1940 Chicago Cubs Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 534,878, Avg. 9,243
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Gabby Hartnett (75-79)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1940 Chicago Cubs RosterTeam Record: 75-79
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 534,878, Avg. 9,243
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Gabby Hartnett (75-79)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1940 Chicago Cubs Results
The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1940 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.
The Cubs scored 681 runs and yielded 636 runs. Bill Nicholson led Chicago with 25 home runs, and Hank Leiber walloped 20 or more, too. Bill Nicholson accounted for 98 RBI. Stan Hack topped hitters with significant playing time with a .317 average. Claude Passeau paced the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.50 earned run average, best 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Passeau | 20 | 13 | .606 | 2.50 | 46 | 31 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 280.7 | 259 | 97 | 78 | 8 | 59 | 0 | 124 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1172 |
| Larry French | 14 | 14 | .500 | 3.29 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 246.0 | 240 | 93 | 90 | 12 | 64 | 0 | 107 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1024 |
| Vern Olsen | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.97 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 172.7 | 172 | 64 | 57 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 734 |
| Bill Lee | 9 | 17 | .346 | 5.03 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 211.3 | 246 | 129 | 118 | 12 | 70 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 927 |
| Ken Raffensberger | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.38 | 43 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 114.7 | 120 | 54 | 43 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 480 |
| Jake Mooty | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.92 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 114.0 | 101 | 45 | 37 | 11 | 49 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 482 |
| Dizzy Dean | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 68 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 247 |
| Charlie Root | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.86 | 36 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 112.0 | 118 | 61 | 48 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 490 |
| Vance Page | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.42 | 30 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59.0 | 65 | 38 | 29 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 278 |
| Julio Bonetti | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Clay Bryant | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.78 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 116 |
| Totals | 75 | 79 | .487 | 3.54 | 305 | 154 | 85 | 69 | 12 | 14 | 1392.0 | 1418 | 636 | 548 | 74 | 430 | 0 | 564 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 5961 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Hack | 149 | 686 | 603 | 101 | 191 | 38 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 21 | 0 | 75 | 24 | .317 | .395 | .439 | .834 | 265 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Herman | 135 | 616 | 558 | 77 | 163 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 30 | .292 | .347 | .376 | .723 | 210 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Gleeson | 129 | 551 | 485 | 76 | 152 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 52 | .313 | .389 | .470 | .859 | 228 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Nicholson | 135 | 545 | 491 | 78 | 146 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 67 | .297 | .366 | .534 | .899 | 262 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Leiber | 117 | 491 | 440 | 68 | 133 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 68 | .302 | .371 | .482 | .853 | 212 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Todd | 104 | 401 | 381 | 31 | 97 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 29 | .255 | .283 | .346 | .629 | 132 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Mattick | 128 | 464 | 441 | 30 | 96 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 33 | .218 | .250 | .252 | .502 | 111 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dom Dallessandro | 107 | 323 | 287 | 33 | 77 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 13 | .268 | .348 | .387 | .735 | 111 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Cavarretta | 65 | 231 | 193 | 34 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 18 | .280 | .388 | .409 | .797 | 79 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rip Russell | 68 | 227 | 215 | 15 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .247 | .277 | .367 | .644 | 79 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeke Bonura | 49 | 193 | 182 | 20 | 48 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | .264 | .302 | .407 | .709 | 74 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Augie Galan | 68 | 248 | 209 | 33 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 23 | .230 | .346 | .359 | .704 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rabbit Warstler | 45 | 168 | 159 | 19 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .226 | .263 | .283 | .546 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Collins | 47 | 136 | 120 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 18 | .208 | .296 | .258 | .555 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Passeau | 46 | 111 | 98 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 33 | .204 | .278 | .306 | .584 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabby Hartnett | 37 | 73 | 64 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .266 | .347 | .359 | .707 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vern Olsen | 35 | 62 | 57 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .263 | .288 | .316 | .604 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry French | 40 | 97 | 85 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .165 | .237 | .200 | .437 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Mooty | 24 | 42 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .263 | .282 | .263 | .545 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Lee | 37 | 81 | 76 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .132 | .165 | .158 | .322 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Rogell | 33 | 63 | 59 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .136 | .164 | .186 | .350 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Raffensberger | 43 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vance Page | 31 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .308 | .357 | .462 | .819 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dizzy Dean | 10 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Sturgeon | 7 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .190 | .190 | .238 | .429 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde McCullough | 9 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .154 | .290 | .192 | .483 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Root | 36 | 34 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .129 | .206 | .129 | .335 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clay Bryant | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julio Bonetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1751 | 5970 | 5389 | 681 | 1441 | 272 | 48 | 86 | 627 | 63 | 0 | 482 | 566 | .267 | .331 | .384 | .714 | 2067 | 108 | 29 | 70 | 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 | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 518 | 18 | 10 | 22 | .982 | 1.510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Leiber | 1B | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 115 | 11 | 2 | 10 | .984 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gabby Hartnett | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Hack | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Cavarretta | 1B | 52 | 0 | 0.0 | 524 | 30 | 5 | 57 | .991 | 1.654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zeke Bonura | 1B | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 408 | 40 | 4 | 34 | .991 | 1.182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rabbit Warstler | 2B | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 51 | 5 | 7 | .948 | 5.412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Rogell | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Herman | 2B | 135 | 0 | 0.0 | 366 | 448 | 22 | 94 | .974 | 6.030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Augie Galan | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rip Russell | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Rogell | 3B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Mattick | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stan Hack | 3B | 148 | 0 | 0.0 | 175 | 302 | 23 | 27 | .954 | 3.223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Todd | C | 104 | 0 | 0.0 | 418 | 59 | 8 | 11 | .984 | 4.587 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clyde McCullough | C | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gabby Hartnett | C | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 69 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .951 | 3.545 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Collins | C | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 133 | 23 | 8 | 3 | .951 | 3.714 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Nicholson | OF | 123 | 0 | 0.0 | 235 | 10 | 13 | 2 | .950 | 1.992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Leiber | OF | 103 | 0 | 0.0 | 187 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .985 | 1.893 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Gleeson | OF | 123 | 0 | 0.0 | 273 | 14 | 5 | 3 | .983 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Augie Galan | OF | 54 | 0 | 0.0 | 114 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .984 | 2.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dom Dallessandro | OF | 74 | 0 | 0.0 | 156 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .969 | 2.122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Root | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .694 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Raffensberger | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .558 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Passeau | P | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 62 | 7 | 0 | .919 | 1.717 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vance Page | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .533 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Olsen | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.824 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jake Mooty | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lee | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 42 | 6 | 3 | .897 | 1.405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry French | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 63 | 2 | 2 | .972 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dizzy Dean | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clay Bryant | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julio Bonetti | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rabbit Warstler | SS | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 49 | 90 | 9 | 13 | .939 | 4.964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Sturgeon | SS | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 5 | .848 | 5.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Rogell | SS | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 1.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Mattick | SS | 126 | 0 | 0.0 | 233 | 431 | 38 | 76 | .946 | 5.270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1611 | 0 | 0.0 | 4176 | 1922 | 199 | 379 | .968 | 3.785 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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