1940 Chicago Cubs

75-79 • 0.487 Win% • 5th in NL

📊 Season Record

75 Wins
79 Losses
0.487 Win %
5th Rank
681 R 636 RA
Diff +45

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681 Runs Scored
636 Runs Allowed
+45 Run Diff
610K Attendance

📈 vs. 1940 NL Average

Batting Avg .267 1% above the 1940 league average (.263)
OBP .327 1% above the 1940 league average (.323)
SLG .315 1% above the 1940 league average (.311)
Team ERA 3.54 8% better than the 1940 league average (3.85)
Runs Scored 681 equal to the 1940 league average (678 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 610,011
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Avg per Game 7,922

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Stan Hack 0.317 2 Jim Gleeson 0.313 3 Hank Leiber 0.302 4 Bill Nicholson 0.297 5 Billy Herman 0.292

Home Runs

1 Bill Nicholson 25 2 Hank Leiber 17 3 Stan Hack 8 4 Al Todd 6 5 Jim Gleeson 5

RBI

1 Bill Nicholson 98 2 Hank Leiber 86 3 Jim Gleeson 61 4 Billy Herman 57 5 Al Todd 42
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Stan Hack 149 603 101 191 0 0 8 40 75 24 21 0.317
Billy Herman 135 558 77 163 0 0 5 57 47 30 1 0.292
Bill Nicholson 135 491 78 146 0 0 25 98 50 67 2 0.297
Jim Gleeson 129 485 76 152 0 0 5 61 54 52 4 0.313
Bobby Mattick 128 441 30 96 0 0 0 33 19 33 5 0.218
Hank Leiber 117 440 68 133 0 0 17 86 45 68 1 0.302
Al Todd 104 381 31 97 0 0 6 42 11 29 1 0.255
Dom Dallessandro 107 287 33 77 0 0 1 36 34 13 4 0.268
Rip Russell 68 215 15 53 0 0 5 33 8 23 1 0.247
Augie Galan 68 209 33 48 0 0 3 22 37 23 9 0.230
Phil Cavarretta 65 193 34 54 0 0 2 22 31 18 3 0.280
Zeke Bonura 49 182 20 48 0 0 4 20 10 4 1 0.264
Rabbit Warstler 45 159 19 36 0 0 1 18 8 19 1 0.226
Bob Collins 47 120 11 25 0 0 1 14 14 18 4 0.208
Claude Passeau 46 98 12 20 0 0 1 6 9 33 2 0.204
Larry French 40 85 5 14 0 0 0 9 7 20 0 0.165
Bill Lee 37 76 4 10 0 0 0 3 2 20 0 0.132
Gabby Hartnett 37 64 3 17 0 0 1 12 8 7 0 0.266
Billy Rogell 33 59 7 8 0 0 1 3 2 8 1 0.136
Vern Olsen 35 57 4 15 0 0 0 5 2 9 2 0.263
Jake Mooty 24 38 2 10 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0.263
Charlie Root 36 31 4 4 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 0.129
Ken Raffensberger 43 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0.167
Clyde McCullough 9 26 4 4 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 0.154
Bobby Sturgeon 7 21 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.190
Dizzy Dean 10 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.222
Vance Page 31 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.308
Clay Bryant 16 9 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.333
Julio Bonetti 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Claude Passeau 2.50 2 Jake Mooty 2.92 3 Vern Olsen 2.97 4 Larry French 3.29 5 Ken Raffensberger 3.38

Wins

1 Claude Passeau 20 2 Larry French 14 3 Vern Olsen 13 4 Bill Lee 9 5 Ken Raffensberger 7

Strikeouts

1 Claude Passeau 124 2 Larry French 107 3 Vern Olsen 71 4 Bill Lee 70 5 Ken Raffensberger 55
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Claude Passeau 20 13 2.50 46 31 5 280.2 59 124
Larry French 14 14 3.29 40 33 2 246.0 64 107
Bill Lee 9 17 5.03 37 30 0 211.1 70 70
Vern Olsen 13 9 2.97 34 20 0 172.2 62 71
Ken Raffensberger 7 9 3.38 43 10 3 114.2 29 55
Jake Mooty 6 6 2.92 20 12 1 114.0 49 42
Charlie Root 2 4 3.86 36 8 1 112.0 33 50
Vance Page 1 3 4.42 30 1 2 59.0 26 22
Dizzy Dean 3 3 5.17 10 9 0 54.0 20 18
Clay Bryant 0 1 4.78 8 0 0 26.1 14 5
Julio Bonetti 0 0 20.25 1 0 0 1.1 4 0

👥 Roster (29)

Julio Bonetti Zeke Bonura Clay Bryant Phil Cavarretta Bob Collins Dom Dallessandro Dizzy Dean Larry French Augie Galan Jim Gleeson Stan Hack Gabby Hartnett +17 more

29 players

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