1942 Chicago Cubs

68-86 • 0.442 Win% • 6th in NL

📊 Season Record

68 Wins
86 Losses
0.442 Win %
6th Rank
591 R 665 RA
Diff -74

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⚡ Quick Stats

591 Runs Scored
665 Runs Allowed
-74 Run Diff
695K Attendance

📈 vs. 1942 NL Average

Batting Avg .254 2% above the 1942 league average (.248)
OBP .318 1% above the 1942 league average (.315)
SLG .296 3% above the 1942 league average (.287)
Team ERA 3.60 9% worse than the 1942 league average (3.32)
Runs Scored 591 1% below the 1942 league average (598 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 695,335
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Avg per Game 8,914

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Lou Novikoff 0.300 2 Stan Hack 0.300 3 Bill Nicholson 0.294 4 Clyde McCullough 0.282 5 Phil Cavarretta 0.270

Home Runs

1 Bill Nicholson 21 2 Lou Stringer 9 3 Rip Russell 8 4 Lou Novikoff 7 5 Stan Hack 6

RBI

1 Bill Nicholson 78 2 Lou Novikoff 64 3 Phil Cavarretta 54 4 Dom Dallessandro 43 5 Rip Russell 41
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bill Nicholson 152 588 83 173 0 0 21 78 76 80 8 0.294
Stan Hack 140 553 91 166 0 0 6 39 94 40 9 0.300
Lennie Merullo 143 515 53 132 0 0 2 37 35 45 14 0.256
Lou Novikoff 128 483 48 145 0 0 7 64 24 28 3 0.300
Phil Cavarretta 136 482 59 130 0 0 3 54 71 42 7 0.270
Lou Stringer 121 406 45 96 0 0 9 41 31 55 3 0.236
Clyde McCullough 109 337 39 95 0 0 5 31 25 47 7 0.282
Rip Russell 102 302 32 73 0 0 8 41 17 21 0 0.242
Dom Dallessandro 96 264 30 69 0 0 4 43 36 18 4 0.261
Jimmie Foxx 70 205 25 42 0 0 3 19 22 55 1 0.205
Charlie Gilbert 74 179 18 33 0 0 0 7 25 24 1 0.184
Bobby Sturgeon 63 162 8 40 0 0 0 7 4 13 2 0.247
Chico Hernandez 47 118 6 27 0 0 0 7 11 13 0 0.229
Claude Passeau 35 105 7 19 0 0 2 10 0 26 0 0.181
Bob Scheffing 44 102 7 20 0 0 2 12 7 11 2 0.196
Bill Lee 32 69 2 11 0 0 0 7 7 13 0 0.159
Peanuts Lowrey 27 58 4 11 0 0 1 4 4 4 0 0.190
Hiram Bithorn 38 57 3 7 0 0 0 1 5 9 0 0.123
Babe Dahlgren 17 56 4 12 0 0 0 6 4 2 0 0.214
Vern Olsen 32 48 4 9 0 0 0 4 5 2 0 0.188
Bill Fleming 33 39 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.051
Cy Block 9 33 6 12 0 0 0 4 3 3 2 0.364
Lon Warneke 15 32 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.188
Jake Mooty 19 28 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.214
Marv Rickert 8 26 5 7 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.269
Johnny Schmitz 23 26 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.154
Paul Erickson 18 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 0.143
Paul Gillespie 5 16 3 4 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 0.250
Whitey Platt 4 16 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.062
Hank Wyse 4 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.125
Marv Felderman 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.167
Dick Errickson 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Ed Hanyzewski 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.200
Tot Pressnell 27 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0.667
Emil Kush 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Berry 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Bowman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Vallie Eaves 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesse Flores 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Lon Warneke 2.27 2 Claude Passeau 2.68 3 Bill Fleming 3.01 4 Johnny Schmitz 3.43 5 Hiram Bithorn 3.68

Wins

1 Claude Passeau 19 2 Bill Lee 13 3 Hiram Bithorn 9 4 Vern Olsen 6 5 Bill Fleming 5

Strikeouts

1 Claude Passeau 89 2 Bill Lee 75 3 Hiram Bithorn 65 4 Bill Fleming 59 5 Johnny Schmitz 51
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Claude Passeau 19 14 2.68 35 34 0 278.1 74 89
Bill Lee 13 13 3.85 32 30 0 219.2 67 75
Hiram Bithorn 9 14 3.68 38 16 2 171.1 81 65
Vern Olsen 6 9 4.49 32 17 1 140.1 55 46
Bill Fleming 5 6 3.01 33 14 2 134.1 63 59
Lon Warneke 5 7 2.27 15 12 2 99.0 21 28
Johnny Schmitz 3 7 3.43 23 10 2 86.2 45 51
Jake Mooty 2 5 4.70 19 10 1 84.1 44 28
Paul Erickson 1 6 5.43 18 7 0 63.0 41 26
Tot Pressnell 1 1 5.49 27 0 4 39.1 5 9
Hank Wyse 2 1 1.93 4 4 0 28.0 6 8
Dick Errickson 1 1 4.13 13 0 0 24.0 8 9
Ed Hanyzewski 1 1 3.79 6 1 0 19.0 8 6
Jesse Flores 0 1 3.38 4 0 0 5.1 2 6
Vallie Eaves 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 3.0 2 0
Joe Berry 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 2.0 2 1
Emil Kush 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 1 1
Bob Bowman 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0

👥 Roster (39)

Joe Berry Hiram Bithorn Cy Block Bob Bowman Phil Cavarretta Babe Dahlgren Dom Dallessandro Vallie Eaves Paul Erickson Dick Errickson Marv Felderman Bill Fleming +27 more

39 players

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