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1946 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945/1947) 82-71, Finished 3rd in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 626 runs, Allowed 581 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-71 Managed by Charlie Grimm Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,342,970 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 97   (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 93   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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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   Clyde McCullough    29   95  307   38   88  18  5   4   34  22   39  .287  .338  .417   2       9   2   5          115
1B *Eddie Waitkus       26  113  441   50  134  24  5   4   55  23   14  .304  .340  .408   3       8   1   7          113
2B  Don Johnson         34   83  314   37   76  10  1   1   19  26   39  .242  .306  .290   6       7   3  10           71
3B *Stan Hack           36   92  323   55   92  13  4   0   26  83   32  .285  .431  .350   3       6   0   3          125
SS  Billy Jurges        38   82  221   26   49   9  2   0   17  43   28  .222  .351  .281   3       8   1   5           82
OF  Peanuts Lowrey      28  144  540   75  139  24  5   4   54  56   22  .257  .328  .343  10      11   1  17           92
OF *Marv Rickert        25  111  392   44  103  18  3   7   47  28   54  .263  .314  .378   3       9   1   4           97
OF *Phil Cavarretta     29  139  510   89  150  28 10   8   78  88   54  .294  .401  .435   2      16   3   1          139
   *Bill Nicholson      31  105  296   36   65  13  2   8   41  44   44  .220  .325  .358   1       4   2   3           95
    Bobby Sturgeon      26  100  294   26   87  12  2   1   21  10   18  .296  .319  .361   0       5   0   7           94
    Andy Pafko          25   65  234   18   66   6  4   3   39  27   15  .282  .366  .380   4       9   4   8          114
    Lou Stringer        29   80  209   26   51   3  1   3   19  26   34  .244  .328  .311   0       5   0   8           83
    Mickey Livingston   31   66  176   14   45  14  0   2   20  20   19  .256  .338  .369   0       4   2   3          102
    Johnny Ostrowski    28   64  160   20   34   4  2   3   12  20   31  .213  .300  .319   1       2   0   1           77
    Lennie Merullo      29   65  126   14   19   8  0   0    7  11   13  .151  .219  .214   2       4   0   1           24
    Bob Scheffing       32   63  115    8   32   4  1   0   18  12   18  .278  .346  .330   0       4   0   1           94
   *Dom Dallessandro    32   65   89    4   20   2  2   1    9  23   12  .225  .384  .326   1       6   0   0          104
    Frank Secory        33   33   43    6   10   3  0   3   12   6    6  .233  .327  .512   0       1   0   0          138
    Cy Block            27    6   13    2    3   0  0   0    0   4    0  .231  .412  .231   0       0   0   0           86
   *Charlie Gilbert     26   15   13    2    1   0  0   0    1   1    4  .077  .143  .077   0       1   0   0          -36
    Hank Schenz         27    6   11    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    0  .182  .182  .182   1       0   0   0            4
   #Al Glossop          31    4   10    2    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .231  .000   0       0   2   1          -31
   #Heinz Becker        30    9    7    0    2   0  0   0    1   1    1  .286  .375  .286   0       0   0   0           90
   *Cecil Garriott      29    6    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .167  .000   0       0   1   0          -50
    Dewey Williams      30    4    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .200   0       0   0   0           15
   *Ted Pawelek         26    4    4    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .500   0       0   0   0          112
    Clarence Maddern    24    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .250  .000   0       0   1   0          -25

    Hank Wyse           28   40   74    4   18   1  0   0    7   0   10  .243  .243  .257   1       2   0   4           43
    Hank Borowy         30   33   72    9   13   4  1   0    8   1   18  .181  .192  .264   0       0   0   7           30
    Johnny Schmitz      25   42   70    3    9   0  0   1    3   4   13  .129  .176  .171   0       4   0   6            0
    Claude Passeau      37   21   49    7   10   1  0   3    7   0    7  .204  .204  .408   0       0   0   3           73
    Paul Erickson       30   32   40    1    2   1  0   0    0   0   16  .050  .050  .075   0       2   0   6          -64
    Emil Kush           29   40   38    3    8   1  0   0    1   0    5  .211  .211  .237   0       0   0   0           28
   *Bob Chipman         27   34   33    1    2   0  0   0    3   1   17  .061  .088  .061   0       0   0   1          -57
    Hi Bithorn          30   26   28    4    5   0  0   0    2   1    2  .179  .207  .179   0       2   0   2           11
   *Russ Bauers         32   15   10    1    3   1  0   0    2   2    1  .300  .417  .400   0       0   0   0          134
    Doyle Lade          25    3    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .200  .200  .200   0       0   0   1           15
   #Russ Meyer          22    4    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    0  .200  .333  .200   0       0   0   0           54
    Ray Prim            39   14    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    2  .200  .333  .200   0       0   0   0           54
    Bill Fleming        32   14    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Hal Manders         29    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Red Adams           24    8    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Ed Hanyzewski       25    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
   *Russ Meers          27    7    1    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0       0   0   1          473
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.5  155 5298  626 1344 223 50  56  566 586  599  .254  .328  .346  43     129  24 116          100
    Rank among 8 NL teams          2    4    5   4  4   6        3    2     6     4     6   7                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Johnny Schmitz      25  41   2.61  11  11  2  31   8  14   2  224.3  184   77   65   6   94  135  945   3   2  1     127
SP  Hank Borowy         30  32   3.76  12  10  0  28   4   8   1  201.0  220   96   84   9   61   95  881   1   1  0      88
SP  Hank Wyse           28  40   2.68  14  12  1  27  10  12   2  201.3  206   73   60   7   52   52  843   2   3  1     123
SP  Claude Passeau      37  21   3.13   9   8  0  21   0  10   2  129.3  118   53   45   5   42   47  546   1   1  0     106

RP  Emil Kush           29  40   3.05   9   2  2   6  19   1   1  129.7  120   47   44   4   43   50  536   1   3  0     108
RP *Bob Chipman         27  34   3.13   6   5  2  10   6   5   3  109.3  103   44   38   8   54   42  467   1   1  0     106
RP  Hi Bithorn          30  26   3.84   6   5  1   7   9   2   1   86.7   97   42   37   5   25   34  376   0   0  0      86
RP  Paul Erickson       30  32   2.43   9   7  0  14   9   5   1  137.0  119   46   37   2   65   70  595   0   3  0     136

    Russ Bauers         32  15   3.53   2   1  1   2   8   2   0   43.3   45   17   17   1   19   22  189   1   1  0      94
    Bill Fleming        32  14   6.14   0   1  0   1   5   0   0   29.3   37   23   20   2   12   10  141   0   1  0      54
   *Ray Prim            39  14   5.79   2   3  1   2   6   0   0   23.3   28   17   15   5   10   10  108   0   0  0      57
    Russ Meyer          22   4   3.18   0   0  1   1   1   0   0   17.0   21    7    6   2   10   10   78   1   0  0     104
    Doyle Lade          25   3   4.11   0   2  0   2   0   0   0   15.3   15    8    7   0    3    8   67   0   1  0      81
    Red Adams           24   8   8.25   0   1  0   0   4   0   0   12.0   18   12   11   1    7    8   59   0   0  0      40
   *Russ Meers          27   7   3.18   1   2  0   2   2   0   0   11.3   10    6    4   0   10    2   53   4   0  0     104
   *Vern Olsen          28   5   2.79   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    9.7   10    3    3   0    9    8   44   0   0  0     118
    Hal Manders         29   2   9.00   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    6.0   11    6    6   1    3    4   30   0   1  0      37
    Ed Hanyzewski       25   3   4.50   1   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.0    8    3    3   0    5    1   29   0   1  0      74
    Emmett O'Neill      28   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    3    1    6   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.3 155   3.24  82  71 11 155  96  59  15 1393.0 1370  581  501  58  527  619 5993  15  19  2     102
    Rank among 8 NL teams           4   3   6  6           5   3      4    6    4        2    4    2
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CMcCullough 89 390 40 4 4 .991 4 MLivingston 56 239 25 5 3 .981 4 BScheffing 40 97 10 0 3 1.000 4 DWilliams 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 0 TPawelek 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 729 76 9 10 .989 13 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EWaitkus 106 992 81 4 76 .996 10.12 PCavarretta 51 450 40 4 26 .992 9.61 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1442 121 8 102 .995 10.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .970 5.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DJohnson 83 192 228 8 34 .981 5.06 LStringer 62 135 150 13 17 .956 4.60 BSturgeon 21 51 51 3 13 .971 4.86 AGlossop 2 4 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 BJurges 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JOstrowski 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 384 433 24 64 .971 5.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .952 2.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SHack 90 102 168 9 6 .968 3.00 JOstrowski 50 33 80 8 5 .934 2.26 PLowrey 20 22 34 5 2 .918 2.80 BJurges 7 8 8 0 0 1.000 2.29 HSchenz 5 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.20 CBlock 4 4 7 0 3 1.000 2.75 LStringer 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 171 301 22 17 .955 3.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .957 4.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BJurges 73 119 204 8 26 .976 4.42 BSturgeon 72 109 158 19 31 .934 3.71 LMerullo 44 78 131 12 23 .946 4.75 AGlossop 2 5 5 1 0 .909 5.00 LStringer 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 311 500 40 80 .953 5.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.16 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- PLowrey 126 308 15 7 3 .979 2.56 73 60 0 MRickert 104 200 5 6 1 .972 1.97 75 19 10 PCavarretta 86 196 7 7 2 .967 2.36 7 13 78 BNicholson 80 179 4 5 1 .973 2.29 0 0 80 APafko 64 165 13 4 4 .978 2.78 0 64 0 DDallessand 20 33 0 1 0 .971 1.65 16 0 4 FSecory 9 10 0 2 0 .833 1.11 9 0 0 CGilbert 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 2 0 CMaddern 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 2 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1096 45 32 11 .973 2.46 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JSchmitz 41 12 49 0 2 1.000 2.45 HWyse 40 9 50 1 4 .983 2.64 HBorowy 32 9 42 3 1 .944 2.28 PErickson 32 5 22 0 0 1.000 1.77 EKush 40 9 37 2 2 .958 3.19 CPasseau 21 6 30 1 3 .973 2.51 BChipman 34 10 15 1 3 .962 2.06 HBithorn 26 1 17 1 2 .947 1.87 RBauers 15 5 6 1 0 .917 2.29 BFleming 14 0 7 0 0 1.000 2.15 RPrim 14 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.48 RMeyer 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.12 DLade 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.35 RAdams 8 0 5 1 1 .833 3.75 RMeers 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.39 VOlsen 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86 HManders 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 EHanyzewski 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 EO'Neill 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 69 302 11 18 .971 2.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Waitkus .304 On-base % Cavarretta .401 Slugging % Cavarretta .435 OPS Cavarretta .836 Games Lowrey 144 At Bats Lowrey 540 Plate Appearances (approx.) Lowrey 614 Runs Cavarretta 89 Hits Cavarretta 150 Total Bases Cavarretta 222 Doubles Cavarretta 28 Triples Cavarretta 10 Home Runs Cavarretta and Nicholson 8 RBI Cavarretta 78 Bases on Balls Cavarretta 88 Strikeouts Cavarretta and Rickert 54 Stolen Bases Lowrey 10 Singles Lowrey 106 Adjusted OPS+ Cavarretta 139 Runs Created Cavarretta 88 Adjusted Batting Runs Cavarretta 30 Batting Wins Cavarretta 3.1 Extra-Base Hits Cavarretta 46 Times on Base Cavarretta 241 Offensive Win% Cavarretta .690 Hit By Pitch Pafko 4 Sac. Hits Lowrey 17 Grounded into Double Plays Cavarretta 16 Power/Speed Number Lowrey 5.7 At Bats per Strikeout Waitkus 31.5 At Bats per Home Run Cavarretta 63.8 Outs Lowrey 429

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Schmitz 2.61 Wins Wyse 14 Won-Loss % Erickson .563 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Schmitz 1.239 Hits Allowed/9IP Schmitz 7.38 Bases on Balls/9IP Wyse 2.32 Strikeouts/9IP Schmitz 5.42 Games Schmitz 41 Saves Chipman, Kush, and Schmitz 2 Innings Schmitz 224.3 Strikeouts Schmitz 135 Games Started Schmitz 31 Comp. Games Schmitz 14 Shutouts Chipman 3 Home Runs Allow. Borowy 9 Bases On Balls Allow. Schmitz 94 Hits Allowed Borowy 220 SO to Walk Borowy 1.56 Losses Wyse 12 Earned Runs Allow. Borowy 84 Wild Pitches Meers 4 Hit Batsmen Erickson, Kush, and Wyse 3 Batters Faced Schmitz 945 Games Finished Kush 19 Adjusted ERA+ Schmitz 127

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