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1945 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1944/1946) 98-56, Finished 1st in National League View League Standings and Leaders Won NL Pennant Scored 735 runs, Allowed 532 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-55 Managed by Charlie Grimm Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,036,386 (1st of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 96   (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 95   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Lost World Series (4-3) to Detroit Tigers BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945 Stats (1944/1946) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Mickey Livingston   30   71  224   19   57   4  2   2   23  19    6  .254  .324  .317   2       7   4   6           80
1B *Phil Cavarretta     28  132  498   94  177  34 10   6   97  81   34  .355  .449  .500   5       6   4   3          166
2B  Don Johnson         33  138  557   94  168  23  2   2   58  32   34  .302  .343  .361   9      10   3  22           97
3B *Stan Hack           35  150  597  110  193  29  7   2   43  99   30  .323  .420  .405  12       4   1   5          132
SS  Lennie Merullo      28  121  394   40   94  18  0   2   37  31   30  .239  .297  .299   7      15   2   6           68
OF *Bill Nicholson      30  151  559   82  136  28  4  13   88  92   73  .243  .356  .377   4       9   6   3          106
OF  Andy Pafko          24  144  534   64  159  24 12  12  110  45   36  .298  .361  .455   5       4   8  21          128
OF  Peanuts Lowrey      27  143  523   72  148  22  7   7   89  48   27  .283  .343  .392  11       8   0  21          106
    Roy Hughes          34   69  222   34   58   8  1   0    8  16   18  .261  .311  .306   6       4   0   8           73
   *Paul Gillespie      24   75  163   12   47   6  0   3   25  18    9  .288  .366  .380   2       1   2   0          109
   #Heinz Becker        29   67  133   25   38   8  2   2   27  17   16  .286  .375  .421   0       3   2   0          123
    Dewey Williams      29   59  100   16   28   2  2   2    5  13   13  .280  .363  .400   0       5   0   2          114
    Len Rice            26   32   99   10   23   3  0   0    7   5    8  .232  .269  .263   2       4   0   3           49
    Ed Sauer            26   49   93    8   24   4  1   2   11   8   23  .258  .317  .387   2       1   0   3           97
    Frank Secory        32   35   57    4    9   1  0   0    6   2    7  .158  .186  .175   0       2   0   3            2
    Bill Schuster       32   45   47    8    9   2  1   0    2   7    4  .191  .296  .277   2       3   0   2           61
   *Reggie Otero        29   14   23    1    9   0  0   0    5   2    2  .391  .440  .391   0       0   0   1          134
    Johnny Ostrowski    27    7   10    4    3   2  0   0    1   0    0  .300  .300  .500   0       0   0   0          122
    Cy Block            26    2    7    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    0  .143  .143  .143   0       0   0   0          -20
   *Johnny Moore        43    7    6    0    1   0  0   0    2   1    1  .167  .286  .167   0       0   0   0           29
    Loyd Christopher    25    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0       0   0   0             

    Hank Wyse           27   38  101    6   17   2  0   0    7   0   16  .168  .168  .188   0       2   0   8            0
    Claude Passeau      36   34   91   10   17   2  0   2    9   2   22  .187  .204  .275   0       0   0   3           34
    Paul Derringer      38   35   75    3   15   3  0   0    8   0   12  .200  .200  .240   0       2   0   9           23
    Ray Prim            38   34   51    4   13   0  0   0    1   5    9  .255  .321  .255   0       0   0   5           63
    Hank Borowy         29   15   41    5    7   1  0   0    0   4   11  .171  .244  .195   0       1   0   7           24
    Paul Erickson       29   28   32    2    5   2  0   0    0   3    8  .156  .229  .219   0       0   0   4           26
    Hy Vandenberg       39   30   32    4    4   0  1   0    2   1    4  .125  .152  .188   0       1   0   1           -5
   *Bob Chipman         26   25   17    1    3   1  0   0    2   2    4  .176  .263  .235   0       0   0   3           40
    Jorge Comellas      28    7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Mack Stewart        30   16    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0       0   0   0           87
    Ray Starr           39    9    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0       1   0   1          181
    Lon Warneke         36    9    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .333  .000   0       0   0   0           -2
    Ed Hanyzewski       24    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .500  .000   0       0   0   0           47
    Walter Signer       34    6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.8  155 5298  735 1465 229 52  57  674 554  462  .277  .345  .372  69      93  32 150          109
    Rank among 8 NL teams          6    4    3   4  3   5        3    6     1     2     5   5                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Hank Wyse           27  38   2.68  22  10  0  34   3  23   2  278.3  272   95   83  17   55   77 1139   3   5  0     136
SP  Paul Derringer      38  35   3.45  16  11  4  30   5  15   1  213.7  223   99   82   8   51   86  901   2   1  0     106
SP  Claude Passeau      36  34   2.46  17   9  1  27   5  19   5  227.0  205   70   62   4   59   98  934   2   2  1     148
SP *Ray Prim            38  34   2.40  13   8  2  19   9   9   2  165.3  142   58   44   9   23   88  656   3   1  0     152
SP  Hank Borowy         29  15   2.13  11   2  1  14   1  11   1  122.3  105   33   29   2   47   47  507   1   0  0     171

RP  Hy Vandenberg       39  30   3.49   7   3  2   7  12   3   1   95.3   91   44   37   4   33   35  396   1   4  0     104
RP  Paul Erickson       29  28   3.32   7   4  3   9   9   3   0  108.3   94   41   40   5   48   53  467   2   7  0     110
RP *Bob Chipman         26  25   3.50   4   5  0  10   3   3   1   72.0   63   37   28   4   34   29  313   1   1  0     104
RP  Mack Stewart        30  16   4.76   0   1  0   1  10   0   0   28.3   37   16   15   0   14    9  130   1   0  0      77

    Lon Warneke         36   9   3.86   0   1  0   1   5   0   0   14.0   16    9    6   0    1    6   61   2   0  0      95
    Ray Starr           39   9   7.43   1   0  0   1   3   0   0   13.3   17   11   11   1    7    5   64   0   0  0      49
    Jorge Comellas      28   7   4.50   0   2  0   1   0   0   0   12.0   11    7    6   1    6    6   51   0   0  0      81
    Walter Signer       34   6   3.38   0   0  1   0   3   0   0    8.0   11    6    3   1    5    0   48   0   0  0     108
    Ed Hanyzewski       24   2   5.79   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    4.7    7    4    3   1    1    0   22   1   0  1      63
    George Hennessey    37   2   7.36   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.7    7    3    3   0    1    2   17   0   0  0      50
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 33.1 155   2.98  98  56 14 155  69  86  15 1366.0 1301  532  452  57  385  541 5706  19  21  2     122
    Rank among 8 NL teams           1   1   8  5           1   2      6    1    1        1    1    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MLivingston 68 263 27 3 2 .990 1 DWilliams 54 114 20 3 1 .978 2 PGillespie 45 161 20 2 1 .989 1 LRice 29 115 8 3 1 .976 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 653 75 11 5 .985 5 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PCavarretta 120 1149 77 9 83 .993 10.22 HBecker 28 222 12 0 21 1.000 8.36 ROtero 8 54 4 2 4 .967 7.25 SHack 5 38 2 1 2 .976 8.00 RHughes 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 MLivingston 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1468 95 12 110 .992 10.30 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .967 5.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DJohnson 138 309 440 19 74 .975 5.43 RHughes 21 47 48 1 6 .990 4.52 BSchuster 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 CBlock 1 2 5 0 0 1.000 7.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 358 496 20 80 .977 5.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .941 2.97 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SHack 146 195 312 13 27 .975 3.47 RHughes 9 8 9 0 1 1.000 1.89 JOstrowski 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0.75 CBlock 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 BSchuster 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 205 325 14 28 .974 3.49 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .947 4.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LMerullo 118 209 336 30 49 .948 4.62 RHughes 36 61 100 12 21 .931 4.47 BSchuster 22 38 37 4 8 .949 3.41 PLowrey 2 1 2 1 0 .750 1.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 309 475 47 78 .943 5.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .978 2.33 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BNicholson 151 300 12 3 4 .990 2.07 0 0 151 APafko 140 371 11 2 0 .995 2.73 0 140 0 PLowrey 138 280 17 4 1 .987 2.15 125 14 0 ESauer 26 44 1 0 1 1.000 1.73 21 2 3 FSecory 12 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 10 0 2 PCavarretta 11 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.18 11 0 0 LChristophe 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 PGillespie 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1039 42 9 6 .992 2.37 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .963 2.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HWyse 38 10 67 2 5 .975 2.49 CPasseau 34 17 52 0 3 1.000 2.74 PDerringer 35 9 32 1 0 .976 1.73 RPrim 34 7 25 1 2 .970 1.74 HBorowy 15 5 20 0 0 1.000 1.84 PErickson 28 2 19 0 0 1.000 1.75 HVandenberg 30 7 18 2 1 .926 2.36 BChipman 25 4 16 1 1 .952 2.50 MStewart 16 1 6 0 1 1.000 2.23 LWarneke 9 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.86 RStarr 9 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.03 JComellas 7 0 9 0 1 1.000 6.75 WSigner 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 EHanyzewski 2 0 2 1 0 .667 3.83 GHennessey 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 66 274 8 14 .977 2.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Cavarretta .355 On-base % Cavarretta .449 Slugging % Cavarretta .500 OPS Cavarretta .949 Games Nicholson 151 At Bats Hack 597 Plate Appearances (approx.) Hack 702 Runs Hack 110 Hits Hack 193 Total Bases Cavarretta 249 Doubles Cavarretta 34 Triples Pafko 12 Home Runs Nicholson 13 RBI Pafko 110 Bases on Balls Hack 99 Strikeouts Nicholson 73 Stolen Bases Hack 12 Singles Hack 155 Adjusted OPS+ Cavarretta 166 Runs Created Cavarretta 111 Adjusted Batting Runs Cavarretta 49 Batting Wins Cavarretta 4.9 Extra-Base Hits Cavarretta 50 Times on Base Hack 293 Offensive Win% Cavarretta .796 Hit By Pitch Pafko 8 Sac. Hits Johnson 22 Grounded into Double Plays Merullo 15 Power/Speed Number Lowrey 8.6 At Bats per Strikeout Hack 19.9 At Bats per Home Run Nicholson 43.0 Outs Nicholson 435

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Prim 2.40 Wins Wyse 22 Won-Loss % Borowy .846 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Prim 0.998 Hits Allowed/9IP Prim 7.73 Bases on Balls/9IP Prim 1.25 Strikeouts/9IP Prim 4.79 Games Wyse 38 Saves Derringer 4 Innings Wyse 278.3 Strikeouts Passeau 98 Games Started Wyse 34 Comp. Games Wyse 23 Shutouts Passeau 5 Home Runs Allow. Wyse 17 Bases On Balls Allow. Passeau 59 Hits Allowed Wyse 272 SO to Walk Prim 3.83 Losses Derringer 11 Earned Runs Allow. Wyse 83 Wild Pitches Prim and Wyse 3 Hit Batsmen Erickson 7 Batters Faced Wyse 1139 Games Finished Vandenberg 12 Adjusted ERA+ Prim 152

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Phil Cavarretta
Stan Hack
Don Johnson
Bill Nicholson
Andy Pafko
Claude Passeau
Hank Wyse

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