# 1919 Chicago Cubs season

The 1919 Chicago Cubs season was the 48th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 44th in the National League and the fourth season on Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman Park"). The Cubs finished 3rd in the National League with a record of 75 wins and 65 losses

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 96 | 44 | .686 | — | 51‍–‍19 | 45‍–‍25 |
| New York Giants | 87 | 53 | .621 | 9 | 46‍–‍23 | 41‍–‍30 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 65 | .536 | 21 | 40‍–‍31 | 35‍–‍34 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 71 | 68 | .511 | 24½ | 39‍–‍31 | 32‍–‍37 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 69 | 71 | .493 | 27 | 36‍–‍34 | 33‍–‍37 |
| Boston Braves | 57 | 82 | .410 | 38½ | 29‍–‍38 | 28‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 54 | 83 | .394 | 40½ | 34‍–‍35 | 20‍–‍48 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | 90 | .343 | 47½ | 26‍–‍44 | 21‍–‍46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1919 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 7–13 | 7–13 | 4–16 | 6–14 | 15–5 | 8–11 | 10–10–1 |
| Brooklyn | 13–7 | — | 9–11 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 12–8–1 | 9–11 | 11–9 |
| Chicago | 13–7 | 11–9 | — | 8–12 | 6–14 | 13–7 | 11–9 | 13–7 |
| Cincinnati | 16–4 | 13–7 | 12–8 | — | 12–8 | 15–5 | 14–6 | 14–6 |
| New York | 14–6 | 12–8 | 14–6 | 8–12 | — | 14–6 | 11–9 | 14–6 |
| Philadelphia | 5–15 | 8–12–1 | 7–13 | 5–15 | 6–14 | — | 6–14 | 10–7 |
| Pittsburgh | 11–8 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 6–14 | 9–11 | 14–6 | — | 11–9 |
| St. Louis | 10–10–1 | 9–11 | 7–13 | 6–14 | 6–14 | 7–10 | 9–11 | — |

### 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 | Bill Killefer | 103 | 315 | 90 | .286 | 0 | 22 |
| 1B | Fred Merkle | 133 | 498 | 133 | .267 | 3 | 62 |
| 2B | Charlie Pick | 75 | 269 | 65 | .242 | 0 | 18 |
| SS | Charlie Hollocher | 115 | 430 | 116 | .270 | 3 | 26 |
| 3B | Charlie Deal | 116 | 405 | 117 | .289 | 2 | 52 |
| OF | Dode Paskert | 88 | 270 | 53 | .196 | 2 | 29 |
| OF | Leslie Mann | 80 | 299 | 68 | .227 | 1 | 22 |
| OF | Max Flack | 116 | 469 | 138 | .294 | 6 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| Lee Magee | 79 | 267 | 78 | .292 | 1 | 17 |
| Turner Barber | 76 | 230 | 72 | .313 | 0 | 21 |
| Buck Herzog | 52 | 193 | 53 | .275 | 0 | 17 |
| Bob O'Farrell | 49 | 125 | 27 | .216 | 0 | 9 |
| Dave Robertson | 27 | 96 | 20 | .208 | 1 | 10 |
| Pete Kilduff | 31 | 88 | 24 | .273 | 0 | 8 |
| Bill McCabe | 33 | 84 | 13 | .155 | 0 | 5 |
| Fred Lear | 40 | 76 | 17 | .224 | 1 | 11 |
| Tom Daly | 25 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 0 | 1 |
| Bernie Friberg | 8 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Hal Reilly | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Hippo Vaughn | 38 | 306.2 | 21 | 14 | 1.79 | 141 |
| Pete Alexander | 30 | 235.0 | 16 | 11 | 1.72 | 121 |
| Claude Hendrix | 33 | 206.1 | 10 | 14 | 2.62 | 69 |
| Phil Douglas | 25 | 161.2 | 10 | 6 | 2.00 | 63 |
| Lefty Tyler | 6 | 30.0 | 2 | 2 | 2.10 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| Speed Martin | 35 | 163.2 | 8 | 8 | 2.47 | 54 |
| Paul Carter | 28 | 85.0 | 5 | 4 | 2.65 | 17 |
| Sweetbread Bailey | 21 | 71.1 | 3 | 5 | 3.15 | 19 |
| Harry Weaver | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 10.80 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Joel Newkirk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |