1946 Chicago Cubs Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 82-71
Finished 3rd in the NL
Attendance: 1,342,970, Avg. 20,914
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Charlie Grimm (82-71)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1946 Chicago Cubs Roster
1946 Chicago Cubs Results

The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1946 season with a record of 82 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the NL.

The Cubs plated 626 runs and allowed 581 runs. Phil Cavarretta accounted for 78 RBI. Eddie Waitkus led batters with significant playing time with a .304 average. Hank Wyse topped the team with 14 wins, while Paul Erickson recorded a 2.43 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Hank Wyse	14	12	.538	2.68	40	27	10	12	2	1	201.3	206	73	60	7	52	52	3	1	2	843
Hank Borowy	12	10	.545	3.76	32	28	4	8	1	0	201.0	220	96	84	9	61	95	1	0	1	881
Johnny Schmitz	11	11	.500	2.61	41	31	8	14	2	2	224.3	184	77	65	6	94	135	2	1	3	945
Emil Kush	9	2	.818	3.05	40	6	19	1	1	2	129.7	120	47	44	4	43	50	3	0	1	536
Paul Erickson	9	7	.563	2.43	32	14	9	5	1	0	137.0	119	46	37	2	65	70	3	0	0	595
Claude Passeau	9	8	.529	3.13	21	21	0	10	2	0	129.3	118	53	45	5	42	47	1	0	1	546
Bob Chipman	6	5	.545	3.13	34	10	6	5	3	2	109.3	103	44	38	8	54	42	1	0	1	467
Hiram Bithorn	6	5	.545	3.84	26	7	9	2	1	1	86.7	97	42	37	5	25	34	0	0	0	376
Russ Bauers	2	1	.667	3.53	15	2	8	2	0	1	43.3	45	17	17	1	19	22	1	0	1	189
Ray Prim	2	3	.400	5.79	14	2	6	0	0	1	23.3	28	17	15	5	10	10	0	0	0	108
Ed Hanyzewski	1	0	1.000	4.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	8	3	3	0	5	1	1	0	0	29
Russ Meers	1	2	.333	3.18	7	2	2	0	0	0	11.3	10	6	4	0	10	2	0	0	4	53
Emmett O'Neill	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	6
Vern Olsen	0	0		2.79	5	0	3	0	0	0	9.7	10	3	3	0	9	8	0	0	0	44
Russ Meyer	0	0		3.18	4	1	1	0	0	1	17.0	21	7	6	2	10	10	0	0	1	78
Bill Fleming	0	1	.000	6.14	14	1	5	0	0	0	29.3	37	23	20	2	12	10	1	0	0	141
Red Adams	0	1	.000	8.25	8	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	18	12	11	1	7	8	0	0	0	59
Hal Manders	0	1	.000	9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	11	6	6	1	3	4	1	0	0	30
Doyle Lade	0	2	.000	4.11	3	2	0	0	0	0	15.3	15	8	7	0	3	8	1	0	0	67
Totals	82	71	.536	3.24	342	155	96	59	13	11	1393.0	1370	580	502	58	527	609	19	2	15	5993

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Phil Cavarretta	139	602	510	89	150	28	10	8	78	2	88	54	.294	.401	.435	.836	222	16	3	1
Peanuts Lowrey	144	614	540	75	139	24	5	4	54	10	56	22	.257	.328	.343	.671	185	11	1	17
Eddie Waitkus	113	472	441	50	134	24	5	4	55	3	23	14	.304	.340	.408	.748	180	8	1	7
Marv Rickert	111	425	392	44	103	18	3	7	47	3	28	54	.263	.314	.378	.691	148	9	1	4
Stan Hack	92	409	323	55	92	13	4	0	26	3	83	32	.285	.431	.350	.781	113	6	0	3
Clyde McCullough	95	336	307	38	88	18	5	4	34	2	22	39	.287	.338	.417	.755	128	9	2	5
Bobby Sturgeon	100	311	294	26	87	12	2	1	21	0	10	18	.296	.319	.361	.680	106	5	0	7
Don Johnson	83	353	314	37	76	10	1	1	19	6	26	39	.242	.306	.290	.596	91	7	3	10
Andy Pafko	65	273	234	18	66	6	4	3	39	4	27	15	.282	.366	.380	.746	89	9	4	8
Bill Nicholson	105	345	296	36	65	13	2	8	41	1	44	44	.220	.325	.358	.683	106	4	2	3
Lou Stringer	80	243	209	26	51	3	1	3	19	0	26	34	.244	.328	.311	.639	65	5	0	8
Billy Jurges	82	270	221	26	49	9	2	0	17	3	43	28	.222	.351	.281	.631	62	8	1	5
Mickey Livingston	66	201	176	14	45	14	0	2	20	0	20	19	.256	.338	.369	.708	65	4	2	3
Johnny Ostrowski	64	181	160	20	34	4	2	3	12	1	20	31	.213	.300	.319	.619	51	2	0	1
Bob Scheffing	63	128	115	8	32	4	1	0	18	0	12	18	.278	.346	.330	.677	38	4	0	1
Dom Dallessandro	65	112	89	4	20	2	2	1	9	1	23	12	.225	.384	.326	.710	29	6	0	0
Lennie Merullo	65	138	126	14	19	8	0	0	7	2	11	13	.151	.219	.214	.433	27	4	0	1
Hank Wyse	40	78	74	4	18	1	0	0	7	1	0	10	.243	.243	.257	.500	19	2	0	4
Hank Borowy	33	80	72	9	13	4	1	0	8	0	1	18	.181	.192	.264	.456	19	0	0	7
Frank Secory	33	49	43	6	10	3	0	3	12	0	6	6	.233	.327	.512	.838	22	1	0	0
Claude Passeau	21	52	49	7	10	1	0	3	7	0	0	7	.204	.204	.408	.612	20	0	0	3
Johnny Schmitz	42	80	70	3	9	0	0	1	3	0	4	13	.129	.176	.171	.347	12	4	0	6
Emil Kush	40	38	38	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	.211	.211	.237	.447	9	0	0	0
Hiram Bithorn	26	31	28	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	.179	.207	.179	.385	5	2	0	2
Russ Bauers	15	12	10	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	.300	.417	.400	.817	4	0	0	0
Cy Block	6	17	13	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.231	.412	.231	.643	3	0	0	0
Heinz Becker	9	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	0	0	0
Hank Schenz	6	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	0	0	0
Bob Chipman	34	35	33	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	17	.061	.088	.061	.149	2	0	0	1
Paul Erickson	32	46	40	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	.050	.050	.075	.125	3	2	0	6
Russ Meers	7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1
Ted Pawelek	4	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0
Dewey Williams	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0
Ray Prim	14	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	0	0
Doyle Lade	3	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1
Russ Meyer	4	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	0	0
Charlie Gilbert	15	14	13	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	1	0	0
Cecil Garriott	6	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	1	0
Ed Hanyzewski	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Hal Manders	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Red Adams	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Al Glossop	4	14	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.231	.000	.231	0	0	2	1
Bill Fleming	14	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Clarence Maddern	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	1	0
Vern Olsen	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Emmett O'Neill	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1966	6024	5298	626	1344	223	50	56	566	43	586	599	.254	.331	.346	.677	1835	129	24	116

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Eddie Waitkus	1B	106	992	81	4	76	.996	1.123	0
Phil Cavarretta	1B	51	450	40	4	26	.992	9.608	0
Bobby Sturgeon	2B	21	51	51	3	13	.971	4.857	0
Lou Stringer	2B	62	135	150	13	17	.956	4.597	0
Johnny Ostrowski	2B	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Billy Jurges	2B	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Don Johnson	2B	83	192	228	8	34	.981	5.060	0
Al Glossop	2B	2	4	2	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Lou Stringer	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Hank Schenz	3B	5	2	4	0	1	1.000	1.200	0
Johnny Ostrowski	3B	50	33	80	8	5	.934	2.260	0
Peanuts Lowrey	3B	20	22	34	5	2	.918	2.800	0
Billy Jurges	3B	7	8	8	0	0	1.000	2.286	0
Stan Hack	3B	90	102	168	9	6	.968	3.000	0
Cy Block	3B	4	4	7	0	3	1.000	2.750	0
Dewey Williams	C	2	3	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Bob Scheffing	C	40	97	10	0	3	1.000	2.675	4
Ted Pawelek	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	1
Clyde McCullough	C	89	390	40	4	4	.991	4.831	4
Mickey Livingston	C	56	239	25	5	3	.981	4.714	4
Frank Secory	OF	9	10	0	2	0	.833	1.111	0
Marv Rickert	OF	104	200	5	6	1	.972	1.971	0
Andy Pafko	OF	64	165	13	4	4	.978	2.781	0
Bill Nicholson	OF	80	179	4	5	1	.973	2.288	0
Clarence Maddern	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Peanuts Lowrey	OF	126	308	15	7	3	.979	2.563	0
Charlie Gilbert	OF	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Dom Dallessandro	OF	20	33	0	1	0	.971	1.650	0
Phil Cavarretta	OF	86	196	7	7	2	.967	2.360	0
Hank Wyse	P	40	9	50	1	4	.983	1.475	0
Johnny Schmitz	P	41	12	49	0	2	1.000	1.488	0
Ray Prim	P	14	1	8	0	0	1.000	.643	0
Claude Passeau	P	21	6	30	1	3	.973	1.714	0
Emmett O'Neill	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Vern Olsen	P	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	.400	0
Russ Meyer	P	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Russ Meers	P	7	0	3	0	0	1.000	.429	0
Hal Manders	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Doyle Lade	P	3	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.333	0
Emil Kush	P	40	9	37	2	2	.958	1.150	0
Ed Hanyzewski	P	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Bill Fleming	P	14	0	7	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Paul Erickson	P	32	5	22	0	0	1.000	.844	0
Bob Chipman	P	34	10	15	1	3	.962	.735	0
Hank Borowy	P	32	9	42	3	1	.944	1.594	0
Hiram Bithorn	P	26	1	17	1	2	.947	.692	0
Russ Bauers	P	15	5	6	1	0	.917	.733	0
Red Adams	P	8	0	5	1	1	.833	.625	0
Bobby Sturgeon	SS	72	109	158	19	31	.934	3.708	0
Lou Stringer	SS	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Lennie Merullo	SS	44	78	131	12	23	.946	4.750	0
Billy Jurges	SS	73	119	204	8	26	.976	4.425	0
Al Glossop	SS	2	5	5	1	0	.909	5.000	0
Totals		1720	4202	1778	146	302	.976	3.477	13

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