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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

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	91	49	.650	—	46‍–‍24	45‍–‍25
New York Giants	84	55	.604	6½	41‍–‍27	43‍–‍28
Chicago Cubs	82	56	.594	8	45‍–‍28	37‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds	74	65	.532	16½	41‍–‍35	33‍–‍30
Brooklyn Superbas	70	66	.515	19	40‍–‍33	30‍–‍33
Boston Beaneaters	58	80	.420	32	31‍–‍35	27‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies	49	86	.363	39½	25‍–‍33	24‍–‍53
St. Louis Cardinals	43	94	.314	46½	22‍–‍45	21‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1903 National League record v t e Sources:
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

April 1903: Pop Williams was purchased from the Orphans by the Philadelphia Phillies.

Roster

1903 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Clarence Currie Jack Doscher Peaches Graham Alex Hardy Carl Lundgren Jock Menefee Jack Taylor Jake Weimer Bob Wicker Pop Williams		Catchers Johnny Kling Larry McLean Tommy Raub Infielders Doc Casey Frank Chance Johnny Evers Bill Hanlon Bobby Lowe George Moriarty Joe Tinker Otto Williams		Outfielders Jim Cook John Dobbs Dick Harley Davy Jones Jack McCarthy Jimmy Slagle		Manager Frank Selee

1903 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Frank Selee

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

Pop Williams page at Baseball-Reference

References

1903 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

v t e 1903 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1903 World Series

Chicago Cubs

Established in 1874
Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans
Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise

Ballparks

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Joe Ricketts family
Chairman: Tom Ricketts
President of Baseball Operations: Jed Hoyer
General Manager: Carter Hawkins
Manager: Craig Counsell

World Series
championships (3)

National League
championships (17)

Division
championships

East (2)	1984 1989
Central (6)	2003 2007 2008 2016 2017 2020
Wild Card (3)	1998 2015 2018

Minor league
affiliates

Iowa Cubs (Triple-A)
Knoxville Smokies (Double-A)
South Bend Cubs (High-A)
Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Single-A)
ACL Cubs (Rookie)
DSL Cubs Blue (Rookie)
DSL Cubs Red (Rookie)

Broadcasting

Television

Marquee Sports Network

Radio

Radio network
- WSCR

Broadcasters

Television	Jon Sciambi Jim Deshaies Joe Girardi Beth Mowins
Radio	Pat Hughes Ron Coomer Zach Zaidman

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