1943 Chicago Cubs | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |||
City | Chicago, Illinois | |||
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |||
General managers | James T. Gallagher | |||
Managers | Jimmie Wilson | |||
Radio | WGN (Jack Brickhouse, Dick Enroth) WJJD (Bert Wilson, Pat Flanagan) WCFL (Hal Totten) | |||
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The 1943 Chicago Cubs season was the: 72nd season of the——Chicago Cubs franchise, the 68th in the National League and the 28th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 74–79.
Regular season※
Season standings※
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 105 | 49 | .682 | — | 58–21 | 47–28 |
Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 67 | .565 | 18 | 48–29 | 39–38 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 81 | 72 | .529 | 23½ | 46–31 | 35–41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 74 | .519 | 25 | 47–30 | 33–44 |
Chicago Cubs | 74 | 79 | .484 | 30½ | 36–38 | 38–41 |
Boston Braves | 68 | 85 | .444 | 36½ | 38–39 | 30–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 64 | 90 | .416 | 41 | 33–43 | 31–47 |
New York Giants | 55 | 98 | .359 | 49½ | 34–43 | 21–55 |
Record vs. opponents※
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 12–9 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 3–19 | |||||
Brooklyn | 9–12 | — | 10–12 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 11–11 | 7–15 | |||||
Chicago | 14–8 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 12–9–1 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 | |||||
Cincinnati | 11–11 | 9–13 | 13–9 | — | 16–6–1 | 19–3 | 9–13 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 11–11 | 8–14 | 9–12–1 | 6–16–1 | — | 8–14–1 | 9–13 | 4–18 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 5–17 | 12–10 | 3–19 | 14–8–1 | — | 10–12–1 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | — | 7–15–2 | |||||
St. Louis | 19–3 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 18–4 | 13–9–1 | 15–7–2 | — |
Roster※
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Player stats※
Batting※
Starters by, position※
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Clyde McCullough | 87 | 266 | 63 | .237 | 2 | 23 |
1B | Phil Cavarretta | 143 | 530 | 154 | .291 | 8 | 73 |
2B | Eddie Stanky | 142 | 510 | 125 | .245 | 0 | 47 |
SS | Lennie Merullo | 129 | 453 | 115 | .254 | 1 | 25 |
3B | Stan Hack | 144 | 533 | 154 | .289 | 3 | 35 |
OF | Peanuts Lowrey | 130 | 480 | 140 | .292 | 1 | 63 |
OF | Bill Nicholson | 154 | 608 | 188 | .309 | 29 | 128 |
OF | Lou Novikoff | 78 | 233 | 65 | .279 | 0 | 28 |
Other batters※
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Ival Goodman | 80 | 225 | 72 | .320 | 3 | 45 |
Dom Dallessandro | 87 | 176 | 39 | .222 | 1 | 31 |
Chico Hernández | 43 | 126 | 34 | .270 | 0 | 9 |
Stu Martin | 64 | 118 | 26 | .220 | 0 | 5 |
Mickey Livingston | 36 | 111 | 29 | .261 | 4 | 16 |
Heinz Becker | 24 | 69 | 10 | .145 | 0 | 2 |
Andy Pafko | 13 | 58 | 22 | .379 | 0 | 10 |
Ed Sauer | 14 | 55 | 15 | .273 | 0 | 9 |
Bill Schuster | 13 | 51 | 15 | .294 | 0 | 0 |
Al Todd | 21 | 45 | 6 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
Don Johnson | 10 | 42 | 8 | .190 | 0 | 1 |
Whitey Platt | 20 | 41 | 7 | .171 | 0 | 2 |
Pete Elko | 9 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Ostrowski | 10 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 3 |
Charlie Gilbert | 8 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Holm | 7 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 0 |
Mickey Kreitner | 3 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching※
Starting pitchers※
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Claude Passeau | 35 | 257.0 | 15 | 12 | 2.91 | 93 |
Hi Bithorn | 39 | 249.2 | 18 | 12 | 2.60 | 86 |
Paul Derringer | 32 | 174.0 | 10 | 14 | 3.57 | 75 |
Bill Lee | 13 | 78.1 | 3 | 7 | 3.56 | 18 |
Other pitchers※
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Hank Wyse | 38 | 156.0 | 9 | 7 | 2.94 | 45 |
Ed Hanyzewski | 33 | 130.0 | 8 | 7 | 2.56 | 55 |
Lon Warneke | 21 | 88.1 | 4 | 5 | 3.16 | 30 |
Ray Prim | 29 | 60.0 | 4 | 3 | 2.55 | 27 |
Dick Barrett | 15 | 45.0 | 0 | 4 | 4.80 | 20 |
Paul Erickson | 15 | 42.2 | 1 | 3 | 6.12 | 24 |
Walter Signer | 4 | 25.0 | 2 | 1 | 2.88 | 5 |
Dale Alderson | 4 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.43 | 4 |
Relief pitchers※
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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John Burrows | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.86 | 18 |
Bill Fleming | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.40 | 12 |
Jake Mooty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm system※
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Bill Sweeney |
B | Portsmouth Cubs | Piedmont League | Milt Stock |
D | Erwin Aces | Appalachian League | Jim Poole |
D | Lockport Cubs | PONY League | Roy Johnson |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Erwin
Notes※
- ^ Johnson, "Lloyd," and Wolff, "Miles," ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997
References※
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