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1941 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940/1942)
70-84, Finished 6th in National League
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Scored 666 runs, Allowed 670 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77
Managed by Jimmie Wilson

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 545,159 (5th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 96, Pitching - 97
  (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 94
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Game Results

Season Summary   70-84 , Final Rank: 6, GB:   30.0
Days in First:                   1 (last on April 15, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           2 (last on April 20)
Most Games under .500:          18 (last on September 1)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       30.0 (last on September 28)

Longest Winning Streak:          4 (May 18 to May 21 and September 1 to September 4)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (July 31 to August 4)

Most Runs Allowed:              13 (June 8, July 6, and August 6)
Most Runs Scored:               14 (May 19)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      11
Times Opponent Shutout:          8

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        70  84     666     670    .455

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           38  39     311     306    .494
Road           32  45     355     364    .416

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           5   7      54      64    .417
May            12  14     136     110    .462
June           14  18     117     122    .438
July           13  13     125     124    .500
August         12  21     136     160    .364
September      14  11      98      90    .560

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     34  42     331     328    .447
Second Half    36  42     335     342    .462
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        19  25     170     176    .432

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        19  21     218     209    .475

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             9  13     107     102    .409
BSN            11  11     104      96    .500
CIN             8  14      61      77    .364
NYG             9  13      90      90    .409
PHI            14   8     120      90    .636
PIT             9  13      82     107    .409
STL            10  12     102     108    .455

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 15     CHC  PIT  W   7-4        1-0     1    Tied  2:09 C Passeau                  17,008 +
  2 Thu, Apr 17     CHC  PIT  L   2-7        1-1     4     1.5  2:15 R Sewell                    4,109 -
  3 Fri, Apr 18     CHC @STL  W   6-4        2-1     3     1.5  2:13 C Root                      8,391 +
  4 Sun, Apr 20     CHC @STL  W  11-10       3-1     2     1.0  3:06 T Pressnell                 8,773 ++
  5 Tue, Apr 22     CHC  CIN  L   0-1        3-2     3     1.5  1:41 J Vander Mee               14,174 -
  6 Wed, Apr 23     CHC  CIN  L   0-5        3-3     4     2.5  2:06 B Walters                   5,067 --
  7 Thu, Apr 24     CHC @PIT  L   1-2        3-4     5     3.0  2:25 J Lanning                   1,959 ---
  8 Fri, Apr 25     CHC @PIT  W   8-7        4-4     4     3.0  2:23 V Page                      3,902 +
  9 Sat, Apr 26     CHC  STL  L   2-6        4-5     5     3.0  1:54 M Lanier                    8,499 -
 10 Sun, Apr 27     CHC  STL  L   5-8        4-6     5     4.0  2:09 M Cooper                   18,678 --
 11 Tue, Apr 29     CHC @BSN  L   3-6        4-7     6     5.5  2:37 J Sullivan                  3,210 ---
 12 Wed, Apr 30     CHC @BSN  W   9-4        5-7     5     5.5  2:25 L French                    3,580 +
 13 Fri, May  2     CHC @BRO  L   3-7        5-8     5     6.0  2:10 W Wyatt                     7,559 -
 14 Sat, May  3     CHC @BRO  L   3-4        5-9     6     7.0  2:11 K Higbe                    18,168 --
 15 Sun, May  4     CHC @NYG  L   4-9        5-10    7     8.0  2:15 C Melton                   17,745 ---
 16 Tue, May  6     CHC @NYG  L   3-5        5-11    7     8.5  2:01 C Hubbell                   4,874 ----
 17 Wed, May  7     CHC @PHI  W  11-2        6-11    6     8.0  2:18 B Lee                       3,514 +
 18 Thu, May  8     CHC @PHI  W   5-1        7-11    6     8.0  1:56 V Olsen                     1,223 ++
 19 Sat, May 10     CHC @CIN  L   1-5        7-12    6     9.0  1:56 P Derringer                 5,567 -
 20 Sun, May 11     CHC @CIN  W   9-1        8-12    6     9.0  2:18 C Passeau                  18,582 +
 21 Mon, May 12     CHC @CIN  W  12-1        9-12    4     8.5  2:19 B Lee                       2,024 ++
 22 Tue, May 13     CHC  BSN  W   4-3       10-12    4     8.5  2:02 J Mooty                     5,637 +++
 23 Thu, May 15     CHC  NYG  L   1-2       10-13    4     9.5  2:11 H Schumacher                4,901 -
 24 Fri, May 16     CHC  NYG  L   2-4       10-14    4     9.5  2:03 B Lohrman                   2,481 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May 17     CHC  NYG  L   0-9       10-15    5    10.0  2:01 C Melton                      308 ---
 26 Sun, May 18     CHC  BRO  W   7-4       11-15    4     9.0  2:22 L French                   26,537 +
 27 Mon, May 19     CHC  BRO  W  14-1       12-15    4     8.0  2:01 C Passeau                   8,120 ++
 28 Tue, May 20     CHC  BRO  W   9-1       13-15    4     7.0  2:02 B Lee                       7,963 +++
 29 Wed, May 21     CHC  PHI  W   7-3       14-15    4     6.5  2:13 J Mooty                     3,411 ++++
 30 Fri, May 23     CHC  CIN  L   4-8       14-16    4     8.0  2:05 E Riddle                    4,729 -
 31 Sat, May 24     CHC  CIN  W   4-2       15-16    4     8.5  1:50 B Lee                             +
 32                 CHC  CIN  L   1-4       15-17    4     8.5  2:12 W Moore                    19,055 -
 33 Sun, May 25     CHC  CIN  W   3-2       16-17    4     9.0  1:43 C Root                     18,663 +
 34 Mon, May 26     CHC @STL  L  11-12      16-18    4    10.0  2:48 M Cooper                    1,638 -
 35 Tue, May 27     CHC @STL  L   2-3       16-19    4    11.0  2:07 M Lanier                   15,940 --
 36 Wed, May 28     CHC @STL  L   5-6       16-20    4    12.0  2:07 C Shoun                     1,833 ---
 37 Fri, May 30     CHC @PIT  W   7-6       17-20    4    12.5  2:14 B Lee                             +
 38                 CHC @PIT  L   4-5       17-21    4    12.5  1:57 R Sewell                   17,297 -
 39 Sun, Jun  1     CHC @PHI  W   9-5       18-21    4    10.5  2:12 C Root                            +
 40                 CHC @PHI  W   1-0       19-21    4    10.5  1:57 J Mooty                     4,365 ++
 41 Mon, Jun  2     CHC @PHI  L   2-3       19-22    4    11.5  1:32 J Podgajny                  1,000 -
 42 Tue, Jun  3     CHC @PHI  L   0-7       19-23    4    11.5  1:45 T Hughes                    1,000 --
 43 Fri, Jun  6     CHC @BRO  L   1-4       19-24    5    12.5  2:00 K Higbe                    32,061 ---
 44 Sat, Jun  7     CHC @BSN  W   5-1       20-24    5    12.0  2:09 C Passeau                   3,917 +
 45 Sun, Jun  8     CHC @BSN  W   5-1       21-24    5    11.0  1:55 B Lee                             ++
 46                 CHC @BSN  L   1-13      21-25    5    11.0  2:08 A Javery                   16,567 -
 47 Mon, Jun  9     CHC @BSN  W  13-6       22-25    5    11.0  2:16 C Root                      1,187 +
 48 Tue, Jun 10     CHC @NYG  W  11-0       23-25    5    11.0  1:54 V Olsen                     3,393 ++
 49 Wed, Jun 11     CHC @NYG  W   3-2       24-25    5    11.5  2:07 C Passeau                         +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 CHC @NYG  L   7-8       24-26    5    11.5  2:28 B Bowman                   11,287 -
 51 Thu, Jun 12     CHC @NYG  L   0-2       24-27    5    12.0  1:33 C Hubbell                   2,775 --
 52 Sat, Jun 14     CHC  PHI  W   3-0       25-27    5    11.5  1:48 V Olsen                     2,838 +
 53 Sun, Jun 15     CHC  PHI  W   6-0       26-27    5    11.5  2:02 C Passeau                         ++
 54                 CHC  PHI  L   4-8       26-28    5    11.5  2:04 J Podgajny                  7,001 -
 55 Mon, Jun 16     CHC  PHI  W   3-1       27-28    5    11.0  1:45 J Mooty                     3,181 +
 56 Tue, Jun 17     CHC  BRO  L   6-7       27-29    5    12.0  2:21 W Wyatt                    11,255 -
 57 Wed, Jun 18     CHC  BRO  W   5-1       28-29    5    12.0  1:44 V Olsen                    10,440 +
 58 Thu, Jun 19     CHC  BRO  L   4-9       28-30    5    13.0  2:31 K Higbe                    10,604 -
 59 Fri, Jun 20     CHC  BSN  W   5-0       29-30    5    12.0  1:41 L French                    4,633 +
 60 Sat, Jun 21     CHC  BSN  L   3-4       29-31    5    13.0  2:46 A Johnson                   6,699 -
 61 Sun, Jun 22     CHC  BSN  L   5-6       29-32    5    13.0  2:23 J Tobin                           --
 62                 CHC  BSN  L   2-3       29-33    5    13.0  1:59 A Javery                   25,136 ---
 63 Mon, Jun 23     CHC  NYG  W   1-0       30-33    5    12.5  1:41 C Passeau                   4,623 +
 64 Tue, Jun 24     CHC  NYG  L   1-3       30-34    5    13.5  1:59 C Melton                    6,746 -
 65 Wed, Jun 25     CHC  NYG  L   1-4       30-35    5    14.5  1:58 B Carpenter                 6,366 --
 66 Fri, Jun 27     CHC  PIT  L   2-4       30-36    5    15.5  2:17 R Sewell                    4,622 ---
 67 Sat, Jun 28     CHC  PIT  W   3-2       31-36    5    15.0  1:47 V Olsen                     3,654 +
 68 Sun, Jun 29     CHC  PIT  L   2-8       31-37    6    16.0  2:16 J Lanning                       0 -
 69                 CHC  PIT  L   2-3       31-38    6    16.0  2:19 J Sullivan                 17,440 --
 70 Mon, Jun 30     CHC @CIN  L   1-7       31-39    6    16.0  1:49 E Riddle                   24,536 ---
 71 Thu, Jul  3     CHC  STL  W   2-1       32-39    6    15.5  1:35 C Passeau                   5,319 +
 72 Fri, Jul  4     CHC  STL  W   6-5       33-39    5    14.5  2:24 V Page                          0 ++
 73                 CHC  STL  W   5-2       34-39    5    14.5  2:12 L French                   39,423 +++
 74 Sat, Jul  5     CHC @PIT  L   6-9       34-40    6    15.5  2:01 J Sullivan                  4,571 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Jul  6     CHC @PIT  L   1-2       34-41    6    17.0  1:55 R Sewell                        0 --
 76                 CHC @PIT  L   4-13      34-42    6    17.0  2:18 M Butcher                  14,306 ---
 77 Thu, Jul 10     CHC @BSN  W   3-1       35-42    6    17.0  1:46 V Olsen                     2,390 +
 78 Fri, Jul 11     CHC @BSN  L   2-7       35-43    6    18.0  1:41 J Tobin                     1,859 -
 79 Sun, Jul 13     CHC @BRO  W  10-3       36-43    6    17.5  2:28 C Passeau                       0 +
 80                 CHC @BRO  L   1-3       36-44    6    17.5  2:06 N Kimball                  35,150 -
 81 Mon, Jul 14     CHC @BRO  L   0-1       36-45    6    18.5  1:50 K Higbe                     6,634 --
 82 Tue, Jul 15     CHC @BRO  L   0-7       36-46    6    20.5  1:36 C Davis                         0 ---
 83                 CHC @BRO  L   4-8       36-47    6    20.5  2:10 L Hamlin                   33,247 ----
 84 Wed, Jul 16     CHC @PHI  W   9-5       37-47    6    19.5  2:06 C Root                      5,833 +
 85 Thu, Jul 17     CHC @PHI  -   2-2       37-47    6    19.5  2:15                             1,500 +
 86 Sun, Jul 20     CHC @NYG  L   5-7       37-48    6    19.0  2:19 C Hubbell                       0 -
 87                 CHC @NYG  W   7-4       38-48    6    19.0  2:00 V Olsen                    24,925 +
 88 Tue, Jul 22     CHC  BSN  W  13-2       39-48    6    17.5  2:21 B Lee                       3,673 ++
 89 Wed, Jul 23     CHC  BSN  L   1-6       39-49    6    18.5  1:54 D Errickson                 2,889 -
 90 Thu, Jul 24     CHC  BSN  W   5-4       40-49    6    18.5  2:03 J Mooty                     3,672 +
 91 Fri, Jul 25     CHC  NYG  L   2-5       40-50    6    18.5  1:43 B Lohrman                   6,944 -
 92 Sat, Jul 26     CHC  NYG  W   5-3       41-50    6    18.5  2:35 C Passeau                   7,135 +
 93 Sun, Jul 27     CHC  NYG  W   9-2       42-50    6    18.0  2:07 V Olsen                    13,620 ++
 94 Tue, Jul 29     CHC  PHI  W  12-4       43-50    6    17.5  2:13 L French                    2,440 +++
 95 Wed, Jul 30     CHC  PHI  L   4-8       43-51    6    18.0  2:12 C Blanton                       0 -
 96                 CHC  PHI  W   5-3       44-51    6    18.0  2:05 T Pressnell                 7,499 +
 97 Thu, Jul 31     CHC  PHI  L   2-7       44-52    6    18.0  1:53 J Podgajny                  2,203 -
 98 Fri, Aug  1     CHC  BRO  L   4-5       44-53    6    18.0  2:26 J Allen                     8,477 --
 99 Sat, Aug  2     CHC  BRO  L   6-9       44-54    6    19.0  2:44 K Higbe                    10,013 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sun, Aug  3     CHC  BRO  L   2-10      44-55    6    20.5  2:14 W Wyatt                    21,370 ----
101 Mon, Aug  4     CHC  STL  L   2-4       44-56    6    21.5  2:11 E White                     6,852 -----
102 Tue, Aug  5     CHC  STL  W   6-2       45-56    6    20.5  2:17 V Olsen                     8,357 +
103 Wed, Aug  6     CHC  PIT  L   3-13      45-57    6    20.5  2:11 R Sewell                    5,574 -
104 Thu, Aug  7     CHC  PIT  L   3-4       45-58    6    21.5  2:12 D Dietz                     5,035 --
105 Fri, Aug  8     CHC  PIT  W   1-0       46-58    6    21.0  2:13 P Erickson                  5,846 +
106 Sat, Aug  9     CHC  CIN  L   2-7       46-59    6    21.0  1:55 E Riddle                    7,476 -
107 Sun, Aug 10     CHC  CIN  L   1-3       46-60    6    22.5  1:51 J Vander Mee               18,739 --
108 Mon, Aug 11     CHC @STL  L   5-7       46-61    6    23.5  2:03 H Gumbert                   2,755 ---
109 Tue, Aug 12     CHC @STL  L   7-8       46-62    6    24.5  2:27 C Shoun                     3,886 ----
110 Wed, Aug 13     CHC @PIT  W   6-4       47-62    6    23.5  2:41 V Eaves                    24,373 +
111 Thu, Aug 14     CHC @PIT  W   6-2       48-62    6    23.0       C Passeau                         ++
112 Fri, Aug 15     CHC @CIN  L   1-3       48-63    6    23.5  2:05 J Vander Mee                2,759 -
113 Sat, Aug 16     CHC @CIN  L   1-4       48-64    6    23.5  1:40 E Riddle                    6,012 --
114 Sun, Aug 17     CHC @CIN  L   3-6       48-65    6    24.0  2:01 B Walters                       0 ---
115                 CHC @CIN  W   4-2       49-65    6    24.0  1:59 C Root                     24,959 +
116 Mon, Aug 18     CHC @NYG  L   4-6       49-66    6    25.5  1:45 H Schumacher                    0 -
117                 CHC @NYG  L   1-7       49-67    6    25.5  1:40 C Melton                    5,364 --
118 Wed, Aug 20     CHC @NYG  W   9-4       50-67    6    26.5  2:25 V Eaves                     2,897 +
119 Thu, Aug 21     CHC @BRO  W   6-2       51-67    6    25.5  2:29 J Mooty                    17,000 ++
120 Fri, Aug 22     CHC @BRO  L   5-8       51-68    6    26.5  2:44 N Kimball                   9,973 -
121 Sat, Aug 23     CHC @BRO  W   7-1       52-68    6    25.5  2:08 C Passeau                  13,578 +
122 Sun, Aug 24     CHC @PHI  L   5-8       52-69    6    26.5  2:05 J Podgajny                      0 -
123                 CHC @PHI  L   6-7       52-70    6    26.5  2:21 L Hoerst                    8,143 --
124 Tue, Aug 26     CHC @PHI  W   5-4       53-70    6    25.5  2:11 J Mooty                         0 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 CHC @PHI  W  11-3       54-70    6    25.5  2:05 P Erickson                  3,500 ++
126 Wed, Aug 27     CHC @BSN  L   0-6       54-71    6    26.0  1:40 M Salvo                         0 -
127                 CHC @BSN  W   6-4       55-71    6    26.0       C Root                            +
128 Thu, Aug 28     CHC @BSN  L   1-2       55-72    6    26.5  1:39 T Earley                    1,914 -
129 Sat, Aug 30     CHC  PIT  W   4-1       56-72    6    25.5  2:48 P Erickson                  6,777 +
130 Sun, Aug 31     CHC  PIT  L   3-4       56-73    6    26.5  2:11 M Butcher                  12,289 -
131 Mon, Sep  1     CHC  CIN  L   1-2       56-74    6    27.5  1:39 P Derringer                     0 --
132                 CHC  CIN  W   5-4       57-74    6    27.5  2:35 T Pressnell                25,107 +
133 Tue, Sep  2     CHC  CIN  W   3-1       58-74    6    27.0  1:42 C Root                      2,351 ++
134 Thu, Sep  4     CHC  STL  W   3-0       59-74    6    26.0  1:53 C Passeau                         +++
135                 CHC  STL  W   4-3       60-74    6    26.0  3:03 P Erickson                        ++++
136 Sat, Sep  6     CHC @PIT  L   4-6       60-75    6    27.0  1:45 K Heintzelma                3,040 -
137 Sun, Sep  7     CHC @PIT  W   3-1       61-75    6    27.5  1:45 V Eaves                     6,619 +
138 Wed, Sep 10     CHC  BRO  W   5-4       62-75    6    25.5  2:31 J Schmitz                       0 ++
139                 CHC  BRO  W   5-3       63-75    6    25.5  2:16 P Erickson                 17,304 +++
140 Fri, Sep 12     CHC  PHI  L   3-5       63-76    6    26.0  2:00 T Hughes                    2,023 -
141 Sat, Sep 13     CHC  PHI  W   5-4       64-76    6    26.0  2:21 C Passeau                   3,771 +
142 Sun, Sep 14     CHC  BSN  L   3-6       64-77    6    26.5  2:45 D Errickson                     0 -
143                 CHC  BSN  W  10-3       65-77    6    26.5  2:05 J Schmitz                  14,752 +
144 Tue, Sep 16     CHC  BSN  L   5-8       65-78    6    27.0  2:14 A Javery                    1,644 -
145 Wed, Sep 17     CHC  NYG  W   7-3       66-78    6    27.0  2:02 V Olsen                     3,918 +
146 Thu, Sep 18     CHC  NYG  W   7-1       67-78    5    26.0  2:16 J Mooty                     3,434 ++
147 Fri, Sep 19     CHC @STL  L   1-3       67-79    5    26.5  1:56 H Gumbert                   3,293 -
148 Sat, Sep 20     CHC @STL  W   7-3       68-79    6    27.0  2:12 T Pressnell                 7,147 +
149 Sun, Sep 21     CHC @STL  L   5-6       68-80    6    28.0  2:25 B Crouch                        0 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 CHC @STL  L   0-7       68-81    6    28.0  2:10 H Pollet                   26,210 --
151 Tue, Sep 23     CHC @CIN  W   5-1       69-81    6    28.0  1:44 B Lee                       2,172 +
152 Wed, Sep 24     CHC @CIN  L   0-2       69-82    6    29.0  1:21 B Walters                         -
153 Thu, Sep 25     CHC @CIN  L   0-6       69-83    6    30.0  1:37 R Starr                     1,378 --
154 Sat, Sep 27     CHC  STL  W   6-5       70-83    6    29.0  2:08 T Pressnell                 3,544 +
155 Sun, Sep 28     CHC  STL  L   1-3       70-84    6    30.0  1:47 J Beazley                   4,470 -

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