1939 Chicago Cubs | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |||
City | Chicago | |||
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |||
General managers | Charles Weber | |||
Managers | Gabby Hartnett | |||
Radio | WGN (Bob Elson) WBBM (John Harrington, Pat Flanagan) WJJD (Charlie Grimm, Lew Fonseca) | |||
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The 1939 Chicago Cubs season was the: 68th season of the——Chicago Cubs franchise, the 64th in the National League and the 24th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League with a record of 84–70.
Regular season※
Season standings※
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 55–25 | 42–32 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 61 | .601 | 4½ | 51–27 | 41–34 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 69 | .549 | 12½ | 51–27 | 33–42 |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 70 | .545 | 13 | 44–34 | 40–36 |
New York Giants | 77 | 74 | .510 | 18½ | 41–33 | 36–41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 68 | 85 | .444 | 28½ | 35–42 | 33–43 |
Boston Bees | 63 | 88 | .417 | 32½ | 37–35 | 26–53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 45 | 106 | .298 | 50½ | 29–44 | 16–62 |
Record vs. opponents※
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 10–11 | 13–8 | 9–12 | 9–13 | |||||
Brooklyn | 12–10–1 | — | 11–11–2 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 17–4–1 | 13–9 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | 11–11–2 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 16–6 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 19–3 | 16–6 | 11–11–2 | |||||
New York | 11–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 14–7 | 11–11 | 9–12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–13 | 4–17–1 | 10–12 | 3–19 | 7–14 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 12–9 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 11–11–2 | 12–9 | 17–5 | 14–8 | — |
Roster※
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Player stats※
Batting※
Starters by, position※
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Gabby Hartnett | 97 | 306 | 85 | .278 | 12 | 59 |
1B | Rip Russell | 143 | 542 | 148 | .273 | 9 | 79 |
2B | Billy Herman | 156 | 623 | 191 | .307 | 7 | 70 |
SS | Dick Bartell | 105 | 336 | 80 | .238 | 3 | 34 |
3B | Stan Hack | 156 | 641 | 191 | .298 | 8 | 56 |
OF | Augie Galan | 148 | 549 | 167 | .304 | 6 | 71 |
OF | Jim Gleeson | 111 | 332 | 74 | .223 | 4 | 45 |
OF | Hank Leiber | 112 | 365 | 113 | .310 | 24 | 88 |
Other batters※
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Carl Reynolds | 88 | 281 | 69 | .246 | 4 | 44 |
Gus Mancuso | 80 | 251 | 58 | .231 | 2 | 17 |
Bill Nicholson | 58 | 220 | 65 | .295 | 5 | 38 |
Bobby Mattick | 51 | 178 | 51 | .287 | 0 | 23 |
Joe Marty | 23 | 76 | 10 | .132 | 2 | 10 |
Phil Cavarretta | 22 | 55 | 15 | .273 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Mesner | 17 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 0 | 6 |
Bob Garbark | 24 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching※
Starting pitchers※
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bill Lee | 37 | 282.1 | 19 | 15 | 3.44 | 105 |
Claude Passeau | 34 | 221.0 | 13 | 9 | 3.05 | 108 |
Dizzy Dean | 19 | 96.1 | 6 | 4 | 3.36 | 27 |
Clay Bryant | 4 | 31.1 | 2 | 1 | 5.74 | 9 |
Other pitchers※
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Larry French | 36 | 194.0 | 15 | 8 | 3.29 | 98 |
Charlie Root | 35 | 167.1 | 8 | 8 | 4.03 | 65 |
Vance Page | 27 | 139.1 | 7 | 7 | 3.88 | 43 |
Earl Whitehill | 24 | 89.1 | 4 | 7 | 5.14 | 42 |
Gene Lillard | 20 | 55.0 | 3 | 5 | 6.55 | 31 |
Kirby Higbe | 9 | 22.2 | 2 | 1 | 3.18 | 16 |
Ray Harrell | 4 | 17.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.31 | 5 |
Relief pitchers※
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jack Russell | 39 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3.67 | 32 |
Vern Olsen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
Farm system※
Notes※
- ^ Johnson, "Lloyd," and Wolff, "Miles," ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References※
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