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1943 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 / 1944)
74-79, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 632 runs, Allowed 600 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-73
Manager: Jimmie Wilson (74-79)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 508,247 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98

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1942 / 1944 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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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 26 87 294 266 20 63 5 2 2 23 6 24 33 .237 .302 .293 .596 73 78 6 1 3
2 1B Phil Cavarretta* 26 143 620 530 93 154 27 9 8 73 3 75 42 .291 .382 .421 .802 133 223 10 3 12
3 2B Eddie Stanky 26 142 616 510 92 125 15 1 0 47 4 92 42 .245 .363 .278 .641 87 142 13 2 12
4 SS Lennie Merullo 26 129 487 453 37 115 18 3 1 25 7 26 42 .254 .297 .313 .611 77 142 10 2 6
5 3B Stan Hack* 33 144 630 533 78 154 24 4 3 35 5 82 27 .289 .384 .366 .750 118 195 3 0 15
6 OF Peanuts Lowrey 25 130 526 480 59 140 25 12 1 63 13 35 24 .292 .340 .400 .740 114 192 13 0 11
7 OF Ival Goodman* 34 80 252 225 31 72 10 5 3 45 4 24 20 .320 .390 .449 .839 143 101 4 2 1
8 OF Bill Nicholson* 28 154 684 608 95 188 30 9 29 128 4 71 86 .309 .386 .531 .917 165 323 7 5 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
9 OF Lou Novikoff 27 78 254 233 22 65 7 3 0 28 0 18 15 .279 .333 .335 .668 94 78 10 1 2
10 OF Dom Dallessandro* 29 87 218 176 13 39 8 3 1 31 1 40 14 .222 .369 .318 .687 100 56 2 1 1
11 C Chico Hernandez 27 43 137 126 10 34 4 0 0 9 0 9 9 .270 .324 .302 .625 82 38 4 1 1
12 2B Stu Martin* 30 64 135 118 13 26 4 0 0 5 1 15 10 .220 .308 .254 .563 64 30 2 0 2
13 C Mickey Livingston 28 36 124 111 11 29 5 1 4 16 1 12 8 .261 .333 .432 .766 121 48 7 0 1
14 1B Heinz Becker# 27 24 78 69 5 10 0 0 0 2 0 9 6 .145 .244 .145 .389 14 10 3 0 0
15 OF Ed Sauer 24 14 60 55 3 15 3 0 0 9 1 3 6 .273 .322 .327 .649 89 18 2 1 1
16 OF Andy Pafko 22 13 60 58 7 22 3 0 0 10 1 2 5 .379 .400 .431 .831 141 25 2 0 0
17 SS Bill Schuster 30 13 54 51 3 15 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 .294 .333 .373 .706 105 19 2 0 0
18 C Al Todd 41 21 46 45 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .133 .152 .133 .286 -17 6 1 0 0
19 2B Don Johnson 31 10 45 42 5 8 2 0 0 1 0 2 4 .190 .227 .238 .465 35 10 0 0 1
20 OF Whitey Platt 22 20 42 41 2 7 3 0 0 2 0 1 7 .171 .190 .244 .434 26 10 1 0 0
21 3B Pete Elko 25 9 34 30 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .133 .235 .133 .369 8 4 2 0 0
22 UT Johnny Ostrowski 25 10 33 29 2 6 0 1 0 3 0 3 8 .207 .303 .276 .579 68 8 2 1 0
23 OF Charlie Gilbert* 23 8 23 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 .150 .261 .150 .411 21 3 0 0 0
24 C Billy Holm 30 7 17 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .067 .176 .067 .243 -28 1 0 0 0
25 C Mickey Kreitner 20 3 9 8 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .375 .444 .375 .819 139 3 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
26 P Claude Passeau 34 35 102 96 5 19 4 2 0 5 0 0 30 .198 .198 .281 .479 38 27 2 0 6
27 P Hi Bithorn 27 39 102 92 7 16 3 0 0 8 0 4 10 .174 .216 .207 .423 23 19 2 1 5
28 P Paul Derringer 36 32 62 58 4 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 .224 .224 .276 .500 45 16 1 0 4
29 P Hank Wyse 25 40 57 50 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 16 .080 .115 .100 .215 -37 5 2 0 5
30 P Ed Hanyzewski 22 33 43 41 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 .049 .049 .049 .098 -72 2 2 0 2
31 P Lon Warneke 34 21 32 26 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 5 6 .192 .323 .231 .553 62 6 1 0 1
32 P Bill Lee 33 13 30 26 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 .269 .321 .269 .591 72 7 0 0 2
33 P Paul Erickson 27 15 16 15 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 .200 .250 .200 .450 31 3 0 0 0
34 P Ray Prim 36 29 15 12 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .167 .231 .167 .397 16 2 0 0 2
35 P Dick Barrett 36 15 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -35 1 0 0 1
36 P Walter Signer 32 4 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .333 .250 .583 70 2 0 0 0
37 P Bill Fleming 29 11 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
38 P John Burrows 29 23 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .667 .800 .667 1.467 327 2 0 0 0
39 P Dale Alderson 25 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.0 154 5972 5279 631 1380 207 56 52 580 53 0 575 530 .261 .336 .351 .688 100 1855 117 21 97 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 4 4 5 3 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 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
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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 34 15 12 .556 2.91 35 31 3 18 1 1 257.0 245 96 83 10 66 93 4 0 2 1075 115 1.210 8.6 0.4 2.3 3.3 1.41
2 SP Hi Bithorn 27 18 12 .600 2.60 39 30 7 19 7 2 249.2 227 79 72 8 65 86 2 0 3 1020 129 1.170 8.2 0.3 2.3 3.1 1.32
3 SP Paul Derringer 36 10 14 .417 3.57 32 22 7 10 2 3 174.0 184 90 69 7 39 75 0 0 3 743 94 1.282 9.5 0.4 2.0 3.9 1.92
4 SP Bill Lee 33 3 7 .300 3.56 13 12 1 4 0 0 78.1 83 37 31 4 27 18 0 0 3 336 94 1.404 9.5 0.5 3.1 2.1 0.67
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
5 CL Hank Wyse 25 9 7 .563 2.94 38 15 14 8 2 5 156.0 159 57 51 4 34 45 2 1 1 647 113 1.237 9.2 0.2 2.0 2.6 1.32
6 RP Ed Hanyzewski 22 8 7 .533 2.56 33 16 8 3 0 0 130.0 120 54 37 2 45 55 2 0 3 557 130 1.269 8.3 0.1 3.1 3.8 1.22
7 RP Lon Warneke 34 4 5 .444 3.16 21 10 5 4 0 0 88.1 82 40 31 3 18 30 0 0 0 354 106 1.132 8.4 0.3 1.8 3.1 1.67
8 RP Ray Prim* 36 4 3 .571 2.55 29 5 14 0 0 1 60.0 67 24 17 2 14 27 0 0 1 258 131 1.350 10.1 0.3 2.1 4.1 1.93
9 RP John Burrows* 29 0 2 .000 3.86 23 1 12 0 0 2 32.2 25 17 14 0 16 18 2 0 0 140 87 1.255 6.9 0.0 4.4 5.0 1.13
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 Dick Barrett 36 0 4 .000 4.80 15 4 4 0 0 0 45.0 52 28 24 2 28 20 1 0 1 211 70 1.778 10.4 0.4 5.6 4.0 0.71
11 Paul Erickson 27 1 3 .250 6.12 15 4 6 0 0 0 42.2 47 32 29 4 22 24 2 0 2 195 55 1.617 9.9 0.8 4.6 5.1 1.09
12 Bill Fleming 29 0 1 .000 6.40 11 0 4 0 0 0 32.1 41 24 23 2 12 12 3 0 0 150 52 1.639 11.4 0.6 3.3 3.3 1.00
13 Walter Signer 32 2 1 .667 2.88 4 2 0 1 0 0 25.0 24 8 8 3 4 5 0 0 1 104 116 1.120 8.6 1.1 1.4 1.8 1.25
14 Dale Alderson 25 0 1 .000 6.43 4 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 21 12 10 2 3 4 0 0 0 63 52 1.714 13.5 1.3 1.9 2.6 1.33
15 Jake Mooty 30 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
Team Totals 30.4 74 79 .484 3.24 154 154 87 67 12 14 1386.0 1379 598 499 53 394 513 18 1 20 5859 103 1.279 9.0 0.3 2.6 3.3 1.30
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 4 5 3 5 7 5 3 5 4 1 4
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
Dale Alderson 25 4 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Dick Barrett 36 15 13 5 7 1 1 .923 0.80 P
Heinz Becker 27 18 179 161 15 3 9 .983 9.78 1B
Hi Bithorn 27 39 70 12 57 1 2 .986 1.77 P
John Burrows 29 23 7 0 7 0 2 1.000 0.30 P
Phil Cavarretta 26 141 0 7 0 1390 1305 67 18 103 .987 9.73 1B-OF
Dom Dallessandro 29 45 31 14 0 92 87 2 3 0 .967 1.98 OF
Paul Derringer 36 32 24 3 20 1 0 .958 0.72 P
Pete Elko 25 9 27 8 15 4 1 .852 2.56 3B
Paul Erickson 27 15 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.47 P
Bill Fleming 29 11 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.18 P
Charlie Gilbert 23 6 3 3 0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 OF
Ival Goodman 34 61 55 10 0 126 120 2 4 1 .968 2.00 OF
Stan Hack 33 136 430 149 264 17 11 .960 3.04 3B
Ed Hanyzewski 22 33 44 10 33 1 2 .977 1.30 P
Chico Hernandez 27 41 156 132 21 3 1 .981 3.73 5 C
Billy Holm 30 7 25 21 4 0 0 1.000 3.57 0 C
Don Johnson 31 10 70 32 35 3 8 .957 6.70 2B
Mickey Kreitner 20 3 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 C
Bill Lee 33 13 17 4 12 1 0 .941 1.23 P
Mickey Livingston 28 35 167 150 17 0 6 1.000 4.77 3 C-1B
Peanuts Lowrey 25 132 0 113 0 413 341 62 10 11 .976 3.05 OF-SS-2B
Stu Martin 30 32 135 64 69 2 11 .985 4.16 2B-3B-1B
Clyde McCullough 26 81 303 271 25 7 2 .977 3.65 5 C
Lennie Merullo 26 125 653 218 396 39 68 .940 4.91 SS
Jake Mooty 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Bill Nicholson 28 154 0 0 154 364 340 16 8 2 .978 2.31 OF
Lou Novikoff 27 61 60 1 0 100 96 2 2 1 .980 1.61 OF
Johnny Ostrowski 25 9 5 0 0 18 11 5 2 2 .889 1.78 OF-3B
Andy Pafko 22 13 0 13 0 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.92 OF
Claude Passeau 34 35 68 13 55 0 5 1.000 1.94 P
Whitey Platt 22 14 7 7 0 21 20 0 1 0 .952 1.43 OF
Ray Prim 36 29 25 3 21 1 1 .960 0.83 P
Ed Sauer 24 13 13 0 0 38 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.92 OF
Bill Schuster 30 13 88 34 52 2 14 .977 6.62 SS
Walter Signer 32 4 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.50 P
Eddie Stanky 26 145 851 379 441 31 85 .964 5.66 2B-SS-3B
Al Todd 41 17 69 62 6 1 2 .986 4.00 1 C
Lon Warneke 34 21 25 3 22 0 2 1.000 1.19 P
Hank Wyse 25 38 57 9 47 1 4 .982 1.47 P
Team Totals 28.2 154 6139 4148 1824 167 358 .973 3.65 14
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 7 3
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1942 / 1944 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics