1940 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |
General managers | James T. Gallagher | |
Managers | Gabby Hartnett | |
Radio | WGN (Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse) WBBM (John Harrington, Pat Flanagan) WJJD (Charlie Grimm, Lew Fonseca) WCFL (Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley) | |
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The 1940 Chicago Cubs season was the 69th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 65th in the National League and the 25th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 75–79.
Offseason
[edit]- October 3, 1940: Jake Mooty was drafted by the Cubs from the Syracuse Stars in the 1939 rule 5 draft.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 100 | 53 | .654 | — | 55–21 | 45–32 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 88 | 65 | .575 | 12 | 41–37 | 47–28 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 69 | .549 | 16 | 41–36 | 43–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 76 | .506 | 22½ | 40–34 | 38–42 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25½ | 40–37 | 35–42 |
New York Giants | 72 | 80 | .474 | 27½ | 33–43 | 39–37 |
Boston Bees | 65 | 87 | .428 | 34½ | 35–40 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 103 | .327 | 50 | 24–55 | 26–48 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13 | 8–14 | 9–12 | 7–15 | 15–6 | 9–13 | 8–14 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 8–14–1 | 16–5 | 17–5 | 15–7–1 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Chicago | 14–8 | 12–10 | — | 6–16 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–9 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 | — | 15–7 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 12–10–1 | |||||
New York | 15–7 | 5–16 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–15 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 6–16 | 6–16 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 7–15–1 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 16–6 | — | 15–7–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 10–12–1 | 10–11 | 16–6 | 7–15–1 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | Al Todd | 104 | 381 | 97 | .255 | 6 | 42 |
1B | Phil Cavarretta | 65 | 193 | 54 | .280 | 2 | 22 |
2B | Billy Herman | 135 | 558 | 163 | .292 | 5 | 57 |
SS | Bobby Mattick | 128 | 441 | 96 | .218 | 0 | 33 |
3B | Stan Hack | 149 | 603 | 191 | .317 | 8 | 40 |
OF | Bill Nicholson | 135 | 491 | 146 | .297 | 25 | 98 |
OF | Jim Gleeson | 129 | 485 | 152 | .313 | 5 | 61 |
OF | Hank Leiber | 117 | 440 | 133 | .302 | 17 | 86 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Dom Dallessandro | 107 | 287 | 77 | .268 | 1 | 36 |
Rip Russell | 68 | 215 | 53 | .247 | 5 | 33 |
Augie Galan | 68 | 209 | 48 | .230 | 3 | 22 |
Zeke Bonura | 49 | 182 | 48 | .264 | 4 | 20 |
Rabbit Warstler | 45 | 159 | 36 | .226 | 1 | 18 |
Rip Collins | 47 | 120 | 25 | .208 | 1 | 14 |
Gabby Hartnett | 37 | 64 | 17 | .266 | 1 | 12 |
Billy Rogell | 33 | 59 | 8 | .136 | 1 | 3 |
Clyde McCullough | 9 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
Bobby Sturgeon | 7 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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Claude Passeau | 46 | 280.2 | 20 | 13 | 2.50 | 124 |
Larry French | 40 | 246.0 | 14 | 14 | 3.29 | 107 |
Bill Lee | 37 | 211.1 | 9 | 17 | 5.03 | 70 |
Dizzy Dean | 10 | 54.0 | 3 | 3 | 5.17 | 18 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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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Vern Olsen | 34 | 172.2 | 13 | 9 | 2.97 | 71 |
Ken Raffensberger | 43 | 114.2 | 7 | 9 | 3.38 | 55 |
Jake Mooty | 20 | 114.0 | 6 | 6 | 2.92 | 42 |
Charlie Root | 36 | 112.0 | 2 | 4 | 3.86 | 50 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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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Vance Page | 30 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4.42 | 22 |
Clay Bryant | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.78 | 5 |
Julio Bonetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 0 |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Joseph[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Jake Mooty at Baseball Reference
- ^ 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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