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1928 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 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
Clyde Beck 28 R R 5' 10" 176 Jan 6, 1900 3 131 129 131 130 0 0 0 1 87 47 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.2
Sheriff Blake 28 B R 6' 0" 180 Sep 17, 1899 6 35 29 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.4
Guy Bush 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 23, 1901 6 42 24 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Johnny Butler 35 R R 6' 0" 175 Mar 20, 1893 3 61 50 61 61 0 0 0 0 59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Hal Carlson 36 R R 6' 0" 180 May 17, 1892 12 20 4 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2
Kiki Cuyler HOF 29 R R 5' 10" 180 Aug 30, 1898 8 133 126 133 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 108 127 6 0 2.7
Woody English 22 R R 5' 10" 155 Mar 2, 1906 2 116 114 116 115 0 0 0 0 2 114 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.5
Mike Gonzalez 37 R R 6' 1" 200 Sep 24, 1890 14 49 40 49 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.1
Charlie Grimm 29 L L 5' 11" 173 Aug 28, 1898 12 147 147 147 147 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Gabby Hartnett HOF 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 20, 1900 7 120 114 120 118 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.2
Cliff Heathcote 30 L L 5' 10" 160 Jan 24, 1898 11 67 28 67 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 20 39 25 3 0.3
Ed Holley 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 23, 1899 1st 13 1 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Ray Jacobs 26 R R 6' 0" 160 Jan 2, 1902 1st 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Percy Jones 28 R L 5' 11" 175 Oct 28, 1899 7 39 19 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Joe Kelly 28 L L 6' 0" 180 Apr 23, 1900 2 32 7 32 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 -0.2
Freddie Maguire 29 R R 5' 11" 155 May 10, 1899 3 140 138 140 138 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.8
Pat Malone 25 L R 6' 0" 200 Sep 25, 1902 1st 42 25 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8
Norm McMillan 32 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 5, 1895 4 49 31 49 37 0 0 0 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0.0
Johnny Moore 26 L R 5' 10" 175 Mar 23, 1902 1st 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1
Art Nehf 35 L L 5' 9" 176 Jul 31, 1892 14 31 21 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8
Charlie Root 29 R R 5' 10" 190 Mar 17, 1899 4 40 30 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
Riggs Stephenson 30 R R 5' 10" 185 Jan 5, 1898 8 137 135 137 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 135 2 0 3.5
Ben Tincup 35 L R 6' 1" 180 Apr 14, 1893 5 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Earl Webb 30 L R 6' 1" 185 Sep 17, 1897 3 62 30 62 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0.3
Lefty Weinert 26 L L 6' 1" 195 Apr 21, 1902 8 10 1 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Johnny Welch 21 L R 6' 3" 184 Dec 2, 1906 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Hack Wilson HOF 28 R R 5' 6" 190 Apr 26, 1900 6 145 143 145 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 2 0 4.7
Elmer Yoter 28 R R 5' 7" 155 Jun 26, 1900 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1927 / 1929 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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