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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 - 97, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98


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1939 / 1941 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 75 132 9 4 5
2 1B Phil Cavarretta* 23 65 231 193 34 54 11 4 2 22 3 31 18 .280 .388 .409 .797 123 79 2 3 4
3 2B Billy Herman 30 135 616 558 77 163 24 4 5 57 1 47 30 .292 .347 .376 .723 102 210 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 .834 133 265 3 3 5
6 OF Bill Nicholson* 25 135 545 491 78 146 27 7 25 98 2 50 67 .297 .366 .534 .899 148 262 7 3 1
7 OF Jim Gleeson# 28 129 551 485 76 152 39 11 5 61 4 54 52 .313 .389 .470 .859 139 228 8 6 6
8 OF Hank Leiber 29 117 491 440 68 133 24 2 17 86 1 45 68 .302 .371 .482 .853 136 212 8 3 3
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 .735 105 111 6 1 1
10 OF Augie Galan# 28 68 248 209 33 48 14 2 3 22 9 37 23 .230 .346 .359 .704 97 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 96 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 53 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 56 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 98 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 -2 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 63 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 82 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 63 57 4 15 3 0 0 5 2 2 9 .263 .288 .316 .604 69 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 53 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 .819 127 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 87 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 5972 5389 681 1441 272 48 86 627 63 482 566 .267 .331 .384 .714 99 2067 108 29 70
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 3 2 5 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4
Non-Pitcher Totals 28.8 154 5468 4934 641 1352 257 47 85 600 59 458 442 .274 .339 .397 .736 105 1958 101 25 51
Pitcher Totals 29.7 154 504 455 40 89 15 1 1 27 4 24 124 .196 .242 .240 .482 35 109 7 4 19
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% lgCS% 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% 45% 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% 45% 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% 45% 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% 45% 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% 45%
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% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Julio Bonetti 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 Purchased /1
Zeke Bonura 31 49 193 -1 0 0 3 -2 0 -0.0 7 7 0.7 .500 .500 0.4 0.1 4 Purchased 3
Clay Bryant 28 16 9 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 Purchased /1
Phil Cavarretta* 23 65 231 7 -0 0 -1 -2 3 0.3 8 11 1.1 .505 .502 1.3 -0.4 12 Amateur Free Agent 3
Bob Collins 30 47 136 -7 0 0 -2 1 -8 -0.8 5 -3 -0.3 .483 .495 -0.1 -0.1 -1 2
Dom Dallessandro* 26 107 323 3 -0 0 2 -3 1 0.1 11 12 1.2 .501 .501 1.0 -0.2 10 Purchased 7O
Dizzy Dean 30 10 20 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $10,000 Traded 1
Larry French 32 40 97 -9 0 0 0 11 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 -0.0 5 Traded 1
Augie Galan# 28 68 248 -0 1 0 -1 -2 -2 -0.2 8 6 0.6 .497 .499 0.8 -0.3 7 O78/4
Jim Gleeson# 28 129 551 25 -0 0 0 -3 22 2.2 19 41 4.2 .518 .514 4.2 -0.3 41 Purchased *O879
Stan Hack* 30 149 686 29 -0 0 1 1 31 3.1 22 53 5.4 .521 .520 5.4 0.2 52 *5/3
Gabby Hartnett 39 37 73 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .502 .500 0.3 0.1 3 Unknown 2/3
Billy Herman 30 135 616 3 0 0 4 5 12 1.2 20 32 3.3 .510 .508 3.0 0.9 28 Purchased *4
Bill Lee 30 37 82 -12 0 0 0 9 -2 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.2 -0.0 0 $17,500 Purchased 1
Hank Leiber 29 117 491 20 0 0 -8 -3 9 0.9 17 26 2.6 .508 .506 3.5 -1.2 34 Traded *O893
Bobby Mattick 24 128 464 -34 -0 0 9 8 -17 -1.9 16 -1 -0.3 .485 .488 -1.2 1.7 -10 *6/5
Clyde McCullough 23 9 31 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .479 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 Purchased /2
Jake Mooty 28 24 42 -3 0 0 0 5 2 0.2 1 4 0.2 .509 .501 0.2 -0.0 4 Rule 5 Draft 1
Bill Nicholson* 25 135 545 29 0 0 -3 -6 21 2.1 19 39 4.1 .516 .513 4.4 -1.0 42 Purchased *O97
Vern Olsen 22 35 63 -3 0 0 0 7 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .513 .503 0.5 -0.0 7 1
Vance Page 34 31 14 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 Traded 1
Claude Passeau 31 46 111 -6 -0 0 0 12 6 0.7 4 10 0.7 .515 .504 0.7 -0.0 10 Traded 1
Ken Raffensberger 22 43 32 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 Traded 1
Billy Rogell# 35 33 63 -8 0 0 -1 1 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.6 .474 .495 -0.5 0.0 -5 Traded 6/54
Charlie Root 41 36 34 -4 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 1 1
Rip Russell 25 68 227 -7 0 0 -4 -2 -13 -1.4 8 -5 -0.6 .480 .492 -0.2 -0.7 -1 3/5
Bobby Sturgeon 20 7 21 -2 0 0 -2 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .443 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -1 Purchased /6
Al Todd 38 104 401 -13 0 0 1 3 -8 -0.9 14 6 0.5 .492 .495 0.4 0.4 4 Traded *2
Rabbit Warstler 36 45 168 -10 -0 0 2 3 -5 -0.6 6 0 -0.0 .487 .496 -0.2 0.5 -2 Waivers 64
Team Total 28.9 1751 5972 -11 1 0 0 56 45 3.9 201 247 23.3 .503 .501 23.8 -0.6 247 $27,500
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Julio Bonetti 28 1.1 1 0 3 20.25 5.29 0.00 0.00 98.0 5.18 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .307 .499 Purchased
Clay Bryant 28 26.1 8 0 17 5.81 4.38 0.00 0.00 96.4 4.22 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .442 .497 Purchased
Dizzy Dean 30 54.0 10 9 35 5.83 4.36 0.00 0.00 98.4 4.29 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .411 .495 $10,000 Traded
Larry French* 32 246.0 40 33 93 3.40 4.35 0.00 0.00 98.3 4.27 25 2.7 1.0 -0.1 4.9 46 .569 .517 Traded
Bill Lee 30 211.1 37 30 129 5.49 4.42 0.00 0.00 96.9 4.29 -28 -2.7 1.0 -0.1 -0.9 -9 .426 .483 $17,500 Purchased
Jake Mooty 28 114.0 20 12 45 3.55 4.13 0.00 0.00 96.9 4.00 6 0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.7 16 .533 .504 Rule 5 Draft
Vern Olsen* 22 172.2 34 20 64 3.34 4.50 0.00 0.00 96.9 4.36 20 2.3 1.0 -0.1 3.8 35 .566 .514
Vance Page 34 59.0 30 1 38 5.80 4.57 0.00 0.00 96.4 4.41 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .469 .494 Traded
Claude Passeau 31 280.2 46 31 97 3.11 4.32 0.00 0.00 97.7 4.21 35 4.0 1.0 -0.2 6.4 60 .587 .525 Traded
Ken Raffensberger* 22 114.2 43 10 54 4.24 4.43 0.00 0.00 98.8 4.38 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.3 12 .506 .501 Traded
Charlie Root 41 112.0 36 8 61 4.90 4.26 0.00 0.00 97.1 4.13 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 0.1 1 .474 .494
Team Total 29.8 1392.0 305 154 636 4.11 4.36 0.00 0.00 97.5 4.26 28 3.8 1.0 -0.8 15.9 150 .512 .502 $27,500
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1939 / 1941 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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