1945 Chicago Cubs Stats, Awards, and Rosters

Record: 98–56 (.636), 1st place in National League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Andy Pafko 144 555 64 159 24 12 12 110 45 36 5 0 .286 .349 .438 .787
Bill Schuster 45 49 8 9 2 1 0 2 7 4 2 0 .184 .286 .265 .551
Bill Nicholson 151 562 82 136 28 4 13 88 92 73 4 0 .242 .355 .375 .730
Bob Chipman 25 20 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 .150 .227 .200 .427
Claude Passeau 34 94 10 17 2 0 2 9 2 22 0 0 .181 .198 .266 .464
Cy Block 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Dewey Williams 59 102 16 28 2 2 2 5 13 13 0 0 .275 .357 .392 .749
Don Johnson 138 579 94 168 23 2 2 58 32 34 9 0 .290 .331 .347 .678
Ed Hanyzewski 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Ed Sauer 49 96 8 24 4 1 2 11 8 23 2 0 .250 .308 .375 .683
Frank Secory 35 60 4 9 1 0 0 6 2 7 0 0 .150 .177 .167 .344
Hank Borowy 15 48 5 7 1 0 0 0 4 11 0 0 .146 .212 .167 .378
Hank Wyse 38 109 6 17 2 0 0 7 0 16 0 0 .156 .156 .174 .330
Heinz Becker 67 133 25 38 8 2 2 27 17 16 0 0 .286 .375 .421 .796
Hy Vandenberg 30 33 4 4 0 1 0 2 1 4 0 0 .121 .147 .182 .329
Johnny Moore 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
Johnny Ostrowski 7 10 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .500 .800
Jorge Comellas 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Len Rice 32 102 10 23 3 0 0 7 5 8 2 0 .225 .262 .255 .517
Lennie Merullo 121 400 40 94 18 0 2 37 31 30 7 0 .235 .293 .295 .588
Lon Warneke 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Mack Stewart 16 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Mickey Livingston 71 230 19 57 4 2 2 23 19 6 2 0 .248 .316 .309 .625
Paul Gillespie 75 163 12 47 6 0 3 25 18 9 2 0 .288 .366 .380 .746
Paul Derringer 35 84 3 15 3 0 0 8 0 12 0 0 .179 .179 .214 .393
Paul Erickson 28 36 2 5 2 0 0 0 3 8 0 0 .139 .205 .194 .400
Peanuts Lowrey 143 544 72 148 22 7 7 89 48 27 11 0 .272 .331 .377 .708
Phil Cavarretta 132 501 94 177 34 10 6 97 81 34 5 0 .353 .447 .497 .944
Ray Starr 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Ray Prim 34 56 4 13 0 0 0 1 5 9 0 0 .232 .295 .232 .527
Reggie Otero 14 24 1 9 0 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 .375 .423 .375 .798
Roy Hughes 69 230 34 58 8 1 0 8 16 18 6 0 .252 .301 .296 .596
Stan Hack 150 602 110 193 29 7 2 43 99 30 12 0 .321 .417 .402 .819
Walter Signer 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
– 154 5,448 735 1,465 229 52 57 674 555 462 69 0 .269 .340 .361 .701

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Bob Chipman 25 72.0 4 5 0 0 0 63 37 28 34 1 29 10 0 3 1 3.50 1.35
Claude Passeau 34 227.0 17 9 1 0 0 205 70 62 59 2 98 27 0 19 5 2.46 1.16
Ed Hanyzewski 2 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.79 1.71
George Hennessey 2 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 7.36 2.18
Hank Borowy 15 122.1 11 2 1 0 0 105 33 29 47 0 47 14 0 11 1 2.13 1.24
Hank Wyse 38 278.1 22 10 0 0 0 272 95 83 55 5 77 34 0 23 2 2.68 1.17
Hy Vandenberg 30 95.1 7 3 2 0 0 91 44 37 33 4 35 7 0 3 1 3.49 1.30
Jorge Comellas 7 12.0 0 2 0 0 0 11 7 6 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.42
Lon Warneke 9 14.0 0 1 0 0 0 16 9 6 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 3.86 1.21
Mack Stewart 16 28.1 0 1 0 0 0 37 16 15 14 0 9 1 0 0 0 4.76 1.80
Paul Derringer 35 213.2 16 11 4 0 0 223 99 82 51 1 86 30 0 15 1 3.45 1.28
Paul Erickson 28 108.1 7 4 3 0 0 94 41 40 48 7 53 9 0 3 0 3.32 1.31
Ray Starr 9 13.1 1 0 0 0 0 17 11 11 7 0 5 1 0 0 0 7.42 1.80
Ray Prim 34 165.1 13 8 2 0 0 142 58 44 23 1 88 19 0 9 2 2.40 1.00
Walter Signer 6 8.0 0 0 1 0 0 11 6 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.37 2.00
– 154 1366.1 98 56 14 0 0 1,301 533 452 385 21 541 155 0 86 13 2.98 1.23

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Bob Chipman P 25 4 16 1 21 1 - - - .952 0.80
Claude Passeau P 34 17 52 0 69 3 - - - 1.000 2.03
Ed Hanyzewski P 2 0 2 1 3 0 - - - .667 1.00
George Hennessey P 2 1 1 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Hank Borowy P 15 5 20 0 25 0 - - - 1.000 1.67
Hank Wyse P 38 10 67 2 79 5 - - - .975 2.03
Hy Vandenberg P 30 7 18 2 27 1 - - - .926 0.83
Jorge Comellas P 7 0 9 0 9 1 - - - 1.000 1.29
Lon Warneke P 9 3 3 0 6 0 - - - 1.000 0.67
Mack Stewart P 16 1 6 0 7 1 - - - 1.000 0.44
Paul Derringer P 35 9 32 1 42 0 - - - .976 1.17
Paul Erickson P 28 2 19 0 21 0 - - - 1.000 0.75
Ray Starr P 9 0 3 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 0.33
Ray Prim P 34 7 25 1 33 2 - - - .970 0.94
Walter Signer P 6 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.17
Dewey Williams C 54 114 20 3 137 1 0 0 .0 .978 2.48
Len Rice C 29 115 8 3 126 1 0 0 .0 .976 4.24
Mickey Livingston C 68 263 27 3 293 2 0 0 .0 .990 4.26
Paul Gillespie C 45 161 20 2 183 1 0 0 .0 .989 4.02
Heinz Becker 1B 28 222 12 0 234 21 - - - 1.000 8.36
Mickey Livingston 1B 1 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Phil Cavarretta 1B 120 1,149 77 9 1,235 83 - - - .993 10.22
Reggie Otero 1B 8 54 4 2 60 4 - - - .967 7.25
Roy Hughes 1B 2 4 0 0 4 0 - - - 1.000 2.00
Stan Hack 1B 5 38 2 1 41 2 - - - .976 8.00
Bill Schuster 2B 3 0 3 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Cy Block 2B 1 2 5 0 7 0 - - - 1.000 7.00
Don Johnson 2B 138 309 440 19 768 74 - - - .975 5.43
Roy Hughes 2B 21 47 48 1 96 6 - - - .990 4.52
Bill Schuster 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Cy Block 3B 1 1 2 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 3.00
Johnny Ostrowski 3B 4 1 2 1 4 0 - - - .750 0.75
Roy Hughes 3B 9 8 9 0 17 1 - - - 1.000 1.89
Stan Hack 3B 146 195 312 13 520 27 - - - .975 3.47
Bill Schuster SS 22 38 37 4 79 8 - - - .949 3.41
Lennie Merullo SS 118 209 336 30 575 49 - - - .948 4.62
Peanuts Lowrey SS 2 1 2 1 4 0 - - - .750 1.50
Roy Hughes SS 36 61 100 12 173 21 - - - .931 4.47
Ed Sauer LF 26 44 1 0 45 1 - - - 1.000 1.73
Frank Secory LF 12 20 0 0 20 0 - - - 1.000 1.67
Loyd Christopher LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Peanuts Lowrey LF 138 280 17 4 301 1 - - - .987 2.15
Phil Cavarretta LF 11 23 1 0 24 0 - - - 1.000 2.18
Andy Pafko CF 140 371 11 2 384 0 - - - .995 2.73
Bill Nicholson RF 151 300 12 3 315 4 - - - .990 2.07
Paul Gillespie RF 1 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
– 154 4,098 1,782 121 6,001 321 0 0 .0 .980 3.60

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Andy Pafko 7 29 5 6 2 1 0 2 2 5 1 0 .207 .258 .345 .603
Bill Schuster 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bill Nicholson 7 28 1 6 1 1 0 8 2 5 0 0 .214 .267 .321 .588
Bob Chipman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Claude Passeau 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Clyde McCullough 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Cy Block 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Dewey Williams 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Don Johnson 7 33 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 8 1 0 .152 .152 .273 .424
Ed Sauer 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Frank Secory 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Hank Borowy 4 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .143 .143 .286 .429
Hank Wyse 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Heinz Becker 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
Hy Vandenberg 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Lennie Merullo 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Mickey Livingston 6 22 3 8 3 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 .364 .391 .500 .891
Paul Gillespie 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Paul Derringer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Paul Erickson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Peanuts Lowrey 7 30 4 9 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .300 .323 .333 .656
Phil Cavarretta 7 27 7 11 2 0 1 5 4 3 0 0 .407 .484 .593 1.076
Ray Prim 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Roy Hughes 6 18 1 5 1 0 0 3 4 5 0 0 .278 .409 .333 .742
Stan Hack 7 30 1 11 3 0 0 4 4 2 0 1 .367 .441 .467 .908
– 7 257 29 65 16 3 1 27 19 48 2 3 .253 .304 .350 .655

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Bob Chipman 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
Claude Passeau 3 16.2 1 0 0 0 0 7 5 5 8 0 3 2 0 1 1 2.70 0.90
Hank Borowy 4 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 21 8 8 6 1 8 3 0 1 1 4.00 1.50
Hank Wyse 3 7.2 0 1 0 0 0 8 7 6 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.04 1.57
Hy Vandenberg 3 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.67
Paul Derringer 3 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.75 2.25
Paul Erickson 4 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 3 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 3.86 1.57
Ray Prim 2 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 9.00 1.25
– 154 65.0 3 4 0 0 0 54 32 30 33 2 22 7 0 2 2 4.15 1.34

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Bob Chipman P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Claude Passeau P 3 1 3 0 4 0 - - - 1.000 1.33
Hank Borowy P 4 1 2 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 0.75
Hank Wyse P 3 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Hy Vandenberg P 3 1 2 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Paul Derringer P 3 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Paul Erickson P 4 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.25
Ray Prim P 2 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Dewey Williams C 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 .0 1.000 2.00
Mickey Livingston C 6 22 4 0 26 0 0 0 .0 1.000 4.33
Paul Gillespie C 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 .0 1.000 3.00
Phil Cavarretta 1B 7 71 3 0 74 5 - - - 1.000 10.57
Don Johnson 2B 7 11 23 1 35 5 - - - .971 4.86
Stan Hack 3B 7 12 13 3 28 0 - - - .893 3.57
Bill Schuster SS 1 1 2 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 3.00
Lennie Merullo SS 3 4 2 0 6 2 - - - 1.000 2.00
Roy Hughes SS 6 13 18 0 31 2 - - - 1.000 5.17
Peanuts Lowrey LF 7 23 1 0 24 0 - - - 1.000 3.43
Andy Pafko CF 7 22 2 1 25 0 - - - .960 3.43
Bill Nicholson RF 7 9 0 1 10 0 - - - .900 1.29
– 7 195 78 6 279 14 0 0 .0 .978 1.95

Awards

Player Award Stats
Phil Cavarretta Most Valuable Player (1B) .353–6–97, 5 SB
Claude Passeau All-Star (P) 17–9, 1 Sv, 98 SO, 2.46 ERA
Hank Wyse All-Star (P) 22–10, 77 SO, 2.68 ERA
Phil Cavarretta All-Star (1B) .353–6–97, 5 SB
Don Johnson All-Star (2B) .290–2–58, 9 SB
Stan Hack All-Star (3B) .321–2–43, 12 SB
Bill Nicholson All-Star (CF) .242–13–88, 4 SB
Andy Pafko All-Star (CF) .286–12–110, 5 SB
King Kelly Hall of Fame (CF) -