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1928 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927/1929) 91-63, Finished 3rd in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 714 runs, Allowed 615 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67 Managed by Joe McCarthy Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,143,740 (1st of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 97   (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 93   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 Stats (1927/1929) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Gabby Hartnett      27  120  388   61  117  26  9  14   57  65   32  .302  .404  .523   3           2   9          142
1B *Charlie Grimm       29  147  547   67  161  25  5   5   62  39   20  .294  .342  .386   7           1  28           91
2B  Freddie Maguire     29  140  574   67  160  24  7   1   41  25   38  .279  .312  .350   6           3  37           74
3B  Clyde Beck          28  131  483   72  124  18  4   3   52  58   58  .257  .341  .329   3           4   7           77
SS  Woody English       22  116  475   68  142  22  4   2   34  30   28  .299  .343  .375   4           2  15           88
OF  Hack Wilson         28  145  520   89  163  32  9  31  120  77   94  .313  .404  .588   4           2  24          158
OF  Riggs Stephenson    30  137  512   75  166  36  9   8   90  68   29  .324  .407  .477   8           3   8          131
OF  Kiki Cuyler         29  133  499   92  142  25  9  17   79  51   61  .285  .359  .473  37           7  24          117
    Johnny Butler       35   62  174   17   47   7  0   0   16  19    7  .270  .352  .310   2           3   6           75
    Mike Gonzalez       37   49  158   12   43   9  2   1   21  12    7  .272  .324  .373   2           0   5           82
   *Earl Webb           30   62  140   22   35   7  3   3   23  14   17  .250  .318  .407   0           0   5           89
   *Cliff Heathcote     30   67  137   26   39   8  0   3   18  17   12  .285  .364  .409   6           0   5          102
    Norm McMillan       32   49  123   11   27   2  2   1   12  13   19  .220  .299  .293   0           1   6           56
   *Joe Kelly           28   32   52    3   11   1  0   1    7   1    3  .212  .255  .288   0           2   2           42
   *Johnny Moore        26    4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
    Ray Jacobs          26    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
    Elmer Yoter         28    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0           0   0             

   *Pat Malone          25   42   95    8   18   3  0   1   11   4   21  .189  .222  .253   0           0   3           24
   #Sheriff Blake       28   35   88   10   19   1  0   0    5   1   13  .216  .233  .227   0           1   7           21
    Guy Bush            26   42   73    3    6   0  0   0    2   2   18  .082  .107  .082   0           0   4          -50
    Charley Root        29   40   73    5   13   5  0   0    5   2   18  .178  .200  .247   0           0   8           17
   *Art Nehf            35   31   58    4   11   0  1   1    3   7    8  .190  .277  .276   0           0   5           45
    Percy Jones         28   39   56    1   11   0  0   0    5   2   11  .196  .224  .196   1           0   2           11
    Hal Carlson         36   20   19    1    5   0  0   0    1   0    2  .263  .263  .263   0           0   0           39
    Ed Holley           28   13    5    0    0   0  0   0    1   1    0  .000  .167  .000   0           0   0          -53
   *Ben Tincup          35    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
   *Lefty Weinert       26   10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  154 5260  714 1460 251 64  92  665 508  517  .278  .341  .402  83          31 210          104
    Rank among 8 NL teams          4    4    4   4  5   3        3    1     5     4     4   1                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Charley Root        29  40   3.57  14  18  2  30   6  13   1  237.0  214  109   94  15   73  122  992   0   7  0     108
SP  Sheriff Blake       28  34   2.47  17  11  1  29   5  16   4  240.7  209   80   66   4  101   78  995   3   3  0     156
SP  Pat Malone          25  42   2.84  18  13  2  25  14  16   2  250.7  218   99   79  15   99  155 1048  10   6  0     136
SP  Guy Bush            26  42   3.83  15   6  2  24   7   9   2  204.3  229  104   87  10   86   61  897   1   5  0     101
SP *Art Nehf            35  31   2.65  13   7  0  21   6  10   2  176.7  190   62   52   3   52   40  755   1   1  0     146

RP *Percy Jones         28  39   4.03  10   6  3  18  12   9   1  154.0  167   80   69   4   56   41  668   2   7  0      96
RP  Hal Carlson         36  20   5.91   3   2  4   5  10   2   0   56.3   74   42   37   4   15   11  249   0   0  0      65
RP  Ed Holley           28  13   3.77   0   0  0   1   8   0   0   31.0   31   15   13   1   16   10  137   0   2  1     102
RP *Lefty Weinert       26  10   5.29   1   0  0   1   6   0   0   17.0   24   10   10   0    9    8   74   1   1  0      73

    Ben Tincup          35   2   7.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    9.0   14    7    7   0    1    3   41   0   0  0      55
    Johnny Welch        21   3  15.75   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    4.0   13    7    7   0    0    2   23   0   0  0      25
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6 154   3.40  91  63 14 154  79  75  12 1380.0 1383  615  521  56  508  531 5879  18  32  1     114
    Rank among 8 NL teams           3   3   6  4           4   2      4    2    1        1    6    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- GHartnett 118 455 103 6 14 .989 7 MGonzalez 45 198 35 4 8 .983 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 653 138 10 22 .988 8 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 10.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGrimm 147 1458 70 10 147 .993 10.39 JKelly 10 105 6 3 8 .974 11.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1563 76 13 155 .992 10.69 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .970 5.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FMaguire 138 410 524 23 126 .976 6.77 NMcMillan 19 32 53 2 12 .977 4.47 CBeck 1 5 4 0 1 1.000 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 447 581 25 139 .976 6.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .943 2.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CBeck 87 74 156 10 24 .958 2.64 JButler 59 51 120 9 9 .950 2.90 NMcMillan 18 12 31 3 1 .935 2.39 WEnglish 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 EYoter 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 137 307 22 34 .953 2.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .950 5.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WEnglish 114 245 382 36 85 .946 5.50 CBeck 47 88 139 8 28 .966 4.83 JButler 2 2 4 1 1 .857 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 335 525 45 114 .950 5.61 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .972 2.31 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- HWilson 143 321 11 14 2 .960 2.32 0 143 0 RStephenson 135 268 10 5 1 .982 2.06 135 0 0 KCuyler 127 257 18 5 3 .982 2.17 13 7 108 CHeathcote 39 67 5 2 1 .973 1.85 7 13 20 EWebb 31 65 4 1 0 .986 2.23 0 0 31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 978 48 27 7 .974 2.23 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .966 2.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PMalone 42 5 54 3 2 .952 2.12 SBlake 34 4 48 3 3 .945 1.94 CRoot 40 6 39 1 2 .978 1.71 GBush 42 5 46 2 2 .962 2.25 ANehf 31 3 48 2 3 .962 2.60 PJones 39 3 36 2 2 .951 2.28 HCarlson 20 1 16 1 0 .944 2.72 EHolley 13 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.45 LWeinert 10 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BTincup 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 JWelch 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 28 296 14 14 .959 2.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Stephenson .324 On-base % Stephenson .407 Slugging % Wilson .588 OPS Wilson .992 Games Grimm 147 At Bats Maguire 574 Plate Appearances (approx.) Maguire 639 Runs Cuyler 92 Hits Stephenson 166 Total Bases Wilson 306 Doubles Stephenson 36 Triples Cuyler, Hartnett, Stephenson, and Wilson 9 Home Runs Wilson 31 RBI Wilson 120 Bases on Balls Wilson 77 Strikeouts Wilson 94 Stolen Bases Cuyler 37 Singles Maguire 128 Adjusted OPS+ Wilson 158 Runs Created Wilson 123 Adjusted Batting Runs Wilson 44 Batting Wins Wilson 4.2 Extra-Base Hits Wilson 72 Times on Base Wilson 242 Offensive Win% Wilson .746 Hit By Pitch Cuyler 7 Sac. Hits Maguire 37 Power/Speed Number Cuyler 23.3 At Bats per Strikeout Grimm 27.4 At Bats per Home Run Wilson 16.8 Outs Maguire 451

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Blake 2.47 Wins Malone 18 Won-Loss % Bush .714 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Root 1.211 Hits Allowed/9IP Blake 7.82 Bases on Balls/9IP Nehf 2.65 Strikeouts/9IP Malone 5.57 Games Bush and Malone 42 Saves Carlson 4 Innings Malone 250.7 Strikeouts Malone 155 Games Started Root 30 Comp. Games Blake and Malone 16 Shutouts Blake 4 Home Runs Allow. Malone and Root 15 Bases On Balls Allow. Blake 101 Hits Allowed Bush 229 SO to Walk Root 1.67 Losses Root 18 Earned Runs Allow. Root 94 Wild Pitches Malone 10 Hit Batsmen Jones and Root 7 Batters Faced Malone 1048 Games Finished Malone 14 Adjusted ERA+ Blake 156

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