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1940 Chicago Cubs

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 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 Bob 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 18 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 22 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 28 24 42 38 2 10 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 .263 .282 .263 .545 52 10 2 0 3
24 P Charlie 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
Team Totals 28.9 154 5970 5389 681 1441 272 48 86 627 63 482 566 .267 .331 .384 .714 98 2067 108 29 70
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 3 2 5 5 4 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 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 Claude Passeau 31 20 13 .606 2.50 46 31 13 20 4 5 280.2 259 97 78 8 59 124 4 0 0 1172 149 1.133 8.3 0.3 1.9 4.0 2.10
2 SP Larry French* 32 14 14 .500 3.29 40 33 6 18 3 2 246.0 240 93 90 12 64 107 4 0 0 1024 114 1.236 8.8 0.4 2.3 3.9 1.67
3 SP Bill Lee 30 9 17 .346 5.03 37 30 6 9 1 0 211.1 246 129 118 12 70 70 2 1 2 927 74 1.495 10.5 0.5 3.0 3.0 1.00
4 SP Vern Olsen* 22 13 9 .591 2.97 34 20 6 9 4 0 172.2 172 64 57 5 62 71 2 0 0 734 126 1.355 9.0 0.3 3.2 3.7 1.15
5 SP Jake Mooty 28 6 6 .500 2.92 20 12 5 6 0 1 114.0 101 45 37 11 49 42 1 0 5 472 128 1.316 8.0 0.9 3.9 3.3 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
6 RP Ken Raffensberger* 22 7 9 .438 3.38 43 10 16 3 0 3 114.2 120 54 43 10 29 55 2 1 1 480 111 1.299 9.4 0.8 2.3 4.3 1.90
7 RP Charlie Root 41 2 4 .333 3.86 36 8 10 1 0 1 112.0 118 61 48 9 33 50 1 0 0 490 97 1.348 9.5 0.7 2.7 4.0 1.52
8 RP Vance Page 34 1 3 .250 4.42 30 1 17 0 0 2 59.0 65 38 29 1 26 22 0 0 1 278 85 1.542 9.9 0.2 4.0 3.4 0.85
9 RP Clay Bryant 28 0 1 .000 4.78 8 0 5 0 0 0 26.1 26 17 14 2 14 5 0 0 1 116 79 1.519 8.9 0.7 4.8 1.7 0.36
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 Dizzy Dean 30 3 3 .500 5.17 10 9 1 3 0 0 54.0 68 35 31 4 20 18 0 0 0 247 73 1.630 11.3 0.7 3.3 3.0 0.90
11 Julio Bonetti 28 0 0 20.25 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 11 24 5.250 20.3 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 29.8 75 79 .487 3.54 154 154 85 69 12 14 1392.0 1418 636 548 74 430 564 16 2 10 5951 106 1.328 9.2 0.5 2.8 3.6 1.31
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 4 3 4 2 3 4 4 3 2 3 2 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
Julio Bonetti 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Zeke Bonura 31 44 43 42 452 408 40 4 34 .991 10.18 1B
Clay Bryant 28 8 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Phil Cavarretta 23 52 52 48 559 524 30 5 57 .991 10.65 1B
Bob Collins 30 42 33 27 164 133 23 8 3 .951 3.71 5 18 11 38% C
Dom Dallessandro 26 74 67 66 162 156 1 5 0 .969 2.12 OF
Dizzy Dean 30 10 9 3 21 5 15 1 0 .952 2.00 P
Larry French 32 40 33 18 72 7 63 2 2 .972 1.75 P
Augie Galan 28 54 53 51 134 119 11 4 2 .970 2.32 OF-2B
Jim Gleeson 28 123 122 118 292 273 14 5 3 .983 2.33 OF
Stan Hack 30 149 148 143 509 182 304 23 27 .955 3.26 3B-1B
Gabby Hartnett 39 23 16 12 84 70 10 4 2 .952 3.48 1 3 4 57% C-1B
Billy Herman 30 135 135 133 836 366 448 22 94 .974 6.03 2B
Bill Lee 30 37 30 9 58 10 42 6 3 .897 1.41 P
Hank Leiber 29 114 111 106 326 302 19 5 10 .985 2.79 OF-1B
Bobby Mattick 24 127 122 108 702 233 431 38 76 .946 5.23 SS-3B
Clyde McCullough 23 7 7 7 48 44 4 0 1 1.000 6.86 0 6 2 25% C
Jake Mooty 28 20 12 6 22 5 16 1 0 .955 1.05 P
Bill Nicholson 25 123 121 115 258 235 10 13 2 .950 1.99 OF
Vern Olsen 22 34 20 9 62 9 53 0 1 1.000 1.82 P
Vance Page 34 30 1 0 17 1 15 1 0 .941 0.53 P
Claude Passeau 31 46 31 20 86 17 62 7 0 .919 1.72 P
Ken Raffensberger 22 43 10 3 24 6 18 0 2 1.000 0.56 P
Billy Rogell 35 24 8 5 49 19 24 6 2 .878 1.65 SS-3B-2B
Charlie Root 41 36 8 1 25 3 22 0 0 1.000 0.69 P
Rip Russell 25 52 48 46 551 519 22 10 22 .982 10.02 1B-3B
Bobby Sturgeon 20 7 7 5 46 19 20 7 5 .848 5.57 SS
Al Todd 38 104 98 88 485 418 59 8 11 .984 4.59 5 31 29 48% C
Rabbit Warstler 36 45 41 36 245 90 141 14 20 .943 5.13 SS-2B
Team Totals 29.1 154 1386 1225 6297 4176 1922 199 379 .968 3.79 11 58 46 44%
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 4 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
Zeke Bonura 31 193 -2 0 0 0 3 -2 7 6 0.6 3 0.3 0.3 $ Purchased 3
Clay Bryant 28 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Phil Cavarretta* 23 231 6 1 0 0 -1 -2 8 12 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 3
Bob Collins 30 136 -7 0 0 0 -2 1 5 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ 2
Dom Dallessandro* 26 323 1 0 0 0 2 -3 12 12 1.2 10 1.0 0.2 $ Purchased 7O
Dizzy Dean 30 20 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $10,000 Traded 1
Larry French 32 97 -9 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Augie Galan# 28 248 -1 1 0 0 -1 -1 9 7 0.7 8 0.8 -0.1 $ O78/4
Jim Gleeson# 28 551 23 0 0 0 0 -3 19 39 4.0 39 4.0 0.0 $ Purchased *O879
Stan Hack* 30 686 27 2 0 0 1 0 22 52 5.4 51 5.3 0.1 $ *5/3
Gabby Hartnett 39 73 0 -1 0 0 0 1 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Unknown 2/3
Billy Herman 30 616 1 0 0 0 4 6 20 31 3.1 27 2.8 0.3 $ Purchased *4
Bill Lee 30 81 -12 0 0 0 0 6 3 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $17,500 Purchased 1
Hank Leiber 29 491 19 -1 0 0 -8 -3 17 24 2.5 32 3.3 -0.8 $ Traded *O893
Bobby Mattick 24 464 -36 -1 0 0 9 8 17 -3 -0.5 -12 -1.2 0.7 $ *6/5
Clyde McCullough 23 31 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /2
Jake Mooty 28 42 -2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Bill Nicholson* 25 545 28 -1 0 0 -3 -6 20 38 3.9 41 4.3 -0.4 $ Purchased *O97
Vern Olsen 22 62 -3 0 0 0 0 5 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
Vance Page 34 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Claude Passeau 31 111 -6 0 0 0 0 9 4 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ Traded 1
Ken Raffensberger 22 32 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Billy Rogell# 35 63 -8 0 0 0 -1 1 2 -6 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ Traded 6/54
Charlie Root 41 34 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Rip Russell 25 227 -7 -1 0 0 -4 -2 8 -6 -0.6 -2 -0.2 -0.4 $ 3/5
Bobby Sturgeon 20 21 -2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Purchased /6
Al Todd 38 401 -14 -1 0 0 1 3 15 4 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded *2
Rabbit Warstler 36 168 -11 0 0 0 2 3 6 0 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ Waivers 64
Team Total 28.9 5970 -28 -2 0 0 0 39 209 218 21.8 218 22.5 -0.7 $27,500
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
Julio Bonetti 28 1.1 0 3 1 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $ Purchased
Clay Bryant 28 26.1 0 17 15 0 1.0 -2 -0.3 $ Purchased
Dizzy Dean 30 54.0 9 35 30 0 1.0 -5 -0.6 $ Traded
Larry French* 32 246.0 33 93 139 0 1.0 46 4.5 $ Traded
Bill Lee 30 211.1 30 129 119 0 1.0 -10 -1.4 $ Purchased
Jake Mooty 28 114.0 12 45 64 0 1.0 19 1.9 $ Rule 5 Draft
Vern Olsen* 22 172.2 20 64 98 0 1.0 34 3.3 $
Vance Page 34 59.0 1 38 33 0 1.0 -5 -0.6 $ Traded
Claude Passeau 31 280.2 31 97 158 0 1.0 61 6.2 $ Traded
Ken Raffensberger* 22 114.2 10 54 65 0 1.0 11 1.0 $ Traded
Charlie Root 41 112.0 8 61 63 0 1.0 2 0.0 $
Team Total 29.8 1392.0 154 636 785 0 1.0 149 13.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1939 / 1941 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics