45 16 0 5
23 P Percy Jones 28 39 60 56 1 11 0 0 0 5 1 2 11 .196 .224 .196 .421 11 11 0 2
24 P Hal Carlson 36 20 19 19 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .263 .263 .263 .526 38 5 0 0
25 P Ed Holley 28 13 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -53 0 0 0
26 P Ben Tincup* 35 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
27 P Lefty Weinert* 26 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
28 P Johnny Welch* 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.6 154 6009 5260 714 1460 251 64 92 665 83 508 517 .278 .345 .402 .747 95 2115 31 210
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 4 4 4 5 3 1 1 3 1 5 4 4 4 4 3 1
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 Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Clyde Beck 28 552 -17 0 0 0 7 6 16 12 1.2 5 0.5 0.7 $ 56/4
Sheriff Blake# 28 97 -10 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Guy Bush 26 79 -16 0 0 0 0 6 2 -8 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $ 1
Johnny Butler 35 202 -6 -1 0 0 1 2 6 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Purchased 5/6
Hal Carlson 36 19 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Kiki Cuyler 29 581 9 5 0 0 3 -6 16 27 2.7 24 2.4 0.3 $ Traded *O97/8
Woody English 22 522 -9 1 0 0 12 7 14 25 2.5 13 1.3 1.2 $ *6/5
Mike Gonzalez 37 175 -5 -1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Traded 2
Charlie Grimm* 29 615 -9 -1 0 0 1 -7 18 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Traded *3
Gabby Hartnett 27 464 23 -1 0 0 2 4 14 42 4.2 40 4.0 0.2 $ Unknown *2
Cliff Heathcote* 30 159 0 1 0 0 -1 -2 5 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ Traded O98/7
Ed Holley 28 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Ray Jacobs 26 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
Percy Jones 28 60 -7 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Joe Kelly* 28 57 -4 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 3
Freddie Maguire 29 639 -24 0 0 0 21 4 17 18 1.8 -3 -0.3 2.1 $ *4
Pat Malone* 25 102 -11 0 0 0 0 7 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Norm McMillan 32 143 -8 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0.0 -3 -0.3 0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft 45
Johnny Moore* 26 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
Art Nehf* 35 70 -5 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Charlie Root 29 83 -10 0 0 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Riggs Stephenson 30 591 23 -1 0 0 2 -6 17 35 3.5 33 3.3 0.2 $ *7O
Ben Tincup* 35 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Earl Webb* 30 159 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 5 3 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $ O9
Lefty Weinert* 26 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Hack Wilson 28 623 39 -2 0 0 -4 -4 18 47 4.7 51 5.1 -0.4 $ Rule 5 Draft *8O
Team Total 28.6 6009 -57 0 0 0 50 35 172 200 20.0 150 15.0 5.0 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

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
Clyde Beck 28 552 366 53 3.9 108 .287 .257 .289 .341 .354 .329 .411 .670 .765 77 .403 -15.0 -1.5 .624 .199 .072 3.0 56/4
Sheriff Blake# 28 97 76 4 1.4 108 .253 .216 .289 .233 .354 .227 .411 .461 .765 21 .096 -10.3 -1.0 .319 .023 .011 1
Guy Bush 26 79 71 1 0.4 108 .109 .082 .289 .107 .354 .082 .411 .189 .765 -50 .009 -16.3 -1.6 .119 .027 .000 1
Johnny Butler 35 202 133 18 3.6 108 .281 .270 .289 .352 .354 .310 .411 .662 .765 75 .373 -5.3 -0.5 .614 .161 .040 .0 5/6
Hal Carlson 36 19 14 1 1.9 108 .294 .263 .289 .263 .354 .263 .411 .526 .765 38 .156 -1.8 -0.2 .357 .000 .000 1
Kiki Cuyler 29 581 381 83 5.9 108 .297 .285 .289 .359 .354 .473 .411 .832 .765 117 .588 11.2 1.1 .927 .365 .188 23.3 *O97/8
Woody English 22 522 348 61 4.7 108 .315 .299 .289 .343 .354 .375 .411 .718 .765 88 .490 -8.2 -0.8 .643 .147 .076 2.7 *6/5
Mike Gonzalez 37 175 120 19 4.3 108 .280 .272 .289 .324 .354 .373 .411 .697 .765 82 .443 -4.2 -0.4 .635 .190 .101 1.3 2
Charlie Grimm* 29 615 414 72 4.7 108 .299 .294 .289 .342 .354 .386 .411 .728 .765 91 .486 -7.7 -0.8 .668 .176 .091 5.8 *3
Gabby Hartnett 27 464 280 82 7.9 108 .301 .302 .289 .404 .354 .523 .411 .928 .765 142 .710 25.3 2.4 1.007 .397 .222 4.9 *2
Cliff Heathcote* 30 159 103 20 5.2 108 .295 .285 .289 .364 .354 .409 .411 .772 .765 102 .536 1.0 0.1 .806 .292 .124 4.0 O98/7
Ed Holley 28 6 5 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .289 .167 .354 .000 .411 .167 .764 -53 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .200 .200 .000 1
Ray Jacobs 26 2 2 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .289 .000 .354 .000 .411 .000 .764 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
Percy Jones 28 60 47 2 1.2 108 .244 .196 .289 .224 .354 .196 .411 .421 .765 11 .068 -7.4 -0.7 .311 .054 .000 .0 1
Joe Kelly* 28 57 43 3 1.9 108 .208 .212 .289 .255 .354 .288 .411 .543 .765 42 .151 -4.6 -0.4 .439 .096 .077 .0 3
Freddie Maguire 29 639 451 62 3.7 108 .297 .279 .289 .312 .354 .350 .411 .662 .765 74 .380 -23.4 -2.3 .568 .125 .071 1.7 *4
Pat Malone* 25 102 80 5 1.7 108 .233 .189 .289 .222 .354 .253 .411 .475 .765 24 .126 -10.8 -1.1 .364 .105 .063 .0 1
Norm McMillan 32 143 102 11 2.9 108 .252 .220 .289 .299 .354 .293 .411 .592 .765 56 .282 -8.2 -0.8 .521 .179 .073 .0 45
Johnny Moore* 26 4 4 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .289 .000 .354 .000 .411 .000 .765 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
Art Nehf* 35 70 52 4 2.1 108 .204 .190 .289 .277 .354 .276 .411 .553 .765 45 .175 -4.9 -0.5 .489 .207 .086 .0 1
Charlie Root 29 83 68 4 1.6 108 .236 .178 .289 .200 .354 .247 .411 .447 .765 17 .115 -9.0 -0.9 .333 .096 .068 1
Riggs Stephenson 30 591 354 98 7.4 108 .333 .324 .289 .407 .354 .477 .411 .883 .765 131 .688 25.8 2.5 .934 .301 .152 8.0 *7O
Ben Tincup* 35 3 3 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .289 .000 .354 .000 .411 .000 .765 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Earl Webb* 30 159 110 18 4.4 108 .267 .250 .289 .318 .354 .407 .411 .725 .765 89 .457 -2.7 -0.3 .676 .257 .157 .0 O9
Lefty Weinert* 26 2 2 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .289 .000 .354 .000 .411 .000 .764 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 1
Johnny Welch* 21 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Hack Wilson 28 623 381 123 8.7 108 .334 .313 .289 .404 .354 .588 .411 .992 .765 157 .746 43.7 4.2 1.090 .431 .275 7.1 *8O
Elmer Yoter 28 0 0 0.0 0.0 /5
League Average 4.9 110 .293 .279 .291 .343 .356 .393 .413 .736 .769 91 .509 .698 .219 .114
Team Total 28.7 6009 4010 744 5.0 108 .294 .278 .289 .345 .354 .402 .411 .747 .765 95 .515 -37.3 -3.9 .720 .237 .125 87.3
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
Clyde Beck 28 138 568 505 72 127 18 4 3 52 3 59 61 .251 .335 .321 .655 54 131 131
Sheriff Blake# 28 37 94 92 9 19 1 0 0 5 0 1 14 .207 .223 .217 .441 4 35 35
Guy Bush 26 44 81 78 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 3 19 .103 .136 .103 .238 1 42 42
Johnny Butler 35 65 206 183 17 49 7 0 0 16 2 20 7 .268 .350 .306 .656 19 62 62
Hal Carlson 36 21 19 19 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .211 .211 .211 .421 1 20 20
Kiki Cuyler 29 140 580 521 92 145 26 9 17 79 38 52 64 .278 .352 .461 .812 83 133 133
Woody English 22 122 528 495 68 145 22 4 2 34 4 31 29 .293 .337 .366 .703 61 116 116
Mike Gonzalez 37 52 177 165 12 44 9 2 1 21 2 12 7 .267 .316 .364 .680 19 49 49
Charlie Grimm* 29 155 611 570 67 164 25 5 5 62 7 40 21 .288 .336 .375 .711 72 147 147
Gabby Hartnett 27 126 474 405 61 120 27 9 14 57 3 67 34 .296 .399 .511 .910 82 120 120
Cliff Heathcote* 30 70 159 142 26 39 8 0 3 18 6 17 13 .275 .352 .394 .747 20 67 67
Ed Holley 28 14 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 13 13
Ray Jacobs 26 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Percy Jones 28 41 59 57 1 10 0 0 0 4 1 2 12 .175 .203 .175 .379 2 39 39
Joe Kelly* 28 34 57 54 3 11 1 0 1 7 0 1 3 .204 .246 .278 .523 3 32 32
Freddie Maguire 29 147 627 599 67 163 24 7 1 41 6 25 40 .272 .305 .341 .645 62 140 140
Pat Malone* 25 44 103 99 8 18 3 0 1 11 0 4 22 .182 .214 .242 .456 5 42 42
Norm McMillan 32 52 142 128 11 27 2 2 1 12 0 13 20 .211 .289 .281 .570 11 49 49
Johnny Moore* 26 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Art Nehf* 35 33 67 60 4 11 0 1 1 3 0 7 8 .183 .269 .267 .535 4 31 31
Charlie Root 29 42 77 75 4 12 5 0 0 4 0 2 19 .160 .182 .227 .408 3 40 40
Riggs Stephenson 30 144 607 534 75 170 37 9 8 90 8 70 31 .318 .400 .466 .867 99 137 137
Ben Tincup* 35 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Earl Webb* 30 65 159 145 22 35 7 3 3 23 0 14 18 .241 .308 .393 .701 18 62 62
Lefty Weinert* 26 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10 10
Hack Wilson 28 153 622 542 89 166 33 9 32 120 4 78 99 .306 .395 .577 .973 123 145 145
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
Clyde Beck 28 3 1093 278 1093 955 126 241 38 9 6 100 3 108 110 .252 .331 .330 .661 75 315 4 26
Sheriff Blake# 28 6 377 177 377 350 23 71 2 1 0 22 0 1 7 54 .203 .223 .214 .437 15 75 2 18
Guy Bush 26 6 291 172 291 269 10 37 2 0 0 11 0 0 7 45 .138 .159 .145 .304 -20 39 0 15
Johnny Butler 35 3 1356 358 1356 1196 110 306 47 11 3 141 17 107 84 .256 .324 .321 .645 74 384 14 39
Hal Carlson 36 12 697 346 697 653 53 145 16 4 5 61 0 1 21 106 .222 .249 .282 .530 41 184 2 21
Kiki Cuyler 29 8 2869 658 2869 2524 507 822 140 74 55 391 167 27 231 285 .326 .391 .505 .896 131 1275 40 74
Woody English 22 2 896 203 896 809 114 239 36 8 3 62 5 46 54 .295 .336 .371 .706 86 300 3 38
Mike Gonzalez 37 14 2927 950 2927 2629 267 673 120 19 13 239 51 10 213 179 .256 .316 .331 .647 84 870 19 66
Charlie Grimm* 29 12 5681 1414 5681 5133 578 1479 237 87 43 675 48 44 363 272 .288 .338 .393 .731 93 2019 20 165
Gabby Hartnett 27 7 2493 684 2493 2176 301 624 141 30 80 355 21 7 247 255 .287 .364 .489 .853 122 1065 17 53
Cliff Heathcote* 30 11 4205 1135 4205 3775 534 1037 162 48 30 366 175 75 289 274 .275 .330 .367 .696 91 1385 20 121
Ed Holley 28 1 6 13 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -53 0 0 0
Ray Jacobs 26 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Percy Jones 28 7 283 207 283 261 13 54 5 0 0 23 1 0 10 80 .207 .236 .226 .462 21 59 0 12
Joe Kelly* 28 2 246 97 246 228 19 70 16 3 1 39 0 8 14 .307 .336 .417 .753 99 95 2 8
Freddie Maguire 29 3 685 186 685 616 82 170 25 7 1 44 8 0 27 43 .276 .310 .344 .654 71 212 3 39
Pat Malone* 25 1 102 42 102 95 8 18 3 0 1 11 0 4 21 .189 .222 .253 .475 24 24 0 3
Norm McMillan 32 4 957 289 957 861 80 219 39 11 1 92 23 10 59 90 .254 .307 .329 .636 65 283 7 30
Johnny Moore* 26 1 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Art Nehf* 35 14 996 432 996 870 87 179 26 5 8 71 7 3 81 119 .206 .277 .275 .552 56 239 5 40
Charlie Root 29 4 328 157 328 299 29 54 12 1 1 20 0 0 9 83 .181 .212 .237 .450 19 71 3 17
Riggs Stephenson 30 8 2753 703 2753 2406 397 808 184 35 32 400 32 9 263 144 .336 .407 .481 .888 132 1158 25 59
Ben Tincup* 35 5 76 56 76 74 4 10 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 25 .135 .135 .189 .324 -6 14 0 2
Earl Webb* 30 3 558 168 558 475 80 135 25 7 17 75 3 0 63 49 .284 .369 .474 .843 122 225 1 19
Lefty Weinert* 26 8 142 115 142 136 17 37 6 0 0 12 1 1 5 19 .272 .298 .316 .614 56 43 0 1
Johnny Welch* 21 3 1 7 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 28 6 2532 605 2532 2173 395 666 124 45 98 445 36 5 282 305 .306 .390 .540 .930 145 1174 16 61
Elmer Yoter 28 4 108 36 108 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

1927 / 1929 Batting Statistics

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