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1939 Chicago Cubs (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
Managed by Gabby Hartnett

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 726,663 (4th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 102, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 100
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 Stats / Schedule (1938/1940) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   84-70 , Final Rank: 4, GB:   13.0
Days in First:                   5 (last on April 27, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          15 (last on September 16)
Most Games under .500:           3 (last on June 17)

Biggest Lead:                  1.0 (last on April 26)
Farthest Behind Leader:       14.0 (last on September 24)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (June 18 to June 23)
Longest Losing Streak:           4 (May 2 to May 5 and June 14 to June 17)

Most Runs Allowed:              14 (May 26)
Most Runs Scored:               15 (May 23 and September 13)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       7
Times Opponent Shutout:          8

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        84  70     724     678    .545

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           44  34     379     343    .564
Road           40  36     345     335    .526

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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       1   1.000

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     39  37     339     372    .513
Second Half    45  33     385     306    .577
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        24  19     173     168    .558

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        23  20     244     235    .535

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Fri, Apr 21     CHC @STL  W   4-2        1-0     2     1.0  2:10 B Lee                      10,372 +
  2 Sat, Apr 22     CHC @STL  L   0-9        1-1     3     1.0  2:18 L Warneke                   5,260 -
  3 Sun, Apr 23     CHC @STL  W   6-5        2-1     1    Tied  2:27 C Bryant                    9,106 +
  4 Mon, Apr 24     CHC  PIT  W   6-2        3-1     1    Tied  2:18 E Whitehill                15,844 ++
  5 Tue, Apr 25     CHC  PIT  W   5-3        4-1     1  up 0.5  1:51 B Lee                       9,913 +++
  6 Wed, Apr 26     CHC  PIT  W   3-1        5-1     1  up 1.0  2:10 G Lillard                   9,516 ++++
  7 Thu, Apr 27     CHC @CIN  L   3-11       5-2     1  up 0.5       P Derringer                       -
  8 Fri, Apr 28     CHC @CIN  L   6-7        5-3     2     0.5  2:30 W Moore                     8,571 --
  9 Sat, Apr 29     CHC  STL  L   0-2        5-4     4     1.5  1:34 L Warneke                  11,479 ---
 10 Sun, Apr 30     CHC  STL  W   4-1        6-4     3     1.0  1:56 G Lillard                  19,630 +
 11 Tue, May  2     CHC @PHI  L   1-6        6-5     4     1.5  1:59 S Johnson                   1,500 -
 12 Wed, May  3     CHC @PHI  L   1-4        6-6     4     2.0  1:41 H Mulcahy                   1,500 --
 13 Thu, May  4     CHC @BRO  L   2-6        6-7     5     2.5  2:33 V Mungo                    10,116 ---
 14 Fri, May  5     CHC @BRO  L   3-6        6-8     5     2.5  2:10 W Wyatt                     9,675 ----
 15 Sat, May  6     CHC @BRO  W   4-3        7-8     5     2.0  2:02 V Page                     23,681 +
 16 Sun, May  7     CHC @NYG  L   3-10       7-9     6     3.0  1:56 C Melton                   36,005 -
 17 Mon, May  8     CHC @NYG  W   4-2        8-9     5     2.0  2:01 B Lee                       6,098 +
 18 Tue, May  9     CHC @NYG  W  11-7        9-9     3     2.0  3:05 K Higbe                     6,026 ++
 19 Wed, May 10     CHC @BSN  L   2-6        9-10    5     2.0  1:56 L Fette                     6,170 -
 20 Thu, May 11     CHC @BSN  W   6-2       10-10    4     1.5  2:03 V Page                      4,727 +
 21 Sat, May 13     CHC @PIT  W   6-2       11-10    4     1.0  1:52 B Lee                       6,948 ++
 22 Sun, May 14     CHC @PIT  L   2-5       11-11    4     2.0  1:59 J Tobin                    15,397 -
 23 Mon, May 15     CHC @PIT  W   6-2       12-11    3     1.5  1:44 L French                    3,941 +
 24 Tue, May 16     CHC  BRO  L   2-12      12-12    4     2.5  2:11 W Wyatt                     7,491 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Wed, May 17     CHC  BRO  -   9-9       12-12    4     2.0  4:41                             4,500 -
 26 Thu, May 18     CHC  BRO  W   4-2       13-12    3     2.0  2:01 B Lee                       4,695 +
 27 Fri, May 19     CHC  NYG  L   5-11      13-13    4     2.5  2:30 H Gumbert                  25,000 -
 28 Sat, May 20     CHC  NYG  W   8-4       14-13    3     2.5  2:39 L French                   12,698 +
 29 Sun, May 21     CHC  BSN  W   4-0       15-13    3     2.5  1:41 D Dean                     21,684 ++
 30 Mon, May 22     CHC  BSN  L   3-5       15-14    3     3.5  2:10 L Fette                     4,851 -
 31 Tue, May 23     CHC  BSN  W  15-8       16-14    3     3.5  2:32 K Higbe                     2,980 +
 32 Wed, May 24     CHC  PHI  W   3-2       17-14    3     3.5  2:01 L French                    4,658 ++
 33 Thu, May 25     CHC  PHI  L   7-8       17-15    3     4.5  2:26 H Mulcahy                   5,015 -
 34 Fri, May 26     CHC  PIT  L   5-14      17-16    3     5.5  2:27 J Tobin                     5,982 --
 35 Sat, May 27     CHC  PIT  L   1-9       17-17    4     6.5  2:04 R Sewell                    8,035 ---
 36 Sun, May 28     CHC  PIT  W   6-2       18-17    3     6.0  1:46 D Dean                     26,511 +
 37 Mon, May 29     CHC @CIN  L   3-6       18-18    4     7.0  1:44 L Grissom                   9,616 -
 38 Tue, May 30     CHC @CIN  W   6-0       19-18    3     5.0  2:28 L French                   21,744 +
 39                 CHC @CIN  W   2-0       20-18    3     5.0  1:44 V Page                     18,875 ++
 40 Thu, Jun  1     CHC @BRO  L   2-3       20-19    4     6.0  3:38 V Tamulis                  32,574 -
 41 Sat, Jun  3     CHC @BRO  W  10-5       21-19    4     5.5  2:12 E Whitehill                13,030 +
 42 Sun, Jun  4     CHC @PHI  W   9-4       22-19    3     5.5  2:15 J Russell                   4,000 ++
 43 Mon, Jun  5     CHC @PHI  L   7-8       22-20    3     6.5  2:14 K Higbe                     1,500 -
 44 Tue, Jun  6     CHC @PHI  L   8-9       22-21    3     6.5  2:32 B Beck                      1,000 --
 45 Wed, Jun  7     CHC @NYG  W   7-1       23-21    3     6.5  2:35 C Passeau                   7,058 +
 46 Thu, Jun  8     CHC @NYG  L   3-5       23-22    3     7.5  2:00 H Gumbert                   5,914 -
 47 Fri, Jun  9     CHC @NYG  L   3-4       23-23    4     8.0  2:45 S Castleman                 4,418 --
 48 Sat, Jun 10     CHC @BSN  W   2-1       24-23    4     7.0  2:00 E Whitehill                 4,810 +
 49 Sun, Jun 11     CHC @BSN  L   3-4       24-24    4     7.0  2:25 D MacFayden                     0 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 CHC @BSN  W   5-3       25-24    4     7.0  1:58 J Russell                  23,856 +
 51 Wed, Jun 14     CHC  NYG  L   1-2       25-25    5     8.0  1:46 B Lohrman                  10,686 -
 52 Thu, Jun 15     CHC  NYG  L   4-7       25-26    5     9.0  2:30 J Brown                     6,966 --
 53 Fri, Jun 16     CHC  NYG  L   4-6       25-27    5     9.5  2:32 H Schumacher                9,346 ---
 54 Sat, Jun 17     CHC  BRO  L   0-5       25-28    5    10.5  2:25 W Wyatt                     8,027 ----
 55 Sun, Jun 18     CHC  BRO  W   1-0       26-28    5     9.5  1:27 D Dean                          0 +
 56                 CHC  BRO  W   9-1       27-28    5     9.5  2:19 B Lee                      27,192 ++
 57 Mon, Jun 19     CHC  BRO  -   3-3       27-28    5     9.5  1:54                             4,725 ++
 58 Tue, Jun 20     CHC  BSN  W   3-1       28-28    4     9.5  1:49 C Passeau                   4,928 +++
 59 Wed, Jun 21     CHC  BSN  W   3-0       29-28    4     8.5  1:28 E Whitehill                 5,104 ++++
 60 Thu, Jun 22     CHC  BSN  W   7-1       30-28    4     8.0  1:50 D Dean                      6,046 +++++
 61 Fri, Jun 23     CHC  PHI  W   4-3       31-28    4     7.0  1:52 B Lee                       6,762 ++++++
 62 Sat, Jun 24     CHC  PHI  L   0-1       31-29    4     7.0  1:30 H Mulcahy                   8,574 -
 63 Sun, Jun 25     CHC  PHI  W   4-3       32-29    4     6.0  1:57 C Passeau                  14,388 +
 64 Tue, Jun 27     CHC @STL  L   2-5       32-30    4     7.0  2:00 L Warneke                   3,076 -
 65 Wed, Jun 28     CHC @STL  W   8-4       33-30    4     6.5  2:05 L French                    9,035 +
 66 Thu, Jun 29     CHC @STL  W   7-6       34-30    4     6.0  1:57 B Lee                       2,181 ++
 67 Fri, Jun 30     CHC  CIN  W   5-1       35-30    4     5.0  2:07 C Root                     12,351 +++
 68 Sat, Jul  1     CHC  CIN  L   6-8       35-31    4     6.0  2:24 B Walters                  13,661 -
 69 Sun, Jul  2     CHC  CIN  L   3-11      35-32    3     6.0  1:58 P Derringer                     0 --
 70                 CHC  CIN  W   9-8       36-32    3     6.0  2:45 C Passeau                  42,094 +
 71 Mon, Jul  3     CHC  STL  L   3-5       36-33    4     6.5  1:59 B Bowman                   12,749 -
 72 Tue, Jul  4     CHC  STL  L   4-6       36-34    4     6.5  2:13 M Cooper                        0 --
 73                 CHC  STL  W   3-2       37-34    4     6.5  2:13 G Lillard                  26,409 +
 74 Wed, Jul  5     CHC @PIT  L   1-10      37-35    4     7.5  1:44 J Bowman                    2,201 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Thu, Jul  6     CHC @PIT  L   2-7       37-36    5     8.5  1:54 B Klinger                   6,257 --
 76 Fri, Jul  7     CHC @PIT  W   5-4       38-36    4     8.0  2:33 B Lee                       4,438 +
 77 Sat, Jul  8     CHC @CIN  W   7-6       39-36    3     7.0  2:05 C Root                      9,229 ++
 78 Sun, Jul  9     CHC @CIN  L   1-13      39-37    3     8.0  1:37 B Walters                  21,321 -
 79 Thu, Jul 13     CHC @PHI  W   7-5       40-37    3     8.0  2:11 V Page                     10,714 +
 80 Sat, Jul 15     CHC @PHI  L   5-8       40-38    4     8.5  2:06 S Johnson                   3,000 -
 81 Sun, Jul 16     CHC @BRO  W   9-2       41-38    4     7.5  2:14 L French                        0 +
 82                 CHC @BRO  L   0-4       41-39    4     7.5  1:50 R Evans                    29,177 -
 83 Mon, Jul 17     CHC @BRO  W  11-2       42-39    3     7.5  2:13 C Root                     11,961 +
 84 Tue, Jul 18     CHC @BRO  W   4-2       43-39    2     7.5  2:09 C Passeau                   5,435 ++
 85 Wed, Jul 19     CHC @BSN  L   2-3       43-40    3     8.5  2:17 M Shoffner                  6,862 -
 86 Thu, Jul 20     CHC @BSN  L   1-2       43-41    3     9.0  1:34 B Posedel                   2,620 --
 87 Fri, Jul 21     CHC @BSN  W   3-1       44-41    3     8.5  2:01 C Root                      2,797 +
 88 Sat, Jul 22     CHC @NYG  W   8-7       45-41    2     8.5  2:47 C Passeau                   8,757 ++
 89 Sun, Jul 23     CHC @NYG  W   7-5       46-41    2     9.0  2:20 B Lee                      14,975 +++
 90 Tue, Jul 25     CHC  BRO  L   6-8       46-42    4    10.5  2:20 I Hutchinson                    0 -
 91                 CHC  BRO  L   1-3       46-43    4    10.5  1:50 H Casey                    12,011 --
 92 Wed, Jul 26     CHC  BRO  W  10-2       47-43    4    10.0  1:48 D Dean                     10,328 +
 93 Thu, Jul 27     CHC  BRO  W   3-1       48-43    3    10.5  1:54 B Lee                       6,069 ++
 94 Fri, Jul 28     CHC  NYG  W   5-4       49-43    2    10.0  1:55 J Russell                   6,978 +++
 95 Sat, Jul 29     CHC  NYG  L   2-5       49-44    2    11.5  1:42 H Gumbert                  12,158 -
 96 Sun, Jul 30     CHC  NYG  L   1-3       49-45    3    13.0  1:52 C Hubbell                  26,626 --
 97 Tue, Aug  1     CHC  PHI  W   6-2       50-45    3    12.0  2:02 L French                    7,290 +
 98 Thu, Aug  3     CHC  PHI  W   9-6       51-45    3    11.0  2:14 B Lee                           0 ++
 99 Fri, Aug  4     CHC  BSN  W   1-0       52-45    3    11.0  2:02 C Passeau                   9,200 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sat, Aug  5     CHC  BSN  W   3-2       53-45    3    10.0  1:46 C Root                     10,184 ++++
101 Sun, Aug  6     CHC  BSN  L   8-9       53-46    3    10.5  3:24 M Shoffner                 18,198 -
102 Tue, Aug  8     CHC  CIN  W   7-3       54-46    3    10.5  2:03 B Lee                      30,000 +
103                 CHC  CIN  L   5-7       54-47    3    10.5  2:16 P Derringer                28,478 -
104 Wed, Aug  9     CHC  CIN  L   5-7       54-48    3    12.5  2:08 J Thompson                      0 --
105                 CHC  CIN  L   3-11      54-49    3    12.5  2:25 W Moore                    40,887 ---
106 Thu, Aug 10     CHC  CIN  W   6-4       55-49    3    11.5  1:34 V Page                     10,762 +
107 Fri, Aug 11     CHC  PIT  W   3-2       56-49    3    11.0  1:55 B Lee                       7,296 ++
108 Sat, Aug 12     CHC  PIT  W   6-4       57-49    3    11.0  2:01 C Bryant                    9,223 +++
109 Sun, Aug 13     CHC  PIT  W   5-4       58-49    3     9.5  1:38 D Dean                     25,180 ++++
110 Mon, Aug 14     CHC @STL  W   4-0       59-49    3     9.5  1:55 L French                    4,281 +++++
111 Tue, Aug 15     CHC @STL  L   6-7       59-50    3    10.5  2:54 B Bowman                    5,537 -
112 Wed, Aug 16     CHC @CIN  W   2-1       60-50    3     9.5  1:42 C Passeau                  10,215 +
113 Thu, Aug 17     CHC @CIN  L   6-7       60-51    3    10.5  2:50 W Moore                    26,699 -
114 Sat, Aug 19     CHC @PIT  W   5-0       61-51    3    10.0  1:52 B Lee                       3,126 +
115 Sun, Aug 20     CHC @PIT  W   9-5       62-51    3     9.0  2:20 C Passeau                       0 ++
116                 CHC @PIT  L   0-5       62-52    3     9.0  2:00 M Butcher                  13,076 -
117 Mon, Aug 21     CHC @NYG  W   4-3       63-52    3     9.0  2:23 L French                    4,402 +
118 Tue, Aug 22     CHC @NYG  L   2-4       63-53    3     9.0  2:09 C Melton                    5,924 -
119 Wed, Aug 23     CHC @NYG  W   8-3       64-53    3     9.0  2:11 B Lee                       5,897 +
120 Thu, Aug 24     CHC @BSN  W   6-1       65-53    3     8.0  1:56 C Passeau                   1,842 ++
121 Sat, Aug 26     CHC @BSN  W   8-1       66-53    3     7.0  2:05 L French                          +++
122                 CHC @BSN  W   8-1       67-53    3     7.0  1:54 V Page                      5,624 ++++
123 Sun, Aug 27     CHC @PHI  L   3-4       67-54    3     8.5  1:42 B Beck                          0 -
124                 CHC @PHI  L   2-3       67-55    3     8.5  1:58 R Harrell                  10,029 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Mon, Aug 28     CHC @PHI  W   5-3       68-55    3     7.5  1:43 C Root                      1,500 +
126 Fri, Sep  1     CHC @BRO  W   6-2       69-55    3     7.5  1:44 L French                        0 ++
127                 CHC @BRO  L   1-3       69-56    3     7.5  1:50 V Tamulis                  16,317 -
128 Sat, Sep  2     CHC @CIN  W   6-1       70-56    3     6.5  1:51 C Passeau                  13,540 +
129 Sun, Sep  3     CHC @CIN  L   0-5       70-57    3     7.5  1:30 P Derringer                20,742 -
130 Mon, Sep  4     CHC  PIT  L   1-2       70-58    3     8.0  1:31 M Butcher                       0 --
131                 CHC  PIT  L   3-6       70-59    3     8.0  2:03 B Klinger                  32,974 ---
132 Wed, Sep  6     CHC  STL  W  11-3       71-59    3     8.0  1:56 L French                    7,006 +
133 Thu, Sep  7     CHC  STL  L   2-4       71-60    3     8.0  2:01 L Warneke                   6,680 -
134 Fri, Sep  8     CHC  STL  L   3-10      71-61    3     9.0  2:14 C Shoun                     4,608 --
135 Sat, Sep  9     CHC  CIN  W   3-2       72-61    3     8.0  1:40 C Root                      9,248 +
136 Sun, Sep 10     CHC  CIN  L   2-7       72-62    3     9.0  1:51 P Derringer                32,761 -
137 Tue, Sep 12     CHC  BSN  W   8-3       73-62    3     9.0  2:03 B Lee                       3,455 +
138 Wed, Sep 13     CHC  BSN  W  15-4       74-62    3     9.0  1:50 C Passeau                   3,999 ++
139 Thu, Sep 14     CHC  PHI  W  13-1       75-62    3     9.0  1:43 C Root                          0 +++
140                 CHC  PHI  W   5-2       76-62    3     9.0  1:57 L French                    5,004 ++++
141 Fri, Sep 15     CHC  PHI  L   6-9       76-63    3     9.0  2:06 K Higbe                         0 -
142                 CHC  PHI  W   6-1       77-63    3     9.0  1:44 V Page                      4,481 +
143 Sat, Sep 16     CHC  PHI  W   8-2       78-63    3     9.0  1:49 B Lee                       4,418 ++
144 Sun, Sep 17     CHC  BRO  L   4-10      78-64    3    10.0  2:19 H Casey                         0 -
145                 CHC  BRO  L   2-3       78-65    3    10.0  1:49 L Hamlin                   21,215 --
146 Tue, Sep 19     CHC  NYG  W   3-2       79-65    3     9.0  2:00 L French                    4,549 +
147 Wed, Sep 20     CHC  NYG  L   2-4       79-66    3    10.0  1:59 C Hubbell                   4,166 -
148 Thu, Sep 21     CHC  NYG  W   9-3       80-66    3    10.0  2:10 C Passeau                   3,969 +
149 Fri, Sep 22     CHC @STL  L   2-3       80-67    3    11.5  1:39 M Cooper                    3,656 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sat, Sep 23     CHC @STL  L   3-7       80-68    3    13.0  2:03 B McGee                     6,615 --
151 Sun, Sep 24     CHC @STL  L   1-9       80-69    4    14.0  1:53 M Lanier                   17,542 ---
152 Wed, Sep 27     CHC @PIT  W   9-8       81-69    3    12.5  1:53 L French                        0 +
153                 CHC @PIT  W   9-5       82-69    3    12.5  2:24 J Russell                   1,483 ++
154 Sat, Sep 30     CHC  STL  L   5-7       82-70    4    13.5  2:18 M Cooper                        0 -
155                 CHC  STL  W   5-1       83-70    4    13.5  1:46 B Lee                       4,209 +
156 Sun, Oct  1     CHC  STL  W   2-1       84-70    4    13.0  1:54 V Olsen                     5,961 ++

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