Franchise Encyclopedia: 1944 / 1946
98-56, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Grimm (98-56)
Scored 735 runs, Allowed 532 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-55
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 1,036,386 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 95
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Mickey Livingston | 30 | 71 | 253 | 224 | 19 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 19 | 6 | .254 | .324 | .317 | .641 | 80 | 71 | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 1B | Phil Cavarretta* | 28 | 132 | 586 | 498 | 94 | 177 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 97 | 5 | 81 | 34 | .355 | .449 | .500 | .949 | 166 | 249 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 3 | 2B | Don Johnson | 33 | 138 | 614 | 557 | 94 | 168 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 9 | 32 | 34 | .302 | .343 | .361 | .704 | 97 | 201 | 10 | 3 | 22 | |||
| 4 | SS | Lennie Merullo | 28 | 121 | 433 | 394 | 40 | 94 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 7 | 31 | 30 | .239 | .297 | .299 | .597 | 68 | 118 | 15 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 5 | 3B | Stan Hack* | 35 | 150 | 702 | 597 | 110 | 193 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 43 | 12 | 99 | 30 | .323 | .420 | .405 | .826 | 132 | 242 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Bill Nicholson* | 30 | 151 | 660 | 559 | 82 | 136 | 28 | 4 | 13 | 88 | 4 | 92 | 73 | .243 | .356 | .377 | .734 | 106 | 211 | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | Andy Pafko | 24 | 144 | 608 | 534 | 64 | 159 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 110 | 5 | 45 | 36 | .298 | .361 | .455 | .816 | 128 | 243 | 4 | 8 | 21 | ||||
| 8 | SS | Peanuts Lowrey | 27 | 143 | 592 | 523 | 72 | 148 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 89 | 11 | 48 | 27 | .283 | .343 | .392 | .735 | 106 | 205 | 8 | 0 | 21 | |||
| 9 | MI | Roy Hughes | 34 | 69 | 246 | 222 | 34 | 58 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 18 | .261 | .311 | .306 | .617 | 73 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 10 | C | Paul Gillespie* | 24 | 75 | 183 | 163 | 12 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 18 | 9 | .288 | .366 | .380 | .746 | 109 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 11 | 1B | Heinz Becker# | 29 | 67 | 152 | 133 | 25 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 17 | 16 | .286 | .375 | .421 | .796 | 123 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 12 | C | Dewey Williams | 29 | 59 | 115 | 100 | 16 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 13 | .280 | .363 | .400 | .763 | 114 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 13 | C | Len Rice | 26 | 32 | 107 | 99 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | .232 | .269 | .263 | .532 | 49 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 14 | Ed Sauer | 26 | 49 | 104 | 93 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 23 | .258 | .317 | .387 | .704 | 97 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 15 | Frank Secory | 32 | 35 | 62 | 57 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .158 | .186 | .175 | .362 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 16 | SS | Bill Schuster | 32 | 45 | 56 | 47 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | .191 | .296 | .277 | .573 | 61 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 17 | 1B | Reggie Otero* | 29 | 14 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .391 | .440 | .391 | .831 | 134 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 18 | 3B | Johnny Ostrowski | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .500 | .800 | 122 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | IF | Cy Block | 26 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | -20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Johnny Moore* | 43 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | Loyd Christopher | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 22 | P | Hank Wyse | 27 | 38 | 109 | 101 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .168 | .168 | .188 | .356 | -0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 23 | P | Claude Passeau | 36 | 34 | 96 | 91 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .187 | .204 | .275 | .479 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 24 | P | Paul Derringer | 38 | 35 | 84 | 75 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .200 | .200 | .240 | .440 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||
| 25 | P | Ray Prim | 38 | 34 | 61 | 51 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .255 | .321 | .255 | .576 | 63 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 26 | P | Hank Borowy | 29 | 15 | 52 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .171 | .244 | .195 | .440 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 27 | P | Paul Erickson | 29 | 28 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .156 | .229 | .219 | .447 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 28 | P | Hy Vandenberg | 39 | 30 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .152 | .188 | .339 | -5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 29 | P | Bob Chipman* | 26 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .176 | .263 | .235 | .498 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 30 | P | Ray Starr | 39 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 181 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 31 | P | Jorge Comellas | 28 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 32 | P | Lon Warneke | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 33 | P | Mack Stewart | 30 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 34 | P | Ed Hanyzewski | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 35 | P | Walter Signer | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 36 | P | George Hennessey | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 29.7 | 155 | 6035 | 5298 | 735 | 1465 | 229 | 52 | 57 | 674 | 69 | 0 | 555 | 462 | .277 | .349 | .372 | .720 | 102 | 1969 | 93 | 32 | 150 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Hank Wyse | 27 | 22 | 10 | .688 | 2.68 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 278.1 | 272 | 95 | 83 | 17 | 55 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1139 | 136 | 1.175 | 8.8 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.40 | |
| 2 | SP | Claude Passeau | 36 | 17 | 9 | .654 | 2.46 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 227.0 | 205 | 70 | 62 | 4 | 59 | 98 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 934 | 148 | 1.163 | 8.1 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 1.66 | |
| 3 | SP | Paul Derringer | 38 | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.45 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 213.2 | 223 | 99 | 82 | 8 | 51 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 901 | 106 | 1.282 | 9.4 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 1.69 | |
| 4 | SP | Ray Prim* | 38 | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.40 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 165.1 | 142 | 58 | 44 | 9 | 23 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 656 | 152 | 0.998 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 3.83 | |
| 5 | SP | Hank Borowy | 29 | 11 | 2 | .846 | 2.13 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 122.1 | 105 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 507 | 171 | 1.243 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | RP | Paul Erickson | 29 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.32 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 108.1 | 94 | 41 | 40 | 5 | 48 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 467 | 110 | 1.311 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 1.10 | |
| 7 | RP | Hy Vandenberg | 39 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.49 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 95.1 | 91 | 44 | 37 | 4 | 33 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 396 | 104 | 1.301 | 8.6 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 1.06 | |
| 8 | RP | Bob Chipman* | 26 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.50 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 63 | 37 | 28 | 4 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 313 | 104 | 1.347 | 7.9 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 0.85 | |
| 9 | RP | Mack Stewart | 30 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.76 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 130 | 77 | 1.800 | 11.8 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 0.64 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 10 | Lon Warneke | 36 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 95 | 1.214 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 6.00 | ||
| 11 | Ray Starr | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.42 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 49 | 1.800 | 11.5 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 0.71 | ||
| 12 | Jorge Comellas | 28 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 81 | 1.417 | 8.3 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | ||
| 13 | Walter Signer | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 108 | 2.000 | 12.4 | 1.1 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| 14 | Ed Hanyzewski | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 63 | 1.714 | 13.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| 15 | George Hennessey | 37 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 50 | 2.182 | 17.2 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 2.00 | |||
| Team Totals | 33.0 | 98 | 56 | .636 | 2.98 | 155 | 155 | 69 | 86 | 13 | 14 | 1366.1 | 1301 | 533 | 452 | 57 | 385 | 541 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 5706 | 122 | 1.234 | 8.6 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 1.41 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3865 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heinz Becker | 29 | 28 | 234 | 222 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 1.000 | 8.36 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Cy Block | 26 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.00 | 2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Hank Borowy | 29 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.67 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Phil Cavarretta | 28 | 120 | 1235 | 1149 | 77 | 9 | 83 | .993 | 10.22 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Chipman | 26 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 0.80 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jorge Comellas | 28 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.29 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Derringer | 38 | 35 | 42 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.17 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Erickson | 29 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.75 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Gillespie | 24 | 45 | 183 | 161 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 4.02 | 1 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Stan Hack | 35 | 151 | 561 | 233 | 314 | 14 | 29 | .975 | 3.62 | 3B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ed Hanyzewski | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| George Hennessey | 37 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Roy Hughes | 34 | 68 | 290 | 120 | 157 | 13 | 28 | .955 | 4.07 | SS-2B-3B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Johnson | 33 | 138 | 768 | 309 | 440 | 19 | 74 | .975 | 5.43 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Mickey Livingston | 30 | 69 | 294 | 264 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .990 | 4.22 | 1 | C-1B | |||||||||||||||
| Peanuts Lowrey | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.50 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Lennie Merullo | 28 | 118 | 575 | 209 | 336 | 30 | 49 | .948 | 4.62 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Ostrowski | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 0.75 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Reggie Otero | 29 | 8 | 60 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .967 | 7.25 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Claude Passeau | 36 | 34 | 69 | 17 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.03 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Prim | 38 | 34 | 33 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .970 | 0.94 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Len Rice | 26 | 29 | 126 | 115 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .976 | 4.24 | 1 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Schuster | 32 | 26 | 82 | 38 | 40 | 4 | 8 | .951 | 3.00 | SS-2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Walter Signer | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.17 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Starr | 39 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Mack Stewart | 30 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.44 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hy Vandenberg | 39 | 30 | 27 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 0.83 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Lon Warneke | 36 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.67 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Dewey Williams | 29 | 54 | 137 | 114 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .978 | 2.48 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Hank Wyse | 27 | 38 | 79 | 10 | 67 | 2 | 5 | .975 | 2.03 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30.0 | 155 | 6001 | 4098 | 1782 | 121 | 321 | .980 | 3.60 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |