1926 Chicago Cubs Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 82-72
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 885,063, Avg. 14,349
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Joe McCarthy (82-72)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1926 Chicago Cubs RosterTeam Record: 82-72
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 885,063, Avg. 14,349
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Joe McCarthy (82-72)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1926 Chicago Cubs Results
The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1926 season with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Cubs paced the league with just 602 runs allowed. Chicago scored 682 runs. Hack Wilson led the team with 21 home runs and drove in 109 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time with a .321 average. Charlie Root topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 2.82 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Joe McCarthy coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Root | 18 | 17 | .514 | 2.82 | 42 | 32 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 271.3 | 267 | 104 | 85 | 10 | 62 | 0 | 127 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1110 |
| Guy Bush | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.86 | 35 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 157.3 | 149 | 58 | 50 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 641 |
| Percy Jones | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.09 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 160.3 | 151 | 64 | 55 | 3 | 90 | 0 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 703 |
| Sheriff Blake | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.60 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 197.7 | 204 | 91 | 79 | 7 | 92 | 0 | 95 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 849 |
| Tony Kaufmann | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3.02 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 169.7 | 169 | 71 | 57 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 711 |
| Bob Osborn | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.63 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 136.3 | 157 | 64 | 55 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 606 |
| Bill Piercy | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.48 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90.3 | 96 | 52 | 45 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 401 |
| Pete Alexander | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.46 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 55 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 218 |
| Wilbur Cooper | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.42 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 55.0 | 65 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 240 |
| Walt Huntzinger | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.94 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28.7 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| George Milstead | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.58 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55.3 | 63 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 241 |
| Johnny Welch | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Totals | 82 | 72 | .532 | 3.26 | 269 | 155 | 77 | 77 | 13 | 14 | 1378.3 | 1407 | 602 | 499 | 39 | 486 | 0 | 508 | 37 | 2 | 20 | 5854 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparky Adams | 154 | 700 | 624 | 95 | 193 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 27 | 0 | 52 | 27 | .309 | .367 | .375 | .742 | 234 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Hack Wilson | 142 | 613 | 529 | 97 | 170 | 36 | 8 | 21 | 109 | 10 | 0 | 69 | 61 | .321 | .406 | .539 | .944 | 285 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Grimm | 147 | 602 | 524 | 58 | 145 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 25 | .277 | .342 | .403 | .745 | 211 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Heathcote | 139 | 589 | 510 | 98 | 141 | 33 | 3 | 10 | 53 | 18 | 0 | 58 | 30 | .276 | .353 | .412 | .764 | 210 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Freigau | 140 | 569 | 508 | 51 | 137 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 42 | .270 | .327 | .368 | .695 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Cooney | 141 | 559 | 513 | 52 | 129 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 10 | .251 | .288 | .312 | .599 | 160 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Riggs Stephenson | 82 | 324 | 281 | 40 | 95 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 16 | .338 | .404 | .456 | .859 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabby Hartnett | 93 | 325 | 284 | 35 | 78 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 37 | .275 | .352 | .468 | .821 | 133 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Gonzalez | 80 | 275 | 253 | 24 | 63 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 17 | .249 | .288 | .336 | .624 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Kelly | 65 | 189 | 176 | 16 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .335 | .361 | .455 | .815 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Scott | 77 | 224 | 189 | 34 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 31 | .286 | .363 | .413 | .776 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Munson | 33 | 116 | 101 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .257 | .318 | .406 | .724 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Tolson | 57 | 88 | 80 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .313 | .353 | .450 | .803 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Shannon | 19 | 61 | 51 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .333 | .414 | .431 | .845 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde Beck | 30 | 91 | 81 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .198 | .261 | .235 | .496 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Kaufmann | 30 | 64 | 60 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .250 | .274 | .333 | .608 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheriff Blake | 39 | 71 | 65 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .215 | .250 | .215 | .465 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Percy Jones | 30 | 59 | 50 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .260 | .327 | .340 | .667 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Root | 42 | 99 | 91 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .143 | .179 | .187 | .366 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Piercy | 19 | 35 | 35 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .257 | .257 | .343 | .600 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mandy Brooks | 26 | 57 | 48 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .188 | .278 | .271 | .549 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Bush | 35 | 52 | 48 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .167 | .184 | .167 | .350 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Alexander | 7 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .467 | .467 | .600 | 1.067 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilbur Cooper | 8 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .389 | .450 | .500 | .950 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Osborn | 31 | 45 | 41 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .146 | .146 | .171 | .317 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Welch | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Huntzinger | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Schreiber | 10 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .056 | .056 | .111 | .167 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Milstead | 18 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Churry | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Graves | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Michaels | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1714 | 5902 | 5229 | 682 | 1453 | 291 | 49 | 66 | 630 | 85 | 0 | 445 | 447 | .278 | .338 | .390 | .728 | 2040 | 0 | 29 | 199 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Tolson | 1B | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 104 | 7 | 1 | 11 | .991 | 8.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Grimm | 1B | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 1416 | 68 | 18 | 139 | .988 | 1.095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Schreiber | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Beck | 2B | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 68 | 80 | 1 | 19 | .993 | 4.933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sparky Adams | 2B | 136 | 0 | 0.0 | 324 | 485 | 29 | 93 | .965 | 5.949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Scott | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Schreiber | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Graves | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .250 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Freigau | 3B | 135 | 0 | 0.0 | 133 | 242 | 13 | 22 | .966 | 2.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sparky Adams | 3B | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 4 | .959 | 2.474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gabby Hartnett | C | 88 | 0 | 0.0 | 307 | 86 | 9 | 6 | .978 | 4.466 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Gonzalez | C | 78 | 0 | 0.0 | 306 | 53 | 4 | 5 | .989 | 4.603 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Churry | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hack Wilson | OF | 140 | 0 | 0.0 | 348 | 11 | 10 | 5 | .973 | 2.564 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Riggs Stephenson | OF | 74 | 0 | 0.0 | 126 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .950 | 1.797 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Scott | OF | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | 114 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .968 | 2.051 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Munson | OF | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .898 | 1.893 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Kelly | OF | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 58 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .953 | 1.564 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Heathcote | OF | 133 | 0 | 0.0 | 306 | 22 | 5 | 8 | .985 | 2.466 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Freigau | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mandy Brooks | OF | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Welch | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Root | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 58 | 4 | 4 | .943 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Piercy | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 1.474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Osborn | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 39 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 1.548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Milstead | P | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 1.611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Kaufmann | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Percy Jones | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 0 | .878 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Huntzinger | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wilbur Cooper | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Bush | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 1.229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sheriff Blake | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 1.615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Alexander | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Shannon | SS | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 42 | 3 | 6 | .957 | 5.154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Schreiber | SS | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Freigau | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Cooney | SS | 141 | 0 | 0.0 | 344 | 492 | 24 | 107 | .972 | 5.929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sparky Adams | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1576 | 0 | 0.0 | 4133 | 2006 | 162 | 448 | .974 | 3.895 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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