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1944 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943/1945) 75-79, Finished 4th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 702 runs, Allowed 669 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74 Managed by Jimmie Wilson, Roy Johnson, and Charlie Grimm Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 640,110 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 98   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 100   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Dewey Williams      28   79  262   23   63   7  2   0   27  23   18  .240  .302  .282   2      10   0   3           65
1B *Phil Cavarretta     27  152  614  106  197  35 15   5   82  67   42  .321  .390  .451   4      10   3   8          136
2B  Don Johnson         32  154  608   50  169  37  1   2   71  28   48  .278  .311  .352   8      11   1   7           86
3B *Stan Hack           34   98  383   65  108  16  1   3   32  53   21  .282  .369  .352   5       7   0   4          104
SS  Lennie Merullo      27   66  193   20   41   8  1   1   16  16   18  .212  .276  .280   3       2   1   7           57
OF *Bill Nicholson      29  156  582  116  167  35  8  33  122  93   71  .287  .391  .545   3       3   6   5          161
OF  Andy Pafko          23  128  469   47  126  16  2   6   62  28   23  .269  .315  .350   2      14   4  11           87
OF *Dom Dallessandro    30  117  381   53  116  19  4   8   74  61   29  .304  .400  .438   1       8   0   2          136
    Roy Hughes          33  126  478   86  137  16  6   1   28  35   30  .287  .337  .351  16       7   1  17           94
    Bill Schuster       31   60  154   14   34   7  1   1   14  12   16  .221  .277  .299   4       6   0   1           62
   *Ival Goodman        35   62  141   24   37   8  1   1   16  23   15  .262  .377  .355   0       4   3   1          107
    Lou Novikoff        28   71  139   15   39   4  2   3   19  10   11  .281  .329  .403   1       2   0   2          105
    Billy Holm          31   54  132   10   18   2  0   0    6  16   19  .136  .235  .152   1       2   1   5           10
    Mickey Kreitner     21   39   85    3   13   2  0   0    1   8   16  .153  .234  .176   0       1   1   3           17
    Tony York           31   28   85    4   20   1  0   0    7   4   11  .235  .270  .247   0       2   0   1           46
    Frank Secory        31   22   56   10   18   1  0   4   17   6    8  .321  .387  .554   1       0   0   4          163
    Ed Sauer            25   23   50    3   11   4  0   0    5   2    6  .220  .250  .300   0       1   0   1           54
    Charlie Brewster    27   10   44    4   11   2  0   0    2   5    7  .250  .327  .295   0       1   0   0           76
    Roy Easterwood      29   17   33    1    7   2  0   1    2   1   11  .212  .235  .364   0       2   0   0           67
   *Paul Gillespie      23    9   26    2    7   1  0   1    2   3    3  .269  .345  .423   0       1   0   0          115
    Eddie Stanky        27   13   25    4    6   0  1   0    0   2    2  .240  .296  .320   1       1   0   1           73
    Pete Elko           26    7   22    2    5   1  0   0    0   0    0  .227  .227  .273   0       0   0   0           40
    Jimmie Foxx         36   15   20    0    1   1  0   0    2   2    5  .050  .136  .100   0       0   0   0          -33
    Johnny Ostrowski    26    8   13    2    2   1  0   0    2   1    4  .154  .214  .231   0       0   0   0           25
    Joe Stephenson      23    4    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .125  .222  .125   1       1   0   0            0
    Garth Mann          28    1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0       0   0   0             

    Hank Wyse           26   41   90   11   16   3  0   0    8   2   12  .178  .196  .211   0       3   0   6           14
    Claude Passeau      35   34   80    6   13   3  0   0    3   4   17  .163  .202  .200   0       1   0   7           14
    Paul Derringer      37   42   57    2    9   1  0   0    4   1    9  .158  .172  .175   0       0   0   2           -2
    Bill Fleming        30   40   53    4    9   2  0   0    6   1    4  .170  .185  .208   0       1   0   4           10
   *Bob Chipman         25   26   48    1    5   0  0   0    0   3   11  .104  .157  .104   0       2   0   0          -26
    Hy Vandenberg       38   35   38    3    9   0  0   0    5   1    2  .237  .256  .237   0       1   0   3           39
    Paul Erickson       28   33   36    2    2   0  1   1    1   3   15  .056  .128  .194   0       0   0   0          -10
    Red Lynn            30   22   29    4    6   1  0   0    2   1    4  .207  .233  .241   0       1   0   0           34
    Ed Hanyzewski       23   14   17    2    1   0  0   0    1   3    5  .059  .200  .059   0       0   0   0          -25
    Dale Alderson       26   12    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
   *Charlie Gassaway    25    2    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .250  .400  .250   0       0   0   0           86
   *Hank Miklos         33    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Mack Stewart        29    8    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.5  157 5462  702 1425 236 46  71  639 520  521  .261  .325  .360  53     105  21 105          101
    Rank among 8 NL teams          2    3    4   5  5   4        3    2     5     5     5   2                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Hank Wyse           26  41   3.15  16  15  1  34   5  14   3  257.3  277  113   90   9   57   86 1068   2   2  0     112
SP  Claude Passeau      35  34   2.89  15   9  3  27   4  18   2  227.0  234   80   73   8   50   89  943   3   1  0     122
SP *Bob Chipman         25  26   3.49   9   9  2  21   4   8   1  129.0  147   62   50   9   40   41  561   2   0  0     101

RP  Paul Derringer      37  42   4.15   7  13  3  16  17   7   0  180.0  205   96   83  13   39   69  772   2   0  0      85
RP  Hy Vandenberg       38  35   3.63   7   4  2   9  16   2   0  126.3  123   67   51   8   51   54  545   2   1  0      97
RP  Bill Fleming        30  39   3.13   9  10  0  18  10   9   1  158.3  163   74   55   6   62   42  688   4   1  0     113
RP  Paul Erickson       28  33   3.55   5   9  1  15   6   5   3  124.3  113   59   49   5   67   82  547   5   0  0     100

    Red Lynn            30  22   4.06   5   4  1   7   8   4   1   84.3   80   41   38   4   37   35  359   3   1  0      87
    Ed Hanyzewski       23  14   4.47   2   5  0   7   2   3   0   58.3   61   33   29   6   20   19  257   0   1  0      79
    Dale Alderson       26  12   6.65   0   0  0   1   7   0   0   21.7   31   18   16   2    9    7  105   0   0  0      53
    Mack Stewart        29   8   1.46   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   12.3   11    2    2   1    4    3   50   0   0  0     242
   *Charlie Gassaway    25   2   7.71   0   1  0   2   0   0   0   11.7   20   11   10   3   10    7   62   1   0  0      46
   *Hank Miklos         33   2   7.71   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    7.0    9    6    6   1    3    0   31   0   0  0      46
   *John Burrows        30   3  18.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.0    7    7    6   0    3    1   19   1   0  0      20
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.3 157   3.59  75  79 13 157  87  70  11 1400.0 1484  669  558  75  458  545 6007  25   7  0      99
    Rank among 8 NL teams           4   4   5  3           4   4      3    8    5        5    3    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DWilliams 77 317 50 7 7 .981 3 BHolm 50 166 18 4 2 .979 4 MKreitner 39 104 13 1 3 .992 0 REasterwood 12 29 4 0 1 1.000 1 PGillespie 7 22 6 3 0 .903 2 JStephenson 3 13 2 0 0 1.000 0 JFoxx 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 157 658 93 15 13 .980 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PCavarretta 139 1337 77 11 121 .992 10.17 SHack 18 130 10 2 16 .986 7.78 LMerullo 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 1468 87 13 137 .992 10.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .963 5.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DJohnson 154 385 462 47 85 .947 5.50 BSchuster 6 14 9 0 3 1.000 3.83 EStanky 3 4 3 1 3 .875 2.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 403 474 48 91 .948 5.64 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .948 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SHack 75 96 164 17 7 .939 3.47 RHughes 66 87 146 12 18 .951 3.53 TYork 12 13 29 0 2 1.000 3.50 PElko 6 6 8 0 1 1.000 2.33 EStanky 3 3 11 2 1 .875 4.67 JFoxx 2 2 6 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 207 364 31 29 .949 3.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .954 4.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LMerullo 56 115 167 19 26 .937 5.04 RHughes 52 133 157 8 36 .973 5.58 BSchuster 38 57 100 9 18 .946 4.13 TYork 15 26 52 5 5 .940 5.20 CBrewster 10 27 29 6 9 .903 5.60 EStanky 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 359 506 47 94 .948 5.56 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.31 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BNicholson 156 305 18 7 4 .979 2.07 0 0 156 APafko 123 333 24 6 4 .983 2.90 0 123 1 DDallessand 106 212 9 4 2 .982 2.08 91 16 0 IGoodman 35 65 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 23 14 0 LNovikoff 29 39 1 1 0 .976 1.38 28 1 0 FSecory 17 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.59 17 1 0 PCavarretta 13 26 1 2 0 .931 2.08 0 13 0 ESauer 12 23 1 1 0 .960 2.00 12 0 0 JOstrowski 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50 2 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 157 1048 54 22 10 .980 2.36 157 157 157 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .961 2.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HWyse 41 7 51 1 3 .983 2.03 CPasseau 34 12 42 0 5 1.000 2.14 PDerringer 42 7 30 1 3 .974 1.85 BFleming 39 8 39 3 0 .940 2.67 BChipman 26 3 24 1 2 .964 1.88 HVandenberg 35 4 24 1 1 .966 2.00 PErickson 33 7 30 2 1 .949 2.68 RLynn 22 7 20 0 2 1.000 2.88 EHanyzewski 14 2 26 0 1 1.000 4.32 DAlderson 12 2 7 0 1 1.000 3.73 MStewart 8 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.73 CGassaway 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.77 HMiklos 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.14 JBurrows 3 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 59 300 10 20 .973 2.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Cavarretta .321 On-base % Dallessandro .400 Slugging % Nicholson .545 OPS Nicholson .936 Games Nicholson 156 At Bats Cavarretta 614 Plate Appearances (approx.) Cavarretta 692 Runs Nicholson 116 Hits Cavarretta 197 Total Bases Nicholson 317 Doubles Johnson 37 Triples Cavarretta 15 Home Runs Nicholson 33 RBI Nicholson 122 Bases on Balls Nicholson 93 Strikeouts Nicholson 71 Stolen Bases Hughes 16 Singles Cavarretta 142 Adjusted OPS+ Nicholson 161 Runs Created Nicholson 122 Adjusted Batting Runs Nicholson 49 Batting Wins Nicholson 4.9 Extra-Base Hits Nicholson 76 Times on Base Cavarretta 267 Offensive Win% Nicholson .754 Hit By Pitch Nicholson 6 Sac. Hits Hughes 17 Grounded into Double Plays Pafko 14 Power/Speed Number Nicholson 5.5 At Bats per Strikeout Pafko 20.4 At Bats per Home Run Nicholson 17.6 Outs Johnson 457

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Passeau 2.89 Wins Wyse 16 Won-Loss % Passeau .625 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Passeau 1.251 Hits Allowed/9IP Fleming 9.27 Bases on Balls/9IP Derringer 1.95 Strikeouts/9IP Passeau 3.53 Games Derringer 42 Saves Derringer and Passeau 3 Innings Wyse 257.3 Strikeouts Passeau 89 Games Started Wyse 34 Comp. Games Passeau 18 Shutouts Erickson and Wyse 3 Home Runs Allow. Derringer 13 Bases On Balls Allow. Erickson 67 Hits Allowed Wyse 277 SO to Walk Passeau 1.78 Losses Wyse 15 Earned Runs Allow. Wyse 90 Wild Pitches Erickson 5 Hit Batsmen Wyse 2 Batters Faced Wyse 1068 Games Finished Derringer 17 Adjusted ERA+ Passeau 122

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