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1931 Chicago Cubs Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1930 / 1932)
84-70, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 828 runs, Allowed 710 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66
Manager: Rogers Hornsby (84-70)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,086,422 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 94

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1930 / 1932 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 Gabby Hartnett 30 116 438 380 53 107 32 1 8 70 3 52 48 .282 .370 .434 .804 114 165 1 5
2 1B Charlie Grimm* 32 146 596 531 65 176 33 11 4 66 1 53 29 .331 .393 .458 .851 126 243 1 11
3 2B Rogers Hornsby 35 100 418 357 64 118 37 1 16 90 1 56 23 .331 .421 .574 .996 163 205 0 5
4 SS Woody English 25 156 727 634 117 202 38 8 2 53 12 68 80 .319 .391 .413 .804 114 262 7 18
5 3B Les Bell 29 75 272 252 30 71 17 1 4 32 0 19 22 .282 .332 .405 .737 95 102 0 1
6 OF Danny Taylor 30 88 303 270 48 81 13 6 5 41 4 31 46 .300 .372 .448 .820 118 121 0 2
7 OF Kiki Cuyler 32 154 710 613 110 202 37 12 9 88 13 72 54 .330 .404 .473 .877 133 290 5 20
8 OF Hack Wilson 31 112 458 395 66 103 22 4 13 61 1 63 69 .261 .362 .435 .798 112 172 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
9 IF Billy Jurges 23 88 335 293 34 59 15 5 0 23 2 25 41 .201 .264 .287 .551 47 84 0 17
10 OF Riggs Stephenson 33 80 302 263 34 84 14 4 1 52 1 37 14 .319 .405 .414 .820 119 109 1 1
11 OF Vince Barton* 23 66 270 239 45 57 10 1 13 50 1 21 40 .238 .323 .452 .775 105 108 9 1
12 IF Footsie Blair* 30 86 258 240 31 62 19 4 3 29 1 14 26 .258 .302 .408 .710 88 98 1 3
13 C Rollie Hemsley 24 66 224 204 28 63 17 4 3 31 4 17 30 .309 .362 .475 .837 121 97 0 3
14 OF Johnny Moore* 29 39 115 104 19 25 3 1 2 16 1 7 5 .240 .288 .346 .634 68 36 0 4
15 2B Billy Herman 21 25 115 98 14 32 7 0 0 16 2 13 6 .327 .405 .398 .803 115 39 0 4
16 SS Jimmy Adair 24 18 79 76 9 21 3 1 0 3 1 1 8 .276 .286 .342 .628 67 26 0 2
17 C Earl Grace* 24 7 14 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 .111 .385 .111 .496 38 1 0 1
18 OF Mike Kreevich 23 5 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 2 0 0
19 C Zack Taylor 32 8 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .750 106 1 0 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
20 P Bob Smith 36 36 97 87 7 19 2 0 0 4 0 5 2 .218 .261 .241 .502 35 21 0 5
21 P Charley Root 32 39 95 90 7 20 8 0 0 8 0 4 31 .222 .255 .311 .566 50 28 0 1
22 P Pat Malone* 28 36 91 79 12 17 2 0 1 4 0 3 16 .215 .244 .278 .522 39 22 0 9
23 P Guy Bush 29 39 67 57 6 7 1 0 0 9 0 5 11 .123 .194 .140 .334 -10 8 0 5
24 P Les Sweetland 29 29 61 56 8 15 4 2 0 9 0 4 11 .268 .317 .411 .727 92 23 0 1
25 P Jakie May 35 31 24 22 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 6 .227 .261 .318 .579 54 7 0 1
26 P Bud Teachout 27 37 21 21 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .238 .238 .238 .476 27 5 0 0
27 P Ed Baecht 24 22 21 18 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .278 .278 .278 .556 49 5 0 3
28 P Lon Warneke 22 20 19 19 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 .263 .263 .368 .632 67 7 0 0
29 P Sheriff Blake# 31 16 16 16 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 167 8 0 0
30 P Johnny Welch* 24 8 12 12 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 .417 .417 .583 1.000 164 7 0 0
Team Totals 29.2 156 6178 5451 828 1578 340 66 84 765 49 577 641 .289 .360 .422 .782 108 2302 25 125
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 1 1 2 5 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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 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
Jimmy Adair 24 79 57 7 3.3 105 .309 .276 .288 .286 .347 .342 .406 .628 .753 67 .349 -3.9 -0.4 .509 .092 .066 .0 6
Ed Baecht 24 21 16 1 1.7 105 .333 .278 .288 .278 .347 .278 .406 .556 .753 49 .134 -1.4 -0.1 .385 .000 .000 1
*Vince Barton 23 270 183 32 4.6 105 .237 .238 .288 .323 .347 .452 .406 .775 .753 105 .505 0.8 0.1 .764 .305 .213 1.9 O
Les Bell 29 272 182 34 5.0 105 .296 .282 .288 .332 .347 .405 .406 .737 .753 95 .535 -1.6 -0.2 .669 .198 .123 .0 5
*Footsie Blair 30 258 181 29 4.3 105 .280 .258 .288 .302 .347 .408 .406 .710 .753 88 .465 -4.8 -0.5 .640 .213 .150 1.5 43/5
#Sheriff Blake 31 16 8 4 13.3 105 .571 .500 .288 .500 .347 .500 .406 1.000 .753 167 .875 1.4 0.1 1.000 .000 .000 1
Guy Bush 29 67 55 2 1.0 105 .152 .123 .288 .194 .347 .140 .406 .334 .753 -10 .055 -9.0 -0.9 .260 .105 .018 1
Kiki Cuyler 32 710 431 116 7.2 105 .351 .330 .288 .404 .347 .473 .406 .877 .753 133 .692 31.0 3.0 .925 .282 .144 10.6 *O
Woody English 25 727 450 101 6.0 105 .362 .319 .288 .391 .347 .413 .406 .804 .753 114 .617 16.0 1.6 .808 .221 .095 3.4 *65
*Earl Grace 24 14 9 0 0.0 105 .125 .111 .288 .385 .347 .111 .406 .496 .753 38 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .625 .444 .000 /2
*Charlie Grimm 32 596 366 95 6.9 105 .345 .331 .288 .393 .347 .458 .406 .851 .753 126 .677 20.7 2.0 .839 .228 .126 1.6 *3
Gabby Hartnett 30 438 278 61 5.8 105 .306 .282 .288 .370 .347 .434 .406 .804 .753 114 .608 9.4 0.9 .810 .297 .153 4.4 *2
Rollie Hemsley 24 224 144 35 6.5 105 .351 .309 .288 .362 .347 .475 .406 .837 .753 121 .651 6.1 0.6 .837 .270 .167 3.4 2
Billy Herman 21 115 70 16 6.1 105 .348 .327 .288 .405 .347 .398 .406 .803 .753 115 .625 3.0 0.3 .818 .224 .071 .0 4
Rogers Hornsby 35 418 244 86 9.4 105 .321 .331 .288 .421 .347 .574 .406 .996 .753 163 .786 34.6 3.3 1.096 .403 .244 1.9 45
Billy Jurges 23 335 251 22 2.3 105 .234 .201 .288 .264 .347 .287 .406 .551 .753 47 .224 -22.8 -2.3 .474 .177 .085 .0 54/6
Mike Kreevich 23 12 10 0 0.0 105 .333 .167 .288 .167 .347 .167 .406 .333 .753 -11 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .300 .083 .000 .0 /O
*Pat Malone 28 91 71 5 1.9 105 .258 .215 .288 .244 .347 .278 .406 .522 .753 39 .162 -7.2 -0.7 .403 .101 .063 .0 1
Jakie May 35 24 18 2 3.0 105 .313 .227 .288 .261 .347 .318 .406 .579 .753 54 .309 -1.4 -0.1 .471 .136 .091 1
*Johnny Moore 29 115 83 10 3.2 105 .237 .240 .288 .288 .347 .346 .406 .634 .753 68 .341 -5.1 -0.5 .557 .183 .106 1.3 O
Charley Root 32 95 71 7 2.6 105 .339 .222 .288 .255 .347 .311 .406 .566 .753 50 .263 -6.3 -0.6 .457 .133 .089 1
Bob Smith 36 97 73 5 1.8 105 .224 .218 .288 .261 .347 .241 .406 .502 .753 35 .155 -8.2 -0.8 .382 .080 .023 1
Riggs Stephenson 33 302 180 44 6.5 105 .335 .319 .288 .405 .347 .414 .406 .820 .753 119 .653 9.0 0.9 .827 .240 .095 1.0 O
Les Sweetland 29 61 42 7 4.4 105 .333 .268 .288 .317 .347 .411 .406 .727 .753 92 .483 -0.8 -0.1 .659 .214 .143 1
Danny Taylor 30 303 191 45 6.3 105 .347 .300 .288 .372 .347 .448 .406 .820 .753 118 .638 6.8 0.7 .825 .278 .148 4.4 O
Zack Taylor 32 8 5 1 5.3 105 .333 .250 .288 .500 .347 .250 .406 .750 .753 106 .566 0.3 0.0 1.000 .500 .000 /2
Bud Teachout 27 21 16 1 1.7 105 .278 .238 .288 .238 .347 .238 .406 .476 .753 27 .134 -2.2 -0.2 .313 .000 .000 1/O
Lon Warneke 22 19 14 2 3.8 105 .357 .263 .288 .263 .347 .368 .406 .632 .753 67 .414 -0.9 -0.1 .500 .105 .105 1
*Johnny Welch 24 12 7 3 11.4 105 .500 .417 .288 .417 .347 .583 .406 1.000 .753 164 .840 1.1 0.1 1.000 .167 .167 /1
Hack Wilson 31 458 292 62 5.6 105 .288 .261 .288 .362 .347 .435 .406 .798 .753 112 .593 7.9 0.8 .808 .337 .175 1.9 *O
League Average 4.8 103 .296 .277 .285 .335 .344 .387 .403 .721 .747 93 .515 .669 .202 .109
Team Total 6178 3998 835 5.6 105 .316 .289 .288 .360 .347 .422 .406 .782 .753 108 .585 69.9 6.7 .762 .248 .133 61.9
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
Jimmy Adair 24 19 79 78 9 21 3 1 0 3 1 1 8 .269 .278 .333 .612 7 18 18
Ed Baecht 24 23 19 19 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 22 22
*Vince Barton 23 69 278 248 45 58 10 1 13 50 1 21 42 .234 .317 .440 .756 32 66 66
Les Bell 29 78 282 262 31 73 17 1 4 33 0 20 23 .279 .330 .397 .727 34 75 75
*Footsie Blair 30 90 264 249 31 63 19 4 3 29 1 14 27 .253 .295 .398 .693 29 86 86
#Sheriff Blake 31 31 43 42 5 14 1 0 0 2 0 1 9 .333 .349 .357 .706 5 30 30
Guy Bush 29 41 62 58 4 6 1 0 0 6 0 4 11 .103 .161 .121 .282 1 39 39
Kiki Cuyler 32 161 716 637 111 207 38 12 9 89 13 74 56 .325 .399 .465 .864 117 154 154
Woody English 25 163 734 658 118 206 39 8 2 53 12 69 84 .313 .384 .406 .790 101 156 156
*Earl Grace 24 56 182 165 10 44 6 1 1 22 0 17 6 .267 .335 .333 .668 19 54 54
*Charlie Grimm 32 153 606 551 66 180 34 11 4 67 1 54 30 .327 .388 .450 .838 96 146 146
Gabby Hartnett 30 121 449 395 54 110 33 1 8 71 3 53 50 .278 .365 .428 .793 62 116 116
Rollie Hemsley 24 79 271 250 31 72 21 4 3 32 4 21 34 .288 .343 .440 .783 38 76 76
Billy Herman 21 26 114 101 14 32 7 0 0 16 2 13 6 .317 .395 .386 .781 16 25 25
Rogers Hornsby 35 105 428 371 65 121 38 1 16 91 1 57 24 .326 .416 .563 .979 88 100 100
Billy Jurges 23 92 330 305 34 60 15 5 0 23 2 25 43 .197 .258 .279 .536 22 88 88
Mike Kreevich 23 5 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5 5
*Pat Malone 28 38 85 82 12 17 2 0 1 4 0 3 17 .207 .235 .268 .504 5 36 36
Jakie May 35 32 25 24 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 6 .250 .280 .333 .613 2 31 31
*Johnny Moore 29 41 116 109 19 26 3 1 2 16 1 7 5 .239 .284 .339 .624 10 39 39
Charley Root 32 41 98 94 7 21 8 0 0 8 0 4 32 .223 .255 .309 .564 7 39 39
Bob Smith 36 38 95 90 7 19 2 0 0 4 0 5 2 .211 .253 .233 .486 5 36 36
Riggs Stephenson 33 84 313 274 35 87 14 4 1 53 1 38 15 .318 .403 .409 .811 45 80 80
Les Sweetland 29 30 62 58 8 15 4 2 0 9 0 4 11 .259 .306 .397 .703 7 29 29
Danny Taylor 30 92 313 281 49 83 13 6 5 42 4 32 48 .295 .367 .438 .805 46 88 88
Zack Taylor 32 8 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 8 8
Bud Teachout 27 39 22 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 37 37
Lon Warneke 22 21 20 20 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 20 20
*Johnny Welch 24 8 13 13 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 8 8
Hack Wilson 31 117 474 410 66 105 22 4 13 61 1 64 72 .256 .357 .424 .781 63 112 112
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
Jimmy Adair 24 1 79 18 79 76 9 21 3 1 0 3 1 1 8 .276 .286 .342 .628 67 26 0 2
Ed Baecht 24 4 44 60 44 41 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 .195 .195 .195 .390 3 8 0 3
*Vince Barton 23 1 270 66 270 239 45 57 10 1 13 50 1 21 40 .238 .323 .452 .775 105 108 9 1
Les Bell 29 9 3627 896 3627 3239 404 938 184 49 66 509 25 5 276 322 .290 .346 .438 .784 102 1418 2 110
*Footsie Blair 30 3 945 246 945 890 138 243 48 16 10 96 11 37 88 .273 .308 .397 .705 73 353 8 10
#Sheriff Blake 31 9 580 281 580 538 45 114 5 1 0 30 0 1 14 87 .212 .235 .225 .460 19 121 2 26
Guy Bush 29 9 549 307 549 495 28 81 3 1 0 30 1 0 21 94 .164 .198 .174 .371 -4 86 0 0 33 0 0
Kiki Cuyler 32 11 4916 1107 4916 4288 883 1435 256 110 92 715 260 27 441 444 .335 .404 .510 .914 133 2187 60 127
Woody English 25 5 3078 659 3078 2689 514 823 139 36 20 226 33 282 256 .306 .376 .407 .783 99 1094 19 88
*Earl Grace 24 2 275 81 275 239 17 63 7 1 3 38 0 26 13 .264 .338 .339 .677 78 81 1 9
*Charlie Grimm 32 15 7283 1794 7283 6556 767 1917 325 103 63 898 53 44 499 352 .292 .345 .402 .747 95 2637 28 200
Gabby Hartnett 30 10 3537 966 3537 3086 440 909 206 35 126 556 25 7 359 370 .295 .372 .506 .878 125 1563 19 73
Rollie Hemsley 24 4 1013 318 1013 931 121 255 54 20 5 132 9 57 86 .274 .316 .391 .707 76 364 0 25
Billy Herman 21 1 115 25 115 98 14 32 7 0 0 16 2 13 6 .327 .405 .398 .803 115 39 0 4
Rogers Hornsby 35 17 9170 2127 9170 7915 1547 2855 524 169 295 1527 134 64 996 653 .361 .435 .581 1.016 177 4602 43 216
Billy Jurges 23 1 335 88 335 293 34 59 15 5 0 23 2 25 41 .201 .264 .287 .551 47 84 0 17
Mike Kreevich 23 1 12 5 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 2 0 0
*Pat Malone 28 4 418 163 418 384 40 83 8 0 8 36 0 18 79 .216 .251 .299 .551 39 115 0 16
Jakie May 35 13 518 375 518 460 33 79 10 5 2 24 0 0 27 119 .172 .221 .228 .449 22 105 2 29
*Johnny Moore 29 3 188 80 188 171 32 43 4 1 4 24 1 11 11 .251 .301 .357 .657 70 61 1 5
Charley Root 32 7 615 276 615 565 48 110 31 5 3 49 1 0 21 163 .195 .229 .283 .512 32 160 4 25
Bob Smith 36 9 1538 526 1538 1448 136 352 56 15 5 148 14 13 49 96 .243 .268 .313 .581 55 453 1 40
Riggs Stephenson 33 11 4019 1028 4019 3505 578 1196 255 46 55 630 45 9 399 199 .341 .414 .487 .901 132 1708 33 82
Les Sweetland 29 5 325 183 325 287 38 78 15 2 0 34 0 29 55 .272 .341 .338 .679 71 97 1 8
Danny Taylor 30 4 616 185 616 542 101 158 27 10 8 83 11 2 64 88 .292 .367 .423 .790 101 229 1 9
Zack Taylor 32 12 2994 851 2994 2763 254 734 109 28 9 303 9 7 158 178 .266 .309 .335 .644 71 926 15 58
Bud Teachout 27 2 89 79 89 84 12 22 4 1 0 5 0 2 14 .262 .279 .333 .612 50 28 0 3
Lon Warneke 22 2 19 21 19 19 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .263 .263 .368 .632 67 7 0 0 0 0 0
*Johnny Welch 24 4 13 15 13 13 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .462 .462 .615 1.077 185 8 0 0 0 0 0
Hack Wilson 31 9 4369 1022 4369 3727 742 1175 211 60 206 856 43 5 528 541 .315 .403 .570 .973 149 2124 19 95
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

1930 / 1932 Batting Statistics