1941 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago, Illinois | |
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |
General managers | James T. Gallagher | |
Managers | Jimmie Wilson | |
Radio |
WGN ( Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse) WJJD (Alan Hale, Pat Flanagan) WCFL ( Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley) | |
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The 1941 Chicago Cubs season was the 70th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 66th in the National League and the 26th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth in the National League with a record of 70–84.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 100 | 54 | 0.649 | — | 52–25 | 48–29 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 56 | 0.634 | 2½ | 53–24 | 44–32 |
Cincinnati Reds | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 12 | 45–34 | 43–32 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 19 | 45–32 | 36–41 |
New York Giants | 74 | 79 | 0.484 | 25½ | 38–39 | 36–40 |
Chicago Cubs | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 30 | 38–39 | 32–45 |
Boston Braves | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 38 | 32–44 | 30–48 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 111 | 0.279 | 57 | 23–52 | 20–59 |
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 4–18–2 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 8–14 | |||||
Brooklyn | 18–4–2 | — | 13–9 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 18–4 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 8–14 | 9–13 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–9 | 8–14 | 14–8 | — | 15–7 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 16–6 | 8–14 | 13–9 | 7–15 | — | 16–6 | 8–14–2 | 6–15–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 4–18 | 8–14–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | — | 6–16 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 12–10 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 14–8–2 | 16–6 | — | 6–16 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 15–6–1 | 17–5 | 16–6 | — |
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Clyde McCullough | 125 | 418 | 95 | .227 | 9 | 53 |
1B | Babe Dahlgren | 99 | 359 | 101 | .281 | 16 | 59 |
2B | Lou Stringer | 145 | 512 | 126 | .246 | 5 | 53 |
SS | Bobby Sturgeon | 129 | 433 | 106 | .245 | 0 | 25 |
3B | Stan Hack | 151 | 586 | 186 | .317 | 7 | 45 |
OF | Bill Nicholson | 147 | 532 | 135 | .254 | 26 | 98 |
OF | Phil Cavarretta | 107 | 346 | 99 | .286 | 6 | 40 |
OF | Dom Dallessandro | 140 | 486 | 132 | .272 | 6 | 85 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Lou Novikoff | 62 | 203 | 49 | .241 | 5 | 24 |
Hank Leiber | 53 | 162 | 35 | .216 | 7 | 25 |
Bob Scheffing | 51 | 132 | 32 | .242 | 1 | 20 |
Augie Galan | 65 | 120 | 25 | .208 | 1 | 13 |
Johnny Hudson | 50 | 99 | 20 | .202 | 0 | 6 |
Charlie Gilbert | 39 | 86 | 24 | .279 | 0 | 12 |
Barney Olsen | 24 | 73 | 21 | .288 | 1 | 4 |
Greek George | 35 | 64 | 10 | .156 | 0 | 6 |
Billy Myers | 24 | 63 | 14 | .222 | 1 | 4 |
Billy Herman | 11 | 36 | 7 | .194 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Waitkus | 12 | 28 | 5 | .179 | 0 | 0 |
Lennie Merullo | 7 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 0 | 1 |
Rip Russell | 6 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 1 |
Frank Jelincich | 4 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
Al Todd | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Claude Passeau | 34 | 231.0 | 14 | 14 | 3.35 | 80 |
Bill Lee | 28 | 167.1 | 8 | 14 | 3.76 | 62 |
Larry French | 26 | 138.0 | 5 | 14 | 4.63 | 60 |
Charlie Root | 19 | 106.2 | 8 | 7 | 5.40 | 46 |
Russ Meers | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.13 | 5 |
Dizzy Dean | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Vern Olsen | 37 | 185.2 | 10 | 8 | 3.15 | 73 |
Jake Mooty | 33 | 153.1 | 8 | 9 | 3.35 | 45 |
Paul Erickson | 32 | 141.0 | 5 | 7 | 3.70 | 85 |
Vallie Eaves | 12 | 58.2 | 3 | 3 | 3.53 | 24 |
Johnny Schmitz | 5 | 20.2 | 2 | 0 | 1.31 | 11 |
Walt Lanfranconi | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tot Pressnell | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3.09 | 27 |
Vance Page | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4.28 | 17 |
Ken Raffensberger | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 5 |
Wimpy Quinn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 0 |
Emil Kush | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 |
Hank Gornicki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |
1941 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago, Illinois | |
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |
General managers | James T. Gallagher | |
Managers | Jimmie Wilson | |
Radio |
WGN ( Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse) WJJD (Alan Hale, Pat Flanagan) WCFL ( Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley) | |
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The 1941 Chicago Cubs season was the 70th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 66th in the National League and the 26th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth in the National League with a record of 70–84.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 100 | 54 | 0.649 | — | 52–25 | 48–29 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 56 | 0.634 | 2½ | 53–24 | 44–32 |
Cincinnati Reds | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 12 | 45–34 | 43–32 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 19 | 45–32 | 36–41 |
New York Giants | 74 | 79 | 0.484 | 25½ | 38–39 | 36–40 |
Chicago Cubs | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 30 | 38–39 | 32–45 |
Boston Braves | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 38 | 32–44 | 30–48 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 111 | 0.279 | 57 | 23–52 | 20–59 |
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 4–18–2 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 8–14 | |||||
Brooklyn | 18–4–2 | — | 13–9 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 18–4 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 8–14 | 9–13 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–9 | 8–14 | 14–8 | — | 15–7 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 16–6 | 8–14 | 13–9 | 7–15 | — | 16–6 | 8–14–2 | 6–15–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 4–18 | 8–14–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | — | 6–16 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 12–10 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 14–8–2 | 16–6 | — | 6–16 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 15–6–1 | 17–5 | 16–6 | — |
1941 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
|
Catchers
Infielders
|
Outfielders
Other batters
|
Manager
Coaches
|
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Clyde McCullough | 125 | 418 | 95 | .227 | 9 | 53 |
1B | Babe Dahlgren | 99 | 359 | 101 | .281 | 16 | 59 |
2B | Lou Stringer | 145 | 512 | 126 | .246 | 5 | 53 |
SS | Bobby Sturgeon | 129 | 433 | 106 | .245 | 0 | 25 |
3B | Stan Hack | 151 | 586 | 186 | .317 | 7 | 45 |
OF | Bill Nicholson | 147 | 532 | 135 | .254 | 26 | 98 |
OF | Phil Cavarretta | 107 | 346 | 99 | .286 | 6 | 40 |
OF | Dom Dallessandro | 140 | 486 | 132 | .272 | 6 | 85 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Lou Novikoff | 62 | 203 | 49 | .241 | 5 | 24 |
Hank Leiber | 53 | 162 | 35 | .216 | 7 | 25 |
Bob Scheffing | 51 | 132 | 32 | .242 | 1 | 20 |
Augie Galan | 65 | 120 | 25 | .208 | 1 | 13 |
Johnny Hudson | 50 | 99 | 20 | .202 | 0 | 6 |
Charlie Gilbert | 39 | 86 | 24 | .279 | 0 | 12 |
Barney Olsen | 24 | 73 | 21 | .288 | 1 | 4 |
Greek George | 35 | 64 | 10 | .156 | 0 | 6 |
Billy Myers | 24 | 63 | 14 | .222 | 1 | 4 |
Billy Herman | 11 | 36 | 7 | .194 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Waitkus | 12 | 28 | 5 | .179 | 0 | 0 |
Lennie Merullo | 7 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 0 | 1 |
Rip Russell | 6 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 1 |
Frank Jelincich | 4 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
Al Todd | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Claude Passeau | 34 | 231.0 | 14 | 14 | 3.35 | 80 |
Bill Lee | 28 | 167.1 | 8 | 14 | 3.76 | 62 |
Larry French | 26 | 138.0 | 5 | 14 | 4.63 | 60 |
Charlie Root | 19 | 106.2 | 8 | 7 | 5.40 | 46 |
Russ Meers | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.13 | 5 |
Dizzy Dean | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Vern Olsen | 37 | 185.2 | 10 | 8 | 3.15 | 73 |
Jake Mooty | 33 | 153.1 | 8 | 9 | 3.35 | 45 |
Paul Erickson | 32 | 141.0 | 5 | 7 | 3.70 | 85 |
Vallie Eaves | 12 | 58.2 | 3 | 3 | 3.53 | 24 |
Johnny Schmitz | 5 | 20.2 | 2 | 0 | 1.31 | 11 |
Walt Lanfranconi | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tot Pressnell | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3.09 | 27 |
Vance Page | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4.28 | 17 |
Ken Raffensberger | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 5 |
Wimpy Quinn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 0 |
Emil Kush | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 |
Hank Gornicki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |