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1931 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1930/1932) 84-70, Finished 3rd in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 828 runs, Allowed 710 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66 Managed by Rogers Hornsby Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,086,422 (1st of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 100   (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 94   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1931 Stats (1930/1932) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Gabby Hartnett      30  116  380   53  107  32  1   8   70  52   48  .282  .370  .434   3           1   5          114
1B *Charlie Grimm       32  146  531   65  176  33 11   4   66  53   29  .331  .393  .458   1           1  11          126
2B  Rogers Hornsby      35  100  357   64  118  37  1  16   90  56   23  .331  .421  .574   1           0   5          163
3B  Les Bell            29   75  252   30   71  17  1   4   32  19   22  .282  .332  .405   0           0   1           95
SS  Woody English       25  156  634  117  202  38  8   2   53  68   80  .319  .391  .413  12           7  18          114
OF  Kiki Cuyler         32  154  613  110  202  37 12   9   88  72   54  .330  .404  .473  13           5  20          133
OF  Hack Wilson         31  112  395   66  103  22  4  13   61  63   69  .261  .362  .435   1           0   0          112
OF  Danny Taylor        30   88  270   48   81  13  6   5   41  31   46  .300  .372  .448   4           0   2          118
    Billy Jurges        23   88  293   34   59  15  5   0   23  25   41  .201  .264  .287   2           0  17           47
    Riggs Stephenson    33   80  263   34   84  14  4   1   52  37   14  .319  .405  .414   1           1   1          119
   *Footsie Blair       30   86  240   31   62  19  4   3   29  14   26  .258  .302  .408   1           1   3           88
   *Vince Barton        23   66  239   45   57  10  1  13   50  21   40  .238  .323  .452   1           9   1          105
    Rollie Hemsley      24   66  204   28   63  17  4   3   31  17   30  .309  .362  .475   4           0   3          121
   *Johnny Moore        29   39  104   19   25   3  1   2   16   7    5  .240  .288  .346   1           0   4           68
    Billy Herman        21   25   98   14   32   7  0   0   16  13    6  .327  .405  .398   2           0   4          115
    Jimmy Adair         24   18   76    9   21   3  1   0    3   1    8  .276  .286  .342   1           0   2           67
    Mike Kreevich       23    5   12    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    6  .167  .167  .167   1           0   0          -11
   *Earl Grace          24    7    9    2    1   0  0   0    1   4    1  .111  .385  .111   0           0   1           38
    Zack Taylor         32    8    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    1  .250  .500  .250   0           0   2          106

    Charley Root        32   39   90    7   20   8  0   0    8   4   31  .222  .255  .311   0           0   1           50
    Bob Smith           36   36   87    7   19   2  0   0    4   5    2  .218  .261  .241   0           0   5           35
   *Pat Malone          28   36   79   12   17   2  0   1    4   3   16  .215  .244  .278   0           0   9           39
    Guy Bush            29   39   57    6    7   1  0   0    9   5   11  .123  .194  .140   0           0   5          -10
    Les Sweetland       29   29   56    8   15   4  2   0    9   4   11  .268  .317  .411   0           0   1           92
    Jakie May           35   31   22    3    5   2  0   0    2   1    6  .227  .261  .318   0           0   1           54
    Bud Teachout        27   37   21    4    5   0  0   0    0   0    3  .238  .238  .238   0           0   0           27
    Lon Warneke         22   20   19    3    5   2  0   0    2   0    5  .263  .263  .368   0           0   0           67
    Ed Baecht           24   22   18    3    5   0  0   0    2   0    3  .278  .278  .278   0           0   3           49
   #Sheriff Blake       31   16   16    4    8   0  0   0    1   0    2  .500  .500  .500   0           0   0          167
   *Johnny Welch        24    8   12    2    5   2  0   0    2   0    2  .417  .417  .583   0           0   0          164
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2  156 5451  828 1578 340 66  84  765 577  641  .289  .357  .422  49          25 125          113
    Rank among 8 NL teams          1    1    1   2  5   2        1    1     1     1     1   4                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Charley Root        32  39   3.48  17  14  2  31   6  19   3  251.0  240  109   97   7   71  131 1043   1   7  0     111
SP  Pat Malone          28  36   3.90  16   9  0  30   4  12   2  228.3  229  115   99   9   88  112  989   5   4  0      99
SP  Bob Smith           36  36   3.22  15  12  2  29   5  18   2  240.3  239  101   86  10   62   63 1004   1   1  1     120
SP  Guy Bush            29  39   4.49  16   8  2  24   9  14   1  180.3  190  104   90   9   66   54  790   6   2  0      86
SP *Les Sweetland       29  26   5.04   8   7  0  14   5   9   0  130.3  156   89   73   3   61   32  601   3   5  0      77

RP *Jakie May           35  31   3.87   5   5  2   4  12   1   0   79.0   81   35   34   2   43   38  350   0   3  0     100
RP *Bud Teachout        27  27   5.72   1   2  0   3  10   1   0   61.3   79   40   39   6   28   14  297   1   1  0      68
RP  Ed Baecht           24  22   3.76   2   4  0   6   7   2   0   67.0   64   34   28   1   32   34  301   4   8  0     103
RP  Lon Warneke         22  20   3.22   2   4  0   7   7   3   0   64.3   67   33   23   1   37   27  299   0   3  1     120

    Sheriff Blake       31  16   5.22   0   4  0   5   7   0   0   50.0   64   34   29   4   26   29  238   2   1  0      74
    Johnny Welch        24   8   3.74   2   1  0   3   3   1   0   33.7   39   16   14   2   10    7  148   0   1  0     103
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.1 156   3.97  84  70  8 156  76  80   8 1385.0 1448  710  611  54  524  541 6060  23  36  2      97
    Rank among 8 NL teams           6   3   6  6           3   6      2    2    6        2    8    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- GHartnett 105 444 68 10 16 .981 8 RHemsley 53 236 40 7 5 .975 7 ZTaylor 5 5 2 0 0 1.000 0 EGrace 2 9 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 694 111 17 21 .979 15 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGrimm 144 1357 79 10 107 .993 9.97 FBlair 23 142 5 2 10 .987 6.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1499 84 12 117 .992 10.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .964 5.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RHornsby 69 107 205 16 24 .951 4.52 FBlair 44 103 115 10 18 .956 4.95 BJurges 33 66 83 5 21 .968 4.52 BHerman 25 76 79 10 17 .939 6.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 352 482 41 80 .953 5.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .944 2.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBell 70 66 118 11 18 .944 2.63 BJurges 54 42 115 6 11 .963 2.91 RHornsby 26 21 50 6 6 .922 2.73 WEnglish 18 18 41 1 3 .983 3.28 FBlair 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 147 324 25 38 .950 3.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .954 5.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WEnglish 138 322 441 28 75 .965 5.53 JAdair 18 37 55 5 9 .948 5.11 BJurges 3 5 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 364 500 33 84 .963 5.61 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .973 2.38 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- KCuyler 153 347 11 11 4 .970 2.34 0 66 84 HWilson 103 210 9 5 1 .978 2.13 40 60 3 DTaylor 67 170 3 2 0 .989 2.58 39 22 4 RStephenson 66 134 1 2 1 .985 2.05 66 0 0 VBarton 61 133 2 5 0 .964 2.21 0 0 61 JMoore 22 51 3 2 0 .964 2.45 12 9 1 MKreevich 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 2 BTeachout 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 3 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 1055 30 27 6 .976 2.35 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .959 2.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CRoot 39 3 38 1 0 .976 1.47 BSmith 36 8 55 0 4 1.000 2.36 PMalone 36 6 46 2 2 .963 2.05 GBush 39 10 55 4 7 .942 3.24 LSweetland 26 5 30 4 1 .897 2.42 JMay 31 4 14 0 3 1.000 2.05 EBaecht 22 3 18 0 1 1.000 2.82 LWarneke 20 1 8 1 0 .900 1.26 BTeachout 27 2 19 2 1 .913 3.08 SBlake 16 1 16 0 1 1.000 3.06 JWelch 8 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 45 306 14 20 .962 2.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Grimm and Hornsby .331 On-base % Hornsby .421 Slugging % Hornsby .574 OPS Hornsby .995 Games English 156 At Bats English 634 Plate Appearances (approx.) English 727 Runs English 117 Hits Cuyler and English 202 Total Bases Cuyler 290 Doubles English 38 Triples Cuyler 12 Home Runs Hornsby 16 RBI Hornsby 90 Bases on Balls Cuyler 72 Strikeouts English 80 Stolen Bases Cuyler 13 Singles English 154 Adjusted OPS+ Hornsby 163 Runs Created Cuyler 116 Adjusted Batting Runs Hornsby 35 Batting Wins Hornsby 3.3 Extra-Base Hits Cuyler 58 Times on Base Cuyler 279 Offensive Win% Hornsby .786 Hit By Pitch Barton 9 Sac. Hits Cuyler 20 Power/Speed Number Cuyler 10.6 At Bats per Strikeout Grimm 18.3 At Bats per Home Run Hornsby 22.3 Outs English 450

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Smith 3.22 Wins Root 17 Won-Loss % Bush .667 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Root 1.239 Hits Allowed/9IP Root 8.61 Bases on Balls/9IP Smith 2.32 Strikeouts/9IP Root 4.70 Games Bush and Root 39 Saves Bush, May, Root, and Smith 2 Innings Root 251.0 Strikeouts Root 131 Games Started Root 31 Comp. Games Root 19 Shutouts Root 3 Home Runs Allow. Smith 10 Bases On Balls Allow. Malone 88 Hits Allowed Root 240 SO to Walk Root 1.85 Losses Root 14 Earned Runs Allow. Malone 99 Wild Pitches Bush 6 Hit Batsmen Baecht 8 Batters Faced Root 1043 Games Finished May 12 Adjusted ERA+ Smith 120

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