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1930 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1929 / 1931

90-64, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe McCarthy (86-64) and Rogers Hornsby (4-0)
Scored 998 runs, Allowed 870 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 1,463,624 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101


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1929 / 1931 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Clyde Beck 30 R R 5' 10" 176 Jan 6, 1900 5 83 76 83 82 0 0 0 25 2 57 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.4 $
Les Bell 28 R R 5' 11" 165 Dec 14, 1901 8 74 61 74 72 0 0 2 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $11,000
Footsie Blair 29 L R 6' 1" 180 Jul 13, 1900 2 134 124 134 128 0 0 0 115 13 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.3 $
Sheriff Blake 30 B R 6' 0" 180 Sep 17, 1899 8 36 24 36 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.4 $10,000
Guy Bush 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 23, 1901 8 46 25 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $11,000
Hal Carlson 38 R R 6' 0" 180 May 17, 1892 14 8 6 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Kiki Cuyler HOF 31 R R 5' 10" 180 Aug 30, 1898 10 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 129 156 0 0 6.6 $17,000
Woody English 24 R R 5' 10" 155 Mar 2, 1906 4 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 83 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 $12,000
Doc Farrell 28 R R 5' 8" 160 Dec 26, 1901 6 46 30 46 39 0 0 0 2 0 37 0 0 0 0 1 6 0.2 $
Charlie Grimm 31 L L 5' 11" 173 Aug 28, 1898 14 114 112 114 113 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $15,000
Gabby Hartnett HOF 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 20, 1900 9 141 132 141 136 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5.1 $18,000
Cliff Heathcote 32 L L 5' 10" 160 Jan 24, 1898 13 70 29 70 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 32 35 33 2 0.2 $
Rogers Hornsby HOF 34 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 27, 1896 16 42 23 42 25 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0.3 $40,000
High Pockets Kelly HOF 34 R R 6' 4" 190 Sep 10, 1895 15 39 39 39 39 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Pat Malone 27 L R 6' 0" 200 Sep 25, 1902 3 45 35 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 $14,000
Bill McAfee 22 R R 6' 2" 186 Sep 7, 1907 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Mal Moss 25 R L 6' 0" 175 Apr 18, 1905 1st 12 1 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Lynn Nelson 25 L R 5' 10" 170 Feb 24, 1905 1st 37 3 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Bob Osborn 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Apr 17, 1903 5 35 13 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Jesse Petty 35 R L 6' 0" 195 Nov 23, 1894 7 9 3 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Charlie Root 31 R R 5' 10" 190 Mar 17, 1899 6 37 30 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $16,000
Al Shealy 30 R R 5' 11" 175 May 24, 1900 2 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Riggs Stephenson 32 R R 5' 10" 185 Jan 5, 1898 10 109 79 109 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 0 80 29 0 1.5 $15,000
Danny Taylor 29 R R 5' 10" 190 Dec 23, 1900 3 74 49 74 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 1 0 52 16 6 0.2 $
Zack Taylor 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 27, 1898 11 32 24 32 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 -0.6 $12,000
Bud Teachout 26 R L 6' 2" 183 Feb 27, 1904 1st 42 16 42 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.9 $
Chick Tolson 35 R R 6' 0" 185 May 3, 1895 5 13 3 13 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.2 $
Lon Warneke 21 R R 6' 2" 185 Mar 28, 1909 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Hack Wilson HOF 30 R R 5' 6" 190 Apr 26, 1900 8 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 155 0 0 7.4 $22,500
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1929 / 1931 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers