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1942 Chicago Cubs (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
Managed by Jimmie Wilson

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 590,972 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 96, Pitching - 97
  (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 98
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Game Results

Season Summary   68-86 , Final Rank: 6, GB:   38.0
Days in First:                   1 (last on April 14, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           1 (last on April 27)
Most Games under .500:          18 (last on September 27)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       38.0 (last on September 27)

Longest Winning Streak:          5 (June 10 to June 14 and June 21 to June 26)
Longest Losing Streak:           4 (May 17 to May 19, July 4 to July 9, July 26 to July 28, July 29 to August 2, August 9 to August 12, and September 22 to September 27)

Most Runs Allowed:              11 (April 16, July 5, and September 13)
Most Runs Scored:               13 (May 1 and August 13)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      12
Times Opponent Shutout:         10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        68  86     591     665    .442

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           36  41     298     318    .468
Road           32  45     293     347    .416

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           7   9      56      76    .438
May            14  15     119     131    .483
June           15  14     106     107    .517
July           11  17     102     128    .393
August         13  18     132     141    .419
September       8  13      76      82    .381

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     38  41     304     346    .481
Second Half    30  45     287     319    .400
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        21  24     146     149    .467

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        15  26     187     247    .366

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             6  16      80     113    .273
BSN             9  13      80     101    .409
CIN            13   9      73      75    .591
NYG             9  13     102     104    .409
PHI            14   8      94      63    .636
PIT            11  11      93      87    .500
STL             6  16      69     122    .273

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 14     CHC @STL  W   5-4        1-0     1    Tied  2:40 C Passeau                  13,821 +
  2 Wed, Apr 15     CHC @STL  L   2-4        1-1     3     1.0  1:58 H Gumbert                   2,455 -
  3 Thu, Apr 16     CHC @STL  L   6-11       1-2     5     2.0  2:23 B Lohrman                   2,583 --
  4 Fri, Apr 17     CHC  CIN  W   3-2        2-2     4     2.0  1:57 B Lee                      10,149 +
  5 Sun, Apr 19     CHC  CIN  L   1-2        2-3     6     1.5  2:57 J Beggs                    11,230 -
  6 Mon, Apr 20     CHC @PIT  W   8-2        3-3     4     1.5  2:04 J Mooty                     1,752 +
  7 Tue, Apr 21     CHC @PIT  L   2-5        3-4     5     2.5  1:52 R Sewell                    2,397 -
  8 Wed, Apr 22     CHC @PIT  L   1-9        3-5     6     3.5  2:04 L Hamlin                    3,517 --
  9 Thu, Apr 23     CHC  STL  W   2-1        4-5     5     3.5  2:08 B Lee                       7,552 +
 10 Fri, Apr 24     CHC  STL  W   4-3        5-5     4     2.5  2:28 J Schmitz                   7,668 ++
 11 Sat, Apr 25     CHC @CIN  W   5-4        6-5     3     2.5  2:25 C Passeau                   4,872 +++
 12 Sun, Apr 26     CHC @CIN  L   5-9        6-6     4     4.0  2:13 J Thompson                 12,568 -
 13 Mon, Apr 27     CHC @CIN  W   4-3        7-6     3     3.5  3:03 P Erickson                  2,168 +
 14 Tue, Apr 28     CHC  BSN  L   3-6        7-7     3     4.5  2:09 L Tost                      4,071 -
 15 Wed, Apr 29     CHC  BSN  L   3-8        7-8     5     5.5  2:22 J Sain                      3,667 --
 16 Thu, Apr 30     CHC  BSN  L   2-3        7-9     6     6.5  1:47 J Tobin                     3,185 ---
 17 Fri, May  1     CHC  NYG  W  13-9        8-9     5     5.5  2:35 T Pressnell                 8,620 +
 18 Sat, May  2     CHC  NYG  L   0-1        8-10    6     5.5  2:12 C Melton                    7,967 -
 19 Sun, May  3     CHC  PHI  W   9-1        9-10    6     4.5  1:48 B Lee                             +
 20                 CHC  PHI  L   1-8        9-11    6     4.5  2:00 R Melton                   19,980 -
 21 Tue, May  5     CHC  PHI  L   2-4        9-12    7     5.5  2:01 J Podgajny                  2,161 --
 22 Fri, May  8     CHC  PIT  L   4-6        9-13    7     6.5  2:09 R Sewell                    4,133 ---
 23 Sat, May  9     CHC  PIT  W   3-1       10-13    7     6.0  1:46 B Lee                       3,465 +
 24 Sun, May 10     CHC  PIT  W   4-2       11-13    6     6.5  2:04 C Passeau                         ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25                 CHC  PIT  L   2-3       11-14    6     6.5  2:31 B Klinger                  22,042 -
 26 Tue, May 12     CHC @BSN  W   9-8       12-14    6     5.5  2:28 E Hanyzewski                1,669 +
 27 Wed, May 13     CHC @BSN  L   5-6       12-15    6     6.5  1:56 J Tobin                     3,443 -
 28 Thu, May 14     CHC @PHI  W   5-3       13-15    6     6.5  2:01 B Lee                       2,000 +
 29 Fri, May 15     CHC @PHI  W   2-1       14-15    4     6.5  1:55 C Passeau                   1,500 ++
 30 Sun, May 17     CHC @BRO  L   2-8       14-16    7     9.0  2:11 K Higbe                           -
 31                 CHC @BRO  L   3-4       14-17    7     9.0  2:15 L Webber                   34,473 --
 32 Mon, May 18     CHC @BRO  L   1-4       14-18    7    10.0  2:20 J Allen                     8,714 ---
 33 Tue, May 19     CHC @BRO  L   1-6       14-19    7    11.0  1:55 C Davis                     6,377 ----
 34 Wed, May 20     CHC @NYG  W   6-3       15-19    7    10.0  2:10 C Passeau                   3,273 +
 35 Sat, May 23     CHC @PIT  L   4-5       15-20    7     9.5  2:00 J Lanning                   3,090 -
 36 Sun, May 24     CHC @PIT  W   7-5       16-20    7     9.0  2:05 B Lee                             +
 37                 CHC @PIT  W  11-4       17-20    7     9.0  2:22 C Passeau                  16,746 ++
 38 Mon, May 25     CHC  STL  L   2-10      17-21    7    10.0  2:34 E White                     4,796 -
 39 Tue, May 26     CHC  STL  L   1-3       17-22    7    10.5  2:01 H Krist                     3,728 --
 40 Wed, May 27     CHC  CIN  L   1-10      17-23    7    11.5  2:15 B Walters                  17,000 ---
 41 Thu, May 28     CHC  CIN  W   2-1       18-23    7    11.5  2:26 B Lee                       2,594 +
 42 Fri, May 29     CHC  CIN  W   6-5       19-23    6    10.5  2:49 C Passeau                   4,000 ++
 43 Sat, May 30     CHC  PIT  W  10-5       20-23    4     9.5  2:03 J Mooty                           +++
 44                 CHC  PIT  W   3-2       21-23    4     9.5  2:13 B Fleming                  22,735 ++++
 45 Sun, May 31     CHC  STL  L   0-3       21-24    6    11.0  2:13 H Pollet                   34,135 -
 46 Tue, Jun  2     CHC  NYG  L   1-5       21-25    6    12.0  2:12 H Schumacher                4,260 --
 47 Wed, Jun  3     CHC  NYG  W   6-2       22-25    6    11.5  2:16 C Passeau                   6,519 +
 48 Thu, Jun  4     CHC  NYG  L   3-4       22-26    6    12.0  2:30 C Melton                    4,557 -
 49 Fri, Jun  5     CHC  BRO  L   3-6       22-27    6    12.0  2:18 W Wyatt                           --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 CHC  BRO  W   4-3       23-27    6    12.0  2:31 H Bithorn                  28,152 +
 51 Sat, Jun  6     CHC  BRO  L   0-2       23-28    6    13.0  1:58 C Davis                    10,557 -
 52 Sun, Jun  7     CHC  BRO  L   4-8       23-29    7    15.0  2:27 K Higbe                           --
 53                 CHC  BRO  L   3-4       23-30    7    15.0  2:47 J Allen                    31,806 ---
 54 Wed, Jun 10     CHC  PHI  W   5-2       24-30    6    14.5  1:41 B Lee                       4,837 +
 55 Thu, Jun 11     CHC  PHI  W   7-1       25-30    6    14.0  1:35 C Passeau                   2,472 ++
 56 Fri, Jun 12     CHC  BSN  W   3-2       26-30    6    13.5  1:42 V Olsen                     4,675 +++
 57 Sat, Jun 13     CHC  BSN  W   1-0       27-30    6    13.0  1:36 B Fleming                   3,786 ++++
 58 Sun, Jun 14     CHC  BSN  W   8-6       28-30    6    13.0  2:34 H Bithorn                         +++++
 59                 CHC  BSN  L   1-10      28-31    6    13.0  2:04 L Tost                     20,255 -
 60 Mon, Jun 15     CHC @BRO  W   6-0       29-31    5    12.0  2:07 C Passeau                  16,549 +
 61 Wed, Jun 17     CHC @BRO  L   1-5       29-32    5    13.0  1:43 K Higbe                     5,610 -
 62 Fri, Jun 19     CHC @NYG  W   7-4       30-32    6    14.0  2:21 V Olsen                           +
 63                 CHC @NYG  L   5-6       30-33    6    14.0  2:15 B Lohrman                  17,678 -
 64 Sat, Jun 20     CHC @NYG  L   1-8       30-34    6    15.0  1:48 H Schumacher                7,420 --
 65 Sun, Jun 21     CHC @NYG  L   0-5       30-35    6    15.0  1:48 C Melton                          ---
 66                 CHC @NYG  W   7-2       31-35    6    15.0  2:05 H Bithorn                  26,251 +
 67 Tue, Jun 23     CHC @PHI  W   8-4       32-35    5    15.0  1:59 V Olsen                     1,520 ++
 68 Wed, Jun 24     CHC @PHI  W   3-1       33-35    5    14.5  1:38 C Passeau                   4,309 +++
 69 Thu, Jun 25     CHC @PHI  W   7-1       34-35    5    14.5  1:40 B Lee                       1,184 ++++
 70 Fri, Jun 26     CHC @BSN  W   6-4       35-35    5    14.5  2:06 J Schmitz                   1,738 +++++
 71 Sat, Jun 27     CHC @BSN  L   0-4       35-36    5    14.5  1:55 A Javery                    3,502 -
 72 Sun, Jun 28     CHC @BSN  L   0-3       35-37    5    14.5  1:40 J Tobin                           --
 73                 CHC @BSN  W   5-1       36-37    5    14.5  1:46 V Olsen                    14,289 +
 74 Tue, Jun 30     CHC @CIN  L   1-4       36-38    5    15.0  1:57 R Starr                           -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Wed, Jul  1     CHC @CIN  W   5-2       37-38    5    14.5  2:02 C Passeau                   7,098 +
 76 Sat, Jul  4     CHC @STL  W   6-5       38-38    5    16.0  2:23 V Olsen                           ++
 77                 CHC @STL  L   3-9       38-39    5    16.0  2:27 M Dickson                  16,863 -
 78 Sun, Jul  5     CHC @STL  L   3-5       38-40    5    17.0  1:45 H Gumbert                         --
 79                 CHC @STL  L   6-11      38-41    5    17.0  2:31 J Beazley                  14,128 ---
 80 Thu, Jul  9     CHC  BSN  L   3-4       38-42    5    18.0  3:00 L Tost                      6,909 ----
 81 Fri, Jul 10     CHC  BSN  W   3-2       39-42    5    17.0  1:48 C Passeau                   5,076 +
 82 Sat, Jul 11     CHC  BSN  L   2-4       39-43    5    18.5  1:58 M Salvo                     8,230 -
 83 Sun, Jul 12     CHC  NYG  L   2-6       39-44    5    18.5  2:02 H Schumacher                      --
 84                 CHC  NYG  W   8-3       40-44    5    18.5  2:02 H Bithorn                  38,725 +
 85 Tue, Jul 14     CHC  NYG  W   3-0       41-44    5    18.5  1:56 V Olsen                     6,465 ++
 86 Wed, Jul 15     CHC  BRO  L   5-10      41-45    5    19.5  2:37 K Higbe                     5,963 -
 87 Thu, Jul 16     CHC  BRO  W   7-0       42-45    5    19.5  2:29 J Schmitz                         +
 88                 CHC  BRO  L   1-2       42-46    5    19.5  2:22 J Allen                    29,666 -
 89 Fri, Jul 17     CHC  BRO  L   5-10      42-47    5    20.5  2:33 S Rowe                     20,962 --
 90 Sat, Jul 18     CHC  PHI  W   2-1       43-47    5    20.0  2:14 B Lee                       4,230 +
 91 Sun, Jul 19     CHC  PHI  L   5-8       43-48    6    19.0  2:16 J Podgajny                        -
 92                 CHC  PHI  W   8-4       44-48    6    19.0  2:05 H Bithorn                  16,682 +
 93 Tue, Jul 21     CHC @BSN  L   3-4       44-49    5    20.5  4:17 J Sain                      1,574 -
 94 Wed, Jul 22     CHC @BSN  W   2-1       45-49    5    20.5  1:48 C Passeau                   2,451 +
 95 Sat, Jul 25     CHC @PHI  W   4-1       46-49    5    20.0  1:50 L Warneke                   4,513 ++
 96 Sun, Jul 26     CHC @PHI  L   3-4       46-50    5    22.0  1:40 T Hughes                          -
 97                 CHC @PHI  L   1-6       46-51    5    22.0  2:03 L Hoerst                    6,954 --
 98 Tue, Jul 28     CHC @NYG  L   5-9       46-52    5    23.0  2:10 C Hubbell                         ---
 99                 CHC @NYG  L   0-3       46-53    5    23.0  1:48 H Schumacher               10,519 ----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Wed, Jul 29     CHC @NYG  W   4-2       47-53    5    23.5  2:02 H Bithorn                         +
101                 CHC @NYG  L   1-3       47-54    5    23.5  1:53 B Lohrman                   9,220 -
102 Thu, Jul 30     CHC @BRO  L   2-9       47-55    5    24.5  2:10 J Allen                     7,892 --
103 Sat, Aug  1     CHC @BRO  L   6-9       47-56    5    25.5  2:16 C Davis                     9,123 ---
104 Sun, Aug  2     CHC @BRO  L   4-5       47-57    6    25.5  2:30 E Head                            ----
105                 CHC @BRO  W   7-6       48-57    6    25.5  2:20 C Passeau                  27,698 +
106 Tue, Aug  4     CHC @PIT  L   1-2       48-58    6    26.5  2:18 B Klinger                   2,042 -
107 Wed, Aug  5     CHC @PIT  L   0-3       48-59    6    27.5  1:51 R Sewell                    8,826 --
108 Sat, Aug  8     CHC @CIN  L   1-2       48-60    6    26.0  2:22 J Beggs                           ---
109                 CHC @CIN  W   3-0       49-60    6    26.0  1:44 B Lee                       3,332 +
110 Sun, Aug  9     CHC @CIN  W  10-8       50-60    6    26.0  4:58 H Bithorn                         ++
111                 CHC @CIN  L   1-2       50-61    6    26.0  1:01 J Vander Mee               15,326 -
112 Tue, Aug 11     CHC  STL  L   2-7       50-62    6    27.0  2:02 M Lanier                          --
113 Wed, Aug 12     CHC  STL  L   4-9       50-63    6    28.5  2:00 J Beazley                         ---
114                 CHC  STL  L   3-8       50-64    6    28.5  2:07 H Gumbert                  14,127 ----
115 Thu, Aug 13     CHC  STL  W  13-5       51-64    6    28.0  2:25 C Passeau                   4,326 +
116 Fri, Aug 14     CHC  PIT  W   7-1       52-64    6    28.5  2:12 L Warneke                   3,934 ++
117 Sat, Aug 15     CHC  PIT  L   5-8       52-65    6    30.0  2:28 D Dietz                           -
118                 CHC  PIT  L   7-8       52-66    6    30.0  2:40 R Sewell                   11,702 --
119 Sun, Aug 16     CHC  PIT  W   5-1       53-66    6    28.5  1:56 B Lee                             +
120                 CHC  PIT  W   4-1       54-66    6    28.5  1:47 B Fleming                  25,930 ++
121 Tue, Aug 18     CHC @STL  L   0-5       54-67    6    28.5  2:01 M Lanier                   10,807 -
122 Wed, Aug 19     CHC @STL  L   1-5       54-68    6    29.5  1:49 M Cooper                   11,505 --
123 Fri, Aug 21     CHC  CIN  W   6-3       55-68    6    29.5  2:02 B Lee                       5,704 +
124 Sat, Aug 22     CHC  CIN  W   5-4       56-68    6    29.5  2:48 D Errickson                 5,616 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sun, Aug 23     CHC  CIN  W   3-0       57-68    6    29.5  1:45 C Passeau                         +++
126                 CHC  CIN  W   3-0       58-68    6    29.5  1:28 L Warneke                  30,936 ++++
127 Tue, Aug 25     CHC  PHI  L   4-6       58-69    6    29.0  2:08 J Podgajny                  2,541 -
128 Wed, Aug 26     CHC  PHI  L   2-3       58-70    6    28.5  2:26 T Hughes                          --
129                 CHC  PHI  W   3-0       59-70    6    28.5  1:51 B Fleming                   7,784 +
130 Fri, Aug 28     CHC  BRO  L   1-7       59-71    6    30.0  2:10 K Higbe                    25,601 -
131 Sat, Aug 29     CHC  BRO  W   4-3       60-71    6    29.0       L Warneke                  14,557 +
132 Sun, Aug 30     CHC  NYG  L   6-8       60-72    6    29.5  2:15 A Adams                           -
133                 CHC  NYG  -   5-5       60-72    6    29.5  2:34                            30,809 -
134 Mon, Aug 31     CHC  NYG  L   6-7       60-73    6    30.5  2:15 B Lohrman                   1,721 --
135 Tue, Sep  1     CHC  NYG  W  10-5       61-73    6    30.5  2:15 C Passeau                   5,380 +
136 Wed, Sep  2     CHC  BSN  L   1-2       61-74    6    31.5  19:10 B Donovan                   2,956 -
137 Fri, Sep  4     CHC @PIT  W   5-3       62-74    6    31.5  2:07 H Bithorn                   5,218 +
138 Sun, Sep  6     CHC @PIT  L   0-6       62-75    6    32.0  1:54 H Gornicki                        -
139                 CHC @PIT  L   0-5       62-76    6    32.0  1:59 L Hamlin                    8,610 --
140 Mon, Sep  7     CHC @CIN  L   1-3       62-77    6    32.0  1:37 B Walters                         ---
141                 CHC @CIN  W   5-3       63-77    6    32.0  2:20 H Wyse                      7,785 +
142 Thu, Sep 10     CHC @BRO  W  10-2       64-77    6    31.5  2:10 L Warneke                   6,271 ++
143 Fri, Sep 11     CHC @NYG  L   3-4       64-78    6    31.5  2:26 A Adams                     1,704 -
144 Sun, Sep 13     CHC @BSN  L   6-11      64-79    6    31.0  2:04 T Earley                          --
145                 CHC @BSN  W  12-8       65-79    6    31.0  2:18 B Fleming                   7,743 +
146 Mon, Sep 14     CHC @BSN  L   2-4       65-80    6    32.0  2:01 B Donovan                     901 -
147 Wed, Sep 16     CHC @PHI  L   1-3       65-81    5    33.0  1:40 J Podgajny                        --
148                 CHC @PHI  W   4-1       66-81    5    33.0  1:37 H Bithorn                   1,287 +
149 Thu, Sep 17     CHC @PHI  W   8-0       67-81    5    33.0  1:43 H Wyse                      1,500 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sun, Sep 20     CHC  STL  L   0-1       67-82    5    33.0  2:02 M Cooper                          -
151                 CHC  STL  W   3-0       68-82    5    33.0  2:07 C Passeau                  38,519 +
152 Tue, Sep 22     CHC  CIN  L   1-4       68-83    5    35.0  1:46 P Derringer                       -
153                 CHC  CIN  L   1-4       68-84    5    35.0  2:01 J Vander Mee                3,019 --
154 Sun, Sep 27     CHC @STL  L   2-9       68-85    6    38.0  2:13 E White                           ---
155                 CHC @STL  L   1-4       68-86    6    38.0  1:49 J Beazley                  32,330 ----

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