1942 Chicago Cubs Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 68-86
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 590,972, Avg. 11,399
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Jimmie Wilson (68-86)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1942 Chicago Cubs Roster
1942 Chicago Cubs Results

The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1942 season with a record of 68 wins and 86 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.

The Cubs scored 591 runs and yielded 665 runs. Bill Nicholson led Chicago with 21 home runs and accounted for 78 RBI. Lou Novikoff and Stan Hack paced all regular batters with a .300 average. Claude Passeau topped the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.68 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Jimmie Wilson coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Claude Passeau	19	14	.576	2.68	35	34	0	24	3	0	278.3	284	116	83	13	74	89	3	0	4	1177
Bill Lee	13	13	.500	3.85	32	30	1	18	1	0	219.7	221	99	94	4	67	75	1	1	3	939
Hiram Bithorn	9	14	.391	3.68	38	16	14	9	0	2	171.3	191	93	70	8	81	65	0	0	2	744
Vern Olsen	6	9	.400	4.49	32	17	9	4	1	1	140.3	161	75	70	6	55	46	1	1	3	632
Bill Fleming	5	6	.455	3.01	33	14	7	4	2	2	134.3	117	51	45	9	63	59	3	0	3	581
Lon Warneke	5	7	.417	2.27	15	12	3	8	1	2	99.0	97	33	25	2	21	28	0	0	0	403
Johnny Schmitz	3	7	.300	3.43	23	10	6	1	0	2	86.7	70	41	33	3	45	51	3	0	3	364
Hank Wyse	2	1	.667	1.93	4	4	0	1	1	0	28.0	33	10	6	1	6	8	0	0	0	122
Jake Mooty	2	5	.286	4.70	19	10	5	1	0	1	84.3	89	48	44	11	44	28	0	2	4	384
Ed Hanyzewski	1	1	.500	3.79	6	1	2	0	0	0	19.0	17	9	8	2	8	6	0	0	0	77
Dick Errickson	1	1	.500	4.13	13	0	8	0	0	0	24.0	39	12	11	1	8	9	1	0	1	110
Tot Pressnell	1	1	.500	5.49	27	0	18	0	0	4	39.3	40	28	24	5	5	9	5	0	2	168
Paul Erickson	1	6	.143	5.43	18	7	6	1	0	0	63.0	70	40	38	4	41	26	0	0	2	289
Emil Kush	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8
Bob Bowman	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Vallie Eaves	0	0		9.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	16
Joe Berry	0	0		18.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	7	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	16
Jesse Flores	0	1	.000	3.38	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.3	5	5	2	1	2	6	0	0	0	24
Totals	68	86	.442	3.60	305	155	84	71	9	14	1400.7	1447	667	560	70	525	507	18	4	27	6058

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Bill Nicholson	152	673	588	83	173	22	11	21	78	8	76	80	.294	.382	.476	.859	280	7	8	1
Stan Hack	140	657	553	91	166	36	3	6	39	9	94	40	.300	.402	.409	.811	226	2	0	10
Lou Novikoff	128	514	483	48	145	25	5	7	64	3	24	28	.300	.337	.416	.753	201	15	3	4
Lennie Merullo	143	577	515	53	132	23	3	2	37	14	35	45	.256	.310	.324	.634	167	14	5	22
Phil Cavarretta	136	566	482	59	130	28	4	3	54	7	71	42	.270	.365	.363	.728	175	2	1	12
Lou Stringer	121	448	406	45	96	10	5	9	41	3	31	55	.236	.292	.352	.644	143	8	1	10
Clyde McCullough	109	372	337	39	95	22	1	5	31	7	25	47	.282	.331	.398	.729	134	9	0	10
Rip Russell	102	325	302	32	73	9	0	8	41	0	17	21	.242	.282	.351	.633	106	6	0	6
Dom Dallessandro	96	302	264	30	69	12	4	4	43	4	36	18	.261	.350	.383	.733	101	11	0	2
Jimmie Foxx	70	227	205	25	42	8	0	3	19	1	22	55	.205	.282	.288	.570	59	9	0	0
Bobby Sturgeon	63	169	162	8	40	7	1	0	7	2	4	13	.247	.269	.302	.572	49	2	1	2
Charlie Gilbert	74	206	179	18	33	6	3	0	7	1	25	24	.184	.284	.251	.536	45	2	0	2
Chico Hernandez	47	130	118	6	27	5	0	0	7	0	11	13	.229	.295	.271	.566	32	1	0	1
Bob Scheffing	44	109	102	7	20	3	0	2	12	2	7	11	.196	.248	.284	.532	29	3	0	0
Claude Passeau	35	110	105	7	19	1	0	2	10	0	0	26	.181	.181	.248	.429	26	2	0	5
Cy Block	9	36	33	6	12	1	1	0	4	2	3	3	.364	.417	.455	.871	15	1	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	17	60	56	4	12	1	0	0	6	0	4	2	.214	.267	.232	.499	13	3	0	0
Peanuts Lowrey	27	64	58	4	11	0	0	1	4	0	4	4	.190	.242	.241	.483	14	0	0	2
Bill Lee	32	81	69	2	11	2	0	0	7	0	7	13	.159	.237	.188	.425	13	5	0	5
Vern Olsen	32	54	48	4	9	1	0	0	4	0	5	2	.188	.264	.208	.472	10	0	0	1
Marv Rickert	8	27	26	5	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.269	.296	.269	.566	7	1	0	0
Hiram Bithorn	38	63	57	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	5	9	.123	.194	.140	.334	8	0	0	1
Jake Mooty	19	29	28	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	6	1	0	1
Lon Warneke	15	34	32	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.188	.188	.188	.375	6	2	0	2
Paul Gillespie	5	17	16	3	4	0	0	2	4	0	1	2	.250	.294	.625	.919	10	0	0	0
Johnny Schmitz	23	28	26	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	4	0	0	2
Paul Erickson	18	21	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	.143	.143	.143	.286	3	0	0	0
Tot Pressnell	27	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	3	0	0	0
Bill Fleming	33	40	39	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.051	.051	.051	.103	2	2	0	1
Ed Hanyzewski	6	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0
Marv Felderman	3	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	0
Hank Wyse	4	11	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	2
Whitey Platt	4	16	16	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	.063	.063	.063	.125	1	2	0	0
Emil Kush	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Errickson	13	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jesse Flores	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Vallie Eaves	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Bob Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Joe Berry	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1803	5988	5354	591	1360	224	41	75	533	63	511	606	.254	.321	.353	.674	1891	110	19	104

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Rip Russell	1B	35	328	13	9	30	.974	9.743	0
Jimmie Foxx	1B	52	489	24	9	32	.983	9.865	0
Babe Dahlgren	1B	14	136	10	2	7	.986	1.429	0
Phil Cavarretta	1B	61	567	44	5	48	.992	1.016	0
Bobby Sturgeon	2B	32	69	99	2	18	.988	5.250	0
Lou Stringer	2B	113	268	343	29	59	.955	5.407	0
Rip Russell	2B	24	51	69	4	10	.968	5.000	0
Cy Block	2B	1	2	3	0	1	1.000	5.000	0
Bobby Sturgeon	3B	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Lou Stringer	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Rip Russell	3B	10	6	8	1	0	.933	1.400	0
Stan Hack	3B	139	154	261	15	21	.965	2.986	0
Cy Block	3B	8	10	12	2	1	.917	2.750	0
Bob Scheffing	C	32	122	16	2	6	.986	4.313	4
Clyde McCullough	C	97	386	61	9	10	.980	4.608	3
Chico Hernandez	C	43	140	17	4	0	.975	3.651	3
Paul Gillespie	C	4	13	2	0	0	1.000	3.750	0
Jimmie Foxx	C	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Marv Felderman	C	2	8	2	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Rip Russell	OF	3	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.333	0
Marv Rickert	OF	6	18	1	0	0	1.000	3.167	0
Whitey Platt	OF	4	7	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Lou Novikoff	OF	120	232	11	9	2	.964	2.025	0
Bill Nicholson	OF	151	327	18	5	2	.986	2.285	0
Peanuts Lowrey	OF	19	43	2	1	1	.978	2.368	0
Charlie Gilbert	OF	47	99	6	2	2	.981	2.234	0
Dom Dallessandro	OF	66	134	6	2	1	.986	2.121	0
Phil Cavarretta	OF	70	177	5	2	1	.989	2.600	0
Hank Wyse	P	4	0	5	0	1	1.000	1.250	0
Lon Warneke	P	15	8	20	0	0	1.000	1.867	0
Johnny Schmitz	P	23	5	38	1	2	.977	1.870	0
Tot Pressnell	P	27	2	7	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Claude Passeau	P	35	12	61	0	9	1.000	2.086	0
Vern Olsen	P	32	8	37	0	1	1.000	1.406	0
Jake Mooty	P	19	3	22	2	0	.926	1.316	0
Bill Lee	P	32	10	55	2	2	.970	2.031	0
Emil Kush	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Ed Hanyzewski	P	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Jesse Flores	P	4	0	2	1	0	.667	.500	0
Bill Fleming	P	33	5	24	2	2	.935	.879	0
Dick Errickson	P	13	1	9	0	1	1.000	.769	0
Paul Erickson	P	18	5	12	0	2	1.000	.944	0
Vallie Eaves	P	2	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	0
Bob Bowman	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Hiram Bithorn	P	38	5	35	2	3	.952	1.053	0
Joe Berry	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Bobby Sturgeon	SS	29	43	64	2	15	.982	3.690	0
Lennie Merullo	SS	143	299	438	42	80	.946	5.154	0
Totals		1634	4203	1871	169	370	.973	3.717	10

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