1943 Chicago Cubs season - Misplaced Pages

The 1943 Chicago Cubs season was the 72nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 68th in the National League and the 28th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 74–79.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	.682	—	58‍–‍21	47‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	.565	18	48‍–‍29	39‍–‍38
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	72	.529	23½	46‍–‍31	35‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	.519	25	47‍–‍30	33‍–‍44
Chicago Cubs	74	79	.484	30½	36‍–‍38	38‍–‍41
Boston Braves	68	85	.444	36½	38‍–‍39	30‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	.416	41	33‍–‍43	31‍–‍47
New York Giants	55	98	.359	49½	34‍–‍43	21‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1943 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–9	8–14	11–11	11–11	11–11	12–10	3–19
Brooklyn	9–12	—	10–12	13–9	14–8	17–5	11–11	7–15
Chicago	14–8	12–10	—	9–13	12–9–1	10–12	8–14	9–13
Cincinnati	11–11	9–13	13–9	—	16–6–1	19–3	9–13	10–12
New York	11–11	8–14	9–12–1	6–16–1	—	8–14–1	9–13	4–18
Philadelphia	11–11	5–17	12–10	3–19	14–8–1	—	10–12–1	9–13–1
Pittsburgh	10–12	11–11	14–8	13–9	13–9	12–10–1	—	7–15–2
St. Louis	19–3	15–7	13–9	12–10	18–4	13–9–1	15–7–2	—

Roster

1943 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 31 Dale Alderson 38 Dick Barrett 35 Hi Bithorn 36 John Burrows 30 Paul Derringer 37 Paul Erickson 36 Bill Fleming 34 Ed Hanyzewski 31 Bill Lee 33 Jake Mooty 13 Claude Passeau 39 Ray Prim 50 Walter Signer 32 Lon Warneke 33,45 Hank Wyse		Catchers 12 Chico Hernández 12 Billy Holm 11 Mickey Kreitner 38 Mickey Livingston 10 Clyde McCullough 11 Al Todd Infielders 24 Heinz Becker 44 Phil Cavarretta 8 Pete Elko 20 Stan Hack 20 Don Johnson 22 Stu Martin 21 Lennie Merullo 21 Bill Schuster 25 Eddie Stanky		Outfielders 46 Dom Dallessandro 22 Charlie Gilbert 51 Ival Goodman 47 Peanuts Lowrey 43 Bill Nicholson 45 Lou Novikoff 47 Johnny Ostrowski 33 Andy Pafko 48 Whitey Platt 24 Ed Sauer		Manager 40 Jimmie Wilson Coaches 42 Kiki Cuyler 41 Dick Spalding

1943 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

40 Jimmie Wilson

Coaches

42 Kiki Cuyler
41 Dick Spalding

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Clyde McCullough	87	266	63	.237	2	23
1B	Phil Cavarretta	143	530	154	.291	8	73
2B	Eddie Stanky	142	510	125	.245	0	47
SS	Lennie Merullo	129	453	115	.254	1	25
3B	Stan Hack	144	533	154	.289	3	35
OF	Peanuts Lowrey	130	480	140	.292	1	63
OF	Bill Nicholson	154	608	188	.309	29	128
OF	Lou Novikoff	78	233	65	.279	0	28

Other batters

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
Ival Goodman	80	225	72	.320	3	45
Dom Dallessandro	87	176	39	.222	1	31
Chico Hernández	43	126	34	.270	0	9
Stu Martin	64	118	26	.220	0	5
Mickey Livingston	36	111	29	.261	4	16
Heinz Becker	24	69	10	.145	0	2
Andy Pafko	13	58	22	.379	0	10
Ed Sauer	14	55	15	.273	0	9
Bill Schuster	13	51	15	.294	0	0
Al Todd	21	45	6	.133	0	1
Don Johnson	10	42	8	.190	0	1
Whitey Platt	20	41	7	.171	0	2
Pete Elko	9	30	4	.133	0	0
Johnny Ostrowski	10	29	6	.207	0	3
Charlie Gilbert	8	20	3	.150	0	0
Billy Holm	7	15	1	.067	0	0
Mickey Kreitner	3	8	3	.375	0	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Claude Passeau	35	257.0	15	12	2.91	93
Hi Bithorn	39	249.2	18	12	2.60	86
Paul Derringer	32	174.0	10	14	3.57	75
Bill Lee	13	78.1	3	7	3.56	18

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Hank Wyse	38	156.0	9	7	2.94	45
Ed Hanyzewski	33	130.0	8	7	2.56	55
Lon Warneke	21	88.1	4	5	3.16	30
Ray Prim	29	60.0	4	3	2.55	27
Dick Barrett	15	45.0	0	4	4.80	20
Paul Erickson	15	42.2	1	3	6.12	24
Walter Signer	4	25.0	2	1	2.88	5
Dale Alderson	4	14.0	0	1	6.43	4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	L	SV	ERA	SO
John Burrows	23	2	2	3.86	18
Bill Fleming	11	1	0	6.40	12
Jake Mooty	2	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Los Angeles Angels	Pacific Coast League	Bill Sweeney
B	Portsmouth Cubs	Piedmont League	Milt Stock
D	Erwin Aces	Appalachian League	Jim Poole
D	Lockport Cubs	PONY League	Roy Johnson

Notes

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

References

1943 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

1943 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Negro American League

Negro National League

Chicago Cubs

Established in 1874
Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans
Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise

Ballparks

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Joe Ricketts family
Chairman: Tom Ricketts
President of Baseball Operations: Jed Hoyer
General Manager: Carter Hawkins
Manager: Craig Counsell

World Series
championships (3)

National League
championships (17)

Division
championships

East (2)	1984 1989
Central (6)	2003 2007 2008 2016 2017 2020
Wild Card (3)	1998 2015 2018

Minor league
affiliates

Iowa Cubs (Triple-A)
Knoxville Smokies (Double-A)
South Bend Cubs (High-A)
Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Single-A)
ACL Cubs (Rookie)
DSL Cubs Blue (Rookie)
DSL Cubs Red (Rookie)

Broadcasting

Television

Marquee Sports Network

Radio

Radio network
- WSCR

Broadcasters

Television	Jon Sciambi Jim Deshaies Joe Girardi Beth Mowins
Radio	Pat Hughes Ron Coomer Zach Zaidman

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