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1927 Chicago Cubs Roster (40-man)

1926 Season 1928 Season

Record: 85-68-0, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Joe McCarthy (85-68)

Ballpark: Wrigley Field

Attendance: 1,159,168 (1st of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 100
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100

Pythagorean W-L: 85-68, 750 Runs, 661 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Sparky Adams	32	us US	R	R	5' 5"	151	Aug 26, 1894	6	146	146	146	146	0	0	0	61	55	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	$10,000
Clyde Beck	27	us US	R	R	5' 10"	176	Jan 6, 1900	2	117	112	117	117	0	0	0	101	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.3	$5,000
Sheriff Blake	27	us US	B	R	6' 0"	180	Sep 17, 1899	5	32	27	32	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	$6,500
Jim Brillheart	23	us US	R	L	5' 11"	170	Sep 28, 1903	3	32	12	32	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$3,500
Guy Bush	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Aug 23, 1901	5	36	22	36	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	$7,000
Hal Carlson	35	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	May 17, 1892	11	27	22	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.9
John Churry	26	us US	R	R	5' 9"	172	Nov 26, 1900	4	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$3,750
Jimmy Cooney	32	us US	R	R	5' 11"	160	Aug 24, 1894	6	33	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$7,000
Wayland Dean	25	us US	B	R	6' 1"	178	Jun 20, 1902	4	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Woody English	21	us US	R	R	5' 10"	155	Mar 2, 1906	1st	88	82	88	85	0	0	0	0	1	84	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.3	$4,000
Howard Freigau	24	us US	R	R	5' 10"	160	Aug 1, 1902	6	30	23	30	30	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.3	$6,000
Mike González	36	cu CU	R	R	6' 1"	200	Sep 24, 1890	13	39	29	39	35	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.4	$9,500
Hank Grampp	23	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Sep 28, 1903	1st	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$2,200
Charlie Grimm	28	us US	L	L	5' 11"	173	Aug 28, 1898	11	147	146	147	147	0	0	147	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	$10,000
Fred Haney	31	us US	R	R	5' 6"	170	Apr 25, 1896	6	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0.0
Gabby Hartnett HOF	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Dec 20, 1900	6	127	124	127	125	0	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3.5	$11,000
Cliff Heathcote	29	us US	L	L	5' 10"	160	Jan 24, 1898	10	83	54	83	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	49	57	20	6	1.1	$8,000
Percy Jones	27	us US	R	L	5' 11"	175	Oct 28, 1899	6	30	11	30	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$6,500
Tony Kaufmann	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	165	Dec 16, 1900	7	9	6	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9	$8,500
Art Nehf	34	us US	L	L	5' 9"	176	Jul 31, 1892	13	8	2	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2
Bob Osborn	24	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Apr 17, 1903	3	24	12	24	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	$4,250
Eddie Pick	28	us US	B	R	6' 0"	185	May 7, 1899	3	54	46	54	51	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	-1.4	$3,300
Charlie Root	28	us US	R	R	5' 10"	190	Mar 17, 1899	3	48	36	48	48	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	$9,000
Luther Roy	24	us US	R	R	5' 10"	161	Jul 29, 1902	3	11	0	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$3,000
Pete Scott	29	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Dec 21, 1897	2	71	29	71	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	35	36	38	2	0.9	$5,500
Tommy Sewell	21	us US	L	R	5' 7"	155	Apr 16, 1906	1st	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	$3,000
Riggs Stephenson	29	us US	R	R	5' 10"	185	Jan 5, 1898	7	152	152	152	152	0	0	0	0	6	0	146	0	0	146	0	0	5.0	$7,500
Charles Tolson	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Nov 6, 1898	3	39	7	39	8	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	0.3	$4,250
Earl Webb	29	us US	L	R	6' 1"	185	Sep 17, 1897	2	102	84	102	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	78	86	16	0	3.0	$4,000
Lefty Weinert	25	us US	L	L	6' 1"	195	Apr 21, 1902	7	5	3	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$6,000
Johnny Welch	20	us US	L	R	6' 3"	184	Dec 2, 1906	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$3,000
Harry Wilke	26	us US	R	R	5' 10"	171	Dec 14, 1900	1st	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$2,250
Hack Wilson HOF	27	us US	R	R	5' 6"	190	Apr 26, 1900	5	146	146	146	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	146	0	146	0	0	6.3	$10,000
Elmer Yoter	27	us US	R	R	5' 7"	155	Jun 26, 1900	3	13	8	13	11	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Joe McCarthy HOF	40	us US	Apr 21, 1887	Manager	Apr 12	Oct 2
Mickey Doolin	47	us US	May 7, 1880		Apr 12	Oct 2
Jimmy Burke	52	us US	Oct 12, 1874	Coach	Apr 12	Oct 2
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date