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1946 Chicago Cubs  (1945)  (1947) 80-74, 4th in National League Scored 596 runs, Allowed 553 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .718 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 78-76   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 82-71 Manager(s): Alan Boodman

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Phil Cavarretta      29  147  553   93  163  23  16  11   54  10   7  107   84  .295  .411  .454  107   7.1  3(+2)e12   28  
 OF #Jim Russell          27  137  506   62  126  19   7   9   67  13   4   65   65  .249  .331  .368   63   4.2  3(+1)e12  -67  
 3B *Stan Hack            36  118  345   44  111  12   4   0   34   9   9   81   28  .322  .445  .380   62   6.4  2e23       44  
 1B *Eddie Waitkus        26  111  458   60  140  26   3   7   51  12   6   19   26  .306  .332  .421   61   5.0  1e6         5  
 SS  Marty Marion         29  150  519   43  121  27   2   1   51   0   0   57   60  .233  .311  .299   50   3.1  1e22      -33  
 2B  Mickey Witek         30   89  254   30   76  15   2   6   38   2   3   22   15  .299  .351  .445   38   5.4  4e29      100  
 3B  Bert Haas            32   95  291   48   87  10   4   3   20   9   5   20   28  .299  .343  .392   37   4.7  3e23       73  
 OF *Bill Nicholson       31  102  311   34   68  12   2   9   53   0   3   48   53  .219  .322  .357   37   3.9  4(0)e9     -4  
 OF  Andy Pafko           25  101  247   30   71   9   5   5   29   4   0   30   20  .287  .366  .425   36   5.1  3(-1)e9    44  
 OF  Peanuts Lowrey       28  107  364   41   83  17   3   2   33   9   1   40   33  .228  .305  .308   35   3.1  3(+1)e8   -58  
 2B  Don Johnson          34  120  325   23   75   4   1   0   35   8   3   25   51  .231  .287  .249   24   2.4  2e25      -60  
 C   Birdie Tebbetts      33  102  284   16   50   6   2   0   18   1   1   27   27  .176  .249  .211   15   1.7  1(0)e8   -158  
 C   Bob Scheffing        32   47  118   12   33   2   1   0   11   0   1   13   18  .280  .348  .314   13   4.2  3(+2)e8   -15  
 OF *Dom Dallessandro     32   89   89   15   20   3   2   4   13   2   1   16   17  .225  .343  .438   13   4.9  3(+2)e8    71  
 C   Mike Guerra          33   47  133    4   28   3   3   0    9   0   0    5   12  .211  .236  .278    8   1.9  3(+1)e16  -83  
 OF  Frank Secory         33   17   31    4    7   3   0   1    4   0   0    1    7  .226  .242  .419    2   3.0  3(+3)e25 -176  
 SS  Lennie Merullo       29   22   35    3    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    6  .200  .282  .229    2   2.2  3e41       77  
 C   Al Lakeman           27    8    5    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .400  .400  .400    0   7.2  3(-1)e8   479  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           612                  -10

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Johnny Schmitz       25  12  10  .545  37  31   3   3   1   1   2  213.2  199   86   79   6   77  170  3.33   83   3.5  -39  
  P  Paul Erickson        30  11   7  .611  44  13   2  25   7   1   2  134.2   88   37   30   3   57   75  2.00   36   2.4  -97  
  P  Murry Dickson        29  10   8  .556  49  18   3  26  15   1   1  174.0  146   60   48   9   54   99  2.48   61   3.1  -58  
  P  Jesse Flores         31  10   9  .526  38  14   3  15   3   2   1  137.1  121   46   41  15   25   44  2.69   49   3.2  -47  
  P  Hank Wyse            28  10  11  .476  29  28   4   0   0   0   3  191.2  191   87   76  11   52   63  3.57   78   3.6  -31  
  P *Frank Papish         28   8   7  .533  35  14   2   8   1   1   0  128.0  110   48   38   6   54   69  2.67   46   3.2  -85  
  P  Emil Kush            29   8   9  .471  54   4   1  22   2   3   1   92.1  105   51   46   7   30   44  4.48   54   5.3   99  
  P  Claude Passeau       37   5   6  .455  20  20   3   0   0   0   1  138.0  105   46   38   5   40   62  2.48   41   2.7 -122  
  P  Tiny Bonham          32   3   4  .429  53   5   0  23   6   6   0  104.1  105   44   37   5   21   37  3.19   45   3.8   36  
  P  Bill McCahan         25   1   0 1.000   3   2   0   1   1   0   0   16.0   14    5    5   0   10    1  2.81    7   4.2   -5  
  P  Hi Bithorn           30   1   1  .500   8   0   0   4   0   0   0    9.2   25   16    9   2    4    2  8.38   20  17.3  588  
  P  Russ Bauers          32   1   1  .500   7   2   0   0   0   1   0   20.2   25   12   10   0    8   13  4.35   11   4.9  -24  
  P  Bill Fleming         32   0   0  .000   3   0   0   2   0   0   0    4.0    7    4    3   0    1    4  6.75    4   9.4  150  
  P *Ray Prim             39   0   0  .000   2   0   0   0   0   0   0    2.1    1    0    0   0    2    2  0.00    0   2.4 -375  
  P  Fred Martin          31   0   1  .000   8   3   0   4   1   0   0   26.2   27   11   11   0    8   30  3.71   12   4.0   13  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      552        -35

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Birdie Tebbetts 775 85 102 448 36 6 4 .988 42 11 Mike Guerra 328 37 46 172 12 10 1 .948 28 10 Bob Scheffing 266 29 42 157 11 4 0 .977 39 8 Al Lakeman 19 2 7 9 1 2 0 .833 1 0 Bert Haas 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Waitkus 911 100 105 997 92 2 86 .998 10.76 Phil Cavarretta 436 49 49 446 30 5 39 .990 9.82 Bert Haas 46 5 8 47 3 0 5 1.000 9.78 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Johnson 811 84 118 190 314 13 52 .975 5.60 Mickey Witek 583 70 81 162 189 9 43 .975 5.42 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Hack 858 93 98 115 250 10 14 .973 3.83 Bert Haas 509 58 58 82 147 4 7 .983 4.05 Peanuts Lowrey 26 3 3 1 8 0 2 1.000 3.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Marty Marion 1305 143 150 244 430 19 89 .973 4.65 Lennie Merullo 89 11 18 23 23 1 5 .979 4.67 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Phil Cavarretta 825 92 93 154 6 6 1 .964 1.75 Jim Russell 473 52 57 99 1 5 1 .952 1.90 Peanuts Lowrey 41 5 6 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.20 Dom Dallessandro 27 2 10 2 0 1 0 .667 0.67 Andy Pafko 26 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42 Frank Secory 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Russell 659 73 74 182 5 2 0 .989 2.55 Peanuts Lowrey 655 73 75 221 11 4 2 .983 3.19 Andy Pafko 28 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Frank Secory 28 3 3 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.25 Dom Dallessandro 22 2 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.86 Bill Nicholson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Nicholson 675 83 83 145 5 8 2 .949 2.00 Andy Pafko 451 52 54 101 2 2 0 .981 2.06 Dom Dallessandro 113 3 39 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.06 Peanuts Lowrey 109 11 16 25 1 0 1 1.000 2.14 Phil Cavarretta 25 3 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72 Frank Secory 17 2 2 8 0 1 0 .889 4.24 Jim Russell 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1946 Draft

Round 1 (#5):	Tiny Bonham
Round 2 (#20):	Birdie Tebbetts
Round 3 (#34):	Al Lakeman

Transactions

• 1946-01: traded Billy Jurges to NY2 for Mickey Witek
• 1946-01: acquired Mike Guerra as a free agent
• 1946-02: acquired Fred Martin as a free agent
• 1946-03: acquired Bill McCahan as a free agent
• 1946 postseason: released Mark Stewart

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