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1940 Chicago Cubs Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941)
75-79, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 681 runs, Allowed 636 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72
Manager: Gabby Hartnett (75-79)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 534,878 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99

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1939 / 1941 Batting Statistics

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 Al Todd 38 104 401 381 31 97 13 2 6 42 1 11 29 .255 .283 .346 .629 74 132 9 4 5
2 1B Phil Cavarretta* 23 65 231 193 34 54 11 4 2 22 3 31 18 .280 .388 .409 .797 122 79 2 3 4
3 2B Billy Herman 30 135 616 558 77 163 24 4 5 57 1 47 30 .292 .347 .376 .723 101 210 16 0 11
4 SS Bobby Mattick 24 128 464 441 30 96 15 0 0 33 5 19 33 .218 .250 .252 .502 40 111 8 0 4
5 3B Stan Hack* 30 149 686 603 101 191 38 6 8 40 21 75 24 .317 .395 .439 .834 132 265 3 3 5
6 OF Hank Leiber 29 117 491 440 68 133 24 2 17 86 1 45 68 .302 .371 .482 .853 135 212 8 3 3
7 OF Bill Nicholson* 25 135 545 491 78 146 27 7 25 98 2 50 67 .297 .366 .534 .899 147 262 7 3 1
8 OF Jim Gleeson# 28 129 551 485 76 152 39 11 5 61 4 54 52 .313 .389 .470 .859 138 228 8 6 6
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 Dom Dallessandro* 26 107 323 287 33 77 19 6 1 36 4 34 13 .268 .348 .387 .735 104 111 6 1 1
10 OF Augie Galan# 28 68 248 209 33 48 14 2 3 22 9 37 23 .230 .346 .359 .704 96 75 2 0 2
11 1B Rip Russell 25 68 227 215 15 53 7 2 5 33 1 8 23 .247 .277 .367 .644 78 79 7 1 3
12 1B Zeke Bonura 31 49 193 182 20 48 14 0 4 20 1 10 4 .264 .302 .407 .709 95 74 12 0 1
13 MI Rabbit Warstler 36 45 168 159 19 36 4 1 1 18 1 8 19 .226 .263 .283 .546 52 45 3 0 1
14 C Rip Collins 30 47 136 120 11 25 3 0 1 14 4 14 18 .208 .296 .258 .555 55 31 5 1 1
15 C Gabby Hartnett 39 37 73 64 3 17 3 0 1 12 0 8 7 .266 .347 .359 .707 97 23 3 0 1
16 IF Billy Rogell# 35 33 63 59 7 8 0 0 1 3 1 2 8 .136 .164 .186 .350 -3 11 0 0 2
17 C Clyde McCullough 23 9 31 26 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 5 .154 .290 .192 .483 37 5 1 0 0
18 SS Bobby Sturgeon 20 7 21 21 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .190 .190 .238 .429 19 5 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
19 P Claude Passeau 31 46 111 98 12 20 5 1 1 6 2 9 33 .204 .278 .306 .584 62 30 0 1 3
20 P Larry French 32 40 97 85 5 14 3 0 0 9 0 7 20 .165 .237 .200 .437 23 17 3 1 4
21 P Bill Lee 30 37 81 76 4 10 2 0 0 3 0 2 20 .132 .165 .158 .322 -10 12 0 1 2
22 P Vern Olsen 22 35 62 57 4 15 3 0 0 5 2 2 9 .263 .288 .316 .604 68 18 0 0 3
23 P Jake Mooty 27 24 42 38 2 10 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 .263 .282 .263 .545 52 10 2 0 3
24 P Charley Root 41 36 34 31 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 .129 .206 .129 .335 -5 4 2 1 0
25 P Ken Raffensberger 22 43 32 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 5 0 0 2
26 P Dizzy Dean 30 10 20 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 24 4 0 0 2
27 P Vance Page 34 31 14 13 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .308 .357 .462 .819 126 6 0 0 0
28 P Clay Bryant 28 16 9 9 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .333 .333 .333 .667 86 3 0 0 0
29 P Julio Bonetti 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.9 154 5970 5389 681 1441 272 48 86 627 63 0 482 566 .267 .331 .384 .714 98 2067 108 29 70 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 3 2 5 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4
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 Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Julio Bonetti 28 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Zeke Bonura 31 193 147 22 4.0 96 .253 .264 .269 .302 .334 .407 .388 .709 .721 95 .464 -1.3 -0.1 .582 .203 .143 1.6 3
Clay Bryant 28 9 6 1 4.5 96 .600 .333 .269 .333 .334 .333 .388 .667 .721 86 .512 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000 /1
*Phil Cavarretta 23 231 145 30 5.6 96 .301 .280 .269 .388 .334 .409 .388 .797 .721 122 .610 7.3 0.7 .823 .306 .130 2.4 3
Rip Collins 30 136 101 9 2.4 96 .238 .208 .269 .296 .334 .258 .388 .555 .721 55 .250 -6.9 -0.7 .500 .200 .050 1.6 2
*Dom Dallessandro 26 323 217 38 4.7 96 .278 .268 .269 .348 .334 .387 .387 .735 .721 104 .535 2.4 0.2 .694 .251 .118 1.6 O
Dizzy Dean 30 20 16 1 1.7 96 .250 .222 .269 .222 .334 .222 .388 .444 .721 24 .150 -1.9 -0.2 .286 .000 .000 1
Larry French 32 97 78 4 1.4 96 .215 .165 .269 .237 .334 .200 .388 .437 .721 23 .108 -8.8 -0.9 .338 .118 .035 1
#Augie Galan 28 248 165 26 4.2 96 .246 .230 .269 .346 .334 .359 .388 .704 .721 96 .487 0.5 0.0 .742 .349 .129 4.5 O/4
#Jim Gleeson 28 551 347 87 6.8 96 .343 .313 .269 .389 .334 .470 .388 .859 .721 138 .690 26.9 2.7 .856 .276 .157 4.4 *O
*Stan Hack 30 686 420 104 6.7 96 .320 .317 .269 .395 .334 .439 .387 .834 .721 132 .685 29.5 3.0 .877 .282 .123 11.6 *5/3
Gabby Hartnett 39 73 51 8 4.2 96 .286 .266 .269 .347 .334 .359 .388 .707 .721 97 .485 0.0 0.0 .620 .219 .094 .0 2/3
Billy Herman 30 616 422 73 4.7 96 .302 .292 .269 .347 .334 .376 .388 .723 .721 101 .529 1.4 0.1 .628 .170 .084 1.7 *4
Bill Lee 30 81 68 2 0.8 96 .179 .132 .269 .165 .334 .158 .388 .322 .721 -10 .042 -11.4 -1.2 .227 .053 .026 1
Hank Leiber 29 491 318 78 6.6 96 .327 .302 .269 .371 .334 .482 .388 .853 .721 135 .681 21.5 2.2 .829 .284 .180 1.9 *O3
Bobby Mattick 24 464 357 28 2.1 96 .235 .218 .269 .250 .334 .252 .388 .502 .721 40 .209 -36.3 -3.7 .382 .088 .034 .0 *6/5
Clyde McCullough 23 31 23 1 1.2 96 .190 .154 .269 .290 .334 .192 .388 .483 .721 37 .082 -2.0 -0.2 .435 .231 .038 /2
Jake Mooty 27 42 33 3 2.4 96 .313 .263 .269 .282 .334 .263 .388 .545 .721 52 .258 -2.5 -0.3 .367 .026 .000 1
*Bill Nicholson 25 545 353 95 7.3 96 .303 .297 .269 .366 .334 .534 .388 .899 .721 147 .717 30.3 3.0 .901 .342 .236 3.7 *O
Vern Olsen 22 62 45 5 3.0 96 .313 .263 .269 .288 .334 .316 .388 .604 .721 68 .334 -2.5 -0.2 .524 .123 .053 .0 1
Vance Page 34 14 9 2 6.0 97 .364 .308 .269 .357 .334 .462 .388 .819 .721 126 .640 0.5 0.0 .778 .231 .154 1
Claude Passeau 31 111 81 8 2.7 96 .297 .204 .269 .278 .334 .306 .388 .584 .721 62 .287 -5.0 -0.5 .538 .214 .102 1.3 1
Ken Raffensberger 22 32 27 1 1.0 96 .417 .167 .269 .167 .334 .167 .388 .333 .721 -7 .063 -4.4 -0.4 .200 .000 .000 1
#Billy Rogell 35 63 53 2 1.0 96 .140 .136 .269 .164 .334 .186 .387 .350 .721 -3 .065 -8.5 -0.9 .275 .102 .051 1.0 6/54
Charley Root 41 34 29 1 0.9 96 .190 .129 .269 .206 .334 .129 .388 .335 .721 -5 .056 -4.4 -0.4 .241 .065 .000 1
Rip Russell 25 227 172 22 3.4 96 .257 .247 .269 .277 .334 .367 .387 .644 .721 78 .394 -7.5 -0.8 .527 .163 .121 1.7 3/5
Bobby Sturgeon 20 21 18 1 1.5 96 .200 .190 .269 .190 .334 .238 .388 .429 .721 19 .124 -2.3 -0.2 .278 .048 .048 /6
Al Todd 38 401 298 36 3.3 96 .263 .255 .269 .283 .334 .346 .388 .629 .721 74 .369 -14.7 -1.5 .505 .123 .092 1.7 *2
Rabbit Warstler 36 168 127 12 2.6 96 .252 .226 .269 .263 .334 .283 .388 .546 .721 52 .272 -10.7 -1.1 .429 .113 .057 1.0 64
League Average 4.4 98 .280 .264 .272 .326 .337 .377 .391 .703 .728 93 .503 .634 .212 .114
Team Total 5970 4126 700 4.6 96 .286 .267 .269 .331 .334 .384 .388 .714 .721 98 .521 -11.3 -1.4 .651 .217 .116 72.7
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Zeke Bonura 31 134 567 514 62 137 31 3 7 66 3 52 18 .267 .335 .379 .714 65 128 128
Clay Bryant 28 17 9 9 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 16 16
*Phil Cavarretta 23 68 240 204 37 58 12 4 2 24 3 33 19 .284 .392 .412 .803 33 65 65
Rip Collins 30 49 142 126 12 26 3 0 1 15 4 15 19 .206 .296 .254 .550 9 47 47
*Dom Dallessandro 26 113 340 303 35 82 20 6 1 38 4 36 14 .271 .350 .386 .736 41 107 107
Dizzy Dean 30 11 19 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 10 10
Larry French 32 42 99 90 5 15 3 0 0 10 0 8 21 .167 .242 .200 .442 4 40 40
#Augie Galan 28 72 261 221 36 52 15 2 3 24 10 40 24 .235 .352 .362 .714 28 68 68
#Jim Gleeson 28 136 576 512 82 162 42 12 5 66 4 58 55 .316 .392 .475 .867 94 129 129
*Stan Hack 30 157 721 638 109 205 41 6 9 43 23 80 25 .321 .399 .447 .846 113 149 149
Gabby Hartnett 39 39 75 67 3 18 3 0 1 13 0 8 7 .269 .347 .358 .705 8 37 37
Billy Herman 30 142 640 590 83 174 26 4 5 62 1 50 32 .295 .350 .378 .728 79 135 135
Bill Lee 30 39 83 80 5 11 2 0 0 3 0 2 21 .138 .169 .163 .331 2 37 37
Hank Leiber 29 123 516 465 74 142 26 2 18 93 1 48 72 .305 .374 .486 .860 84 117 117
Bobby Mattick 24 135 485 465 32 102 16 0 0 35 5 20 35 .219 .252 .254 .505 29 128 128
Clyde McCullough 23 9 30 26 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 5 .115 .233 .154 .387 1 9 9
Jake Mooty 27 25 41 40 2 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 .275 .293 .275 .568 3 24 24
*Bill Nicholson 25 142 575 519 84 156 29 7 27 105 2 53 70 .301 .369 .539 .908 102 135 135
Vern Olsen 22 37 61 59 4 15 3 0 0 5 2 2 9 .254 .279 .305 .584 5 35 35
Vance Page 34 33 14 13 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .308 .357 .462 .819 2 31 31
Claude Passeau 31 48 113 103 12 21 5 1 1 6 2 9 35 .204 .274 .301 .575 8 46 46
Ken Raffensberger 22 45 32 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 43 43
#Billy Rogell 35 35 65 63 8 9 0 0 1 4 1 2 8 .143 .169 .190 .360 2 33 33
Charley Root 41 38 36 33 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 .152 .222 .152 .374 1 36 36
Rip Russell 25 72 235 226 16 56 7 2 5 35 1 8 24 .248 .277 .363 .639 23 68 68
Bobby Sturgeon 20 7 22 22 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 7 7
Al Todd 38 109 418 402 33 103 14 2 6 45 1 12 31 .256 .285 .346 .630 39 104 104
Rabbit Warstler 36 82 246 227 27 50 4 1 1 23 1 19 25 .220 .280 .260 .540 17 78 78
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Julio Bonetti 28 3 61 46 61 55 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 13 .127 .186 .145 .332 -15 8 0 0 2 0 0
Zeke Bonura 31 7 4026 917 4026 3582 600 1099 232 29 119 704 19 7 404 180 .307 .380 .487 .867 121 1746 40 17 23
Clay Bryant 28 6 204 185 204 192 48 51 5 2 5 28 0 7 21 .266 .291 .391 .682 83 75 2 0 5
*Phil Cavarretta 23 7 2091 562 2091 1913 255 522 89 30 26 250 29 139 183 .273 .327 .392 .718 92 749 34 14 25
Rip Collins 30 1 136 47 136 120 11 25 3 0 1 14 4 14 18 .208 .296 .258 .555 55 31 5 1 1
*Dom Dallessandro 26 2 498 175 498 434 51 111 26 7 1 47 6 1 61 29 .256 .349 .355 .704 88 154 6 1 2
Dizzy Dean 30 10 765 323 765 716 76 160 23 4 8 76 5 9 104 .223 .234 .300 .534 42 215 12 1 39
Larry French 32 12 1083 500 1083 966 73 177 23 5 1 74 3 41 186 .183 .220 .220 .440 18 213 16 4 72
#Augie Galan 28 7 3638 838 3638 3177 531 887 163 46 58 422 90 410 232 .279 .364 .414 .778 109 1316 37 14 37
#Jim Gleeson 28 3 1092 281 1092 956 145 262 67 19 13 118 13 1 111 115 .274 .354 .425 .779 108 406 13 8 17
*Stan Hack 30 9 4691 1087 4691 4063 701 1229 201 55 36 410 121 541 257 .302 .387 .406 .793 114 1648 49 19 68
Gabby Hartnett 39 19 7132 1926 7132 6282 847 1867 391 64 231 1153 28 7 691 683 .297 .370 .490 .860 126 3079 88 34 125
Billy Herman 30 10 6121 1333 6121 5496 871 1703 346 68 37 577 53 461 277 .310 .366 .418 .784 112 2296 133 24 140
Bill Lee 30 7 699 282 699 632 40 104 13 2 3 44 1 21 119 .165 .194 .206 .400 8 130 10 2 44
Hank Leiber 29 8 2787 702 2787 2496 379 741 126 24 90 470 5 239 267 .297 .363 .475 .837 126 1185 66 18 34
Bobby Mattick 24 3 654 180 654 620 46 148 27 1 0 57 6 25 52 .239 .269 .285 .555 52 177 12 1 8
Clyde McCullough 23 1 31 9 31 26 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 5 .154 .290 .192 .483 37 5 1 0 0
Jake Mooty 27 3 52 47 52 47 3 10 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 .213 .229 .213 .442 24 10 2 0 4
*Bill Nicholson 25 3 800 204 800 723 117 211 39 12 30 136 2 0 70 101 .292 .357 .503 .860 133 364 8 3 4
Vern Olsen 22 2 65 39 65 58 5 15 3 0 0 5 2 4 10 .259 .306 .310 .617 72 18 0 0 3
Vance Page 34 3 93 71 93 86 5 20 5 0 0 7 0 4 20 .233 .267 .291 .557 50 25 2 0 3
Claude Passeau 31 6 492 235 492 461 43 92 16 1 5 34 2 18 163 .200 .231 .271 .502 34 125 6 1 12
Ken Raffensberger 22 2 32 44 32 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 5 0 0 2 0 0
#Billy Rogell 35 14 5919 1482 5919 5149 755 1375 256 75 42 609 82 62 649 416 .267 .351 .370 .722 84 1907 2 21 100
Charley Root 41 16 1149 613 1149 1053 82 191 45 7 10 89 1 0 39 319 .181 .216 .266 .482 27 280 8 7 50
Rip Russell 25 2 821 211 821 757 70 201 31 7 14 112 3 44 79 .266 .307 .380 .687 84 288 19 1 19
Bobby Sturgeon 20 1 21 7 21 21 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .190 .190 .238 .429 19 5 1 0 0
Al Todd 38 9 2887 836 2887 2734 284 761 119 29 35 365 18 103 237 .278 .310 .381 .691 84 1043 83 21 29
Rabbit Warstler 36 11 4611 1205 4611 4088 431 935 133 36 11 332 42 22 405 414 .229 .300 .287 .587 59 1173 47 11 107
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1939 / 1941 Batting Statistics