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1944 Chicago Cubs

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 Dewey Williams 28 79 288 262 23 63 7 2 0 27 2 23 18 .240 .302 .282 .584 66 74 10 0 3
2 1B Phil Cavarretta* 27 152 692 614 106 197 35 15 5 82 4 67 42 .321 .390 .451 .841 137 277 10 3 8
3 2B Don Johnson 32 154 644 608 50 169 37 1 2 71 8 28 48 .278 .311 .352 .663 87 214 11 1 7
4 SS Lennie Merullo 27 66 217 193 20 41 8 1 1 16 3 16 18 .212 .276 .280 .556 57 54 2 1 7
5 3B Stan Hack* 34 98 440 383 65 108 16 1 3 32 5 53 21 .282 .369 .352 .722 105 135 7 0 4
6 OF Andy Pafko 23 128 512 469 47 126 16 2 6 62 2 28 23 .269 .315 .350 .665 88 164 14 4 11
7 OF Bill Nicholson* 29 156 686 582 116 167 35 8 33 122 3 93 71 .287 .391 .545 .935 162 317 3 6 5
8 OF Dom Dallessandro* 30 117 444 381 53 116 19 4 8 74 1 61 29 .304 .400 .438 .839 137 167 8 0 2
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 IF Roy Hughes 33 126 531 478 86 137 16 6 1 28 16 35 30 .287 .337 .351 .688 95 168 7 1 17
10 OF Ival Goodman* 35 62 168 141 24 37 8 1 1 16 0 23 15 .262 .377 .355 .732 108 50 4 3 1
11 SS Bill Schuster 31 60 167 154 14 34 7 1 1 14 4 12 16 .221 .277 .299 .576 63 46 6 0 1
12 C Billy Holm 31 54 154 132 10 18 2 0 0 6 1 16 19 .136 .235 .152 .386 11 20 2 1 5
13 OF Lou Novikoff 28 71 151 139 15 39 4 2 3 19 1 10 11 .281 .329 .403 .732 106 56 2 0 2
14 C Mickey Kreitner 21 39 97 85 3 13 2 0 0 1 0 8 16 .153 .234 .176 .411 17 15 1 1 3
15 IF Tony York 31 28 90 85 4 20 1 0 0 7 0 4 11 .235 .270 .247 .517 47 21 2 0 1
16 OF Frank Secory 31 22 66 56 10 18 1 0 4 17 1 6 8 .321 .387 .554 .941 164 31 0 0 4
17 OF Ed Sauer 25 23 53 50 3 11 4 0 0 5 0 2 6 .220 .250 .300 .550 55 15 1 0 1
18 SS Charlie Brewster 27 10 49 44 4 11 2 0 0 2 0 5 7 .250 .327 .295 .622 77 13 1 0 0
19 C Roy Easterwood 29 17 34 33 1 7 2 0 1 2 0 1 11 .212 .235 .364 .599 68 12 2 0 0
20 C Paul Gillespie* 23 9 29 26 2 7 1 0 1 2 0 3 3 .269 .345 .423 .768 116 11 1 0 0
21 IF Eddie Stanky 28 13 28 25 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 .240 .296 .320 .616 74 8 1 0 1
22 3B Pete Elko 26 7 22 22 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .227 .227 .273 .500 41 6 0 0 0
23 UT Jimmie Foxx 36 15 22 20 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 5 .050 .136 .100 .236 -32 2 0 0 0
24 OF Johnny Ostrowski 26 8 14 13 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 .154 .214 .231 .445 26 3 0 0 0
25 C Joe Stephenson 23 4 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 -0 1 1 0 0
26 Garth Mann 28 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Hank Wyse 26 41 98 90 11 16 3 0 0 8 0 2 12 .178 .196 .211 .407 15 19 3 0 6
28 P Claude Passeau 35 34 91 80 6 13 3 0 0 3 0 4 17 .163 .202 .200 .402 14 16 1 0 7
29 P Paul Derringer 37 42 60 57 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 1 9 .158 .172 .175 .348 -2 10 0 0 2
30 P Bill Fleming 30 40 58 53 4 9 2 0 0 6 0 1 4 .170 .185 .208 .393 11 11 1 0 4
31 P Bob Chipman* 25 26 51 48 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 .104 .157 .104 .261 -25 5 2 0 0
32 P Hy Vandenberg 38 35 42 38 3 9 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 .237 .256 .237 .493 40 9 1 0 3
33 P Paul Erickson 28 33 39 36 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 15 .056 .128 .194 .323 -10 7 0 0 0
34 P Red Lynn 30 22 30 29 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 .207 .233 .241 .475 34 7 1 0 0
35 P Ed Hanyzewski 23 14 20 17 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 .059 .200 .059 .259 -24 1 0 0 0
36 P Charlie Gassaway* 25 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 87 1 0 0 0
37 P Dale Alderson 26 12 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
38 P Hank Miklos* 33 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
39 P Mack Stewart 29 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
40 P John Burrows 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.5 157 6108 5462 701 1425 236 46 71 639 53 520 521 .261 .328 .360 .687 94 1966 105 21 105
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 3 4 5 5 4 2 1 3 2 5 5 5 5 4 4 1
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
* - 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 Hank Wyse 26 16 15 .516 3.15 41 34 5 14 3 1 257.1 277 113 90 9 57 86 2 0 2 1068 111 1.298 9.7 0.3 2.0 3.0 1.51
2 SP Claude Passeau 35 15 9 .625 2.89 34 27 4 18 2 3 227.0 234 80 73 8 50 89 1 0 3 943 121 1.251 9.3 0.3 2.0 3.5 1.78
3 SP Bob Chipman* 25 9 9 .500 3.49 26 21 4 8 1 2 129.0 147 62 50 9 40 41 0 0 2 561 101 1.450 10.3 0.6 2.8 2.9 1.03
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
4 RP Paul Derringer 37 7 13 .350 4.15 42 16 17 7 0 3 180.0 205 96 83 13 39 69 0 0 2 772 85 1.356 10.3 0.7 2.0 3.5 1.77
5 RP Bill Fleming 30 9 10 .474 3.13 39 18 10 9 1 0 158.1 163 74 55 6 62 42 1 0 4 688 112 1.421 9.3 0.3 3.5 2.4 0.68
6 RP Hy Vandenberg 38 7 4 .636 3.63 35 9 16 2 0 2 126.1 123 67 51 8 51 54 1 0 2 545 97 1.377 8.8 0.6 3.6 3.8 1.06
7 RP Paul Erickson 28 5 9 .357 3.55 33 15 6 5 3 1 124.1 113 59 49 5 67 82 0 0 5 547 99 1.448 8.2 0.4 4.8 5.9 1.22
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
8 Red Lynn 30 5 4 .556 4.06 22 7 8 4 1 1 84.1 80 41 38 4 37 35 1 0 3 359 87 1.387 8.5 0.4 3.9 3.7 0.95
9 Ed Hanyzewski 23 2 5 .286 4.47 14 7 2 3 0 0 58.1 61 33 29 6 20 19 1 0 0 258 79 1.389 9.4 0.9 3.1 2.9 0.95
10 Dale Alderson 26 0 0 6.65 12 1 7 0 0 0 21.2 31 18 16 2 9 7 0 0 0 105 54 1.846 12.9 0.8 3.7 2.9 0.78
11 Mack Stewart 29 0 0 1.46 8 0 4 0 0 0 12.1 11 2 2 1 4 3 0 0 0 50 248 1.216 8.0 0.7 2.9 2.2 0.75
12 Charlie Gassaway* 25 0 1 .000 7.71 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 20 11 10 3 10 7 0 0 1 62 47 2.571 15.4 2.3 7.7 5.4 0.70
13 Hank Miklos* 33 0 0 7.71 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 9 6 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 31 48 1.714 11.6 1.3 3.9 0.0 0.00
14 John Burrows* 30 0 0 18.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 7 7 6 0 3 1 0 0 1 19 22 3.333 21.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
Team Totals 30.7 75 79 .487 3.59 157 157 87 70 11 13 1400.2 1481 669 558 75 452 535 7 0 25 6008 98 1.380 9.5 0.5 2.9 3.4 1.18
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 8 5 4 5 3 2
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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Dale Alderson 26 12 1 0 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 0.75 P
Charlie Brewster 27 10 10 10 62 27 29 6 9 .903 5.60 SS
John Burrows 30 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.33 P
Phil Cavarretta 27 152 152 150 1454 1363 78 13 121 .991 9.48 1B-OF
Bob Chipman 25 26 21 8 28 3 24 1 2 .964 1.04 P
Dom Dallessandro 30 105 101 93 225 212 9 4 2 .982 2.08 OF
Paul Derringer 37 42 16 7 38 7 30 1 3 .974 0.88 P
Roy Easterwood 29 12 6 4 33 29 4 0 1 1.000 2.75 1 3 2 40% C
Pete Elko 26 6 3 3 14 6 8 0 1 1.000 2.33 3B
Paul Erickson 28 33 15 5 39 7 30 2 1 .949 1.12 P
Bill Fleming 30 39 18 9 50 8 39 3 0 .940 1.21 P
Jimmie Foxx 36 3 3 2 15 9 6 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 0 3B-C
Charlie Gassaway 25 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Paul Gillespie 23 7 7 3 31 22 6 3 0 .903 4.00 2 3 3 50% C
Ival Goodman 35 36 31 25 65 65 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 OF
Stan Hack 34 93 93 91 419 226 174 19 23 .955 4.30 3B-1B
Ed Hanyzewski 23 14 7 3 28 2 26 0 1 1.000 2.00 P
Billy Holm 31 50 43 32 188 166 18 4 2 .979 3.68 4 13 8 38% C
Roy Hughes 33 118 116 108 543 220 303 20 54 .963 4.43 3B-SS
Don Johnson 32 154 154 148 894 385 462 47 85 .947 5.50 2B
Mickey Kreitner 21 39 27 17 118 104 13 1 3 .992 3.00 0 6 6 50% C
Red Lynn 30 22 7 4 27 7 20 0 2 1.000 1.23 P
Lennie Merullo 27 57 50 47 302 116 167 19 26 .937 4.96 SS-1B
Hank Miklos 33 2 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Bill Nicholson 29 156 156 156 330 305 18 7 4 .979 2.07 OF
Lou Novikoff 28 29 25 20 41 39 1 1 0 .976 1.38 OF
Johnny Ostrowski 26 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50 OF
Andy Pafko 23 123 118 116 363 333 24 6 4 .983 2.90 OF
Claude Passeau 35 34 27 18 54 12 42 0 5 1.000 1.59 P
Ed Sauer 25 12 10 9 25 23 1 1 0 .960 2.00 OF
Bill Schuster 31 44 33 28 189 71 109 9 21 .952 4.09 SS-2B
Frank Secory 31 17 15 13 44 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.59 OF
Eddie Stanky 28 8 4 3 26 8 15 3 4 .885 2.56 SS-3B-2B
Joe Stephenson 23 3 2 2 15 13 2 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 1 100% C
Mack Stewart 29 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.13 P
Hy Vandenberg 38 35 9 2 29 4 24 1 1 .966 0.80 P
Dewey Williams 28 77 71 68 374 317 50 7 7 .981 4.77 3 23 23 50% C
Hank Wyse 26 41 34 14 59 7 51 1 3 .983 1.41 P
Tony York 31 27 24 19 125 39 81 5 7 .960 4.44 SS-3B
Team Totals 29.5 157 1413 1239 6266 4202 1878 186 394 .970 3.68 10 48 43 47%
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 4 6
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Dale Alderson 26 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Charlie Brewster 27 49 -1 0 0 0 -2 1 1 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 6
Phil Cavarretta* 27 692 34 2 0 0 -9 -6 19 40 4.3 49 5.4 -1.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *38O
Bob Chipman* 25 51 -8 0 0 0 0 3 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Dom Dallessandro* 30 444 22 -1 0 0 -3 -4 14 28 3.0 31 3.4 -0.4 $ Purchased *O78
Paul Derringer 37 60 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Roy Easterwood 29 34 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 2
Pete Elko 26 22 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /5
Paul Erickson 28 39 -6 0 0 0 0 2 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
Bill Fleming 30 58 -6 0 0 0 0 3 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Jimmie Foxx 36 22 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Waivers /52
Charlie Gassaway* 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Paul Gillespie* 23 29 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ /2
Ival Goodman* 35 168 3 0 0 0 -3 -1 5 4 0.5 7 0.8 -0.3 $ Purchased O78
Stan Hack* 34 440 6 1 0 0 -1 -1 13 18 1.8 19 2.1 -0.3 $ 53
Ed Hanyzewski 23 20 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
Billy Holm 31 154 -15 0 0 0 -1 2 5 -9 -1.1 -8 -0.9 -0.2 $ 2
Roy Hughes 33 531 -1 5 0 0 -2 3 16 21 2.2 23 2.5 -0.3 $ 56
Don Johnson 32 644 -9 -2 0 0 -6 7 20 10 0.9 16 1.8 -0.9 $ *4
Mickey Kreitner 21 97 -9 -1 0 0 1 1 3 -5 -0.6 -6 -0.7 0.1 $ 2
Red Lynn 30 30 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Lennie Merullo 27 217 -10 0 0 0 -3 4 7 -2 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $ 6/3
Hank Miklos* 33 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Bill Nicholson* 29 686 50 1 0 0 -3 -7 20 61 6.5 64 7.1 -0.6 $ Purchased *O9
Lou Novikoff 28 151 1 0 0 0 -3 -1 5 2 0.2 5 0.6 -0.4 $ 7O
Johnny Ostrowski 26 14 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag /7O
Andy Pafko 23 512 -6 -1 0 0 2 -1 16 10 1.0 8 0.9 0.1 $ Purchased *O8/9
Claude Passeau 35 91 -9 0 0 0 0 5 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Ed Sauer 25 53 -3 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 7O
Bill Schuster 31 167 -7 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 6/4
Frank Secory 31 66 5 0 0 0 1 -1 2 7 0.7 6 0.7 0.0 $ Purchased 7O/8
Eddie Stanky 28 28 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Unknown /456
Joe Stephenson 23 9 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
Mack Stewart 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Hy Vandenberg 38 42 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Dewey Williams 28 288 -11 -1 0 0 1 2 9 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 2
Hank Wyse 26 98 -10 0 0 0 0 6 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Tony York 31 90 -6 -1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 65
Team Total 29.5 6108 -25 2 0 0 -31 29 186 161 15.6 192 21.5 -5.9 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Dale Alderson 26 21.2 1 18 11 0 1.0 -7 -0.7 $
John Burrows* 30 3.0 0 7 2 0 1.0 -5 -0.6 $ Free Agency
Bob Chipman* 25 129.0 21 62 68 -2 1.0 6 0.7 $ Traded
Paul Derringer 37 180.0 16 96 94 -3 1.0 -2 -0.1 $ Purchased
Paul Erickson 28 124.1 15 59 65 -2 1.0 6 0.7 $
Bill Fleming 30 158.1 18 74 83 -2 1.0 9 1.1 $ Purchased
Charlie Gassaway* 25 11.2 2 11 6 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $
Ed Hanyzewski 23 58.1 7 33 31 -1 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Red Lynn 30 84.1 7 41 44 -1 1.0 3 0.4 $
Hank Miklos* 33 7.0 0 6 4 0 1.0 -2 -0.3 $
Claude Passeau 35 227.0 27 80 119 -4 1.0 39 4.4 $ Traded
Mack Stewart 29 12.1 0 2 6 0 1.0 4 0.5 $
Hy Vandenberg 38 126.1 9 67 66 -2 1.0 -1 0.0 $
Hank Wyse 26 257.1 34 113 135 -4 1.0 22 2.5 $ Amateur Free Agent
Team Total 30.7 1400.2 157 669 734 -21 1.0 65 7.9 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1943 / 1945 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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