# 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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 95 | 58 | .621 | — | 47‍–‍30 | 48‍–‍28 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 91 | 63 | .591 | 4½ | 46‍–‍32 | 45‍–‍31 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 87 | 67 | .565 | 8½ | 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

1923 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | 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

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
#### 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 |
| 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

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

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

* Class AA: Los Angeles Angels (Pacific Coast League; Marty Krug, manager)