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1929 Chicago Cubs Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930)
98-54, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 982 runs, Allowed 758 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-58
Manager: Joe McCarthy (98-54)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,485,166 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 98; one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 98
Won NL Pennant

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1928 / 1930 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	Zack Taylor	30	64	238	215	29	59	16	3	1	31	0		19	18	.274	.336	.391	.727	79	84		1	3
2	1B	Charlie Grimm*	30	120	516	463	66	138	28	3	10	91	3		42	25	.298	.358	.436	.794	96	202		1	10
3	2B	Rogers Hornsby	33	156	712	602	156	229	47	8	39	149	2		87	65	.380	.459	.679	1.139	178	409		1	22
4	SS	Woody English	23	144	700	608	131	168	29	3	1	52	13		68	50	.276	.352	.339	.691	72	206		3	21
5	3B	Norm McMillan	33	124	541	495	77	134	35	5	5	55	13		36	43	.271	.324	.392	.716	76	194		3	7
6	OF	Riggs Stephenson	31	136	582	495	91	179	36	6	17	110	10		67	21	.362	.445	.562	1.006	147	278		7	13
7	OF	Kiki Cuyler	30	139	596	509	111	183	29	7	15	102	43		66	56	.360	.438	.532	.970	139	271		5	16
8	OF	Hack Wilson	29	150	670	574	135	198	30	5	39	159	3		78	83	.345	.425	.618	1.044	155	355		2	16
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	OF	Cliff Heathcote*	31	82	257	224	45	70	17	0	2	31	9		25	17	.313	.384	.415	.799	98	93		1	7
10	3B	Clyde Beck	29	54	213	190	28	40	7	0	0	9	3		19	24	.211	.282	.247	.530	32	47		0	4
11	C	Mike Gonzalez	38	60	189	167	15	40	3	0	0	18	1		18	14	.240	.317	.257	.575	44	43		1	3
12	1B	Chick Tolson	30	32	123	109	13	28	5	0	1	19	0		9	16	.257	.325	.330	.655	63	36		2	3
13	C	Earl Grace*	22	27	94	80	7	20	1	0	2	17	0		9	7	.250	.333	.338	.671	67	27		1	4
14	C	Johnny Schulte*	32	31	78	69	6	18	3	0	0	9	0		7	11	.261	.329	.304	.633	58	21		0	2
15	IF	Footsie Blair*	28	26	77	72	10	23	5	0	1	8	1		3	4	.319	.347	.431	.777	91	31		0	2
16	OF	Johnny Moore*	27	37	69	63	13	18	1	0	2	8	0		4	6	.286	.338	.397	.735	81	25		1	1
17	C	Gabby Hartnett	28	25	28	22	2	6	2	1	1	9	1		5	5	.273	.407	.591	.998	144	13		0	1
18	C	Tom Angley*	24	5	21	16	1	4	1	0	0	6	0		2	2	.250	.333	.313	.646	61	5		0	3
19	OF	Danny Taylor	28	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-32	0		0	0
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
20	P	Pat Malone*	26	40	109	105	8	22	3	0	2	11	0		4	23	.210	.239	.295	.534	31	31		0	0
21	P	Charley Root	30	43	105	96	8	15	3	4	1	15	0		4	28	.156	.190	.302	.492	20	29		0	5
22	P	Guy Bush	27	50	104	91	5	15	0	0	0	3	1		3	19	.165	.191	.165	.356	-11	15		0	10
23	P	Sheriff Blake#	29	38	90	81	11	14	2	0	0	4	0		4	10	.173	.212	.198	.409	2	16		0	5
24	P	Art Nehf*	36	32	51	45	3	13	3	0	0	5	0		5	3	.289	.360	.356	.716	78	16		0	1
25	P	Hal Carlson	37	31	44	39	4	9	2	0	0	8	0		2	7	.231	.268	.282	.550	36	11		0	3
26	P	Mike Cvengros*	28	33	17	15	5	6	1	0	0	1	0		2	1	.400	.471	.467	.937	133	7		0	0
27	P	Claude Jonnard	31	12	10	10	1	2	1	1	0	2	0		0	5	.200	.200	.500	.700	67	5		0	0
28	P	Trader Horne#	30	11	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	99	2		0	1
29	P	Ken Penner*	33	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	24	1		0	0
30	P	Bob Osborn	26	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	24	1		0	0
31	P	Hank Grampp	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.8	156	6252	5471	982	1655	310	46	139	933	103	0	589	567	.303	.373	.452	.825	103	2474	0	29	163	0	0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	1	3	1	8	2		2		1	1	2	2	2	2		2
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
*Tom Angley	24	21	15	2	3.6	121	.286	.250	.304	.333	.368	.313	.443	.646	.811	61	.311	-0.9	-0.1	.583	.188	.063		/2
Clyde Beck	29	213	154	13	2.2	121	.241	.211	.304	.282	.368	.247	.443	.530	.812	32	.164	-20.2	-1.9	.460	.153	.037	.0	56
*Footsie Blair	28	77	51	11	5.7	121	.328	.319	.304	.347	.368	.431	.443	.777	.812	91	.521	-1.0	-0.1	.714	.167	.111	1.0	/534
#Sheriff Blake	29	90	72	3	1.1	121	.197	.173	.304	.212	.368	.198	.443	.409	.812	2	.051	-12.8	-1.2	.299	.074	.025		1
Guy Bush	27	104	86	3	0.9	121	.208	.165	.304	.191	.368	.165	.443	.356	.811	-11	.037	-16.3	-1.5	.250	.044	.000	.0	1
Hal Carlson	37	44	33	3	2.4	121	.281	.231	.304	.268	.368	.282	.443	.550	.811	36	.183	-3.9	-0.4	.433	.103	.051		1
Kiki Cuyler	30	596	342	117	9.1	121	.384	.360	.304	.438	.368	.532	.443	.970	.812	139	.717	34.0	3.0	1.181	.387	.173	22.2	*O
*Mike Cvengros	28	17	9	3	8.9	121	.429	.400	.304	.471	.368	.467	.443	.937	.811	133	.708	1.0	0.1	1.000	.200	.067		1
Woody English	23	700	461	72	4.2	121	.300	.276	.304	.352	.368	.339	.443	.691	.812	72	.377	-24.7	-2.2	.659	.196	.063	1.9	*6
Mike Gonzalez	38	189	130	13	2.7	121	.261	.240	.304	.317	.368	.257	.443	.575	.811	44	.210	-14.4	-1.3	.496	.132	.018	.0	2
*Earl Grace	22	94	64	9	3.7	121	.254	.250	.304	.333	.368	.338	.443	.671	.812	67	.332	-4.2	-0.4	.617	.200	.088	.0	2
Hank Grampp	25	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
*Charlie Grimm	30	516	335	72	5.7	121	.299	.298	.304	.358	.368	.436	.443	.794	.812	96	.520	-3.3	-0.3	.763	.235	.138	4.6	*3
Gabby Hartnett	28	28	17	5	7.8	121	.313	.273	.304	.407	.368	.591	.443	.998	.811	144	.658	1.6	0.1	1.188	.591	.318	1.0	/2
*Cliff Heathcote	31	257	161	35	5.8	121	.332	.313	.304	.384	.368	.415	.443	.799	.812	98	.525	0.6	0.1	.831	.254	.103	3.3	O
#Trader Horne	30	6	4	1	6.7	121	.500	.400	.304	.400	.368	.400	.443	.800	.812	99	.588	-0.0	0.0	.667	.000	.000		1
Rogers Hornsby	33	712	395	188	12.7	121	.382	.380	.304	.459	.368	.679	.443	1.139	.811	178	.823	76.0	6.7	1.338	.447	.299	3.8	*4
Claude Jonnard	31	10	8	1	3.3	121	.400	.200	.304	.200	.368	.500	.443	.700	.812	67	.287	-0.7	-0.1	.625	.300	.300		1
*Pat Malone	26	109	83	7	2.2	121	.250	.210	.304	.239	.368	.295	.443	.534	.812	31	.164	-11.9	-1.1	.422	.124	.086	.0	1
Norm McMillan	33	541	368	62	4.5	121	.289	.271	.304	.324	.368	.392	.443	.716	.811	76	.410	-18.9	-1.7	.681	.220	.121	7.2	*5
*Johnny Moore	27	69	46	8	4.6	121	.291	.286	.304	.338	.368	.397	.443	.735	.812	81	.423	-2.0	-0.2	.667	.175	.111	.0	O
*Art Nehf	36	51	33	6	4.8	121	.310	.289	.304	.360	.368	.356	.443	.716	.812	78	.443	-1.3	-0.1	.656	.178	.067		1
Bob Osborn	26	4	3	0	0.0	121	.333	.250	.304	.250	.368	.250	.443	.500	.812	24	.000	-0.5	0.0	.333	.000	.000		/1
*Ken Penner	33	4	3	0	0.0	121	.333	.250	.304	.250	.368	.250	.443	.500	.812	24	.000	-0.5	0.0	.333	.000	.000		/1
Charley Root	30	105	86	6	1.9	121	.209	.156	.304	.190	.368	.302	.443	.492	.811	20	.122	-13.3	-1.2	.407	.188	.146	.0	1
*Johnny Schulte	32	78	53	7	3.5	121	.310	.261	.304	.329	.368	.304	.443	.633	.812	58	.308	-4.4	-0.4	.549	.145	.043		2
Riggs Stephenson	31	582	329	122	9.9	121	.354	.362	.304	.445	.368	.562	.443	1.006	.812	147	.746	40.3	3.6	1.146	.356	.200	12.6	*O
Danny Taylor	28	4	3	0	0.0	121	.000	.000	.304	.250	.368	.000	.443	.250	.812	-32	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.333	.333	.000		/O
Zack Taylor	30	238	159	28	4.7	121	.296	.274	.304	.336	.368	.391	.443	.727	.811	79	.429	-6.9	-0.6	.667	.205	.116	.0	2
Chick Tolson	30	123	84	11	3.5	121	.293	.257	.304	.325	.368	.330	.443	.655	.812	63	.305	-6.3	-0.6	.580	.156	.073	.0	3
Hack Wilson	29	670	392	150	10.2	121	.352	.345	.304	.425	.368	.618	.443	1.044	.812	155	.757	49.7	4.4	1.165	.415	.274	5.6	*O
League Average					5.6	120	.306	.293	.304	.356	.368	.423	.443	.779	.811	92	.511			.758	.237	.130
Team Total		6252	3979	958	6.4	121	.318	.303	.304	.373	.368	.452	.443	.825	.812	103	.571	34.2	2.5	.837	.276	.150	118.3
	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
*Tom Angley	24	5	18	16	1	3	1	0	0	4	0		2	2	.188	.278	.250	.528	1	5	5
Clyde Beck	29	57	214	196	24	38	7	0	0	8	3		18	25	.194	.262	.230	.491	12	54	54
*Footsie Blair	28	27	77	74	9	22	5	0	1	7	1		3	4	.297	.325	.405	.730	9	26	26
#Sheriff Blake	29	40	88	84	10	14	2	0	0	4	0		4	11	.167	.205	.190	.395	3	38	38
Guy Bush	27	53	96	93	4	13	0	0	0	2	1		3	20	.140	.167	.140	.306	2	50	50
Hal Carlson	37	33	42	40	3	8	2	0	0	6	0		2	7	.200	.238	.250	.488	2	31	31
Kiki Cuyler	30	146	581	514	97	171	27	7	14	89	40		62	59	.333	.410	.494	.904	102	139	139
*Mike Cvengros	28	35	17	15	5	6	1	0	0	1	0		2	1	.400	.471	.467	.937	3	33	33
Woody English	23	151	687	620	113	157	27	3	1	45	12		64	53	.253	.326	.311	.637	62	144	144
Mike Gonzalez	38	63	189	171	13	37	3	0	0	15	1		17	15	.216	.291	.234	.525	12	60	60
*Earl Grace	22	28	90	81	6	18	1	0	2	14	0		8	7	.222	.300	.309	.609	7	27	27
*Charlie Grimm	30	126	511	471	57	129	26	3	9	78	3		39	26	.274	.331	.399	.730	62	120	120
Gabby Hartnett	28	26	26	22	2	5	2	1	1	7	1		4	5	.227	.346	.545	.892	4	25	25
*Cliff Heathcote	31	86	251	227	39	65	16	0	2	27	8		23	18	.286	.355	.383	.738	31	82	82
#Trader Horne	30	12	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	11	11
Rogers Hornsby	33	164	687	605	136	213	44	7	36	130	2		81	68	.352	.429	.626	1.056	163	156	156
Claude Jonnard	31	13	11	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	12	12
*Pat Malone	26	42	112	108	7	21	3	0	2	9	0		4	24	.194	.223	.278	.501	6	40	40
Norm McMillan	33	130	542	505	67	125	33	5	5	48	12		34	45	.248	.299	.362	.661	54	124	124
*Johnny Moore	27	39	69	64	12	17	1	0	2	7	0		4	6	.266	.319	.375	.694	7	37	37
*Art Nehf	36	34	52	47	3	13	3	0	0	5	0		5	3	.277	.346	.340	.687	5	32	32
Bob Osborn	26	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3	3
*Ken Penner	33	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5	5
Charley Root	30	45	104	100	8	15	3	4	1	14	0		4	29	.150	.183	.290	.473	5	43	43
*Johnny Schulte	32	33	78	71	5	17	3	0	0	8	0		7	12	.239	.308	.282	.589	6	31	31
Riggs Stephenson	31	143	566	498	79	166	33	6	16	95	9		62	22	.333	.413	.520	.934	105	136	136
Danny Taylor	28	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	2	2
Zack Taylor	30	103	349	323	32	79	22	3	1	36	0		24	28	.245	.301	.341	.641	33	98	98
Chick Tolson	30	34	121	111	11	26	5	0	1	16	0		8	17	.234	.298	.306	.604	9	32	32
Hack Wilson	29	158	656	581	117	185	28	5	36	138	3		73	87	.318	.396	.570	.966	130	150	150
	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
*Tom Angley	24	1	21	5	21	16	1	4	1	0	0	6	0		2	2	.250	.333	.313	.646	61	5		0	3
Clyde Beck	29	4	1306	332	1306	1145	154	281	45	9	6	109	6		127	134	.245	.323	.316	.639	68	362		4	30
*Footsie Blair	28	1	77	26	77	72	10	23	5	0	1	8	1		3	4	.319	.347	.431	.777	91	31		0	2
#Sheriff Blake	29	7	467	215	467	431	34	85	4	1	0	26	0	1	11	64	.197	.221	.211	.432	13	91		2	23
Guy Bush	27	7	395	222	395	360	15	52	2	0	0	14	1	0	10	64	.144	.168	.150	.318	-17	54	0	0	25	0	0
Hal Carlson	37	13	741	377	741	692	57	154	18	4	5	69	0	1	23	113	.223	.250	.282	.531	41	195		2	24
Kiki Cuyler	30	9	3465	797	3465	3033	618	1005	169	81	70	493	210	27	297	341	.331	.399	.510	.909	133	1546		45	90
*Mike Cvengros	28	6	198	146	198	174	19	35	5	2	0	13	0	1	15	22	.201	.265	.253	.517	35	44		0	9
Woody English	23	3	1596	347	1596	1417	245	407	65	11	4	114	18		114	104	.287	.343	.357	.700	80	506		6	59
Mike Gonzalez	38	15	3116	1010	3116	2796	282	713	123	19	13	257	52	10	231	193	.255	.316	.327	.643	82	913		20	69
*Earl Grace	22	1	94	27	94	80	7	20	1	0	2	17	0		9	7	.250	.333	.338	.671	67	27		1	4
Hank Grampp	25	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
*Charlie Grimm	30	13	6197	1534	6197	5596	644	1617	265	90	53	766	51	44	405	297	.289	.339	.397	.736	93	2221		21	175
Gabby Hartnett	28	8	2521	709	2521	2198	303	630	143	31	81	364	22	7	252	260	.287	.364	.490	.855	123	1078		17	54
*Cliff Heathcote	31	12	4462	1217	4462	3999	579	1107	179	48	32	397	184	75	314	291	.277	.333	.370	.702	91	1478		21	128
#Trader Horne	30	1	6	11	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	99	2		0	1
Rogers Hornsby	33	15	8632	1985	8632	7454	1468	2705	482	167	277	1419	133	64	928	618	.363	.436	.584	1.020	179	4352		42	208
Claude Jonnard	31	6	100	137	100	90	5	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	5	49	.056	.105	.089	.194	-49	8		0	5
*Pat Malone	26	2	211	82	211	200	16	40	6	0	3	22	0		8	44	.200	.231	.275	.506	28	55		0	3
Norm McMillan	33	5	1498	413	1498	1356	157	353	74	16	6	147	36	10	95	133	.260	.313	.352	.665	69	477		10	37
*Johnny Moore	27	2	73	41	73	67	13	18	1	0	2	8	0		4	6	.269	.319	.373	.693	71	25		1	1
*Art Nehf	36	15	1047	464	1047	915	90	192	29	5	8	76	7	3	86	122	.210	.281	.279	.560	57	255		5	41
Bob Osborn	26	4	89	59	89	84	2	15	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	31	.179	.179	.214	.393	4	18	0	0	5	0	0
*Ken Penner	33	2	6	9	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-13	1		0	0
Charley Root	30	5	433	200	433	395	37	69	15	5	2	35	0	0	13	111	.175	.207	.253	.460	19	100		3	22
*Johnny Schulte	32	4	424	167	424	341	56	91	13	4	13	59	1	0	73	42	.267	.398	.443	.840	116	151		1	9
Riggs Stephenson	31	9	3335	839	3335	2901	488	987	220	41	49	510	42	9	330	165	.340	.413	.495	.908	135	1436		32	72
Danny Taylor	28	2	59	23	59	53	10	15	0	1	1	5	1	2	6	8	.283	.356	.377	.733	92	20		0	0
Zack Taylor	30	10	2884	811	2884	2664	242	711	107	27	8	292	9	7	154	165	.267	.310	.336	.647	72	896		14	52
Chick Tolson	30	4	286	131	286	255	23	72	15	1	4	44	0	0	20	34	.282	.339	.396	.735	89	101		2	9
Hack Wilson	29	7	3202	755	3202	2747	530	864	154	50	137	604	39	5	360	388	.315	.397	.557	.954	147	1529		18	77
	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

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