1933_Chicago_Cubs_season Knowpia

1933 Chicago Cubs
1933 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Philip K. Wrigley
Managers	Charlie Grimm
Radio	WGN; WBBM; (Pat Flanagan); WMAQ; WCFL; WIBO

The 1933 Chicago Cubs season was the 62nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 58th in the National League and the 18th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 86–68.

Offseason edit

November 30, 1932: Bob Smith, Rollie Hemsley, Johnny Moore and Lance Richbourg were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Babe Herman.^[1]

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	91	61	0.599	—	48–27	43–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	0.565	5	50–27	37–40
Chicago Cubs	86	68	0.558	6	56–23	30–45
Boston Braves	83	71	0.539	9	45–31	38–40
St. Louis Cardinals	82	71	0.536	9½	47–30	35–41
Brooklyn Dodgers	65	88	0.425	26½	36–41	29–47
Philadelphia Phillies	60	92	0.395	31	32–40	28–52
Cincinnati Reds	58	94	0.382	33	37–42	21–52

Record vs. opponents edit

1933 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	—	13–9–1	7–15	12–10	12–10–1	11–11	13–9	15–7
Brooklyn	9–13–1	—	9–13	10–12–1	8–14–2	13–9	7–15	9–12
Chicago	15–7	13–9	—	11–11	9–13	15–7	12–10	11–11
Cincinnati	10–12	12–10–1	11–11	—	4–17	7–14	7–15	7–15
New York	10–12–1	14–8–2	13–9	17–4	—	15–6	13–9	9–13–1
Philadelphia	11–11	9–13	7–15	14–7	6–15	—	7–15	6–16
Pittsburgh	9–13	15–7	10–12	15–7	9–13	15–7	—	14–8
St. Louis	7–15	12–9	11–11	15–7	13–9–1	16–6	8–14	—

Roster edit

1933 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

7 Charlie Grimm

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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	140	490	135	.276	16	88
1B	Charlie Grimm	107	384	95	.247	3	37
2B	Billy Herman	153	619	173	.279	0	44
SS	Billy Jurges	143	487	131	.269	5	50
3B	Woody English	105	398	104	.261	3	41
OF	Riggs Stephenson	97	346	114	.329	4	51
OF	Babe Herman	137	508	147	.289	16	93
OF	Frank Demaree	134	515	140	.272	6	51

Other batters edit

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
Kiki Cuyler	70	262	83	.317	5	35
Mark Koenig	80	218	62	..284	3	25
Harvey Hendrick	69	189	55	.291	4	23
Gilly Campbell	46	89	25	.281	1	10
Jim Mosolf	31	82	22	.268	1	9
Taylor Douthit	27	71	16	.225	0	5
Stan Hack	20	60	21	.350	1	2
Dolph Camilli	16	58	13	.224	2	7
Zack Taylor	16	11	0	.000	0	0
Babe Phelps	3	7	2	.286	0	2

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lon Warneke	36	287.1	18	13	2.00	133
Guy Bush	41	259.0	20	12	2.75	84
Charlie Root	35	242.1	15	10	2.60	86
Pat Malone	31	186.1	10	14	3.91	72

Other pitchers edit

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bud Tinning	32	175.1	13	6	3.18	59
Burleigh Grimes	17	69.2	3	6	3.49	12

Relief pitchers edit

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Lynn Nelson	24	5	5	1	3.21	20
Roy Henshaw	21	2	1	0	4.19	16
Leroy Herrmann	9	0	1	1	5.57	4
Beryl Richmond	4	0	0	0	1.93	2
Carroll Yerkes	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

Farm system edit

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Los Angeles Angels	Pacific Coast League	Jack Lelivelt

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Los Angeles^[2]

References edit

^ Bob Smith page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007