1923 Chicago Cubs season

The 1923 Chicago Cubs season was the 52nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 48th in the National League and the eighth at Wrigley Field (then known as "Cubs Park"). The Cubs finished fourth in the National League with a record of 83–71.

1923 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
BallparkCubs Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersWilliam Wrigley Jr.
ManagersBill Killefer
← 1922 Seasons 1924 →

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 95 58 .621 47‍–‍30 48‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds 91 63 .591 46‍–‍32 45‍–‍31
Pittsburgh Pirates 87 67 .565 47‍–‍30 40‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs 83 71 .539 12½ 46‍–‍31 37‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals 79 74 .516 16 42‍–‍35 37‍–‍39
Brooklyn Robins 76 78 .494 19½ 37‍–‍40 39‍–‍38
Boston Braves 54 100 .351 41½ 22‍–‍55 32‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies 50 104 .325 45½ 20‍–‍55 30‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

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Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 8–14 6–16 7–15 6–16 13–9 5–17 9–13–1
Brooklyn 14–8 10–12 8–14 11–11 12–10–1 11–11 10–12
Chicago 16–6 12–10 9–13 10–12 13–9 11–11 12–10
Cincinnati 15–7 14–8 13–9 12–10 19–3 8–14 10–12
New York 16–6 11–11 12–10 10–12 19–3 13–9 14–7
Philadelphia 9–13 10–12–1 9–13 3–19 3–19 9–13 7–15
Pittsburgh 17–5 11–11 11–11 14–8 9–13 13–9 12–10
St. Louis 13–9–1 12–10 10–12 12–10 7–14 15–7 10–12


Roster

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1923 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Bob O'Farrell 131 452 144 .319 12 84
1B Ray Grimes 64 216 71 .329 2 36
2B George Grantham 152 570 160 .281 8 70
SS Sparky Adams 95 311 90 .289 4 35
3B Bernie Friberg 146 547 174 .318 12 88
OF Cliff Heathcote 117 393 98 .249 1 27
OF Jigger Statz 154 655 209 .319 10 70
OF Hack Miller 135 488 146 .301 20 88

Other batters

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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
Charlie Hollocher 66 260 89 .342 1 28
Gabby Hartnett 85 231 62 .268 8 39
John Kelleher 66 193 59 .306 6 21
Allen Elliott 53 168 42 .250 2 29
Marty Callaghan 61 129 29 .225 0 14
Otto Vogel 41 81 17 .210 1 6
Denver Grigsby 24 72 21 .292 0 5
Butch Weis 22 26 6 .231 0 2
Pete Turgeon 3 6 1 .167 0 0
Kettle Wirts 5 5 1 .200 0 1
Tony Murray 2 4 1 .250 0 0
Bob Barrett 3 3 1 .333 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Pete Alexander 39 305.0 22 12 3.19 72
Vic Aldridge 30 217.0 16 9 3.48 64
Tony Kaufmann 33 206.1 14 10 3.10 72
Rip Wheeler 3 24.0 1 2 4.88 5
Phil Collins 1 5.0 1 0 3.60 2

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tiny Osborne 37 179.2 8 15 4.56 69
Vic Keen 35 177.0 12 8 3.00 46
Nick Dumovich 28 94.0 3 5 4.60 23
Virgil Cheeves 19 71.1 3 4 6.18 13

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Fred Fussell 28 3 5 3 5.54 38
George Stueland 6 0 1 0 5.63 2
Ed Stauffer 1 0 0 0 13.50 0
Guy Bush 1 0 0 0 0.00 2

Farm system

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