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1938 Chicago Cubs Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-0) to New York Yankees

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1937 / 1939 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 89-63, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0
Days in First10last on Sunday, Oct 2, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 11last on Oct 2, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead2last on Sunday, Oct 2, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind9last on Saturday, Aug 20, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50027last on Saturday, Oct 1
Most Games under .500never
Longest Winning Streak10Thursday, Sep 22 to Thursday, Sep 29
Longest Losing Streak6Monday, Jul 4 to Tuesday, Jul 12
Most Runs Allowed14Tuesday, Jul 12
Most Runs Scored21Thursday, May 5
Times Shutout by Opponent10 
Times Opponent Shutout16 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 89 63 713 597 .586
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 44 33 349 326 .571
Road 45 30 364 271 .600
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 8 4 79 54 .667
May 16 11 152 100 .593
June 11 14 89 95 .440
July 16 12 124 120 .571
August 16 15 129 127 .516
September 21 5 122 87 .808
October 1 2 18 14 .333
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 38 30 342 263 .559
Second Half 51 33 371 334 .607
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 23 19 162 158 .548
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 25 13 252 170 .658
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BRO 11 9 87 81 .550
BSN 12 10 82 78 .545
CIN 11 11 97 112 .500
NYG 12 10 81 71 .545
PHI 18 4 136 67 .818
PIT 12 10 105 83 .545
STL 13 9 125 105 .591

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 19 CHC @ CIN W 8 7 1-0 1 Tied Root 2:25 34,148 +
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 20 CHC @ CIN W 10 4 2-0 1 Tied Dean 1:59 6,552 ++
3 3 Thursday, Apr 21 CHC @ CIN L 2 6 2-1 2 1.0 Derringer 1:48 2,155 -
4 4 Friday, Apr 22 CHC STL L 5 6 2-2 3 2.0 Harrell 2:21 15,660 --
5 5 Saturday, Apr 23 CHC STL W 4 0 3-2 3 2.0 French 1:50 7,770 +
6 6 Sunday, Apr 24 CHC STL W 5 0 4-2 3 2.0 Dean 1:38 34,520 ++
7 7 Monday, Apr 25 CHC @ PIT L 6 8 4-3 3 3.0 Brown 2:20 9,235 -
8 8 Tuesday, Apr 26 CHC @ PIT W 5 3 5-3 3 2.0 Carleton 2:26 7,523 +
9 9 Wednesday, Apr 27 CHC @ PIT L 5 6 5-4 3 3.0 Brown 1:59 9,537 -
10 10 Thursday, Apr 28 CHC CIN W 12 5 6-4 3 3.0 Lee 2:11 2,833 +
11 11 Friday, Apr 29 CHC CIN W 6 4 7-4 3 2.5 Russell 1:45 11,696 ++
12 12 Saturday, Apr 30 CHC @ STL W 11 5 8-4 3 2.5 Carleton 2:19 5,699 +++
13 13 Sunday, May 1 CHC @ STL W 6 5 9-4 2 2.5 Russell 2:07 19,814 ++++
14 14 Monday, May 2 CHC @ STL L 3 6 9-5 2 3.5 Warneke 2:20 -
15 15 Tuesday, May 3 CHC PHI W 5 2 10-5 2 2.5 Dean 1:32 8,327 +
16 16 Wednesday, May 4 CHC PHI L 4 6 10-6 2 3.5 Passeau 2:40 5,048 -
17 17 Thursday, May 5 CHC PHI W 21 2 11-6 2 2.5 Epperly 2:19 1,314 +
18 18 Friday, May 6 CHC BSN W 13 9 12-6 2 2.5 Russell 2:46 ++
19 19 Saturday, May 7 CHC BSN W 5 4 13-6 2 2.5 Carleton 2:30 4,226 +++
20 20 Sunday, May 8 CHC NYG L 2 4 13-7 2 3.5 Hubbell 1:52 20,835 -
21 21 Tuesday, May 10 CHC NYG L 1 5 13-8 2 4.5 Gumbert 2:03 13,361 --
22 22 Wednesday, May 11 CHC BRO L 0 7 13-9 2 5.5 Mungo 2:10 3,011 ---
23 23 Thursday, May 12 CHC BRO W 9 5 14-9 2 5.0 Bryant 2:25 3,051 +
24 24 Friday, May 13 CHC PIT L 1 4 14-10 2 5.5 Brown 2:09 5,931 -
25 25 Sunday, May 15 CHC PIT L 3 4 14-11 3 6.0 Swift 2:41 15,494 --
26 26 Tuesday, May 17 CHC @ NYG L 5 6 14-12 3 6.5 Coffman 3:10 19,315 ---
27 27 Wednesday, May 18 CHC @ NYG W 4 2 15-12 2 5.5 Root 1:50 12,938 +
28 28 Thursday, May 19 CHC @ NYG W 1 0 16-12 2 4.5 Lee 2:04 7,339 ++
29 29 Friday, May 20 CHC @ PHI W 16 7 17-12 2 3.5 Carleton 2:43 +++
30 30 Saturday, May 21 CHC @ PHI W 10 1 18-12 2 2.5 French 2:04 5,000 ++++
31 31 Sunday, May 22 CHC @ BSN L 1 2 18-13 2 3.5 Shoffner 2:26 20,181 -
32 32 Monday, May 23 CHC @ BSN W 4 1 19-13 2 2.5 Lee 1:46 5,132 +
33 33 Tuesday, May 24 CHC @ BRO W 10 4 20-13 2 2.5 Carleton 2:32 5,142 ++
34 34 Wednesday, May 25 CHC @ BRO W 7 2 21-13 2 2.5 French 1:34 4,319 +++
35 35 Friday, May 27 CHC @ PIT W 5 0 22-13 2 2.0 Lee 1:45 3,010 ++++
36 36 Saturday, May 28 CHC @ PIT W 9 3 23-13 2 2.5 Bryant 1:51 4,014 +++++
37 37 Sunday, May 29 CHC @ PIT L 1 2 23-14 2 3.5 Lucas 1:47 7,050 -
38 38 Monday, May 30 CHC CIN L 3 7 23-15 2 2.5 Derringer 1:53 0 --
39 39 Monday, May 30 CHC CIN W 3 0 24-15 2 2.5 Lee 1:48 41,216 +
40 40 Thursday, Jun 2 CHC BSN L 2 6 24-16 2 2.5 Lanning 2:03 8,405 -
41 41 Friday, Jun 3 CHC BSN W 4 0 25-16 2 1.5 Lee 1:27 22,695 +
42 42 Saturday, Jun 4 CHC PHI W 5 1 26-16 2 0.5 French 2:18 6,800 ++
43 43 Sunday, Jun 5 CHC PHI W 7 1 27-16 1 up 0.5 Carleton 1:53 17,311 +++
44 44 Monday, Jun 6 CHC PHI W 10 8 28-16 1 up 0.5 Root 2:15 2,906 ++++
45 45 Tuesday, Jun 7 CHC NYG W 4 2 29-16 1 up 1.5 Lee 2:03 16,202 +++++
46 46 Wednesday, Jun 8 CHC NYG L 2 4 29-17 2 0.5 Gumbert 1:59 0 -
47 47 Wednesday, Jun 8 CHC NYG L 1 4 29-18 2 0.5 Hubbell 2:10 43,000 --
48 48 Thursday, Jun 9 CHC NYG L 5 8 29-19 2 1.5 Brown 2:37 14,317 ---
49 49 Sunday, Jun 12 CHC BRO W 9 3 30-19 2 2.0 Bryant 2:08 0 +
50 50 Sunday, Jun 12 CHC BRO L 0 6 30-20 2 2.0 Fitzsimmons 1:43 22,000 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Tuesday, Jun 14 CHC @ BSN W 5 2 31-20 2 2.0 Carleton 2:00 3,954 +
52 52 Wednesday, Jun 15 CHC @ BSN L 0 2 31-21 2 2.0 MacFayden 1:44 3,165 -
53 53 Friday, Jun 17 CHC @ BSN L 0 1 31-22 2 3.0 Turner 1:30 0 --
54 54 Friday, Jun 17 CHC @ BSN L 2 3 31-23 2 3.0 Lanning 1:46 12,845 ---
55 55 Saturday, Jun 18 CHC @ BRO L 1 2 31-24 2 4.0 Fitzsimmons 1:47 5,423 ----
56 56 Sunday, Jun 19 CHC @ BRO L 2 6 31-25 2 3.0 Pressnell 1:50 0 -----
57 57 Sunday, Jun 19 CHC @ BRO W 4 3 32-25 2 3.0 Bryant 2:00 28,013 +
58 58 Monday, Jun 20 CHC @ BRO W 5 1 33-25 2 2.5 Lee 1:48 5,603 ++
59 59 Tuesday, Jun 21 CHC @ PHI W 4 3 34-25 2 1.5 Epperly 1:59 1,000 +++
60 60 Friday, Jun 24 CHC @ NYG L 3 5 34-26 3 2.5 Coffman 2:19 16,944 -
61 61 Saturday, Jun 25 CHC @ NYG W 5 0 35-26 2 1.5 Bryant 1:48 18,914 +
62 62 Sunday, Jun 26 CHC @ NYG L 1 5 35-27 3 2.5 Hubbell 1:42 15,919 -
63 63 Tuesday, Jun 28 CHC STL L 3 9 35-28 3 3.0 Warneke 2:00 9,830 --
64 64 Wednesday, Jun 29 CHC STL L 5 10 35-29 4 4.5 Weiland 2:16 2,852 ---
65 65 Friday, Jul 1 CHC @ CIN W 11 4 36-29 3 5.0 Bryant 2:11 1,973 +
66 66 Sunday, Jul 3 CHC @ CIN W 4 3 37-29 3 5.0 Lee 2:14 2,246 ++
67 67 Monday, Jul 4 CHC @ STL W 4 3 38-29 3 6.0 French 2:02 0 +++
68 68 Monday, Jul 4 CHC @ STL L 3 4 38-30 3 6.0 Weiland 2:08 24,460 -
69 69 Friday, Jul 8 CHC CIN L 6 7 38-31 3 7.0 Walters 2:11 --
70 70 Saturday, Jul 9 CHC CIN L 0 11 38-32 3 7.0 Walters 1:47 11,096 ---
71 71 Sunday, Jul 10 CHC CIN L 1 3 38-33 4 8.0 Vander Meer 1:50 30,793 ----
72 72 Monday, Jul 11 CHC PIT L 3 5 38-34 4 8.5 Tobin 2:12 6,688 -----
73 73 Tuesday, Jul 12 CHC PIT L 6 14 38-35 4 8.5 Brandt 2:17 ------
74 74 Thursday, Jul 14 CHC PHI W 3 0 39-35 4 7.0 Bryant 1:36 0 +
75 75 Thursday, Jul 14 CHC PHI W 5 1 40-35 4 7.0 Lee 1:57 0 ++
76 76 Friday, Jul 15 CHC PHI W 4 1 41-35 4 6.5 French 1:51 21,968 +++
77 77 Saturday, Jul 16 CHC BSN W 8 7 42-35 4 6.0 Russell 2:36 6,766 ++++
78 78 Sunday, Jul 17 CHC BSN W 3 1 43-35 3 5.0 Dean 1:38 0 +++++
79 79 Sunday, Jul 17 CHC BSN W 4 0 44-35 3 5.0 Lee 1:48 35,623 ++++++
80 80 Monday, Jul 18 CHC BSN W 7 6 45-35 3 4.5 Bryant 2:16 5,688 +++++++
81 81 Tuesday, Jul 19 CHC BRO L 3 8 45-36 3 5.5 Tamulis 2:02 7,642 -
82 82 Thursday, Jul 21 CHC BRO W 5 2 46-36 3 6.0 Bryant 1:48 0 +
83 83 Thursday, Jul 21 CHC BRO L 0 1 46-37 3 6.0 Hamlin 1:48 23,360 -
84 84 Saturday, Jul 23 CHC NYG W 7 4 47-37 3 5.0 Lee 2:04 0 +
85 85 Saturday, Jul 23 CHC NYG W 3 1 48-37 3 5.0 Dean 1:39 43,233 ++
86 86 Sunday, Jul 24 CHC NYG W 5 4 49-37 3 5.5 Lee 3:57 35,078 +++
87 87 Tuesday, Jul 26 CHC @ BRO W 10 8 50-37 3 4.5 French 2:22 8,207 ++++
88 88 Wednesday, Jul 27 CHC @ BRO L 2 3 50-38 3 5.5 Tamulis 2:06 34,414 -
89 89 Friday, Jul 29 CHC @ PHI L 4 5 50-39 3 7.0 Sivess 2:30 3,000 --
90 90 Saturday, Jul 30 CHC @ PHI L 4 5 50-40 3 8.0 Passeau 1:58 4,000 ---
91 91 Sunday, Jul 31 CHC @ PHI L 5 6 50-41 3 7.5 Johnson 3:11 0 ----
92 92 Sunday, Jul 31 CHC @ PHI W 4 3 51-41 3 7.5 Root 1:55 15,000 +
93 93 Tuesday, Aug 2 CHC @ NYG W 7 0 52-41 3 6.5 Bryant 1:55 9,627 ++
94 94 Wednesday, Aug 3 CHC @ NYG L 3 8 52-42 3 8.0 Gumbert 2:09 7,171 -
95 95 Thursday, Aug 4 CHC @ NYG W 6 0 53-42 3 7.0 French 1:56 5,921 +
96 96 Saturday, Aug 6 CHC @ BSN L 0 1 53-43 4 7.0 Fette 1:41 4,294 -
97 97 Sunday, Aug 7 CHC @ BSN W 7 4 54-43 3 8.0 Bryant 2:14 0 +
98 98 Sunday, Aug 7 CHC @ BSN L 0 5 54-44 3 8.0 Turner 1:45 15,000 -
99 99 Tuesday, Aug 9 CHC @ CIN W 3 0 55-44 3 8.0 French 1:29 16,303 +
100 100 Wednesday, Aug 10 CHC @ CIN W 6 3 56-44 3 7.0 Page 2:00 6,000 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Thursday, Aug 11 CHC @ CIN L 7 8 56-45 3 7.5 Schott 2:47 3,460 -
102 102 Friday, Aug 12 CHC @ PIT W 9 3 57-45 3 6.5 Lee 1:48 14,962 +
103 103 Saturday, Aug 13 CHC @ PIT W 11 5 58-45 3 5.5 Dean 2:13 ++
104 104 Sunday, Aug 14 CHC @ PIT L 0 2 58-46 3 6.5 Bauers 1:39 24,193 -
105 105 Monday, Aug 15 CHC STL L 4 8 58-47 3 6.5 Warneke 2:06 7,255 --
106 106 Tuesday, Aug 16 CHC STL W 5 4 59-47 3 7.0 Carleton 2:43 0 +
107 107 Tuesday, Aug 16 CHC STL L 2 5 59-48 3 7.0 Davis 1:41 12,000 -
108 108 Wednesday, Aug 17 CHC CIN L 4 8 59-49 4 8.0 Walters 1:58 25,200 --
109 109 Thursday, Aug 18 CHC CIN L 1 9 59-50 4 8.0 Derringer 1:49 9,230 ---
110 110 Saturday, Aug 20 CHC PIT L 2 5 59-51 4 9.0 Lucas 1:49 20,787 ----
111 111 Sunday, Aug 21 CHC PIT W 6 4 60-51 3 7.0 Lee 1:51 0 +
112 112 Sunday, Aug 21 CHC PIT W 6 1 61-51 3 7.0 Carleton 1:51 40,402 ++
113 113 Monday, Aug 22 CHC PIT L 2 4 61-52 4 8.0 Tobin 2:06 13,738 -
114 114 Tuesday, Aug 23 CHC NYG L 2 6 61-53 4 8.5 Gumbert 2:28 14,538 --
115 115 Wednesday, Aug 24 CHC NYG W 6 1 62-53 4 8.5 Page 1:53 1,279 +
116 116 Thursday, Aug 25 CHC BRO W 3 2 63-53 3 6.5 Lee 1:53 0 ++
117 117 Thursday, Aug 25 CHC BRO W 5 4 64-53 3 6.5 Carleton 2:26 20,000 +++
118 118 Friday, Aug 26 CHC BRO W 7 3 65-53 3 5.5 Bryant 1:55 33,000 ++++
119 119 Saturday, Aug 27 CHC BRO L 1 4 65-54 3 6.5 Hamlin 1:47 10,025 -
120 120 Sunday, Aug 28 CHC PHI W 6 5 66-54 3 5.0 Bryant 2:19 0 +
121 121 Sunday, Aug 28 CHC PHI W 3 1 67-54 3 5.0 Page 1:40 25,000 ++
122 122 Tuesday, Aug 30 CHC BSN L 1 8 67-55 2 6.5 Turner 1:53 10,051 -
123 123 Wednesday, Aug 31 CHC BSN L 4 6 67-56 4 7.0 Shoffner 2:12 10,416 --
124 124 Thursday, Sep 1 CHC BSN W 4 2 68-56 2 7.0 Bryant 2:17 +
125 125 Saturday, Sep 3 CHC @ CIN L 0 6 68-57 3 7.0 Derringer 1:30 0 -
126 126 Saturday, Sep 3 CHC @ CIN L 5 7 68-58 3 7.0 Schott 2:08 --
127 127 Sunday, Sep 4 CHC @ CIN W 2 1 69-58 3 7.0 Root 2:09 19,568 +
128 128 Monday, Sep 5 CHC @ PIT W 3 0 70-58 3 5.0 Lee 1:43 0 ++
129 129 Monday, Sep 5 CHC @ PIT W 4 3 71-58 3 5.0 Bryant 2:01 42,545 +++
130 130 Wednesday, Sep 7 CHC @ STL W 7 5 72-58 2 5.0 Page 1:51 2,504 ++++
131 131 Thursday, Sep 8 CHC @ STL W 7 4 73-58 2 4.0 Russell 2:10 2,549 +++++
132 132 Friday, Sep 9 CHC @ STL W 4 2 74-58 2 3.5 Bryant 2:08 2,651 ++++++
133 133 Saturday, Sep 10 CHC CIN L 1 9 74-59 2 4.5 Walters 1:58 16,364 -
134 134 Sunday, Sep 11 CHC CIN W 2 0 75-59 2 3.5 Lee 1:30 20,728 +
135 135 Tuesday, Sep 13 CHC @ BSN L 2 5 75-60 2 4.0 Turner 1:51 2,197 -
136 136 Wednesday, Sep 14 CHC @ BSN W 6 3 76-60 2 2.5 Root 2:07 +
137 137 Saturday, Sep 17 CHC @ NYG W 4 0 77-60 2 2.5 Lee 2:08 0 ++
138 138 Saturday, Sep 17 CHC @ NYG W 4 2 78-60 2 2.5 Bryant 1:43 22,257 +++
139 139 Sunday, Sep 18 CHC @ BRO L 1 4 78-61 2 3.5 Tamulis 1:50 0 -
140 140 Sunday, Sep 18 CHC @ BRO T 3 3 78-61 2 3.5 1:26 3,000 -
141 141 Thursday, Sep 22 CHC @ PHI W 4 0 79-61 2 3.5 Lee 1:50 0 +
142 142 Thursday, Sep 22 CHC @ PHI W 2 1 80-61 2 3.5 Bryant 1:33 ++
143 143 Friday, Sep 23 CHC @ PHI W 3 2 81-61 2 2.0 Russell 1:46 0 +++
144 144 Friday, Sep 23 CHC @ PHI W 7 6 82-61 2 2.0 French 1:45 1,000 ++++
145 145 Saturday, Sep 24 CHC STL W 9 3 83-61 2 2.0 Page 2:24 13,441 +++++
146 146 Sunday, Sep 25 CHC STL W 7 2 84-61 2 2.0 Bryant 1:49 30,014 ++++++
147 147 Monday, Sep 26 CHC STL W 6 3 85-61 2 1.5 Lee 1:42 9,988 +++++++
148 148 Tuesday, Sep 27 CHC PIT W 2 1 86-61 2 0.5 Dean 1:38 ++++++++
149 149 Wednesday, Sep 28 CHC PIT W 6 5 87-61 1 up 0.5 Root 2:37 0 +++++++++
150 150 Thursday, Sep 29 CHC PIT W 10 1 88-61 1 up 1.5 Lee 2:15 42,628 ++++++++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Friday, Sep 30 CHC @ STL T 7 7 88-61 1 up 1.5 2:38 1,000 ++++++++++
152 152 Saturday, Oct 1 CHC @ STL L 3 4 88-62 1 up 2.0 Weiland 2:02 0 -
153 153 Saturday, Oct 1 CHC @ STL W 10 3 89-62 1 up 2.0 Root 2:14 3,988 +
154 154 Sunday, Oct 2 CHC @ STL L 5 7 89-63 1 up 2.0 Dean 1:33 11,986 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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