1941 Chicago Cubs season

1941 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Philip K. Wrigley
General manager(s) James T. Gallagher
Manager(s) Jimmie Wilson
Local radio WGN
(Bob Elson)
WJJD
(Alan Hale, Pat Flanagan)
WCFL
(Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley)
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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

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 10054 0.649 — 52–25 48–29
St. Louis Cardinals 9756 0.634 2½ 53–24 44–32
Cincinnati Reds 8866 0.571 12 45–34 43–32
Pittsburgh Pirates 8173 0.526 19 45–32 36–41
New York Giants 7479 0.484 25½ 38–39 36–40
Chicago Cubs 7084 0.455 30 38–39 32–45
Boston Braves 6292 0.403 38 32–44 30–48
Philadelphia Phillies 43111 0.279 57 23–52 20–59

Record vs. opponents

1941 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —4–18–211–119–136–1614–810–128–14
Brooklyn 18–4–2—13–914–814–818–412–1011–11–1
Chicago 11–119–13—8–149–1314–8–19–1310–12
Cincinnati 13–98–1414–8—15–716–612–1010–12
New York 16–68–1413–97–15—16–68–14–26–15–1
Philadelphia 8–144–188–14–16–166–16—6–165–17
Pittsburgh 12–1010–1213–910–1214–8–216–6—6–16
St. Louis 14–811–11–112–1012–1015–6–117–516–6—

Notable transactions

  • September 2, 1941: Hank Gornicki was purchased by the Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals.[1]
  • 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.[1]

Roster

1941 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
1BBabe Dahlgren99359101.2811659
3BStan Hack151586186.317745
OFBill Nicholson147532135.2542698
OFDom Dallessandro140486132.272685

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
Greek George356410.15606
Billy Herman11367.19400
Lennie Merullo7176.35301
Al Todd661.16700

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
Bill Lee28167.18143.7662
Larry French261385144.6360
Dizzy Dean110018.001

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
Jake Mooty33153.1893.3545
Paul Erickson32141573.7085
Vallie Eaves1258.2333.5324
Walt Lanfranconi26013.001

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
Wimpy Quinn30007.200
Emil Kush20002.252
Hank Gornicki10004.502

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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 Stumpf

[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Hank Gornicki page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997
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