1945 Chicago Cubs Statistics

1944 Season 1946 Season

Record: 98-56-1, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-3) to Detroit Tigers

Manager: Charlie Grimm (98-56-1)

Ballpark: Wrigley Field

Attendance: 1,036,386 (2nd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 96

Pythagorean W-L: 99-55, 735 Runs, 532 Runs Allowed

National League Pennant

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	1	19	6	.254	.324	.317	.641	80	71	7	4	6		3
2	1B	Phil Cavarretta*	28	132	586	498	94	177	34	10	6	97	5	2	81	34	.355	.449	.500	.949	166	249	6	4	3		18
3	2B	Don Johnson	33	138	614	557	94	168	23	2	2	58	9	5	32	34	.302	.343	.361	.704	97	201	10	3	22		0
4	SS	Lennie Merullo	28	121	433	394	40	94	18	0	2	37	7	1	31	30	.239	.297	.299	.597	68	118	15	2	6		6
5	3B	Stan Hack*	35	150	702	597	110	193	29	7	2	43	12	6	99	30	.323	.420	.405	.826	132	242	4	1	5		6
6	OF	Peanuts Lowrey	27	143	592	523	72	148	22	7	7	89	11	3	48	27	.283	.343	.392	.735	106	205	8	0	21		11
7	OF	Andy Pafko	24	144	608	534	64	159	24	12	12	110	5	4	45	36	.298	.361	.455	.816	128	243	4	8	21		8
8	OF	Bill Nicholson*	30	151	660	559	82	136	28	4	13	88	4	0	92	73	.243	.356	.377	.734	106	211	9	6	3		19
Rk	Pos	Name	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	1	16	18	.261	.311	.306	.617	73	68	4	0	8		2
10	C	Paul Gillespie*	24	75	183	163	12	47	6	0	3	25	2	0	18	9	.288	.366	.380	.746	109	62	1	2	0		4
11	1B	Heinz Becker#	29	67	152	133	25	38	8	2	2	27	0	0	17	16	.286	.375	.421	.796	123	56	3	2	0		0
12	C	Dewey Williams	29	59	115	100	16	28	2	2	2	5	0	0	13	13	.280	.363	.400	.763	114	40	5	0	2		2
13	C	Len Rice	26	32	107	99	10	23	3	0	0	7	2	1	5	8	.232	.269	.263	.532	49	26	4	0	3		1
14	OF	Ed Sauer	26	49	104	93	8	24	4	1	2	11	2	1	8	23	.258	.317	.387	.704	97	36	1	0	3		0
15	OF	Frank Secory	32	35	62	57	4	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	7	.158	.186	.175	.362	2	10	2	0	3		0
16	SS	Bill Schuster	32	45	56	47	8	9	2	1	0	2	2	0	7	4	.191	.296	.277	.573	61	13	3	0	2		0
17	1B	Reggie Otero*	29	14	26	23	1	9	0	0	0	5	0	1	2	2	.391	.440	.391	.831	134	9	0	0	1		2
18	3B	Johnny Ostrowski	27	7	10	10	4	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.500	.800	122	5	0	0	0		0
19	IF	Cy Block	26	2	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	1	0	0	0		0
20		Johnny Moore*	43	7	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	29	1	0	0	0		1
21	OF	Loyd Christopher	25	1	0	0	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	0	16	.168	.168	.188	.356	0	19	2	0	8		0
23	P	Claude Passeau	36	34	96	91	10	17	2	0	2	9	0	1	2	22	.187	.204	.275	.479	34	25	0	0	3		0
24	P	Paul Derringer	38	35	84	75	3	15	3	0	0	8	0	0	0	12	.200	.200	.240	.440	23	18	2	0	9		0
25	P	Ray Prim	38	34	61	51	4	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	9	.255	.321	.255	.576	63	13	0	0	5		0
26	P	Hank Borowy	29	15	52	41	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	.171	.244	.195	.440	24	8	1	0	7		0
27	P	Paul Erickson	29	28	39	32	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	.156	.229	.219	.447	26	7	0	0	4		0
28	P	Hy Vandenberg	39	30	34	32	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	4	.125	.152	.188	.339	-5	6	1	0	1		0
29	P	Bob Chipman*	26	25	22	17	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	.176	.263	.235	.498	40	4	0	0	3		0
30	P	Ray Starr	39	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	181	1	1	0	1		0
31	P	Jorge Comellas	28	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
32	P	Lon Warneke	36	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0		0
33	P	Mack Stewart	30	16	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	87	1	0	0	0		0
34	P	Ed Hanyzewski	24	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	47	0	0	0	0		0
35	P	Walter Signer	34	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
		Team Totals	29.8	155	6035	5298	735	1465	229	52	57	674	69	28	555	462	.277	.349	.372	.720	102	1969	93	32	150		83
		Rank in 8 NL teams				6	4	3	4	3	5		5	1	3	3	1	1	5	2		6		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.5	155	5523	4846	698	1382	218	51	55	645	69	26	536	371	.285	.360	.385	.745	109	1867	86	32	109		83
		Pitcher Totals	33.1	155	512	452	37	83	11	1	2	29	0	2	19	91	.184	.217	.226	.442	24	102	7	0	41		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Hank Wyse	27	22	10	.688	2.68	38	34	3	23	2	0	278.1	272	95	83	17	55	6	77	5	0	3	1139	136	3.59	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	7	98	2	1	2	934	149	2.87	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	7	86	1	0	2	901	106	3.11	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	5	88	1	0	3	656	153	2.78	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	6	47	0	0	1	507	171	3.30	1.243	7.7	0.1	3.5	3.5	1.00
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	RP	Paul Erickson	29	7	4	.636	3.32	28	9	9	3	0	3	108.1	94	41	40	5	48	3	53	7	0	2	467	110	3.84	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	10	35	4	0	1	396	105	3.68	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	3	29	1	0	1	313	105	4.08	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	3	9	0	0	1	130	78	3.55	1.800	11.8	0.0	4.4	2.9	0.64
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Lon Warneke	36	0	1	.000	3.86	9	1	5	0	0	1	14.0	16	9	6	0	1	0	6	0	0	2	61	97	2.06	1.214	10.3	0.0	0.6	3.9	6.00
11		Ray Starr	39	1	0	1.000	7.43	9	1	3	0	0	0	13.1	17	11	11	1	7	0	5	0	0	0	64	51	4.50	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	0	6	0	0	0	51	84	4.28	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	1	0	0	0	0	48	114	6.20	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	0	1	1	22	69	6.13	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	0	2	0	0	0	17	55	2.43	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	15	1366.1	1301	533	452	57	385	51	541	21	2	19	5706	123	3.34	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		2
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W