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1944 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943 / 1945)
75-79, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 702 runs, Allowed 669 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74
Manager: Jimmie Wilson (1-9), Roy Johnson (0-1) and Charlie Grimm (74-69)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 640,110 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100

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1943 / 1945 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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 65 74 10 0 3
2 1B Phil Cavarretta* 27 152 692 614 106 197 35 15 5 82 4 67 42 .321 .390 .451 .841 136 277 10 3 8
3 2B Don Johnson 32 154 644 608 50 169 37 1 2 71 8 28 48 .278 .311 .352 .663 86 214 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 .722 104 135 7 0 4
6 OF Andy Pafko 23 128 512 469 47 126 16 2 6 62 2 28 23 .269 .315 .350 .665 87 164 14 4 11
7 OF Bill Nicholson* 29 156 686 582 116 167 35 8 33 122 3 93 71 .287 .391 .545 .935 161 317 3 6 5
8 OF Dom Dallessandro* 30 117 444 381 53 116 19 4 8 74 1 61 29 .304 .400 .438 .839 136 167 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 94 168 7 1 17
10 OF Ival Goodman* 35 62 168 141 24 37 8 1 1 16 0 23 15 .262 .377 .355 .732 107 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 62 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 10 20 2 1 5
13 OF Lou Novikoff 28 71 151 139 15 39 4 2 3 19 1 10 11 .281 .329 .403 .732 105 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 46 21 2 0 1
16 OF Frank Secory 31 22 66 56 10 18 1 0 4 17 1 6 8 .321 .387 .554 .941 163 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 54 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 76 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 67 12 2 0 0
20 C Paul Gillespie* 23 9 29 26 2 7 1 0 1 2 0 3 3 .269 .345 .423 .768 115 11 1 0 0
21 IF Eddie Stanky 27 13 28 25 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 .240 .296 .320 .616 73 8 1 0 1
22 3B Pete Elko 26 7 22 22 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .227 .273 .500 40 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 -33 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 25 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
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 Hank Wyse 26 41 98 90 11 16 3 0 0 8 0 2 12 .178 .196 .211 .407 14 19 3 0 6
27 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
28 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
29 P Bill Fleming 30 40 58 53 4 9 2 0 0 6 0 1 4 .170 .185 .208 .393 10 11 1 0 4
30 P Bob Chipman* 25 26 51 48 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 .104 .157 .104 .261 -26 5 2 0 0
31 P Hy Vandenberg 38 35 42 38 3 9 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 .237 .256 .237 .493 39 9 1 0 3
32 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
33 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
34 P Ed Hanyzewski 23 14 20 17 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 .059 .200 .059 .259 -25 1 0 0 0
35 P Charlie Gassaway* 25 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 86 1 0 0 0
36 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
37 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
38 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
Team Totals 29.5 157 6108 5462 701 1425 236 46 71 639 53 0 520 520 .261 .328 .360 .687 93 1966 105 21 105 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 3 4 5 5 4 2 3 2 5 5 5 5 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 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 112 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 3 943 122 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 4 688 113 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 5 547 100 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 0 257 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 53 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 50 242 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 46 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 46 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 20 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 6007 99 1.380 9.5 0.5 2.9 3.4 1.18
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 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
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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 26 12 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 0.75 P
Charlie Brewster 27 10 62 27 29 6 9 .903 5.60 SS
John Burrows 30 3 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.33 P
Phil Cavarretta 27 152 0 13 0 1454 1363 78 13 121 .991 9.48 1B-OF
Bob Chipman 25 26 28 3 24 1 2 .964 1.04 P
Dom Dallessandro 30 106 91 16 0 225 212 9 4 2 .982 2.08 OF
Paul Derringer 37 42 38 7 30 1 3 .974 0.88 P
Roy Easterwood 29 12 33 29 4 0 1 1.000 2.75 1 C
Pete Elko 26 6 14 6 8 0 1 1.000 2.33 3B
Paul Erickson 28 33 39 7 30 2 1 .949 1.12 P
Bill Fleming 30 39 50 8 39 3 0 .940 1.21 P
Jimmie Foxx 36 3 15 9 6 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 3B-C
Charlie Gassaway 25 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Paul Gillespie 23 7 31 22 6 3 0 .903 4.00 2 C
Ival Goodman 35 35 23 14 0 65 65 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 OF
Stan Hack 34 93 419 226 174 19 23 .955 4.30 3B-1B
Ed Hanyzewski 23 14 28 2 26 0 1 1.000 2.00 P
Billy Holm 31 50 188 166 18 4 2 .979 3.68 4 C
Roy Hughes 33 118 543 220 303 20 54 .963 4.43 3B-SS
Don Johnson 32 154 894 385 462 47 85 .947 5.50 2B
Mickey Kreitner 21 39 118 104 13 1 3 .992 3.00 0 C
Red Lynn 30 22 27 7 20 0 2 1.000 1.23 P
Lennie Merullo 27 57 302 116 167 19 26 .937 4.96 SS-1B
Hank Miklos 33 2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Bill Nicholson 29 156 0 0 156 330 305 18 7 4 .979 2.07 OF
Lou Novikoff 28 29 28 1 0 41 39 1 1 0 .976 1.38 OF
Johnny Ostrowski 26 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50 OF
Andy Pafko 23 123 0 123 1 363 333 24 6 4 .983 2.90 OF
Claude Passeau 35 34 54 12 42 0 5 1.000 1.59 P
Ed Sauer 25 12 12 0 0 25 23 1 1 0 .960 2.00 OF
Bill Schuster 31 44 189 71 109 9 21 .952 4.09 SS-2B
Frank Secory 31 17 17 1 0 44 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.59 OF
Eddie Stanky 27 9 26 8 15 3 4 .885 2.56 3B-2B-SS
Joe Stephenson 23 3 15 13 2 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 C
Mack Stewart 29 8 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.13 P
Hy Vandenberg 38 35 29 4 24 1 1 .966 0.80 P
Dewey Williams 28 77 374 317 50 7 7 .981 4.77 3 C
Hank Wyse 26 41 59 7 51 1 3 .983 1.41 P
Tony York 31 27 125 39 81 5 7 .960 4.44 SS-3B
Team Totals 29.5 157 6266 4202 1878 186 394 .970 3.68 10
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 4 6
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1943 / 1945 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics