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1938 Chicago Cubs Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939)
89-63, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 713 runs, Allowed 598 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-64
Manager: Charlie Grimm (45-36) and Gabby Hartnett (44-27)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 951,640 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101; one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 103
Won NL Pennant

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1937 / 1939 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	37	88	353	299	40	82	19	1	10	59	1		48	17	.274	.380	.445	.825	123	133	9	3	3
2	1B	Ripper Collins#	34	143	555	490	78	131	22	8	13	61	1		54	48	.267	.344	.424	.768	108	208	13	3	8
3	2B	Billy Herman	28	152	696	624	86	173	34	7	1	56	3		59	31	.277	.342	.359	.701	90	224	24	2	11
4	SS	Billy Jurges	30	137	540	465	53	114	18	3	1	47	3		58	53	.245	.335	.303	.638	74	141	22	5	12
5	3B	Stan Hack*	28	152	707	609	109	195	34	11	4	67	16		94	39	.320	.411	.432	.843	129	263	6	0	4
6	OF	Augie Galan#	26	110	449	395	52	113	16	9	6	69	8		49	17	.286	.368	.418	.785	113	165	7	2	3
7	OF	Frank Demaree	28	129	532	476	63	130	15	7	8	62	1		45	34	.273	.341	.384	.725	97	183	17	4	7
8	OF	Carl Reynolds	35	125	530	497	59	150	28	10	3	67	9		22	32	.302	.335	.416	.752	103	207	10	3	8
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*	21	92	290	268	29	64	11	4	1	28	4		14	27	.239	.287	.321	.608	65	86	6	4	4
10	C	Ken O'Dea*	25	86	262	247	22	65	12	1	3	33	1		12	18	.263	.297	.356	.654	77	88	9	0	3
11	OF	Joe Marty	24	76	261	235	32	57	8	3	7	35	0		18	26	.243	.305	.391	.696	88	92	9	3	5
12	SS	Tony Lazzeri	34	54	143	120	21	32	5	0	5	23	0		22	30	.267	.380	.433	.814	120	52	5	0	1
13	C	Bob Garbark	28	23	56	54	2	14	0	0	0	5	0		1	0	.259	.273	.259	.532	45	14	5	0	1
14	OF	Coaker Triplett	26	12	36	36	4	9	2	1	0	2	0		0	1	.250	.250	.361	.611	64	13	2	0	0
15	OF	Jim Asbell	24	17	36	33	6	6	2	0	0	3	0		3	9	.182	.250	.242	.492	34	8	0	0	0
16	SS	Steve Mesner	20	2	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	80	1	0	0	0
17	SS	Bobby Mattick	22	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	444	1	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
18	P	Bill Lee	28	44	112	101	10	20	3	1	0	13	1		4	20	.198	.229	.248	.476	29	25	3	0	7
19	P	Clay Bryant	26	50	109	106	16	24	2	1	3	15	0		2	10	.226	.241	.349	.590	58	37	1	0	1
20	P	Larry French	30	43	73	62	7	13	3	1	0	7	0		5	9	.210	.269	.290	.559	52	18	3	0	6
21	P	Tex Carleton#	31	33	68	65	9	15	4	1	0	7	1		3	10	.231	.265	.323	.588	59	21	1	0	0
22	P	Charley Root	39	44	53	48	2	8	1	0	0	3	0		4	16	.167	.231	.188	.418	15	9	2	0	1
23	P	Jack Russell	32	42	35	32	4	7	1	1	0	3	0		2	15	.219	.265	.313	.577	56	10	1	0	1
24	P	Dizzy Dean	28	13	27	26	3	5	1	0	0	1	0		0	2	.192	.192	.231	.423	14	6	1	0	1
25	P	Vance Page	32	13	27	26	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	7	.154	.154	.154	.308	-16	4	1	0	1
26	P	Al Epperly*	20	9	10	8	2	2	1	0	0	5	0		2	3	.250	.400	.375	.775	111	3	0	0	0
27	P	Kirby Higbe	23	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
28	P	Bob Logan	28	14	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
29	P	Newt Kimball	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.3	154	5972	5333	713	1435	242	70	65	673	49	0	522	476	.269	.338	.377	.715	94	2012	157	29	88	0	0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	3	4	4	3	4		3		2	7	5	3	5	5		5
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 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
Jim Asbell	24	36	27	2	2.0	101	.250	.182	.278	.250	.343	.242	.396	.492	.739	34	.190	-3.0	-0.3	.407	.152	.061		O
Clay Bryant	26	109	84	9	2.9	101	.226	.226	.278	.241	.343	.349	.396	.590	.739	58	.314	-6.9	-0.7	.470	.142	.123	.0	1
#Tex Carleton	31	68	51	6	3.2	101	.273	.231	.278	.265	.343	.323	.396	.588	.739	59	.353	-3.9	-0.4	.490	.154	.092	.0	1
*Phil Cavarretta	21	290	214	24	3.0	101	.263	.239	.278	.287	.343	.321	.396	.608	.739	65	.333	-13.8	-1.4	.514	.149	.082	1.6	O3
#Ripper Collins	34	555	380	71	5.0	101	.275	.267	.278	.344	.343	.424	.396	.768	.739	108	.559	4.6	0.5	.715	.269	.157	1.9	*3
Dizzy Dean	28	27	23	1	1.2	101	.208	.192	.278	.192	.343	.231	.396	.423	.739	14	.081	-3.1	-0.3	.273	.038	.038		1
Frank Demaree	28	532	370	61	4.4	101	.281	.273	.278	.341	.343	.384	.396	.725	.739	97	.502	-2.7	-0.3	.642	.208	.111	1.8	*O
*Al Epperly	20	10	6	1	4.5	101	.400	.250	.278	.400	.343	.375	.396	.775	.739	111	.507	0.3	0.0	.833	.375	.125		/1
Larry French	30	73	58	5	2.3	101	.245	.210	.278	.269	.343	.290	.396	.559	.739	52	.235	-4.3	-0.4	.442	.161	.081		1
#Augie Galan	26	449	292	60	5.5	101	.288	.286	.278	.368	.343	.418	.396	.785	.739	113	.602	7.4	0.8	.775	.276	.132	6.9	*O
Bob Garbark	28	56	46	4	2.3	101	.259	.259	.278	.273	.343	.259	.396	.532	.739	45	.238	-4.3	-0.4	.333	.019	.000		2/3
*Stan Hack	28	707	424	108	6.8	101	.337	.320	.278	.411	.343	.432	.396	.843	.739	129	.691	29.1	2.9	.888	.292	.112	6.4	*5
Gabby Hartnett	37	353	229	50	5.9	101	.265	.274	.278	.380	.343	.445	.396	.825	.739	123	.628	11.6	1.2	.819	.334	.171	1.8	2
Billy Herman	28	696	486	76	4.2	101	.291	.277	.278	.342	.343	.359	.396	.701	.739	90	.479	-7.3	-0.7	.606	.181	.082	1.5	*4
Kirby Higbe	23	3	3	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.278	.000	.343	.000	.396	.000	.739	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/1
Billy Jurges	30	540	385	46	3.2	101	.275	.245	.278	.335	.343	.303	.396	.638	.739	74	.360	-14.6	-1.5	.555	.189	.058	1.5	*6
Newt Kimball	23	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
Tony Lazzeri	34	143	94	20	5.7	101	.318	.267	.278	.380	.343	.433	.396	.814	.739	120	.617	4.2	0.4	.796	.350	.167	.0	6/54O
Bill Lee	28	112	91	6	1.8	101	.247	.198	.278	.229	.343	.248	.396	.476	.739	29	.159	-10.2	-1.0	.357	.099	.050	.0	1
Bob Logan	28	3	3	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.278	.000	.343	.000	.396	.000	.739	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		1
Joe Marty	24	261	192	27	3.8	101	.248	.243	.278	.305	.343	.391	.396	.696	.739	88	.430	-4.9	-0.5	.604	.226	.149	.0	O
Bobby Mattick	22	1	0	1		101	1.000	1.000	.278	1.000	.343	1.000	.396	2.000	.739	444		0.5	0.0		.000	.000		/6
Steve Mesner	20	5	3	0	0.0	101	.333	.250	.278	.400	.343	.250	.396	.650	.739	80	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.667	.250	.000		/6
*Ken O'Dea	25	262	194	26	3.6	101	.274	.263	.278	.297	.343	.356	.396	.654	.739	77	.409	-8.6	-0.9	.529	.146	.093	1.5	2
Vance Page	32	27	24	1	1.1	101	.211	.154	.278	.154	.343	.154	.396	.308	.739	-16	.076	-4.3	-0.4	.174	.000	.000		1
Carl Reynolds	35	530	365	69	5.1	101	.318	.302	.278	.335	.343	.416	.396	.752	.739	103	.564	0.4	0.0	.675	.177	.115	4.5	*O
Charley Root	39	53	43	2	1.2	101	.250	.167	.278	.231	.343	.188	.396	.418	.739	15	.091	-5.7	-0.6	.310	.104	.021		1
Jack Russell	32	35	27	3	3.0	101	.412	.219	.278	.265	.343	.313	.396	.577	.739	56	.329	-2.1	-0.2	.462	.156	.094		1
Coaker Triplett	26	36	29	3	2.8	101	.257	.250	.278	.250	.343	.361	.396	.611	.739	64	.302	-2.0	-0.2	.448	.111	.111		/O
League Average					4.4	99	.285	.267	.275	.328	.339	.376	.391	.704	.729	93	.497			.626	.203	.108
Team Total		5972	4143	682	4.4	101	.286	.269	.278	.338	.343	.377	.396	.715	.739	94	.502	-45.3	-4.7	.644	.215	.108	55.9
	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
Jim Asbell	24	18	38	35	6	6	2	0	0	3	0		3	10	.171	.237	.229	.465	2	17	17
Clay Bryant	26	53	115	113	17	26	2	1	3	16	0		2	11	.230	.243	.345	.589	10	50	50
#Tex Carleton	31	35	71	68	9	15	4	1	0	7	1		3	11	.221	.254	.309	.562	5	33	33
*Phil Cavarretta	21	97	300	282	30	66	11	4	1	29	4		14	29	.234	.280	.312	.592	24	92	92
#Ripper Collins	34	151	576	517	81	137	23	8	14	63	1		56	51	.265	.340	.422	.762	73	143	143
Dizzy Dean	28	14	28	28	3	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	13	13
Frank Demaree	28	137	553	502	65	136	16	7	8	64	1		47	36	.271	.338	.378	.717	64	129	129
*Al Epperly	20	10	10	8	2	2	1	0	0	4	0		2	3	.250	.400	.375	.775	1	9	9
Larry French	30	46	71	66	8	14	3	1	0	8	0		5	10	.212	.268	.288	.555	5	43	43
#Augie Galan	26	116	469	416	53	117	17	9	6	70	8		51	18	.281	.362	.409	.771	61	110	110
Bob Garbark	28	24	58	57	2	15	0	0	0	6	0		1	0	.263	.276	.263	.539	4	23	23
*Stan Hack	28	161	739	641	112	203	35	11	4	69	17		98	41	.317	.407	.424	.832	111	152	152
Gabby Hartnett	37	93	368	315	41	85	20	1	10	60	1		50	18	.270	.375	.435	.810	51	88	88
Billy Herman	28	161	721	658	89	180	35	7	1	58	3		61	33	.274	.337	.353	.690	78	152	152
Kirby Higbe	23	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	2
Billy Jurges	30	145	557	491	54	119	19	3	1	48	3		61	56	.242	.332	.299	.632	48	137	137
Tony Lazzeri	34	57	149	126	21	33	5	0	5	23	0		23	32	.262	.376	.421	.796	20	54	54
Bill Lee	28	47	112	108	11	22	3	1	0	14	1		4	21	.204	.232	.250	.482	6	44	44
Bob Logan	28	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14	14
Joe Marty	24	80	269	247	32	59	8	3	7	35	0		19	28	.239	.301	.381	.682	28	76	76
Bobby Mattick	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	1	1
Steve Mesner	20	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	2	2
*Ken O'Dea	25	91	272	260	22	67	12	1	3	33	1		12	19	.258	.290	.346	.637	26	86	86
Vance Page	32	14	28	28	3	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	13	13
Carl Reynolds	35	132	550	524	61	157	29	10	3	69	9		23	34	.300	.333	.410	.743	71	125	125
Charley Root	39	47	54	50	2	8	1	0	0	3	0		4	17	.160	.222	.180	.402	2	44	44
Jack Russell	32	44	36	34	5	8	1	1	0	4	0		2	16	.235	.278	.324	.601	3	42	42
Coaker Triplett	26	13	38	38	4	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	12	12
	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
Jim Asbell	24	1	36	17	36	33	6	6	2	0	0	3	0		3	9	.182	.250	.242	.492	34	8	0	0	0
Clay Bryant	26	4	180	141	180	169	35	45	4	2	5	26	0		6	16	.266	.291	.402	.694	86	68	2	0	5
#Tex Carleton	31	7	553	264	553	497	45	92	11	3	6	52	1		33	129	.185	.237	.256	.493	32	127	9	1	22
*Phil Cavarretta	21	5	1801	475	1801	1665	217	453	75	25	24	228	24		104	162	.272	.319	.390	.709	89	650	31	11	21
#Ripper Collins	34	8	4135	1035	4135	3722	610	1108	203	63	135	648	18		350	359	.298	.362	.495	.857	127	1842	60	23	40
Dizzy Dean	28	8	708	294	708	664	70	151	22	4	8	75	4		8	95	.227	.238	.309	.546	45	205	12	1	35
Frank Demaree	28	6	2922	701	2922	2652	392	820	131	26	49	396	21		201	167	.309	.360	.434	.794	114	1150	82	10	59
*Al Epperly	20	1	10	9	10	8	2	2	1	0	0	5	0		2	3	.250	.400	.375	.775	111	3	0	0	0
Larry French	30	10	904	424	904	808	62	149	18	5	0	58	3		30	140	.184	.215	.219	.435	16	177	12	2	64
#Augie Galan	26	5	2749	622	2749	2419	394	672	113	36	49	329	73		298	183	.278	.359	.415	.774	107	1004	25	10	22
Bob Garbark	28	4	92	35	92	84	7	20	1	0	0	9	0	0	7	4	.238	.297	.250	.547	47	21	5	0	1
*Stan Hack	28	7	3282	782	3282	2819	488	847	135	43	20	314	83		401	198	.300	.390	.400	.790	113	1128	39	14	48
Gabby Hartnett	37	17	6708	1792	6708	5912	808	1765	370	62	218	1082	28	7	646	644	.299	.371	.493	.864	127	2913	74	33	117
Billy Herman	28	8	4792	1042	4792	4315	683	1349	288	46	25	450	43		348	216	.313	.367	.418	.785	112	1804	93	19	110
Kirby Higbe	23	2	6	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	30	8	3761	976	3761	3397	392	871	165	32	19	371	19		254	298	.256	.313	.341	.654	77	1157	95	28	82
Newt Kimball	23	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Lazzeri	34	13	7201	1713	7201	6214	973	1816	332	115	174	1177	147	79	852	851	.292	.379	.467	.846	121	2900	5	19	116
Bill Lee	28	5	503	208	503	453	33	81	11	2	2	38	1		15	83	.179	.207	.225	.432	16	102	9	1	34
Bob Logan	28	3	4	21	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Marty	24	2	585	164	585	525	73	141	25	5	12	79	3		46	56	.269	.333	.404	.737	97	212	24	5	9
Bobby Mattick	22	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	444	1	0	0	0
Steve Mesner	20	1	5	2	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	80	1	0	0	0
*Ken O'Dea	25	4	970	325	970	857	119	241	42	11	15	141	2		100	80	.281	.357	.408	.765	105	350	22	1	12
Vance Page	32	1	27	13	27	26	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	7	.154	.154	.154	.308	-16	4	1	0	1
Carl Reynolds	35	12	4566	1134	4566	4214	639	1288	237	101	76	655	107	40	244	270	.306	.349	.464	.813	110	1955	11	37	71
Charley Root	39	14	1052	542	1052	965	74	177	43	6	8	82	1	0	35	288	.183	.216	.265	.481	26	256	6	5	47
Jack Russell	32	13	652	511	652	587	64	103	17	9	1	40	1	0	36	199	.175	.223	.240	.463	21	141	1	0	29
Coaker Triplett	26	1	36	12	36	36	4	9	2	1	0	2	0		0	1	.250	.250	.361	.611	64	13	2	0	0
	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

1937 / 1939 Batting Statistics

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