1937 Chicago Cubs

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1936 / 1938

93-61, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Grimm (93-61)
Scored 811 runs, Allowed 682 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-65

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 895,020 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101

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1936 / 1938 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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	36	110	405	356	47	126	21	6	12	82	0		43	19	.354	.424	.548	.971	158	195	8	0	6
2	1B	Ripper Collins#	33	115	503	456	77	125	16	5	16	71	2		32	46	.274	.329	.436	.765	103	199	14	5	10
3	2B	Billy Herman	27	138	632	564	106	189	35	11	8	65	2		56	22	.335	.396	.479	.875	133	270	7	1	11
4	SS	Billy Jurges	29	129	506	450	53	134	18	10	1	65	2		42	41	.298	.365	.389	.754	102	175	12	6	8
5	3B	Stan Hack*	27	154	678	582	106	173	27	6	2	63	16		83	42	.297	.388	.375	.762	104	218	6	3	10
6	OF	Joe Marty	23	88	324	290	41	84	17	2	5	44	3		28	30	.290	.356	.414	.770	105	120	15	2	4
7	OF	Augie Galan#	25	147	695	611	104	154	24	10	18	78	23		79	48	.252	.339	.412	.751	100	252	7	1	4
8	OF	Frank Demaree	27	154	687	615	104	199	36	6	17	115	6		57	31	.324	.382	.485	.866	130	298	23	1	14
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	UT	Phil Cavarretta*	20	106	366	329	43	94	18	7	5	56	7		32	35	.286	.349	.429	.778	107	141	8	0	5
10	C	Ken O'Dea*	24	83	247	219	31	66	7	5	4	32	1		24	26	.301	.370	.434	.804	114	95	1	0	4
11	SS	Lonny Frey*	26	78	238	198	33	55	9	3	1	22	6		33	15	.278	.381	.369	.750	101	73	4	0	7
12	OF	Tuck Stainback	25	72	171	160	18	37	7	1	0	14	3		7	16	.231	.268	.288	.555	48	46	5	1	3
13	C	John Bottarini	28	26	46	40	3	11	3	0	1	7	0		5	10	.275	.370	.425	.795	112	17	0	1	0
14	OF	Carl Reynolds	34	7	13	11	0	3	1	0	0	1	0		2	2	.273	.385	.364	.748	101	4	1	0	0
15		Bob Garbark	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
16		Dutch Meyer	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0
17	P	Bill Lee	27	42	102	87	4	15	2	0	1	4	0		3	23	.172	.200	.230	.430	15	20	1	0	12
18	P	Tex Carleton#	30	34	83	71	4	12	3	1	0	9	0		6	22	.169	.234	.239	.473	27	17	1	0	6
19	P	Larry French	29	42	75	71	1	9	1	0	0	0	0		0	12	.127	.127	.141	.268	-29	10	0	0	4
20	P	Charlie Root	38	43	71	67	7	12	2	0	1	9	0		1	19	.179	.203	.254	.457	21	17	0	1	2
21	P	Roy Parmelee	30	37	54	52	7	9	0	0	2	8	0		1	19	.173	.189	.288	.477	26	15	3	0	1
22	P	Clay Bryant	25	47	49	45	13	14	2	1	1	7	0		2	4	.311	.340	.467	.807	114	21	1	0	2
23	P	Curt Davis	33	28	47	40	6	12	2	0	1	9	0		2	3	.300	.333	.425	.758	101	17	2	0	5
24	P	Clyde Shoun*	25	37	30	29	3	4	2	0	0	1	0		0	10	.138	.138	.207	.345	-9	6	1	0	1
25	P	Kirby Higbe	22	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
26	P	Newt Kimball	22	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
27	P	Bob Logan	27	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.4	154	6028	5349	811	1537	253	74	96	762	71		538	496	.287	.355	.416	.771	105	2226	120	22	119
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	1	3	4	2	3		2	1	1	6	1	1	1	1		1		3		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

* - 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	Bill Lee	27	14	15	.483	3.54	42	34	5	17	2	3	272.1	289	122	107	14	73		108	0	0	2	1145	113	1.329	9.6	0.5	2.4	3.6	1.48
2	SP	Tex Carleton	30	16	8	.667	3.15	32	27	3	18	4	0	208.1	183	80	73	10	94		105	4	0	3	889	127	1.330	7.9	0.4	4.1	4.5	1.12
3	SP	Larry French*	29	16	10	.615	3.98	42	28	5	11	4	0	208.0	229	106	92	17	65		100	1	0	5	911	100	1.413	9.9	0.7	2.8	4.3	1.54
4	SP	Roy Parmelee	30	7	8	.467	5.13	33	18	7	8	0	0	145.2	165	93	83	13	79		55	7	0	11	672	78	1.675	10.2	0.8	4.9	3.4	0.70
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	CL	Charlie Root	38	13	5	.722	3.38	43	15	20	5	0	5	178.2	173	71	67	18	32		74	4	0	2	729	118	1.147	8.7	0.9	1.6	3.7	2.31
6	RP	Clay Bryant	25	9	3	.750	4.26	38	9	16	4	1	3	135.1	117	69	64	1	78		75	1	1	5	587	94	1.441	7.8	0.1	5.2	5.0	0.96
7	RP	Curt Davis	33	10	5	.667	4.08	28	14	8	8	0	1	123.2	138	64	56	7	30		32	5	0	0	527	98	1.358	10.0	0.5	2.2	2.3	1.07
8	RP	Clyde Shoun*	25	7	7	.500	5.61	37	9	12	2	0	0	93.0	118	65	58	9	45		43	0	0	4	438	71	1.753	11.4	0.9	4.4	4.2	0.96
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		Bob Logan*	27	0	0		1.42	4	0	3	0	0	1	6.1	6	1	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	28	298	1.579	8.5	0.0	5.7	2.8	0.50
10		Newt Kimball	22	0	0		10.80	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	12	8	6	1	1		0	0	0	0	28	40	2.600	21.6	1.8	1.8	0.0	0.00
11		Kirby Higbe	22	1	0	1.000	5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	3	1	1		2	0	0	0	23	80	1.000	7.2	1.8	1.8	3.6	2.00
		Team Totals	29.7	93	61	.604	3.97	154	154	81	73	11	13	1381.1	1434	682	610	91	502		596	22	1	32	5977	101	1.402	9.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	1.19
		Rank in 8 NL teams		2	7		5				3	3	5	2	5	4	5	6	7		3
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

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

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
John Bottarini	28	19	8	5	53	44	9	0	0	1.000	2.79	3		5	4	44%		C-OF
Clay Bryant	25	38	9	4	19	4	13	2	3	.895	0.45							P
Tex Carleton	30	32	27	18	65	13	49	3	2	.954	1.94							P
Phil Cavarretta	20	93	84	77	504	454	40	10	28	.980	5.04							OF-1B
Ripper Collins	33	111	111	109	1159	1068	80	11	94	.991	10.34							1B
Curt Davis	33	28	14	8	45	10	34	1	1	.978	1.57							P
Frank Demaree	27	154	154	151	306	283	17	6	6	.980	1.95							OF
Larry French	29	42	28	11	69	10	55	4	4	.942	1.55							P
Lonny Frey	26	57	45	44	201	90	101	10	18	.950	3.35							SS-2B-3B-OF
Augie Galan	25	147	147	144	391	338	44	9	7	.977	2.55							OF-2B-SS
Stan Hack	27	153	153	147	437	172	251	14	30	.968	2.75							3B-1B
Gabby Hartnett	36	101	97	74	503	436	65	2	7	.996	4.86	8		20	30	60%		C
Billy Herman	27	137	137	134	893	384	468	41	97	.954	6.22							2B
Kirby Higbe	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00							P
Billy Jurges	29	128	127	120	644	258	370	16	74	.975	4.91							SS
Newt Kimball	22	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Bill Lee	27	42	34	17	95	20	70	5	5	.947	2.14							P
Bob Logan	27	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.25							P
Joe Marty	23	84	80	67	205	196	4	5	0	.976	2.38							OF
Ken O'Dea	24	65	49	46	267	234	29	4	4	.985	4.11	1		22	13	37%		C
Roy Parmelee	30	33	18	8	48	13	33	2	2	.958	1.39							P
Carl Reynolds	34	2	2	2	5	4	0	1	0	.800	2.00							OF
Charlie Root	38	43	15	5	45	8	36	1	2	.978	1.02							P
Clyde Shoun	25	37	9	2	23	3	18	2	0	.913	0.57							P
Tuck Stainback	25	49	38	38	105	99	4	2	1	.981	2.10							OF
Team Totals	27.6	154	1386	1231	6085	4142	1792	151	385	.975	3.68	12		47	47	50%
Rank in 8 NL teams								8	3	1
	Age	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
John Bottarini	28	46	1	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$		2/7O
Clay Bryant	25	49	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	7	0.8	7	0.7	0.1	$	Purchased	1
Tex Carleton#	30	83	-8	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Traded	1
Phil Cavarretta*	20	366	2	0	0	0	-1	-3	11	9	0.9	10	1.0	-0.1	$	Amateur Free Agent	O83/79
Ripper Collins#	33	503	-1	1	0	0	5	-5	14	14	1.4	9	0.9	0.5	$	Traded	*3
Curt Davis	33	47	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$	Traded	1
Frank Demaree	27	687	26	0	0	0	0	-7	19	38	3.9	38	3.9	0.0	$13,500	Purchased	*O9
Larry French	29	75	-13	0	0	0	0	6	2	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$	Traded	1
Lonny Frey*	26	238	2	1	0	0	-2	2	7	10	1.0	12	1.2	-0.2	$	Traded	64/5O78
Augie Galan#	25	695	-1	4	0	0	10	-6	18	25	2.5	15	1.5	1.0	$		*O7/486
Bob Garbark	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
Stan Hack*	27	678	8	3	0	0	-5	3	19	28	2.8	33	3.4	-0.6	$		*5/3
Gabby Hartnett	36	405	29	-2	0	0	1	3	12	43	4.4	42	4.3	0.1	$17,500	Unknown	*2
Billy Herman	27	632	27	2	0	0	4	4	17	54	5.5	50	5.1	0.4	$	Purchased	*4
Kirby Higbe	22	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	Purchased	/1
Billy Jurges	29	506	2	-1	0	0	0	8	15	24	2.4	24	2.5	-0.1	$		*6
Newt Kimball	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Bill Lee	27	102	-11	0	0	0	0	7	3	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	Purchased	1
Bob Logan	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Purchased	/1
Joe Marty	23	324	2	0	0	0	0	-1	10	11	1.1	11	1.1	0.0	$	Traded	O8/7
Ken O'Dea*	24	247	4	0	0	0	1	2	7	14	1.5	13	1.3	0.2	$	Traded	2
Roy Parmelee	30	54	-6	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	Traded	1
Carl Reynolds	34	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Purchased	/7O
Charlie Root	38	71	-8	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		1
Clyde Shoun*	25	30	-5	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		1
Tuck Stainback	25	171	-12	0	0	0	-1	-1	5	-9	-0.9	-8	-0.8	-0.1	$		O8/79
Team Total	27.4	6028	38	9	0	0	11	38	169	265	26.8	254	25.9	0.9	$31,000
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Clay Bryant	25	135.1	10	69	79	1	1.0	10	1.1	$	Purchased
Tex Carleton	30	208.1	27	80	122	1	1.0	42	4.4	$	Traded
Curt Davis	33	123.2	14	64	72	1	1.0	8	0.9	$	Traded
Larry French*	29	208.0	28	106	122	1	1.0	16	1.7	$	Traded
Kirby Higbe	22	5.0	0	3	3	0	1.0	0	0.0	$	Purchased
Newt Kimball	22	5.0	0	8	3	0	1.0	-5	-0.5	$
Bill Lee	27	272.1	33	122	159	2	1.0	37	3.9	$	Purchased
Bob Logan*	27	6.1	0	1	4	0	1.0	3	0.3	$	Purchased
Roy Parmelee	30	145.2	18	93	85	1	1.0	-8	-0.7	$	Traded
Charlie Root	38	178.2	15	71	105	1	1.0	34	3.5	$
Clyde Shoun*	25	93.0	9	65	54	1	1.0	-11	-1.0	$
Team Total	29.7	1381.1	154	682	808	9	1.0	126	13.6	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1936 / 1938 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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