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1944 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943 / 1945

75-79, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmie Wilson (1-9), Roy Johnson (0-1) and Charlie Grimm (74-69)
Scored 702 runs, Allowed 669 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 640,110 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100


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1943 / 1945 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 26 R R 5' 10" 190 Mar 9, 1918 2 12 1 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Charlie Brewster 27 R R 5' 8" 175 Dec 27, 1916 2 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
John Burrows 30 R L 5' 10" 200 Oct 30, 1913 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Phil Cavarretta 27 L L 5' 11" 175 Jul 19, 1916 11 152 152 152 152 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 13 0 13 0 0 4.3 All-Star
Bob Chipman 25 L L 6' 2" 190 Oct 11, 1918 4 26 21 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Dom Dallessandro 30 L L 5' 6" 168 Oct 3, 1913 6 117 101 117 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 16 0 105 12 0 3.0
Paul Derringer 37 R R 6' 3" 205 Oct 17, 1906 14 42 16 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Roy Easterwood 29 R R 6' 0" 196 Jan 12, 1915 1st 17 6 17 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.1
Pete Elko 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Jun 17, 1918 2 7 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2
Paul Erickson 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 14, 1915 4 33 15 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Bill Fleming 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 31, 1913 5 40 18 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.9
Jimmie Foxx HOF 36 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 22, 1907 19 15 3 15 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 -0.4
Charlie Gassaway 25 L L 6' 2" 210 Aug 12, 1918 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Paul Gillespie 23 L R 6' 3" 195 Sep 18, 1920 2 9 7 9 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.1
Ival Goodman 35 L R 5' 11" 170 Jul 23, 1908 10 62 31 62 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 14 0 36 27 0 0.5
Stan Hack 34 L R 6' 0" 170 Dec 6, 1909 13 98 93 98 93 0 0 18 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.8
Ed Hanyzewski 23 R R 6' 1" 200 Sep 18, 1920 3 14 7 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Billy Holm 31 R R 5' 10" 168 Jul 21, 1912 2 54 43 54 50 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1.1
Roy Hughes 33 R R 5' 10" 167 Jan 11, 1911 7 126 116 126 118 0 0 0 0 66 52 0 0 0 0 7 1 2.2
Don Johnson 32 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 7, 1911 2 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 All-Star
Mickey Kreitner 21 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 10, 1922 2 39 27 39 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Red Lynn 30 R R 6' 0" 162 Dec 27, 1913 3 22 7 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Garth Mann 28 R R 6' 0" 155 Nov 16, 1915 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lennie Merullo 27 R R 5' 11" 166 May 5, 1917 4 66 50 66 57 0 0 1 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 7 3 -0.3
Hank Miklos 33 L L 5' 11" 175 Nov 27, 1910 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Bill Nicholson 29 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 11, 1914 7 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 156 0 0 6.5 All-Star
Lou Novikoff 28 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 12, 1915 4 71 25 71 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 29 42 0 0.2
Johnny Ostrowski 26 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 17, 1917 2 8 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 0 -0.1
Andy Pafko 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1921 2 128 118 128 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 1 123 5 0 1.0
Claude Passeau 35 R R 6' 3" 198 Apr 9, 1909 10 34 27 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2
Ed Sauer 25 R R 6' 1" 188 Jan 3, 1919 2 23 10 23 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 12 11 1 -0.3
Bill Schuster 31 R R 5' 9" 164 Aug 4, 1912 4 60 33 60 44 0 0 0 6 0 38 0 0 0 0 13 5 0.1
Frank Secory 31 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 24, 1912 3 22 15 22 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 0 17 5 1 0.7
Eddie Stanky 28 R R 5' 8" 170 Sep 3, 1915 2 13 4 13 8 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Joe Stephenson 23 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 30, 1921 2 4 2 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Mack Stewart 29 R R 6' 0" 167 Sep 23, 1914 1st 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Hy Vandenberg 38 R R 6' 4" 220 Mar 17, 1906 6 35 9 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dewey Williams 28 R R 6' 0" 160 Feb 5, 1916 1st 79 71 79 77 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Hank Wyse 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Mar 1, 1918 3 41 34 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3
Tony York 31 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 27, 1912 1st 28 24 28 27 0 0 0 0 12 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Charlie Gassaway

Jimmie Foxx

Ed Sauer

Tony York

Bill Schuster

Pete Elko

Don Johnson

Billy Holm

Mickey Kreitner

Roy Easterwood
Dewey Williams

Claude Passeau

Don Johnson

Lennie Merullo

Bill Schuster

Roy Hughes

Paul Gillespie
Tony York

Stan Hack
Eddie Stanky

Charlie Brewster
Jimmie Foxx

Paul Derringer

Dale Alderson
Bob Chipman

Bill Fleming

Hank Wyse

Ed Hanyzewski

Hy Vandenberg

John Burrows

Paul Erickson

Garth Mann
Hank Miklos
Mack Stewart

Red Lynn
Hank Miklos

Bill Nicholson

Phil Cavarretta

Garth Mann
Lou Novikoff

Dom Dallessandro

Dale Alderson

Andy Pafko

Ed Sauer
Frank Secory

Johnny Ostrowski
Joe Stephenson

Ival Goodman

Pete Elko

Bill Fleming

1943 / 1945 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers