1943 Chicago Cubs Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 74-79
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 508,247, Avg. 9,470
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Jimmie Wilson (74-79)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1943 Chicago Cubs Roster
1943 Chicago Cubs Results

The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1943 season with a record of 74 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.

The Cubs scored 632 runs and allowed 600 runs. Bill Nicholson led Chicago with 29 home runs and accounted for 128 RBI, while leading all regular hitters with a .309 average. Hiram Bithorn topped the team with 18 wins, and Claude Passeau added 15 or more wins also Ed Hanyzewski recorded a 2.56 ERA, 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
Hiram Bithorn	18	12	.600	2.60	39	30	7	19	7	2	249.7	227	79	72	8	65	86	2	0	3	1020
Claude Passeau	15	12	.556	2.91	35	31	3	18	1	1	257.0	245	96	83	10	66	93	4	0	2	1075
Paul Derringer	10	14	.417	3.57	32	22	7	10	2	3	174.0	184	90	69	7	39	75	0	0	3	743
Hank Wyse	9	7	.563	2.94	38	15	14	8	2	5	156.0	159	57	51	4	34	45	2	1	1	647
Ed Hanyzewski	8	7	.533	2.56	33	16	8	3	0	0	130.0	120	54	37	2	45	55	2	0	3	557
Ray Prim	4	3	.571	2.55	29	5	14	0	0	1	60.0	67	24	17	2	14	27	0	0	1	258
Lon Warneke	4	5	.444	3.16	21	10	5	4	0	0	88.3	82	40	31	3	18	30	0	0	0	354
Bill Lee	3	7	.300	3.56	13	12	1	4	0	0	78.3	83	37	31	4	27	18	0	0	3	336
Walter Signer	2	1	.667	2.88	4	2	0	1	0	0	25.0	24	8	8	3	4	5	0	0	1	104
Paul Erickson	1	3	.250	6.12	15	4	6	0	0	0	42.7	47	32	29	4	22	24	2	0	2	195
Jake Mooty	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6
Bill Fleming	0	1	.000	6.40	11	0	4	0	0	0	32.3	41	24	23	2	12	12	3	0	0	150
Dale Alderson	0	1	.000	6.43	4	2	2	0	0	0	14.0	21	12	10	2	3	4	0	0	0	63
John Burrows	0	2	.000	3.86	23	1	12	0	0	2	32.7	25	17	14	0	16	18	2	0	0	140
Dick Barrett	0	4	.000	4.80	15	4	4	0	0	0	45.0	52	28	24	2	28	20	1	0	1	211
Totals	74	79	.484	3.24	314	154	87	67	12	14	1386.0	1379	598	499	53	394	513	18	1	20	5859

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Bill Nicholson	154	684	608	95	188	30	9	29	128	4	71	86	.309	.386	.531	.917	323	7	5	0
Phil Cavarretta	143	620	530	93	154	27	9	8	73	3	75	42	.291	.382	.421	.802	223	10	3	12
Stan Hack	144	630	533	78	154	24	4	3	35	5	82	27	.289	.384	.366	.750	195	3	0	15
Peanuts Lowrey	130	526	480	59	140	25	12	1	63	13	35	24	.292	.340	.400	.740	192	13	0	11
Eddie Stanky	142	616	510	92	125	15	1	0	47	4	92	42	.245	.363	.278	.641	142	13	2	12
Lennie Merullo	129	487	453	37	115	18	3	1	25	7	26	42	.254	.297	.313	.611	142	10	2	6
Ival Goodman	80	252	225	31	72	10	5	3	45	4	24	20	.320	.390	.449	.839	101	4	2	1
Lou Novikoff	78	254	233	22	65	7	3	0	28	0	18	15	.279	.333	.335	.668	78	10	1	2
Clyde McCullough	87	294	266	20	63	5	2	2	23	6	24	33	.237	.302	.293	.596	78	6	1	3
Dom Dallessandro	87	218	176	13	39	8	3	1	31	1	40	14	.222	.369	.318	.687	56	2	1	1
Chico Hernandez	43	137	126	10	34	4	0	0	9	0	9	9	.270	.324	.302	.625	38	4	1	1
Mickey Livingston	36	124	111	11	29	5	1	4	16	1	12	8	.261	.333	.432	.766	48	7	0	1
Stu Martin	64	135	118	13	26	4	0	0	5	1	15	10	.220	.308	.254	.563	30	2	0	2
Andy Pafko	13	60	58	7	22	3	0	0	10	1	2	5	.379	.400	.431	.831	25	2	0	0
Claude Passeau	35	102	96	5	19	4	2	0	5	0	0	30	.198	.198	.281	.479	27	2	0	6
Hiram Bithorn	39	102	92	7	16	3	0	0	8	0	4	10	.174	.216	.207	.423	19	2	1	5
Bill Schuster	13	54	51	3	15	2	1	0	0	0	3	2	.294	.333	.373	.706	19	2	0	0
Ed Sauer	14	60	55	3	15	3	0	0	9	1	3	6	.273	.322	.327	.649	18	2	1	1
Paul Derringer	32	62	58	4	13	3	0	0	2	0	0	6	.224	.224	.276	.500	16	1	0	4
Heinz Becker	24	78	69	5	10	0	0	0	2	0	9	6	.145	.244	.145	.389	10	3	0	0
Don Johnson	10	45	42	5	8	2	0	0	1	0	2	4	.190	.227	.238	.465	10	0	0	1
Bill Lee	13	30	26	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	.269	.321	.269	.591	7	0	0	2
Whitey Platt	20	42	41	2	7	3	0	0	2	0	1	7	.171	.190	.244	.434	10	1	0	0
Johnny Ostrowski	10	33	29	2	6	0	1	0	3	0	3	8	.207	.303	.276	.579	8	2	1	0
Al Todd	21	46	45	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.133	.152	.133	.286	6	1	0	0
Lon Warneke	21	32	26	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	5	6	.192	.323	.231	.553	6	1	0	1
Pete Elko	9	34	30	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.133	.235	.133	.369	4	2	0	0
Hank Wyse	40	57	50	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	16	.080	.115	.100	.215	5	2	0	5
Mickey Kreitner	3	9	8	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	.375	.444	.375	.819	3	0	0	0
Paul Erickson	15	16	15	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	6	.200	.250	.200	.450	3	0	0	0
Charlie Gilbert	8	23	20	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	.150	.261	.150	.411	3	0	0	0
John Burrows	23	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.667	.800	.667	1.467	2	0	0	0
Walter Signer	4	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.333	.250	.583	2	0	0	0
Ray Prim	29	15	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0	2
Ed Hanyzewski	33	43	41	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	.049	.049	.049	.098	2	2	0	2
Dick Barrett	15	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	1
Billy Holm	7	17	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.067	.176	.067	.243	1	0	0	0
Bill Fleming	11	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Dale Alderson	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jake Mooty	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1785	5972	5279	631	1380	207	56	52	580	53	575	530	.261	.336	.351	.688	1855	117	21	97

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Stu Martin	1B	2	23	1	0	1	1.000	12.000	0
Mickey Livingston	1B	4	36	4	0	6	1.000	1.000	0
Phil Cavarretta	1B	134	1290	67	18	103	.987	1.127	0
Heinz Becker	1B	18	161	15	3	9	.983	9.778	0
Eddie Stanky	2B	131	362	416	27	78	.966	5.939	0
Stu Martin	2B	22	37	63	2	10	.980	4.545	0
Peanuts Lowrey	2B	3	6	10	1	3	.941	5.333	0
Don Johnson	2B	10	32	35	3	8	.957	6.700	0
Eddie Stanky	3B	2	1	5	2	0	.750	3.000	0
Johnny Ostrowski	3B	4	3	5	2	1	.800	2.000	0
Stu Martin	3B	8	4	5	0	0	1.000	1.125	0
Stan Hack	3B	136	149	264	17	11	.960	3.037	0
Pete Elko	3B	9	8	15	4	1	.852	2.556	0
Al Todd	C	17	62	6	1	2	.986	4.000	1
Clyde McCullough	C	81	271	25	7	2	.977	3.654	5
Mickey Livingston	C	31	114	13	0	0	1.000	4.097	3
Mickey Kreitner	C	3	8	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Billy Holm	C	7	21	4	0	0	1.000	3.571	0
Chico Hernandez	C	41	132	21	3	1	.981	3.732	5
Ed Sauer	OF	13	37	1	0	0	1.000	2.923	0
Whitey Platt	OF	14	20	0	1	0	.952	1.429	0
Andy Pafko	OF	13	25	0	0	0	1.000	1.923	0
Johnny Ostrowski	OF	5	8	0	0	1	1.000	1.600	0
Lou Novikoff	OF	61	96	2	2	1	.980	1.607	0
Bill Nicholson	OF	154	340	16	8	2	.978	2.312	0
Peanuts Lowrey	OF	113	315	13	6	4	.982	2.903	0
Ival Goodman	OF	61	120	2	4	1	.968	2.000	0
Charlie Gilbert	OF	6	9	1	0	0	1.000	1.667	0
Dom Dallessandro	OF	45	87	2	3	0	.967	1.978	0
Phil Cavarretta	OF	7	15	0	0	0	1.000	2.143	0
Hank Wyse	P	38	9	47	1	4	.982	1.474	0
Lon Warneke	P	21	3	22	0	2	1.000	1.190	0
Walter Signer	P	4	2	4	0	1	1.000	1.500	0
Ray Prim	P	29	3	21	1	1	.960	.828	0
Claude Passeau	P	35	13	55	0	5	1.000	1.943	0
Jake Mooty	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bill Lee	P	13	4	12	1	0	.941	1.231	0
Ed Hanyzewski	P	33	10	33	1	2	.977	1.303	0
Bill Fleming	P	11	3	10	0	0	1.000	1.182	0
Paul Erickson	P	15	1	6	0	0	1.000	.467	0
Paul Derringer	P	32	3	20	1	0	.958	.719	0
John Burrows	P	23	0	7	0	2	1.000	.304	0
Hiram Bithorn	P	39	12	57	1	2	.986	1.769	0
Dick Barrett	P	15	5	7	1	1	.923	.800	0
Dale Alderson	P	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Eddie Stanky	SS	12	16	20	2	7	.947	3.000	0
Bill Schuster	SS	13	34	52	2	14	.977	6.615	0
Lennie Merullo	SS	125	218	396	39	68	.940	4.912	0
Peanuts Lowrey	SS	16	20	39	3	4	.952	3.688	0
Totals		1635	4148	1824	167	358	.973	3.653	14

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