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1941 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 / 1942)
70-84, Finished 6th in National League
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Scored 666 runs, Allowed 670 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77
Manager: Jimmie Wilson (70-84)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 545,159 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 97;   one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 94

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1940 / 1942 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Clyde McCullough 24 125 462 418 41 95 9 2 9 53 5 34 67 .227 .289 .323 .612 75 135 11 2 8
2 1B Babe Dahlgren 29 99 403 359 50 101 20 1 16 59 2 43 39 .281 .360 .476 .836 138 171 8 1 0
3 2B Lou Stringer 24 145 581 512 59 126 31 4 5 53 3 59 86 .246 .324 .352 .676 94 180 5 0 10
4 SS Bobby Sturgeon 21 129 453 433 45 106 15 3 0 25 5 9 30 .245 .260 .293 .553 58 127 10 0 11
5 3B Stan Hack* 31 151 694 586 111 186 33 5 7 45 10 99 40 .317 .417 .427 .844 142 250 3 1 8
6 OF Bill Nicholson* 26 147 617 532 74 135 26 1 26 98 1 82 91 .254 .357 .453 .810 131 241 8 3 0
7 OF Phil Cavarretta* 24 107 407 346 46 99 18 4 6 40 2 53 28 .286 .384 .413 .797 128 143 6 2 6
8 OF Dom Dallessandro* 27 140 559 486 73 132 36 2 6 85 3 68 37 .272 .362 .391 .753 116 190 10 1 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF Lou Novikoff 25 62 216 203 22 49 8 0 5 24 0 11 15 .241 .284 .355 .638 82 72 7 1 1
10 UT Hank Leiber 30 53 184 162 20 35 5 0 7 25 0 16 25 .216 .291 .377 .667 90 61 3 1 5
11 OF Augie Galan# 29 65 143 120 18 25 3 0 1 13 0 22 10 .208 .331 .258 .589 70 31 1 0 1
12 C Bob Scheffing 27 51 138 132 9 32 8 0 1 20 2 5 19 .242 .270 .326 .596 70 43 5 0 1
13 IF Johnny Hudson 29 50 106 99 8 20 4 0 0 6 3 3 15 .202 .225 .242 .468 34 24 3 0 4
14 OF Charlie Gilbert* 21 39 99 86 11 24 2 1 0 12 1 11 6 .279 .361 .326 .686 98 28 2 0 2
15 OF Barney Olsen 21 24 78 73 13 21 6 1 1 4 0 4 11 .288 .325 .438 .763 117 32 3 0 1
16 SS Billy Myers 30 24 74 63 10 14 1 0 1 4 1 7 25 .222 .310 .286 .596 71 18 1 1 3
17 C Greek George 28 35 67 64 4 10 2 0 0 6 0 2 10 .156 .182 .188 .369 6 12 1 0 1
18 2B Billy Herman 31 11 45 36 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 9 5 .194 .356 .250 .606 75 9 0 0 0
19 1B Eddie Waitkus* 21 12 29 28 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .179 .207 .179 .385 11 5 1 1 0
20 SS Lennie Merullo 24 7 19 17 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 .353 .421 .412 .833 139 7 0 0 0
21 1B Rip Russell 26 6 19 17 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 .294 .333 .353 .686 97 6 0 0 1
22 OF Frank Jelincich 23 4 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 1 0 0 0
23 Al Todd 39 6 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -4 1 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
24 P Claude Passeau 32 34 92 86 6 19 2 0 3 12 0 2 22 .221 .239 .349 .587 67 30 1 0 4
25 P Bill Lee 31 28 69 59 8 11 0 0 2 5 0 1 9 .186 .200 .288 .488 39 17 2 0 9
26 P Vern Olsen 23 37 67 63 7 15 2 0 1 5 0 2 10 .238 .262 .317 .579 65 20 1 0 2
27 P Jake Mooty 28 33 55 50 5 10 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 .200 .231 .220 .451 30 11 2 0 3
28 P Larry French 33 26 54 47 5 9 0 0 0 3 0 4 15 .191 .255 .191 .446 29 9 3 0 3
29 P Paul Erickson 25 32 47 46 5 7 4 0 1 2 0 0 12 .152 .152 .304 .457 29 14 2 0 1
30 P Charley Root 42 19 42 33 4 5 1 0 1 4 0 5 10 .152 .263 .273 .536 54 9 1 0 4
31 P Vallie Eaves 29 12 21 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .100 .100 .100 .200 -43 2 1 0 1
32 P Tot Pressnell 34 29 17 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .250 .200 .450 30 3 0 0 1
33 P Vance Page 35 25 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .375 .286 .661 91 2 0 0 1
34 P Johnny Schmitz 20 6 8 7 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .571 .571 .571 1.143 228 4 1 0 1
35 P Ken Raffensberger 23 10 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
36 P Russ Meers* 22 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
37 P Wimpy Quinn 23 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 187 1 0 0 0
38 P Walt Lanfranconi 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
39 P Emil Kush 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
40 P Hank Gornicki 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 P Dizzy Dean 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.5 155 5901 5230 666 1323 239 25 99 610 39 0 559 668 .253 .327 .365 .692 98 1909 102 14 98 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 5 6 4 8 2 6 2 1 5 4 5 5 5
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Claude Passeau 32 14 14 .500 3.35 34 30 4 20 3 0 231.0 262 99 86 10 52 80 1 0 2 993 105 1.359 10.2 0.4 2.0 3.1 1.54
2 SP Vern Olsen* 23 10 8 .556 3.15 37 23 10 10 2 1 185.2 202 84 65 7 59 73 1 0 2 807 112 1.406 9.8 0.3 2.9 3.5 1.24
3 SP Bill Lee 31 8 14 .364 3.76 28 22 1 12 0 1 167.1 179 87 70 6 43 62 2 0 6 723 94 1.327 9.6 0.3 2.3 3.3 1.44
4 SP Larry French* 33 5 14 .263 4.63 26 18 3 6 1 0 138.0 161 88 71 10 43 60 2 2 0 621 76 1.478 10.5 0.7 2.8 3.9 1.40
5 SP Charley Root 42 8 7 .533 5.40 19 15 4 6 0 0 106.2 133 68 64 8 37 46 0 0 1 484 65 1.594 11.2 0.7 3.1 3.9 1.24
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 RP Jake Mooty 28 8 9 .471 3.35 33 14 12 7 1 4 153.1 143 69 57 9 56 45 2 0 3 643 105 1.298 8.4 0.5 3.3 2.6 0.80
7 RP Paul Erickson 25 5 7 .417 3.70 32 15 9 7 1 1 141.0 126 70 58 2 64 85 2 0 4 615 95 1.348 8.0 0.1 4.1 5.4 1.33
8 RP Tot Pressnell 34 5 3 .625 3.09 29 1 11 0 0 1 70.0 69 26 24 2 23 27 4 0 0 301 114 1.314 8.9 0.3 3.0 3.5 1.17
9 RP Vance Page 35 2 2 .500 4.28 25 3 16 1 0 1 48.1 48 24 23 2 30 17 2 0 2 223 82 1.614 8.9 0.4 5.6 3.2 0.57
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Vallie Eaves 29 3 3 .500 3.53 12 7 1 4 0 0 58.2 56 27 23 4 21 24 3 0 0 246 100 1.313 8.6 0.6 3.2 3.7 1.14
11 Johnny Schmitz* 20 2 0 1.000 1.31 5 3 2 1 0 0 20.2 12 5 3 0 9 11 1 0 0 79 270 1.016 5.2 0.0 3.9 4.8 1.22
12 Ken Raffensberger* 23 0 1 .000 4.50 10 1 5 0 0 0 18.0 17 9 9 0 7 5 0 0 0 73 78 1.333 8.5 0.0 3.5 2.5 0.71
13 Russ Meers* 22 0 1 .000 1.12 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 2 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 30 313 0.625 5.6 0.0 0.0 5.6
14 Walt Lanfranconi 24 0 1 .000 3.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 27 117 1.500 10.5 0.0 3.0 1.5 0.50
15 Wimpy Quinn 23 0 0 7.20 3 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 3 4 4 0 3 2 0 0 1 22 49 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 3.6 0.67
16 Emil Kush 24 0 0 2.25 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 157 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
17 Hank Gornicki 30 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 78 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
18 Dizzy Dean 31 0 0 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 20 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
Team Totals 30.0 70 84 .455 3.72 155 155 81 74 8 9 1364.2 1431 670 564 60 449 548 21 2 21 5916 95 1.378 9.4 0.4 3.0 3.6 1.22
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 3 2 6 6 8 5 5 5 1 1 6
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Phil Cavarretta 24 99 8 53 6 483 463 15 5 20 .990 4.83 OF-1B
Babe Dahlgren 29 98 1004 957 38 9 84 .991 10.15 1B
Dom Dallessandro 27 131 69 62 0 300 292 4 4 0 .987 2.26 OF
Dizzy Dean 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Vallie Eaves 29 12 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Paul Erickson 25 32 24 2 21 1 1 .958 0.72 P
Larry French 33 26 29 1 26 2 0 .931 1.04 P
Augie Galan 29 31 17 11 4 49 45 2 2 0 .959 1.52 OF
Greek George 28 18 74 63 9 2 2 .973 4.00 0 C
Charlie Gilbert 21 22 0 21 1 51 51 0 0 0 1.000 2.32 OF
Hank Gornicki 30 1 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 P
Stan Hack 31 151 455 139 295 21 22 .954 2.87 3B-1B
Billy Herman 31 11 59 33 20 6 5 .898 4.82 2B
Johnny Hudson 29 40 118 41 68 9 9 .924 2.73 SS-2B-3B
Frank Jelincich 23 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 OF
Emil Kush 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Walt Lanfranconi 24 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Bill Lee 31 28 55 10 39 6 3 .891 1.75 P
Hank Leiber 30 44 23 2 5 205 192 8 5 13 .976 4.55 OF-1B
Clyde McCullough 24 119 555 481 64 10 6 .982 4.58 6 C
Russ Meers 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Lennie Merullo 24 7 31 12 18 1 5 .968 4.29 SS
Jake Mooty 28 33 39 3 36 0 6 1.000 1.18 P
Billy Myers 30 20 109 37 66 6 13 .945 5.15 SS-2B
Bill Nicholson 26 143 3 0 140 312 293 10 9 2 .971 2.12 OF
Lou Novikoff 25 54 51 0 3 95 92 3 0 0 1.000 1.76 OF
Barney Olsen 21 23 0 23 0 57 51 3 3 1 .947 2.35 OF
Vern Olsen 23 37 59 9 48 2 2 .966 1.54 P
Vance Page 35 25 14 2 12 0 0 1.000 0.56 P
Claude Passeau 32 34 52 6 45 1 4 .981 1.50 P
Tot Pressnell 34 29 14 0 13 1 1 .929 0.45 P
Wimpy Quinn 23 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Ken Raffensberger 23 10 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 0.90 P
Charley Root 42 19 18 2 16 0 2 1.000 0.95 P
Rip Russell 26 5 40 36 3 1 4 .975 7.80 1B
Bob Scheffing 27 34 148 126 17 5 1 .966 4.21 3 C
Johnny Schmitz 20 5 10 0 10 0 1 1.000 2.00 P
Lou Stringer 24 144 859 359 462 38 85 .956 5.70 2B-SS
Bobby Sturgeon 21 128 608 215 366 27 68 .956 4.54 SS-3B-2B
Eddie Waitkus 21 9 78 71 3 4 8 .949 8.22 1B
Team Totals 26.8 155 6025 4089 1756 180 370 .970 3.58 9
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 6 5
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1940 / 1942 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics