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1940 Chicago Cubs (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
Managed by Gabby Hartnett

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 Stats / Schedule (1939/1941) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   75-79 , Final Rank: 5, GB:   25.5
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:           4 (last on June 28)
Most Games under .500:           7 (last on September 7)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       25.5 (last on September 29)

Longest Winning Streak:          7 (June 4 to June 9)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (August 28 to September 2)

Most Runs Allowed:              12 (May 25 and August 25)
Most Runs Scored:               15 (June 9)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       8
Times Opponent Shutout:         12

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        75  79     681     636    .487

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           40  37     333     316    .519
Road           35  42     348     320    .455

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     38  37     350     295    .507
Second Half    37  42     331     341    .468
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        24  31     195     202    .436

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        25  15     262     183    .625

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 16     CHC @CIN  L   1-2        0-1     5     1.0       P Derringer                34,340 -
  2 Thu, Apr 18     CHC @CIN  L   1-2        0-2     8     2.0       J Thompson                  1,536 --
  3 Fri, Apr 19     CHC  STL  W   5-0        1-2     5     1.5       L French                    9,029 +
  4 Sat, Apr 20     CHC  STL  W   4-3        2-2     5     1.0       K Raffensber                5,626 ++
  5 Sun, Apr 21     CHC  STL  L   4-5        2-3     5     1.5       M Lanier                          -
  6 Mon, Apr 22     CHC @PIT  L   5-9        2-4     6     2.5       J Bowman                   10,461 --
  7 Tue, Apr 23     CHC @PIT  L   2-3        2-5     7     3.0       M Brown                     4,138 ---
  8 Wed, Apr 24     CHC @PIT  W   9-4        3-5     6     3.0       B Lee                       3,809 +
  9 Thu, Apr 25     CHC  CIN  W   4-2        4-5     5     3.0       D Dean                            ++
 10 Fri, Apr 26     CHC  CIN  W   6-2        5-5     5     3.0       C Passeau                   4,895 +++
 11 Sat, Apr 27     CHC @STL  W   4-0        6-5     3     3.0       L French                    3,709 ++++
 12 Sun, Apr 28     CHC @STL  L   5-7        6-6     3     4.0       C Shoun                     9,691 -
 13 Mon, Apr 29     CHC @STL  L   5-6        6-7     4     4.5       J Russell                   2,935 --
 14 Tue, Apr 30     CHC  BSN  W   8-7        7-7     3     4.5       B Lee                       4,808 +
 15 Sat, May  4     CHC  NYG  W   3-2        8-7     3     3.5       L French                    7,741 ++
 16 Sun, May  5     CHC  PHI  L   5-7        8-8     3     4.5       H Mulcahy                  14,676 -
 17 Mon, May  6     CHC  PHI  W   5-4        9-8     3     4.5       L French                    5,293 +
 18 Tue, May  7     CHC  PHI  L   0-1        9-9     3     4.5       I Pearson                   2,054 -
 19 Thu, May  9     CHC  BRO  L   1-4        9-10    3     5.5       N Kimball                  10,540 --
 20 Fri, May 10     CHC  PIT  L   3-8        9-11    4     5.5       M Brown                     3,448 ---
 21 Sat, May 11     CHC  PIT  W   7-5       10-11    4     5.0       V Page                      7,211 +
 22 Sun, May 12     CHC  PIT  W   7-5       11-11    4     5.5       V Olsen                    17,955 ++
 23 Wed, May 15     CHC @BSN  W   2-0       12-11    4     5.0       L French                    1,919 +++
 24 Thu, May 16     CHC @BSN  W   5-4       13-11    4     4.5       B Lee                       1,134 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Fri, May 17     CHC @NYG  W   4-0       14-11    3     4.5       C Passeau                   5,119 +++++
 26 Sat, May 18     CHC @NYG  L   4-6       14-12    4     4.5       H Gumbert                  12,064 -
 27 Sun, May 19     CHC @BRO  W   7-6       15-12    3     4.5       J Mooty                    27,923 +
 28 Mon, May 20     CHC @BRO  W   6-4       16-12    3     3.5       B Lee                       6,326 ++
 29 Tue, May 21     CHC @BRO  L   3-4       16-13    3     4.0       T Pressnell                 5,997 -
 30 Thu, May 23     CHC @PHI  W   4-3       17-13    3     3.0       V Olsen                     7,801 +
 31 Sat, May 25     CHC @PIT  L   7-12      17-14    4     3.5       J Bowman                    2,806 -
 32 Sun, May 26     CHC @PIT  L   2-3       17-15    4     4.5       B Klinger                   8,771 --
 33 Mon, May 27     CHC  STL  W   7-1       18-15    4     5.0       C Passeau                   1,419 +
 34 Tue, May 28     CHC  STL  L   0-5       18-16    4     5.5       M Lanier                    3,138 -
 35 Wed, May 29     CHC  STL  L   2-8       18-17    4     6.0       L Warneke                   3,269 --
 36 Thu, May 30     CHC  CIN  L   2-4       18-18    4     8.0       P Derringer                       ---
 37                 CHC  CIN  L   8-9       18-19    4     8.0       J Beggs                    30,828 ----
 38 Sat, Jun  1     CHC  BRO  W   4-3       19-19    4     8.0       J Mooty                     8,855 +
 39 Sun, Jun  2     CHC  BRO  L   2-3       19-20    4     9.0       V Mungo                           -
 40                 CHC  BRO  L   1-2       19-21    4     9.0       L Hamlin                   34,204 --
 41 Mon, Jun  3     CHC  BRO  L   2-3       19-22    4    10.0       H Casey                     5,300 ---
 42 Tue, Jun  4     CHC  PHI  W  12-6       20-22    4     9.0       C Root                      3,433 +
 43 Wed, Jun  5     CHC  PHI  W   3-2       21-22    4     9.0       L French                    3,304 ++
 44 Thu, Jun  6     CHC  PHI  W  11-5       22-22    4     8.5       B Lee                       3,461 +++
 45 Fri, Jun  7     CHC  BSN  W   5-3       23-22    4     7.5       C Passeau                   3,756 ++++
 46 Sat, Jun  8     CHC  BSN  W   3-1       24-22    4     7.5       V Olsen                     6,148 +++++
 47 Sun, Jun  9     CHC  BSN  W   7-1       25-22    4     6.5       L French                          ++++++
 48                 CHC  BSN  W  15-8       26-22    4     6.5       K Raffensber               17,714 +++++++
 49 Tue, Jun 11     CHC  NYG  L   0-4       26-23    4     7.0       B Lohrman                         -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 CHC  NYG  L   1-3       26-24    4     7.0       P Dean                      8,280 --
 51 Fri, Jun 14     CHC @BSN  L   2-4       26-25    4     8.5       D Errickson                 1,657 ---
 52 Sat, Jun 15     CHC @BSN  W  11-5       27-25    4     8.5       L French                    2,466 +
 53 Sun, Jun 16     CHC @BSN  L   4-5       27-26    4     7.5       B Posedel                         -
 54                 CHC @BSN  W   9-1       28-26    4     7.5       C Passeau                  10,972 +
 55 Mon, Jun 17     CHC @NYG  L   1-2       28-27    4     8.5       P Dean                      4,107 -
 56 Tue, Jun 18     CHC @NYG  W   6-1       29-27    4     7.5       J Mooty                    25,325 +
 57 Thu, Jun 20     CHC @NYG  L   3-6       29-28    4     7.5       H Schumacher                5,533 -
 58 Fri, Jun 21     CHC @PHI  L   5-6       29-29    4     8.5       L Brown                     1,000 --
 59 Sat, Jun 22     CHC @PHI  W  10-2       30-29    4     7.5       C Passeau                   2,500 +
 60 Sun, Jun 23     CHC @PHI  W   3-2       31-29    4     7.5       J Mooty                           ++
 61                 CHC @PHI  W   7-2       32-29    4     7.5       K Raffensber               12,201 +++
 62 Tue, Jun 25     CHC @BRO  W   8-3       33-29    4     7.0       C Passeau                  26,104 ++++
 63 Thu, Jun 27     CHC @BRO  L   4-5       33-30    4     7.5       V Tamulis                   9,806 -
 64 Fri, Jun 28     CHC @CIN  W   3-2       34-30    4     6.5       J Mooty                    26,834 +
 65 Sat, Jun 29     CHC @CIN  L   1-4       34-31    4     7.5       J Turner                    6,428 -
 66 Sun, Jun 30     CHC @CIN  L   4-7       34-32    4     9.5       B Walters                         --
 67                 CHC @CIN  L   6-7       34-33    4     9.5       E Riddle                   26,960 ---
 68 Mon, Jul  1     CHC  PIT  L   3-4       34-34    4     9.5       M Brown                     4,335 ----
 69 Tue, Jul  2     CHC  PIT  W  10-0       35-34    4     9.0       B Lee                       5,120 +
 70 Wed, Jul  3     CHC  PIT  W   7-5       36-34    4     9.0       C Passeau                   5,678 ++
 71 Thu, Jul  4     CHC @STL  W   4-3       37-34    4    10.0       L French                          +++
 72                 CHC @STL  L   2-5       37-35    4    10.0       C Shoun                    17,804 -
 73 Fri, Jul  5     CHC @STL  W  11-5       38-35    4    10.0       V Olsen                     1,770 +
 74 Sat, Jul  6     CHC  CIN  L   0-4       38-36    4    11.0       P Derringer                12,939 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Jul  7     CHC  CIN  L   3-4       38-37    4    11.0       J Beggs                    23,198 --
 76 Thu, Jul 11     CHC  BSN  W   8-2       39-37    4    11.5       C Passeau                         +
 77                 CHC  BSN  L   1-2       39-38    4    11.5       D Errickson                 7,347 -
 78 Fri, Jul 12     CHC  BSN  W   2-0       40-38    4    11.0       V Olsen                     4,508 +
 79 Sat, Jul 13     CHC  BSN  L   0-5       40-39    4    11.5       M Salvo                     5,760 -
 80 Sun, Jul 14     CHC  NYG  W   6-5       41-39    4    12.5       C Passeau                         +
 81                 CHC  NYG  L   0-2       41-40    4    12.5       B Lohrman                  34,870 -
 82 Mon, Jul 15     CHC  NYG  W   5-3       42-40    4    12.5       C Root                      6,075 +
 83 Tue, Jul 16     CHC  NYG  W   2-0       43-40    4    12.0       V Olsen                     7,243 ++
 84 Wed, Jul 17     CHC  BRO  L   1-2       43-41    4    13.0       L Hamlin                   11,154 -
 85 Thu, Jul 18     CHC  BRO  L   4-7       43-42    4    13.5       V Tamulis                   8,454 --
 86 Fri, Jul 19     CHC  BRO  W  11-4       44-42    4    12.5       C Passeau                   8,980 +
 87 Sat, Jul 20     CHC  PHI  L   3-9       44-43    4    13.5       I Pearson                   5,382 -
 88 Sun, Jul 21     CHC  PHI  L   2-8       44-44    4    14.5       H Mulcahy                         --
 89                 CHC  PHI  W   8-5       45-44    4    14.5       J Mooty                    15,737 +
 90 Tue, Jul 23     CHC @BSN  W   6-1       46-44    4    15.0       K Raffensber                1,499 ++
 91 Wed, Jul 24     CHC @BSN  L   3-4       46-45    4    16.0       D Errickson                 7,419 -
 92 Thu, Jul 25     CHC @BSN  W   8-4       47-45    4    15.5       B Lee                       1,440 +
 93 Fri, Jul 26     CHC @NYG  W  14-1       48-45    4    15.5       L French                    3,415 ++
 94 Sat, Jul 27     CHC @NYG  L   0-1       48-46    4    15.5       B Lohrman                   3,988 -
 95 Sun, Jul 28     CHC @NYG  L   4-8       48-47    4    16.0       H Gumbert                   6,576 --
 96 Mon, Jul 29     CHC @PHI  W   7-3       49-47    4    15.0       C Passeau                   1,000 +
 97 Tue, Jul 30     CHC @PHI  L   5-7       49-48    4    16.0       K Higbe                     1,000 -
 98 Wed, Jul 31     CHC @PHI  L   3-7       49-49    4    16.0       H Mulcahy                   7,500 --
 99 Fri, Aug  2     CHC @BRO  W   4-3       50-49    4    14.5       L French                    5,907 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sat, Aug  3     CHC @BRO  W   2-1       51-49    4    14.0       K Raffensber                9,720 ++
101 Sun, Aug  4     CHC @BRO  W  11-3       52-49    4    14.0       V Olsen                           +++
102                 CHC @BRO  L   6-7       52-50    4    14.0       C Davis                    29,928 -
103 Wed, Aug  7     CHC @CIN  W   5-3       53-50    4    13.0       B Lee                       8,582 +
104 Thu, Aug  8     CHC @CIN  L   1-3       53-51    4    14.0       B Walters                   7,848 -
105 Fri, Aug  9     CHC @PIT  L   2-6       53-52    5    15.0       R Sewell                   29,978 --
106 Sat, Aug 10     CHC @PIT  W   1-0       54-52    4    15.0       V Olsen                     4,474 +
107 Sun, Aug 11     CHC @PIT  L   3-7       54-53    5    15.0       J Lanning                         -
108                 CHC @PIT  L   1-5       54-54    5    15.0       D Lanahan                  28,968 --
109 Tue, Aug 13     CHC  STL  L   1-5       54-55    5    15.5       C Shoun                     7,367 ---
110 Thu, Aug 15     CHC  CIN  W   1-0       55-55    5    14.5       C Passeau                   6,044 +
111 Fri, Aug 16     CHC  CIN  L   4-9       55-56    6    16.5       W Moore                           -
112                 CHC  CIN  L   3-6       55-57    6    16.5       J Hutchings                19,001 --
113 Sat, Aug 17     CHC  PIT  W   6-5       56-57    5    16.0       C Passeau                   6,003 +
114 Sun, Aug 18     CHC  PIT  W   9-1       57-57    5    14.5       L French                    7,597 ++
115 Tue, Aug 20     CHC  PHI  W   4-0       58-57    5    14.0       C Passeau                   4,508 +++
116 Wed, Aug 21     CHC  PHI  L   5-7       58-58    6    14.0       L Smoll                     4,200 -
117 Thu, Aug 22     CHC  BRO  W   5-0       59-58    5    14.0       V Olsen                     7,874 +
118 Fri, Aug 23     CHC  BRO  W   5-4       60-58    5    13.0       C Passeau                   7,702 ++
119 Sat, Aug 24     CHC  BRO  L   3-11      60-59    5    14.0       C Davis                     6,769 -
120 Sun, Aug 25     CHC  NYG  W   5-4       61-59    5    15.0       K Raffensber                      +
121                 CHC  NYG  L   8-12      61-60    5    15.0       C Melton                   18,892 -
122 Mon, Aug 26     CHC  NYG  L   5-10      61-61    6    15.5       C Hubbell                   4,360 --
123 Tue, Aug 27     CHC  NYG  W   3-1       62-61    5    15.0       C Passeau                   2,607 +
124 Wed, Aug 28     CHC  BSN  L   3-8       62-62    6    15.5       D Errickson                 6,147 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Thu, Aug 29     CHC  BSN  L   1-3       62-63    6    16.5       B Posedel                   7,083 --
126 Sat, Aug 31     CHC @CIN  L   4-5       62-64    6    17.0       J Beggs                     7,549 ---
127 Sun, Sep  1     CHC @CIN  L   5-6       62-65    6    19.0       J Turner                          ----
128                 CHC @CIN  L   1-2       62-66    6    19.0       W Moore                    29,778 -----
129 Mon, Sep  2     CHC @PIT  L   2-5       62-67    6    19.0       R Sewell                          ------
130                 CHC @PIT  W   7-1       63-67    6    19.0       V Olsen                    26,120 +
131 Wed, Sep  4     CHC @STL  L   2-4       63-68    6    20.5       M Lanier                   16,197 -
132 Fri, Sep  6     CHC @STL  L   4-6       63-69    6    21.5       C Shoun                     1,237 --
133 Sat, Sep  7     CHC  CIN  L   6-7       63-70    6    22.5       J Thompson                  7,605 ---
134 Sun, Sep  8     CHC  CIN  W   3-1       64-70    6    21.5       V Olsen                    20,613 +
135 Wed, Sep 11     CHC @BRO  W   8-5       65-70    6    21.5       C Passeau                         ++
136                 CHC @BRO  W   3-2       66-70    6    21.5       D Dean                     10,195 +++
137 Thu, Sep 12     CHC @PHI  W   5-1       67-70    6    21.5       L French                    1,000 ++++
138 Fri, Sep 13     CHC @PHI  L   1-6       67-71    6    22.5       K Higbe                       500 -
139 Sat, Sep 14     CHC @PHI  L   3-5       67-72    6    23.5       S Johnson                   1,500 --
140 Sun, Sep 15     CHC @BSN  L   3-7       67-73    5    24.0       M Salvo                           ---
141                 CHC @BSN  W   7-4       68-73    5    24.0       D Dean                     11,375 +
142 Tue, Sep 17     CHC @NYG  W   9-8       69-73    5    24.5       K Raffensber                1,993 ++
143 Wed, Sep 18     CHC @NYG  W   6-4       70-73    5    24.5       L French                    1,588 +++
144 Thu, Sep 19     CHC @NYG  W   8-2       71-73    5    24.5       C Passeau                   1,685 ++++
145 Sat, Sep 21     CHC  STL  W   4-3       72-73    5    24.0       V Olsen                     5,005 +++++
146 Sun, Sep 22     CHC  STL  L   1-8       72-74    5    25.0       M Cooper                          -
147                 CHC  STL  L   1-2       72-75    5    25.0       M Lanier                   26,759 --
148 Mon, Sep 23     CHC  STL  W  10-0       73-75    5    24.0       C Passeau                   1,843 +
149 Wed, Sep 25     CHC  PIT  W   2-1       74-75    5    23.0       B Lee                             ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 CHC  PIT  W   6-4       75-75    5    23.0       V Olsen                     7,828 +++
151 Thu, Sep 26     CHC  PIT  L   6-7       75-76    5    23.5       J Lanning                   1,789 -
152 Fri, Sep 27     CHC @STL  L   1-11      75-77    5    23.5       L Warneke                     753 --
153 Sat, Sep 28     CHC @STL  L   3-4       75-78    5    24.5       M Lanier                    1,623 ---
154 Sun, Sep 29     CHC @STL  L   0-6       75-79    5    25.5       M Cooper                    6,111 ----

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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