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1940 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941

75-79, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Gabby Hartnett (75-79)
Scored 681 runs, Allowed 636 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 534,878 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98


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1939 / 1941 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Julio Bonetti 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 14, 1911 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Zeke Bonura 31 R R 6' 0" 210 Sep 20, 1908 7 49 43 49 44 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.6 $
Clay Bryant 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 26, 1911 6 16 0 16 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 -0.2 $
Phil Cavarretta 23 L L 5' 11" 175 Jul 19, 1916 7 65 52 65 52 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 1.3 $
Bob Collins 30 R R 5' 11" 176 Sep 18, 1909 1st 47 33 47 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.3 $
Dom Dallessandro 26 L L 5' 6" 168 Oct 3, 1913 2 107 67 107 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 74 33 0 1.2 $
Dizzy Dean HOF 30 R R 6' 2" 182 Jan 16, 1910 10 10 9 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $10,000
Larry French 32 R L 6' 1" 195 Nov 1, 1907 12 40 33 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 $ All-Star
Augie Galan 28 B R 6' 0" 175 May 23, 1912 7 68 53 68 54 0 0 0 2 0 0 31 22 0 53 13 1 0.7 $
Jim Gleeson 28 B R 6' 1" 191 Mar 5, 1912 3 129 122 129 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 83 13 123 5 1 4.0 $
Stan Hack 30 L R 6' 0" 170 Dec 6, 1909 9 149 148 149 149 0 0 1 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.4 $
Gabby Hartnett HOF 39 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 20, 1900 19 37 16 37 23 0 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0.3 $
Billy Herman HOF 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 7, 1909 10 135 135 135 135 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $ All-Star
Bill Lee 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 21, 1909 7 37 30 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.8 $17,500
Hank Leiber 29 R R 6' 1" 205 Jan 17, 1911 8 117 111 117 114 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 53 50 103 3 0 2.5 $ All-Star
Bobby Mattick 24 R R 5' 11" 178 Dec 5, 1915 3 128 122 128 127 0 0 0 0 1 126 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.5 $
Clyde McCullough 23 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 4, 1917 1st 9 7 9 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Jake Mooty 28 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 13, 1912 3 24 12 24 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.1 $
Bill Nicholson 25 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 11, 1914 3 135 121 135 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 95 123 12 0 3.9 $ All-Star
Vern Olsen 22 R L 6' 0" 175 Mar 16, 1918 2 35 20 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.7 $
Vance Page 34 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 15, 1905 3 31 1 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.4 $
Claude Passeau 31 R R 6' 3" 198 Apr 9, 1909 6 46 31 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.9 $
Ken Raffensberger 22 R L 6' 2" 185 Aug 8, 1917 2 43 10 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Billy Rogell 35 B R 5' 10" 163 Nov 24, 1904 14 34 8 34 24 0 0 0 2 9 15 0 0 0 0 7 3 -0.6 $
Charlie Root 41 R R 5' 10" 190 Mar 17, 1899 16 36 8 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Rip Russell 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 26, 1915 2 68 48 68 52 0 0 51 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 -0.6 $
Bobby Sturgeon 20 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 6, 1919 1st 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Al Todd 38 R R 6' 1" 198 Jan 7, 1902 9 104 98 104 104 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Rabbit Warstler 36 R R 5' 7" 150 Sep 13, 1903 11 45 41 45 45 0 0 0 17 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Gabby Hartnett

Phil Cavarretta

Billy Herman

Billy Rogell

Stan Hack

Augie Galan

Bill Nicholson

Hank Leiber

Al Todd

Bill Lee

Rip Russell

Claude Passeau

Larry French

Bobby Mattick

Ken Raffensberger

Charlie Root

Zeke Bonura
Clay Bryant

Clyde McCullough

Dizzy Dean

Vern Olsen

Jim Gleeson

Jake Mooty

Bobby Sturgeon

Dom Dallessandro

Bob Collins

Vance Page

Julio Bonetti
Rabbit Warstler

1939 / 1941 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers