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1939 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940

84-70, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Gabby Hartnett (84-70)
Scored 724 runs, Allowed 678 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 726,663 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100


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1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Dick Bartell 31 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 22, 1907 13 105 99 105 102 0 0 0 0 1 101 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.3 $
Clay Bryant 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 26, 1911 5 28 4 28 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 22 -0.2 $
Phil Cavarretta 22 L L 5' 11" 175 Jul 19, 1916 6 22 14 22 14 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0.0 $
Dizzy Dean HOF 29 R R 6' 2" 182 Jan 16, 1910 9 19 13 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $20,000
Larry French 31 R L 6' 1" 195 Nov 1, 1907 11 36 21 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $
Augie Galan 27 B R 6' 0" 175 May 23, 1912 6 148 144 148 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 145 3 0 3.2 $
Bob Garbark 29 R R 5' 11" 178 Nov 13, 1909 5 24 0 24 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.3 $
Jim Gleeson 27 B R 6' 1" 191 Mar 5, 1912 2 111 83 111 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 12 66 91 20 0 -0.6 $
Stan Hack 29 L R 6' 0" 170 Dec 6, 1909 8 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $ All-Star
Ray Harrell 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 16, 1912 4 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Gabby Hartnett HOF 38 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 20, 1900 18 97 83 97 86 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 2.0 $20,000
Billy Herman HOF 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 7, 1909 9 156 155 156 156 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $17,000 All-Star
Kirby Higbe 24 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 8, 1915 3 9 2 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Bill Lee 29 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 21, 1909 6 37 36 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $ All-Star
Hank Leiber 28 R R 6' 1" 205 Jan 17, 1911 7 112 97 112 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 98 14 0 4.0 $
Gene Lillard 25 R R 5' 10" 178 Nov 12, 1913 2 23 7 23 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -1.4 $
Gus Mancuso 33 R R 5' 10" 185 Dec 5, 1905 11 80 73 80 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.5 $
Joe Marty 25 R R 6' 0" 182 Sep 1, 1913 3 23 19 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19 21 2 0 -1.2 $
Bobby Mattick 23 R R 5' 11" 178 Dec 5, 1915 2 51 48 51 48 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 $
Steve Mesner 21 R R 5' 9" 178 Jan 13, 1918 2 17 10 17 14 0 0 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.3 $
Bill Nicholson 24 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 11, 1914 2 58 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 58 0 0 1.0 $
Vern Olsen 21 R L 6' 0" 175 Mar 16, 1918 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Vance Page 33 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 15, 1905 2 27 17 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Claude Passeau 30 R R 6' 3" 198 Apr 9, 1909 5 35 27 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.4 $
Carl Reynolds 36 R R 6' 0" 194 Feb 1, 1903 13 88 66 88 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 51 19 73 16 0 -0.3 $
Charlie Root 40 R R 5' 10" 190 Mar 17, 1899 15 35 16 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Jack Russell 33 R R 6' 1" 178 Oct 24, 1905 14 43 0 43 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.5 $
Rip Russell 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 26, 1915 1st 143 143 143 143 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Earl Whitehill 40 L L 5' 9" 174 Feb 7, 1899 17 24 11 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Gabby Hartnett

Phil Cavarretta

Billy Herman

Dick Bartell

Stan Hack

Augie Galan

Joe Marty
Bill Nicholson

Hank Leiber

Bill Lee

Gus Mancuso

Claude Passeau

Larry French

Bobby Mattick
Steve Mesner

Ray Harrell

Charlie Root

Clay Bryant

Dizzy Dean

Vern Olsen

Jim Gleeson

Kirby Higbe

Gene Lillard

Jack Russell

Earl Whitehill

Rip Russell

Bob Garbark

Vance Page

Carl Reynolds

1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers