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1942 Chicago Cubs

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1941 / 1943

68-86, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmie Wilson (68-86)
Scored 591 runs, Allowed 665 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-85

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 590,972 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97


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1941 / 1943 Roster (40-man)

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 Salary
Joe Berry 37 L R 5' 10" 145 Dec 16, 1904 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Hi Bithorn 26 R R 6' 1" 200 Mar 18, 1916 1st 38 16 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Cy Block 23 R R 6' 0" 180 May 4, 1919 1st 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Bob Bowman 31 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 3, 1910 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Phil Cavarretta 25 L L 5' 11" 175 Jul 19, 1916 9 136 127 136 130 0 0 61 0 0 0 4 67 0 70 6 0 2.7
Babe Dahlgren 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 15, 1912 8 17 13 17 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.2
Dom Dallessandro 28 L L 5' 6" 168 Oct 3, 1913 4 96 62 96 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 32 4 66 30 0 1.0
Vallie Eaves 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Sep 6, 1911 5 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Paul Erickson 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 14, 1915 2 18 7 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Dick Errickson 30 L R 6' 1" 175 Mar 5, 1912 5 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.0
Marv Felderman 26 R R 6' 1" 187 Dec 20, 1915 1st 3 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.0
Bill Fleming 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 31, 1913 3 33 14 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Jesse Flores 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 2, 1914 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Jimmie Foxx HOF 34 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 22, 1907 18 70 49 70 53 0 1 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 -0.9 $15,000
Charlie Gilbert 22 L L 5' 9" 165 Jul 8, 1919 3 74 40 74 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 44 0 47 27 0 -0.7
Paul Gillespie 21 L R 6' 3" 195 Sep 18, 1920 1st 5 4 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2
Stan Hack 32 L R 6' 0" 170 Dec 6, 1909 11 140 139 140 139 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.9
Ed Hanyzewski 21 R R 6' 1" 200 Sep 18, 1920 1st 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Chico Hernandez 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 3, 1916 1st 47 35 47 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1
Emil Kush 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 4, 1916 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Bill Lee 32 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 21, 1909 9 32 30 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Peanuts Lowrey 24 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 27, 1917 1st 27 12 27 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 15 0 19 4 4 -0.3
Clyde McCullough 25 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 4, 1917 3 109 91 109 97 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 2.3
Lennie Merullo 25 R R 5' 11" 166 May 5, 1917 2 143 138 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Jake Mooty 30 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 13, 1912 5 19 10 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Bill Nicholson 27 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 11, 1914 5 152 151 152 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 151 1 0 5.8
Lou Novikoff 26 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 12, 1915 2 128 120 128 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 0 0 120 8 0 1.8
Vern Olsen 24 R L 6' 0" 175 Mar 16, 1918 4 32 17 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Claude Passeau 33 R R 6' 3" 198 Apr 9, 1909 8 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 All-Star
Whitey Platt 21 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 21, 1920 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 -0.3
Tot Pressnell 35 R R 5' 10" 175 Aug 8, 1906 5 27 0 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Marv Rickert 21 L R 6' 2" 195 Jan 8, 1921 1st 8 6 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 1 1 -0.0
Rip Russell 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 26, 1915 4 102 67 102 70 0 0 35 24 10 0 3 0 0 3 32 0 0.0
Bob Scheffing 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 11, 1913 2 44 23 44 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 -0.0
Johnny Schmitz 21 R L 6' 0" 170 Nov 27, 1920 2 23 10 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Lou Stringer 25 R R 5' 11" 173 May 13, 1917 2 121 103 121 114 0 0 0 113 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.2
Bobby Sturgeon 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 6, 1919 3 63 46 63 60 0 0 0 31 2 30 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.6
Lon Warneke 33 R R 6' 2" 185 Mar 28, 1909 13 15 12 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Hank Wyse 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Mar 1, 1918 1st 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1941 / 1943 Roster (40-man)

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