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1940 Chicago Cubs Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 75-79, Final Rank:5, GB: 25.5
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind25.5last on Sunday, Sep 29, for days on which they played
Most Games over .5004last on Friday, Jun 28
Most Games under .5007last on Saturday, Sep 7
Longest Winning Streak7Tuesday, Jun 4 to Sunday, Jun 9
Longest Losing Streak6Wednesday, Aug 28 to Monday, Sep 2
Most Runs Allowed12Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, Aug 25
Most Runs Scored15Sunday, Jun 9
Times Shutout by Opponent8 
Times Opponent Shutout12 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 75 79 681 636 .487
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 40 37 333 316 .519
Road 35 42 348 320 .455
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 7 7 63 52 .500
May 11 12 94 105 .478
June 16 14 153 108 .533
July 15 16 143 120 .484
August 13 15 111 129 .464
September 13 15 117 122 .464
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 38 37 350 295 .507
Second Half 37 42 331 341 .468
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 24 31 195 202 .436
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 25 15 262 183 .625
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BRO 12 10 101 86 .545
BSN 14 8 113 79 .636
CIN 6 16 72 91 .273
NYG 12 10 97 85 .545
PHI 12 10 111 98 .545
PIT 11 11 107 100 .500
STL 8 14 80 97 .364

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 16 CHC @ CIN L 1 2 0-1 5 1.0 Derringer 34,340 -
2 2 Thursday, Apr 18 CHC @ CIN L 1 2 0-2 8 2.0 Thompson 1,536 --
3 3 Friday, Apr 19 CHC STL W 5 0 1-2 5 1.5 French 9,029 +
4 4 Saturday, Apr 20 CHC STL W 4 3 2-2 5 1.0 Raffensberger 5,626 ++
5 5 Sunday, Apr 21 CHC STL L 4 5 2-3 5 1.5 Lanier -
6 6 Monday, Apr 22 CHC @ PIT L 5 9 2-4 6 2.5 Bowman 10,461 --
7 7 Tuesday, Apr 23 CHC @ PIT L 2 3 2-5 7 3.0 Brown 4,138 ---
8 8 Wednesday, Apr 24 CHC @ PIT W 9 4 3-5 6 3.0 Lee 3,809 +
9 9 Thursday, Apr 25 CHC CIN W 4 2 4-5 5 3.0 Dean ++
10 10 Friday, Apr 26 CHC CIN W 6 2 5-5 5 3.0 Passeau 4,895 +++
11 11 Saturday, Apr 27 CHC @ STL W 4 0 6-5 3 3.0 French 3,709 ++++
12 12 Sunday, Apr 28 CHC @ STL L 5 7 6-6 3 4.0 Shoun 9,691 -
13 13 Monday, Apr 29 CHC @ STL L 5 6 6-7 4 4.5 Russell 2,935 --
14 14 Tuesday, Apr 30 CHC BSN W 8 7 7-7 3 4.5 Lee 4,808 +
15 15 Saturday, May 4 CHC NYG W 3 2 8-7 3 3.5 French 7,741 ++
16 16 Sunday, May 5 CHC PHI L 5 7 8-8 3 4.5 Mulcahy 14,676 -
17 17 Monday, May 6 CHC PHI W 5 4 9-8 3 4.5 French 5,293 +
18 18 Tuesday, May 7 CHC PHI L 0 1 9-9 3 4.5 Pearson 2,054 -
19 19 Thursday, May 9 CHC BRO L 1 4 9-10 3 5.5 Kimball 10,540 --
20 20 Friday, May 10 CHC PIT L 3 8 9-11 4 5.5 Brown 3,448 ---
21 21 Saturday, May 11 CHC PIT W 7 5 10-11 4 5.0 Page 7,211 +
22 22 Sunday, May 12 CHC PIT W 7 5 11-11 4 5.5 Olsen 17,955 ++
23 23 Wednesday, May 15 CHC @ BSN W 2 0 12-11 4 5.0 French 1,919 +++
24 24 Thursday, May 16 CHC @ BSN W 5 4 13-11 4 4.5 Lee 1,134 ++++
25 25 Friday, May 17 CHC @ NYG W 4 0 14-11 3 4.5 Passeau 5,119 +++++
26 26 Saturday, May 18 CHC @ NYG L 4 6 14-12 4 4.5 Gumbert 12,064 -
27 27 Sunday, May 19 CHC @ BRO W 7 6 15-12 3 4.5 Mooty 27,923 +
28 28 Monday, May 20 CHC @ BRO W 6 4 16-12 3 3.5 Lee 6,326 ++
29 29 Tuesday, May 21 CHC @ BRO L 3 4 16-13 3 4.0 Pressnell 5,997 -
30 30 Thursday, May 23 CHC @ PHI W 4 3 17-13 3 3.0 Olsen 7,801 +
31 31 Saturday, May 25 CHC @ PIT L 7 12 17-14 4 3.5 Bowman 2,806 -
32 32 Sunday, May 26 CHC @ PIT L 2 3 17-15 4 4.5 Klinger 8,771 --
33 33 Monday, May 27 CHC STL W 7 1 18-15 4 5.0 Passeau 1,419 +
34 34 Tuesday, May 28 CHC STL L 0 5 18-16 4 5.5 Lanier 3,138 -
35 35 Wednesday, May 29 CHC STL L 2 8 18-17 4 6.0 Warneke 3,269 --
36 36 Thursday, May 30 CHC CIN L 2 4 18-18 4 8.0 Derringer ---
37 37 Thursday, May 30 CHC CIN L 8 9 18-19 4 8.0 Beggs 30,828 ----
38 38 Saturday, Jun 1 CHC BRO W 4 3 19-19 4 8.0 Mooty 8,855 +
39 39 Sunday, Jun 2 CHC BRO L 2 3 19-20 4 9.0 Mungo -
40 40 Sunday, Jun 2 CHC BRO L 1 2 19-21 4 9.0 Hamlin 34,204 --
41 41 Monday, Jun 3 CHC BRO L 2 3 19-22 4 10.0 Casey 5,300 ---
42 42 Tuesday, Jun 4 CHC PHI W 12 6 20-22 4 9.0 Root 3,433 +
43 43 Wednesday, Jun 5 CHC PHI W 3 2 21-22 4 9.0 French 3,304 ++
44 44 Thursday, Jun 6 CHC PHI W 11 5 22-22 4 8.5 Lee 3,461 +++
45 45 Friday, Jun 7 CHC BSN W 5 3 23-22 4 7.5 Passeau 3,756 ++++
46 46 Saturday, Jun 8 CHC BSN W 3 1 24-22 4 7.5 Olsen 6,148 +++++
47 47 Sunday, Jun 9 CHC BSN W 7 1 25-22 4 6.5 French ++++++
48 48 Sunday, Jun 9 CHC BSN W 15 8 26-22 4 6.5 Raffensberger 17,714 +++++++
49 49 Tuesday, Jun 11 CHC NYG L 0 4 26-23 4 7.0 Lohrman -
50 50 Tuesday, Jun 11 CHC NYG L 1 3 26-24 4 7.0 Dean 8,280 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Friday, Jun 14 CHC @ BSN L 2 4 26-25 4 8.5 Errickson 1,657 ---
52 52 Saturday, Jun 15 CHC @ BSN W 11 5 27-25 4 8.5 French 2,466 +
53 53 Sunday, Jun 16 CHC @ BSN L 4 5 27-26 4 7.5 Posedel -
54 54 Sunday, Jun 16 CHC @ BSN W 9 1 28-26 4 7.5 Passeau 10,972 +
55 55 Monday, Jun 17 CHC @ NYG L 1 2 28-27 4 8.5 Dean 4,107 -
56 56 Tuesday, Jun 18 CHC @ NYG W 6 1 29-27 4 7.5 Mooty 25,325 +
57 57 Thursday, Jun 20 CHC @ NYG L 3 6 29-28 4 7.5 Schumacher 5,533 -
58 58 Friday, Jun 21 CHC @ PHI L 5 6 29-29 4 8.5 Brown 1,000 --
59 59 Saturday, Jun 22 CHC @ PHI W 10 2 30-29 4 7.5 Passeau 2,500 +
60 60 Sunday, Jun 23 CHC @ PHI W 3 2 31-29 4 7.5 Mooty ++
61 61 Sunday, Jun 23 CHC @ PHI W 7 2 32-29 4 7.5 Raffensberger 12,201 +++
62 62 Tuesday, Jun 25 CHC @ BRO W 8 3 33-29 4 7.0 Passeau 26,104 ++++
63 63 Thursday, Jun 27 CHC @ BRO L 4 5 33-30 4 7.5 Tamulis 9,806 -
64 64 Friday, Jun 28 CHC @ CIN W 3 2 34-30 4 6.5 Mooty 26,834 +
65 65 Saturday, Jun 29 CHC @ CIN L 1 4 34-31 4 7.5 Turner 6,428 -
66 66 Sunday, Jun 30 CHC @ CIN L 4 7 34-32 4 9.5 Walters --
67 67 Sunday, Jun 30 CHC @ CIN L 6 7 34-33 4 9.5 Riddle 26,960 ---
68 68 Monday, Jul 1 CHC PIT L 3 4 34-34 4 9.5 Brown 4,335 ----
69 69 Tuesday, Jul 2 CHC PIT W 10 0 35-34 4 9.0 Lee 5,120 +
70 70 Wednesday, Jul 3 CHC PIT W 7 5 36-34 4 9.0 Passeau 5,678 ++
71 71 Thursday, Jul 4 CHC @ STL W 4 3 37-34 4 10.0 French +++
72 72 Thursday, Jul 4 CHC @ STL L 2 5 37-35 4 10.0 Shoun 17,804 -
73 73 Friday, Jul 5 CHC @ STL W 11 5 38-35 4 10.0 Olsen 1,770 +
74 74 Saturday, Jul 6 CHC CIN L 0 4 38-36 4 11.0 Derringer 12,939 -
75 75 Sunday, Jul 7 CHC CIN L 3 4 38-37 4 11.0 Beggs 23,198 --
76 76 Thursday, Jul 11 CHC BSN W 8 2 39-37 4 11.5 Passeau +
77 77 Thursday, Jul 11 CHC BSN L 1 2 39-38 4 11.5 Errickson 7,347 -
78 78 Friday, Jul 12 CHC BSN W 2 0 40-38 4 11.0 Olsen 4,508 +
79 79 Saturday, Jul 13 CHC BSN L 0 5 40-39 4 11.5 Salvo 5,760 -
80 80 Sunday, Jul 14 CHC NYG W 6 5 41-39 4 12.5 Passeau +
81 81 Sunday, Jul 14 CHC NYG L 0 2 41-40 4 12.5 Lohrman 34,870 -
82 82 Monday, Jul 15 CHC NYG W 5 3 42-40 4 12.5 Root 6,075 +
83 83 Tuesday, Jul 16 CHC NYG W 2 0 43-40 4 12.0 Olsen 7,243 ++
84 84 Wednesday, Jul 17 CHC BRO L 1 2 43-41 4 13.0 Hamlin 11,154 -
85 85 Thursday, Jul 18 CHC BRO L 4 7 43-42 4 13.5 Tamulis 8,454 --
86 86 Friday, Jul 19 CHC BRO W 11 4 44-42 4 12.5 Passeau 8,980 +
87 87 Saturday, Jul 20 CHC PHI L 3 9 44-43 4 13.5 Pearson 5,382 -
88 88 Sunday, Jul 21 CHC PHI L 2 8 44-44 4 14.5 Mulcahy --
89 89 Sunday, Jul 21 CHC PHI W 8 5 45-44 4 14.5 Mooty 15,737 +
90 90 Tuesday, Jul 23 CHC @ BSN W 6 1 46-44 4 15.0 Raffensberger 1,499 ++
91 91 Wednesday, Jul 24 CHC @ BSN L 3 4 46-45 4 16.0 Errickson 7,419 -
92 92 Thursday, Jul 25 CHC @ BSN W 8 4 47-45 4 15.5 Lee 1,440 +
93 93 Friday, Jul 26 CHC @ NYG W 14 1 48-45 4 15.5 French 3,415 ++
94 94 Saturday, Jul 27 CHC @ NYG L 0 1 48-46 4 15.5 Lohrman 3,988 -
95 95 Sunday, Jul 28 CHC @ NYG L 4 8 48-47 4 16.0 Gumbert 6,576 --
96 96 Monday, Jul 29 CHC @ PHI W 7 3 49-47 4 15.0 Passeau 1,000 +
97 97 Tuesday, Jul 30 CHC @ PHI L 5 7 49-48 4 16.0 Higbe 1,000 -
98 98 Wednesday, Jul 31 CHC @ PHI L 3 7 49-49 4 16.0 Mulcahy 7,500 --
99 99 Friday, Aug 2 CHC @ BRO W 4 3 50-49 4 14.5 French 5,907 +
100 100 Saturday, Aug 3 CHC @ BRO W 2 1 51-49 4 14.0 Raffensberger 9,720 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Sunday, Aug 4 CHC @ BRO W 11 3 52-49 4 14.0 Olsen +++
102 102 Sunday, Aug 4 CHC @ BRO L 6 7 52-50 4 14.0 Davis 29,928 -
103 103 Wednesday, Aug 7 CHC @ CIN W 5 3 53-50 4 13.0 Lee 8,582 +
104 104 Thursday, Aug 8 CHC @ CIN L 1 3 53-51 4 14.0 Walters 7,848 -
105 105 Friday, Aug 9 CHC @ PIT L 2 6 53-52 5 15.0 Sewell 29,978 --
106 106 Saturday, Aug 10 CHC @ PIT W 1 0 54-52 4 15.0 Olsen 4,474 +
107 107 Sunday, Aug 11 CHC @ PIT L 3 7 54-53 5 15.0 Lanning -
108 108 Sunday, Aug 11 CHC @ PIT L 1 5 54-54 5 15.0 Lanahan 28,968 --
109 109 Tuesday, Aug 13 CHC STL L 1 5 54-55 5 15.5 Shoun 7,367 ---
110 110 Thursday, Aug 15 CHC CIN W 1 0 55-55 5 14.5 Passeau 6,044 +
111 111 Friday, Aug 16 CHC CIN L 4 9 55-56 6 16.5 Moore -
112 112 Friday, Aug 16 CHC CIN L 3 6 55-57 6 16.5 Hutchings 19,001 --
113 113 Saturday, Aug 17 CHC PIT W 6 5 56-57 5 16.0 Passeau 6,003 +
114 114 Sunday, Aug 18 CHC PIT W 9 1 57-57 5 14.5 French 7,597 ++
115 115 Tuesday, Aug 20 CHC PHI W 4 0 58-57 5 14.0 Passeau 4,508 +++
116 116 Wednesday, Aug 21 CHC PHI L 5 7 58-58 6 14.0 Smoll 4,200 -
117 117 Thursday, Aug 22 CHC BRO W 5 0 59-58 5 14.0 Olsen 7,874 +
118 118 Friday, Aug 23 CHC BRO W 5 4 60-58 5 13.0 Passeau 7,702 ++
119 119 Saturday, Aug 24 CHC BRO L 3 11 60-59 5 14.0 Davis 6,769 -
120 120 Sunday, Aug 25 CHC NYG W 5 4 61-59 5 15.0 Raffensberger +
121 121 Sunday, Aug 25 CHC NYG L 8 12 61-60 5 15.0 Melton 18,892 -
122 122 Monday, Aug 26 CHC NYG L 5 10 61-61 6 15.5 Hubbell 4,360 --
123 123 Tuesday, Aug 27 CHC NYG W 3 1 62-61 5 15.0 Passeau 2,607 +
124 124 Wednesday, Aug 28 CHC BSN L 3 8 62-62 6 15.5 Errickson 6,147 -
125 125 Thursday, Aug 29 CHC BSN L 1 3 62-63 6 16.5 Posedel 7,083 --
126 126 Saturday, Aug 31 CHC @ CIN L 4 5 62-64 6 17.0 Beggs 7,549 ---
127 127 Sunday, Sep 1 CHC @ CIN L 5 6 62-65 6 19.0 Turner ----
128 128 Sunday, Sep 1 CHC @ CIN L 1 2 62-66 6 19.0 Moore 29,778 -----
129 129 Monday, Sep 2 CHC @ PIT L 2 5 62-67 6 19.0 Sewell ------
130 130 Monday, Sep 2 CHC @ PIT W 7 1 63-67 6 19.0 Olsen 26,120 +
131 131 Wednesday, Sep 4 CHC @ STL L 2 4 63-68 6 20.5 Lanier 16,197 -
132 132 Friday, Sep 6 CHC @ STL L 4 6 63-69 6 21.5 Shoun 1,237 --
133 133 Saturday, Sep 7 CHC CIN L 6 7 63-70 6 22.5 Thompson 7,605 ---
134 134 Sunday, Sep 8 CHC CIN W 3 1 64-70 6 21.5 Olsen 20,613 +
135 135 Wednesday, Sep 11 CHC @ BRO W 8 5 65-70 6 21.5 Passeau ++
136 136 Wednesday, Sep 11 CHC @ BRO W 3 2 66-70 6 21.5 Dean 10,195 +++
137 137 Thursday, Sep 12 CHC @ PHI W 5 1 67-70 6 21.5 French 1,000 ++++
138 138 Friday, Sep 13 CHC @ PHI L 1 6 67-71 6 22.5 Higbe 500 -
139 139 Saturday, Sep 14 CHC @ PHI L 3 5 67-72 6 23.5 Johnson 1,500 --
140 140 Sunday, Sep 15 CHC @ BSN L 3 7 67-73 5 24.0 Salvo ---
141 141 Sunday, Sep 15 CHC @ BSN W 7 4 68-73 5 24.0 Dean 11,375 +
142 142 Tuesday, Sep 17 CHC @ NYG W 9 8 69-73 5 24.5 Raffensberger 1,993 ++
143 143 Wednesday, Sep 18 CHC @ NYG W 6 4 70-73 5 24.5 French 1,588 +++
144 144 Thursday, Sep 19 CHC @ NYG W 8 2 71-73 5 24.5 Passeau 1,685 ++++
145 145 Saturday, Sep 21 CHC STL W 4 3 72-73 5 24.0 Olsen 5,005 +++++
146 146 Sunday, Sep 22 CHC STL L 1 8 72-74 5 25.0 Cooper -
147 147 Sunday, Sep 22 CHC STL L 1 2 72-75 5 25.0 Lanier 26,759 --
148 148 Monday, Sep 23 CHC STL W 10 0 73-75 5 24.0 Passeau 1,843 +
149 149 Wednesday, Sep 25 CHC PIT W 2 1 74-75 5 23.0 Lee ++
150 150 Wednesday, Sep 25 CHC PIT W 6 4 75-75 5 23.0 Olsen 7,828 +++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Thursday, Sep 26 CHC PIT L 6 7 75-76 5 23.5 Lanning 1,789 -
152 152 Friday, Sep 27 CHC @ STL L 1 11 75-77 5 23.5 Warneke 753 --
153 153 Saturday, Sep 28 CHC @ STL L 3 4 75-78 5 24.5 Lanier 1,623 ---
154 154 Sunday, Sep 29 CHC @ STL L 0 6 75-79 5 25.5 Cooper 6,111 ----
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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