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1941 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940/1942) 70-84, Finished 6th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 666 runs, Allowed 670 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77 Managed by Jimmie Wilson Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 545,159 (5th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 97   (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 94   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Clyde McCullough    24  125  418   41   95   9  2   9   53  34   67  .227  .289  .323   5      11   2   8           75
1B  Babe Dahlgren       29   99  359   50  101  20  1  16   59  43   39  .281  .360  .476   2       8   1   0          138
2B  Lou Stringer        24  145  512   59  126  31  4   5   53  59   86  .246  .324  .352   3       5   0  10           94
3B *Stan Hack           31  151  586  111  186  33  5   7   45  99   40  .317  .417  .427  10       3   1   8          142
SS  Bobby Sturgeon      21  129  433   45  106  15  3   0   25   9   30  .245  .260  .293   5      10   0  11           58
OF *Bill Nicholson      26  147  532   74  135  26  1  26   98  82   91  .254  .357  .453   1       8   3   0          131
OF *Dom Dallessandro    27  140  486   73  132  36  2   6   85  68   37  .272  .362  .391   3      10   1   4          116
OF *Phil Cavarretta     24  107  346   46   99  18  4   6   40  53   28  .286  .384  .413   2       6   2   6          128
    Lou Novikoff        25   62  203   22   49   8  0   5   24  11   15  .241  .284  .355   0       7   1   1           82
    Hank Leiber         30   53  162   20   35   5  0   7   25  16   25  .216  .291  .377   0       3   1   5           90
    Bob Scheffing       27   51  132    9   32   8  0   1   20   5   19  .242  .270  .326   2       5   0   1           70
   #Augie Galan         29   65  120   18   25   3  0   1   13  22   10  .208  .331  .258   0       1   0   1           70
    Johnny Hudson       29   50   99    8   20   4  0   0    6   3   15  .202  .225  .242   3       3   0   4           34
   *Charlie Gilbert     21   39   86   11   24   2  1   0   12  11    6  .279  .361  .326   1       2   0   2           98
    Barney Olsen        21   24   73   13   21   6  1   1    4   4   11  .288  .325  .438   0       3   0   1          117
    Greek George        28   35   64    4   10   2  0   0    6   2   10  .156  .182  .188   0       1   0   1            6
    Billy Myers         30   24   63   10   14   1  0   1    4   7   25  .222  .310  .286   1       1   1   3           71
    Billy Herman        31   11   36    4    7   0  1   0    0   9    5  .194  .356  .250   0       0   0   0           75
   *Eddie Waitkus       21   12   28    1    5   0  0   0    0   0    3  .179  .207  .179   0       1   1   0           11
    Lennie Merullo      24    7   17    3    6   1  0   0    1   2    0  .353  .421  .412   1       0   0   0          139
    Rip Russell         26    6   17    1    5   1  0   0    1   1    5  .294  .333  .353   0       0   0   1           97
    Frank Jelincich     23    4    8    0    1   0  0   0    2   1    2  .125  .222  .125   0       0   0   0            1
    Al Todd             39    6    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0       0   0   0           -4

    Claude Passeau      32   34   86    6   19   2  0   3   12   2   22  .221  .239  .349   0       1   0   4           67
    Vern Olsen          23   37   63    7   15   2  0   1    5   2   10  .238  .262  .317   0       1   0   2           65
    Bill Lee            31   28   59    8   11   0  0   2    5   1    9  .186  .200  .288   0       2   0   9           39
    Jake Mooty          28   33   50    5   10   1  0   0    1   2    7  .200  .231  .220   0       2   0   3           30
    Larry French        33   26   47    5    9   0  0   0    3   4   15  .191  .255  .191   0       3   0   3           29
    Paul Erickson       25   32   46    5    7   4  0   1    2   0   12  .152  .152  .304   0       2   0   1           29
    Charley Root        42   19   33    4    5   1  0   1    4   5   10  .152  .263  .273   0       1   0   4           54
    Vallie Eaves        29   12   20    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    7  .100  .100  .100   0       1   0   1          -43
    Tot Pressnell       34   29   15    1    3   0  0   0    0   1    1  .200  .250  .200   0       0   0   1           30
    Vance Page          35   25    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    1  .286  .375  .286   0       0   0   1           91
    Johnny Schmitz      20    6    7    1    4   0  0   0    2   0    0  .571  .571  .571   0       1   0   1          228
    Ken Raffensberger   23   10    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   1         -100
   *Russ Meers          22    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Wimpy Quinn         23    3    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0       0   0   0          187
    Emil Kush           24    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Walt Lanfranconi    24    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.5  155 5230  666 1323 239 25  99  610 559  670  .253  .325  .365  39     102  14  98          103
    Rank among 8 NL teams          7    5    6   4  8   2        2    1     5     4     5   6                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Claude Passeau      32  34   3.35  14  14  0  30   4  20   3  231.0  262   99   86  10   52   80  993   2   1  0     105
SP *Vern Olsen          23  37   3.15  10   8  1  23  10  10   2  185.7  202   84   65   7   59   73  807   2   1  0     112
SP  Bill Lee            31  28   3.76   8  14  1  22   1  12   0  167.3  179   87   70   6   43   62  723   6   2  0      94
SP *Larry French        33  26   4.63   5  14  0  18   3   6   1  138.0  161   88   71  10   43   60  621   0   2  2      76
SP  Charley Root        42  19   5.40   8   7  0  15   4   6   0  106.7  133   68   64   8   37   46  484   1   0  0      65
SP  Vallie Eaves        29  12   3.53   3   3  0   7   1   4   0   58.7   56   27   23   4   21   24  246   0   3  0     100

RP  Tot Pressnell       34  29   3.09   5   3  1   1  11   0   0   70.0   69   26   24   2   23   27  301   0   4  0     114
RP  Vance Page          35  25   4.28   2   2  1   3  16   1   0   48.3   48   24   23   2   30   17  223   2   2  0      82
RP  Jake Mooty          28  33   3.35   8   9  4  14  12   7   1  153.3  143   69   57   9   56   45  643   3   2  0     105
RP  Paul Erickson       25  32   3.70   5   7  1  15   9   7   1  141.0  126   70   58   2   64   85  615   4   2  0      95

   *Johnny Schmitz      20   5   1.31   2   0  0   3   2   1   0   20.7   12    5    3   0    9   11   79   0   1  0     270
   *Ken Raffensberger   23  10   4.50   0   1  0   1   5   0   0   18.0   17    9    9   0    7    5   73   0   0  0      78
   *Russ Meers          22   1   1.13   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    8.0    5    2    1   0    0    5   30   0   1  0     313
    Walt Lanfranconi    24   2   3.00   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    6.0    7    3    2   0    2    1   27   0   0  0     117
    Wimpy Quinn         23   3   7.20   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    5.0    3    4    4   0    3    2   22   1   0  0      49
    Emil Kush           24   2   2.25   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    2    1    1   0    0    2   14   0   0  0     157
    Hank Gornicki       30   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    3    1    1   0    0    2    8   0   0  0      78
    Dizzy Dean          31   1  18.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    1.0    3    3    2   0    0    1    7   0   0  0      20
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.0 155   3.72  70  84  9 155  81  74   8 1364.0 1431  670  564  60  449  548 5916  21  21  2      95
    Rank among 8 NL teams           5   6   3  6           2   6      8    5    5        1    1    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CMcCullough 119 481 64 10 6 .982 6 BScheffing 34 126 17 5 1 .966 3 GGeorge 18 63 9 2 2 .973 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 670 90 17 9 .978 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDahlgren 98 957 38 9 84 .991 10.15 PCavarretta 33 335 12 4 18 .989 10.52 HLeiber 15 140 7 3 13 .980 9.80 EWaitkus 9 71 3 4 8 .949 8.22 RRussell 5 36 3 1 4 .975 7.80 SHack 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1540 63 21 127 .987 10.58 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .962 5.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LStringer 137 356 455 34 84 .960 5.92 JHudson 13 15 23 3 3 .927 2.92 BHerman 11 33 20 6 5 .898 4.82 BMyers 1 4 6 0 1 1.000 10.00 BSturgeon 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 408 504 43 93 .955 6.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .949 3.16 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SHack 150 138 295 21 22 .954 2.89 JHudson 10 4 18 1 0 .957 2.20 BSturgeon 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 142 313 22 22 .954 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .951 4.82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BSturgeon 126 215 366 27 68 .956 4.61 BMyers 19 33 60 6 12 .939 4.89 JHudson 17 22 27 5 6 .907 2.88 LMerullo 7 12 18 1 5 .968 4.29 LStringer 7 3 7 4 1 .714 1.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 285 478 43 92 .947 5.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .975 2.15 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BNicholson 143 293 10 9 2 .971 2.12 3 0 140 DDallessand 131 292 4 4 0 .987 2.26 69 62 0 PCavarretta 66 128 3 1 2 .992 1.98 8 53 6 LNovikoff 54 92 3 0 0 1.000 1.76 51 0 3 AGalan 31 45 2 2 0 .959 1.52 17 11 4 HLeiber 29 52 1 2 0 .964 1.83 23 2 5 BOlsen 23 51 3 3 1 .947 2.35 0 23 0 CGilbert 22 51 0 0 0 1.000 2.32 0 21 1 FJelincich 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 2 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1005 26 21 5 .980 2.27 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .965 2.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CPasseau 34 6 45 1 4 .981 1.99 VOlsen 37 9 48 2 2 .966 2.76 BLee 28 10 39 6 3 .891 2.64 JMooty 33 3 36 0 6 1.000 2.29 PErickson 32 2 21 1 1 .958 1.47 LFrench 26 1 26 2 0 .931 1.76 CRoot 19 2 16 0 2 1.000 1.52 TPressnell 29 0 13 1 1 .929 1.67 VEaves 12 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.92 VPage 25 2 12 0 0 1.000 2.61 JSchmitz 5 0 10 0 1 1.000 4.35 KRaffensber 10 2 7 0 1 1.000 4.50 RMeers 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 WLanfrancon 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 WQuinn 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 EKush 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HGornicki 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 DDean 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 39 282 13 22 .961 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Hack .317 On-base % Hack .417 Slugging % Nicholson .453 OPS Hack .844 Games Hack 151 At Bats Hack 586 Plate Appearances (approx.) Hack 694 Runs Hack 111 Hits Hack 186 Total Bases Hack 250 Doubles Dallessandro 36 Triples Hack 5 Home Runs Nicholson 26 RBI Nicholson 98 Bases on Balls Hack 99 Strikeouts Nicholson 91 Stolen Bases Hack 10 Singles Hack 141 Adjusted OPS+ Hack 142 Runs Created Hack 104 Adjusted Batting Runs Hack 38 Batting Wins Hack 3.9 Extra-Base Hits Nicholson 53 Times on Base Hack 286 Offensive Win% Hack .711 Hit By Pitch Nicholson 3 Sac. Hits Sturgeon 11 Grounded into Double Plays McCullough 11 Power/Speed Number Hack 8.2 At Bats per Strikeout Hack 14.7 At Bats per Home Run Nicholson 20.5 Outs Hack 411

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Olsen 3.15 Wins Passeau 14 Won-Loss % Olsen .556 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Lee 1.327 Hits Allowed/9IP Lee 9.63 Bases on Balls/9IP Passeau 2.03 Strikeouts/9IP Olsen 3.54 Games Olsen 37 Saves Mooty 4 Innings Passeau 231.0 Strikeouts Erickson 85 Games Started Passeau 30 Comp. Games Passeau 20 Shutouts Passeau 3 Home Runs Allow. French and Passeau 10 Bases On Balls Allow. Erickson 64 Hits Allowed Passeau 262 SO to Walk Passeau 1.54 Losses French, Lee, and Passeau 14 Earned Runs Allow. Passeau 86 Wild Pitches Lee 6 Hit Batsmen Pressnell 4 Batters Faced Passeau 993 Games Finished Page 16 Adjusted ERA+ Olsen 112

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Stan Hack (Starting 3B)
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Claude Passeau

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