1923 Chicago Cubs season
The 1923 Chicago Cubs season was the 52nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 48th in the National League and the 8th at Wrigley Field (then known as "Cubs Park"). The Cubs finished fourth in the National League with a record of 83–71.
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Owner(s) | William Wrigley Jr. |
Manager(s) | Bill Killefer |
Local television | none |
Local radio | none |
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Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 95 | 58 | 0.621 | — | 47–30 | 48–28 |
Cincinnati Reds | 91 | 63 | 0.591 | 4½ | 46–32 | 45–31 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 8½ | 47–30 | 40–37 |
Chicago Cubs | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 12½ | 46–31 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 79 | 74 | 0.516 | 16 | 42–35 | 37–39 |
Brooklyn Robins | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 19½ | 37–40 | 39–38 |
Boston Braves | 54 | 100 | 0.351 | 41½ | 22–55 | 32–45 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 104 | 0.325 | 45½ | 20–55 | 30–49 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Brooklyn | 14–8 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 12–10 | |||||
Cincinnati | 15–7 | 14–8 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 19–3 | 8–14 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 16–6 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — | 19–3 | 13–9 | 14–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 9–13 | 3–19 | 3–19 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 17–5 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 7–14 | 15–7 | 10–12 | — |
Roster
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Player stats
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 |
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C | Bob O'Farrell | 131 | 452 | 144 | .319 | 12 | 84 |
1B | Ray Grimes | 64 | 216 | 71 | .329 | 2 | 36 |
2B | George Grantham | 152 | 570 | 160 | .281 | 8 | 70 |
SS | Sparky Adams | 95 | 311 | 90 | .289 | 4 | 35 |
3B | Bernie Friberg | 146 | 547 | 174 | .318 | 12 | 88 |
OF | Cliff Heathcote | 117 | 393 | 98 | .249 | 1 | 27 |
OF | Jigger Statz | 154 | 655 | 209 | .319 | 10 | 70 |
OF | Hack Miller | 135 | 488 | 146 | .301 | 20 | 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 |
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Charlie Hollocher | 66 | 260 | 89 | .342 | 1 | 28 |
Gabby Hartnett | 85 | 231 | 62 | .268 | 8 | 39 |
John Kelleher | 66 | 193 | 59 | .306 | 6 | 21 |
Allen Elliott | 53 | 168 | 42 | .250 | 2 | 29 |
Marty Callaghan | 61 | 129 | 29 | .225 | 0 | 14 |
Otto Vogel | 41 | 81 | 17 | .210 | 1 | 6 |
Denver Grigsby | 24 | 72 | 21 | .292 | 0 | 5 |
Butch Weis | 22 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 0 | 2 |
Pete Turgeon | 3 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Kettle Wirts | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Tony Murray | 2 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Barrett | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Pete Alexander | 39 | 305 | 22 | 12 | 3.19 | 72 |
Vic Aldridge | 30 | 217 | 16 | 9 | 3.48 | 64 |
Tony Kaufmann | 33 | 206.1 | 14 | 10 | 3.10 | 72 |
Rip Wheeler | 3 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 4.88 | 5 |
Phil Collins | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 |
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 |
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Tiny Osborne | 37 | 179.2 | 8 | 15 | 4.56 | 69 |
Vic Keen | 35 | 177 | 12 | 8 | 3.00 | 46 |
Nick Dumovich | 28 | 94 | 3 | 5 | 4.60 | 23 |
Virgil Cheeves | 19 | 71.1 | 3 | 4 | 6.18 | 13 |
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 |
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Fred Fussell | 28 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5.54 | 38 |
George Stueland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 2 |
Ed Stauffer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
Guy Bush | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Farm system
- Class AA: Los Angeles Angels (Pacific Coast League; Marty Krug, manager)