1941 Chicago Cubs Statistics

1940 Season 1942 Season

Record: 70-84-1, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jimmie Wilson (70-84-1)

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 77-77, 666 Runs, 670 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	463	418	41	95	9	2	9	53	5	4	34	67	.227	.289	.323	.612	75	135	11	2	8		3
2	1B	Babe Dahlgren	29	99	403	359	50	101	20	1	16	59	2	4	43	39	.281	.360	.476	.836	138	171	8	1	0		3
3	2B	Lou Stringer	24	145	581	512	59	126	31	4	5	53	3	6	59	86	.246	.324	.352	.676	94	180	5	0	10		2
4	SS	Bobby Sturgeon	21	129	453	433	45	106	15	3	0	25	5	1	9	30	.245	.260	.293	.553	58	127	10	0	11		0
5	3B	Stan Hack*	31	151	694	586	111	186	33	5	7	45	10	8	99	40	.317	.417	.427	.844	142	250	3	1	8		4
6	OF	Bill Nicholson*	26	147	617	532	74	135	26	1	26	98	1	2	82	91	.254	.357	.453	.810	131	241	8	3	0		7
7	OF	Phil Cavarretta*	24	107	407	346	46	99	18	4	6	40	2	3	53	28	.286	.384	.413	.797	128	143	6	2	6		3
8	OF	Dom Dallessandro*	27	140	559	486	73	132	36	2	6	85	3	6	68	37	.272	.362	.391	.753	116	190	10	1	4		5
Rk	Pos	Name	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	0	11	15	.241	.284	.355	.638	82	72	7	1	1		2
10	OF	Hank Leiber	30	53	184	162	20	35	5	0	7	25	0	1	16	25	.216	.291	.377	.667	90	61	3	1	5		1
11	OF	Augie Galan#	29	65	143	120	18	25	3	0	1	13	0	0	22	10	.208	.331	.258	.589	70	31	1	0	1		0
12	C	Bob Scheffing	27	51	138	132	9	32	8	0	1	20	2	0	5	19	.242	.270	.326	.596	70	43	5	0	1		0
13	IF	Johnny Hudson	29	50	106	99	8	20	4	0	0	6	3	0	3	15	.202	.225	.242	.468	34	24	3	0	4		0
14	OF	Charlie Gilbert*	21	39	99	86	11	24	2	1	0	12	1	3	11	6	.279	.361	.326	.686	98	28	2	0	2		1
15	OF	Barney Olsen	21	24	78	73	13	21	6	1	1	4	0	0	4	11	.288	.325	.438	.763	117	32	1	0	1		0
16	SS	Billy Myers	30	24	74	63	10	14	1	0	1	4	1	1	7	25	.222	.310	.286	.596	71	18	1	1	3		0
17	C	Charles George	28	35	67	64	4	10	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	10	.156	.182	.188	.369	6	12	1	0	1		0
18	2B	Billy Herman	31	11	45	36	4	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	9	5	.194	.356	.250	.606	75	9	0	0	0		0
19	1B	Eddie Waitkus*	21	12	29	28	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.179	.207	.179	.385	11	5	1	1	0		0
20	SS	Lennie Merullo	24	7	19	17	3	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	.353	.421	.412	.833	139	7	0	0	0		0
21	1B	Rip Russell	26	6	19	17	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	.294	.333	.353	.686	97	6	0	0	1		0
22	OF	Frank Jelincich	23	4	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	1	0	0	0		0
23		Al Todd	39	6	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-4	1	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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	0	2	22	.221	.239	.349	.587	67	30	1	0	4		0
25	P	Bill Lee	31	28	69	59	8	11	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	9	.186	.200	.288	.488	39	17	2	0	9		0
26	P	Vern Olsen	23	37	67	63	7	15	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	10	.238	.262	.317	.579	65	20	1	0	2		0
27	P	Jake Mooty	29	33	55	50	5	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.200	.231	.220	.451	30	11	2	0	3		0
28	P	Larry French	33	26	54	47	5	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	15	.191	.255	.191	.446	29	9	3	0	3		0
29	P	Paul Erickson	25	32	47	46	5	7	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	12	.152	.152	.304	.457	29	14	2	0	1		0
30	P	Charlie Root	42	19	42	33	4	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	5	10	.152	.263	.273	.536	54	9	1	0	4		0
31	P	Vallie Eaves	29	12	21	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-43	2	1	0	1		0
32	P	Tot Pressnell	34	29	17	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.250	.200	.450	30	3	0	0	1		0
33	P	Vance Page	35	25	10	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661	91	2	0	0	1		0
34	P	Johnny Schmitz	20	6	8	7	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	.571	1.143	228	4	1	0	1		0
35	P	Ken Raffensberger	23	10	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		0
36	P	Russ Meers*	22	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
37	P	Wimpy Quinn	23	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	187	1	0	0	0		0
38	P	Walt Lanfranconi	24	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
39	P	Emil Kush	24	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
41	P	Dizzy Dean	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	26.6	155	5903	5230	666	1323	239	25	99	610	39	43	559	668	.253	.327	.365	.692	98	1909	100	14	98		31
		Rank in 8 NL teams				7	5	6	4	8	2		6	5	2	8	5	4	5	5		5		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.3	155	5409	4786	624	1235	229	25	91	576	39	43	541	570	.258	.335	.373	.709	103	1787	86	14	67		31
		Pitcher Totals	30.2	155	494	444	42	88	10	0	8	34	0	0	18	98	.198	.229	.275	.504	44	122	14	0	31		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Claude Passeau	32	14	14	.500	3.35	34	30	4	20	3	0	231.0	262	99	86	10	52	2	80	1	0	2	993	104	3.34	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	8	73	1	0	2	807	111	3.46	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	5	43	8	62	2	0	6	723	93	3.24	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	8	60	2	2	0	621	76	3.83	1.478	10.5	0.7	2.8	3.9	1.40
5	SP	Charlie Root	42	8	7	.533	5.40	19	15	4	6	0	0	106.2	133	68	64	9	37	7	46	0	0	1	484	65	4.06	1.594	11.2	0.8	3.1	3.9	1.24
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	RP	Jake Mooty	29	8	9	.471	3.35	33	14	12	7	1	4	153.1	143	69	57	9	56	4	45	2	0	3	643	105	4.09	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	2	85	2	0	4	615	95	3.17	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	4	27	4	0	0	301	114	3.54	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	1	17	2	0	2	223	82	4.60	1.614	8.9	0.4	5.6	3.2	0.57
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Vallie Eaves	29	3	3	.500	3.53	12	7	1	4	0	0	58.2	56	27	23	4	21	1	24	3	0	0	246	100	4.08	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	1	11	1	0	0	79	273	3.17	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	2	5	0	0	0	73	79	3.39	1.333	8.5	0.0	3.5	2.5	0.71
13		Russ Meers*	22	0	1	.000	1.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	5	2	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	30	327	1.91	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	0	1	0	0	0	27	125	3.45	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	0	2	0	0	1	22	53	3.78	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	0	2	0	0	0	14	172	1.78	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	0	2	0	0	0	8	95	0.78	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	0	1	0	0	0	7	28	0.78	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
		Team Totals	30.1	70	84	.455	3.72	155	155	81	74	8	9	1364.2	1431	670	564	60	449	48	548	21	2	21	5916	94	3.58	1.378	9.4	0.4	3.0	3.6	1.22
		Rank in 8 NL teams		6	3		5				2	6	6	8	5	5	5	1	1		6
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W