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1938 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937/1939)
89-63, Finished 1st in National League
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Won NL Pennant
Scored 713 runs, Allowed 598 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-64
Managed by Charlie Grimm and Gabby Hartnett

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 951,640 (1st of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 103, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 103
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 Stats (1937/1939) / 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      37   88  299   40   82  19  1  10   59  48   17  .274  .380  .445   1       9   3   3          123
1B #Ripper Collins      34  143  490   78  131  22  8  13   61  54   48  .267  .344  .424   1      13   3   8          108
2B  Billy Herman        28  152  624   86  173  34  7   1   56  59   31  .277  .342  .359   3      24   2  11           90
3B *Stan Hack           28  152  609  109  195  34 11   4   67  94   39  .320  .411  .432  16       6   0   4          129
SS  Billy Jurges        30  137  465   53  114  18  3   1   47  58   53  .245  .335  .303   3      22   5  12           74
OF  Frank Demaree       28  129  476   63  130  15  7   8   62  45   34  .273  .341  .384   1      17   4   7           97
OF  Carl Reynolds       35  125  497   59  150  28 10   3   67  22   32  .302  .335  .416   9      10   3   8          103
OF #Augie Galan         26  110  395   52  113  16  9   6   69  49   17  .286  .368  .418   8       7   2   3          113
   *Phil Cavarretta     21   92  268   29   64  11  4   1   28  14   27  .239  .287  .321   4       6   4   4           65
   *Ken O'Dea           25   86  247   22   65  12  1   3   33  12   18  .263  .297  .356   1       9   0   3           77
    Joe Marty           24   76  235   32   57   8  3   7   35  18   26  .243  .305  .391   0       9   3   5           88
    Tony Lazzeri        34   54  120   21   32   5  0   5   23  22   30  .267  .380  .433   0       5   0   1          120
    Bob Garbark         28   23   54    2   14   0  0   0    5   1    0  .259  .273  .259   0       5   0   1           45
    Coaker Triplett     26   12   36    4    9   2  1   0    2   0    1  .250  .250  .361   0       2   0   0           64
    Jim Asbell          24   17   33    6    6   2  0   0    3   3    9  .182  .250  .242   0       0   0   0           34
    Steve Mesner        20    2    4    2    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .250  .400  .250   0       0   0   0           80
    Bobby Mattick       22    1    1    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0       0   0   0          444

    Clay Bryant         26   50  106   16   24   2  1   3   15   2   10  .226  .241  .349   0       1   0   1           58
    Bill Lee            28   44  101   10   20   3  1   0   13   4   20  .198  .229  .248   1       3   0   7           29
   #Tex Carleton        31   33   65    9   15   4  1   0    7   3   10  .231  .265  .323   1       1   0   0           59
    Larry French        30   43   62    7   13   3  1   0    7   5    9  .210  .269  .290   0       3   0   6           52
    Charley Root        39   44   48    2    8   1  0   0    3   4   16  .167  .231  .188   0       2   0   1           15
    Jack Russell        32   42   32    4    7   1  1   0    3   2   15  .219  .265  .313   0       1   0   1           56
    Dizzy Dean          28   13   26    3    5   1  0   0    1   0    2  .192  .192  .231   0       1   0   1           14
    Vance Page          32   13   26    2    4   0  0   0    1   0    7  .154  .154  .154   0       1   0   1          -16
   *Al Epperly          20    9    8    2    2   1  0   0    5   2    3  .250  .400  .375   0       0   0   0          111
    Kirby Higbe         23    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Bob Logan           28   14    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.3  154 5333  713 1435 242 70  65  673 522  476  .269  .334  .377  49     157  29  88           99
    Rank among 8 NL teams          4    3    4   4  3   4        2    7     5     3     5   3                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    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  Bill Lee            28  44   2.66  22   9  2  37   5  19   9  291.0  281   95   86  18   74  121 1194   3   2  1     144
SP  Clay Bryant         26  44   3.10  19  11  2  30  10  17   3  270.3  235  105   93   6  125  135 1146   5   1  1     123
SP *Larry French        30  43   3.80  10  19  0  27  11  10   3  201.3  210   95   85  17   62   83  853   4   1  0     101
SP  Tex Carleton        31  33   5.42  10   9  0  24   6   9   0  167.7  213  118  101  11   74   80  785  12   8  2      70
SP  Dizzy Dean          28  13   1.81   7   1  0  10   2   3   1   74.7   63   20   15   2    8   22  288   0   1  0     211
SP  Vance Page          32  13   3.84   5   4  1   9   2   3   0   68.0   90   33   29   4   13   18  295   1   0  1     100

CL  Charley Root        39  44   2.86   8   7  8  11  20   5   0  160.7  163   62   51  10   30   70  673   0   2  0     134
RP  Jack Russell        32  42   3.34   6   1  3   0  21   0   0  102.3  100   43   38   1   30   29  428   0   1  0     114
RP *Bob Logan           28  14   2.78   0   2  2   0   7   0   0   22.7   18    9    7   0   17   10  100   1   1  0     137
RP  Al Epperly          20   9   3.67   2   0  0   4   3   1   0   27.0   28   11   11   1   15   10  122   3   0  0     104

    Kirby Higbe         23   2   5.40   0   0  0   2   0   0   0   10.0   10    6    6   1    6    4   45   1   0  0      71
    Newt Kimball        23   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    3    1    1   0    0    1    6   1   0  0      42
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.7 154   3.37  89  63 18 154  87  67  16 1396.0 1414  598  523  71  454  583 5935  31  17  5     113
    Rank among 8 NL teams           1   1   8  1           4   1      1    5    1        2    4    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
GHartnett    83  358   40   2   8  .995   6            
KO'Dea       71  294   32  10   3  .970   3            
BGarbark     20   64    7   0   0 1.000   2            
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  154  716   79  12  11  .985  11   0   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .992 10.16
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RCollins    135 1264  111   6 118  .996 10.19
PCavarretta  28  206   16   1  14  .996  7.93
BGarbark      1    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154 1472  127   7 132  .996 10.31
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .969  5.40
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BHerman     151  404  517  18 111  .981  6.10
TLazzeri      4    8   17   0   1 1.000  6.25
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  412  534  18 112  .981  6.10
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .945  2.87
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
SHack       152  178  300  23  26  .954  3.14
TLazzeri      7    6    4   2   0  .833  1.43
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  184  304  25  26  .951  3.15
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .943  4.91
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BJurges     136  277  417  34  82  .953  5.10
TLazzeri     25   33   54   5  11  .946  3.48
BMattick      1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
SMesner       1    0    2   1   0  .667  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  310  473  40  93  .951  5.05
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     G   PO    A   E   DP  .976  2.22  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
FDemaree    125  199   12   6   1  .972  1.69   9   0 119
CReynolds   125  328   10   6   4  .983  2.70  63  83   4
AGalan      103  211   10   3   3  .987  2.15 103   0   0
JMarty       68  143    6   2   1  .987  2.19   0  64   6
PCavarretta  52   71    5   3   0  .962  1.46   7   8  37
JAsbell      10   14    1   0   1 1.000  1.50   7   0   3
CTriplett     9   15    1   0   0 1.000  1.78   6   2   1
TLazzeri      1    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.00   1   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  154  983   45  20  10  .981  2.21 154 154 154
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .964  2.21
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BLee         44   18   61   5   3  .940  2.44
CBryant      44    9   38   2   4  .959  1.56
LFrench      43   19   41   1   1  .984  2.68
TCarleton    33    8   32   2   2  .952  2.15
CRoot        44    5   23   1   0  .966  1.57
JRussell     42   12   32   1   1  .978  3.87
DDean        13    2   11   0   0 1.000  1.57
VPage        13    9   25   0   1 1.000  4.50
AEpperly      9    1    6   0   0 1.000  2.33
BLogan       14    3    2   1   0  .833  1.98
KHigbe        2    1    4   0   1 1.000  4.50
NKimball      1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154   87  275  13  13  .965  2.33
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageHack.320
On-base %Hack.411
Slugging %Hack.432
OPSHack.843
GamesHack and Herman152
At BatsHerman624
Plate Appearances (approx.)Hack707
RunsHack109
HitsHack195
Total BasesHack263
DoublesHack and Herman34
TriplesHack11
Home RunsCollins13
RBIGalan69
Bases on BallsHack94
StrikeoutsJurges53
Stolen BasesHack16
SinglesHack146
Adjusted OPS+Hack129
Runs CreatedHack108
Adjusted Batting RunsHack29
Batting WinsHack2.9
Extra-Base HitsHack49
Times on BaseHack289
Offensive Win%Hack.691
Hit By PitchJurges5
Sac. HitsJurges12
Grounded into Double PlaysHerman24
Power/Speed NumberGalan6.9
At Bats per StrikeoutGalan23.2
At Bats per Home RunCollins37.7
OutsHerman486

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERALee2.66
WinsLee22
Won-Loss %Lee.710
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Root1.201
Hits Allowed/9IPBryant7.82
Bases on Balls/9IPRoot1.68
Strikeouts/9IPBryant4.49
GamesBryant, Lee, and Root44
SavesRoot8
InningsLee291.0
StrikeoutsBryant135
Games StartedLee37
Comp. GamesLee19
ShutoutsLee9
Home Runs Allow.Lee18
Bases On Balls Allow.Bryant125
Hits AllowedLee281
SO to WalkRoot2.33
LossesFrench19
Earned Runs Allow.Carleton101
Wild PitchesCarleton12
Hit BatsmenCarleton8
Batters FacedLee1194
Games FinishedRussell21
Adjusted ERA+Lee144

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Stan Hack (Starting 3B)
Gabby Hartnett
Billy Herman (Starting 2B)
Bill Lee

1937/1939

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