1929 Chicago Cubs

Roster of 31 · every name linked to a full player profile

W–L summed from pitcher decisions in the corpus.

Record

98–54

Runs

982

Home runs

139

Team AVG

.303

Team ERA

4.16

Pitching K

548

Postseason

5 games

Best by VAL

VAL is shown only for players who spent the whole season with this club.

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Woody EnglishSS	144	608	131	168	1	52	13	.276	.691	7.9
Rogers Hornsby2B	156	602	156	229	39	149	2	.380	1.138	20.0
Hack WilsonOF	150	574	135	198	39	159	3	.345	1.043	18.7
Kiki CuylerRF	139	509	111	183	15	102	43	.360	.970	15.1
Norm McMillan3B	124	495	77	134	5	55	13	.271	.716	7.2
Riggs StephensonOF	136	495	91	179	17	110	10	.362	1.007	14.7
Charlie Grimm1B	120	463	66	138	10	91	3	.298	.794	9.1
Cliff HeathcoteRF	84	224	45	70	2	31	9	.313	.799	4.8
Zack TaylorC	65	215	29	59	1	31	0	.274	.727	—
Clyde Beck3B	54	190	28	40	0	9	3	.211	.529	1.2
Mike GonzalezC	60	167	15	40	0	18	1	.240	.574	1.3
Charles Tolson1B	32	109	13	28	1	19	0	.257	.655	1.4
Pat MaloneP	40	105	8	22	2	11	0	.210	.534	14.2
Charlie RootP	43	96	8	15	1	15	0	.156	.492	13.8
Guy BushP	50	91	5	15	0	3	1	.165	.356	12.1
Sheriff BlakeP	38	81	11	14	0	4	0	.173	.410	8.1
Earl GraceC	27	80	7	20	2	17	0	.250	.671	—
Clarence Blair2B	27	72	10	23	1	8	1	.319	.778	—
Johnny SchulteC	31	69	6	18	0	9	0	.261	.633	0.7
Johnny MooreRF	37	63	13	18	2	8	0	.286	.735	1.5
Art NehfP	32	45	3	13	0	5	0	.289	.716	4.8
Hal CarlsonP	31	39	4	9	0	8	0	.231	.550	6.4
Gabby HartnettC	26	22	2	6	1	9	1	.273	.998	—
Tom AngleyC	5	16	1	4	0	6	0	.250	.646	—
Mike CvengrosP	33	15	5	6	0	1	0	.400	.938	4.9
Claude JonnardP	12	10	1	2	0	2	0	.200	.700	0.1
Trader HorneP	11	5	1	2	0	0	0	.400	.800	0.8
Bob OsbornP	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.500	—
Ken PennerP	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	.250	.500	—
Danny TaylorOF	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	—

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Charlie RootP	43	31	19	6	5	272.0	124	3.47	13.8
Guy BushP	50	30	18	7	8	270.2	82	3.66	12.1
Pat MaloneP	40	30	22	10	2	267.0	166	3.57	14.2
Sheriff BlakeP	35	29	14	13	1	218.1	70	4.29	8.1
Art NehfP	32	14	8	5	1	120.2	27	5.59	4.8
Hal CarlsonP	31	13	11	5	2	111.2	35	5.16	6.4
Mike CvengrosP	32	4	5	4	2	64.0	23	4.64	4.9
Claude JonnardP	12	2	0	1	0	27.2	11	7.48	0.1
Trader HorneP	11	1	1	1	0	23.0	6	5.09	0.8
Ken PennerP	5	0	0	1	0	12.2	3	2.84	—
Bob OsbornP	3	1	0	0	0	9.0	1	3.00	—
Hank GramppP	1	1	0	1	0	2.0	0	27.00	—

Players traded mid-season are listed with their numbers for this club only.

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Woody EnglishSS	144	608	131	168	1	52	13	.276	.691	7.9
Rogers Hornsby2B	156	602	156	229	39	149	2	.380	1.138	20.0
Hack WilsonOF	150	574	135	198	39	159	3	.345	1.043	18.7
Kiki CuylerRF	139	509	111	183	15	102	43	.360	.970	15.1
Norm McMillan3B	124	495	77	134	5	55	13	.271	.716	7.2
Riggs StephensonOF	136	495	91	179	17	110	10	.362	1.007	14.7
Charlie Grimm1B	120	463	66	138	10	91	3	.298	.794	9.1
Cliff HeathcoteRF	84	224	45	70	2	31	9	.313	.799	4.8
Zack TaylorC	65	215	29	59	1	31	0	.274	.727	—
Clyde Beck3B	54	190	28	40	0	9	3	.211	.529	1.2
Mike GonzalezC	60	167	15	40	0	18	1	.240	.574	1.3
Charles Tolson1B	32	109	13	28	1	19	0	.257	.655	1.4
Pat MaloneP	40	105	8	22	2	11	0	.210	.534	14.2
Charlie RootP	43	96	8	15	1	15	0	.156	.492	13.8
Guy BushP	50	91	5	15	0	3	1	.165	.356	12.1
Sheriff BlakeP	38	81	11	14	0	4	0	.173	.410	8.1
Earl GraceC	27	80	7	20	2	17	0	.250	.671	—
Clarence Blair2B	27	72	10	23	1	8	1	.319	.778	—
Johnny SchulteC	31	69	6	18	0	9	0	.261	.633	0.7
Johnny MooreRF	37	63	13	18	2	8	0	.286	.735	1.5
Art NehfP	32	45	3	13	0	5	0	.289	.716	4.8
Hal CarlsonP	31	39	4	9	0	8	0	.231	.550	6.4
Gabby HartnettC	26	22	2	6	1	9	1	.273	.998	—
Tom AngleyC	5	16	1	4	0	6	0	.250	.646	—
Mike CvengrosP	33	15	5	6	0	1	0	.400	.938	4.9
Claude JonnardP	12	10	1	2	0	2	0	.200	.700	0.1
Trader HorneP	11	5	1	2	0	0	0	.400	.800	0.8
Bob OsbornP	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.500	—
Ken PennerP	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	.250	.500	—
Danny TaylorOF	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	—

Pitching

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Charlie RootP	43	31	19	6	5	272.0	124	3.47	13.8
Guy BushP	50	30	18	7	8	270.2	82	3.66	12.1
Pat MaloneP	40	30	22	10	2	267.0	166	3.57	14.2
Sheriff BlakeP	35	29	14	13	1	218.1	70	4.29	8.1
Art NehfP	32	14	8	5	1	120.2	27	5.59	4.8
Hal CarlsonP	31	13	11	5	2	111.2	35	5.16	6.4
Mike CvengrosP	32	4	5	4	2	64.0	23	4.64	4.9
Claude JonnardP	12	2	0	1	0	27.2	11	7.48	0.1
Trader HorneP	11	1	1	1	0	23.0	6	5.09	0.8
Ken PennerP	5	0	0	1	0	12.2	3	2.84	—
Bob OsbornP	3	1	0	0	0	9.0	1	3.00	—
Hank GramppP	1	1	0	1	0	2.0	0	27.00	—