# 1940 Chicago Cubs season

The 1940 Chicago Cubs season was the 69th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 65th in the National League and the 25th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 75–79.

## Offseason

* October 3, 1940: Jake Mooty was drafted by the Cubs from the Syracuse Stars in the 1939 rule 5 draft.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 100 | 53 | .654 | — | 55‍–‍21 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 88 | 65 | .575 | 12 | 41‍–‍37 | 47‍–‍28 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 69 | .549 | 16 | 41‍–‍36 | 43‍–‍33 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 76 | .506 | 22½ | 40‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍42 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25½ | 40‍–‍37 | 35‍–‍42 |
| New York Giants | 72 | 80 | .474 | 27½ | 33‍–‍43 | 39‍–‍37 |
| Boston Bees | 65 | 87 | .428 | 34½ | 35‍–‍40 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 103 | .327 | 50 | 24‍–‍55 | 26‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1940 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 8–14 | 9–12 | 7–15 | 15–6 | 9–13 | 8–14 |
| Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 8–14–1 | 16–5 | 17–5 | 15–7–1 | 9–13–1 |
| Chicago | 14–8 | 12–10 | — | 6–16 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 8–14 |
| Cincinnati | 12–9 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 | — | 15–7 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 12–10–1 |
| New York | 15–7 | 5–16 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–10 |
| Philadelphia | 6–15 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 6–16 | 6–16 |
| Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 7–15–1 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 16–6 | — | 15–7–1 |
| St. Louis | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 10–12–1 | 10–11 | 16–6 | 7–15–1 | — |

### 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 | Al Todd | 104 | 381 | 97 | .255 | 6 | 42 |
| 1B | Phil Cavarretta | 65 | 193 | 54 | .280 | 2 | 22 |
| 2B | Billy Herman | 135 | 558 | 163 | .292 | 5 | 57 |
| SS | Bobby Mattick | 128 | 441 | 96 | .218 | 0 | 33 |
| 3B | Stan Hack | 149 | 603 | 191 | .317 | 8 | 40 |
| OF | Bill Nicholson | 135 | 491 | 146 | .297 | 25 | 98 |
| OF | Jim Gleeson | 129 | 485 | 152 | .313 | 5 | 61 |
| OF | Hank Leiber | 117 | 440 | 133 | .302 | 17 | 86 |

#### 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 |
| Dom Dallessandro | 107 | 287 | 77 | .268 | 1 | 36 |
| Rip Russell | 68 | 215 | 53 | .247 | 5 | 33 |
| Augie Galan | 68 | 209 | 48 | .230 | 3 | 22 |
| Zeke Bonura | 49 | 182 | 48 | .264 | 4 | 20 |
| Rabbit Warstler | 45 | 159 | 36 | .226 | 1 | 18 |
| Rip Collins | 47 | 120 | 25 | .208 | 1 | 14 |
| Gabby Hartnett | 37 | 64 | 17 | .266 | 1 | 12 |
| Billy Rogell | 33 | 59 | 8 | .136 | 1 | 3 |
| Clyde McCullough | 9 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Sturgeon | 7 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 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 |
| Claude Passeau | 46 | 280.2 | 20 | 13 | 2.50 | 124 |
| Larry French | 40 | 246.0 | 14 | 14 | 3.29 | 107 |
| Bill Lee | 37 | 211.1 | 9 | 17 | 5.03 | 70 |
| Dizzy Dean | 10 | 54.0 | 3 | 3 | 5.17 | 18 |

#### 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 |
| Vern Olsen | 34 | 172.2 | 13 | 9 | 2.97 | 71 |
| Ken Raffensberger | 43 | 114.2 | 7 | 9 | 3.38 | 55 |
| Jake Mooty | 20 | 114.0 | 6 | 6 | 2.92 | 42 |
| Charlie Root | 36 | 112.0 | 2 | 4 | 3.86 | 50 |

#### 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 |
| Vance Page | 30 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4.42 | 22 |
| Clay Bryant | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.78 | 5 |
| Julio Bonetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Jigger Statz |
| A1 | Tulsa Oilers | Texas League | Roy Johnson |
| B | Moline Plowboys | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Mike Gazella |
| C | St. Joseph Saints | Western Association | Keith Frazier |
| D | Greeneville Burley Cubs | Appalachian League | Sam Alexander and Hubert Stolper |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Joseph