The 1933 Chicago Cubs season was the 62nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 58th in the National League and the 18th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 86–68.
1933 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago, Illinois | |
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |
Managers | Charlie Grimm | |
Radio | WGN WBBM (Pat Flanagan) WMAQ WCFL WIBO | |
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Offseason edit
- November 30, 1932: Bob Smith, Rollie Hemsley, Johnny Moore and Lance Richbourg were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Babe Herman.[1]
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 91 | 61 | 0.599 | — | 48–27 | 43–34 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 5 | 50–27 | 37–40 |
Chicago Cubs | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 6 | 56–23 | 30–45 |
Boston Braves | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 9 | 45–31 | 38–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 9½ | 47–30 | 35–41 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 65 | 88 | 0.425 | 26½ | 36–41 | 29–47 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 60 | 92 | 0.395 | 31 | 32–40 | 28–52 |
Cincinnati Reds | 58 | 94 | 0.382 | 33 | 37–42 | 21–52 |
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 | — | 13–9–1 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 15–7 | |||||
Brooklyn | 9–13–1 | — | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 8–14–2 | 13–9 | 7–15 | 9–12 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 13–9 | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 11–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–12 | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | — | 4–17 | 7–14 | 7–15 | 7–15 | |||||
New York | 10–12–1 | 14–8–2 | 13–9 | 17–4 | — | 15–6 | 13–9 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 14–7 | 6–15 | — | 7–15 | 6–16 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 9–13 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 9–13 | 15–7 | — | 14–8 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 12–9 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 | 16–6 | 8–14 | — |
Roster edit
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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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 | 140 | 490 | 135 | .276 | 16 | 88 |
1B | Charlie Grimm | 107 | 384 | 95 | .247 | 3 | 37 |
2B | Billy Herman | 153 | 619 | 173 | .279 | 0 | 44 |
SS | Billy Jurges | 143 | 487 | 131 | .269 | 5 | 50 |
3B | Woody English | 105 | 398 | 104 | .261 | 3 | 41 |
OF | Riggs Stephenson | 97 | 346 | 114 | .329 | 4 | 51 |
OF | Babe Herman | 137 | 508 | 147 | .289 | 16 | 93 |
OF | Frank Demaree | 134 | 515 | 140 | .272 | 6 | 51 |
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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Kiki Cuyler | 70 | 262 | 83 | .317 | 5 | 35 |
Mark Koenig | 80 | 218 | 62 | ..284 | 3 | 25 |
Harvey Hendrick | 69 | 189 | 55 | .291 | 4 | 23 |
Gilly Campbell | 46 | 89 | 25 | .281 | 1 | 10 |
Jim Mosolf | 31 | 82 | 22 | .268 | 1 | 9 |
Taylor Douthit | 27 | 71 | 16 | .225 | 0 | 5 |
Stan Hack | 20 | 60 | 21 | .350 | 1 | 2 |
Dolph Camilli | 16 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 2 | 7 |
Zack Taylor | 16 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Babe Phelps | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 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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Lon Warneke | 36 | 287.1 | 18 | 13 | 2.00 | 133 |
Guy Bush | 41 | 259.0 | 20 | 12 | 2.75 | 84 |
Charlie Root | 35 | 242.1 | 15 | 10 | 2.60 | 86 |
Pat Malone | 31 | 186.1 | 10 | 14 | 3.91 | 72 |
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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Bud Tinning | 32 | 175.1 | 13 | 6 | 3.18 | 59 |
Burleigh Grimes | 17 | 69.2 | 3 | 6 | 3.49 | 12 |
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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Lynn Nelson | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3.21 | 20 |
Roy Henshaw | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.19 | 16 |
Leroy Herrmann | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.57 | 4 |
Beryl Richmond | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 2 |
Carroll Yerkes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
Farm system edit
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Jack Lelivelt |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Los Angeles[2]
References edit
- ^ Bob Smith page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
External links edit