1940 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1940 National League Wrigley Field Chicago 75 79 y 5th Philip K. Wrigley Charles Weber Gabby Hartnett WGN(Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse)WBBM(John Harrington, Pat Flanagan)WJJD(Charlie Grimm, Lew Fonseca)WCFL(Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley) 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. Offseason October 3, 1940: Jake Mooty was drafted by the Cubs from the Syracuse Stars in the 1939 rule 5 draft.Jake Mooty at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Roster 1940 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 43 Julio Bonetti 18,26 Clay Bryant 22 Dizzy Dean 14 Larry French 11 Bill Lee 25 Jake Mooty 23 Vern Olsen 41 Vance Page 13 Claude Passeau 16 Ken Raffensberger 17 Charlie Root Catchers 39 Rip Collins  2 Gabby Hartnett 21 Clyde McCullough 10 Al Todd Infielders 18 Zeke Bonura  3 Phil Cavarretta  6 Stan Hack  4 Billy Herman 15 Bobby Mattick  5 Billy Rogell 12 Rip Russell 28 Bobby Sturgeon 43 Rabbit Warstler Outfielders 31 Dom Dallessandro  7 Augie Galan 24 Jim Gleeson  9 Hank Leiber  8 Bill Nicholson Manager  2 Gabby Hartnett Coaches 19 Red Corriden 20 George Uhle 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 Pos Position Player G Games played AB At bats H Home runs Avg. Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in C Al Todd 104 381 97 .255 6 42 1B Phil Cavarretta 65 193 54 .280 2 22 2B Billy Herman 135 558 163 .292 5 57 SS Bobby Mattick 128 441 96 .218 0 33 3B Stan Hack 149 603 191 .317 8 40 OF Bill Nicholson Bill Nicholson (baseball) 135 491 146 .297 25 98 OF Jim Gleeson 129 485 152 .313 5 61 OF Hank Leiber 117 440 133 .302 17 86 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg. Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in Dom Dallessandro 107 287 77 .268 1 36 Rip Russell 68 215 53 .247 5 33 Augie Galan 68 209 48 .230 3 22 Zeke Bonura 49 182 48 .264 4 20 Rabbit Warstler 45 159 36 .226 1 18 Rip Collins Rip Collins (catcher) 47 120 25 .208 1 14 Gabby Hartnett 37 64 17 .266 1 12 Billy Rogell 33 59 8 .136 1 3 Clyde McCullough 9 26 4 .154 0 1 Bobby Sturgeon 7 21 4 .190 0 2 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Claude Passeau 46 280.2 20 13 2.50 124 Larry French 40 246.0 14 14 3.29 107 Bill Lee Bill Lee (right-handed pitcher) 37 211.1 9 17 5.03 70 Dizzy Dean 10 54.0 3 3 5.17 18 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Vern Olsen 34 172.2 13 9 2.97 71 Ken Raffensberger 43 114.2 7 9 3.38 55 Jake Mooty 20 114.0 6 6 2.92 42 Charlie Root 36 112.0 2 4 3.86 50 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games pitched W Wins L Losses SV Saves ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Vance Page 30 1 3 2 4.42 22 Clay Bryant 8 0 1 0 4.78 5 Julio Bonetti 1 0 0 0 20.25 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 StolperLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. JosephJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 Notes 2 References 1940 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:1940 in Chicago