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1945 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1944 / 1946)
98-56, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 735 runs, Allowed 532 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-55
Manager: Charlie Grimm (98-56)
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
Won NL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to Detroit Tigers

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1944 / 1946 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 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
6 OF Peanuts Lowrey 27 143 592 523 72 148 22 7 7 89 11 48 27 .283 .343 .392 .735 106 205 8 0 21
7 OF 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 OF Bill Nicholson* 30 151 660 559 82 136 28 4 13 88 4 92 73 .243 .356 .377 .734 106 211 9 6 3
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 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 OF 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 OF 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 OF 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 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 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 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
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 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 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 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
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 3B-2B
Hank Borowy 29 15 25 5 20 0 0 1.000 1.67 P
Phil Cavarretta 28 131 11 0 0 1259 1172 78 9 83 .993 9.54 1B-OF
Bob Chipman 26 25 21 4 16 1 1 .952 0.80 P
Loyd Christopher 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
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 46 0 0 1 184 162 20 2 1 .989 3.96 1 C-OF
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 27 140 125 14 0 305 281 19 5 1 .984 2.14 OF-SS
Lennie Merullo 28 118 575 209 336 30 49 .948 4.62 SS
Bill Nicholson 30 151 0 0 151 315 300 12 3 4 .990 2.07 OF
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
Andy Pafko 24 140 0 140 0 384 371 11 2 0 .995 2.73 OF
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
Ed Sauer 26 26 21 2 3 45 44 1 0 1 1.000 1.73 OF
Bill Schuster 32 26 82 38 40 4 8 .951 3.00 SS-2B-3B
Frank Secory 32 12 10 0 2 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 OF
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 G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1944 / 1946 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics