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1939 Chicago Cubs Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
84-70, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 724 runs, Allowed 678 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72
Manager: Gabby Hartnett (84-70)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 726,663 (4th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101; one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100

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1938 / 1940 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	38	97	351	306	36	85	18	2	12	59	0		37	32	.278	.358	.467	.825	118	143	11	1	7
2	1B	Rip Russell	24	143	594	542	55	148	24	5	9	79	2		36	56	.273	.318	.386	.704	87	209	12	0	16
3	2B	Billy Herman	29	156	713	623	111	191	34	18	7	70	9		66	31	.307	.378	.453	.830	120	282	24	5	19
4	SS	Dick Bartell	31	105	395	336	37	80	24	2	3	34	6		42	25	.238	.335	.348	.683	82	117	10	7	10
5	3B	Stan Hack*	29	156	723	641	112	191	28	6	8	56	17		65	35	.298	.364	.398	.762	103	255	7	2	15
6	OF	Augie Galan#	27	148	641	549	104	167	36	8	6	71	8		75	26	.304	.392	.432	.823	119	237	10	4	13
7	OF	Hank Leiber	28	112	431	365	65	113	16	1	24	88	1		59	42	.310	.411	.556	.967	156	203	14	4	3
8	OF	Jim Gleeson#	27	111	383	332	43	74	19	6	4	45	7		39	46	.223	.308	.352	.661	76	117	5	2	10
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	OF	Carl Reynolds	36	88	313	281	33	69	10	6	4	44	5		16	38	.246	.298	.367	.665	76	103	8	5	11
10	C	Gus Mancuso	33	80	281	251	17	58	10	0	2	17	0		24	19	.231	.298	.295	.593	59	74	4	0	6
11	OF	Bill Nicholson*	24	58	243	220	37	65	12	5	5	38	0		20	29	.295	.354	.464	.818	116	102	1	0	3
12	SS	Bobby Mattick	23	51	189	178	16	51	12	1	0	23	1		6	19	.287	.314	.365	.679	80	65	4	1	4
13	OF	Joe Marty	25	23	80	76	6	10	1	0	2	10	2		4	13	.132	.175	.224	.399	6	17	4	0	0
14	1B	Phil Cavarretta*	22	22	59	55	4	15	3	1	0	0	2		4	3	.273	.322	.364	.686	82	20	1	0	0
15	SS	Steve Mesner	21	17	48	43	7	12	4	0	0	6	0		3	4	.279	.340	.372	.713	90	16	1	1	1
16	C	Bob Garbark	29	24	21	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-24	3	1	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
17	P	Bill Lee	29	37	115	103	3	13	0	0	1	3	0		4	16	.126	.159	.155	.314	-16	16	1	0	8
18	P	Larry French	31	36	82	73	6	14	2	0	1	7	0		4	26	.192	.244	.260	.504	34	19	1	1	4
19	P	Claude Passeau	30	35	81	77	6	12	2	0	1	6	0		2	27	.156	.177	.221	.398	5	17	3	0	2
20	P	Charley Root	40	35	63	57	4	10	2	1	2	6	0		2	21	.175	.217	.351	.568	49	20	0	1	3
21	P	Vance Page	33	27	52	47	2	12	3	0	0	6	0		3	11	.255	.300	.319	.619	65	15	1	0	2
22	P	Dizzy Dean	29	19	37	34	4	5	1	0	0	1	1		1	7	.147	.171	.176	.348	-7	6	0	0	2
23	P	Earl Whitehill*	40	24	31	29	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	7	.103	.161	.103	.265	-28	3	1	0	0
24	P	Jack Russell	33	43	17	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
25	P	Gene Lillard	25	23	16	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		6	3	.100	.438	.100	.538	50	1	0	0	0
26	P	Clay Bryant	27	28	15	14	9	3	1	0	0	1	0		1	1	.214	.267	.286	.552	47	4	0	0	0
27	P	Kirby Higbe	24	9	8	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	3	.286	.286	.429	.714	88	3	0	0	1
28	P	Ray Harrell	27	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
29	P	Vern Olsen	21	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	91	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.0	156	5990	5293	724	1407	263	62	91	671	61		523	553	.266	.336	.391	.726	93	2067	124	34	140
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	3	5	4	1	4		1		2	3	5	6	4	4		3
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
Dick Bartell	31	395	276	38	3.7	105	.250	.238	.283	.335	.349	.348	.404	.683	.753	82	.402	-7.0	-0.7	.647	.253	.110	4.0	6/5
Clay Bryant	27	15	11	1	2.4	105	.231	.214	.283	.267	.349	.286	.404	.552	.753	47	.239	-1.0	-0.1	.455	.143	.071		/1O
*Phil Cavarretta	22	59	41	6	3.9	105	.288	.273	.283	.322	.349	.364	.404	.686	.753	82	.429	-1.5	-0.1	.634	.200	.091	.0	3/O
Dizzy Dean	29	37	31	1	0.9	105	.185	.147	.283	.171	.349	.176	.404	.348	.753	-7	.045	-5.3	-0.5	.276	.088	.029	.0	1
Larry French	31	82	64	4	1.7	105	.283	.192	.283	.244	.349	.260	.404	.504	.753	34	.137	-7.1	-0.7	.400	.123	.068	.0	1
#Augie Galan	27	641	405	92	6.0	105	.311	.304	.283	.392	.349	.432	.404	.823	.753	119	.627	17.9	1.8	.827	.279	.128	6.9	*O
Bob Garbark	29	21	19	0	0.0	105	.167	.143	.283	.143	.349	.143	.404	.286	.753	-24	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.158	.000	.000		2
#Jim Gleeson	27	383	273	36	3.5	105	.248	.223	.283	.308	.349	.352	.404	.661	.753	76	.383	-11.8	-1.2	.627	.268	.130	5.1	O
*Stan Hack	29	723	472	92	5.2	105	.306	.298	.283	.364	.349	.398	.404	.762	.753	103	.560	3.4	0.3	.742	.228	.100	10.9	*5
Ray Harrell	27	5	5	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.283	.000	.349	.000	.404	.000	.753	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/1
Gabby Hartnett	38	351	239	51	5.7	105	.279	.278	.283	.358	.349	.467	.404	.825	.753	118	.600	7.8	0.8	.780	.310	.190	.0	2
Billy Herman	29	713	475	105	5.9	105	.315	.307	.283	.378	.349	.453	.404	.830	.753	120	.615	17.8	1.7	.794	.266	.146	7.9	*4
Kirby Higbe	24	8	6	1	4.4	105	.500	.286	.283	.286	.349	.429	.404	.714	.753	88	.488	-0.1	0.0	.600	.143	.143		/1
Bill Lee	29	115	99	3	0.8	105	.140	.126	.283	.159	.349	.155	.404	.314	.753	-16	.041	-17.5	-1.8	.220	.068	.029	.0	1
Hank Leiber	28	431	269	82	8.1	105	.298	.310	.283	.411	.349	.556	.404	.967	.753	156	.742	30.1	2.9	1.004	.411	.247	1.9	O
Gene Lillard	25	16	9	0	0.0	105	.143	.100	.283	.438	.349	.100	.404	.538	.753	50	.000	-0.2	0.0	.778	.600	.000		1
Gus Mancuso	33	281	203	22	2.9	105	.243	.231	.283	.298	.349	.295	.404	.593	.753	59	.303	-14.8	-1.5	.497	.159	.064	.0	2
Joe Marty	25	80	70	3	1.1	105	.131	.132	.283	.175	.349	.224	.404	.399	.753	6	.073	-10.7	-1.1	.329	.171	.092	2.0	O
Bobby Mattick	23	189	135	20	4.0	105	.321	.287	.283	.314	.349	.365	.404	.679	.753	80	.435	-5.2	-0.5	.557	.118	.079	.0	6
Steve Mesner	21	48	33	5	4.0	105	.308	.279	.283	.340	.349	.372	.404	.713	.753	90	.445	-0.5	0.0	.625	.163	.093		6/45
*Bill Nicholson	24	243	159	36	6.0	105	.323	.295	.283	.354	.349	.464	.404	.818	.753	116	.625	4.4	0.4	.782	.259	.168	.0	O
Vern Olsen	21	3	1	0	0.0	105		.000	.283	.667	.349	.000	.404	.667	.753	91	.000	0.4	0.0	2.000	2.000	.000		/1
Vance Page	33	52	38	5	3.5	105	.333	.255	.283	.300	.349	.319	.404	.619	.753	65	.383	-2.3	-0.2	.500	.128	.064		1
Claude Passeau	30	81	70	3	1.1	105	.224	.156	.283	.177	.349	.221	.404	.398	.753	5	.073	-10.7	-1.1	.279	.091	.065	.0	1
Carl Reynolds	36	313	231	29	3.4	105	.272	.246	.283	.298	.349	.367	.404	.665	.753	76	.363	-10.9	-1.1	.586	.196	.121	4.4	O
Charley Root	40	63	50	4	2.1	105	.235	.175	.283	.217	.349	.351	.404	.568	.753	49	.199	-4.7	-0.5	.489	.211	.175	.0	1
Jack Russell	33	17	17	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.283	.000	.349	.000	.404	.000	.753	-100	.000	-4.9	-0.5	.000	.000	.000		1
Rip Russell	24	594	422	67	4.2	105	.291	.273	.283	.318	.349	.386	.404	.704	.753	87	.466	-11.9	-1.2	.608	.183	.113	3.3	*3
*Earl Whitehill	40	31	27	0	0.0	105	.136	.103	.283	.161	.349	.103	.404	.265	.753	-28	.000	-5.4	-0.5	.185	.069	.000		1
League Average					4.5	103	.289	.271	.280	.335	.346	.385	.400	.720	.746	93	.497			.651	.214	.114
Team Total		5990	4150	706	4.5	105	.283	.266	.283	.336	.349	.391	.404	.726	.753	93	.497	-56.9	-5.9	.670	.235	.125	73.0
	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
Dick Bartell	31	110	403	352	38	83	25	2	3	35	6		44	26	.236	.333	.344	.676	39	105	105
Clay Bryant	27	29	16	15	9	3	1	0	0	1	0		1	1	.200	.250	.267	.517	1	28	28
*Phil Cavarretta	22	23	61	57	4	15	3	1	0	0	2		4	3	.263	.311	.351	.662	6	22	22
Dizzy Dean	29	20	37	36	4	5	1	0	0	1	1		1	7	.139	.162	.167	.329	1	19	19
Larry French	31	38	81	76	6	14	2	0	1	7	0		4	27	.184	.235	.250	.485	4	36	36
#Augie Galan	27	156	657	575	107	173	37	8	6	73	8		78	27	.301	.388	.424	.812	95	148	148
Bob Garbark	29	25	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	24	24
#Jim Gleeson	27	117	391	348	44	77	20	6	4	46	7		41	48	.221	.307	.348	.655	37	111	111
*Stan Hack	29	164	740	671	115	198	29	6	8	57	18		67	37	.295	.361	.392	.753	95	156	156
Ray Harrell	27	27	36	33	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		3	12	.121	.194	.152	.346	1	26	26
Gabby Hartnett	38	102	359	320	37	88	19	2	12	61	0		38	34	.275	.354	.459	.813	53	97	97
Billy Herman	29	164	725	652	114	198	35	19	7	72	9		68	33	.304	.374	.448	.822	108	156	156
Kirby Higbe	24	45	77	77	6	0	0	0	0	7	0		0	19	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	43	43
Bill Lee	29	39	111	107	2	12	0	0	1	2	0		4	17	.112	.144	.140	.284	2	37	37
Hank Leiber	28	118	447	382	66	117	17	1	25	90	1		61	44	.306	.407	.552	.960	84	112	112
Gene Lillard	25	24	17	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	3	.000	.353	.000	.353	0	23	23
Gus Mancuso	33	84	289	264	18	61	11	0	2	18	0		25	20	.231	.298	.295	.593	23	80	80
Joe Marty	25	120	427	397	41	93	14	6	12	58	3		30	42	.234	.288	.390	.678	45	114	114
Bobby Mattick	23	54	194	187	17	53	12	1	0	24	1		6	20	.283	.309	.358	.668	21	51	51
Steve Mesner	21	18	49	45	7	12	4	0	0	6	0		3	4	.267	.327	.356	.682	5	17	17
*Bill Nicholson	24	61	251	230	38	67	12	5	5	39	0		21	31	.291	.351	.452	.803	37	58	58
Vern Olsen	21	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	4	4
Vance Page	33	28	52	49	2	12	3	0	0	6	0		3	12	.245	.288	.306	.595	4	27	27
Claude Passeau	30	45	104	102	7	17	2	0	1	8	0		2	36	.167	.183	.216	.398	4	43	43
Carl Reynolds	36	93	317	295	34	72	10	6	4	46	5		17	40	.244	.297	.359	.656	31	88	88
Charley Root	40	37	62	59	4	10	2	1	2	6	0		2	22	.169	.210	.339	.549	4	35	35
Jack Russell	33	45	18	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	43	43
Rip Russell	24	150	605	568	57	154	25	5	9	81	2		37	59	.271	.316	.380	.696	68	143	143
*Earl Whitehill	40	25	33	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	7	.000	.061	.000	.061	0	24	24
	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
Dick Bartell	31	13	6898	1574	6898	6061	909	1759	373	65	57	569	82		527	482	.290	.354	.401	.755	97	2433	66	72	238
Clay Bryant	27	5	195	169	195	183	44	48	5	2	5	27	0		7	17	.262	.289	.393	.683	83	72	2	0	5
*Phil Cavarretta	22	6	1860	497	1860	1720	221	468	78	26	24	228	26		108	165	.272	.319	.390	.709	89	670	32	11	21
Dizzy Dean	29	9	745	313	745	698	74	156	23	4	8	76	5		9	102	.223	.234	.302	.537	43	211	12	1	37
Larry French	31	11	986	460	986	881	68	163	20	5	1	65	3		34	166	.185	.218	.222	.440	17	196	13	3	68
#Augie Galan	27	6	3390	770	3390	2968	498	839	149	44	55	400	81		373	209	.283	.365	.418	.784	109	1241	35	14	35
Bob Garbark	29	5	113	59	113	105	8	23	1	0	0	9	0	0	7	7	.219	.268	.229	.496	33	24	6	0	1
#Jim Gleeson	27	2	541	152	541	471	69	110	28	8	8	57	9	1	57	63	.234	.319	.378	.697	80	178	5	2	11
*Stan Hack	29	8	4005	938	4005	3460	600	1038	163	49	28	370	100		466	233	.300	.386	.400	.785	111	1383	46	16	63
Ray Harrell	27	4	74	104	74	67	3	4	1	0	0	1	0		4	26	.060	.113	.075	.187	-48	5	0	0	3
Gabby Hartnett	38	18	7059	1889	7059	6218	844	1850	388	64	230	1141	28	7	683	676	.298	.370	.491	.862	126	3056	85	34	124
Billy Herman	29	9	5505	1198	5505	4938	794	1540	322	64	32	520	52		414	247	.312	.368	.422	.790	113	2086	117	24	129
Kirby Higbe	24	3	86	46	86	79	5	13	2	0	0	6	0		0	20	.165	.165	.190	.354	-4	15	2	0	7
Bill Lee	29	6	618	245	618	556	36	94	11	2	3	41	1		19	99	.169	.198	.212	.410	10	118	10	1	42
Hank Leiber	28	7	2296	585	2296	2056	311	608	102	22	73	384	4		194	199	.296	.361	.473	.834	124	973	58	15	31
Gene Lillard	25	2	53	42	53	44	9	8	1	0	0	2	0		9	11	.182	.321	.205	.525	43	9	3	0	0
Gus Mancuso	33	11	3627	1008	3627	3288	304	930	161	13	48	420	5		268	185	.283	.337	.384	.721	94	1261	68	2	69
Joe Marty	25	3	993	278	993	900	111	227	38	11	23	133	6		74	96	.252	.313	.396	.708	90	356	37	5	14
Bobby Mattick	23	2	190	52	190	179	16	52	12	1	0	24	1		6	19	.291	.317	.369	.686	82	66	4	1	4
Steve Mesner	21	2	53	19	53	47	9	13	4	0	0	6	0		4	5	.277	.346	.362	.708	89	17	1	1	1
*Bill Nicholson	24	2	255	69	255	232	39	65	12	5	5	38	0	0	20	34	.280	.337	.440	.777	105	102	1	0	3
Vern Olsen	21	1	3	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	91	0	0	0	0
Vance Page	33	2	79	40	79	73	4	16	3	0	0	7	0		3	18	.219	.250	.260	.510	37	19	2	0	3
Claude Passeau	30	5	381	189	381	363	31	72	11	0	4	28	0		9	130	.198	.218	.262	.479	27	95	6	0	9
Carl Reynolds	36	13	4879	1222	4879	4495	672	1357	247	107	80	699	112	40	260	308	.302	.346	.458	.804	108	2058	19	42	82
Charley Root	40	15	1115	577	1115	1022	78	187	45	7	10	88	1	0	37	309	.183	.216	.270	.486	28	276	6	6	50
Jack Russell	33	14	669	554	669	604	65	103	17	9	1	40	1	0	36	207	.171	.217	.233	.451	18	141	1	0	29
Rip Russell	24	1	594	143	594	542	55	148	24	5	9	79	2		36	56	.273	.318	.386	.704	87	209	12	0	16
*Earl Whitehill	40	17	1446	548	1446	1291	107	264	23	7	4	98	3	0	97	216	.204	.261	.242	.503	31	313	1	1	57
	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

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