1942 Chicago Cubs season

The 1942 Chicago Cubs season was the 71st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 67th in the National League and the 27th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth in the National League with a record of 68–86.

1942 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Owners	Philip K. Wrigley
General managers	James T. Gallagher
Managers	Jimmie Wilson
Radio	WGN (Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse) WJJD (Pat Flanagan, Jack L. Fitzpatrick) WCFL (Hal Totten)
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	106	48	.688	—	60‍–‍17	46‍–‍31
Brooklyn Dodgers	104	50	.675	2	57‍–‍22	47‍–‍28
New York Giants	85	67	.559	20	47‍–‍31	38‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds	76	76	.500	29	38‍–‍39	38‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	81	.449	36½	41‍–‍34	25‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs	68	86	.442	38	36‍–‍41	32‍–‍45
Boston Braves	59	89	.399	44	33‍–‍36	26‍–‍53
Philadelphia Phils	42	109	.278	62½	23‍–‍51	19‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1942 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	6–16	13–9	5–16–1	8–12	14–8	7–12–1	6–16
Brooklyn	16–6	—	16–6	15–7	14–8–1	18–4	16–6	9–13
Chicago	9–13	6–16	—	13–9	9–13–1	14–8	11–11	6–16
Cincinnati	16–5–1	7–15	9–13	—	9–13	16–6	12–9–1	7–15
New York	12–8	8–14–1	13–9–1	13–9	—	17–5	15–7	7–15
Philadelphia	8–14	4–18	8–14	6–16	5–17	—	6–13	5–17
Pittsburgh	12–7–1	6–16	11–11	9–12–1	7–15	13–6	—	8–14–2
St. Louis	16–6	13–9	16–6	15–7	15–7	17–5	14–8–2	—

Notable transactions

• June 1, 1942: Jimmie Foxx was selected off waivers by the Cubs from the Boston Red Sox.

Roster

1942 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 31 Joe Berry 17 Hi Bithorn 21 Bob Bowman 14 Vallie Eaves 32 Paul Erickson 21 Dick Errickson 30,46 Bill Fleming 30 Jesse Flores 45 Ed Hanyzewski 22 Emil Kush 11 Bill Lee 25 Jake Mooty 23 Vern Olsen 13 Claude Passeau 40 Tot Pressnell 31 Johnny Schmitz 19 Lon Warneke 45 Hank Wyse		Catchers 2,43 Marv Felderman  2 Paul Gillespie  9 Chico Hernández  5 Clyde McCullough 33 Bob Scheffing Infielders 32 Cy Block 16 Babe Dahlgren 16 Jimmie Foxx  6 Stan Hack 35 Lennie Merullo 12 Rip Russell 15 Lou Stringer 28 Bobby Sturgeon		Outfielders 44 Phil Cavarretta  7 Dom Dallessandro  4 Charlie Gilbert 43 Peanuts Lowrey  8 Bill Nicholson 14,19 Lou Novikoff 48 Whitey Platt 46 Marv Rickert		Manager  1 Jimmie Wilson Coaches 38 Kiki Cuyler 37 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	109	337	95	.282	5	31
1B	Jimmie Foxx	70	205	42	.205	3	19
2B	Lou Stringer	121	406	96	.236	9	41
3B	Stan Hack	140	553	166	.300	6	39
SS	Lennie Merullo	143	515	132	.256	2	37
OF	Bill Nicholson	152	588	173	.294	21	78
OF	Phil Cavarretta	136	482	130	.270	3	54
OF	Lou Novikoff	128	483	145	.300	7	64

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
Rip Russell	102	302	73	.242	8	41
Dom Dallessandro	96	264	69	.261	4	43
Charlie Gilbert	74	179	33	.184	0	7
Bobby Sturgeon	63	162	40	.247	0	7
Chico Hernández	47	118	27	.229	0	7
Bob Scheffing	44	102	20	.196	2	12
Peanuts Lowrey	27	58	11	.190	1	4
Babe Dahlgren	17	56	12	.214	0	6
Cy Block	9	33	12	.364	0	4
Marv Rickert	8	26	7	.269	0	1
Paul Gillespie	5	16	4	.250	2	4
Whitey Platt	4	16	1	.063	0	2
Marv Felderman	3	6	1	.167	0	0

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	278.1	19	14	2.68	89
Bill Lee	32	219.2	13	13	3.85	75
Lon Warneke	15	99.0	5	7	2.27	28
Hank Wyse	4	28.0	2	1	1.93	8

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
Hi Bithorn	38	171.1	9	14	3.68	65
Vern Olsen	32	140.1	6	9	4.49	46
Bill Fleming	33	134.1	5	6	3.01	59
Johnny Schmitz	23	86.2	3	7	3.43	51
Jake Mooty	19	84.1	2	5	4.70	28
Paul Erickson	18	63.0	1	6	5.43	26
Ed Hanyzewski	6	19.0	1	1	3.79	6

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tot Pressnell	27	1	1	4	5.49	9
Dick Errickson	13	1	1	0	4.13	9
Jesse Flores	4	0	1	0	3.38	6
Vallie Eaves	2	0	0	0	9.00	0
Joe Berry	2	0	0	0	18.00	1
Emil Kush	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
Bob Bowman	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Los Angeles Angels	Pacific Coast League	Jigger Statz
A1	Tulsa Oilers	Texas League	Roy Johnson
B	Madison Blues	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Wally Millies
B	Portsmouth Cubs	Piedmont League	Tony Lazzeri
B	Macon Peaches	Sally League	Milt Stock
B	Vancouver Capilanos	Western International League	Don Osborn
C	Zanesville Cubs	Middle Atlantic League	Jack Warner
D	Lake Charles Skippers	Evangeline League	Joe Bratcher
D	Americus Pioneers	Georgia–Florida League	Jerome Tiemann
D	Ashland Colonels	Mountain State League	Eddie Hock
D	Janesville Cubs	Wisconsin State League	Eddie Stumpf

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Macon, Vancouver, Ashland Evangeline League folded, May 30, 1942

References

• 1942 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference