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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 / Schedule (1937/1939) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   89-63 , Final Rank: 1, GB: up 2.0
Days in First:                  10 (last on October 2, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          27 (last on October 1)
Most Games under .500:       never

Biggest Lead:                  2.0 (last on October 2)
Farthest Behind Leader:        9.0 (last on August 20)

Longest Winning Streak:         10 (September 22 to September 29)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (July 4 to July 12)

Most Runs Allowed:              14 (July 12)
Most Runs Scored:               21 (May 5)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      10
Times Opponent Shutout:         16

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        89  63     713     597    .586

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           44  33     349     326    .571
Road           45  30     364     271    .600

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     38  30     342     263    .559
Second Half    51  33     371     334    .607
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        23  19     162     158    .548

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        25  13     252     170    .658

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 19     CHC @CIN  W   8-7        1-0     1    Tied  2:25 C Root                     34,148 +
  2 Wed, Apr 20     CHC @CIN  W  10-4        2-0     1    Tied  1:59 D Dean                      6,552 ++
  3 Thu, Apr 21     CHC @CIN  L   2-6        2-1     2     1.0  1:48 P Derringer                 2,155 -
  4 Fri, Apr 22     CHC  STL  L   5-6        2-2     3     2.0  2:21 R Harrell                  15,660 --
  5 Sat, Apr 23     CHC  STL  W   4-0        3-2     3     2.0  1:50 L French                    7,770 +
  6 Sun, Apr 24     CHC  STL  W   5-0        4-2     3     2.0  1:38 D Dean                     34,520 ++
  7 Mon, Apr 25     CHC @PIT  L   6-8        4-3     3     3.0  2:20 M Brown                     9,235 -
  8 Tue, Apr 26     CHC @PIT  W   5-3        5-3     3     2.0  2:26 T Carleton                  7,523 +
  9 Wed, Apr 27     CHC @PIT  L   5-6        5-4     3     3.0  1:59 M Brown                     9,537 -
 10 Thu, Apr 28     CHC  CIN  W  12-5        6-4     3     3.0  2:11 B Lee                       2,833 +
 11 Fri, Apr 29     CHC  CIN  W   6-4        7-4     3     2.5  1:45 J Russell                  11,696 ++
 12 Sat, Apr 30     CHC @STL  W  11-5        8-4     3     2.5  2:19 T Carleton                  5,699 +++
 13 Sun, May  1     CHC @STL  W   6-5        9-4     2     2.5  2:07 J Russell                  19,814 ++++
 14 Mon, May  2     CHC @STL  L   3-6        9-5     2     3.5  2:20 L Warneke                         -
 15 Tue, May  3     CHC  PHI  W   5-2       10-5     2     2.5  1:32 D Dean                      8,327 +
 16 Wed, May  4     CHC  PHI  L   4-6       10-6     2     3.5  2:40 C Passeau                   5,048 -
 17 Thu, May  5     CHC  PHI  W  21-2       11-6     2     2.5  2:19 A Epperly                   1,314 +
 18 Fri, May  6     CHC  BSN  W  13-9       12-6     2     2.5  2:46 J Russell                         ++
 19 Sat, May  7     CHC  BSN  W   5-4       13-6     2     2.5  2:30 T Carleton                  4,226 +++
 20 Sun, May  8     CHC  NYG  L   2-4       13-7     2     3.5  1:52 C Hubbell                  20,835 -
 21 Tue, May 10     CHC  NYG  L   1-5       13-8     2     4.5  2:03 H Gumbert                  13,361 --
 22 Wed, May 11     CHC  BRO  L   0-7       13-9     2     5.5  2:10 V Mungo                     3,011 ---
 23 Thu, May 12     CHC  BRO  W   9-5       14-9     2     5.0  2:25 C Bryant                    3,051 +
 24 Fri, May 13     CHC  PIT  L   1-4       14-10    2     5.5  2:09 M Brown                     5,931 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sun, May 15     CHC  PIT  L   3-4       14-11    3     6.0  2:41 B Swift                    15,494 --
 26 Tue, May 17     CHC @NYG  L   5-6       14-12    3     6.5  3:10 D Coffman                  19,315 ---
 27 Wed, May 18     CHC @NYG  W   4-2       15-12    2     5.5  1:50 C Root                     12,938 +
 28 Thu, May 19     CHC @NYG  W   1-0       16-12    2     4.5  2:04 B Lee                       7,339 ++
 29 Fri, May 20     CHC @PHI  W  16-7       17-12    2     3.5  2:43 T Carleton                        +++
 30 Sat, May 21     CHC @PHI  W  10-1       18-12    2     2.5  2:04 L French                    5,000 ++++
 31 Sun, May 22     CHC @BSN  L   1-2       18-13    2     3.5  2:26 M Shoffner                 20,181 -
 32 Mon, May 23     CHC @BSN  W   4-1       19-13    2     2.5  1:46 B Lee                       5,132 +
 33 Tue, May 24     CHC @BRO  W  10-4       20-13    2     2.5  2:32 T Carleton                  5,142 ++
 34 Wed, May 25     CHC @BRO  W   7-2       21-13    2     2.5  1:34 L French                    4,319 +++
 35 Fri, May 27     CHC @PIT  W   5-0       22-13    2     2.0  1:45 B Lee                       3,010 ++++
 36 Sat, May 28     CHC @PIT  W   9-3       23-13    2     2.5  1:51 C Bryant                    4,014 +++++
 37 Sun, May 29     CHC @PIT  L   1-2       23-14    2     3.5  1:47 R Lucas                     7,050 -
 38 Mon, May 30     CHC  CIN  L   3-7       23-15    2     2.5  1:53 P Derringer                     0 --
 39                 CHC  CIN  W   3-0       24-15    2     2.5  1:48 B Lee                      41,216 +
 40 Thu, Jun  2     CHC  BSN  L   2-6       24-16    2     2.5  2:03 J Lanning                   8,405 -
 41 Fri, Jun  3     CHC  BSN  W   4-0       25-16    2     1.5  1:27 B Lee                      22,695 +
 42 Sat, Jun  4     CHC  PHI  W   5-1       26-16    2     0.5  2:18 L French                    6,800 ++
 43 Sun, Jun  5     CHC  PHI  W   7-1       27-16    1  up 0.5  1:53 T Carleton                 17,311 +++
 44 Mon, Jun  6     CHC  PHI  W  10-8       28-16    1  up 0.5  2:15 C Root                      2,906 ++++
 45 Tue, Jun  7     CHC  NYG  W   4-2       29-16    1  up 1.5  2:03 B Lee                      16,202 +++++
 46 Wed, Jun  8     CHC  NYG  L   2-4       29-17    2     0.5  1:59 H Gumbert                       0 -
 47                 CHC  NYG  L   1-4       29-18    2     0.5  2:10 C Hubbell                  43,000 --
 48 Thu, Jun  9     CHC  NYG  L   5-8       29-19    2     1.5  2:37 J Brown                    14,317 ---
 49 Sun, Jun 12     CHC  BRO  W   9-3       30-19    2     2.0  2:08 C Bryant                        0 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 CHC  BRO  L   0-6       30-20    2     2.0  1:43 F Fitzsimmon               22,000 -
 51 Tue, Jun 14     CHC @BSN  W   5-2       31-20    2     2.0  2:00 T Carleton                  3,954 +
 52 Wed, Jun 15     CHC @BSN  L   0-2       31-21    2     2.0  1:44 D MacFayden                 3,165 -
 53 Fri, Jun 17     CHC @BSN  L   0-1       31-22    2     3.0  1:30 J Turner                        0 --
 54                 CHC @BSN  L   2-3       31-23    2     3.0  1:46 J Lanning                  12,845 ---
 55 Sat, Jun 18     CHC @BRO  L   1-2       31-24    2     4.0  1:47 F Fitzsimmon                5,423 ----
 56 Sun, Jun 19     CHC @BRO  L   2-6       31-25    2     3.0  1:50 T Pressnell                     0 -----
 57                 CHC @BRO  W   4-3       32-25    2     3.0  2:00 C Bryant                   28,013 +
 58 Mon, Jun 20     CHC @BRO  W   5-1       33-25    2     2.5  1:48 B Lee                       5,603 ++
 59 Tue, Jun 21     CHC @PHI  W   4-3       34-25    2     1.5  1:59 A Epperly                   1,000 +++
 60 Fri, Jun 24     CHC @NYG  L   3-5       34-26    3     2.5  2:19 D Coffman                  16,944 -
 61 Sat, Jun 25     CHC @NYG  W   5-0       35-26    2     1.5  1:48 C Bryant                   18,914 +
 62 Sun, Jun 26     CHC @NYG  L   1-5       35-27    3     2.5  1:42 C Hubbell                  15,919 -
 63 Tue, Jun 28     CHC  STL  L   3-9       35-28    3     3.0  2:00 L Warneke                   9,830 --
 64 Wed, Jun 29     CHC  STL  L   5-10      35-29    4     4.5  2:16 B Weiland                   2,852 ---
 65 Fri, Jul  1     CHC @CIN  W  11-4       36-29    3     5.0  2:11 C Bryant                    1,973 +
 66 Sun, Jul  3     CHC @CIN  W   4-3       37-29    3     5.0  2:14 B Lee                       2,246 ++
 67 Mon, Jul  4     CHC @STL  W   4-3       38-29    3     6.0  2:02 L French                        0 +++
 68                 CHC @STL  L   3-4       38-30    3     6.0  2:08 B Weiland                  24,460 -
 69 Fri, Jul  8     CHC  CIN  L   6-7       38-31    3     7.0  2:11 B Walters                         --
 70 Sat, Jul  9     CHC  CIN  L   0-11      38-32    3     7.0  1:47 B Walters                  11,096 ---
 71 Sun, Jul 10     CHC  CIN  L   1-3       38-33    4     8.0  1:50 J Vander Mee               30,793 ----
 72 Mon, Jul 11     CHC  PIT  L   3-5       38-34    4     8.5  2:12 J Tobin                     6,688 -----
 73 Tue, Jul 12     CHC  PIT  L   6-14      38-35    4     8.5  2:17 E Brandt                          ------
 74 Thu, Jul 14     CHC  PHI  W   3-0       39-35    4     7.0  1:36 C Bryant                        0 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75                 CHC  PHI  W   5-1       40-35    4     7.0  1:57 B Lee                           0 ++
 76 Fri, Jul 15     CHC  PHI  W   4-1       41-35    4     6.5  1:51 L French                   21,968 +++
 77 Sat, Jul 16     CHC  BSN  W   8-7       42-35    4     6.0  2:36 J Russell                   6,766 ++++
 78 Sun, Jul 17     CHC  BSN  W   3-1       43-35    3     5.0  1:38 D Dean                          0 +++++
 79                 CHC  BSN  W   4-0       44-35    3     5.0  1:48 B Lee                      35,623 ++++++
 80 Mon, Jul 18     CHC  BSN  W   7-6       45-35    3     4.5  2:16 C Bryant                    5,688 +++++++
 81 Tue, Jul 19     CHC  BRO  L   3-8       45-36    3     5.5  2:02 V Tamulis                   7,642 -
 82 Thu, Jul 21     CHC  BRO  W   5-2       46-36    3     6.0  1:48 C Bryant                        0 +
 83                 CHC  BRO  L   0-1       46-37    3     6.0  1:48 L Hamlin                   23,360 -
 84 Sat, Jul 23     CHC  NYG  W   7-4       47-37    3     5.0  2:04 B Lee                           0 +
 85                 CHC  NYG  W   3-1       48-37    3     5.0  1:39 D Dean                     43,233 ++
 86 Sun, Jul 24     CHC  NYG  W   5-4       49-37    3     5.5  3:57 B Lee                      35,078 +++
 87 Tue, Jul 26     CHC @BRO  W  10-8       50-37    3     4.5  2:22 L French                    8,207 ++++
 88 Wed, Jul 27     CHC @BRO  L   2-3       50-38    3     5.5  2:06 V Tamulis                  34,414 -
 89 Fri, Jul 29     CHC @PHI  L   4-5       50-39    3     7.0  2:30 P Sivess                    3,000 --
 90 Sat, Jul 30     CHC @PHI  L   4-5       50-40    3     8.0  1:58 C Passeau                   4,000 ---
 91 Sun, Jul 31     CHC @PHI  L   5-6       50-41    3     7.5  3:11 S Johnson                       0 ----
 92                 CHC @PHI  W   4-3       51-41    3     7.5  1:55 C Root                     15,000 +
 93 Tue, Aug  2     CHC @NYG  W   7-0       52-41    3     6.5  1:55 C Bryant                    9,627 ++
 94 Wed, Aug  3     CHC @NYG  L   3-8       52-42    3     8.0  2:09 H Gumbert                   7,171 -
 95 Thu, Aug  4     CHC @NYG  W   6-0       53-42    3     7.0  1:56 L French                    5,921 +
 96 Sat, Aug  6     CHC @BSN  L   0-1       53-43    4     7.0  1:41 L Fette                     4,294 -
 97 Sun, Aug  7     CHC @BSN  W   7-4       54-43    3     8.0  2:14 C Bryant                        0 +
 98                 CHC @BSN  L   0-5       54-44    3     8.0  1:45 J Turner                   15,000 -
 99 Tue, Aug  9     CHC @CIN  W   3-0       55-44    3     8.0  1:29 L French                   16,303 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Wed, Aug 10     CHC @CIN  W   6-3       56-44    3     7.0  2:00 V Page                      6,000 ++
101 Thu, Aug 11     CHC @CIN  L   7-8       56-45    3     7.5  2:47 G Schott                    3,460 -
102 Fri, Aug 12     CHC @PIT  W   9-3       57-45    3     6.5  1:48 B Lee                      14,962 +
103 Sat, Aug 13     CHC @PIT  W  11-5       58-45    3     5.5  2:13 D Dean                            ++
104 Sun, Aug 14     CHC @PIT  L   0-2       58-46    3     6.5  1:39 R Bauers                   24,193 -
105 Mon, Aug 15     CHC  STL  L   4-8       58-47    3     6.5  2:06 L Warneke                   7,255 --
106 Tue, Aug 16     CHC  STL  W   5-4       59-47    3     7.0  2:43 T Carleton                      0 +
107                 CHC  STL  L   2-5       59-48    3     7.0  1:41 C Davis                    12,000 -
108 Wed, Aug 17     CHC  CIN  L   4-8       59-49    4     8.0  1:58 B Walters                  25,200 --
109 Thu, Aug 18     CHC  CIN  L   1-9       59-50    4     8.0  1:49 P Derringer                 9,230 ---
110 Sat, Aug 20     CHC  PIT  L   2-5       59-51    4     9.0  1:49 R Lucas                    20,787 ----
111 Sun, Aug 21     CHC  PIT  W   6-4       60-51    3     7.0  1:51 B Lee                           0 +
112                 CHC  PIT  W   6-1       61-51    3     7.0  1:51 T Carleton                 40,402 ++
113 Mon, Aug 22     CHC  PIT  L   2-4       61-52    4     8.0  2:06 J Tobin                    13,738 -
114 Tue, Aug 23     CHC  NYG  L   2-6       61-53    4     8.5  2:28 H Gumbert                  14,538 --
115 Wed, Aug 24     CHC  NYG  W   6-1       62-53    4     8.5  1:53 V Page                      1,279 +
116 Thu, Aug 25     CHC  BRO  W   3-2       63-53    3     6.5  1:53 B Lee                           0 ++
117                 CHC  BRO  W   5-4       64-53    3     6.5  2:26 T Carleton                 20,000 +++
118 Fri, Aug 26     CHC  BRO  W   7-3       65-53    3     5.5  1:55 C Bryant                   33,000 ++++
119 Sat, Aug 27     CHC  BRO  L   1-4       65-54    3     6.5  1:47 L Hamlin                   10,025 -
120 Sun, Aug 28     CHC  PHI  W   6-5       66-54    3     5.0  2:19 C Bryant                        0 +
121                 CHC  PHI  W   3-1       67-54    3     5.0  1:40 V Page                     25,000 ++
122 Tue, Aug 30     CHC  BSN  L   1-8       67-55    2     6.5  1:53 J Turner                   10,051 -
123 Wed, Aug 31     CHC  BSN  L   4-6       67-56    4     7.0  2:12 M Shoffner                 10,416 --
124 Thu, Sep  1     CHC  BSN  W   4-2       68-56    2     7.0  2:17 C Bryant                          +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sat, Sep  3     CHC @CIN  L   0-6       68-57    3     7.0  1:30 P Derringer                     0 -
126                 CHC @CIN  L   5-7       68-58    3     7.0  2:08 G Schott                          --
127 Sun, Sep  4     CHC @CIN  W   2-1       69-58    3     7.0  2:09 C Root                     19,568 +
128 Mon, Sep  5     CHC @PIT  W   3-0       70-58    3     5.0  1:43 B Lee                           0 ++
129                 CHC @PIT  W   4-3       71-58    3     5.0  2:01 C Bryant                   42,545 +++
130 Wed, Sep  7     CHC @STL  W   7-5       72-58    2     5.0  1:51 V Page                      2,504 ++++
131 Thu, Sep  8     CHC @STL  W   7-4       73-58    2     4.0  2:10 J Russell                   2,549 +++++
132 Fri, Sep  9     CHC @STL  W   4-2       74-58    2     3.5  2:08 C Bryant                    2,651 ++++++
133 Sat, Sep 10     CHC  CIN  L   1-9       74-59    2     4.5  1:58 B Walters                  16,364 -
134 Sun, Sep 11     CHC  CIN  W   2-0       75-59    2     3.5  1:30 B Lee                      20,728 +
135 Tue, Sep 13     CHC @BSN  L   2-5       75-60    2     4.0  1:51 J Turner                    2,197 -
136 Wed, Sep 14     CHC @BSN  W   6-3       76-60    2     2.5  2:07 C Root                            +
137 Sat, Sep 17     CHC @NYG  W   4-0       77-60    2     2.5  2:08 B Lee                           0 ++
138                 CHC @NYG  W   4-2       78-60    2     2.5  1:43 C Bryant                   22,257 +++
139 Sun, Sep 18     CHC @BRO  L   1-4       78-61    2     3.5  1:50 V Tamulis                       0 -
140                 CHC @BRO  -   3-3       78-61    2     3.5  1:26                             3,000 -
141 Thu, Sep 22     CHC @PHI  W   4-0       79-61    2     3.5  1:50 B Lee                           0 +
142                 CHC @PHI  W   2-1       80-61    2     3.5  1:33 C Bryant                          ++
143 Fri, Sep 23     CHC @PHI  W   3-2       81-61    2     2.0  1:46 J Russell                       0 +++
144                 CHC @PHI  W   7-6       82-61    2     2.0  1:45 L French                    1,000 ++++
145 Sat, Sep 24     CHC  STL  W   9-3       83-61    2     2.0  2:24 V Page                     13,441 +++++
146 Sun, Sep 25     CHC  STL  W   7-2       84-61    2     2.0  1:49 C Bryant                   30,014 ++++++
147 Mon, Sep 26     CHC  STL  W   6-3       85-61    2     1.5  1:42 B Lee                       9,988 +++++++
148 Tue, Sep 27     CHC  PIT  W   2-1       86-61    2     0.5  1:38 D Dean                            ++++++++
149 Wed, Sep 28     CHC  PIT  W   6-5       87-61    1  up 0.5  2:37 C Root                          0 +++++++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Thu, Sep 29     CHC  PIT  W  10-1       88-61    1  up 1.5  2:15 B Lee                      42,628 ++++++++++
151 Fri, Sep 30     CHC @STL  -   7-7       88-61    1  up 1.5  2:38                             1,000 ++++++++++
152 Sat, Oct  1     CHC @STL  L   3-4       88-62    1  up 2.0  2:02 B Weiland                       0 -
153                 CHC @STL  W  10-3       89-62    1  up 2.0  2:14 C Root                      3,988 +
154 Sun, Oct  2     CHC @STL  L   5-7       89-63    1  up 2.0  1:33 P Dean                     11,986 -

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