1903 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
BallparkWest Side Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersJames Hart
ManagersFrank Selee
← 1902 Seasons 1904 →

The 1903 Chicago Cubs season was the 32nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 28th in the National League, and the 11th at West Side Park. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 82–56.

Regular season

1903 Chicago Cubs

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 91 49 0.650 — 46–24 45–25
New York Giants 84 55 0.604 6½ 41–27 43–28
Chicago Cubs 82 56 0.594 8 45–28 37–28
Cincinnati Reds 74 65 0.532 16½ 41–35 33–30
Brooklyn Superbas 70 66 0.515 19 40–33 30–33
Boston Beaneaters 58 80 0.420 32 31–35 27–45
Philadelphia Phillies 49 86 0.363 39½ 25–33 24–53
St. Louis Cardinals 43 94 0.314 46½ 22–45 21–49

Record vs. opponents

1903 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BRO CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 9–11 7–13–1 7–13 8–12 10–8–1 5–15 12–8
Brooklyn 11–9 — 8–12 10–10 7–12–2 11–8–1 9–11 14–4–1
Chicago 13–7–1 12–8 — 9–11 8–12 12–6 12–8 16–4
Cincinnati 13–7 10–10 11–9 — 12–10 12–8–2 4–16 12–7
New York 12–8 12–7–2 12–8 8–12 — 15–5 10–10 15–5–1
Philadelphia 8–10–1 8–11–1 6–12 8–12–2 5–15 — 4–16–1 10–10
Pittsburgh 15–5 11–9 8–12 16–4 10–10 16–4–1 — 15–5
St. Louis 8–12 4–14–1 4–16 7–12 5–15–1 10–10 5–15 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1903 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Johnny Kling 132 491 146 .297 3 68
1B Frank Chance 125 441 144 .327 2 81
2B Johnny Evers 124 464 136 .293 0 52
SS Joe Tinker 124 460 134 .291 2 70
3B Doc Casey 112 435 126 .290 1 40
OF Jimmy Slagle 139 543 162 .298 0 44
OF Davy Jones 130 497 140 .282 1 62
OF Dick Harley 104 386 89 .231 0 33

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
Otto Williams 38 130 29 .223 0 13
Bobby Lowe 32 105 28 .267 0 15
Jack McCarthy 24 101 28 .277 0 14
Tommy Raub 36 84 19 .226 0 7
John Dobbs 16 61 14 .230 0 4
Jim Cook 8 26 4 .154 0 2
Bill Hanlon 8 21 2 .095 0 2
George Moriarty 1 5 0 .000 0 0
Larry McLean 1 4 0 .000 0 1

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
Jack Taylor 37 312.1 21 14 2.45 83
Jake Weimer 35 282.0 20 8 2.30 128
Bob Wicker 32 247.0 20 9 3.02 110
Carl Lundgren 27 193.0 11 9 2.94 67
Jock Menefee 20 147.0 8 10 3.00 39
Alex Hardy 3 12.2 1 1 6.39 4
Peaches Graham 1 5.0 0 1 5.40 4
Pop Williams 1 5.0 0 1 5.40 2
Jack Doscher 1 3.0 0 1 12.00 5

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
Clarence Currie 6 33.1 1 2 2.97 9

Notes

  1. ^ Pop Williams page at Baseball-Reference

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