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1938 Chicago Cubs

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939

89-63, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Grimm (45-36) and Gabby Hartnett (44-27)
Scored 713 runs, Allowed 597 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-64

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · 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

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-0) to New York Yankees

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1937 / 1939 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 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 86 263 247 22 65 12 1 3 33 1 12 18 .263 .297 .356 .654 77 88 9 0 3
11 OF Joe Marty 24 76 260 235 32 57 8 3 7 35 0 18 26 .243 .305 .391 .696 88 92 9 3 5
12 SS Tony Lazzeri 34 54 144 120 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 Charlie 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
Team Totals 29.3 154 5973 5333 713 1435 242 70 65 673 49 522 476 .269 .338 .377 .715 94 2012 157 29 88
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 1 2 7 5 2 5 5 5 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 28 22 9 .710 2.66 44 37 5 19 9 2 291.0 281 95 86 18 74 121 2 1 3 1194 144 1.220 8.7 0.6 2.3 3.7 1.64
2 SP Clay Bryant 26 19 11 .633 3.10 44 30 10 17 3 2 270.1 235 105 93 6 125 135 1 1 5 1146 124 1.332 7.8 0.2 4.2 4.5 1.08
3 SP Larry French* 30 10 19 .345 3.80 43 27 11 10 3 0 201.1 210 95 85 17 62 83 1 0 4 853 101 1.351 9.4 0.8 2.8 3.7 1.34
4 SP Tex Carleton 31 10 9 .526 5.42 33 24 6 9 0 0 167.2 213 118 101 11 74 80 8 2 12 785 71 1.712 11.4 0.6 4.0 4.3 1.08
5 SP Dizzy Dean 28 7 1 .875 1.81 13 10 2 3 1 0 74.2 63 20 15 2 8 22 1 0 0 288 212 0.951 7.6 0.2 1.0 2.7 2.75
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
6 CL Charlie Root 39 8 7 .533 2.86 44 11 20 5 0 8 160.2 163 62 51 10 30 70 2 0 0 673 134 1.201 9.1 0.6 1.7 3.9 2.33
7 RP Jack Russell 32 6 1 .857 3.34 42 0 21 0 0 3 102.1 100 43 38 1 30 29 1 0 0 428 115 1.270 8.8 0.1 2.6 2.6 0.97
8 RP Al Epperly 20 2 0 1.000 3.67 9 4 3 1 0 0 27.0 28 11 11 1 15 10 0 0 3 122 106 1.593 9.3 0.3 5.0 3.3 0.67
9 RP Bob Logan* 28 0 2 .000 2.78 14 0 7 0 0 2 22.2 18 9 7 0 17 10 1 0 1 100 140 1.544 7.1 0.0 6.8 4.0 0.59
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
10 Vance Page 32 5 4 .556 3.84 13 9 2 3 0 1 68.0 90 33 29 4 13 18 0 1 1 295 100 1.515 11.9 0.5 1.7 2.4 1.38
11 Kirby Higbe 23 0 0 5.40 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 10 6 6 1 6 4 0 0 1 45 74 1.600 9.0 0.9 5.4 3.6 0.67
12 Newt Kimball 23 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 60 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
Team Totals 29.8 89 63 .586 3.37 154 154 87 67 16 18 1396.2 1414 598 523 71 454 583 17 5 31 5935 114 1.337 9.1 0.5 2.9 3.8 1.28
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 1 4 1 1 1 5 1 2 2 4 1
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% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Jim Asbell 24 11 6 5 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 1.50 OF
Clay Bryant 26 44 30 17 49 9 38 2 4 .959 1.07 P
Tex Carleton 31 33 24 9 42 8 32 2 2 .952 1.21 P
Phil Cavarretta 21 77 65 58 302 277 21 4 14 .987 3.73 OF-1B
Ripper Collins 34 135 133 127 1381 1264 111 6 118 .996 10.19 1B
Dizzy Dean 28 13 10 3 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Frank Demaree 28 125 121 109 217 199 12 6 1 .972 1.69 OF
Al Epperly 20 9 4 1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.78 P
Larry French 30 43 27 10 61 19 41 1 1 .984 1.40 P
Augie Galan 26 103 103 92 224 211 10 3 3 .987 2.15 OF
Bob Garbark 28 21 14 12 73 66 7 0 0 1.000 3.48 2 4 3 43% 45% C-1B
Stan Hack 28 152 152 147 501 178 300 23 26 .954 3.14 3B
Gabby Hartnett 37 83 81 66 400 358 40 2 8 .995 4.80 6 11 15 58% 45% C
Billy Herman 28 151 151 150 939 404 517 18 111 .981 6.10 2B
Kirby Higbe 23 2 2 0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.50 P
Billy Jurges 30 136 136 127 728 277 417 34 82 .953 5.10 SS
Newt Kimball 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Tony Lazzeri 34 38 23 22 131 49 75 7 12 .947 3.35 SS-3B-2B-OF
Bill Lee 28 44 37 19 84 18 61 5 3 .940 1.80 P
Bob Logan 28 14 0 0 6 3 2 1 0 .833 0.36 P
Joe Marty 24 68 56 49 151 143 6 2 1 .987 2.19 OF
Bobby Mattick 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 SS
Steve Mesner 20 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 SS
Ken O'Dea 25 72 59 56 336 294 32 10 3 .970 4.59 3 24 12 33% 45% C
Vance Page 32 13 9 3 34 9 25 0 1 1.000 2.62 P
Carl Reynolds 35 125 123 109 344 328 10 6 4 .983 2.70 OF
Charlie Root 39 44 11 5 29 5 23 1 0 .966 0.64 P
Jack Russell 32 42 0 0 45 12 32 1 1 .978 1.05 P
Coaker Triplett 26 9 8 8 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.78 OF
Team Totals 29.4 154 1386 1205 6136 4164 1837 135 397 .978 3.73 11 39 30 43% 45%
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 2 1
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Jim Asbell 24 17 36 -3 0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .477 .498 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ Rule 5 Draft O/79
Clay Bryant 26 50 109 -6 0 0 0 12 6 0.6 3 10 0.6 .513 .504 0.6 -0.0 10 $ Purchased 1
Tex Carleton# 31 33 68 -4 0 0 0 8 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .513 .503 0.4 -0.0 6 $ Traded 1
Phil Cavarretta* 21 92 290 -13 -0 0 -4 -3 -20 -2.3 8 -12 -1.4 .476 .487 -0.9 -0.8 -8 $ Amateur Free Agent O93/87
Ripper Collins# 34 143 555 5 0 0 7 -6 6 0.5 16 22 2.1 .504 .504 1.4 -0.0 15 $ Traded *3
Dizzy Dean 28 13 27 -3 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ Traded 1
Frank Demaree 28 129 532 -1 0 0 -4 -6 -11 -1.3 15 4 0.2 .491 .493 0.7 -1.1 8 $ Purchased *O9/7
Al Epperly* 20 9 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .514 .501 0.1 -0.0 2 $ Minor Lg Working Ag /1
Larry French 30 43 73 -4 0 0 0 8 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .510 .503 0.4 -0.0 6 $ Traded 1
Augie Galan# 26 110 449 8 -1 0 5 -5 8 0.7 13 21 2.0 .507 .505 1.5 -0.1 16 $ *7O
Bob Garbark 28 23 56 -4 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .485 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ 2/3
Stan Hack* 28 152 707 28 -1 0 2 2 30 3.0 20 51 5.0 .521 .519 4.8 0.3 49 $ *5
Gabby Hartnett 37 88 353 11 0 0 2 3 16 1.6 10 26 2.6 .519 .510 2.4 0.4 24 $ Unknown 2
Billy Herman 28 152 696 -6 -0 0 15 6 14 1.3 20 34 3.3 .510 .509 1.8 2.1 19 $20,000 Purchased *4
Kirby Higbe 23 2 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .473 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ Purchased /1
Billy Jurges 30 137 540 -15 -0 0 3 9 -3 -0.4 16 13 1.1 .498 .498 0.9 1.2 10 $ *6
Newt Kimball 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
Tony Lazzeri 34 54 144 3 0 0 0 2 5 0.5 4 10 0.9 .510 .503 0.9 0.2 10 $ Free Agency 6/547O
Bill Lee 28 44 112 -11 -0 0 0 13 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 -0.0 5 $ Purchased 1
Bob Logan 28 14 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ Purchased 1
Joe Marty 24 76 260 -4 0 0 -6 -1 -11 -1.2 8 -3 -0.4 .485 .493 0.2 -0.8 3 $ Traded O8/9
Bobby Mattick 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .541 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /6
Steve Mesner 20 2 5 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /6
Ken O'Dea* 25 86 263 -8 0 0 -1 2 -7 -0.8 8 1 0.0 .492 .496 0.1 0.1 2 $ Traded 2
Vance Page 32 13 27 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ Traded 1
Carl Reynolds 35 125 530 1 -1 0 5 -3 3 0.2 15 18 1.7 .502 .502 1.2 0.2 13 $ Purchased *O87/9
Charlie Root 39 44 53 -6 0 0 0 6 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 $ 1
Jack Russell 32 42 35 -2 0 0 0 4 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 -0.0 3 $ Free Agency 1
Coaker Triplett 26 12 36 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .481 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /O789
Team Total 29.3 1707 5973 -41 -1 0 24 58 40 2.5 172 213 18.1 .502 .501 16.0 1.3 189 $20,000
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Clay Bryant 26 270.0 44 30 105 3.50 4.44 0.15 0.00 99.3 4.26 24 2.6 1.0 -0.1 4.7 48 .560 .516 $ Purchased
Tex Carleton 31 167.2 33 24 118 6.33 4.46 0.17 0.00 101.3 4.35 -36 -3.5 1.0 -0.1 -2.2 -21 .395 .479 $ Traded
Dizzy Dean 28 74.2 13 10 20 2.41 4.45 0.15 0.00 101.9 4.38 17 1.9 1.0 -0.0 2.5 23 .648 .512 $ Traded
Al Epperly 20 27.0 9 4 11 3.67 4.02 0.16 0.00 103.2 3.99 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.3 3 .513 .501 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Larry French* 30 201.1 43 27 95 4.25 4.46 0.15 0.00 103.0 4.43 5 0.5 1.0 -0.1 2.1 23 .512 .503 $ Traded
Kirby Higbe 23 10.0 2 2 6 5.40 4.14 0.15 0.00 108.9 4.35 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 -0 .444 .499 $ Purchased
Newt Kimball 23 1.0 1 0 1 9.00 4.60 0.22 0.00 102.0 4.47 -0 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -0 .450 .500 $
Bill Lee 28 291.0 44 37 95 2.94 4.46 0.15 0.00 100.8 4.34 47 5.3 1.0 -0.1 7.5 73 .620 .533 $ Purchased
Bob Logan* 28 14.2 14 0 9 5.52 4.88 0.22 0.00 100.6 4.68 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .490 .499 $ Purchased
Vance Page 32 68.0 13 9 33 4.37 4.46 0.17 0.00 99.2 4.25 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.5 6 .495 .500 $ Traded
Charlie Root 39 160.2 44 11 62 3.47 4.46 0.16 0.00 100.5 4.32 16 1.7 1.0 -0.1 3.0 30 .539 .511 $
Jack Russell 32 102.0 42 0 43 3.79 4.44 0.16 0.00 103.1 4.41 7 0.8 1.0 -0.0 1.6 17 .519 .505 $ Free Agency
Team Total 29.8 1388.0 302 154 598 3.88 4.45 0.16 0.00 101.1 4.34 77 9.2 1.0 -0.6 20.0 201 .531 .505 $
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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