The 1923 Chicago Cubs season was the 52nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 48th in the National League and the eighth at Wrigley Field (then known as "Cubs Park"). The Cubs finished fourth in the National League with a record of 83–71.
1923 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Cubs Park | |
City | Chicago, Illinois | |
Owners | William Wrigley Jr. | |
Managers | Bill Killefer | |
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Regular season edit
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 95 | 58 | 0.621 | — | 47–30 | 48–28 |
Cincinnati Reds | 91 | 63 | 0.591 | 4½ | 46–32 | 45–31 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 8½ | 47–30 | 40–37 |
Chicago Cubs | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 12½ | 46–31 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 79 | 74 | 0.516 | 16 | 42–35 | 37–39 |
Brooklyn Robins | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 19½ | 37–40 | 39–38 |
Boston Braves | 54 | 100 | 0.351 | 41½ | 22–55 | 32–45 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 104 | 0.325 | 45½ | 20–55 | 30–49 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Brooklyn | 14–8 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 12–10 | |||||
Cincinnati | 15–7 | 14–8 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 19–3 | 8–14 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 16–6 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — | 19–3 | 13–9 | 14–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 9–13 | 3–19 | 3–19 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 17–5 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 7–14 | 15–7 | 10–12 | — |
Roster edit
1923 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches |
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 | Bob O'Farrell | 131 | 452 | 144 | .319 | 12 | 84 |
1B | Ray Grimes | 64 | 216 | 71 | .329 | 2 | 36 |
2B | George Grantham | 152 | 570 | 160 | .281 | 8 | 70 |
SS | Sparky Adams | 95 | 311 | 90 | .289 | 4 | 35 |
3B | Bernie Friberg | 146 | 547 | 174 | .318 | 12 | 88 |
OF | Cliff Heathcote | 117 | 393 | 98 | .249 | 1 | 27 |
OF | Jigger Statz | 154 | 655 | 209 | .319 | 10 | 70 |
OF | Hack Miller | 135 | 488 | 146 | .301 | 20 | 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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Charlie Hollocher | 66 | 260 | 89 | .342 | 1 | 28 |
Gabby Hartnett | 85 | 231 | 62 | .268 | 8 | 39 |
John Kelleher | 66 | 193 | 59 | .306 | 6 | 21 |
Allen Elliott | 53 | 168 | 42 | .250 | 2 | 29 |
Marty Callaghan | 61 | 129 | 29 | .225 | 0 | 14 |
Otto Vogel | 41 | 81 | 17 | .210 | 1 | 6 |
Denver Grigsby | 24 | 72 | 21 | .292 | 0 | 5 |
Butch Weis | 22 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 0 | 2 |
Pete Turgeon | 3 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Kettle Wirts | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Tony Murray | 2 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Barrett | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 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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Pete Alexander | 39 | 305.0 | 22 | 12 | 3.19 | 72 |
Vic Aldridge | 30 | 217.0 | 16 | 9 | 3.48 | 64 |
Tony Kaufmann | 33 | 206.1 | 14 | 10 | 3.10 | 72 |
Rip Wheeler | 3 | 24.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.88 | 5 |
Phil Collins | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 |
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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Tiny Osborne | 37 | 179.2 | 8 | 15 | 4.56 | 69 |
Vic Keen | 35 | 177.0 | 12 | 8 | 3.00 | 46 |
Nick Dumovich | 28 | 94.0 | 3 | 5 | 4.60 | 23 |
Virgil Cheeves | 19 | 71.1 | 3 | 4 | 6.18 | 13 |
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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Fred Fussell | 28 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5.54 | 38 |
George Stueland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 2 |
Ed Stauffer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
Guy Bush | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Farm system edit
- Class AA: Los Angeles Angels (Pacific Coast League; Marty Krug, manager)
External links edit