1926 Chicago (N) Cubs
Record: 77-77
Finish: 2nd in NL NL West Division
Runs Scored: 799
Runs Allowed: 841
Exp W-L: 73-81
 
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 1,834,355
Manager: Bob Smyk

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-57, 1st in the National League
AA: 61-72, 7th in the National League
A: 54-79, 7th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS #Dick Lundy 27 144 566 102 174 21 21 6 75 39 14 53 13 .307 .370 .451 .820 87.6 16.7 4.8
1B *Frank Brazill 26 144 542 74 161 29 11 5 89 2 1 60 35 .297 .366 .419 .785 82.1 15.5 3.4
LF  Frank Welch 28 141 482 84 168 27 3 7 90 3 3 62 26 .349 .422 .461 .882 87.2 20.0 3.5
2B *Whitey Witt 30 117 454 55 111 19 2 2 49 12 5 57 7 .244 .327 .308 .635 51.3 5.9 4.1
C  Bob O'Farrell 29 123 451 53 129 13 6 2 61 4 6 42 11 .286 .344 .355 .699 51.0 6.4 7.3
RF *Ross Youngs 29 128 445 76 138 19 14 3 70 14 12 40 32 .310 .365 .436 .801 62.2 11.1 3.4
3B  Tim Hendryx 35 114 377 47 120 17 1 2 60 0 1 69 34 .318 .426 .385 .811 62.9 13.0 3.0
CF *Joe Bratcher 27 109 411 47 109 25 7 2 37 3 4 13 20 .265 .286 .375 .661 35.4 2.4 3.0
CF  Jigger Statz 28 106 322 57 97 9 11 3 38 15 11 28 28 .301 .355 .425 .780 47.4 8.6 2.2
SS  Newt Allen 25 76 213 41 57 10 5 1 21 20 6 6 19 .268 .296 .376 .672 23.1 2.8 1.5
SS  Les Bell 24 75 159 20 46 6 1 0 28 1 0 12 11 .289 .335 .340 .675 18.0 2.5 0.9
3B  Eusebio Gonzalez 33 89 149 31 51 10 5 0 24 4 3 8 17 .342 .395 .477 .872 22.4 4.7 1.5
C  Bubbles Hargrave 33 50 147 31 38 3 1 1 19 0 0 11 13 .259 .313 .313 .625 14.2 1.1 2.2
1B  Howard Freigau 23 43 141 24 40 3 1 2 19 4 1 11 12 .284 .329 .362 .691 19.1 2.9 0.7
P  Milt Gaston 30 38 119 7 33 5 0 0 20 0 0 1 20 .277 .287 .319 .606 10.9 0.7 0.0
P  Vic Keen 27 39 113 8 17 5 0 0 8 0 0 3 23 .150 .171 .195 .366 1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Walter Beall 26 36 96 5 15 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 8 .156 .165 .188 .352 1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ted Blankenship 25 32 93 16 34 8 2 2 16 1 0 4 16 .366 .392 .559 .951 18.1 4.6 0.0
LF *Marty Callaghan 26 45 91 8 23 3 3 0 10 0 0 4 5 .253 .284 .352 .636 9.0 1.0 0.5
1B *Joe Hauser 27 24 58 9 13 3 1 1 11 0 0 3 7 .224 .286 .362 .648 3.6 0.0 0.3
P  Doug McWeeny 29 22 14 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .143 .294 .286 .580 1.4 0.2 0.0
P  Bill Hubbell 29 21 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Woodward 32 16 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6 0.2 0.0
P  Ken Jones 23 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  George Abrams 26 22 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Clark 28 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 27.9 1809 5464 799 1580 240 95 39 754 122 67 492 365 .289 .348 .389 .738 710.2 120.6 42.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 1 6 2 8 1 4 3 2 4 1 1 4 1 1  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Vic Keen 27 17 17 .500 39 39 0 324.0 335 140 13 100 122 3.89 20.3
 Milt Gaston 30 18 16 .529 38 38 0 322.0 306 154 13 164 72 4.30 20.0
 Walter Beall 26 9 21 .300 36 36 0 266.0 221 169 25 201 200 5.72 3.5
 Ted Blankenship 25 18 10 .643 32 32 0 255.3 267 116 20 83 76 4.09 17.2
 Doug McWeeny 29 2 2 .500 22 5 0 57.0 67 22 7 26 12 3.47 3.7
 Bill Hubbell 29 5 5 .500 21 4 0 44.7 53 31 5 18 5 6.25 1.1
 Bob Clark 28 5 3 .625 30 0 1 33.0 43 19 1 10 5 5.18 2.4
 Ken Jones 23 1 3 .250 25 0 5 26.3 38 21 3 15 5 7.18 0.0
 George Abrams 26 1 0 1.000 22 0 2 25.7 41 21 2 8 5 7.37 0.0
 Frank Woodward 32 1 0 1.000 16 0 0 18.3 33 20 4 9 2 9.82 0.0
Team Totals 27.5 77 77 .500 281 154 8 1372.3 1404 713 93 634 504 4.68 68.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 7 4 6 3 8 8 8 1 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 34.3
B.O'Farrell 1046.3 118 123 419 73 7 1 .986 33.1
B.Hargrave 326.0 36 45 109 33 3 1 .979 40.0
Team Total 1372.3 154 168 528 106 10 2 .984 34.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.90
F.Brazill 1216.3 137 139 1664 138 10 142 .994 13.33
J.Hauser 127.0 14 18 156 13 1 18 .994 11.98
H.Freigau 29.0 3 5 43 8 2 2 .962 15.83
Team Total 1372.3 154 162 1863 159 13 162 .994 13.26
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 6.70
D.Lundy 887.7 100 102 201 422 21 82 .967 6.32
N.Allen 477.7 54 56 117 233 7 46 .980 6.59
J.Statz 6.0 0 1 4 1 0 1 1.000 7.50
W.Witt 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1372.3 154 160 322 656 28 129 .972 6.41
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .940 2.98
T.Hendryx 916.3 107 109 61 219 13 12 .956 2.75
H.Freigau 233.0 29 29 9 47 8 1 .875 2.16
L.Bell 150.0 15 24 10 25 2 4 .946 2.10
E.Gonzalez 58.0 3 20 9 14 1 1 .958 3.57
F.Brazill 7.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
D.Lundy 6.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
N.Allen 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1372.3 154 190 89 309 24 18 .943 2.61
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 5.88
W.Witt 713.0 83 84 108 330 25 55 .946 5.53
D.Lundy 315.0 35 38 63 174 7 33 .971 6.77
E.Gonzalez 164.7 15 30 34 92 5 23 .962 6.89
L.Bell 127.7 14 21 24 60 7 11 .923 5.92
H.Freigau 51.0 7 7 9 21 1 4 .968 5.29
N.Allen 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1372.3 154 181 238 678 45 126 .953 6.01
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.10
F.Welch 1179.7 137 138 249 7 7 2 .973 1.95
M.Callaghan 163.0 17 27 28 1 0 1 1.000 1.60
J.Statz 20.7 0 9 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.87
T.Hendryx 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Youngs 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1372.3 154 179 279 8 7 3 .976 1.88
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.74
J.Bratcher 786.3 92 94 211 3 7 0 .968 2.45
J.Statz 562.0 61 72 152 2 9 1 .945 2.47
M.Callaghan 13.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
R.Youngs 7.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
T.Hendryx 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Witt 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Welch 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1372.3 154 176 368 5 16 1 .959 2.45
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 2.13
R.Youngs 977.3 110 117 222 14 9 3 .963 2.17
W.Witt 276.0 32 33 60 0 6 0 .909 1.96
J.Statz 74.0 8 13 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.22
M.Callaghan 38.0 4 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1.66
T.Hendryx 7.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1372.3 154 175 301 14 16 3 .952 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.41
V.Keen 324.0 39 39 25 63 2 4 .978 2.44
M.Gaston 322.0 38 38 31 61 1 2 .989 2.57
W.Beall 266.0 36 36 18 50 11 4 .861 2.30
T.Blankenship 255.3 32 32 21 52 5 4 .936 2.57
D.McWeeny 57.0 5 22 4 10 3 2 .824 2.21
B.Hubbell 44.7 4 21 5 13 1 2 .947 3.63
B.Clark 33.0 0 30 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.18
K.Jones 26.3 0 25 2 6 1 0 .889 2.73
G.Abrams 25.7 0 22 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.10
F.Woodward 18.3 0 16 2 7 0 1 1.000 4.42
Team Total 1372.3 154 281 113 271 24 19 .941 2.52
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Welch .349
On-Base Pct Welch .422
Slugging Pct Welch .461
OPS Welch .882
XR Lundy 87.6
Games Brazill, Lundy 144
At-Bats Lundy 566
Runs Lundy 102
Hits Lundy 174
Total Bases Lundy 255
Singles Welch 131
Doubles Brazill 29
Triples Lundy 21
Homeruns Welch 7
RBIs Welch 90
Stolen Bases Lundy 39
Caught Stealing Lundy 14
Walks Hendryx 69
Strikeouts Brazill 35
ERA Keen 3.89
Wins Blankenship, Gaston 18
Losses Beall 21
Winning Pct Blankenship .643
Saves Jones 5
Games Pitched Keen 39
Games Started Keen 39
Complete Games Gaston, Keen 30
Shutouts Keen 2
Innings Pitched Keen 324.0
Hits Allowed Keen 335
Homeruns Allowed Beall 25
Strikeouts Beall 200
Walks Allowed Beall 201
Walks per 9IP Keen 2.8
Hits per 9IP Beall 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Beall 6.8
WHiP Keen 1.34
OAVG Beall .226
OOBP Keen .319
OSLG Gaston .355
OOPS Gaston .696
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Dick Lundy $ 7,500,000
Tim Hendryx $ 4,500,000
Jigger Statz $ 3,500,000
Ross Youngs $ 3,500,000
Frank Brazill $ 2,245,714
Whitey Witt $ 2,000,000
Frank Welch $ 2,000,000
Vic Keen $ 1,921,429
Bob O'Farrell $ 1,900,000
Bob Clark $ 1,280,000
Eusebio Gonzalez $ 803,571
Jack Smith $ 570,000
Bubbles Hargrave $ 500,000
Bill Hubbell $ 350,000
Rip Collins $ 350,000
Marty Callaghan $ 350,000
Frank Woodward $ 350,000
Joe Hauser $ 350,000
Ken Jones $ 300,000
George Abrams $ 300,000
Milt Gaston $ 300,000
Howard Freigau $ 300,000
Doug McWeeny $ 300,000
Joe Bratcher $ 300,000
Ted Blankenship $ 300,000
Les Bell $ 300,000
Walter Beall $ 300,000
Newt Allen $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/16 Signed     Jigger Statz