The 1939 Chicago Cubs season was the 68th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 64th in the National League and the 24th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League with a record of 84–70.
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |
General managers | Charles Weber | |
Managers | Gabby Hartnett | |
Radio | WGN (Bob Elson) WBBM (John Harrington, Pat Flanagan) WJJD (Charlie Grimm, Lew Fonseca) | |
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Regular season edit
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 97 | 57 | 0.630 | — | 55–25 | 42–32 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 61 | 0.601 | 4½ | 51–27 | 41–34 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 12½ | 51–27 | 33–42 |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 13 | 44–34 | 40–36 |
New York Giants | 77 | 74 | 0.510 | 18½ | 41–33 | 36–41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 68 | 85 | 0.444 | 28½ | 35–42 | 33–43 |
Boston Bees | 63 | 88 | 0.417 | 32½ | 37–35 | 26–53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 45 | 106 | 0.298 | 50½ | 29–44 | 16–62 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 10–11 | 13–8 | 9–12 | 9–13 | |||||
Brooklyn | 12–10–1 | — | 11–11–2 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 17–4–1 | 13–9 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | 11–11–2 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 16–6 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 19–3 | 16–6 | 11–11–2 | |||||
New York | 11–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 14–7 | 11–11 | 9–12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–13 | 4–17–1 | 10–12 | 3–19 | 7–14 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 12–9 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 11–11–2 | 12–9 | 17–5 | 14–8 | — |
Roster edit
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Manager
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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 | Gabby Hartnett | 97 | 306 | 85 | .278 | 12 | 59 |
1B | Rip Russell | 143 | 542 | 148 | .273 | 9 | 79 |
2B | Billy Herman | 156 | 623 | 191 | .307 | 7 | 70 |
SS | Dick Bartell | 105 | 336 | 80 | .238 | 3 | 34 |
3B | Stan Hack | 156 | 641 | 191 | .298 | 8 | 56 |
OF | Augie Galan | 148 | 549 | 167 | .304 | 6 | 71 |
OF | Jim Gleeson | 111 | 332 | 74 | .223 | 4 | 45 |
OF | Hank Leiber | 112 | 365 | 113 | .310 | 24 | 88 |
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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Carl Reynolds | 88 | 281 | 69 | .246 | 4 | 44 |
Gus Mancuso | 80 | 251 | 58 | .231 | 2 | 17 |
Bill Nicholson | 58 | 220 | 65 | .295 | 5 | 38 |
Bobby Mattick | 51 | 178 | 51 | .287 | 0 | 23 |
Joe Marty | 23 | 76 | 10 | .132 | 2 | 10 |
Phil Cavarretta | 22 | 55 | 15 | .273 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Mesner | 17 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 0 | 6 |
Bob Garbark | 24 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
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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Bill Lee | 37 | 282.1 | 19 | 15 | 3.44 | 105 |
Claude Passeau | 34 | 221.0 | 13 | 9 | 3.05 | 108 |
Dizzy Dean | 19 | 96.1 | 6 | 4 | 3.36 | 27 |
Clay Bryant | 4 | 31.1 | 2 | 1 | 5.74 | 9 |
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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Larry French | 36 | 194.0 | 15 | 8 | 3.29 | 98 |
Charlie Root | 35 | 167.1 | 8 | 8 | 4.03 | 65 |
Vance Page | 27 | 139.1 | 7 | 7 | 3.88 | 43 |
Earl Whitehill | 24 | 89.1 | 4 | 7 | 5.14 | 42 |
Gene Lillard | 20 | 55.0 | 3 | 5 | 6.55 | 31 |
Kirby Higbe | 9 | 22.2 | 2 | 1 | 3.18 | 16 |
Ray Harrell | 4 | 17.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.31 | 5 |
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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Jack Russell | 39 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3.67 | 32 |
Vern Olsen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
Farm system edit
Notes edit
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References edit