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1929 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928/1930) 98-54, Finished 1st in National League View League Standings and Leaders Won NL Pennant Scored 982 runs, Allowed 758 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-58 Managed by Joe McCarthy Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,485,166 (1st of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 98   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 98   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Lost World Series (4-1) to Philadelphia Athletics BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1929 Stats (1928/1930) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Zack Taylor         30   64  215   29   59  16  3   1   31  19   18  .274  .336  .391   0           1   3           79
1B *Charlie Grimm       30  120  463   66  138  28  3  10   91  42   25  .298  .358  .436   3           1  10           96
2B  Rogers Hornsby      33  156  602  156  229  47  8  39  149  87   65  .380  .459  .679   2           1  22          178
3B  Norm McMillan       33  124  495   77  134  35  5   5   55  36   43  .271  .324  .392  13           3   7           76
SS  Woody English       23  144  608  131  168  29  3   1   52  68   50  .276  .352  .339  13           3  21           72
OF  Hack Wilson         29  150  574  135  198  30  5  39  159  78   83  .345  .425  .618   3           2  16          155
OF  Riggs Stephenson    31  136  495   91  179  36  6  17  110  67   21  .362  .445  .562  10           7  13          147
OF  Kiki Cuyler         30  139  509  111  183  29  7  15  102  66   56  .360  .438  .532  43           5  16          139
   *Cliff Heathcote     31   82  224   45   70  17  0   2   31  25   17  .313  .384  .415   9           1   7           98
    Clyde Beck          29   54  190   28   40   7  0   0    9  19   24  .211  .282  .247   3           0   4           32
    Mike Gonzalez       38   60  167   15   40   3  0   0   18  18   14  .240  .317  .257   1           1   3           44
    Chick Tolson        30   32  109   13   28   5  0   1   19   9   16  .257  .325  .330   0           2   3           63
   *Earl Grace          22   27   80    7   20   1  0   2   17   9    7  .250  .333  .338   0           1   4           67
   *Footsie Blair       28   26   72   10   23   5  0   1    8   3    4  .319  .347  .431   1           0   2           91
   *Johnny Schulte      32   31   69    6   18   3  0   0    9   7   11  .261  .329  .304   0           0   2           58
   *Johnny Moore        27   37   63   13   18   1  0   2    8   4    6  .286  .338  .397   0           1   1           81
    Gabby Hartnett      28   25   22    2    6   2  1   1    9   5    5  .273  .407  .591   1           0   1          144
   *Tom Angley          24    5   16    1    4   1  0   0    6   2    2  .250  .333  .313   0           0   3           61
    Danny Taylor        28    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .250  .000   0           0   0          -32

   *Pat Malone          26   40  105    8   22   3  0   2   11   4   23  .210  .239  .295   0           0   0           31
    Charley Root        30   43   96    8   15   3  4   1   15   4   28  .156  .190  .302   0           0   5           20
    Guy Bush            27   50   91    5   15   0  0   0    3   3   19  .165  .191  .165   1           0  10          -11
   #Sheriff Blake       29   38   81   11   14   2  0   0    4   4   10  .173  .212  .198   0           0   5            2
   *Art Nehf            36   32   45    3   13   3  0   0    5   5    3  .289  .360  .356   0           0   1           78
    Hal Carlson         37   31   39    4    9   2  0   0    8   2    7  .231  .268  .282   0           0   3           36
   *Mike Cvengros       28   33   15    5    6   1  0   0    1   2    1  .400  .471  .467   0           0   0          133
    Claude Jonnard      31   12   10    1    2   1  1   0    2   0    5  .200  .200  .500   0           0   0           67
   #Trader Horne        30   11    5    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .400  .400  .400   0           0   1           99
    Bob Osborn          26    3    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0           0   0           24
   *Ken Penner          33    5    4    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0           0   0           24
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.9  156 5471  982 1655 310 46 139  933 589  567  .303  .370  .452 103          29 163          111
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    1    3   1  8   2        1    1     2     2     2   2                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Charley Root        30  43   3.47  19   6  5  31   9  19   4  272.0  286  120  105  12   83  124 1158   1   3  0     133
SP  Sheriff Blake       29  35   4.29  14  13  1  30   3  13   1  218.3  244  122  104   8  103   70  962   4   2  0     108
SP  Pat Malone          26  40   3.57  22  10  2  30   7  19   5  267.0  283  120  106  12  102  166 1152   6   6  1     129
SP  Guy Bush            27  50   3.66  18   7  8  29  15  18   2  270.7  277  135  110  16  107   82 1176   7   4  0     126

RP *Mike Cvengros       28  32   4.64   5   4  2   4  15   0   0   64.0   82   39   33   2   29   23  294   2   1  1      99
RP  Hal Carlson         37  31   5.16  11   5  2  14   9   6   2  111.7  131   71   64   8   31   35  492   0   1  0      90
RP *Art Nehf            36  32   5.59   8   5  1  15   8   4   0  120.7  148   85   75  11   39   27  529   1   2  0      83
RP  Trader Horne        30  11   5.09   1   1  0   1   4   0   0   23.0   24   20   13   3   21    6  111   2   0  0      91

    Claude Jonnard      31  12   7.48   0   1  0   2   4   0   0   27.7   41   27   23   4   11   11  142   0   1  0      62
    Ken Penner          33   5   2.84   0   1  0   0   2   0   0   12.7   14   11    4   1    6    3   58   0   0  0     162
    Bob Osborn          26   3   3.00   0   0  0   1   2   0   0    9.0    8    3    3   0    2    1   36   0   0  0     154
    Hank Grampp         25   1  27.00   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    2.0    4    6    6   0    3    0   13   0   1  0      17
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.7 156   4.16  98  54 21 156  77  79  14 1398.0 1542  758  646  77  537  548 6123  23  21  2     111
    Rank among 8 NL teams           2   1   8  2           2   1      1    3    2        2    6    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- ZTaylor 64 247 36 6 4 .979 3 MGonzalez 60 212 34 2 7 .992 1 JSchulte 30 74 16 2 3 .978 6 EGrace 27 106 18 0 1 1.000 0 TAngley 5 23 7 1 0 .968 3 GHartnett 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 666 111 11 15 .986 13 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 10.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGrimm 120 1228 74 10 114 .992 10.85 CTolson 31 289 16 7 21 .978 9.84 FBlair 7 64 3 0 3 1.000 9.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1581 93 17 138 .990 10.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .968 5.46 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RHornsby 156 286 547 23 106 .973 5.34 FBlair 2 6 6 0 3 1.000 6.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 292 553 23 109 .974 5.44 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 2.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NMcMillan 120 131 226 21 19 .944 2.98 CBeck 33 18 70 2 5 .978 2.67 FBlair 8 12 14 3 0 .897 3.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 161 310 26 24 .948 3.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .950 5.37 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WEnglish 144 332 497 39 107 .955 5.76 CBeck 14 24 48 4 15 .947 5.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 356 545 43 122 .954 5.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .973 2.38 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- HWilson 150 380 14 12 4 .970 2.63 0 150 0 RStephenson 130 245 9 4 4 .984 1.95 130 0 0 KCuyler 129 288 15 8 6 .974 2.35 16 8 114 CHeathcote 52 131 4 2 2 .985 2.60 1 6 45 JMoore 15 32 1 1 0 .971 2.20 10 4 1 DTaylor 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 1077 43 27 16 .976 2.40 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .964 2.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CRoot 43 12 35 1 2 .979 1.56 GBush 50 10 60 1 6 .986 2.33 PMalone 40 10 35 1 5 .978 1.52 SBlake 35 6 43 2 1 .961 2.02 ANehf 32 9 27 0 3 1.000 2.68 HCarlson 31 6 33 0 1 1.000 3.14 MCvengros 32 2 14 0 1 1.000 2.25 CJonnard 12 0 8 2 0 .800 2.60 THorne 11 2 6 0 0 1.000 3.13 KPenner 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.13 BOsborn 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 HGrampp 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 57 265 7 19 .979 2.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Hornsby .380 On-base % Hornsby .459 Slugging % Hornsby .679 OPS Hornsby 1.138 Games Hornsby 156 At Bats English 608 Plate Appearances (approx.) Hornsby 712 Runs Hornsby 156 Hits Hornsby 229 Total Bases Hornsby 409 Doubles Hornsby 47 Triples Hornsby 8 Home Runs Hornsby and Wilson 39 RBI Wilson 159 Bases on Balls Hornsby 87 Strikeouts Wilson 83 Stolen Bases Cuyler 43 Singles English and Hornsby 135 Adjusted OPS+ Hornsby 178 Runs Created Hornsby 188 Adjusted Batting Runs Hornsby 76 Batting Wins Hornsby 6.7 Extra-Base Hits Hornsby 94 Times on Base Hornsby 317 Offensive Win% Hornsby .823 Hit By Pitch Stephenson 7 Sac. Hits Hornsby 22 Power/Speed Number Cuyler 22.2 At Bats per Strikeout Stephenson 23.6 At Bats per Home Run Wilson 14.7 Outs English 461

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Root 3.47 Wins Malone 22 Won-Loss % Root .760 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Root 1.357 Hits Allowed/9IP Bush 9.21 Bases on Balls/9IP Root 2.75 Strikeouts/9IP Malone 5.60 Games Bush 50 Saves Bush 8 Innings Root 272.0 Strikeouts Malone 166 Games Started Root 31 Comp. Games Malone and Root 19 Shutouts Malone 5 Home Runs Allow. Bush 16 Bases On Balls Allow. Bush 107 Hits Allowed Root 286 SO to Walk Malone 1.63 Losses Blake 13 Earned Runs Allow. Bush 110 Wild Pitches Bush 7 Hit Batsmen Malone 6 Batters Faced Bush 1176 Games Finished Bush and Cvengros 15 Adjusted ERA+ Root 133

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