Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930
98-54, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe McCarthy (98-54)
Scored 982 runs, Allowed 758 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-58
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
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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 | 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 | ||||
| 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 | 29 | 150 | 670 | 574 | 135 | 198 | 30 | 5 | 39 | 159 | 3 | 78 | 83 | .345 | .425 | .618 | 1.044 | 155 | 355 | 2 | 16 | |||||
| 7 | Kiki Cuyler | 30 | 139 | 596 | 509 | 111 | 183 | 29 | 7 | 15 | 102 | 43 | 66 | 56 | .360 | .438 | .532 | .970 | 139 | 271 | 5 | 16 | |||||
| 8 | Riggs Stephenson | 31 | 136 | 582 | 495 | 91 | 179 | 36 | 6 | 17 | 110 | 10 | 67 | 21 | .362 | .445 | .562 | 1.006 | 147 | 278 | 7 | 13 | |||||
| 9 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Charley Root | 30 | 19 | 6 | .760 | 3.47 | 43 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 272.0 | 286 | 120 | 105 | 12 | 83 | 124 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1158 | 133 | 1.357 | 9.5 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 1.49 | |
| 2 | SP | Guy Bush | 27 | 18 | 7 | .720 | 3.66 | 50 | 29 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 270.2 | 277 | 135 | 110 | 16 | 107 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1176 | 126 | 1.419 | 9.2 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 0.77 | |
| 3 | SP | Pat Malone | 26 | 22 | 10 | .688 | 3.57 | 40 | 30 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 267.0 | 283 | 120 | 106 | 12 | 102 | 166 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1152 | 129 | 1.442 | 9.5 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 1.63 | |
| 4 | SP | Sheriff Blake | 29 | 14 | 13 | .519 | 4.29 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 218.1 | 244 | 122 | 104 | 8 | 103 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 962 | 108 | 1.589 | 10.1 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 0.68 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 5 | RP | Art Nehf* | 36 | 8 | 5 | .615 | 5.59 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 120.2 | 148 | 85 | 75 | 11 | 39 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 529 | 83 | 1.550 | 11.0 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.69 | |
| 6 | RP | Hal Carlson | 37 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 5.16 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 111.2 | 131 | 71 | 64 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 492 | 90 | 1.451 | 10.6 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.13 | |
| 7 | RP | Mike Cvengros* | 28 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.64 | 32 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64.0 | 82 | 39 | 33 | 2 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 294 | 99 | 1.734 | 11.5 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 0.79 | |
| 8 | RP | Claude Jonnard | 31 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.48 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.2 | 41 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 62 | 1.880 | 13.3 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1.00 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 9 | Trader Horne | 30 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.09 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 91 | 1.957 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 8.2 | 2.3 | 0.29 | ||
| 10 | Ken Penner | 33 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.84 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 162 | 1.579 | 9.9 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 0.50 | ||
| 11 | Bob Osborn | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 154 | 1.111 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | |||
| 12 | Hank Grampp | 25 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 3.500 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||
| Team Totals | 29.5 | 98 | 54 | .645 | 4.16 | 156 | 158 | 78 | 79 | 14 | 21 | 1398.2 | 1542 | 759 | 646 | 77 | 537 | 548 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 6123 | 111 | 1.486 | 9.9 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.02 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3473 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Angley | 24 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 6.00 | 3 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Clyde Beck | 29 | 47 | 166 | 42 | 118 | 6 | 20 | .964 | 3.40 | 3B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Footsie Blair | 28 | 17 | 108 | 82 | 23 | 3 | 6 | .972 | 6.18 | 3B-1B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Sheriff Blake | 29 | 35 | 51 | 6 | 43 | 2 | 1 | .961 | 1.40 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Guy Bush | 27 | 50 | 71 | 10 | 60 | 1 | 6 | .986 | 1.40 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hal Carlson | 37 | 31 | 39 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.26 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Mike Cvengros | 28 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Woody English | 23 | 144 | 868 | 332 | 497 | 39 | 107 | .955 | 5.76 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Mike Gonzalez | 38 | 60 | 248 | 212 | 34 | 2 | 7 | .992 | 4.10 | 1 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Earl Grace | 22 | 27 | 124 | 106 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.59 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Hank Grampp | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Grimm | 30 | 120 | 1312 | 1228 | 74 | 10 | 114 | .992 | 10.85 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabby Hartnett | 28 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Trader Horne | 30 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.73 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Rogers Hornsby | 33 | 156 | 856 | 286 | 547 | 23 | 106 | .973 | 5.34 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Claude Jonnard | 31 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 0.67 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Pat Malone | 26 | 40 | 46 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 5 | .978 | 1.13 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm McMillan | 33 | 120 | 378 | 131 | 226 | 21 | 19 | .944 | 2.98 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Art Nehf | 36 | 32 | 36 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.13 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Osborn | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ken Penner | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.60 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Charley Root | 30 | 43 | 48 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 1.09 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Schulte | 32 | 30 | 92 | 74 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .978 | 3.00 | 6 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Zack Taylor | 30 | 64 | 289 | 247 | 36 | 6 | 4 | .979 | 4.42 | 3 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Chick Tolson | 30 | 31 | 312 | 289 | 16 | 7 | 21 | .978 | 9.84 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30.0 | 156 | 6264 | 4190 | 1920 | 154 | 443 | .975 | 3.83 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 8 | 1 | 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 |