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1942 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1941/1943)
68-86, Finished 6th in National League
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Scored 591 runs, Allowed 665 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-85
Manager: Jimmie Wilson (68-86)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 590,972 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 98

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Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

Detailed

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Clyde McCullough 25 109 372 337 39 95 22 1 5 31 7 25 47 .282 .331 .398 .729 117 134 9 0 10
2 1B Jimmie Foxx 34 70 227 205 25 42 8 0 3 19 1 22 55 .205 .282 .288 .570 70 59 9 0 0
3 2B Lou Stringer 25 121 448 406 45 96 10 5 9 41 3 31 55 .236 .292 .352 .644 91 143 8 1 10
4 SS Lennie Merullo 25 143 577 515 53 132 23 3 2 37 14 35 45 .256 .310 .324 .634 89 167 14 5 22
5 3B Stan Hack* 32 140 657 553 91 166 36 3 6 39 9 94 40 .300 .402 .409 .811 142 226 2 0 10
6 OF Bill Nicholson* 27 152 673 588 83 173 22 11 21 78 8 76 80 .294 .382 .476 .859 155 280 7 8 1
7 OF Phil Cavarretta* 25 136 566 482 59 130 28 4 3 54 7 71 42 .270 .365 .363 .728 117 175 2 1 12
8 OF Lou Novikoff 26 128 514 483 48 145 25 5 7 64 3 24 28 .300 .337 .416 .753 124 201 15 3 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 IF Rip Russell 27 102 325 302 32 73 9 0 8 41 0 17 21 .242 .282 .351 .633 88 106 6 0 6
10 OF Dom Dallessandro* 28 96 302 264 30 69 12 4 4 43 4 36 18 .261 .350 .383 .733 118 101 11 0 2
11 OF Charlie Gilbert* 22 74 206 179 18 33 6 3 0 7 1 25 24 .184 .284 .251 .536 60 45 2 0 2
12 MI Bobby Sturgeon 22 63 169 162 8 40 7 1 0 7 2 4 13 .247 .269 .302 .572 70 49 2 1 2
13 C Chico Hernandez 26 47 130 118 6 27 5 0 0 7 0 11 13 .229 .295 .271 .566 69 32 1 0 1
14 C Bob Scheffing 28 44 109 102 7 20 3 0 2 12 2 7 11 .196 .248 .284 .532 58 29 3 0 0
15 OF Peanuts Lowrey 24 27 64 58 4 11 0 0 1 4 0 4 4 .190 .242 .241 .483 44 14 0 0 2
16 1B Babe Dahlgren 30 17 60 56 4 12 1 0 0 6 0 4 2 .214 .267 .232 .499 49 13 3 0 0
17 IF Cy Block 23 9 36 33 6 12 1 1 0 4 2 3 3 .364 .417 .455 .871 159 15 1 0 0
18 OF Marv Rickert* 21 8 27 26 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .269 .296 .269 .566 69 7 1 0 0
19 C Paul Gillespie* 21 5 17 16 3 4 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 .250 .294 .625 .919 170 10 0 0 0
20 OF Whitey Platt 21 4 16 16 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .063 .063 .063 .125 -63 1 2 0 0
21 C Marv Felderman 26 3 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .167 .286 .167 .452 36 1 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
22 P Claude Passeau 33 35 110 105 7 19 1 0 2 10 0 0 26 .181 .181 .248 .429 27 26 2 0 5
23 P Bill Lee 32 32 81 69 2 11 2 0 0 7 0 7 13 .159 .237 .188 .425 27 13 5 0 5
24 P Hi Bithorn 26 38 63 57 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 5 9 .123 .194 .140 .334 0 8 0 0 1
25 P Vern Olsen 24 32 54 48 4 9 1 0 0 4 0 5 2 .188 .264 .208 .472 42 10 0 0 1
26 P Bill Fleming 28 33 40 39 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .051 .051 .051 .103 -69 2 2 0 1
27 P Lon Warneke 33 15 34 32 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .188 .188 .188 .375 12 6 2 0 2
28 P Jake Mooty 29 19 29 28 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .214 .214 .214 .429 28 6 1 0 1
29 P Johnny Schmitz 21 23 28 26 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .154 .308 -8 4 0 0 2
30 P Paul Erickson 26 18 21 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 .143 .143 .143 .286 -15 3 0 0 0
31 P Hank Wyse 24 4 11 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 5 1 0 0 2
32 P Dick Errickson* 30 13 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
33 P Ed Hanyzewski 21 6 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 19 1 0 0 0
34 P Tot Pressnell 35 27 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 .667 .750 1.000 1.750 419 3 0 0 0
35 P Emil Kush 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.9 155 5988 5354 591 1360 224 41 75 533 63 0 511 606 .254 .321 .353 .674 101 1891 110 19 104 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 5 1 3 4 4 4 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
CSV
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Claude Passeau 33 19 14 .576 2.68 35 34 0 24 3 0 278.1 284 116 83 13 74 89 3 0 4 1177 120 1.286 9.2 0.4 2.4 2.9 1.20
2 SP Bill Lee 32 13 13 .500 3.85 32 30 1 18 1 0 219.2 221 99 94 4 67 75 1 1 3 939 83 1.311 9.1 0.2 2.7 3.1 1.12
3 SP Vern Olsen* 24 6 9 .400 4.49 32 17 9 4 1 1 140.1 161 75 70 6 55 46 1 1 3 632 72 1.539 10.3 0.4 3.5 3.0 0.84
4 SP Lon Warneke 33 5 7 .417 2.27 15 12 3 8 1 2 99.0 97 33 25 2 21 28 0 0 0 403 141 1.192 8.8 0.2 1.9 2.5 1.33
5 SP Jake Mooty 29 2 5 .286 4.70 19 10 5 1 0 1 84.1 89 48 44 11 44 28 0 2 4 384 68 1.577 9.5 1.2 4.7 3.0 0.64
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 RP Hi Bithorn 26 9 14 .391 3.68 38 16 14 9 0 2 171.1 191 93 70 8 81 65 0 0 2 744 87 1.588 10.0 0.4 4.3 3.4 0.80
7 RP Bill Fleming 28 5 6 .455 3.01 33 14 7 4 2 2 134.1 117 51 45 9 63 59 3 0 3 581 107 1.340 7.8 0.6 4.2 4.0 0.94
8 RP Johnny Schmitz* 21 3 7 .300 3.43 23 10 6 1 0 2 86.2 70 41 33 3 45 51 3 0 3 364 94 1.327 7.3 0.3 4.7 5.3 1.13
9 RP Tot Pressnell 35 1 1 .500 5.49 27 0 18 0 0 4 39.1 40 28 24 5 5 9 5 0 2 168 59 1.144 9.2 1.1 1.1 2.1 1.80
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Paul Erickson 26 1 6 .143 5.43 18 7 6 1 0 0 63.0 70 40 38 4 41 26 0 0 2 289 59 1.762 10.0 0.6 5.9 3.7 0.63
11 Hank Wyse 24 2 1 .667 1.93 4 4 0 1 1 0 28.0 33 10 6 1 6 8 0 0 0 122 167 1.393 10.6 0.3 1.9 2.6 1.33
12 Dick Errickson 30 1 1 .500 4.12 13 0 8 0 0 0 24.0 39 12 11 1 8 9 1 0 1 110 78 1.958 14.6 0.4 3.0 3.4 1.13
13 Ed Hanyzewski 21 1 1 .500 3.79 6 1 2 0 0 0 19.0 17 9 8 2 8 6 0 0 0 77 85 1.316 8.1 0.9 3.8 2.8 0.75
14 Jesse Flores 27 0 1 .000 3.38 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 5 5 2 1 2 6 0 0 0 24 95 1.313 8.4 1.7 3.4 10.1 3.00
15 Vallie Eaves 30 0 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 16 36 2.000 12.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.00
16 Joe Berry 37 0 0 18.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 7 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 18 4.500 31.5 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
17 Emil Kush 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
18 Bob Bowman 31 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 28.9 68 86 .442 3.60 155 155 84 71 9 14 1400.2 1447 667 560 70 525 507 18 4 27 6058 89 1.408 9.3 0.4 3.4 3.3 0.97
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 3 2 6 3 3 8 7 7 5 6 4
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
CSV
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Joe Berry 37 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Hi Bithorn 26 38 42 5 35 2 3 .952 1.05 P
Cy Block 23 9 29 12 15 2 2 .931 3.00 3B-2B
Bob Bowman 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Phil Cavarretta 25 131 4 67 0 800 744 49 7 49 .991 6.05 OF-1B
Babe Dahlgren 30 14 148 136 10 2 7 .986 10.43 1B
Dom Dallessandro 28 66 31 32 4 142 134 6 2 1 .986 2.12 OF
Vallie Eaves 30 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 P
Paul Erickson 26 18 17 5 12 0 2 1.000 0.94 P
Dick Errickson 30 13 10 1 9 0 1 1.000 0.77 P
Marv Felderman 26 2 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 C
Bill Fleming 28 33 31 5 24 2 2 .935 0.88 P
Jesse Flores 27 4 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.50 P
Jimmie Foxx 34 53 524 491 24 9 32 .983 9.72 0 1B-C
Charlie Gilbert 22 47 3 44 0 107 99 6 2 2 .981 2.23 OF
Paul Gillespie 21 4 15 13 2 0 0 1.000 3.75 0 C
Stan Hack 32 139 430 154 261 15 21 .965 2.99 3B
Ed Hanyzewski 21 6 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Chico Hernandez 26 43 161 140 17 4 0 .975 3.65 3 C
Emil Kush 25 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Bill Lee 32 32 67 10 55 2 2 .970 2.03 P
Peanuts Lowrey 24 19 7 15 0 46 43 2 1 1 .978 2.37 OF
Clyde McCullough 25 97 456 386 61 9 10 .980 4.61 3 C
Lennie Merullo 25 143 779 299 438 42 80 .946 5.15 SS
Jake Mooty 29 19 27 3 22 2 0 .926 1.32 P
Bill Nicholson 27 151 0 0 151 350 327 18 5 2 .986 2.28 OF
Lou Novikoff 26 120 120 0 0 252 232 11 9 2 .964 2.03 OF
Vern Olsen 24 32 45 8 37 0 1 1.000 1.41 P
Claude Passeau 33 35 73 12 61 0 9 1.000 2.09 P
Whitey Platt 21 4 2 2 0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Tot Pressnell 35 27 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Marv Rickert 21 6 0 6 0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 3.17 OF
Rip Russell 27 72 3 0 0 496 392 90 14 40 .972 6.69 1B-2B-3B-OF
Bob Scheffing 28 32 140 122 16 2 6 .986 4.31 4 C
Johnny Schmitz 21 23 44 5 38 1 2 .977 1.87 P
Lou Stringer 25 114 640 268 343 29 59 .955 5.36 2B-3B
Bobby Sturgeon 22 63 280 113 163 4 33 .986 4.38 2B-SS-3B
Lon Warneke 33 15 28 8 20 0 0 1.000 1.87 P
Hank Wyse 24 4 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.25 P
Team Totals 26.9 155 6243 4203 1871 169 370 .973 3.72 10
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 1 4
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

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