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1941 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 / 1942

70-84, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmie Wilson (70-84)
Scored 666 runs, Allowed 670 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 545,159 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 93


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1940 / 1942 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Phil Cavarretta 24 L L 5' 11" 175 Jul 19, 1916 8 107 91 107 100 0 0 34 0 0 0 8 53 6 66 8 0 1.9
Babe Dahlgren 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 15, 1912 7 99 98 99 98 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.4
Dom Dallessandro 27 L L 5' 6" 168 Oct 3, 1913 3 140 125 140 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 63 0 131 9 0 2.6
Dizzy Dean HOF 31 R R 6' 2" 182 Jan 16, 1910 11 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Vallie Eaves 29 R R 6' 2" 180 Sep 6, 1911 4 12 7 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Paul Erickson 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 14, 1915 1st 32 15 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Larry French 33 R L 6' 1" 195 Nov 1, 1907 13 26 18 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Augie Galan 29 B R 6' 0" 175 May 23, 1912 8 65 24 65 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 11 5 31 34 0 -0.4
Greek George 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 25, 1912 4 35 11 35 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 -0.5
Charlie Gilbert 21 L L 5' 9" 165 Jul 8, 1919 2 39 17 39 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 22 17 0 0.3
Hank Gornicki 30 R R 6' 1" 145 Jan 14, 1911 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stan Hack 31 L R 6' 0" 170 Dec 6, 1909 10 151 150 151 151 0 0 1 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 All-Star
Billy Herman HOF 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 7, 1909 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Johnny Hudson 29 R R 5' 10" 160 Jun 30, 1912 6 50 21 50 38 0 0 0 13 10 17 0 0 0 0 11 1 -0.6
Frank Jelincich 23 R R 6' 2" 198 Sep 3, 1917 1st 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 -0.1
Emil Kush 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 4, 1916 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Walt Lanfranconi 24 R R 5' 7" 155 Nov 9, 1916 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bill Lee 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 21, 1909 8 28 22 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Hank Leiber 30 R R 6' 1" 205 Jan 17, 1911 9 53 41 53 43 0 0 15 0 0 0 23 2 5 29 10 0 -0.2 All-Star
Clyde McCullough 24 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 4, 1917 2 125 115 125 119 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.3
Russ Meers 22 L L 5' 10" 170 Nov 28, 1918 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Lennie Merullo 24 R R 5' 11" 166 May 5, 1917 1st 7 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Jake Mooty 29 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 13, 1912 4 33 14 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8
Billy Myers 30 R R 5' 8" 168 Aug 14, 1910 7 24 19 24 20 0 0 0 1 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.1
Bill Nicholson 26 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 11, 1914 4 147 143 147 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 141 143 4 0 3.8 All-Star
Lou Novikoff 25 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 12, 1915 1st 62 48 62 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 3 54 8 0 -0.2
Barney Olsen 21 R R 5' 11" 179 Sep 11, 1919 1st 24 20 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 23 1 0 0.2
Vern Olsen 23 R L 6' 0" 175 Mar 16, 1918 3 37 23 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6
Vance Page 35 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 15, 1905 4 25 3 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Claude Passeau 32 R R 6' 3" 198 Apr 9, 1909 7 34 30 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 All-Star
Tot Pressnell 34 R R 5' 10" 175 Aug 8, 1906 4 29 1 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Wimpy Quinn 23 R R 6' 2" 187 May 14, 1918 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Ken Raffensberger 23 R L 6' 2" 185 Aug 8, 1917 3 10 1 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Charlie Root 42 R R 5' 10" 190 Mar 17, 1899 17 19 15 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Rip Russell 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 26, 1915 3 6 4 6 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Bob Scheffing 27 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 11, 1913 1st 51 29 51 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 -0.1
Johnny Schmitz 20 R L 6' 0" 170 Nov 27, 1920 1st 6 3 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0
Lou Stringer 24 R R 5' 11" 173 May 13, 1917 1st 145 138 145 143 0 0 0 137 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.3
Bobby Sturgeon 21 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 6, 1919 2 129 120 129 128 0 0 0 1 1 126 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1
Al Todd 39 R R 6' 1" 198 Jan 7, 1902 10 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.1
Eddie Waitkus 21 L L 6' 0" 170 Sep 4, 1919 1st 12 7 12 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.4
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1940 / 1942 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers