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1945 Chicago Cubs  (1944)  (1946) 110-44, 1st in National League Scored 796 runs, Allowed 530 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 107-47 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .713 Park Factor: Batting - 108 / Pitching - 105 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 101-53   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 98-56 Manager(s): Alan Boodman Lost to Detroit Tigers in World Series, 4 games to 3.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Phil Cavarretta      28  140  511  116  194  35  16   9   70   1   6  101   47  .380  .477  .564  139  10.9  3e11       92  
 3B *Stan Hack            35  149  564  102  168  32   5   1   42  36   7   87   37  .298  .392  .378   92   5.9  2e13      -56  
 OF  Andy Pafko           24  141  528   85  165  21  15  11   90   4   4   59   44  .312  .382  .472   91   6.3  3(-1)e2    37  
 OF #Jim Russell          26  139  494   94  144  21   8  20   98  14   5   68   46  .291  .373  .488   87   6.2  2(+1)e10   50  
 OF *Chuck Workman        30  142  516   88  142  14   2  31  119   8   5   55   81  .275  .341  .490   86   5.7  4(+5)e8    25  
 2B  Don Johnson          33  145  556   56  154  17   2   0   76  19   4   44   39  .277  .332  .315   60   3.8  2e21      -57  
 SS  Marty Marion         28  130  425   48  130  23  11   1   53   2   5   31   43  .306  .354  .419   59   5.0  1e26       63  
 C   Al Lakeman           26   79  261   33   64   9   4  12   47   0   0   17   60  .245  .290  .448   32   4.2  3(-1)e10   20  
 OF  Peanuts Lowrey       27   99  197   35   51   5   5   0   16   4   1   31   12  .259  .362  .335   26   4.6  3(+1)e4   -38  
 C  *Paul Gillespie       24   55  153   24   38   4   0   4   23   3   2   28   11  .248  .368  .353   20   4.5  4(-1)e7   -25  
 UT  Eddie Joost          29   38  110   17   33   6   3   0   10   0   0   12   12  .300  .374  .409   17   5.8            159  
 OF *Bill Nicholson       30   83  126   17   27   8   1   3   15   1   1   26   23  .214  .346  .365   16   4.3  4(0)e3    -22  
 1B  Hank Sauer           28   56  116   14   34   3   0   3   23   0   0    8   17  .293  .326  .397   15   4.4  4e30      -37  
 SS  Lennie Merullo       28   34  111   11   28   5   0   0   12   1   1   15   15  .252  .344  .297   12   3.8  3e38       44  
 C   Len Rice             26   36  131    8   34   3   0   0   12   2   0    5   15  .260  .290  .282   10   2.7  4(0)e8     40  
 OF  Ford Garrison        29   29   24    7   11   3   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .458  .552  .583    8  17.2  2(+3)e8   249  
 SS  Bill Schuster        32   14   38    5    8   0   0   0    5   0   0   12    3  .211  .404  .211    4   3.9  3e44       41  
 OF *Frank Colman         27   11   35    3    9   3   0   0    8   0   0    3    5  .257  .308  .343    4   4.1  3(+1)e8    25  
 C   Mike Guerra          32   10   30    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    5  .167  .257  .167    1   1.5  3(+1)e5   -98  
 OF  Frank Secory         32    4    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .143  .143  .143    0    .6  3(+3)e8   -76  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           788                   17

     * - 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  Claude Passeau       36  19   7  .731  32  31   8   1   1   0   1  226.0  252   90   81   2   53  102  3.23   95   3.8   12  
  P  Jesse Flores         30  17   3  .850  26  26   8   0   0   0   2  185.1  160   69   61   8   72   51  2.96   70   3.3  -56  
  P  Paul Derringer       38  15   5  .750  29  29   7   0   0   0   4  207.0  205   77   72  10   45   95  3.13   79   3.5  -60  
  P  Tiny Bonham          31  14   5  .737  25  24   7   0   0   0   1  172.1  159   64   55  12   17   48  2.87   55   2.8  -82  
  P *Ray Prim             38  12   6  .667  40   8   3  21   5   3   0  109.2  112   48   37  11   25   70  3.04   50   4.1  105  
  P  Hank Wyse            27  12   6  .667  28  26   5   0   0   0   3  174.0  179   74   65   8   45   67  3.36   72   3.7  -38  
  P  Paul Erickson        29   8   2  .800  33   5   0  17   3   1   0   83.0   53   19   15   2   34   56  1.63   20   2.3 -130  
  P  Hy Vandenberg        39   7   6  .538  42   2   1  15   1   5   0   88.2   83   38   35   3   42   38  3.55   38   3.8  -20  
  P *Frank Papish         27   4   1  .800  33   1   1  17   1   0   0   69.0   61   29   23   1   32   47  3.00   28   3.7  -24  
  P  Sal Maglie           28   2   2  .500  46   1   0  41  28   4   0   57.2   51   13    8   1   21   21  1.25   18   2.7    5  
  P  Ray Starr            39   0   0  .000   6   0   0   1   0   0   0    9.1    8    6    6   0    4    3  5.79    3   3.9 -142  
  P  Prince Oana          35   0   1  .000   3   1   0   1   1   0   0    7.2    7    3    3   0    9    2  3.52    5   6.0  369  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 32                                                                                      536        -29

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Al Lakeman 608 68 74 301 27 4 1 .988 23 14 Paul Gillespie 399 44 49 179 21 5 1 .976 14 12 Len Rice 306 34 35 169 13 5 0 .973 14 9 Mike Guerra 77 8 10 32 5 0 0 1.000 7 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Phil Cavarretta 1171 128 133 1323 99 7 149 .995 10.93 Hank Sauer 184 22 22 211 11 2 15 .991 10.84 Frank Colman 34 4 4 39 2 0 3 1.000 10.85 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Johnson 1297 144 145 385 476 24 115 .973 5.98 Eddie Joost 84 9 10 23 40 1 6 .984 6.75 Bill Schuster 9 1 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Hack 1268 139 144 173 337 5 37 .990 3.62 Eddie Joost 118 15 15 15 27 4 3 .913 3.20 Paul Gillespie 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Chuck Workman 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Marty Marion 1028 108 130 218 399 18 86 .972 5.40 Lennie Merullo 261 33 34 58 116 2 18 .989 6.00 Bill Schuster 100 13 13 23 28 2 8 .962 4.59 Peanuts Lowrey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chuck Workman 1097 137 138 251 2 9 0 .966 2.08 Peanuts Lowrey 127 8 38 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.63 Bill Nicholson 68 8 11 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.93 Jim Russell 51 0 23 6 1 1 0 .875 1.24 Ford Garrison 23 0 13 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 Frank Secory 11 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Phil Cavarretta 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Frank Colman 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Andy Pafko 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Andy Pafko 1198 135 136 293 23 1 2 .997 2.37 Peanuts Lowrey 159 17 18 43 2 1 0 .978 2.55 Ford Garrison 14 1 3 6 1 0 0 1.000 4.40 Jim Russell 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Bill Nicholson 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Frank Secory 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Russell 1061 121 123 224 5 6 0 .974 1.94 Peanuts Lowrey 182 17 31 37 0 2 0 .949 1.83 Bill Nicholson 95 12 13 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 Frank Colman 35 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Ford Garrison 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Andy Pafko 8 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1945 Draft

Round 1 (#11):	Sal Maglie
Round 2 (#21):	Chuck Workman
Round 3 (#32):	Hank Sauer
Round 4 (#43):	Eddie Joost
Round 5 (#55):	Frank Colman

Transactions

• 1945-01: acquired Ford Garrison as a free agent
• 1945-02: acquired Prince Oana as a free agent
• 1945 postseason: released Dale Alderson, Frank Colman, Roy Easterwood, Eddie Joost, Al Lakeman, Andy Pafko, Ray Prim, Hank Sauer, Bob Scheffing, Chuck Workman

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