1945 Chicago Cubs Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 98-56
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 1,036,386, Avg. 17,839
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to Detroit Tigers 4-3
Manager: Charlie Grimm (98-56)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1945 Chicago Cubs Roster
1945 Chicago Cubs Results

The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1945 season with a record of 98 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Cubs paced the league with just 532 runs allowed. Chicago scored 735 runs. Bill Nicholson powered the team with 13 home runs Andy Pafko drove in 110 runs. Phil Cavarretta topped batters with significant playing time with a .355 average. Hank Wyse led the squad with 22 wins, while Paul Derringer and Claude Passeau, too added 15 or more wins, too Ray Prim earned a 2.40 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Charlie Grimm coached the team. The 1945 Chicago Cubs won the League Championship Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Hank Wyse	22	10	.688	2.68	38	34	3	23	2	0	278.3	272	95	83	17	55	77	5	0	3	1139
Claude Passeau	17	9	.654	2.46	34	27	5	19	5	1	227.0	205	70	62	4	59	98	2	1	2	934
Paul Derringer	16	11	.593	3.45	35	30	5	15	1	4	213.7	223	99	82	8	51	86	1	0	2	901
Ray Prim	13	8	.619	2.40	34	19	9	9	2	2	165.3	142	58	44	9	23	88	1	0	3	656
Hank Borowy	11	2	.846	2.13	15	14	1	11	1	1	122.3	105	33	29	2	47	47	0	0	1	507
Hy Vandenberg	7	3	.700	3.49	30	7	12	3	1	2	95.3	91	44	37	4	33	35	4	0	1	396
Paul Erickson	7	4	.636	3.32	28	9	9	3	0	3	108.3	94	41	40	5	48	53	7	0	2	467
Bob Chipman	4	5	.444	3.50	25	10	3	3	1	0	72.0	63	37	28	4	34	29	1	0	1	313
Ray Starr	1	0	1.000	7.43	9	1	3	0	0	0	13.3	17	11	11	1	7	5	0	0	0	64
Walter Signer	0	0		3.38	6	0	3	0	0	1	8.0	11	6	3	1	5	0	0	0	0	48
Ed Hanyzewski	0	0		5.79	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.7	7	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	22
George Hennessey	0	0		7.36	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.7	7	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	17
Lon Warneke	0	1	.000	3.86	9	1	5	0	0	0	14.0	16	9	6	0	1	6	0	0	2	61
Mack Stewart	0	1	.000	4.76	16	1	10	0	0	0	28.3	37	16	15	0	14	9	0	0	1	130
Jorge Comellas	0	2	.000	4.50	7	1	0	0	0	0	12.0	11	7	6	1	6	6	0	0	0	51
Totals	98	56	.636	2.98	290	155	69	86	13	14	1366.3	1301	533	452	57	385	541	21	2	19	5706

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Stan Hack	150	702	597	110	193	29	7	2	43	12	99	30	.323	.420	.405	.826	242	4	1	5
Phil Cavarretta	132	586	498	94	177	34	10	6	97	5	81	34	.355	.449	.500	.949	249	6	4	3
Don Johnson	138	614	557	94	168	23	2	2	58	9	32	34	.302	.343	.361	.704	201	10	3	22
Andy Pafko	144	608	534	64	159	24	12	12	110	5	45	36	.298	.361	.455	.816	243	4	8	21
Peanuts Lowrey	143	592	523	72	148	22	7	7	89	11	48	27	.283	.343	.392	.735	205	8	0	21
Bill Nicholson	151	660	559	82	136	28	4	13	88	4	92	73	.243	.356	.377	.734	211	9	6	3
Lennie Merullo	121	433	394	40	94	18	0	2	37	7	31	30	.239	.297	.299	.597	118	15	2	6
Roy Hughes	69	246	222	34	58	8	1	0	8	6	16	18	.261	.311	.306	.617	68	4	0	8
Mickey Livingston	71	253	224	19	57	4	2	2	23	2	19	6	.254	.324	.317	.641	71	7	4	6
Paul Gillespie	75	183	163	12	47	6	0	3	25	2	18	9	.288	.366	.380	.746	62	1	2	0
Heinz Becker	67	152	133	25	38	8	2	2	27	0	17	16	.286	.375	.421	.796	56	3	2	0
Dewey Williams	59	115	100	16	28	2	2	2	5	0	13	13	.280	.363	.400	.763	40	5	0	2
Ed Sauer	49	104	93	8	24	4	1	2	11	2	8	23	.258	.317	.387	.704	36	1	0	3
Len Rice	32	107	99	10	23	3	0	0	7	2	5	8	.232	.269	.263	.532	26	4	0	3
Claude Passeau	34	96	91	10	17	2	0	2	9	0	2	22	.187	.204	.275	.479	25	0	0	3
Hank Wyse	38	109	101	6	17	2	0	0	7	0	0	16	.168	.168	.188	.356	19	2	0	8
Paul Derringer	35	84	75	3	15	3	0	0	8	0	0	12	.200	.200	.240	.440	18	2	0	9
Ray Prim	34	61	51	4	13	0	0	0	1	0	5	9	.255	.321	.255	.576	13	0	0	5
Reggie Otero	14	26	23	1	9	0	0	0	5	0	2	2	.391	.440	.391	.831	9	0	0	1
Bill Schuster	45	56	47	8	9	2	1	0	2	2	7	4	.191	.296	.277	.573	13	3	0	2
Frank Secory	35	62	57	4	9	1	0	0	6	0	2	7	.158	.186	.175	.362	10	2	0	3
Hank Borowy	15	52	41	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	4	11	.171	.244	.195	.440	8	1	0	7
Paul Erickson	28	39	32	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	3	8	.156	.229	.219	.447	7	0	0	4
Hy Vandenberg	30	34	32	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	4	.125	.152	.188	.339	6	1	0	1
Johnny Ostrowski	7	10	10	4	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.300	.300	.500	.800	5	0	0	0
Bob Chipman	25	22	17	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	4	.176	.263	.235	.498	4	0	0	3
Ray Starr	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	1	0	1
Mack Stewart	16	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Johnny Moore	7	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	0
Cy Block	2	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0
Walter Signer	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jorge Comellas	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ed Hanyzewski	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0
Lon Warneke	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Loyd Christopher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
George Hennessey	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1802	6035	5298	735	1465	229	52	57	674	69	555	462	.277	.349	.372	.720	1969	93	32	150

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Reggie Otero	1B	8	54	4	2	4	.967	7.250	0
Mickey Livingston	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Roy Hughes	1B	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Stan Hack	1B	5	38	2	1	2	.976	8.000	0
Phil Cavarretta	1B	120	1149	77	9	83	.993	1.217	0
Heinz Becker	1B	28	222	12	0	21	1.000	8.357	0
Bill Schuster	2B	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Don Johnson	2B	138	309	440	19	74	.975	5.428	0
Roy Hughes	2B	21	47	48	1	6	.990	4.524	0
Cy Block	2B	1	2	5	0	0	1.000	7.000	0
Bill Schuster	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Johnny Ostrowski	3B	4	1	2	1	0	.750	.750	0
Roy Hughes	3B	9	8	9	0	1	1.000	1.889	0
Stan Hack	3B	146	195	312	13	27	.975	3.473	0
Cy Block	3B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Dewey Williams	C	54	114	20	3	1	.978	2.481	2
Len Rice	C	29	115	8	3	1	.976	4.241	1
Mickey Livingston	C	68	263	27	3	2	.990	4.265	1
Paul Gillespie	C	45	161	20	2	1	.989	4.022	1
Frank Secory	OF	12	20	0	0	0	1.000	1.667	0
Ed Sauer	OF	26	44	1	0	1	1.000	1.731	0
Andy Pafko	OF	140	371	11	2	0	.995	2.729	0
Bill Nicholson	OF	151	300	12	3	4	.990	2.066	0
Peanuts Lowrey	OF	138	280	17	4	1	.987	2.152	0
Paul Gillespie	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Loyd Christopher	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Phil Cavarretta	OF	11	23	1	0	0	1.000	2.182	0
Hank Wyse	P	38	10	67	2	5	.975	2.026	0
Lon Warneke	P	9	3	3	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Hy Vandenberg	P	30	7	18	2	1	.926	.833	0
Mack Stewart	P	16	1	6	0	1	1.000	.438	0
Ray Starr	P	9	0	3	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Walter Signer	P	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	.167	0
Ray Prim	P	34	7	25	1	2	.970	.941	0
Claude Passeau	P	34	17	52	0	3	1.000	2.029	0
George Hennessey	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Ed Hanyzewski	P	2	0	2	1	0	.667	1.000	0
Paul Erickson	P	28	2	19	0	0	1.000	.750	0
Paul Derringer	P	35	9	32	1	0	.976	1.171	0
Jorge Comellas	P	7	0	9	0	1	1.000	1.286	0
Bob Chipman	P	25	4	16	1	1	.952	.800	0
Hank Borowy	P	15	5	20	0	0	1.000	1.667	0
Bill Schuster	SS	22	38	37	4	8	.949	3.409	0
Lennie Merullo	SS	118	209	336	30	49	.948	4.619	0
Peanuts Lowrey	SS	2	1	2	1	0	.750	1.500	0
Roy Hughes	SS	36	61	100	12	21	.931	4.472	0
Totals		1632	4098	1782	121	321	.980	3.603	5

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF
Hank Borowy	WS	2	2	.500	4.00	4	3	1	1	1	18.0	21	8	8	0	6	0	8	1	78
Claude Passeau	WS	1	0	1.000	2.70	3	2	0	1	1	16.7	7	5	5	0	8	2	3	0	65
Hy Vandenberg	WS	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	6.0	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	22
Bob Chipman	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Paul Erickson	WS	0	0		3.86	4	0	3	0	0	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	5	1	32
Paul Derringer	WS	0	0		6.75	3	0	0	0	0	5.3	5	4	4	0	7	2	1	0	29
Hank Wyse	WS	0	1	.000	7.04	3	1	1	0	0	7.7	8	7	6	1	4	0	1	0	35
Ray Prim	WS	0	1	.000	9.00	2	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	17
Totals		3	4	.429	4.15	23	7	5	2	2	65.0	54	32	30	2	33	5	22	2	280

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	IBB
Phil Cavarretta	WS	7	31	26	7	11	2	0	1	5	0	0	4	3	.423	.500	.615	1.115	16	0	1	0
Stan Hack	WS	7	34	30	1	11	3	0	0	4	0	1	4	2	.367	.441	.467	.908	14	0	0	0
Peanuts Lowrey	WS	7	31	29	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.310	.333	.345	.678	10	2	1	0
Mickey Livingston	WS	6	23	22	3	8	3	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	.364	.391	.500	.891	11	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	WS	7	30	28	1	6	1	1	0	8	0	0	2	5	.214	.267	.321	.588	9	0	0	0
Andy Pafko	WS	7	31	28	5	6	2	1	0	2	1	0	2	5	.214	.267	.357	.624	10	1	1	1
Roy Hughes	WS	6	22	17	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	5	.294	.429	.353	.782	6	0	1	0
Don Johnson	WS	7	33	29	4	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	.172	.172	.310	.483	9	0	4	0
Frank Secory	WS	5	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0
Heinz Becker	WS	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	1
Hank Borowy	WS	4	7	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.333	.500	2	0	1	0
Paul Gillespie	WS	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Clyde McCullough	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Lennie Merullo	WS	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Claude Passeau	WS	3	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ed Sauer	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bill Schuster	WS	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Hy Vandenberg	WS	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dewey Williams	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Hank Wyse	WS	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Cy Block	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Bob Chipman	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Paul Derringer	WS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Paul Erickson	WS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Ray Prim	WS	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	1	0
Totals		99	276	247	29	65	16	3	1	27	2	3	19	48	.263	.316	.364	.680	90	3	10	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
Phil Cavarretta	WS	1B	7	7	65.0	71	3	0	5	1.000	1.246	1.571	0
Don Johnson	WS	2B	7	7	65.0	11	23	1	5	.971	4.708	4.857	0
Stan Hack	WS	3B	7	7	65.0	12	13	3	0	.893	3.462	3.571	0
Mickey Livingston	WS	C	6	6	54.0	22	4	0	0	1.000	4.333	4.333	1
Paul Gillespie	WS	C	1	1	8.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.375	3.000	0
Dewey Williams	WS	C	1	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	6.000	2.000	0
Andy Pafko	WS	CF	7	7	65.0	22	2	1	0	.960	3.323	3.429	0
Peanuts Lowrey	WS	LF	7	7	65.0	23	1	0	0	1.000	3.323	3.429	0
Hank Borowy	WS	P	4	3	18.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500	.750	0
Claude Passeau	WS	P	3	2	16.7	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.160	1.333	0
Hank Wyse	WS	P	3	1	7.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Paul Erickson	WS	P	4	0	7.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.286	.250	0
Hy Vandenberg	WS	P	3	0	6.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0
Paul Derringer	WS	P	3	0	5.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Ray Prim	WS	P	2	1	4.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.250	.500	0
Bob Chipman	WS	P	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Bill Nicholson	WS	RF	7	7	65.0	9	0	1	0	.900	1.246	1.286	0
Roy Hughes	WS	SS	6	6	51.0	13	18	0	2	1.000	5.471	5.167	0
Lennie Merullo	WS	SS	3	1	12.0	4	2	0	2	1.000	4.500	2.000	0
Bill Schuster	WS	SS	1	0	2.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	13.500	3.000	0
Totals			83	63	585.0	195	78	6	14	.978	4.200	3.289	1

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