1943 Chicago Cubs season

1943 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Philip K. Wrigley
General manager(s)	James T. Gallagher
Manager(s)	Jimmie Wilson
Local radio	WGN (Jack Brickhouse, Dick Enroth) WJJD (Bert Wilson, Pat Flanagan) WCFL (Hal Totten)
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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

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	--	.682
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	18	.565
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	72	23.5	.529
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	25	.519
Chicago Cubs	74	79	30.5	.484
Boston Braves	68	85	36.5	.444
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	41	.416
New York Giants	55	98	49.5	.359

Record vs. opponents

1943 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–9	8–14	11–11	11–11	11–11	12–10	3–19
Brooklyn	9–12	—	10–12	13–9	14–8	17–5	11–11	7–15
Chicago	14–8	12–10	—	9–13	12–9–1	10–12	8–14	9–13
Cincinnati	11–11	9–13	13–9	—	16–6–1	19–3	9–13	10–12
New York	11–11	8–14	9–12–1	6–16–1	—	8–14–1	9–13	4–18
Philadelphia	11–11	5–17	12–10	3–19	14–8–1	—	10–12–1	9–13–1
Pittsburgh	10–12	11–11	14–8	13–9	13–9	12–10–1	—	7–15–2
St. Louis	19–3	15–7	13–9	12–10	18–4	13–9–1	15–7–2	—

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

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
Hernández, ChicoChico Hernández	43	126	34	.270	0	9
Johnson, DonDon Johnson	10	42	8	.190	0	1

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
Bithorn, HiHi Bithorn	39	249.2	18	12	2.60	86
Derringer, PaulPaul Derringer	32	174	10	14	3.57	75
Lee, BillBill Lee	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
Barrett, DickDick Barrett	15	45	0	4	4.80	20
Erickson, PaulPaul Erickson	15	42.2	1	3	6.12	24
Signer, WalterWalter Signer	4	25	2	1	2.88	5
Alderson, DaleDale Alderson	4	14	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
Burrows, JohnJohn Burrows	23	0	2	2	3.86	18
Mooty, JakeJake Mooty	2	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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 Johnson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Erwin^[1]

Notes

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

References

• 1943 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference