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1943 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 / 1944

74-79, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmie Wilson (74-79)
Scored 632 runs, Allowed 599 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-73

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 508,247 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97


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1942 / 1944 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
Dale Alderson 25 R R 5' 10" 190 Mar 9, 1918 1st 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Dick Barrett 36 R R 5' 9" 175 Sep 28, 1906 3 15 4 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Heinz Becker 27 B R 6' 2" 200 Aug 26, 1915 1st 24 17 24 18 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.6
Hi Bithorn 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Mar 18, 1916 2 39 30 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.3
John Burrows 29 R L 5' 10" 200 Oct 30, 1913 1st 23 1 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Phil Cavarretta 26 L L 5' 11" 175 Jul 19, 1916 10 143 140 143 141 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 2 0 2.8
Dom Dallessandro 29 L L 5' 6" 168 Oct 3, 1913 5 87 40 87 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 15 0 45 42 0 0.5
Paul Derringer 36 R R 6' 3" 205 Oct 17, 1906 13 32 22 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Pete Elko 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Jun 17, 1918 1st 9 8 9 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Paul Erickson 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 14, 1915 3 15 4 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Bill Fleming 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 31, 1913 4 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Charlie Gilbert 23 L L 5' 9" 165 Jul 8, 1919 4 8 6 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 2 0 -0.1
Ival Goodman 34 L R 5' 11" 170 Jul 23, 1908 9 81 54 81 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 10 0 61 19 1 1.6
Stan Hack 33 L R 6' 0" 170 Dec 6, 1909 12 144 135 144 136 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 3.4 All-Star
Ed Hanyzewski 22 R R 6' 1" 200 Sep 18, 1920 2 33 16 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Chico Hernandez 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 3, 1916 2 43 34 43 41 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.2
Billy Holm 30 R R 5' 10" 168 Jul 21, 1912 1st 7 7 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Don Johnson 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 7, 1911 1st 10 9 10 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Mickey Kreitner 20 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 10, 1922 1st 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Bill Lee 33 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 21, 1909 10 13 12 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Mickey Livingston 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 15, 1914 4 36 28 36 34 0 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.8
Peanuts Lowrey 25 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 27, 1917 2 130 123 130 125 0 0 0 3 0 16 0 113 0 113 4 1 3.2
Stu Martin 30 L R 6' 0" 155 Nov 19, 1912 8 64 20 64 31 0 0 2 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 28 5 0.2
Clyde McCullough 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 4, 1917 4 87 73 87 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.1
Lennie Merullo 26 R R 5' 11" 166 May 5, 1917 3 129 122 129 128 0 0 0 1 2 125 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6
Jake Mooty 31 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 13, 1912 6 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Bill Nicholson 28 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 11, 1914 6 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 154 0 0 6.8 All-Star
Lou Novikoff 27 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 12, 1915 3 78 56 78 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 1 0 61 17 0 -0.1
Johnny Ostrowski 25 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 17, 1917 1st 10 9 10 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 5 1 0 -0.2
Andy Pafko 22 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1921 1st 13 12 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 13 0 0 0.2
Claude Passeau 34 R R 6' 3" 198 Apr 9, 1909 9 35 31 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 All-Star
Whitey Platt 22 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 21, 1920 2 20 8 20 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 14 4 2 -0.6
Ray Prim 36 R L 6' 0" 178 Dec 30, 1906 4 29 5 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Ed Sauer 24 R R 6' 1" 188 Jan 3, 1919 1st 14 13 14 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 13 0 0 0.3
Bill Schuster 30 R R 5' 9" 164 Aug 4, 1912 3 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Walter Signer 32 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 12, 1910 1st 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Eddie Stanky 27 R R 5' 8" 170 Sep 3, 1915 1st 142 137 142 142 0 0 0 131 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2
Al Todd 41 R R 6' 1" 198 Jan 7, 1902 11 21 11 21 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.5
Lon Warneke 34 R R 6' 2" 185 Mar 28, 1909 14 21 10 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Hank Wyse 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Mar 1, 1918 2 40 15 40 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1942 / 1944 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers