You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Franchise Encyclopedia > 1939 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

1939 Chicago Cubs Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
84-70, Finished 4th in National League
View League Standings and Leaders
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

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)
Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms

1938 / 1940 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 84-70, Final Rank:4, GB: 13.0
Days in First5last on Thursday, Apr 27, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 5last on Apr 27, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead1last on Wednesday, Apr 26, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind14last on Sunday, Sep 24, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50015last on Saturday, Sep 16
Most Games under .5003last on Saturday, Jun 17
Longest Winning Streak6Sunday, Jun 18 to Friday, Jun 23
Longest Losing Streak4Tuesday, May 2 to Friday, May 5 and Wednesday, Jun 14 to Saturday, Jun 17
Most Runs Allowed14Friday, May 26
Most Runs Scored15Tuesday, May 23 and Wednesday, Sep 13
Times Shutout by Opponent7 
Times Opponent Shutout8 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 84 70 724 678 .545
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 44 34 379 343 .564
Road 40 36 345 335 .526
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 6 4 37 43 .600
May 14 14 134 153 .500
June 15 12 124 96 .556
July 14 15 129 147 .483
August 19 10 145 109 .655
September 15 15 153 129 .500
October 1 0 2 11.000
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 39 37 339 372 .513
Second Half 45 33 385 306 .577
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 24 19 173 168 .558
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 23 20 244 235 .535
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BRO 11 11 106 97 .500
BSN 16 6 116 58 .727
CIN 10 12 96 126 .455
NYG 11 11 104 102 .500
PHI 12 10 119 94 .545
PIT 14 8 98 102 .636
STL 10 12 85 99 .455

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Friday, Apr 21 CHC @ STL W 4 2 1-0 2 1.0 Lee 2:10 10,372 +
2 2 Saturday, Apr 22 CHC @ STL L 0 9 1-1 3 1.0 Warneke 2:18 5,260 -
3 3 Sunday, Apr 23 CHC @ STL W 6 5 2-1 1 Tied Bryant 2:27 9,106 +
4 4 Monday, Apr 24 CHC PIT W 6 2 3-1 1 Tied Whitehill 2:18 15,844 ++
5 5 Tuesday, Apr 25 CHC PIT W 5 3 4-1 1 up 0.5 Lee 1:51 9,913 +++
6 6 Wednesday, Apr 26 CHC PIT W 3 1 5-1 1 up 1.0 Lillard 2:10 9,516 ++++
7 7 Thursday, Apr 27 CHC @ CIN L 3 11 5-2 1 up 0.5 Derringer -
8 8 Friday, Apr 28 CHC @ CIN L 6 7 5-3 2 0.5 Moore 2:30 8,571 --
9 9 Saturday, Apr 29 CHC STL L 0 2 5-4 4 1.5 Warneke 1:34 11,479 ---
10 10 Sunday, Apr 30 CHC STL W 4 1 6-4 3 1.0 Lillard 1:56 19,630 +
11 11 Tuesday, May 2 CHC @ PHI L 1 6 6-5 4 1.5 Johnson 1:59 1,500 -
12 12 Wednesday, May 3 CHC @ PHI L 1 4 6-6 4 2.0 Mulcahy 1:41 1,500 --
13 13 Thursday, May 4 CHC @ BRO L 2 6 6-7 5 2.5 Mungo 2:33 10,116 ---
14 14 Friday, May 5 CHC @ BRO L 3 6 6-8 5 2.5 Wyatt 2:10 9,675 ----
15 15 Saturday, May 6 CHC @ BRO W 4 3 7-8 5 2.0 Page 2:02 23,681 +
16 16 Sunday, May 7 CHC @ NYG L 3 10 7-9 6 3.0 Melton 1:56 36,005 -
17 17 Monday, May 8 CHC @ NYG W 4 2 8-9 5 2.0 Lee 2:01 6,098 +
18 18 Tuesday, May 9 CHC @ NYG W 11 7 9-9 3 2.0 Higbe 3:05 6,026 ++
19 19 Wednesday, May 10 CHC @ BSN L 2 6 9-10 5 2.0 Fette 1:56 6,170 -
20 20 Thursday, May 11 CHC @ BSN W 6 2 10-10 4 1.5 Page 2:03 4,727 +
21 21 Saturday, May 13 CHC @ PIT W 6 2 11-10 4 1.0 Lee 1:52 6,948 ++
22 22 Sunday, May 14 CHC @ PIT L 2 5 11-11 4 2.0 Tobin 1:59 15,397 -
23 23 Monday, May 15 CHC @ PIT W 6 2 12-11 3 1.5 French 1:44 3,941 +
24 24 Tuesday, May 16 CHC BRO L 2 12 12-12 4 2.5 Wyatt 2:11 7,491 -
25 25 Wednesday, May 17 CHC BRO T 9 9 12-12 4 2.0 4:41 4,500 -
26 26 Thursday, May 18 CHC BRO W 4 2 13-12 3 2.0 Lee 2:01 4,695 +
27 27 Friday, May 19 CHC NYG L 5 11 13-13 4 2.5 Gumbert 2:30 25,000 -
28 28 Saturday, May 20 CHC NYG W 8 4 14-13 3 2.5 French 2:39 12,698 +
29 29 Sunday, May 21 CHC BSN W 4 0 15-13 3 2.5 Dean 1:41 21,684 ++
30 30 Monday, May 22 CHC BSN L 3 5 15-14 3 3.5 Fette 2:10 4,851 -
31 31 Tuesday, May 23 CHC BSN W 15 8 16-14 3 3.5 Higbe 2:32 2,980 +
32 32 Wednesday, May 24 CHC PHI W 3 2 17-14 3 3.5 French 2:01 4,658 ++
33 33 Thursday, May 25 CHC PHI L 7 8 17-15 3 4.5 Mulcahy 2:26 5,015 -
34 34 Friday, May 26 CHC PIT L 5 14 17-16 3 5.5 Tobin 2:27 5,982 --
35 35 Saturday, May 27 CHC PIT L 1 9 17-17 4 6.5 Sewell 2:04 8,035 ---
36 36 Sunday, May 28 CHC PIT W 6 2 18-17 3 6.0 Dean 1:46 26,511 +
37 37 Monday, May 29 CHC @ CIN L 3 6 18-18 4 7.0 Grissom 1:44 9,616 -
38 38 Tuesday, May 30 CHC @ CIN W 6 0 19-18 3 5.0 French 2:28 21,744 +
39 39 Tuesday, May 30 CHC @ CIN W 2 0 20-18 3 5.0 Page 1:44 18,875 ++
40 40 Thursday, Jun 1 CHC @ BRO L 2 3 20-19 4 6.0 Tamulis 3:38 32,574 -
41 41 Saturday, Jun 3 CHC @ BRO W 10 5 21-19 4 5.5 Whitehill 2:12 13,030 +
42 42 Sunday, Jun 4 CHC @ PHI W 9 4 22-19 3 5.5 Russell 2:15 4,000 ++
43 43 Monday, Jun 5 CHC @ PHI L 7 8 22-20 3 6.5 Higbe 2:14 1,500 -
44 44 Tuesday, Jun 6 CHC @ PHI L 8 9 22-21 3 6.5 Beck 2:32 1,000 --
45 45 Wednesday, Jun 7 CHC @ NYG W 7 1 23-21 3 6.5 Passeau 2:35 7,058 +
46 46 Thursday, Jun 8 CHC @ NYG L 3 5 23-22 3 7.5 Gumbert 2:00 5,914 -
47 47 Friday, Jun 9 CHC @ NYG L 3 4 23-23 4 8.0 Castleman 2:45 4,418 --
48 48 Saturday, Jun 10 CHC @ BSN W 2 1 24-23 4 7.0 Whitehill 2:00 4,810 +
49 49 Sunday, Jun 11 CHC @ BSN L 3 4 24-24 4 7.0 MacFayden 2:25 0 -
50 50 Sunday, Jun 11 CHC @ BSN W 5 3 25-24 4 7.0 Russell 1:58 23,856 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Wednesday, Jun 14 CHC NYG L 1 2 25-25 5 8.0 Lohrman 1:46 10,686 -
52 52 Thursday, Jun 15 CHC NYG L 4 7 25-26 5 9.0 Brown 2:30 6,966 --
53 53 Friday, Jun 16 CHC NYG L 4 6 25-27 5 9.5 Schumacher 2:32 9,346 ---
54 54 Saturday, Jun 17 CHC BRO L 0 5 25-28 5 10.5 Wyatt 2:25 8,027 ----
55 55 Sunday, Jun 18 CHC BRO W 1 0 26-28 5 9.5 Dean 1:27 0 +
56 56 Sunday, Jun 18 CHC BRO W 9 1 27-28 5 9.5 Lee 2:19 27,192 ++
57 57 Monday, Jun 19 CHC BRO T 3 3 27-28 5 9.5 1:54 4,725 ++
58 58 Tuesday, Jun 20 CHC BSN W 3 1 28-28 4 9.5 Passeau 1:49 4,928 +++
59 59 Wednesday, Jun 21 CHC BSN W 3 0 29-28 4 8.5 Whitehill 1:28 5,104 ++++
60 60 Thursday, Jun 22 CHC BSN W 7 1 30-28 4 8.0 Dean 1:50 6,046 +++++
61 61 Friday, Jun 23 CHC PHI W 4 3 31-28 4 7.0 Lee 1:52 6,762 ++++++
62 62 Saturday, Jun 24 CHC PHI L 0 1 31-29 4 7.0 Mulcahy 1:30 8,574 -
63 63 Sunday, Jun 25 CHC PHI W 4 3 32-29 4 6.0 Passeau 1:57 14,388 +
64 64 Tuesday, Jun 27 CHC @ STL L 2 5 32-30 4 7.0 Warneke 2:00 3,076 -
65 65 Wednesday, Jun 28 CHC @ STL W 8 4 33-30 4 6.5 French 2:05 9,035 +
66 66 Thursday, Jun 29 CHC @ STL W 7 6 34-30 4 6.0 Lee 1:57 2,181 ++
67 67 Friday, Jun 30 CHC CIN W 5 1 35-30 4 5.0 Root 2:07 12,351 +++
68 68 Saturday, Jul 1 CHC CIN L 6 8 35-31 4 6.0 Walters 2:24 13,661 -
69 69 Sunday, Jul 2 CHC CIN L 3 11 35-32 3 6.0 Derringer 1:58 0 --
70 70 Sunday, Jul 2 CHC CIN W 9 8 36-32 3 6.0 Passeau 2:45 42,094 +
71 71 Monday, Jul 3 CHC STL L 3 5 36-33 4 6.5 Bowman 1:59 12,749 -
72 72 Tuesday, Jul 4 CHC STL L 4 6 36-34 4 6.5 Cooper 2:13 0 --
73 73 Tuesday, Jul 4 CHC STL W 3 2 37-34 4 6.5 Lillard 2:13 26,409 +
74 74 Wednesday, Jul 5 CHC @ PIT L 1 10 37-35 4 7.5 Bowman 1:44 2,201 -
75 75 Thursday, Jul 6 CHC @ PIT L 2 7 37-36 5 8.5 Klinger 1:54 6,257 --
76 76 Friday, Jul 7 CHC @ PIT W 5 4 38-36 4 8.0 Lee 2:33 4,438 +
77 77 Saturday, Jul 8 CHC @ CIN W 7 6 39-36 3 7.0 Root 2:05 9,229 ++
78 78 Sunday, Jul 9 CHC @ CIN L 1 13 39-37 3 8.0 Walters 1:37 21,321 -
79 79 Thursday, Jul 13 CHC @ PHI W 7 5 40-37 3 8.0 Page 2:11 10,714 +
80 80 Saturday, Jul 15 CHC @ PHI L 5 8 40-38 4 8.5 Johnson 2:06 3,000 -
81 81 Sunday, Jul 16 CHC @ BRO W 9 2 41-38 4 7.5 French 2:14 0 +
82 82 Sunday, Jul 16 CHC @ BRO L 0 4 41-39 4 7.5 Evans 1:50 29,177 -
83 83 Monday, Jul 17 CHC @ BRO W 11 2 42-39 3 7.5 Root 2:13 11,961 +
84 84 Tuesday, Jul 18 CHC @ BRO W 4 2 43-39 2 7.5 Passeau 2:09 5,435 ++
85 85 Wednesday, Jul 19 CHC @ BSN L 2 3 43-40 3 8.5 Shoffner 2:17 6,862 -
86 86 Thursday, Jul 20 CHC @ BSN L 1 2 43-41 3 9.0 Posedel 1:34 2,620 --
87 87 Friday, Jul 21 CHC @ BSN W 3 1 44-41 3 8.5 Root 2:01 2,797 +
88 88 Saturday, Jul 22 CHC @ NYG W 8 7 45-41 2 8.5 Passeau 2:47 8,757 ++
89 89 Sunday, Jul 23 CHC @ NYG W 7 5 46-41 2 9.0 Lee 2:20 14,975 +++
90 90 Tuesday, Jul 25 CHC BRO L 6 8 46-42 4 10.5 Hutchinson 2:20 0 -
91 91 Tuesday, Jul 25 CHC BRO L 1 3 46-43 4 10.5 Casey 1:50 12,011 --
92 92 Wednesday, Jul 26 CHC BRO W 10 2 47-43 4 10.0 Dean 1:48 10,328 +
93 93 Thursday, Jul 27 CHC BRO W 3 1 48-43 3 10.5 Lee 1:54 6,069 ++
94 94 Friday, Jul 28 CHC NYG W 5 4 49-43 2 10.0 Russell 1:55 6,978 +++
95 95 Saturday, Jul 29 CHC NYG L 2 5 49-44 2 11.5 Gumbert 1:42 12,158 -
96 96 Sunday, Jul 30 CHC NYG L 1 3 49-45 3 13.0 Hubbell 1:52 26,626 --
97 97 Tuesday, Aug 1 CHC PHI W 6 2 50-45 3 12.0 French 2:02 7,290 +
98 98 Thursday, Aug 3 CHC PHI W 9 6 51-45 3 11.0 Lee 2:14 0 ++
99 99 Friday, Aug 4 CHC BSN W 1 0 52-45 3 11.0 Passeau 2:02 9,200 +++
100 100 Saturday, Aug 5 CHC BSN W 3 2 53-45 3 10.0 Root 1:46 10,184 ++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Sunday, Aug 6 CHC BSN L 8 9 53-46 3 10.5 Shoffner 3:24 18,198 -
102 102 Tuesday, Aug 8 CHC CIN W 7 3 54-46 3 10.5 Lee 2:03 30,000 +
103 103 Tuesday, Aug 8 CHC CIN L 5 7 54-47 3 10.5 Derringer 2:16 28,478 -
104 104 Wednesday, Aug 9 CHC CIN L 5 7 54-48 3 12.5 Thompson 2:08 0 --
105 105 Wednesday, Aug 9 CHC CIN L 3 11 54-49 3 12.5 Moore 2:25 40,887 ---
106 106 Thursday, Aug 10 CHC CIN W 6 4 55-49 3 11.5 Page 1:34 10,762 +
107 107 Friday, Aug 11 CHC PIT W 3 2 56-49 3 11.0 Lee 1:55 7,296 ++
108 108 Saturday, Aug 12 CHC PIT W 6 4 57-49 3 11.0 Bryant 2:01 9,223 +++
109 109 Sunday, Aug 13 CHC PIT W 5 4 58-49 3 9.5 Dean 1:38 25,180 ++++
110 110 Monday, Aug 14 CHC @ STL W 4 0 59-49 3 9.5 French 1:55 4,281 +++++
111 111 Tuesday, Aug 15 CHC @ STL L 6 7 59-50 3 10.5 Bowman 2:54 5,537 -
112 112 Wednesday, Aug 16 CHC @ CIN W 2 1 60-50 3 9.5 Passeau 1:42 10,215 +
113 113 Thursday, Aug 17 CHC @ CIN L 6 7 60-51 3 10.5 Moore 2:50 26,699 -
114 114 Saturday, Aug 19 CHC @ PIT W 5 0 61-51 3 10.0 Lee 1:52 3,126 +
115 115 Sunday, Aug 20 CHC @ PIT W 9 5 62-51 3 9.0 Passeau 2:20 0 ++
116 116 Sunday, Aug 20 CHC @ PIT L 0 5 62-52 3 9.0 Butcher 2:00 13,076 -
117 117 Monday, Aug 21 CHC @ NYG W 4 3 63-52 3 9.0 French 2:23 4,402 +
118 118 Tuesday, Aug 22 CHC @ NYG L 2 4 63-53 3 9.0 Melton 2:09 5,924 -
119 119 Wednesday, Aug 23 CHC @ NYG W 8 3 64-53 3 9.0 Lee 2:11 5,897 +
120 120 Thursday, Aug 24 CHC @ BSN W 6 1 65-53 3 8.0 Passeau 1:56 1,842 ++
121 121 Saturday, Aug 26 CHC @ BSN W 8 1 66-53 3 7.0 French 2:05 +++
122 122 Saturday, Aug 26 CHC @ BSN W 8 1 67-53 3 7.0 Page 1:54 5,624 ++++
123 123 Sunday, Aug 27 CHC @ PHI L 3 4 67-54 3 8.5 Beck 1:42 0 -
124 124 Sunday, Aug 27 CHC @ PHI L 2 3 67-55 3 8.5 Harrell 1:58 10,029 --
125 125 Monday, Aug 28 CHC @ PHI W 5 3 68-55 3 7.5 Root 1:43 1,500 +
126 126 Friday, Sep 1 CHC @ BRO W 6 2 69-55 3 7.5 French 1:44 0 ++
127 127 Friday, Sep 1 CHC @ BRO L 1 3 69-56 3 7.5 Tamulis 1:50 16,317 -
128 128 Saturday, Sep 2 CHC @ CIN W 6 1 70-56 3 6.5 Passeau 1:51 13,540 +
129 129 Sunday, Sep 3 CHC @ CIN L 0 5 70-57 3 7.5 Derringer 1:30 20,742 -
130 130 Monday, Sep 4 CHC PIT L 1 2 70-58 3 8.0 Butcher 1:31 0 --
131 131 Monday, Sep 4 CHC PIT L 3 6 70-59 3 8.0 Klinger 2:03 32,974 ---
132 132 Wednesday, Sep 6 CHC STL W 11 3 71-59 3 8.0 French 1:56 7,006 +
133 133 Thursday, Sep 7 CHC STL L 2 4 71-60 3 8.0 Warneke 2:01 6,680 -
134 134 Friday, Sep 8 CHC STL L 3 10 71-61 3 9.0 Shoun 2:14 4,608 --
135 135 Saturday, Sep 9 CHC CIN W 3 2 72-61 3 8.0 Root 1:40 9,248 +
136 136 Sunday, Sep 10 CHC CIN L 2 7 72-62 3 9.0 Derringer 1:51 32,761 -
137 137 Tuesday, Sep 12 CHC BSN W 8 3 73-62 3 9.0 Lee 2:03 3,455 +
138 138 Wednesday, Sep 13 CHC BSN W 15 4 74-62 3 9.0 Passeau 1:50 3,999 ++
139 139 Thursday, Sep 14 CHC PHI W 13 1 75-62 3 9.0 Root 1:43 0 +++
140 140 Thursday, Sep 14 CHC PHI W 5 2 76-62 3 9.0 French 1:57 5,004 ++++
141 141 Friday, Sep 15 CHC PHI L 6 9 76-63 3 9.0 Higbe 2:06 0 -
142 142 Friday, Sep 15 CHC PHI W 6 1 77-63 3 9.0 Page 1:44 4,481 +
143 143 Saturday, Sep 16 CHC PHI W 8 2 78-63 3 9.0 Lee 1:49 4,418 ++
144 144 Sunday, Sep 17 CHC BRO L 4 10 78-64 3 10.0 Casey 2:19 0 -
145 145 Sunday, Sep 17 CHC BRO L 2 3 78-65 3 10.0 Hamlin 1:49 21,215 --
146 146 Tuesday, Sep 19 CHC NYG W 3 2 79-65 3 9.0 French 2:00 4,549 +
147 147 Wednesday, Sep 20 CHC NYG L 2 4 79-66 3 10.0 Hubbell 1:59 4,166 -
148 148 Thursday, Sep 21 CHC NYG W 9 3 80-66 3 10.0 Passeau 2:10 3,969 +
149 149 Friday, Sep 22 CHC @ STL L 2 3 80-67 3 11.5 Cooper 1:39 3,656 -
150 150 Saturday, Sep 23 CHC @ STL L 3 7 80-68 3 13.0 McGee 2:03 6,615 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Sunday, Sep 24 CHC @ STL L 1 9 80-69 4 14.0 Lanier 1:53 17,542 ---
152 152 Wednesday, Sep 27 CHC @ PIT W 9 8 81-69 3 12.5 French 1:53 0 +
153 153 Wednesday, Sep 27 CHC @ PIT W 9 5 82-69 3 12.5 Russell 2:24 1,483 ++
154 154 Saturday, Sep 30 CHC STL L 5 7 82-70 4 13.5 Cooper 2:18 0 -
155 155 Saturday, Sep 30 CHC STL W 5 1 83-70 4 13.5 Lee 1:46 4,209 +
156 156 Sunday, Oct 1 CHC STL W 2 1 84-70 4 13.0 Olsen 1:54 5,961 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
CSV

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1938 / 1940 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Compare     Other Links@google.com   Report an error