1941 Chicago Cubs Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 70-84
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 607,031, Avg. 9,060
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Jimmie Wilson (70-84)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1941 Chicago Cubs Roster
1941 Chicago Cubs Results

The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1941 season with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.

The Cubs plated 666 runs and allowed 670 runs. Bill Nicholson paced Chicago with 26 home runs, and Babe Dahlgren walloped 20 or more, too. Bill Nicholson accounted for 98 RBI. Stan Hack topped hitters with significant playing time with a .317 average. Claude Passeau led the team with 14 wins, while Vern Olsen recorded a 3.15 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Jimmie Wilson coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Claude Passeau	14	14	.500	3.35	34	30	4	20	3	0	231.0	262	99	86	10	52	80	1	0	2	993
Vern Olsen	10	8	.556	3.15	37	23	10	10	2	1	185.7	202	84	65	7	59	73	1	0	2	807
Charlie Root	8	7	.533	5.40	19	15	4	6	0	0	106.7	133	68	64	8	37	46	0	0	1	484
Jake Mooty	8	9	.471	3.35	33	14	12	7	1	4	153.3	143	69	57	9	56	45	2	0	3	643
Bill Lee	8	14	.364	3.76	28	22	1	12	0	1	167.3	179	87	70	6	43	62	2	0	6	723
Tot Pressnell	5	3	.625	3.09	29	1	11	0	0	1	70.0	69	26	24	2	23	27	4	0	0	301
Paul Erickson	5	7	.417	3.70	32	15	9	7	1	1	141.0	126	70	58	2	64	85	2	0	4	615
Larry French	5	14	.263	4.63	26	18	3	6	1	0	138.0	161	88	71	10	43	60	2	2	0	621
Vallie Eaves	3	3	.500	3.53	12	7	1	4	0	0	58.7	56	27	23	4	21	24	3	0	0	246
Johnny Schmitz	2	0	1.000	1.31	5	3	2	1	0	0	20.7	12	5	3	0	9	11	1	0	0	79
Vance Page	2	2	.500	4.28	25	3	16	1	0	1	48.3	48	24	23	2	30	17	2	0	2	223
Emil Kush	0	0		2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	14
Hank Gornicki	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8
Wimpy Quinn	0	0		7.20	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	3	4	4	0	3	2	0	0	1	22
Dizzy Dean	0	0		18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	7
Russ Meers	0	1	.000	1.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	5	2	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	30
Walt Lanfranconi	0	1	.000	3.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	27
Ken Raffensberger	0	1	.000	4.50	10	1	5	0	0	0	18.0	17	9	9	0	7	5	0	0	0	73
Totals	70	84	.455	3.72	300	155	81	74	8	9	1364.7	1431	670	564	60	449	548	21	2	21	5916

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Stan Hack	151	694	586	111	186	33	5	7	45	10	99	40	.317	.417	.427	.844	250	3	1	8
Bill Nicholson	147	617	532	74	135	26	1	26	98	1	82	91	.254	.357	.453	.810	241	8	3	0
Dom Dallessandro	140	559	486	73	132	36	2	6	85	3	68	37	.272	.362	.391	.753	190	10	1	4
Lou Stringer	145	581	512	59	126	31	4	5	53	3	59	86	.246	.324	.352	.676	180	5	0	10
Bobby Sturgeon	129	453	433	45	106	15	3	0	25	5	9	30	.245	.260	.293	.553	127	10	0	11
Babe Dahlgren	99	403	359	50	101	20	1	16	59	2	43	39	.281	.360	.476	.836	171	8	1	0
Phil Cavarretta	107	407	346	46	99	18	4	6	40	2	53	28	.286	.384	.413	.797	143	6	2	6
Clyde McCullough	125	462	418	41	95	9	2	9	53	5	34	67	.227	.289	.323	.612	135	11	2	8
Lou Novikoff	62	216	203	22	49	8	0	5	24	0	11	15	.241	.284	.355	.638	72	7	1	1
Hank Leiber	53	184	162	20	35	5	0	7	25	0	16	25	.216	.291	.377	.667	61	3	1	5
Bob Scheffing	51	138	132	9	32	8	0	1	20	2	5	19	.242	.270	.326	.596	43	5	0	1
Augie Galan	65	143	120	18	25	3	0	1	13	0	22	10	.208	.331	.258	.589	31	1	0	1
Charlie Gilbert	39	99	86	11	24	2	1	0	12	1	11	6	.279	.361	.326	.686	28	2	0	2
Barney Olsen	24	78	73	13	21	6	1	1	4	0	4	11	.288	.325	.438	.763	32	3	0	1
Johnny Hudson	50	106	99	8	20	4	0	0	6	3	3	15	.202	.225	.242	.468	24	3	0	4
Claude Passeau	34	92	86	6	19	2	0	3	12	0	2	22	.221	.239	.349	.587	30	1	0	4
Vern Olsen	37	67	63	7	15	2	0	1	5	0	2	10	.238	.262	.317	.579	20	1	0	2
Billy Myers	24	74	63	10	14	1	0	1	4	1	7	25	.222	.310	.286	.596	18	1	1	3
Bill Lee	28	69	59	8	11	0	0	2	5	0	1	9	.186	.200	.288	.488	17	2	0	9
Jake Mooty	33	55	50	5	10	1	0	0	1	0	2	7	.200	.231	.220	.451	11	2	0	3
Charles George	35	67	64	4	10	2	0	0	6	0	2	10	.156	.182	.188	.369	12	1	0	1
Larry French	26	54	47	5	9	0	0	0	3	0	4	15	.191	.255	.191	.446	9	3	0	3
Billy Herman	11	45	36	4	7	0	1	0	0	0	9	5	.194	.356	.250	.606	9	0	0	0
Paul Erickson	32	47	46	5	7	4	0	1	2	0	0	12	.152	.152	.304	.457	14	2	0	1
Lennie Merullo	7	19	17	3	6	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	.353	.421	.412	.833	7	0	0	0
Rip Russell	6	19	17	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	.294	.333	.353	.686	6	0	0	1
Eddie Waitkus	12	29	28	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.179	.207	.179	.385	5	1	1	0
Charlie Root	19	42	33	4	5	1	0	1	4	0	5	10	.152	.263	.273	.536	9	1	0	4
Johnny Schmitz	6	8	7	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.571	.571	.571	1.143	4	1	0	1
Tot Pressnell	29	17	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.250	.200	.450	3	0	0	1
Vance Page	25	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	0	0	1
Vallie Eaves	12	21	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	2	1	0	1
Wimpy Quinn	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
Al Todd	6	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0
Frank Jelincich	4	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	0
Russ Meers	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Walt Lanfranconi	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ken Raffensberger	10	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Emil Kush	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Hank Gornicki	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Dizzy Dean	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1793	5901	5230	666	1323	239	25	99	610	39	559	668	.253	.327	.365	.692	1909	102	14	98

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Eddie Waitkus	1B	9	71	3	4	8	.949	8.222	0
Rip Russell	1B	5	36	3	1	4	.975	7.800	0
Hank Leiber	1B	15	140	7	3	13	.980	9.800	0
Stan Hack	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Babe Dahlgren	1B	98	957	38	9	84	.991	1.153	0
Phil Cavarretta	1B	33	335	12	4	18	.989	1.515	0
Bobby Sturgeon	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Lou Stringer	2B	137	356	455	34	84	.960	5.920	0
Billy Myers	2B	1	4	6	0	1	1.000	1.000	0
Johnny Hudson	2B	13	15	23	3	3	.927	2.923	0
Billy Herman	2B	11	33	20	6	5	.898	4.818	0
Bobby Sturgeon	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Johnny Hudson	3B	10	4	18	1	0	.957	2.200	0
Stan Hack	3B	150	138	295	21	22	.954	2.887	0
Bob Scheffing	C	34	126	17	5	1	.966	4.206	3
Clyde McCullough	C	119	481	64	10	6	.982	4.580	6
Charles George	C	18	63	9	2	2	.973	4.000	0
Barney Olsen	OF	23	51	3	3	1	.947	2.348	0
Lou Novikoff	OF	54	92	3	0	0	1.000	1.759	0
Bill Nicholson	OF	143	293	10	9	2	.971	2.119	0
Hank Leiber	OF	29	52	1	2	0	.964	1.828	0
Frank Jelincich	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Charlie Gilbert	OF	22	51	0	0	0	1.000	2.318	0
Augie Galan	OF	31	45	2	2	0	.959	1.516	0
Dom Dallessandro	OF	131	292	4	4	0	.987	2.260	0
Phil Cavarretta	OF	66	128	3	1	2	.992	1.985	0
Johnny Schmitz	P	5	0	10	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Charlie Root	P	19	2	16	0	2	1.000	.947	0
Ken Raffensberger	P	10	2	7	0	1	1.000	.900	0
Wimpy Quinn	P	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Tot Pressnell	P	29	0	13	1	1	.929	.448	0
Claude Passeau	P	34	6	45	1	4	.981	1.500	0
Vance Page	P	25	2	12	0	0	1.000	.560	0
Vern Olsen	P	37	9	48	2	2	.966	1.541	0
Jake Mooty	P	33	3	36	0	6	1.000	1.182	0
Russ Meers	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Bill Lee	P	28	10	39	6	3	.891	1.750	0
Walt Lanfranconi	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Emil Kush	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Hank Gornicki	P	1	0	2	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Larry French	P	26	1	26	2	0	.931	1.038	0
Paul Erickson	P	32	2	21	1	1	.958	.719	0
Vallie Eaves	P	12	0	6	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Dizzy Dean	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bobby Sturgeon	SS	126	215	366	27	68	.956	4.611	0
Lou Stringer	SS	7	3	7	4	1	.714	1.429	0
Billy Myers	SS	19	33	60	6	12	.939	4.895	0
Lennie Merullo	SS	7	12	18	1	5	.968	4.286	0
Johnny Hudson	SS	17	22	27	5	6	.907	2.882	0
Totals		1633	4089	1756	180	370	.970	3.579	9

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