# 1933 Chicago Cubs season

The 1933 Chicago Cubs season was the 62nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 58th in the National League and the 18th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 86–68.

## Offseason

* November 30, 1932: Bob Smith, Rollie Hemsley, Johnny Moore and Lance Richbourg were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Babe Herman.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 91 | 61 | .599 | — | 48‍–‍27 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 87 | 67 | .565 | 5 | 50‍–‍27 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Chicago Cubs | 86 | 68 | .558 | 6 | 56‍–‍23 | 30‍–‍45 |
| Boston Braves | 83 | 71 | .539 | 9 | 45‍–‍31 | 38‍–‍40 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 82 | 71 | .536 | 9½ | 47‍–‍30 | 35‍–‍41 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 65 | 88 | .425 | 26½ | 36‍–‍41 | 29‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 60 | 92 | .395 | 31 | 32‍–‍40 | 28‍–‍52 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 58 | 94 | .382 | 33 | 37‍–‍42 | 21‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1933 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 13–9–1 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 15–7 |
| Brooklyn | 9–13–1 | — | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 8–14–2 | 13–9 | 7–15 | 9–12 |
| Chicago | 15–7 | 13–9 | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 11–11 |
| Cincinnati | 10–12 | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | — | 4–17 | 7–14 | 7–15 | 7–15 |
| New York | 10–12–1 | 14–8–2 | 13–9 | 17–4 | — | 15–6 | 13–9 | 9–13–1 |
| Philadelphia | 11–11 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 14–7 | 6–15 | — | 7–15 | 6–16 |
| Pittsburgh | 9–13 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 9–13 | 15–7 | — | 14–8 |
| St. Louis | 7–15 | 12–9 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 | 16–6 | 8–14 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Gabby Hartnett | 140 | 490 | 135 | .276 | 16 | 88 |
| 1B | Charlie Grimm | 107 | 384 | 95 | .247 | 3 | 37 |
| 2B | Billy Herman | 153 | 619 | 173 | .279 | 0 | 44 |
| SS | Billy Jurges | 143 | 487 | 131 | .269 | 5 | 50 |
| 3B | Woody English | 105 | 398 | 104 | .261 | 3 | 41 |
| OF | Riggs Stephenson | 97 | 346 | 114 | .329 | 4 | 51 |
| OF | Babe Herman | 137 | 508 | 147 | .289 | 16 | 93 |
| OF | Frank Demaree | 134 | 515 | 140 | .272 | 6 | 51 |

#### 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 |
| Kiki Cuyler | 70 | 262 | 83 | .317 | 5 | 35 |
| Mark Koenig | 80 | 218 | 62 | ..284 | 3 | 25 |
| Harvey Hendrick | 69 | 189 | 55 | .291 | 4 | 23 |
| Gilly Campbell | 46 | 89 | 25 | .281 | 1 | 10 |
| Jim Mosolf | 31 | 82 | 22 | .268 | 1 | 9 |
| Taylor Douthit | 27 | 71 | 16 | .225 | 0 | 5 |
| Stan Hack | 20 | 60 | 21 | .350 | 1 | 2 |
| Dolph Camilli | 16 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 2 | 7 |
| Zack Taylor | 16 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Phelps | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Lon Warneke | 36 | 287.1 | 18 | 13 | 2.00 | 133 |
| Guy Bush | 41 | 259.0 | 20 | 12 | 2.75 | 84 |
| Charlie Root | 35 | 242.1 | 15 | 10 | 2.60 | 86 |
| Pat Malone | 31 | 186.1 | 10 | 14 | 3.91 | 72 |

#### 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 |
| Bud Tinning | 32 | 175.1 | 13 | 6 | 3.18 | 59 |
| Burleigh Grimes | 17 | 69.2 | 3 | 6 | 3.49 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Lynn Nelson | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3.21 | 20 |
| Roy Henshaw | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.19 | 16 |
| Leroy Herrmann | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.57 | 4 |
| Beryl Richmond | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 2 |
| Carroll Yerkes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Jack Lelivelt |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Los Angeles