1924 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:1924
League:National League
Ballpark:Cubs Park
City:Chicago, Illinois
Owners:William Wrigley Jr.
Managers:Bill Killefer
Radio:WMAQ
(Hal Totten)

The 1924 Chicago Cubs season was the 53rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 49th in the National League and the ninth at Wrigley Field (then known as "Cubs Park"). The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 81–72. This was the last year of the "Chicago Chicken Curse", which was broken in 1925 by the Chicago Bears.

Regular season

Roster

1924 Chicago Cubs
Roster
PitchersCatchersInfieldersOutfieldersManagerCoaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C 111 354 106 .299 16 67
1B 98 310 81 .261 4 33
2B 127 469 148 .316 12 60
SS 117 418 117 .280 1 27
3B 142 495 138 .279 5 82
OF 113 392 121 .309 0 30
OF 135 549 152 .277 3 49
OF 124 411 123 .299 3 48

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
76 286 70 .245 2 21
71 183 44 .240 3 28
51 177 53 .299 5 34
70 172 46 .267 1 24
37 133 37 .278 0 23
54 133 32 .241 5 21
53 131 44 .336 4 25
7 19 3 .158 0 2
4 16 4 .250 0 1
10 14 2 .143 0 0
8 11 4 .364 0 2
6 7 1 .143 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
32 244.1 15 12 3.50 74
40 234.2 15 14 3.80 75
34 208.1 16 11 4.02 79
21 169.1 12 5 3.03 33
1 5.1 0 0 5.06 1

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
38 190.1 11 12 3.74 50
29 106.1 6 6 4.57 42
16 80.2 2 5 4.02 36

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
29 3 6 0 3.91 16
13 1 1 0 6.07 6
6 0 0 0 7.36 2
2 0 0 1 3.00 2

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball. [1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007