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1944 Chicago Cubs Statistics
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 640,110, Avg. 11,815
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Jimmie Wilson (1-9)
Manager: Roy Johnson (0-1)
Manager: Charlie Grimm (74-69)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1944 Chicago Cubs Results
The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1944 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Cubs scored 702 runs and gave up 669 runs. Bill Nicholson walloped 33 home runs for Chicago and accounted for 122 RBI. Phil Cavarretta paced all regular batters with a .321 average. Hank Wyse topped the team with 16 wins, while Claude Passeau added 15 or more wins also Claude Passeau registered a 2.89 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Jimmie Wilson, Roy Johnson and Charlie Grimm 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 | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hank Wyse | 16 | 15 | .516 | 3.15 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 257.3 | 277 | 113 | 90 | 9 | 57 | 0 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1068 |
Claude Passeau | 15 | 9 | .625 | 2.89 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 227.0 | 234 | 80 | 73 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 943 |
Bob Chipman | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.49 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 129.0 | 147 | 62 | 50 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 561 |
Bill Fleming | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.13 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | 163 | 74 | 55 | 6 | 62 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 688 |
Hy Vandenberg | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.63 | 35 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 126.3 | 123 | 67 | 51 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 545 |
Paul Derringer | 7 | 13 | .350 | 4.15 | 42 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 180.0 | 205 | 96 | 83 | 13 | 39 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 772 |
Red Lynn | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.06 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 84.3 | 80 | 41 | 38 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 359 |
Paul Erickson | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.55 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 124.3 | 113 | 59 | 49 | 5 | 67 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 547 |
Ed Hanyzewski | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.47 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | 61 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 257 |
Mack Stewart | 0 | 0 | 1.46 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | |
Dale Alderson | 0 | 0 | 6.65 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 31 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | |
Hank Miklos | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
John Burrows | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | |
Charlie Gassaway | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 |
Totals | 75 | 79 | .487 | 3.59 | 313 | 157 | 87 | 70 | 11 | 13 | 1400.7 | 1481 | 669 | 558 | 75 | 452 | 0 | 535 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 6007 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phil Cavarretta | 152 | 692 | 614 | 106 | 197 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 42 | .321 | .390 | .451 | .841 | 277 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Don Johnson | 154 | 644 | 608 | 50 | 169 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 48 | .278 | .311 | .352 | .663 | 214 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Nicholson | 156 | 686 | 582 | 116 | 167 | 35 | 8 | 33 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 71 | .287 | .391 | .545 | .935 | 317 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Hughes | 126 | 531 | 478 | 86 | 137 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 35 | 30 | .287 | .337 | .351 | .688 | 168 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Andy Pafko | 128 | 512 | 469 | 47 | 126 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 23 | .269 | .315 | .350 | .665 | 164 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Dom Dallessandro | 117 | 444 | 381 | 53 | 116 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 29 | .304 | .400 | .438 | .839 | 167 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Hack | 98 | 440 | 383 | 65 | 108 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 21 | .282 | .369 | .352 | .722 | 135 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Dewey Williams | 79 | 288 | 262 | 23 | 63 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 18 | .240 | .302 | .282 | .584 | 74 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Lennie Merullo | 66 | 217 | 193 | 20 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 18 | .212 | .276 | .280 | .556 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Novikoff | 71 | 151 | 139 | 15 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .281 | .329 | .403 | .732 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ival Goodman | 62 | 168 | 141 | 24 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 15 | .262 | .377 | .355 | .732 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Schuster | 60 | 167 | 154 | 14 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .221 | .277 | .299 | .576 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tony York | 28 | 90 | 85 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .235 | .270 | .247 | .517 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Secory | 22 | 66 | 56 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .321 | .387 | .554 | .941 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Holm | 54 | 154 | 132 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 19 | .136 | .235 | .152 | .386 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Wyse | 41 | 98 | 90 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .178 | .196 | .211 | .407 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Claude Passeau | 34 | 91 | 80 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .163 | .202 | .200 | .402 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Mickey Kreitner | 39 | 97 | 85 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .153 | .234 | .176 | .411 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Brewster | 10 | 49 | 44 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .250 | .327 | .295 | .622 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Sauer | 23 | 53 | 50 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .220 | .250 | .300 | .550 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Hy Vandenberg | 35 | 42 | 38 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .237 | .256 | .237 | .493 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Fleming | 40 | 58 | 53 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .170 | .185 | .208 | .393 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Derringer | 42 | 60 | 57 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .158 | .172 | .175 | .348 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Gillespie | 9 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .269 | .345 | .423 | .768 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Easterwood | 17 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .212 | .235 | .364 | .599 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Stanky | 13 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .240 | .296 | .320 | .616 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Red Lynn | 22 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .207 | .233 | .241 | .475 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Elko | 7 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .273 | .500 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Chipman | 26 | 51 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .104 | .157 | .104 | .261 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Ostrowski | 8 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .154 | .214 | .231 | .445 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Erickson | 33 | 39 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .056 | .128 | .194 | .323 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Gassaway | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Stephenson | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Hanyzewski | 14 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .059 | .200 | .059 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmie Foxx | 15 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .050 | .136 | .100 | .236 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Miklos | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mack Stewart | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dale Alderson | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Burrows | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Garth Mann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1833 | 6108 | 5462 | 701 | 1425 | 236 | 46 | 71 | 639 | 53 | 0 | 520 | 520 | .261 | .328 | .360 | .687 | 1966 | 105 | 21 | 105 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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Lennie Merullo | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stan Hack | 1B | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 130 | 10 | 2 | 16 | .986 | 7.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phil Cavarretta | 1B | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 1337 | 77 | 11 | 121 | .992 | 1.173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Stanky | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .875 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Schuster | 2B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Johnson | 2B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 385 | 462 | 47 | 85 | .947 | 5.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tony York | 3B | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Stanky | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 4.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roy Hughes | 3B | 66 | 0 | 0.0 | 87 | 146 | 12 | 18 | .951 | 3.530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stan Hack | 3B | 75 | 0 | 0.0 | 96 | 164 | 17 | 7 | .939 | 3.467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmie Foxx | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pete Elko | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dewey Williams | C | 77 | 0 | 0.0 | 317 | 50 | 7 | 7 | .981 | 4.766 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Stephenson | C | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mickey Kreitner | C | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 104 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .992 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Holm | C | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 166 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .979 | 3.680 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Gillespie | C | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 4.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmie Foxx | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roy Easterwood | C | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Secory | OF | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Sauer | OF | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Andy Pafko | OF | 123 | 0 | 0.0 | 333 | 24 | 6 | 4 | .983 | 2.902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Ostrowski | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lou Novikoff | OF | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Nicholson | OF | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | 305 | 18 | 7 | 4 | .979 | 2.071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ival Goodman | OF | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dom Dallessandro | OF | 106 | 0 | 0.0 | 212 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .982 | 2.085 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phil Cavarretta | OF | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 2.077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hank Wyse | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 51 | 1 | 3 | .983 | 1.415 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hy Vandenberg | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .966 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mack Stewart | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Claude Passeau | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 42 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hank Miklos | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Red Lynn | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.227 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Hanyzewski | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Gassaway | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Fleming | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 39 | 3 | 0 | .940 | 1.205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Erickson | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 1.121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Derringer | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 3 | .974 | .881 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Chipman | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 1.038 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Burrows | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dale Alderson | P | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tony York | SS | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 52 | 5 | 5 | .940 | 5.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Stanky | SS | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Schuster | SS | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 100 | 9 | 18 | .946 | 4.132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lennie Merullo | SS | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | 115 | 167 | 19 | 26 | .937 | 5.036 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roy Hughes | SS | 52 | 0 | 0.0 | 133 | 157 | 8 | 36 | .973 | 5.577 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Brewster | SS | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 29 | 6 | 9 | .903 | 5.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1654 | 0 | 0.0 | 4202 | 1878 | 186 | 394 | .970 | 3.676 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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