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1929 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-1) to Philadelphia Athletics

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1928 / 1930 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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 W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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 W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 6 2
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB 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
Kiki Cuyler 30 129 16 8 114 311 288 15 8 6 .974 2.35 OF
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
Cliff Heathcote 31 52 1 6 45 137 131 4 2 2 .985 2.60 OF
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
Johnny Moore 27 15 10 4 1 34 32 1 1 0 .971 2.20 OF
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
Riggs Stephenson 31 130 130 0 0 258 245 9 4 4 .984 1.95 OF
Danny Taylor 28 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
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
Hack Wilson 29 150 0 150 0 406 380 14 12 4 .970 2.63 OF
Team Totals 30.0 156 6264 4190 1920 154 443 .975 3.83 13
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 1 1
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1928 / 1930 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics