1941 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1941 National League Wrigley Field Chicago 70 84 y 6th Philip K. Wrigley James T. Gallagher Jimmie Wilson WGN(Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse)WJJD(Alan Hale, Pat Flanagan)WCFL(Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley) The 1941 Chicago Cubs season was the 70th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 66th in the National League and the 26th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth in the National League with a record of 70–84. Regular season Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Notable transactions September 2, 1941: Hank Gornicki was purchased by the Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals.Hank Gornicki page at Baseball-Reference September 22, 1941: The purchase of Hank Gornicki's contract by the Cubs from the Cardinals was voided, and Gornicki was returned to the Cardinals. Roster 1941 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 22 Dizzy Dean 41 Vallie Eaves 32 Paul Erickson 14 Larry French 20 Hank Gornicki 20 Emil Kush  3 Walt Lanfranconi 11 Bill Lee 17 Russ Meers 25 Jake Mooty 23 Vern Olsen 41 Vance Page 13 Claude Passeau 40 Tot Pressnell 4,16,18 Wimpy Quinn 14,16 Ken Raffensberger 17 Charlie Root  7 Johnny Schmitz Catchers 24 Greek George 5,21 Clyde McCullough 33 Bob Scheffing Infielders 16 Babe Dahlgren  6 Stan Hack  4 Billy Herman 12 Johnny Hudson 35 Lennie Merullo 5,10 Billy Myers 12 Rip Russell 15 Lou Stringer 28 Bobby Sturgeon 27 Eddie Waitkus Outfielders 44 Phil Cavarretta 31 Dom Dallessandro  7 Augie Galan  4 Charlie Gilbert 21 Frank Jelincich  9 Hank Leiber  8 Bill Nicholson 19,26 Lou Novikoff 19,29 Barney Olsen Other batters  2 Al Todd Manager  1 Jimmie Wilson Coaches 38 Kiki Cuyler 22 Dizzy Dean 38 Charlie Grimm 37 Dick Spalding Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 125 418 95 .227 9 53 1B Babe Dahlgren 99 359 101 .281 16 59 2B Lou Stringer 145 512 126 .246 5 53 SS Bobby Sturgeon 129 433 106 .245 0 25 3B Stan Hack 151 586 186 .317 7 45 OF Bill Nicholson Bill Nicholson (baseball) 147 532 135 .254 26 98 OF Phil Cavarretta 107 346 99 .286 6 40 OF Dom Dallessandro 140 486 132 .272 6 85 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 Lou Novikoff 62 203 49 .241 5 24 Hank Leiber 53 162 35 .216 7 25 Bob Scheffing 51 132 32 .242 1 20 Augie Galan 65 120 25 .208 1 13 Johnny Hudson 50 99 20 .202 0 6 Charlie Gilbert 39 86 24 .279 0 12 Barney Olsen 24 73 21 .288 1 4 Greek George 35 64 10 .156 0 6 Billy Myers 24 63 14 .222 1 4 Billy Herman 11 36 7 .194 0 0 Eddie Waitkus 12 28 5 .179 0 0 Lennie Merullo 7 17 6 .353 0 1 Rip Russell 6 17 5 .294 0 1 Frank Jelincich 4 8 1 .125 0 2 Al Todd 6 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 34 231.0 14 14 3.35 80 Bill Lee Bill Lee (right-handed pitcher) 28 167.1 8 14 3.76 62 Larry French 26 138.0 5 14 4.63 60 Charlie Root 19 106.2 8 7 5.40 46 Russ Meers 1 8.0 0 1 1.13 5 Dizzy Dean 1 1.0 0 0 18.00 1 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 Vern Olsen 37 185.2 10 8 3.15 73 Jake Mooty 33 153.1 8 9 3.35 45 Paul Erickson Paul Erickson (baseball) 32 141.0 5 7 3.70 85 Vallie Eaves 12 58.2 3 3 3.53 24 Johnny Schmitz 5 20.2 2 0 1.31 11 Walt Lanfranconi 2 6.0 0 1 3.00 1 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 29 5 3 1 3.09 27 Vance Page 25 2 2 1 4.28 17 Ken Raffensberger 10 0 1 0 4.50 5 Wimpy Quinn 3 0 0 0 7.20 0 Emil Kush 2 0 0 0 2.25 2 Hank Gornicki 1 0 0 0 4.50 2 Farm system Minor league baseball AA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Jigger Statz A1 Tulsa Oilers Texas League Roy Johnson B Portsmouth Cubs Piedmont League Don Curry B Macon Peaches Sally League Milt Stock C Bisbee Bees Arizona-Texas League Carl Dittmar C Stockton Fliers California League Keith Frazier C Zanesville Cubs Middle Atlantic League Jack Warner C Muskogee Reds Western Association Jack Mealey D Lake Charles Skippers Evangeline League Jim Lawrence D Janesville Cubs Wisconsin State League Eddie StumpfJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 References 2 External links 1941 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:Long stubs with short prose Category:1941 in Chicago