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1939 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Bill Lee 29 19 15 .559 3.44 37 36 1 20 1 0 282.1 295 125 108 18 85 105 1 1 4 1202 115 1.346 9.4 0.6 2.7 3.3 1.24
2 SP Claude Passeau 30 13 9 .591 3.05 34 27 6 13 1 3 221.0 215 86 75 8 48 108 4 0 0 914 129 1.190 8.8 0.3 2.0 4.4 2.25
3 SP Larry French* 31 15 8 .652 3.29 36 21 11 10 2 1 194.0 205 80 71 7 50 98 1 0 5 828 120 1.314 9.5 0.3 2.3 4.5 1.96
4 SP Vance Page 33 7 7 .500 3.88 27 17 6 8 1 1 139.1 169 77 60 8 37 43 1 0 2 620 102 1.478 10.9 0.5 2.4 2.8 1.16
5 SP Dizzy Dean 29 6 4 .600 3.36 19 13 5 7 2 0 96.1 98 40 36 4 17 27 1 0 0 403 118 1.194 9.2 0.4 1.6 2.5 1.59
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 RP Charley Root 40 8 8 .500 4.03 35 16 12 8 0 4 167.1 189 83 75 11 34 65 2 1 0 709 98 1.333 10.2 0.6 1.8 3.5 1.91
7 RP Earl Whitehill* 40 4 7 .364 5.14 24 11 5 2 1 1 89.1 102 59 51 8 50 42 5 0 4 416 77 1.701 10.3 0.8 5.0 4.2 0.84
8 RP Jack Russell 33 4 3 .571 3.67 39 0 24 0 0 3 68.2 78 32 28 3 24 32 0 0 1 308 108 1.485 10.2 0.4 3.1 4.2 1.33
9 RP Gene Lillard 25 3 5 .375 6.55 20 7 4 2 0 0 55.0 68 48 40 2 36 31 3 0 2 264 60 1.891 11.1 0.3 5.9 5.1 0.86
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Clay Bryant 27 2 1 .667 5.74 4 4 0 2 0 0 31.1 42 23 20 3 14 9 1 0 1 154 69 1.787 12.1 0.9 4.0 2.6 0.64
11 Kirby Higbe 24 2 1 .667 3.18 9 2 6 0 0 0 22.2 12 9 8 0 22 16 0 0 0 101 125 1.500 4.8 0.0 8.7 6.4 0.73
12 Ray Harrell 27 0 2 .000 8.31 4 2 0 0 0 0 17.1 29 16 16 2 6 5 0 1 1 82 48 2.019 15.1 1.0 3.1 2.6 0.83
13 Vern Olsen* 21 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 4 0 0 0 7.2 2 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 30 1.174 2.3 0.0 8.2 3.5 0.43
Team Totals 31.7 84 70 .545 3.80 156 156 84 72 8 13 1392.1 1504 678 588 74 430 584 19 3 20 6031 104 1.389 9.7 0.5 2.8 3.8 1.36
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 5 2 6 5 3 7 5 5 3 3 3
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Dick Bartell 31 102 581 241 307 33 62 .943 5.37 SS-3B
Clay Bryant 27 5 0 1 0 10 7 2 1 0 .900 1.80 P-OF
Phil Cavarretta 22 14 0 0 1 113 106 6 1 10 .991 8.00 1B-OF
Dizzy Dean 29 19 21 5 16 0 0 1.000 1.11 P
Larry French 31 36 54 5 47 2 3 .963 1.44 P
Augie Galan 27 145 145 0 0 305 290 6 9 0 .970 2.04 OF
Bob Garbark 29 21 25 22 3 0 0 1.000 1.19 0 C
Jim Gleeson 27 91 13 12 66 188 175 5 8 1 .957 1.98 OF
Stan Hack 29 156 476 177 278 21 15 .956 2.92 3B
Ray Harrell 27 4 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.25 P
Gabby Hartnett 38 86 386 336 47 3 3 .992 4.45 8 C
Billy Herman 29 156 891 377 485 29 95 .967 5.53 2B
Kirby Higbe 24 9 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.44 P
Bill Lee 29 37 100 15 80 5 3 .950 2.57 P
Hank Leiber 28 98 0 98 0 260 249 5 6 0 .977 2.59 OF
Gene Lillard 25 20 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 0.65 P
Gus Mancuso 33 76 376 333 36 7 6 .981 4.86 5 C
Joe Marty 25 21 1 1 19 30 24 4 2 0 .933 1.33 OF
Bobby Mattick 23 48 303 102 179 22 28 .927 5.85 SS
Steve Mesner 21 14 63 16 43 4 8 .937 4.21 SS-3B-2B
Bill Nicholson 24 58 0 0 58 134 123 5 6 0 .955 2.21 OF
Vern Olsen 21 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Vance Page 33 27 37 4 33 0 1 1.000 1.37 P
Claude Passeau 30 34 56 7 49 0 2 1.000 1.65 P
Carl Reynolds 36 72 3 51 18 178 168 5 5 1 .972 2.40 OF
Charley Root 40 35 26 2 22 2 0 .923 0.69 P
Jack Russell 33 39 27 3 23 1 0 .963 0.67 P
Rip Russell 24 143 1484 1383 83 18 109 .988 10.25 1B
Earl Whitehill 40 24 15 1 14 0 0 1.000 0.63 P
Team Totals 29.3 156 6163 4175 1802 186 347 .970 3.75 13
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 7
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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