1939 Chicago Cubs Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 726,663, Avg. 12,003
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Gabby Hartnett (84-70)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1939 Chicago Cubs RosterTeam Record: 84-70
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 726,663, Avg. 12,003
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Gabby Hartnett (84-70)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1939 Chicago Cubs Results
The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1939 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Cubs scored 724 runs and conceded 678 runs. Hank Leiber led Chicago with 24 home runs and drove in 88 runs. Billy Herman paced all regular hitters with a .307 average. Bill Lee topped the team with 19 wins, while Larry French added 15 or more wins, too Claude Passeau registered a 3.05 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Gabby Hartnett coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Lee | 19 | 15 | .559 | 3.44 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 282.3 | 295 | 125 | 108 | 18 | 85 | 0 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1202 |
| Larry French | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.29 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 194.0 | 205 | 80 | 71 | 7 | 50 | 0 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 828 |
| Claude Passeau | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.05 | 34 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 221.0 | 215 | 86 | 75 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 914 |
| Charlie Root | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.03 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 167.3 | 189 | 83 | 75 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 709 |
| Vance Page | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.88 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 139.3 | 169 | 77 | 60 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 620 |
| Dizzy Dean | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.36 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 96.3 | 98 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 403 |
| Jack Russell | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.67 | 39 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68.7 | 78 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 308 |
| Earl Whitehill | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.14 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 89.3 | 102 | 59 | 51 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 416 |
| Gene Lillard | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.55 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 68 | 48 | 40 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 264 |
| Kirby Higbe | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.18 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
| Clay Bryant | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.74 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 42 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 154 |
| Vern Olsen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Ray Harrell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 82 |
| Totals | 84 | 70 | .545 | 3.80 | 292 | 156 | 84 | 72 | 8 | 13 | 1392.3 | 1504 | 678 | 588 | 74 | 430 | 0 | 584 | 19 | 3 | 20 | 6031 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Herman | 156 | 713 | 623 | 111 | 191 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 66 | 31 | .307 | .378 | .453 | .830 | 282 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Hack | 156 | 723 | 641 | 112 | 191 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 56 | 17 | 0 | 65 | 35 | .298 | .364 | .398 | .762 | 255 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Augie Galan | 148 | 641 | 549 | 104 | 167 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 75 | 26 | .304 | .392 | .432 | .823 | 237 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Rip Russell | 143 | 594 | 542 | 55 | 148 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 56 | .273 | .318 | .386 | .704 | 209 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Leiber | 112 | 431 | 365 | 65 | 113 | 16 | 1 | 24 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 42 | .310 | .411 | .556 | .967 | 203 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabby Hartnett | 97 | 351 | 306 | 36 | 85 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 32 | .278 | .358 | .467 | .825 | 143 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Bartell | 105 | 395 | 336 | 37 | 80 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 25 | .238 | .335 | .348 | .683 | 117 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Gleeson | 111 | 383 | 332 | 43 | 74 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 46 | .223 | .308 | .352 | .661 | 117 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Reynolds | 88 | 313 | 281 | 33 | 69 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 38 | .246 | .298 | .367 | .665 | 103 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Nicholson | 58 | 243 | 220 | 37 | 65 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 29 | .295 | .354 | .464 | .818 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Mancuso | 80 | 281 | 251 | 17 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19 | .231 | .298 | .295 | .593 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Mattick | 51 | 189 | 178 | 16 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .287 | .314 | .365 | .679 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Cavarretta | 22 | 59 | 55 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .273 | .322 | .364 | .686 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry French | 36 | 82 | 73 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | .192 | .244 | .260 | .504 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Lee | 37 | 115 | 103 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .126 | .159 | .155 | .314 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Mesner | 17 | 48 | 43 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .279 | .340 | .372 | .713 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vance Page | 27 | 52 | 47 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .255 | .300 | .319 | .619 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Passeau | 35 | 81 | 77 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | .156 | .177 | .221 | .398 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Root | 35 | 63 | 57 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .175 | .217 | .351 | .568 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Marty | 23 | 80 | 76 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .132 | .175 | .224 | .399 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dizzy Dean | 19 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .147 | .171 | .176 | .348 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clay Bryant | 28 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .214 | .267 | .286 | .552 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Garbark | 24 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Whitehill | 24 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .103 | .161 | .103 | .265 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Higbe | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Lillard | 23 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .100 | .438 | .100 | .538 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vern Olsen | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 43 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Harrell | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1715 | 5990 | 5293 | 724 | 1407 | 263 | 62 | 91 | 671 | 61 | 0 | 523 | 553 | .266 | .336 | .391 | .726 | 2067 | 124 | 34 | 140 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Russell | 1B | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 1383 | 83 | 18 | 109 | .988 | 1.252 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Cavarretta | 1B | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 106 | 6 | 1 | 10 | .991 | 8.615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Mesner | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Herman | 2B | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | 377 | 485 | 29 | 95 | .967 | 5.526 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Mesner | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Hack | 3B | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | 177 | 278 | 21 | 15 | .956 | 2.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bartell | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gus Mancuso | C | 76 | 0 | 0.0 | 333 | 36 | 7 | 6 | .981 | 4.855 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gabby Hartnett | C | 86 | 0 | 0.0 | 336 | 47 | 3 | 3 | .992 | 4.453 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Garbark | C | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Reynolds | OF | 72 | 0 | 0.0 | 168 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .972 | 2.403 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Nicholson | OF | 58 | 0 | 0.0 | 123 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .955 | 2.207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Marty | OF | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Leiber | OF | 98 | 0 | 0.0 | 249 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .977 | 2.592 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Gleeson | OF | 91 | 0 | 0.0 | 175 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .957 | 1.978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Augie Galan | OF | 145 | 0 | 0.0 | 290 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .970 | 2.041 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Cavarretta | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clay Bryant | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Whitehill | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Russell | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Root | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .686 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Passeau | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vance Page | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.370 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Olsen | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Lillard | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lee | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 80 | 5 | 3 | .950 | 2.568 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kirby Higbe | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Harrell | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry French | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 47 | 2 | 3 | .963 | 1.444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dizzy Dean | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clay Bryant | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Mesner | SS | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 39 | 4 | 7 | .927 | 4.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Mattick | SS | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 102 | 179 | 22 | 28 | .927 | 5.854 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bartell | SS | 101 | 0 | 0.0 | 241 | 307 | 33 | 62 | .943 | 5.426 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1594 | 0 | 0.0 | 4175 | 1802 | 186 | 347 | .970 | 3.750 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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