Chicago Cubs 1940
75–79record
.487win pct
681runs
636allowed
+45run diff
86home runs
29players
The three rarest things in 1940
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1940-08-17 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ | |
| 54 | Triple Play (play-by-play era) | Chicago Cubs | 1940-07-25 | 1 in 372 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | Walk-Off Walk | Chicago Cubs | 1940-09-25 | 1 in 317 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (29)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHStan Hack | 149 | 686 | 603 | 101 | 191 | 38 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 75 | 24 | 21 | 22 | .317 | .395 | .439 | .834 |
| 135 | 616 | 558 | 77 | 163 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 47 | 30 | 1 | 7 | .292 | .347 | .376 | .723 | |
| JGJim Gleeson | 129 | 551 | 485 | 76 | 152 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 61 | 54 | 53 | 4 | 9 | .313 | .389 | .470 | .859 |
| BNBill Nicholson | 135 | 545 | 491 | 78 | 146 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 98 | 50 | 67 | 2 | 6 | .297 | .366 | .534 | .899 |
| HLHank Leiber | 117 | 491 | 440 | 68 | 133 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 87 | 45 | 68 | 1 | 3 | .302 | .371 | .482 | .853 |
| BMBobby Mattick | 128 | 464 | 441 | 30 | 96 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 19 | 33 | 5 | 2 | .218 | .250 | .252 | .502 |
| ATAl Todd | 104 | 401 | 381 | 31 | 97 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 4 | .255 | .283 | .346 | .629 |
| DDDom Dallessandro | 107 | 323 | 287 | 33 | 77 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | .268 | .348 | .387 | .735 |
| AGAugie Galan | 68 | 249 | 209 | 33 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 38 | 23 | 8 | 2 | .230 | .348 | .359 | .707 |
| PCPhil Cavarretta | 65 | 231 | 193 | 34 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 3 | .280 | .388 | .409 | .797 |
| RRRip Russell | 68 | 227 | 215 | 15 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .247 | .277 | .367 | .644 |
| ZBZeke Bonura | 49 | 193 | 182 | 20 | 48 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .264 | .302 | .407 | .709 |
| RWRabbit Warstler | 45 | 168 | 159 | 19 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .226 | .263 | .283 | .546 |
| BCBob Collins | 47 | 135 | 120 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .208 | .291 | .258 | .549 |
| CPClaude Passeau | 46 | 111 | 98 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 0 | .204 | .278 | .306 | .584 |
| LFLarry French | 40 | 97 | 85 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .165 | .237 | .200 | .437 |
| BLBill Lee | 37 | 82 | 76 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .175 | .158 | .333 |
| 37 | 73 | 64 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .347 | .359 | .707 | |
| VOVern Olsen | 35 | 63 | 57 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .263 | .288 | .316 | .604 |
| BRBilly Rogell | 34 | 63 | 59 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .136 | .164 | .186 | .350 |
| JMJake Mooty | 24 | 42 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .263 | .282 | .263 | .545 |
| CRCharlie Root | 36 | 34 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .206 | .129 | .335 |
| 43 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | |
| CMClyde McCullough | 9 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .290 | .192 | .483 |
| BSBobby Sturgeon | 7 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .238 | .429 |
| 10 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | |
| VPVance Page | 31 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .357 | .462 | .819 |
| CBClay Bryant | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| JBJulio Bonetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Pitching (11)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPClaude Passeau | 46 | 20–13 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 259 | 97 | 78 | 61 | 124 | 8 | 280.2 | 2.50 | 1.14 |
| LFLarry French | 40 | 14–14 | 33 | 18 | 2 | 240 | 93 | 90 | 64 | 107 | 12 | 246.0 | 3.29 | 1.24 |
| BLBill Lee | 37 | 9–17 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 246 | 129 | 118 | 70 | 70 | 12 | 211.1 | 5.03 | 1.50 |
| VOVern Olsen | 34 | 13–9 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 172 | 64 | 58 | 63 | 72 | 5 | 172.2 | 3.02 | 1.36 |
| JMJake Mooty | 20 | 6–6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 101 | 45 | 37 | 49 | 42 | 11 | 114.0 | 2.92 | 1.32 |
| 43 | 7–9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 120 | 54 | 43 | 29 | 59 | 10 | 113.2 | 3.40 | 1.31 | |
| CRCharlie Root | 36 | 2–4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 61 | 47 | 33 | 47 | 9 | 112.0 | 3.78 | 1.35 |
| VPVance Page | 30 | 1–3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 38 | 29 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 60.0 | 4.35 | 1.53 |
| 10 | 3–3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 37 | 33 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 54.0 | 5.50 | 1.63 | |
| CBClay Bryant | 8 | 0–1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 26.1 | 4.10 | 1.52 |
| JBJulio Bonetti | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 20.25 | 5.25 |