1938 Chicago Cubs Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 89-63
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 951,640, Avg. 16,133
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to New York Yankees 4-0
Manager: Charlie Grimm (45-36)
Manager: Gabby Hartnett (44-27)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1938 Chicago Cubs Roster
1938 Chicago Cubs Results

The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1938 season with a record of 89 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Cubs paced the circuit with just 598 runs allowed. Chicago scored 713 runs. Ripper Collins led the team with 13 home runs Augie Galan drove in 69 runs. Stan Hack topped hitters with significant playing time with a .320 average. Bill Lee paced the squad with 22 wins, while Clay Bryant added 15 or more wins, too Bill Lee earned a 2.66 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Charlie Grimm and Gabby Hartnett coached the team. The 1938 Chicago Cubs won the League Championship Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bill Lee	22	9	.710	2.66	44	37	5	19	9	2	291.0	281	95	86	18	74	121	2	1	3	1194
Clay Bryant	19	11	.633	3.10	44	30	10	17	3	2	270.3	235	105	93	6	125	135	1	1	5	1146
Tex Carleton	10	9	.526	5.42	33	24	6	9	0	0	167.7	213	118	101	11	74	80	8	2	12	785
Larry French	10	19	.345	3.80	43	27	11	10	3	0	201.3	210	95	85	17	62	83	1	0	4	853
Charlie Root	8	7	.533	2.86	44	11	20	5	0	8	160.7	163	62	51	10	30	70	2	0	0	673
Dizzy Dean	7	1	.875	1.81	13	10	2	3	1	0	74.7	63	20	15	2	8	22	1	0	0	288
Jack Russell	6	1	.857	3.34	42	0	21	0	0	3	102.3	100	43	38	1	30	29	1	0	0	428
Vance Page	5	4	.556	3.84	13	9	2	3	0	1	68.0	90	33	29	4	13	18	0	1	1	295
Al Epperly	2	0	1.000	3.67	9	4	3	1	0	0	27.0	28	11	11	1	15	10	0	0	3	122
Kirby Higbe	0	0		5.40	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	10	6	6	1	6	4	0	0	1	45
Newt Kimball	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6
Bob Logan	0	2	.000	2.78	14	0	7	0	0	2	22.7	18	9	7	0	17	10	1	0	1	100
Totals	89	63	.586	3.37	302	154	87	67	16	18	1396.7	1414	598	523	71	454	583	17	5	31	5935

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Stan Hack	152	707	609	109	195	34	11	4	67	16	94	39	.320	.411	.432	.843	263	6	0	4
Billy Herman	152	696	624	86	173	34	7	1	56	3	59	31	.277	.342	.359	.701	224	24	2	11
Carl Reynolds	125	530	497	59	150	28	10	3	67	9	22	32	.302	.335	.416	.752	207	10	3	8
Ripper Collins	143	555	490	78	131	22	8	13	61	1	54	48	.267	.344	.424	.768	208	13	3	8
Frank Demaree	129	532	476	63	130	15	7	8	62	1	45	34	.273	.341	.384	.725	183	17	4	7
Billy Jurges	137	540	465	53	114	18	3	1	47	3	58	53	.245	.335	.303	.638	141	22	5	12
Augie Galan	110	449	395	52	113	16	9	6	69	8	49	17	.286	.368	.418	.785	165	7	2	3
Gabby Hartnett	88	353	299	40	82	19	1	10	59	1	48	17	.274	.380	.445	.825	133	9	3	3
Ken O'Dea	86	262	247	22	65	12	1	3	33	1	12	18	.263	.297	.356	.654	88	9	0	3
Phil Cavarretta	92	290	268	29	64	11	4	1	28	4	14	27	.239	.287	.321	.608	86	6	4	4
Joe Marty	76	261	235	32	57	8	3	7	35	0	18	26	.243	.305	.391	.696	92	9	3	5
Tony Lazzeri	54	143	120	21	32	5	0	5	23	0	22	30	.267	.380	.433	.814	52	5	0	1
Clay Bryant	50	109	106	16	24	2	1	3	15	0	2	10	.226	.241	.349	.590	37	1	0	1
Bill Lee	44	112	101	10	20	3	1	0	13	1	4	20	.198	.229	.248	.476	25	3	0	7
Tex Carleton	33	68	65	9	15	4	1	0	7	1	3	10	.231	.265	.323	.588	21	1	0	0
Bob Garbark	23	56	54	2	14	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	.259	.273	.259	.532	14	5	0	1
Larry French	43	73	62	7	13	3	1	0	7	0	5	9	.210	.269	.290	.559	18	3	0	6
Coaker Triplett	12	36	36	4	9	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	.250	.250	.361	.611	13	2	0	0
Charlie Root	44	53	48	2	8	1	0	0	3	0	4	16	.167	.231	.188	.418	9	2	0	1
Jack Russell	42	35	32	4	7	1	1	0	3	0	2	15	.219	.265	.313	.577	10	1	0	1
Jim Asbell	17	36	33	6	6	2	0	0	3	0	3	9	.182	.250	.242	.492	8	0	0	0
Dizzy Dean	13	27	26	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	.192	.192	.231	.423	6	1	0	1
Vance Page	13	27	26	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	.154	.154	.154	.308	4	1	0	1
Al Epperly	9	10	8	2	2	1	0	0	5	0	2	3	.250	.400	.375	.775	3	0	0	0
Bobby Mattick	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
Steve Mesner	2	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	0
Bob Logan	14	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Kirby Higbe	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Newt Kimball	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1707	5972	5333	713	1435	242	70	65	673	49	522	476	.269	.338	.377	.715	2012	157	29	88

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Bob Garbark	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Ripper Collins	1B	135	1264	111	6	118	.996	1.185	0
Phil Cavarretta	1B	28	206	16	1	14	.996	7.929	0
Tony Lazzeri	2B	4	8	17	0	1	1.000	6.250	0
Billy Herman	2B	151	404	517	18	111	.981	6.099	0
Tony Lazzeri	3B	7	6	4	2	0	.833	1.429	0
Stan Hack	3B	152	178	300	23	26	.954	3.145	0
Ken O'Dea	C	71	294	32	10	3	.970	4.592	3
Gabby Hartnett	C	83	358	40	2	8	.995	4.795	6
Bob Garbark	C	20	64	7	0	0	1.000	3.550	2
Coaker Triplett	OF	9	15	1	0	0	1.000	1.778	0
Carl Reynolds	OF	125	328	10	6	4	.983	2.704	0
Joe Marty	OF	68	143	6	2	1	.987	2.191	0
Tony Lazzeri	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Augie Galan	OF	103	211	10	3	3	.987	2.146	0
Frank Demaree	OF	125	199	12	6	1	.972	1.688	0
Phil Cavarretta	OF	52	71	5	3	0	.962	1.462	0
Jim Asbell	OF	10	14	1	0	1	1.000	1.500	0
Jack Russell	P	42	12	32	1	1	.978	1.048	0
Charlie Root	P	44	5	23	1	0	.966	.636	0
Vance Page	P	13	9	25	0	1	1.000	2.615	0
Bob Logan	P	14	3	2	1	0	.833	.357	0
Bill Lee	P	44	18	61	5	3	.940	1.795	0
Newt Kimball	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Kirby Higbe	P	2	1	4	0	1	1.000	2.500	0
Larry French	P	43	19	41	1	1	.984	1.395	0
Al Epperly	P	9	1	6	0	0	1.000	.778	0
Dizzy Dean	P	13	2	11	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Tex Carleton	P	33	8	32	2	2	.952	1.212	0
Clay Bryant	P	44	9	38	2	4	.959	1.068	0
Steve Mesner	SS	1	0	2	1	0	.667	2.000	0
Bobby Mattick	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Tony Lazzeri	SS	25	33	54	5	11	.946	3.480	0
Billy Jurges	SS	136	277	417	34	82	.953	5.103	0
Totals		1610	4164	1837	135	397	.978	3.727	11

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Tex Carleton	WS	0			1	0	0	0.0	1	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	3
Jack Russell	WS	0		0.00	2	0	1	1.7	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7
Larry French	WS	0		2.70	3	0	2	3.3	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	13
Charlie Root	WS	0		3.00	1	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	12
Vance Page	WS	0		13.50	1	0	0	1.3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dizzy Dean	WS	1	.000	6.48	2	1	1	8.3	8	6	6	2	1	0	2	0	0	33
Clay Bryant	WS	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	5.3	6	4	4	1	5	0	3	0	0	26
Bill Lee	WS	2	.000	2.45	2	2	0	11.0	15	6	3	0	1	0	8	1	0	48
Totals		4	.000	5.03	13	4	4	34.0	37	22	19	5	11	1	16	1	2	148

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH
Stan Hack	WS	4	18	17	3	8	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	.471	.500	.529	1.029	9	2	0
Joe Marty	WS	3	12	12	1	6	1	0	1	5	1	0	2	.500	.500	.833	1.333	10	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	WS	4	13	13	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.462	.462	.538	1.000	7	0	0
Billy Jurges	WS	4	14	13	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.231	.286	.308	.593	4	0	0
Billy Herman	WS	4	17	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.188	.235	.188	.423	3	0	0
Dizzy Dean	WS	2	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0
Ripper Collins	WS	4	15	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.133	.133	.133	.267	2	0	0
Ken O'Dea	WS	3	6	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	.200	.333	.800	1.133	4	0	0
Frank Demaree	WS	3	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	1
Gabby Hartnett	WS	3	11	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.273	.364	3	0	0
Clay Bryant	WS	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Augie Galan	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Tony Lazzeri	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Bill Lee	WS	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Carl Reynolds	WS	4	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	2	0
Tex Carleton	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Larry French	WS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Vance Page	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Charlie Root	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Jack Russell	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals		53	143	136	9	33	4	1	2	8	2	6	26	.243	.275	.331	.606	45	4	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Ripper Collins	WS	1B	4	4	34.0	38	1	0	3	1.000	1.324	9.750
Billy Herman	WS	2B	4	4	34.0	5	15	2	2	.909	5.294	5.000
Stan Hack	WS	3B	4	4	34.0	4	4	0	0	1.000	2.118	2.000
Gabby Hartnett	WS	C	3	3	26.0	14	3	0	0	1.000	5.885	5.667
Ken O'Dea	WS	C	1	1	8.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.625	5.000
Joe Marty	WS	CF	3	3	25.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.520	2.333
Carl Reynolds	WS	CF	1	1	9.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	3.000
Carl Reynolds	WS	LF	2	2	17.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.118	2.000
Frank Demaree	WS	LF	2	2	17.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.647	2.500
Bill Lee	WS	P	2	2	11.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.818	.500
Dizzy Dean	WS	P	2	1	8.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.160	1.000
Clay Bryant	WS	P	1	1	5.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Larry French	WS	P	3	0	3.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	5.400	.667
Charlie Root	WS	P	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Jack Russell	WS	P	2	0	1.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Vance Page	WS	P	1	0	1.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	6.750	1.000
Tex Carleton	WS	P	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000
Phil Cavarretta	WS	RF	3	3	25.0	4	1	0	0	1.000	1.800	1.667
Frank Demaree	WS	RF	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
Billy Jurges	WS	SS	4	4	34.0	11	7	1	2	.947	4.765	4.500
Totals			45	36	306.0	102	36	3	7	.979	4.059	3.067

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