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1939 Chicago Cubs

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 58 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 Charlie 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 1 2 3 5 6 4 4 3 2 1
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 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 114 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 0 914 128 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 5 828 119 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 2 620 101 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 0 403 117 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 Charlie 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 97 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 1 308 107 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 103 1.389 9.7 0.5 2.8 3.8 1.36
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 5 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Dick Bartell 31 102 99 96 581 241 307 33 62 .943 5.37 SS-3B
Clay Bryant 27 5 4 2 10 7 2 1 0 .900 1.80 P-OF
Phil Cavarretta 22 14 14 13 113 106 6 1 10 .991 8.00 1B-OF
Dizzy Dean 29 19 13 7 21 5 16 0 0 1.000 1.11 P
Larry French 31 36 21 10 54 5 47 2 3 .963 1.44 P
Augie Galan 27 145 144 138 305 290 6 9 0 .970 2.04 OF
Bob Garbark 29 21 0 0 25 22 3 0 0 1.000 1.19 0 0 1 100% C
Jim Gleeson 27 91 83 81 188 175 5 8 1 .957 1.98 OF
Stan Hack 29 156 156 154 476 177 278 21 15 .956 2.92 3B
Ray Harrell 27 4 2 0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.25 P
Gabby Hartnett 38 86 83 66 386 336 47 3 3 .992 4.45 8 17 21 55% C
Billy Herman 29 156 155 155 891 377 485 29 95 .967 5.53 2B
Kirby Higbe 24 9 2 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.44 P
Bill Lee 29 37 36 20 100 15 80 5 3 .950 2.57 P
Hank Leiber 28 98 97 92 260 249 5 6 0 .977 2.59 OF
Gene Lillard 25 20 7 2 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 0.65 P
Gus Mancuso 33 76 73 63 376 333 36 7 6 .981 4.86 5 17 16 48% C
Joe Marty 25 21 19 19 30 24 4 2 0 .933 1.33 OF
Bobby Mattick 23 48 48 46 303 102 179 22 28 .927 5.85 SS
Steve Mesner 21 14 10 9 63 16 43 4 8 .937 4.21 SS-2B-3B
Bill Nicholson 24 58 58 54 134 123 5 6 0 .955 2.21 OF
Vern Olsen 21 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Vance Page 33 27 17 8 37 4 33 0 1 1.000 1.37 P
Claude Passeau 30 34 27 13 56 7 49 0 2 1.000 1.65 P
Carl Reynolds 36 73 66 63 178 168 5 5 1 .972 2.40 OF
Charlie Root 40 35 16 8 26 2 22 2 0 .923 0.69 P
Jack Russell 33 39 0 0 27 3 23 1 0 .963 0.67 P
Rip Russell 24 143 143 143 1484 1383 83 18 109 .988 10.25 1B
Earl Whitehill 40 24 11 2 15 1 14 0 0 1.000 0.63 P
Team Totals 29.3 156 1404 1264 6163 4175 1802 186 347 .970 3.75 13 34 38 53%
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 7
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Dick Bartell 31 395 -6 -1 0 0 -8 7 12 4 0.3 12 1.2 -0.9 $ Traded 6/5
Clay Bryant 27 15 -1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Purchased /18O
Phil Cavarretta* 22 59 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 3/O9
Dizzy Dean 29 37 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $20,000 Traded 1
Larry French 31 82 -7 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Augie Galan# 27 641 19 3 0 0 -2 -7 18 31 3.2 33 3.4 -0.2 $ *7O
Bob Garbark 29 21 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 2
Jim Gleeson# 27 383 -11 1 0 0 -3 -4 11 -6 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $ Purchased O978
Stan Hack* 29 723 6 4 0 0 -6 3 19 26 2.7 32 3.3 -0.6 $ *5
Ray Harrell 27 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Gabby Hartnett 38 351 8 -2 0 0 0 3 10 19 2.0 19 2.0 0.0 $20,000 Unknown 2
Billy Herman 29 713 20 4 0 0 -6 5 19 42 4.3 48 4.9 -0.6 $17,000 Purchased *4
Kirby Higbe 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Bill Lee 29 115 -16 0 0 0 0 9 3 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Hank Leiber 28 431 30 -1 0 0 -2 -1 13 39 4.0 41 4.2 -0.2 $ Traded 8O
Gene Lillard 25 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ 1
Gus Mancuso 33 281 -13 -2 0 0 0 2 8 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Traded 2
Joe Marty 25 80 -10 0 0 0 -3 -1 2 -12 -1.2 -9 -0.9 -0.3 $ Traded O9/87
Bobby Mattick 23 189 -5 0 0 0 -1 3 6 3 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ 6
Steve Mesner 21 48 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 6/45
Bill Nicholson* 24 243 5 1 0 0 0 -3 7 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $ Purchased O9
Vern Olsen 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Vance Page 33 52 -2 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Claude Passeau 30 81 -11 0 0 0 0 6 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Carl Reynolds 36 313 -10 1 0 0 -1 -2 9 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Purchased O89/7
Charlie Root 40 63 -5 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
Jack Russell 33 17 -5 0 0 0 0 1 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Free Agency 1
Rip Russell 24 594 -10 -1 0 0 -3 -6 17 -3 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ *3
Earl Whitehill* 40 31 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Team Total 29.0 5990 -40 8 0 0 -34 40 169 143 14.4 177 18.2 -3.8 $57,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Clay Bryant 27 31.1 4 23 18 -1 1.0 -5 -0.4 $ Purchased
Dizzy Dean 29 96.1 13 40 55 -2 1.0 15 1.8 $ Traded
Larry French* 31 194.0 21 80 111 -3 1.0 31 3.7 $ Traded
Ray Harrell 27 17.1 2 16 10 0 1.0 -6 -0.6 $ Purchased
Kirby Higbe 24 22.2 2 9 13 0 1.0 4 0.5 $ Purchased
Bill Lee 29 282.1 36 125 162 -5 1.0 37 4.5 $ Purchased
Gene Lillard 25 55.0 7 48 32 -1 1.0 -16 -1.6 $
Vern Olsen* 21 7.2 0 0 4 0 1.0 4 0.5 $
Vance Page 33 139.1 17 77 80 -2 1.0 3 0.6 $ Traded
Claude Passeau 30 221.0 27 86 127 -4 1.0 41 4.7 $ Traded
Charlie Root 40 167.1 16 83 96 -3 1.0 13 1.7 $
Jack Russell 33 68.2 0 32 39 -1 1.0 7 0.9 $ Free Agency
Earl Whitehill* 40 89.1 11 59 51 -2 1.0 -8 -0.6 $ Free Agency
Team Total 31.7 1392.1 156 678 798 -24 1.0 120 15.7 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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