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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Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos	Awards
1	Mickey Livingston	30	C	0.5	71	253	224	19	57	4	2	2	23	2	1	19	6	.254	.324	.317	.641	80	.309	82	71	7	4	6	3	2/H3
2	Phil Cavarretta*	28	1B	5.9	132	586	498	94	177	34	10	6	97	5	2	81	34	.355	.449	.500	.949	166	.434	169	249	6	4	3	18	*37/9H	MVP-1
3	Don Johnson	33	2B	4.1	138	614	557	94	168	23	2	2	58	9	5	32	34	.302	.343	.361	.704	97	.336	101	201	10	3	22	0	*4	MVP-21
4	Lennie Merullo	28	SS	0.5	121	433	394	40	94	18	0	2	37	7	1	31	30	.239	.297	.299	.597	68	.287	64	118	15	2	6	6	*6/H
5	Stan Hack*	35	3B	6.5	150	702	597	110	193	29	7	2	43	12	6	99	30	.323	.420	.405	.826	132	.394	140	242	4	1	5	6	*5/3	MVP-11
6	Bill Nicholson*	30	OF	2.3	151	660	559	82	136	28	4	13	88	4	0	92	73	.243	.356	.377	.734	106	.340	103	211	9	6	3	19	*9
7	Andy Pafko	24	OF	4.4	144	608	534	64	159	24	12	12	110	5	4	45	36	.298	.361	.455	.816	128	.374	129	243	4	8	21	8	*8/H	MVP-4
8	Peanuts Lowrey	27	OF	2.3	143	592	523	72	148	22	7	7	89	11	3	48	27	.283	.343	.392	.735	106	.342	105	205	8	0	21	11	*78/H6	MVP-26
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos	Awards
9	Roy Hughes	34	MI	0.6	69	246	222	34	58	8	1	0	8	6	1	16	18	.261	.311	.306	.617	73	.296	71	68	4	0	8	2	64/5H3
10	Paul Gillespie*	24	C	1.1	75	183	163	12	47	6	0	3	25	2	0	18	9	.288	.366	.380	.746	109	.352	111	62	1	2	0	4	2H/9
11	Heinz Becker#	29	1B	0.8	67	152	133	25	38	8	2	2	27	0	0	17	16	.286	.375	.421	.796	123	.373	127	56	3	2	0	0	H3
12	Dewey Williams	29	C	0.7	59	115	100	16	28	2	2	2	5	0	0	13	13	.280	.363	.400	.763	114	.352	113	40	5	0	2	2	2/H
13	Len Rice	26	C	-0.4	32	107	99	10	23	3	0	0	7	2	1	5	8	.232	.269	.263	.532	49	.251	43	26	4	0	3	1	2/H
14	Ed Sauer	26	OF	0.1	49	104	93	8	24	4	1	2	11	2	1	8	23	.258	.317	.387	.704	97	.323	93	36	1	0	3	0	H7/98
15	Frank Secory	32	OF	-0.7	35	62	57	4	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	7	.158	.186	.175	.362	2	.174	-11	10	2	0	3	0	H7/9
16	Bill Schuster	32	SS	-0.2	45	56	47	8	9	2	1	0	2	2	0	7	4	.191	.296	.277	.573	61	.291	64	13	3	0	2	0	H6/45
17	Reggie Otero*	29	1B	0.0	14	26	23	1	9	0	0	0	5	0	1	2	2	.391	.440	.391	.831	134	.344	126	9	0	0	1	2	/3H
18	Johnny Ostrowski	27	3B	0.1	7	10	10	4	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.500	.800	122	.366	122	5	0	0	0	0	/H5
19	Johnny Moore*	43			7	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	29	.154	-40	1	0	0	0	1	/H
20	Cy Block	26	IF	-0.1	2	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	.139	-29	1	0	0	0	0	/45
21	Loyd Christopher	25	OF	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	/7
22	Hank Wyse	27	P	-0.6	38	109	101	6	17	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	16	.168	.168	.188	.356	0	.164	-22	19	2	0	8	0	1	MVP-7
23	Claude Passeau	36	P	0.0	34	96	91	10	17	2	0	2	9	0	1	2	22	.187	.204	.275	.479	34	.211	20	25	0	0	3	0	1	MVP-19
24	Paul Derringer	38	P	-0.2	35	84	75	3	15	3	0	0	8	0	0	0	12	.200	.200	.240	.440	23	.201	2	18	2	0	9	0	1
25	Ray Prim	38	P	0.3	34	61	51	4	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	9	.255	.321	.255	.576	63	.280	62	13	0	0	5	0	1
26	Hank Borowy	29	P	0.0	15	52	41	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	.171	.244	.195	.440	24	.213	8	8	1	0	7	0	1	MVP-6
27	Paul Erickson	29	P	0.0	28	39	32	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	.156	.229	.219	.447	26	.214	11	7	0	0	4	0	1
28	Hy Vandenberg	39	P	-0.2	30	34	32	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	4	.125	.152	.188	.339	-5	.158	-20	6	1	0	1	0	1
29	Bob Chipman*	26	P	0.0	25	22	17	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	.176	.263	.235	.498	40	.212	29	4	0	0	3	0	1
30	Ray Starr	39	P	0.0	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	181	.473	245	1	1	0	1	0	/1
31	Mack Stewart	30	P	0.0	16	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	87	.301	79	1	0	0	0	0	1
32	Jorge Comellas	28	P	-0.1	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.026	-138	0	0	0	0	0	/1
33	Lon Warneke	36	P	0.0	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	.249	44	0	0	0	0	0	/1
34	Ed Hanyzewski	24	P	0.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	47	.346	109	0	0	0	0	0	/1
35	Walter Signer	34	P	0.0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.043	-155	0	0	0	0	0	/1
36	George Hennessey	37	P	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	/1
	Team Totals			27.9	155	6035	5298	735	1465	229	52	57	674	69	28	555	462	.277	.349	.372	.720	102	.338	102	1969	93	32	150	83
	Non-Pitcher Totals			28.5		5516	4840	698	1381	218	51	55	643	69	26	535	370	.285	.360	.386	.746	109	.350	110	1866	86	32	109	82
	Pitcher Totals			-0.6		512	452	37	83	11	1	2	29	0	2	19	91	.184	.217	.226	.442	24	.205	9	102	7	0	41	0

Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	SH	IBB	Pos
1	Stan Hack*	35	7	34	30	1	11	3	0	0	4	0	1	4	2	.367	.441	.467	.908	14	0	0	0	/*5
2	Don Johnson	33	7	33	29	4	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	.172	.172	.310	.483	9	0	4	0	/*4
3	Phil Cavarretta*	28	7	31	26	7	11	2	0	1	5	0	0	4	3	.423	.500	.615	1.115	16	0	1	0	/*3
4	Andy Pafko	24	7	31	28	5	6	2	1	0	2	1	0	2	5	.214	.267	.357	.624	10	1	1	1	*/8
5	Peanuts Lowrey	27	7	31	29	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.310	.333	.345	.678	10	2	1	0	*/7
6	Bill Nicholson*	30	7	30	28	1	6	1	1	0	8	0	0	2	5	.214	.267	.321	.588	9	0	0	0	*/9
7	Mickey Livingston	30	6	23	22	3	8	3	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	.364	.391	.500	.891	11	0	0	0	/*2
8	Roy Hughes	34	6	22	17	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	5	.294	.429	.353	.782	6	0	1	0	/*6
9	Hank Borowy	29	4	7	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.333	.500	2	0	1	0	/1
10	Claude Passeau	36	3	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	/1
11	Paul Gillespie*	24	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	/H2
12	Frank Secory	32	5	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	/*H
13	Hank Wyse	27	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	/1
14	Heinz Becker#	29	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	1	/H
15	Lennie Merullo	28	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	/6H
16	Ed Sauer	26	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	/H
17	Dewey Williams	29	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	/2H
18	Clyde McCullough		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	/H
19	Ray Prim	38	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	1	0	/1
20	Bill Schuster	32	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	/6H
21	Hy Vandenberg	39	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	/1
22	Paul Erickson	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0		/1
23	Paul Derringer	38	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0		/1
24	Bob Chipman*	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0		/1
25	Cy Block	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0		/H
	Team Totals		7	276	247	29	65	16	3	1	27	2	3	19	48	.263	.316	.364	.680	90	3	10	2