1943 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1943 National League Wrigley Field Chicago 74 79 y 5th Philip K. Wrigley James T. Gallagher Jimmie Wilson WGN(Jack Brickhouse, Dick Enroth)WJJD(Bert Wilson, Pat Flanagan)WCFL(Hal Totten) 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 Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC 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 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 Don Johnson (second baseman) 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 Bill Lee (right-handed pitcher) 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 Dick Barrett (baseball) 15 45.0 0 4 4.80 20 Paul Erickson Paul Erickson (baseball) 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 W L SV ERA SO John Burrows baseball 23 0 2 2 3.86 18 Bill Fleming 11 0 1 0 6.40 12 Jake Mooty 2 0 0 0 0.00 1 Farm system Minor league baseball 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 JohnsonLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: ErwinJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 Notes 2 References 1943 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:1943 in Chicago