1946 Chicago Cubs | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |||
City | Chicago | |||
Record | 82–71 (.536) | |||
League place | 3rd | |||
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |||
General managers | James T. Gallagher | |||
Managers | Charlie Grimm | |||
Television | WBKB (Jack Gibney) | |||
Radio | WIND (Bert Wilson) | |||
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The1946 Chicago Cubs season was the 75th season of theChicago Cubs franchise, the 71st in theNational League and the 31st atWrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 82–71.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 98 | 58 | .628 | — | 49–29 | 49–29 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 60 | .615 | 2 | 56–22 | 40–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 82 | 71 | .536 | 14½ | 44–33 | 38–38 |
Boston Braves | 81 | 72 | .529 | 15½ | 45–31 | 36–41 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 85 | .448 | 28 | 41–36 | 28–49 |
Cincinnati Reds | 67 | 87 | .435 | 30 | 35–42 | 32–45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 63 | 91 | .409 | 34 | 37–40 | 26–51 |
New York Giants | 61 | 93 | .396 | 36 | 38–39 | 23–54 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 5–17 | 12–9–1 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 7–15 | |||||
Brooklyn | 17–5 | — | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 8–16 | |||||
Chicago | 9–12–1 | 11–11 | — | 13–9 | 17–5 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 9–13 | — | 14–8 | 8–14–1 | 13–9 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 9–13 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 8–14 | — | 12–10 | 10–12 | 10–12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 14–8–1 | 10–12 | — | 14–8 | 8–14 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 7–15 | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 9–13 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 16–8 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 13–9 | — |
1946 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders
Other batters | Manager Coaches |
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 |
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C | Clyde McCullough | 95 | 307 | 88 | .287 | 4 | 34 |
1B | Eddie Waitkus | 113 | 441 | 134 | .304 | 4 | 55 |
2B | Don Johnson | 83 | 314 | 76 | .242 | 1 | 19 |
SS | Billy Jurges | 82 | 221 | 49 | .222 | 0 | 17 |
3B | Stan Hack | 92 | 323 | 92 | .285 | 0 | 26 |
OF | Peanuts Lowrey | 144 | 540 | 139 | .257 | 4 | 54 |
OF | Marv Rickert | 111 | 392 | 103 | .263 | 7 | 47 |
OF | Phil Cavarretta | 139 | 510 | 150 | .294 | 8 | 78 |
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 |
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Bill Nicholson | 105 | 296 | 65 | .220 | 8 | 41 |
Bobby Sturgeon | 100 | 294 | 87 | .296 | 1 | 21 |
Andy Pafko | 65 | 234 | 66 | .282 | 3 | 39 |
Lou Stringer | 80 | 209 | 51 | .244 | 3 | 19 |
Mickey Livingston | 66 | 176 | 45 | .256 | 2 | 20 |
Johnny Ostrowski | 64 | 160 | 34 | .213 | 3 | 12 |
Lennie Merullo | 65 | 126 | 19 | .151 | 0 | 7 |
Bob Scheffing | 63 | 115 | 32 | .278 | 0 | 18 |
Dom Dallessandro | 65 | 89 | 20 | .225 | 1 | 9 |
Frank Secory | 33 | 43 | 10 | .233 | 3 | 12 |
Cy Block | 6 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Gilbert | 15 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
Hank Schenz | 6 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 1 |
Al Glossop | 4 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Heinz Becker | 9 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
Cecil Garriott | 6 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dewey Williams | 4 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Pawelek | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Clarence Maddern | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Schmitz | 41 | 224.1 | 11 | 11 | 2.61 | 135 |
Hank Wyse | 40 | 201.1 | 14 | 12 | 2.68 | 52 |
Hank Borowy | 32 | 201.0 | 12 | 10 | 3.76 | 95 |
Claude Passeau | 21 | 129.1 | 9 | 8 | 3.13 | 47 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Paul Erickson | 32 | 137.0 | 9 | 7 | 2.43 | 70 |
Emil Kush | 40 | 129.2 | 9 | 2 | 3.05 | 50 |
Bob Chipman | 34 | 109.1 | 6 | 5 | 3.13 | 42 |
Hi Bithorn | 26 | 86.2 | 6 | 5 | 3.84 | 34 |
Russ Meyer | 4 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 10 |
Doyle Lade | 3 | 15.1 | 0 | 2 | 4.11 | 8 |
Russ Meers | 7 | 11.1 | 1 | 2 | 3.18 | 2 |
Hal Manders | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Russ Bauers | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.53 | 22 |
Bill Fleming | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.14 | 10 |
Ray Prim | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5.79 | 10 |
Red Adams | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.25 | 8 |
Vern Olsen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.79 | 8 |
Ed Hanyzewski | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Emmett O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hutchinson; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Iola[3]