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
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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | ||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Hack Wilson | 28 | 145 | 623 | 520 | 89 | 163 | 32 | 9 | 31 | 120 | 4 | 77 | 94 | .313 | .404 | .588 | .992 | 158 | 306 | 2 | 24 | |||||
| 7 | Riggs Stephenson | 30 | 137 | 591 | 512 | 75 | 166 | 36 | 9 | 8 | 90 | 8 | 68 | 29 | .324 | .407 | .477 | .883 | 131 | 244 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| 8 | Kiki Cuyler | 29 | 133 | 581 | 499 | 92 | 142 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 79 | 37 | 51 | 61 | .285 | .359 | .473 | .832 | 117 | 236 | 7 | 24 | |||||
| 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 | Cliff Heathcote* | 30 | 67 | 159 | 137 | 26 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 12 | .285 | .364 | .409 | .772 | 102 | 56 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| 12 | 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 | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Pat Malone | 25 | 18 | 13 | .581 | 2.84 | 42 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 250.2 | 218 | 99 | 79 | 15 | 99 | 155 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1048 | 136 | 1.265 | 7.8 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 1.57 | |
| 2 | SP | Sheriff Blake | 28 | 17 | 11 | .607 | 2.47 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 240.2 | 209 | 80 | 66 | 4 | 101 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 995 | 156 | 1.288 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 0.77 | |
| 3 | SP | Charley Root | 29 | 14 | 18 | .438 | 3.57 | 40 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 237.0 | 214 | 109 | 94 | 15 | 73 | 122 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 992 | 108 | 1.211 | 8.1 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 1.67 | |
| 4 | SP | Guy Bush | 26 | 15 | 6 | .714 | 3.83 | 42 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 204.1 | 229 | 104 | 87 | 10 | 86 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 897 | 101 | 1.542 | 10.1 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 0.71 | |
| 5 | SP | Art Nehf* | 35 | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.65 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 176.2 | 190 | 62 | 52 | 3 | 52 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 755 | 146 | 1.370 | 9.7 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.77 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | RP | Percy Jones* | 28 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.03 | 39 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 154.0 | 167 | 80 | 69 | 4 | 56 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 668 | 96 | 1.448 | 9.8 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 0.73 | |
| 7 | RP | Hal Carlson | 36 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.91 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 56.1 | 74 | 42 | 37 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249 | 65 | 1.580 | 11.8 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.73 | |
| 8 | RP | Ed Holley | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3.77 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 102 | 1.516 | 9.0 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 0.63 | ||
| 9 | RP | Lefty Weinert* | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.29 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 73 | 1.941 | 12.7 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 0.89 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 10 | Ben Tincup | 35 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 55 | 1.667 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | |||
| 11 | Johnny Welch | 21 | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 25 | 3.250 | 29.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | ||||
| Team Totals | 28.6 | 91 | 63 | .591 | 3.40 | 154 | 154 | 78 | 75 | 12 | 14 | 1380.2 | 1383 | 615 | 521 | 56 | 508 | 531 | 32 | 1 | 18 | 5879 | 114 | 1.370 | 9.0 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 1.05 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3391 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Beck | 28 | 135 | 484 | 167 | 299 | 18 | 53 | .963 | 3.45 | 3B-SS-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Sheriff Blake | 28 | 34 | 55 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 3 | .945 | 1.53 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Guy Bush | 26 | 42 | 53 | 5 | 46 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 1.21 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Butler | 35 | 61 | 187 | 53 | 124 | 10 | 10 | .947 | 2.90 | 3B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Hal Carlson | 36 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 0.85 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Woody English | 22 | 116 | 663 | 245 | 382 | 36 | 85 | .946 | 5.41 | SS-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Mike Gonzalez | 37 | 45 | 237 | 198 | 35 | 4 | 8 | .983 | 5.18 | 1 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Charlie Grimm | 29 | 147 | 1538 | 1458 | 70 | 10 | 147 | .993 | 10.39 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabby Hartnett | 27 | 118 | 564 | 455 | 103 | 6 | 14 | .989 | 4.73 | 7 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Ed Holley | 28 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.38 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Percy Jones | 28 | 39 | 41 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 2 | .951 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Kelly | 28 | 10 | 114 | 105 | 6 | 3 | 8 | .974 | 11.10 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Freddie Maguire | 29 | 138 | 957 | 410 | 524 | 23 | 126 | .976 | 6.77 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Pat Malone | 25 | 42 | 62 | 5 | 54 | 3 | 2 | .952 | 1.40 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm McMillan | 32 | 37 | 133 | 44 | 84 | 5 | 13 | .962 | 3.46 | 2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Art Nehf | 35 | 31 | 53 | 3 | 48 | 2 | 3 | .962 | 1.65 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Charley Root | 29 | 40 | 46 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 1.13 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ben Tincup | 35 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Lefty Weinert | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Welch | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Elmer Yoter | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3B | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.7 | 154 | 6268 | 4141 | 1971 | 156 | 485 | .975 | 3.92 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 7 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |