1940 Chicago Cubs roster

Manager: Gabby Hartnett

27 players appeared for the Chicago Cubs in the 1940 MLB season.

1940 Cubs roster: batting

1940 Chicago Cubs batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Stan Hack3014960310119184021.317.395.834
Billy Herman30135558771635571.292.347.723
Bill Nicholson251354917814625982.297.366.899
Jim Gleeson28129485761525614.313.389.859
Bobby Mattick2412844130960335.218.250.502
Hank Leiber291174406813317861.302.371.853
Al Todd3810438131976421.255.283.629
Dom Dallessandro2610728733771364.268.348.735
Rip Russell256821515535331.247.277.644
Augie Galan286820933483229.230.346.704
Phil Cavarretta236519334542223.280.388.797
Rip Collins304712011251144.208.296.555
Gabby Hartnett3937643171120.266.347.707
Billy Rogell35335978131.136.164.350
Clyde McCullough2392644010.154.290.483
Bobby Sturgeon2072114020.190.190.429

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1940 Cubs roster: pitching

1940 Chicago Cubs pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Claude PasseauP31463120132.50280.21241.135
Larry FrenchP32403314143.29246.01071.242
Bill LeeP3037309175.03211.1701.500
Vern OlsenP2234201392.97172.2711.360
Ken RaffensbergerP224310793.38114.2551.303
Jake MootyP272012662.92114.0421.321
Charlie RootP41368243.86112.0501.351
Vance PageP34301134.4259.0221.542
Dizzy DeanP30109335.1754.0181.630
Clay BryantP2880014.7826.151.520
Julio BonettiP28100020.251.105.250

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.