1940 Chicago Cubs season

The 1940 Chicago Cubs season was the 69th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 65th in the National League and the 25th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 75–79.

1940 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Philip K. Wrigley
Manager(s)Gabby Hartnett
Local radioWGN
(Bob Elson)
WBBM
(John Harrington, Pat Flanagan)
WJJD
(Charlie Grimm, Lew Fonseca)
WCFL
(Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 10053 0.654 — 55–21 45–32
Brooklyn Dodgers 8865 0.575 12 41–37 47–28
St. Louis Cardinals 8469 0.549 16 41–36 43–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 7876 0.506 22½ 40–34 38–42
Chicago Cubs 7579 0.487 25½ 40–37 35–42
New York Giants 7280 0.474 27½ 33–43 39–37
Boston Bees 6587 0.428 34½ 35–40 30–47
Philadelphia Phillies 50103 0.327 50 24–55 26–48

Record vs. opponents
1940 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —9–138–149–127–1515–69–138–14
Brooklyn 13–9—10–128–14–116–517–515–7–19–13–1
Chicago 14–812–10—6–1612–1012–1011–118–14
Cincinnati 12–914–8–116–6—15–715–716–612–10–1
New York 15–75–1610–127–15—12–1012–1011–10
Philadelphia 6–155–1710–127–1510–12—6–166–16
Pittsburgh 13–97–15–111–116–1610–1216–6—15–7–1
St. Louis 14–813–9–114–810–12–110–1116–67–15–1—

Roster
1940 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
2BBilly Herman135558163.292557
3BStan Hack149603191.317840
OFBill Nicholson135491146.2972598
OFJim Gleeson129485152.313561

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
Dom Dallessandro10728777.268136
Gabby Hartnett376417.266112

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
Claude Passeau46280.220132.50124
Larry French4024614143.29107
Bill Lee37211.19175.0370
Dizzy Dean1054335.1718

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
Vern Olsen34172.21392.9771
Jake Mooty20114662.9242

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
Vance Page301324.4222
Clay Bryant80104.785
Julio Bonetti100020.250

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Jigger Statz
A1 Tulsa Oilers Texas League Roy Johnson
B Moline Plowboys Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Mike Gazella
C St. Joseph Saints Western Association Keith Frazier
D Greeneville Burley Cubs Appalachian League Sam Alexander and Hubert Stolper

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Joseph[2]

Notes
  1. Jake Mooty at Baseball Reference
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References


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