1929 Chicago Cubs Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 98-54
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 1,700,000, Avg. 22,973
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to Philadelphia Athletics 4-1
Manager: Joe McCarthy (98-54)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1929 Chicago Cubs Roster
1929 Chicago Cubs Results

The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1929 season with a record of 98 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Cubs scored 982 runs, best in the league. Chicago conceded 758 runs. Rogers Hornsby and Hack Wilson each. walloped 39 home runs for the team, while Riggs Stephenson and Kiki Cuyler added 20 or more, too. Hack Wilson drove in 159 runs. Rogers Hornsby paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .380 average. Pat Malone topped the squad with 22 wins, and Charlie Root and Guy Bush also contributed 15 or more victories also Charlie Root recorded a 3.47 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Joe McCarthy coached the team. The 1929 Chicago Cubs won the League Championship Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Pat Malone	22	10	.688	3.57	40	30	7	19	5	2	267.0	283	120	106	12	102	166	6	1	6	1152
Charlie Root	19	6	.760	3.47	43	31	9	19	4	5	272.0	286	120	105	12	83	124	3	0	1	1158
Guy Bush	18	7	.720	3.66	50	29	15	18	2	8	270.7	277	135	110	16	107	82	4	0	7	1176
Sheriff Blake	14	13	.519	4.29	35	30	3	13	1	1	218.3	244	122	104	8	103	70	2	0	4	962
Hal Carlson	11	5	.688	5.16	31	14	9	6	2	2	111.7	131	71	64	8	31	35	1	0	0	492
Art Nehf	8	5	.615	5.59	32	15	8	4	0	1	120.7	148	85	75	11	39	27	2	0	1	529
Mike Cvengros	5	4	.556	4.64	32	4	15	0	0	2	64.0	82	39	33	2	29	23	1	1	2	294
Trader Horne	1	1	.500	5.09	11	1	4	0	0	0	23.0	24	20	13	3	21	6	0	0	2	111
Bob Osborn	0	0		3.00	3	1	2	0	0	0	9.0	8	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	36
Ken Penner	0	1	.000	2.84	5	0	2	0	0	0	12.7	14	11	4	1	6	3	0	0	0	58
Claude Jonnard	0	1	.000	7.48	12	2	4	0	0	0	27.7	41	27	23	4	11	11	1	0	0	142
Hank Grampp	0	1	.000	27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	6	6	0	3	0	1	0	0	13
Totals	98	54	.645	4.16	295	158	78	79	14	21	1398.7	1542	759	646	77	537	548	21	2	23	6123

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Rogers Hornsby	156	712	602	156	229	47	8	39	149	2	87	65	.380	.459	.679	1.139	409	1	22
Hack Wilson	150	670	574	135	198	30	5	39	159	3	78	83	.345	.425	.618	1.044	355	2	16
Kiki Cuyler	139	596	509	111	183	29	7	15	102	43	66	56	.360	.438	.532	.970	271	5	16
Riggs Stephenson	136	582	495	91	179	36	6	17	110	10	67	21	.362	.445	.562	1.006	278	7	13
Woody English	144	700	608	131	168	29	3	1	52	13	68	50	.276	.352	.339	.691	206	3	21
Charlie Grimm	120	516	463	66	138	28	3	10	91	3	42	25	.298	.358	.436	.794	202	1	10
Norm McMillan	124	541	495	77	134	35	5	5	55	13	36	43	.271	.324	.392	.716	194	3	7
Cliff Heathcote	82	257	224	45	70	17	0	2	31	9	25	17	.313	.384	.415	.799	93	1	7
Zack Taylor	64	238	215	29	59	16	3	1	31	0	19	18	.274	.336	.391	.727	84	1	3
Mike Gonzalez	60	189	167	15	40	3	0	0	18	1	18	14	.240	.317	.257	.575	43	1	3
Clyde Beck	54	213	190	28	40	7	0	0	9	3	19	24	.211	.282	.247	.530	47	0	4
Charles Tolson	32	123	109	13	28	5	0	1	19	0	9	16	.257	.325	.330	.655	36	2	3
Clarence Blair	26	77	72	10	23	5	0	1	8	1	3	4	.319	.347	.431	.777	31	0	2
Pat Malone	40	109	105	8	22	3	0	2	11	0	4	23	.210	.239	.295	.534	31	0	0
Earl Grace	27	94	80	7	20	1	0	2	17	0	9	7	.250	.333	.338	.671	27	1	4
Johnny Moore	37	69	63	13	18	1	0	2	8	0	4	6	.286	.338	.397	.735	25	1	1
Johnny Schulte	31	78	69	6	18	3	0	0	9	0	7	11	.261	.329	.304	.633	21	0	2
Guy Bush	50	104	91	5	15	0	0	0	3	1	3	19	.165	.191	.165	.356	15	0	10
Charlie Root	43	105	96	8	15	3	4	1	15	0	4	28	.156	.190	.302	.492	29	0	5
Sheriff Blake	38	90	81	11	14	2	0	0	4	0	4	10	.173	.212	.198	.409	16	0	5
Art Nehf	32	51	45	3	13	3	0	0	5	0	5	3	.289	.360	.356	.716	16	0	1
Hal Carlson	31	44	39	4	9	2	0	0	8	0	2	7	.231	.268	.282	.550	11	0	3
Mike Cvengros	33	17	15	5	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	.400	.471	.467	.937	7	0	0
Gabby Hartnett	25	28	22	2	6	2	1	1	9	1	5	5	.273	.407	.591	.998	13	0	1
Tom Angley	5	21	16	1	4	1	0	0	6	0	2	2	.250	.333	.313	.646	5	0	3
Trader Horne	11	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	1
Claude Jonnard	12	10	10	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	5	.200	.200	.500	.700	5	0	0
Ken Penner	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0
Bob Osborn	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0
Danny Taylor	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0
Hank Grampp	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals	1713	6252	5471	982	1655	310	46	139	933	103	589	567	.303	.373	.452	.825	2474	29	163

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Charles Tolson	1B	31	289	16	7	21	.978	9.839	0
Charlie Grimm	1B	120	1228	74	10	114	.992	1.850	0
Clarence Blair	1B	7	64	3	0	3	1.000	9.571	0
Rogers Hornsby	2B	156	286	547	23	106	.973	5.340	0
Clarence Blair	2B	2	6	6	0	3	1.000	6.000	0
Norm McMillan	3B	120	131	226	21	19	.944	2.975	0
Clarence Blair	3B	8	12	14	3	0	.897	3.250	0
Clyde Beck	3B	33	18	70	2	5	.978	2.667	0
Zack Taylor	C	64	247	36	6	4	.979	4.422	3
Johnny Schulte	C	30	74	16	2	3	.978	3.000	6
Gabby Hartnett	C	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Earl Grace	C	27	106	18	0	1	1.000	4.593	0
Mike Gonzalez	C	60	212	34	2	7	.992	4.100	1
Tom Angley	C	5	23	7	1	0	.968	6.000	3
Hack Wilson	OF	150	380	14	12	4	.970	2.627	0
Danny Taylor	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Riggs Stephenson	OF	130	245	9	4	4	.984	1.954	0
Johnny Moore	OF	15	32	1	1	0	.971	2.200	0
Cliff Heathcote	OF	52	131	4	2	2	.985	2.596	0
Kiki Cuyler	OF	129	288	15	8	6	.974	2.349	0
Charlie Root	P	43	12	35	1	2	.979	1.093	0
Ken Penner	P	5	0	3	0	0	1.000	.600	0
Bob Osborn	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Art Nehf	P	32	9	27	0	3	1.000	1.125	0
Pat Malone	P	40	10	35	1	5	.978	1.125	0
Claude Jonnard	P	12	0	8	2	0	.800	.667	0
Trader Horne	P	11	2	6	0	0	1.000	.727	0
Hank Grampp	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Mike Cvengros	P	32	2	14	0	1	1.000	.500	0
Hal Carlson	P	31	6	33	0	1	1.000	1.258	0
Guy Bush	P	50	10	60	1	6	.986	1.400	0
Sheriff Blake	P	35	6	43	2	1	.961	1.400	0
Woody English	SS	144	332	497	39	107	.955	5.757	0
Clyde Beck	SS	14	24	48	4	15	.947	5.143	0
Totals		1594	4190	1920	154	443	.975	3.833	13

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Guy Bush	WS	1	0	1.000	0.82	2	1	1	1	11.0	12	3	1	0	2	0	4	0	1	49
Hal Carlson	WS	0	0		6.75	2	0	1	0	4.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	18
Art Nehf	WS	0	0		18.00	2	0	1	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5
Charlie Root	WS	0	1	.000	4.73	2	2	0	0	13.3	12	7	7	2	2	0	8	0	0	53
Sheriff Blake	WS	0	1	.000	13.50	2	0	0	0	1.3	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	8
Pat Malone	WS	0	2	.000	4.15	3	2	0	1	13.0	12	9	6	2	7	1	11	1	0	59
Totals		1	4	.200	4.33	13	5	3	2	43.7	48	26	21	6	13	1	27	1	1	192

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	SF
Hack Wilson	WS	5	21	17	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	.471	.571	.588	1.160	10	0	0	0
Charlie Grimm	WS	5	20	18	2	7	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	2	.389	.421	.556	.977	10	0	1	0
Riggs Stephenson	WS	5	21	19	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	.316	.381	.368	.749	7	2	0	0
Kiki Cuyler	WS	5	21	20	4	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	7	.300	.333	.350	.683	7	0	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	WS	5	22	21	4	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	.238	.273	.381	.654	8	0	0	0
Woody English	WS	5	22	21	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	.190	.227	.286	.513	6	0	0	0
Zack Taylor	WS	5	18	17	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.176	.167	.176	.343	3	0	0	1
Norm McMillan	WS	5	22	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	.100	.182	.100	.282	2	0	0	0
Sheriff Blake	WS	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
Pat Malone	WS	3	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0
Charles Tolson	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Charlie Root	WS	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Cliff Heathcote	WS	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Gabby Hartnett	WS	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Mike Gonzalez	WS	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Guy Bush	WS	2	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0
Clarence Blair	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Art Nehf	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Hal Carlson	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals		62	188	173	17	43	6	2	1	15	1	2	13	50	.249	.299	.324	.623	56	2	1	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Charlie Grimm	WS	1B	5	5	43.7	40	1	0	4	1.000	8.450	8.200
Rogers Hornsby	WS	2B	5	5	43.7	8	11	1	4	.950	3.916	3.800
Norm McMillan	WS	3B	5	5	43.7	6	9	0	0	1.000	3.092	3.000
Zack Taylor	WS	C	5	5	41.7	31	4	0	0	1.000	7.560	7.000
Mike Gonzalez	WS	C	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.000
Hack Wilson	WS	CF	5	5	43.7	14	0	1	0	.933	2.885	2.800
Riggs Stephenson	WS	LF	5	5	43.7	13	1	0	0	1.000	2.885	2.800
Charlie Root	WS	P	2	2	13.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Pat Malone	WS	P	3	2	13.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	.692	.333
Guy Bush	WS	P	2	1	11.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.455	1.500
Hal Carlson	WS	P	2	0	4.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000
Sheriff Blake	WS	P	2	0	1.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Art Nehf	WS	P	2	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Kiki Cuyler	WS	RF	5	5	43.7	8	0	1	0	.889	1.649	1.600
Woody English	WS	SS	5	5	43.7	9	11	4	3	.833	4.122	4.000
Totals			54	45	393.0	131	43	7	11	.961	3.985	3.222

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