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1928 Chicago Cubs Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929)
91-63, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 714 runs, Allowed 615 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67
Manager: Joe McCarthy (91-63)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
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 - 95, Pitching - 93

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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	158	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	Charley 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	39	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	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.6	154	6009	5260	714	1460	251	64	92	665	83	0	508	517	.278	.345	.402	.747	95	2115	0	31	210	0	0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	4	4	4	5	3		1		3	1	5	4	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

* - 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
Clyde Beck	28	552	366	53	3.9	108	.287	.257	.289	.341	.354	.329	.411	.670	.764	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	.764	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	.764	-50	.009	-16.2	-1.6	.119	.027	.000		1
Johnny Butler	35	202	133	18	3.6	108	.281	.270	.289	.352	.354	.310	.411	.662	.764	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	.764	39	.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	.764	117	.588	11.2	1.1	.927	.365	.188	23.3	*O
Woody English	22	522	348	61	4.7	108	.315	.299	.289	.343	.354	.375	.411	.718	.764	88	.489	-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	.764	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	.764	91	.486	-7.7	-0.7	.668	.176	.091	5.8	*3
Gabby Hartnett	27	464	280	82	7.9	108	.301	.302	.289	.404	.354	.523	.411	.928	.764	142	.711	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	.764	102	.536	1.0	0.1	.806	.292	.124	4.0	O
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	.410	.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	.764	11	.067	-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	.764	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	.764	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	.764	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	.764	56	.282	-8.1	-0.8	.521	.179	.073	.0	45
*Johnny Moore	26	4	4	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.289	.000	.354	.000	.411	.000	.764	-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	.764	45	.175	-4.9	-0.5	.489	.207	.086	.0	1
Charley Root	29	83	68	4	1.6	108	.236	.178	.289	.200	.354	.247	.411	.447	.764	17	.115	-9.0	-0.9	.333	.096	.068		1
Riggs Stephenson	30	591	354	98	7.5	108	.333	.324	.289	.407	.354	.477	.411	.883	.764	131	.688	25.9	2.5	.934	.301	.152	8.0	*O
*Ben Tincup	35	3	3	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.289	.000	.354	.000	.411	.000	.764	-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	.764	89	.458	-2.7	-0.3	.676	.257	.157	.0	O
*Lefty Weinert	26	2	2	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.289	.000	.354	.000	.410	.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	.764	158	.746	43.8	4.2	1.090	.431	.275	7.1	*O
Elmer Yoter	28	0	0															0.0	0.0					/5
League Average					4.9	110	.293	.279	.291	.343	.356	.393	.414	.736	.770	91	.509			.698	.219	.114
Team Total		6009	4010	744	5.0	108	.294	.278	.289	.345	.354	.402	.411	.747	.764	95	.515	-36.8	-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	20	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	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
Charley 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	0	15	0	0
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	85	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
Charley 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	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	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	435	1	0	0	0	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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Total Zone Rating calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

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