⭐ Division Winner

1945 Chicago Cubs

98-56 • 0.636 Win% • 1st in NL

📊 Season Record

98 Wins
56 Losses
0.636 Win %
1st Rank
735 R 532 RA
Diff +203

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⚡ Quick Stats

735 Runs Scored
532 Runs Allowed
+203 Run Diff
1,070K Attendance

📈 vs. 1945 NL Average

Batting Avg .276 4% above the 1945 league average (.264)
OBP .345 5% above the 1945 league average (.329)
SLG .308 1% above the 1945 league average (.305)
Team ERA 2.98 22% better than the 1945 league average (3.80)
Runs Scored 735 7% above the 1945 league average (689 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 1,070,324
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Avg per Game 14,083

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Phil Cavarretta 0.355 2 Stan Hack 0.323 3 Don Johnson 0.302 4 Andy Pafko 0.298 5 Paul Gillespie 0.288

Home Runs

1 Bill Nicholson 13 2 Andy Pafko 12 3 Peanuts Lowrey 7 4 Phil Cavarretta 6 5 Paul Gillespie 3

RBI

1 Andy Pafko 110 2 Phil Cavarretta 97 3 Peanuts Lowrey 89 4 Bill Nicholson 88 5 Don Johnson 58
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Stan Hack 150 597 110 193 0 0 2 43 99 30 12 0.323
Bill Nicholson 151 559 82 136 0 0 13 88 92 73 4 0.243
Don Johnson 138 557 94 168 0 0 2 58 32 34 9 0.302
Andy Pafko 144 534 64 159 0 0 12 110 45 36 5 0.298
Peanuts Lowrey 143 523 72 148 0 0 7 89 48 27 11 0.283
Phil Cavarretta 132 498 94 177 0 0 6 97 81 34 5 0.355
Lennie Merullo 121 394 40 94 0 0 2 37 31 30 7 0.239
Mickey Livingston 71 224 19 57 0 0 2 23 19 6 2 0.254
Roy Hughes 69 222 34 58 0 0 0 8 16 18 6 0.261
Paul Gillespie 75 163 12 47 0 0 3 25 18 9 2 0.288
Heinz Becker 67 133 25 38 0 0 2 27 17 16 0 0.286
Hank Wyse 38 101 6 17 0 0 0 7 0 16 0 0.168
Dewey Williams 59 100 16 28 0 0 2 5 13 13 0 0.280
Len Rice 32 99 10 23 0 0 0 7 5 8 2 0.232
Ed Sauer 49 93 8 24 0 0 2 11 8 23 2 0.258
Claude Passeau 34 91 10 17 0 0 2 9 2 22 0 0.187
Paul Derringer 35 75 3 15 0 0 0 8 0 12 0 0.200
Frank Secory 35 57 4 9 0 0 0 6 2 7 0 0.158
Ray Prim 34 51 4 13 0 0 0 1 5 9 0 0.255
Bill Schuster 45 47 8 9 0 0 0 2 7 4 2 0.191
Hank Borowy 15 41 5 7 0 0 0 0 4 11 0 0.171
Paul Erickson 28 32 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 0.156
Hy Vandenberg 30 32 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.125
Reggie Otero 14 23 1 9 0 0 0 5 2 2 0 0.391
Bob Chipman 25 17 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0.176
Johnny Ostrowski 7 10 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.300
Cy Block 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.143
Johnny Moore 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.167
Jorge Comellas 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Mack Stewart 16 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Ray Starr 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Lon Warneke 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Ed Hanyzewski 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Walter Signer 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Loyd Christopher 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
George Hennessey 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Hank Borowy 2.13 2 Ray Prim 2.40 3 Claude Passeau 2.46 4 Hank Wyse 2.68 5 Paul Erickson 3.32

Wins

1 Hank Wyse 22 2 Claude Passeau 17 3 Paul Derringer 16 4 Ray Prim 13 5 Hank Borowy 11

Strikeouts

1 Claude Passeau 98 2 Ray Prim 88 3 Paul Derringer 86 4 Hank Wyse 77 5 Paul Erickson 53
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Hank Wyse 22 10 2.68 38 34 0 278.1 55 77
Claude Passeau 17 9 2.46 34 27 1 227.0 59 98
Paul Derringer 16 11 3.45 35 30 4 213.2 51 86
Ray Prim 13 8 2.40 34 19 2 165.1 23 88
Hank Borowy 11 2 2.13 15 14 1 122.1 47 47
Paul Erickson 7 4 3.32 28 9 3 108.1 48 53
Hy Vandenberg 7 3 3.49 30 7 2 95.1 33 35
Bob Chipman 4 5 3.50 25 10 0 72.0 34 29
Mack Stewart 0 1 4.76 16 1 0 28.1 14 9
Lon Warneke 0 1 3.86 9 1 0 14.0 1 6
Ray Starr 1 0 7.43 9 1 0 13.1 7 5
Jorge Comellas 0 2 4.50 7 1 0 12.0 6 6
Walter Signer 0 0 3.38 6 0 1 8.0 5 0
Ed Hanyzewski 0 0 5.79 2 1 0 4.2 1 0
George Hennessey 0 0 7.36 2 0 0 3.2 1 2

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
Lost to DET 4-3

👥 Roster (36)

Heinz Becker Cy Block Hank Borowy Phil Cavarretta Bob Chipman Loyd Christopher Jorge Comellas Paul Derringer Paul Erickson Paul Gillespie Stan Hack Ed Hanyzewski +24 more

36 players

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