1928 Chicago Cubs Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 91-63
Finished 3rd in the NL
Attendance: 1,347,527, Avg. 20,112
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Joe McCarthy (91-63)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1928 Chicago Cubs RosterTeam Record: 91-63
Finished 3rd in the NL
Attendance: 1,347,527, Avg. 20,112
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Joe McCarthy (91-63)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1928 Chicago Cubs Results
The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1928 season with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the NL.
The Cubs paced the league with just 615 runs allowed. Chicago scored 714 runs. Hack Wilson walloped 31 home runs for the squad, while Kiki Cuyler swatted 20 or more, too. Hack Wilson drove in 120 runs. Riggs Stephenson topped hitters with significant playing time with a .324 average. Pat Malone led the team with 18 wins, and Guy Bush and Sheriff Blake added 15 or more victories also Sheriff Blake recorded a 2.47 ERA, tops 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Malone | 18 | 13 | .581 | 2.84 | 42 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 250.7 | 218 | 99 | 79 | 15 | 99 | 0 | 155 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1048 |
| Sheriff Blake | 17 | 11 | .607 | 2.47 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 240.7 | 209 | 80 | 66 | 4 | 101 | 0 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 995 |
| Guy Bush | 15 | 6 | .714 | 3.83 | 42 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 204.3 | 229 | 104 | 87 | 10 | 86 | 0 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 897 |
| Charlie Root | 14 | 18 | .438 | 3.57 | 40 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 237.0 | 214 | 109 | 94 | 15 | 73 | 0 | 122 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 992 |
| Art Nehf | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.65 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 176.7 | 190 | 62 | 52 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 755 |
| Percy Jones | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.03 | 39 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 154.0 | 167 | 80 | 69 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 668 |
| Hal Carlson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.91 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 56.3 | 74 | 42 | 37 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249 |
| Lefty Weinert | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.29 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 74 |
| Ed Holley | 0 | 0 | 3.77 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 137 | |
| Ben Tincup | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | |
| Johnny Welch | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Totals | 91 | 63 | .591 | 3.40 | 276 | 154 | 78 | 75 | 12 | 14 | 1380.7 | 1383 | 615 | 521 | 56 | 508 | 0 | 531 | 32 | 1 | 18 | 5879 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riggs Stephenson | 137 | 591 | 512 | 75 | 166 | 36 | 9 | 8 | 90 | 8 | 0 | 68 | 29 | .324 | .407 | .477 | .883 | 244 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Hack Wilson | 145 | 623 | 520 | 89 | 163 | 32 | 9 | 31 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 94 | .313 | .404 | .588 | .992 | 306 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Grimm | 147 | 615 | 547 | 67 | 161 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 20 | .294 | .342 | .386 | .728 | 211 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddie Maguire | 140 | 639 | 574 | 67 | 160 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 38 | .279 | .312 | .350 | .662 | 201 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| Woody English | 116 | 522 | 475 | 68 | 142 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 28 | .299 | .343 | .375 | .718 | 178 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiki Cuyler | 133 | 581 | 499 | 92 | 142 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 79 | 37 | 0 | 51 | 61 | .285 | .359 | .473 | .832 | 236 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde Beck | 131 | 552 | 483 | 72 | 124 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 58 | .257 | .341 | .329 | .670 | 159 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabby Hartnett | 120 | 464 | 388 | 61 | 117 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 32 | .302 | .404 | .523 | .928 | 203 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Butler | 62 | 202 | 174 | 17 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | .270 | .352 | .310 | .662 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Gonzalez | 49 | 175 | 158 | 12 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | .272 | .324 | .373 | .697 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Heathcote | 67 | 159 | 137 | 26 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 12 | .285 | .364 | .409 | .772 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Webb | 62 | 159 | 140 | 22 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | .250 | .318 | .407 | .725 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm McMillan | 49 | 143 | 123 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 19 | .220 | .299 | .293 | .592 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheriff Blake | 35 | 97 | 88 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .216 | .233 | .227 | .461 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Malone | 42 | 102 | 95 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .189 | .222 | .253 | .475 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Root | 40 | 83 | 73 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .178 | .200 | .247 | .447 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Kelly | 32 | 57 | 52 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .212 | .255 | .288 | .543 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Percy Jones | 39 | 60 | 56 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .196 | .224 | .196 | .421 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Nehf | 31 | 70 | 58 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .190 | .277 | .276 | .553 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Bush | 42 | 79 | 73 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .082 | .107 | .082 | .189 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Carlson | 20 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .263 | .263 | .263 | .526 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Weinert | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Tincup | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Holley | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Jacobs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Moore | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Welch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Elmer Yoter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1674 | 6009 | 5260 | 714 | 1460 | 251 | 64 | 92 | 665 | 83 | 0 | 508 | 517 | .278 | .345 | .402 | .747 | 2115 | 0 | 31 | 210 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Kelly | 1B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 105 | 6 | 3 | 8 | .974 | 11.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Grimm | 1B | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 1458 | 70 | 10 | 147 | .993 | 1.395 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm McMillan | 2B | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 53 | 2 | 12 | .977 | 4.474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Freddie Maguire | 2B | 138 | 0 | 0.0 | 410 | 524 | 23 | 126 | .976 | 6.768 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Beck | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Yoter | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Norm McMillan | 3B | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .935 | 2.389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woody English | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Butler | 3B | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 120 | 9 | 9 | .950 | 2.898 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Beck | 3B | 87 | 0 | 0.0 | 74 | 156 | 10 | 24 | .958 | 2.644 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gabby Hartnett | C | 118 | 0 | 0.0 | 455 | 103 | 6 | 14 | .989 | 4.729 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Gonzalez | C | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 198 | 35 | 4 | 8 | .983 | 5.178 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hack Wilson | OF | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 321 | 11 | 14 | 2 | .960 | 2.322 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Webb | OF | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 2.226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Riggs Stephenson | OF | 135 | 0 | 0.0 | 268 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .982 | 2.059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Heathcote | OF | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 1.846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kiki Cuyler | OF | 127 | 0 | 0.0 | 257 | 18 | 5 | 3 | .982 | 2.165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Welch | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lefty Weinert | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Tincup | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Root | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 1.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Nehf | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 48 | 2 | 3 | .962 | 1.645 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Malone | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 54 | 3 | 2 | .952 | 1.405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Percy Jones | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 2 | .951 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Holley | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Carlson | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Bush | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 46 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 1.214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sheriff Blake | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 3 | .945 | 1.529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woody English | SS | 114 | 0 | 0.0 | 245 | 382 | 36 | 85 | .946 | 5.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Butler | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Beck | SS | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 88 | 139 | 8 | 28 | .966 | 4.830 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1559 | 0 | 0.0 | 4141 | 1971 | 156 | 485 | .975 | 3.920 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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