1933 Chicago Cubs season

1933 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Philip K. Wrigley
Manager(s)	Charlie Grimm
Local television	none
Local radio	WGN WBBM WMAQ WCFL WIBO
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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.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	91	61	0.599	—	48–27	43–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	0.565	5	50–27	37–40
Chicago Cubs	86	68	0.558	6	56–23	30–45
Boston Braves	83	71	0.539	9	45–31	38–40
St. Louis Cardinals	82	71	0.536	9½	47–30	35–41
Brooklyn Dodgers	65	88	0.425	26½	36–41	29–47
Philadelphia Phillies	60	92	0.395	31	32–40	28–52
Cincinnati Reds	58	94	0.382	33	37–42	21–52

Record vs. opponents

1933 National League Records 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

1933 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 17 Guy Bush 21 Burleigh Grimes 34 Roy Henshaw 21 Leroy Herrmann 18 Pat Malone 23 Lynn Nelson 42 Beryl Richmond 19 Charlie Root 22 Bud Tinning 16 Lon Warneke 41 Carroll Yerkes		Catchers 15 Gilly Campbell  9 Gabby Hartnett 61 Babe Phelps 14 Zack Taylor Infielders 41 Dolph Camilli  1 Woody English  7 Charlie Grimm 49 Stan Hack  8 Harvey Hendrick  2 Billy Herman 11 Billy Jurges 12 Mark Koenig		Outfielders  3 Kiki Cuyler  6 Frank Demaree 31 Taylor Douthit  4 Babe Herman 31 Jim Mosolf  5 Riggs Stephenson		Manager  7 Charlie Grimm Coaches 51 Red Corriden 42 Charley O'Leary 56 Johnny Schulte

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
1B	Grimm, CharlieCharlie Grimm	107	384	95	.247	3	37
OF	Herman, BabeBabe Herman	137	508	147	.289	16	93

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
Taylor, ZackZack Taylor	16	11	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
Bush, GuyGuy Bush	41	259	20	12	2.75	84

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
Grimes, BurleighBurleigh 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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Los Angeles Angels	Pacific Coast League	Jack Lelivelt

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Los Angeles^[2]

References

1. Bob Smith page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1933 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference