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1939 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938/1940) 84-70, Finished 4th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 724 runs, Allowed 678 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72 Managed by Gabby Hartnett Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 726,663 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 100   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 Stats (1938/1940) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Gabby Hartnett      38   97  306   36   85  18  2  12   59  37   32  .278  .358  .467   0      11   1   7          118
1B  Rip Russell         24  143  542   55  148  24  5   9   79  36   56  .273  .318  .386   2      12   0  16           87
2B  Billy Herman        29  156  623  111  191  34 18   7   70  66   31  .307  .378  .453   9      24   5  19          120
3B *Stan Hack           29  156  641  112  191  28  6   8   56  65   35  .298  .364  .398  17       7   2  15          103
SS  Dick Bartell        31  105  336   37   80  24  2   3   34  42   25  .238  .335  .348   6      10   7  10           82
OF #Augie Galan         27  148  549  104  167  36  8   6   71  75   26  .304  .392  .432   8      10   4  13          119
OF  Hank Leiber         28  112  365   65  113  16  1  24   88  59   42  .310  .411  .556   1      14   4   3          156
OF #Jim Gleeson         27  111  332   43   74  19  6   4   45  39   46  .223  .308  .352   7       5   2  10           76
    Carl Reynolds       36   88  281   33   69  10  6   4   44  16   38  .246  .298  .367   5       8   5  11           76
    Gus Mancuso         33   80  251   17   58  10  0   2   17  24   19  .231  .298  .295   0       4   0   6           59
   *Bill Nicholson      24   58  220   37   65  12  5   5   38  20   29  .295  .354  .464   0       1   0   3          116
    Bobby Mattick       23   51  178   16   51  12  1   0   23   6   19  .287  .314  .365   1       4   1   4           80
    Joe Marty           25   23   76    6   10   1  0   2   10   4   13  .132  .175  .224   2       4   0   0            6
   *Phil Cavarretta     22   22   55    4   15   3  1   0    0   4    3  .273  .322  .364   2       1   0   0           82
    Steve Mesner        21   17   43    7   12   4  0   0    6   3    4  .279  .340  .372   0       1   1   1           90
    Bob Garbark         29   24   21    1    3   0  0   0    0   0    3  .143  .143  .143   0       1   0   0          -24

    Bill Lee            29   37  103    3   13   0  0   1    3   4   16  .126  .159  .155   0       1   0   8          -16
    Claude Passeau      30   35   77    6   12   2  0   1    6   2   27  .156  .177  .221   0       3   0   2            5
    Larry French        31   36   73    6   14   2  0   1    7   4   26  .192  .244  .260   0       1   1   4           34
    Charley Root        40   35   57    4   10   2  1   2    6   2   21  .175  .217  .351   0       0   1   3           49
    Vance Page          33   27   47    2   12   3  0   0    6   3   11  .255  .300  .319   0       1   0   2           65
    Dizzy Dean          29   19   34    4    5   1  0   0    1   1    7  .147  .171  .176   1       0   0   2           -7
   *Earl Whitehill      40   24   29    1    3   0  0   0    0   2    7  .103  .161  .103   0       1   0   0          -28
    Jack Russell        33   43   17    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    8  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Clay Bryant         27   28   14    9    3   1  0   0    1   1    1  .214  .267  .286   0       0   0   0           47
    Gene Lillard        25   23   10    3    1   0  0   0    0   6    3  .100  .438  .100   0       0   0   0           50
    Kirby Higbe         24    9    7    0    2   1  0   0    1   0    3  .286  .286  .429   0       0   0   1           88
    Ray Harrell         27    4    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Vern Olsen          21    4    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   2    1  .000  .667  .000   0       0   0   0           91
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0  156 5293  724 1407 263 62  91  671 523  553  .266  .332  .391  61     124  34 140          101
    Rank among 8 NL teams          4    3    5   4  1   4        2    3     5     6     4   1                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bill Lee            29  37   3.44  19  15  0  36   1  20   1  282.3  295  125  108  18   85  105 1202   4   1  1     115
SP  Claude Passeau      30  34   3.05  13   9  3  27   6  13   1  221.0  215   86   75   8   48  108  914   0   4  0     129
SP *Larry French        31  36   3.29  15   8  1  21  11  10   2  194.0  205   80   71   7   50   98  828   5   1  0     120
SP  Vance Page          33  27   3.88   7   7  1  17   6   8   1  139.3  169   77   60   8   37   43  620   2   1  0     102
SP  Dizzy Dean          29  19   3.36   6   4  0  13   5   7   2   96.3   98   40   36   4   17   27  403   0   1  0     118

RP  Jack Russell        33  39   3.67   4   3  3   0  24   0   0   68.7   78   32   28   3   24   32  308   1   0  0     108
RP  Charley Root        40  35   4.03   8   8  4  16  12   8   0  167.3  189   83   75  11   34   65  709   0   2  1      98
RP  Gene Lillard        25  20   6.55   3   5  0   7   4   2   0   55.0   68   48   40   2   36   31  264   2   3  0      60
RP *Earl Whitehill      40  24   5.14   4   7  1  11   5   2   1   89.3  102   59   51   8   50   42  416   4   5  0      77

    Clay Bryant         27   4   5.74   2   1  0   4   0   2   0   31.3   42   23   20   3   14    9  154   1   1  0      69
    Kirby Higbe         24   9   3.18   2   1  0   2   6   0   0   22.7   12    9    8   0   22   16  101   0   0  0     125
    Ray Harrell         27   4   8.31   0   2  0   2   0   0   0   17.3   29   16   16   2    6    5   82   1   0  1      48
   *Vern Olsen          21   4   0.00   1   0  0   0   4   0   0    7.7    2    0    0   0    7    3   30   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.7 156   3.80  84  70 13 156  84  72   8 1392.0 1504  678  588  74  430  584 6031  20  19  3     104
    Rank among 8 NL teams           5   3   5  5           2   6      3    7    5        3    3    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- GHartnett 86 336 47 3 3 .992 8 GMancuso 76 333 36 7 6 .981 5 BGarbark 21 22 3 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 691 86 10 9 .987 13 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 10.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RRussell 143 1383 83 18 109 .988 10.25 PCavarretta 13 106 6 1 10 .991 8.62 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1489 89 19 119 .988 10.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .968 5.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHerman 156 377 485 29 95 .967 5.53 SMesner 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 7.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 380 489 29 96 .968 5.62 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .942 2.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SHack 156 177 278 21 15 .956 2.92 DBartell 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SMesner 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 178 278 21 15 .956 2.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .953 5.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DBartell 101 241 307 33 62 .943 5.43 BMattick 48 102 179 22 28 .927 5.85 SMesner 12 12 39 4 7 .927 4.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 355 525 59 97 .937 5.69 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .975 2.17 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- AGalan 145 290 6 9 0 .970 2.04 145 0 0 HLeiber 98 249 5 6 0 .977 2.59 0 98 0 JGleeson 91 175 5 8 1 .957 1.98 13 12 66 CReynolds 72 168 5 5 1 .972 2.40 3 51 18 BNicholson 58 123 5 6 0 .955 2.21 0 0 58 JMarty 21 24 4 2 0 .933 1.33 1 1 19 CBryant 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 1 0 PCavarretta 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 1032 30 36 2 .967 2.29 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BLee 37 15 80 5 3 .950 3.03 CPasseau 34 7 49 0 2 1.000 2.28 LFrench 36 5 47 2 3 .963 2.41 CRoot 35 2 22 2 0 .923 1.29 VPage 27 4 33 0 1 1.000 2.39 DDean 19 5 16 0 0 1.000 1.96 EWhitehill 24 1 14 0 0 1.000 1.51 JRussell 39 3 23 1 0 .963 3.41 GLillard 20 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.13 CBryant 4 4 2 1 0 .857 1.73 KHigbe 9 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.59 RHarrell 4 1 4 1 0 .833 2.60 VOlsen 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 50 305 12 9 .967 2.30 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Leiber .310 On-base % Leiber .411 Slugging % Leiber .556 OPS Leiber .967 Games Hack and Herman 156 At Bats Hack 641 Plate Appearances (approx.) Hack 723 Runs Hack 112 Hits Hack and Herman 191 Total Bases Herman 282 Doubles Galan 36 Triples Herman 18 Home Runs Leiber 24 RBI Leiber 88 Bases on Balls Galan 75 Strikeouts Russell 56 Stolen Bases Hack 17 Singles Hack 149 Adjusted OPS+ Leiber 156 Runs Created Herman 105 Adjusted Batting Runs Leiber 30 Batting Wins Leiber 2.9 Extra-Base Hits Herman 59 Times on Base Herman 262 Offensive Win% Leiber .742 Hit By Pitch Bartell 7 Sac. Hits Herman 19 Grounded into Double Plays Herman 24 Power/Speed Number Hack 10.9 At Bats per Strikeout Galan 21.1 At Bats per Home Run Leiber 15.2 Outs Herman 475

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Passeau 3.05 Wins Lee 19 Won-Loss % French .652 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Passeau 1.190 Hits Allowed/9IP Passeau 8.76 Bases on Balls/9IP Root 1.83 Strikeouts/9IP French 4.55 Games Russell 39 Saves Root 4 Innings Lee 282.3 Strikeouts Passeau 108 Games Started Lee 36 Comp. Games Lee 20 Shutouts Dean and French 2 Home Runs Allow. Lee 18 Bases On Balls Allow. Lee 85 Hits Allowed Lee 295 SO to Walk Passeau 2.25 Losses Lee 15 Earned Runs Allow. Lee 108 Wild Pitches French 5 Hit Batsmen Whitehill 5 Batters Faced Lee 1202 Games Finished Russell 24 Adjusted ERA+ Passeau 129

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Stan Hack (Starting 3B)
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Bill Lee

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