1939 Chicago Cubs season

1939 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Owners	Philip K. Wrigley
General managers	Charles Weber
Managers	Gabby Hartnett
Radio	WGN (Bob Elson) WBBM (John Harrington, Pat Flanagan) WJJD (Charlie Grimm, Lew Fonseca)
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The 1939 Chicago Cubs season was the 68th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 64th in the National League and the 24th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League with a record of 84–70.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	97	57	0.630	—	55–25	42–32
St. Louis Cardinals	92	61	0.601	4½	51–27	41–34
Brooklyn Dodgers	84	69	0.549	12½	51–27	33–42
Chicago Cubs	84	70	0.545	13	44–34	40–36
New York Giants	77	74	0.510	18½	41–33	36–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	68	85	0.444	28½	35–42	33–43
Boston Bees	63	88	0.417	32½	37–35	26–53
Philadelphia Phillies	45	106	0.298	50½	29–44	16–62

Record vs. opponents

1939 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	10–12–1	6–16	6–16	10–11	13–8	9–12	9–13
Brooklyn	12–10–1	—	11–11–2	10–12	12–10	17–4–1	13–9	9–13
Chicago	16–6	11–11–2	—	10–12	11–11	12–10	14–8	10–12
Cincinnati	16–6	12–10	12–10	—	11–11	19–3	16–6	11–11–2
New York	11–10	10–12	11–11	11–11	—	14–7	11–11	9–12
Philadelphia	8–13	4–17–1	10–12	3–19	7–14	—	8–14	5–17
Pittsburgh	12–9	9–13	8–14	6–16	11–11	14–8	—	8–14
St. Louis	13–9	13–9	12–10	11–11–2	12–9	17–5	14–8	—

Roster

1939 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 18 Clay Bryant 22 Dizzy Dean 14 Larry French 16 Ray Harrell 25 Kirby Higbe 11 Bill Lee 27 Gene Lillard 41 Vance Page 13 Claude Passeau 17 Charlie Root 28 Jack Russell 31 Earl Whitehill		Catchers 39 Bob Garbark  2 Gabby Hartnett 12 Gus Mancuso Infielders 2,5 Dick Bartell  3 Phil Cavarretta  6 Stan Hack  4 Billy Herman 15 Bobby Mattick 15 Steve Mesner 32 Rip Russell		Outfielders  7 Augie Galan 24 Jim Gleeson  9 Hank Leiber  8 Joe Marty  8 Bill Nicholson 43 Carl Reynolds		Manager  2 Gabby Hartnett Coaches 19 Red Corriden 20 Roy Johnson

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Gabby Hartnett	97	306	85	.278	12	59
1B	Rip Russell	143	542	148	.273	9	79
2B	Billy Herman	156	623	191	.307	7	70
SS	Dick Bartell	105	336	80	.238	3	34
3B	Stan Hack	156	641	191	.298	8	56
OF	Augie Galan	148	549	167	.304	6	71
OF	Jim Gleeson	111	332	74	.223	4	45
OF	Hank Leiber	112	365	113	.310	24	88

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Carl Reynolds	88	281	69	.246	4	44
Gus Mancuso	80	251	58	.231	2	17
Bill Nicholson	58	220	65	.295	5	38
Bobby Mattick	51	178	51	.287	0	23
Joe Marty	23	76	10	.132	2	10
Phil Cavarretta	22	55	15	.273	0	0
Steve Mesner	17	43	12	.279	0	6
Bob Garbark	24	21	3	.143	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bill Lee	37	282.1	19	15	3.44	105
Claude Passeau	34	221.0	13	9	3.05	108
Dizzy Dean	19	96.1	6	4	3.36	27
Clay Bryant	4	31.1	2	1	5.74	9

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Larry French	36	194.0	15	8	3.29	98
Charlie Root	35	167.1	8	8	4.03	65
Vance Page	27	139.1	7	7	3.88	43
Earl Whitehill	24	89.1	4	7	5.14	42
Gene Lillard	20	55.0	3	5	6.55	31
Kirby Higbe	9	22.2	2	1	3.18	16
Ray Harrell	4	17.1	0	2	8.31	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jack Russell	39	4	3	3	3.67	32
Vern Olsen	4	1	0	0	0.00	3

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Milwaukee Brewers	American Association	Mickey Heath
AA	Los Angeles Angels	Pacific Coast League	Truck Hannah
B	Bloomington Bloomers	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Merv Connelly
B	Moline Plowboys	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Mike Gazella
C	Hot Springs Bathers	Cotton States League	Spike Hunter
C	St. Joseph Angels	Western Association	Goldie Holt
D	Bisbee Bees	Arizona–Texas League	Carl Dittmar
D	Hopkinsville Hoppers	KITTY League	Harry Griswold
D	Eau Claire Bears	Northern League	Ivy Griffin
D	Sioux Falls Canaries	Western League	Ralph Brandon

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Notes

References

• 1939 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference