1939 Chicago Cubs season
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Owner(s) | Philip K. Wrigley |
Manager(s) | Gabby Hartnett |
Local radio | WGN (Bob Elson) WBBM (John Harrington, Pat Flanagan) WJJD (Charlie Grimm, Lew Fonseca) |
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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.
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
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[]
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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[]
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Starters by position[]
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[]
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[]
Starting pitchers[]
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 | 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[]
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 | 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 | 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[]
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[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Milwaukee Brewers | American Association | Mickey Heath |
AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Truck Hannah |
B | Bloomington Bloomers | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | |
B | Moline Plowboys | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Mike Gazella |
C | Hot Springs Bathers | Cotton States League | |
C | St. Joseph Angels | Western Association | Goldie Holt |
D | Bisbee Bees | Arizona–Texas League | |
D | Hopkinsville Hoppers | KITTY League | |
D | Eau Claire Bears | Northern League | Ivy Griffin |
D | Sioux Falls Canaries | Western League |
Notes[]
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References[]
- Chicago Cubs seasons
- 1939 Major League Baseball season
- 1939 in sports in Illinois
- Chicago Cubs season stubs