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1944 Chicago Cubs  (1943)  (1945) 96-58, 2nd in National League Scored 820 runs, Allowed 606 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-54 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .692 Park Factor: Batting - 111 / Pitching - 109 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 89-65   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 75-79 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 *Bill Nicholson       29  154  560  124  185  27   8  42  137   6   5   91   71  .330  .418  .632  149   9.9  4(0)e7    115  
 1B *Phil Cavarretta      27  154  668  123  211  44  13   7   80  11   4   60   60  .316  .374  .452  117   6.7  3e12      -16  
 OF #Jim Russell          25  150  609  108  182  20  12  15   93   3   2   73   78  .299  .370  .445   98   5.7  3(+1)e5   -45  
 C   Frankie Hayes        29  130  505   79  143  17   6  21   96   3   5   52   75  .283  .347  .465   78   5.4  3(+1)e6   131  
 OF *Dom Dallessandro     30  132  397   74  111  16   6  11   52   0   0   85   31  .280  .403  .433   74   6.8  2(+2)e6    -2  
 SS  Marty Marion         27  146  538   60  157  30   3   5   63   1   1   41   70  .292  .341  .387   71   4.8  1e22       41  
 2B  Don Johnson          32  154  620   56  153  30   1   0   71   5   5   27   60  .247  .280  .298   49   2.7  2e46      -84  
 3B *Stan Hack            34  130  408   59   95   6   1   6   47   6   2   57   23  .233  .325  .297   43   3.5  2e34     -100  
 OF  Frank Secory         31   38   47   10   23   5   0   4   19   0   0    5    9  .489  .509  .851   20  20.2  3(+3)e7   419  
 OF  Lou Novikoff         28   32  110   19   35   3   2   4   14   0   1    7   14  .318  .370  .491   18   6.5  4(+1)e7   129  
 C   Mike Guerra          31   67  148   25   44   2   2   1   15   4   1    5   16  .297  .320  .358   16   4.3  3(+1)e13    8  
 OF *Ival Goodman         35   84  142   13   37   9   0   1   18   0   0   13   17  .261  .321  .345   15   3.9  2(0)e7    -66  
 3B  Tony York            31   76  136   10   43   4   0   0   19   0   1    3   13  .316  .326  .346   13   3.5  2e27      155  
 PH *Paul Gillespie       23   33   25    4    4   1   0   1    4   0   0    6    2  .160  .364  .320    3   4.1            -84  
 C   Mickey Kreitner      21    3    4    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .750  .750 1.000    3  81.0  4(-1)e7  1339  
 PH  Bubba Floyd          27    7   10    1    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .400  .455  .600    2  12.8             -1  
 SS  Lennie Merullo       27   24   37    4    8   0   0   0    3   1   0    3    3  .216  .293  .216    2   2.6  3e51      -47  
 SS  Bill Schuster        31   14   18    4    3   0   1   0    1   1   0    1    2  .167  .211  .278    1   2.1  3e39      -88  
 SS  Charlie Brewster     27    8   13    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .154  .267  .154    0   1.6  3e88     -201  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           783                   13

     * - 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  Tiny Bonham          30  16   8  .667  32  30   8   1   0   0   3  229.1  260   92   86  14   36   63  3.38  109   4.3  -24  
  P  Claude Passeau       35  16  10  .615  31  31   8   0   0   0   1  223.1  252  116   95  10   48  101  3.83  105   4.2  -13  
  P  Jesse Flores         29  13   6  .684  28  26  10   2   0   0   2  202.0  190   80   68   8   55   89  3.03   80   3.5  -19  
  P  Hank Wyse            26  13   6  .684  28  22   6   3   0   0   0  162.0  190   77   67   9   34   69  3.72   81   4.4   12  
  P  Paul Derringer       37  12   5  .706  20  20   7   0   0   0   2  153.1  139   54   51   6   32   79  2.99   54   3.1 -127  
  P  Paul Erickson        28  11   9  .550  38  10   3  23   5   2   1  126.0   97   36   26   2   56   89  1.86   37   2.6 -107  
  P  Hy Vandenberg        38   6   5  .545  56   5   1  41  16   2   0  113.2  118   56   50   6   43   72  3.96   57   4.6  -13  
  P  Ed Hanyzewski        23   3   0 1.000   5   3   2   2   1   0   0   27.0   26   12   12   1   10   13  4.00   11   4.0  -87  
  P  Red Lynn             30   3   2  .600  35   0   0  19   2   1   0   62.2   67   38   36   4   33   33  5.17   33   4.7   49  
  P  Bill Fleming         30   3   6  .333  28   7   1  15   5   2   0   81.0   81   44   40   6   31   22  4.44   41   4.4   -5  
  P  Mack Stewart         29   0   1  .000   5   0   0   2   0   0   0   11.1   12    1    1   0    2    5  0.79    3   3.1  -92  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      616        -31

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Frankie Hayes 1116 125 126 573 58 14 0 .978 106 31 Mike Guerra 265 29 32 125 17 1 1 .993 27 13 Paul Gillespie 6 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 Mickey Kreitner 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Phil Cavarretta 1367 153 153 1470 115 14 146 .991 10.43 Lennie Merullo 24 1 4 24 0 3 1 .889 8.88 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Johnson 1385 154 154 392 528 40 115 .958 5.98 Lennie Merullo 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 Bill Schuster 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Charlie Brewster 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Hack 1024 121 129 134 221 28 19 .927 3.12 Tony York 367 33 76 49 93 6 7 .959 3.48 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Marty Marion 1278 142 146 301 480 16 102 .980 5.50 Lennie Merullo 45 5 9 17 23 4 4 .909 8.06 Bill Schuster 36 4 7 10 10 0 3 1.000 5.05 Charlie Brewster 24 2 3 13 9 1 2 .957 8.25 Bubba Floyd 9 1 1 3 5 0 2 1.000 8.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dom Dallessandro 892 97 111 231 9 4 0 .984 2.42 Ival Goodman 240 28 29 53 2 2 0 .965 2.06 Lou Novikoff 213 26 27 46 0 0 0 1.000 1.94 Mike Guerra 16 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 Frank Secory 13 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Bill Nicholson 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jim Russell 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Phil Cavarretta 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Russell 1344 149 149 380 17 9 2 .978 2.66 Frank Secory 27 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 Dom Dallessandro 18 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 Ival Goodman 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Nicholson 1263 153 153 225 10 5 3 .979 1.67 Ival Goodman 92 1 41 18 0 1 0 .947 1.76 Frank Secory 25 0 11 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.73 Dom Dallessandro 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Mike Guerra 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1944 Draft

Round 1 (#14):

Frankie Hayes

Transactions

• 1944-01: acquired Bubba Floyd as a free agent
• 1944-02: acquired Mack Stewart as a free agent
• 1944-12: traded Paul Derringer, Bill Schuster to CIN for CIN#1
• 1944 postseason: released Pete Elko, Paul Erickson, Jim Russell, Walter Signer

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