1919 Chicago Cubs season

1919  Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Ballpark	Weeghman Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Charles Weeghman
Managers	Fred Mitchell
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The 1919 Chicago Cubs season was the 48th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 44th in the National League and the fourth season on Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman Park"). The Cubs finished 3rd in the National League with a record of 75 wins and 65 losses

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	96	44	0.686	—	51–19	45–25
New York Giants	87	53	0.621	9	46–23	41–30
Chicago Cubs	75	65	0.536	21	40–31	35–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	71	68	0.511	24½	39–31	32–37
Brooklyn Robins	69	71	0.493	27	36–34	33–37
Boston Braves	57	82	0.410	38½	29–38	28–44
St. Louis Cardinals	54	83	0.394	40½	34–35	20–48
Philadelphia Phillies	47	90	0.343	47½	26–44	21–46

Record vs. opponents

1919 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	7–13	7–13	4–16	6–14	15–5	8–11	10–10–1
Brooklyn	13–7	—	9–11	7–13	8–12	12–8–1	9–11	11–9
Chicago	13–7	11–9	—	8–12	6–14	13–7	11–9	13–7
Cincinnati	16–4	13–7	12–8	—	12–8	15–5	14–6	14–6
New York	14–6	12–8	14–6	8–12	—	14–6	11–9	14–6
Philadelphia	5–15	8–12–1	7–13	5–15	6–14	—	6–14	10–7
Pittsburgh	11–8	11–9	9–11	6–14	9–11	14–6	—	11–9
St. Louis	10–10–1	9–11	7–13	6–14	6–14	7–10	9–11	—

Roster

1919 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Pete Alexander Sweetbreads Bailey Paul Carter Phil Douglas Claude Hendrix Speed Martin Joel Newkirk Lefty Tyler Hippo Vaughn Harry Weaver		Catchers Tom Daly Bill Killefer Bob O'Farrell Infielders Charlie Deal Buck Herzog Charlie Hollocher Pete Kilduff Fred Lear Fred Merkle Charlie Pick		Outfielders Turner Barber Max Flack Bernie Friberg Lee Magee Les Mann Bill McCabe Dode Paskert Hal Reilly Dave Robertson		Manager Fred Mitchell

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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bill Killefer	103	315	90	.286	0	22
1B	Fred Merkle	133	498	133	.267	3	62
2B	Charlie Pick	75	269	65	.242	0	18
SS	Charlie Hollocher	115	430	116	.270	3	26
3B	Charlie Deal	116	405	117	.289	2	52
OF	Dode Paskert	88	270	53	.196	2	29
OF	Leslie Mann	80	299	68	.227	1	22
OF	Max Flack	116	469	138	.294	6	35

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
Lee Magee	79	267	78	.292	1	17
Turner Barber	76	230	72	.313	0	21
Buck Herzog	52	193	53	.275	0	17
Bob O'Farrell	49	125	27	.216	0	9
Dave Robertson	27	96	20	.208	1	10
Pete Kilduff	31	88	24	.273	0	8
Bill McCabe	33	84	13	.155	0	5
Fred Lear	40	76	17	.224	1	11
Tom Daly	25	50	11	.220	0	1
Bernie Friberg	8	20	4	.200	0	1
Hal Reilly	1	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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
Hippo Vaughn	38	306.2	21	14	1.79	141
Pete Alexander	30	235.0	16	11	1.72	121
Claude Hendrix	33	206.1	10	14	2.62	69
Phil Douglas	25	161.2	10	6	2.00	63
Lefty Tyler	6	30.0	2	2	2.10	9

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
Speed Martin	35	163.2	8	8	2.47	54
Paul Carter	28	85.0	5	4	2.65	17
Sweetbread Bailey	21	71.1	3	5	3.15	19
Harry Weaver	2	3.1	0	1	10.80	1

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
Joel Newkirk	1	0	0	0	13.50	1

References

• 1919 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference