1945 Chicago Cubs Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 98–56 (.636), 1st place in National League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1945 Andy Pafko 144 555 64 159 24 12 12 110 45 36 5 0 .286 .349 .438 .787
1945 Bill Schuster 45 49 8 9 2 1 0 2 7 4 2 0 .184 .286 .265 .551
1945 Bill Nicholson 151 562 82 136 28 4 13 88 92 73 4 0 .242 .355 .375 .730
1945 Bob Chipman 25 20 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 .150 .227 .200 .427
1945 Claude Passeau 34 94 10 17 2 0 2 9 2 22 0 0 .181 .198 .266 .464
1945 Cy Block 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
1945 Dewey Williams 59 102 16 28 2 2 2 5 13 13 0 0 .275 .357 .392 .749
1945 Don Johnson 138 579 94 168 23 2 2 58 32 34 9 0 .290 .331 .347 .678
1945 Ed Hanyzewski 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
1945 Ed Sauer 49 96 8 24 4 1 2 11 8 23 2 0 .250 .308 .375 .683
1945 Frank Secory 35 60 4 9 1 0 0 6 2 7 0 0 .150 .177 .167 .344
1945 Hank Borowy 15 48 5 7 1 0 0 0 4 11 0 0 .146 .212 .167 .378
1945 Hank Wyse 38 109 6 17 2 0 0 7 0 16 0 0 .156 .156 .174 .330
1945 Heinz Becker 67 133 25 38 8 2 2 27 17 16 0 0 .286 .375 .421 .796
1945 Hy Vandenberg 30 33 4 4 0 1 0 2 1 4 0 0 .121 .147 .182 .329
1945 Johnny Ostrowski 7 10 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .500 .800
1945 Johnny Moore 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
1945 Jorge Comellas 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Len Rice 32 102 10 23 3 0 0 7 5 8 2 0 .225 .262 .255 .517
1945 Lennie Merullo 121 400 40 94 18 0 2 37 31 30 7 0 .235 .293 .295 .588
1945 Lon Warneke 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1945 Mack Stewart 16 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1945 Mickey Livingston 71 230 19 57 4 2 2 23 19 6 2 0 .248 .316 .309 .625
1945 Paul Erickson 28 36 2 5 2 0 0 0 3 8 0 0 .139 .205 .194 .400
1945 Paul Gillespie 75 163 12 47 6 0 3 25 18 9 2 0 .288 .366 .380 .746
1945 Paul Derringer 35 84 3 15 3 0 0 8 0 12 0 0 .179 .179 .214 .393
1945 Peanuts Lowrey 143 544 72 148 22 7 7 89 48 27 11 0 .272 .331 .377 .708
1945 Phil Cavarretta 132 501 94 177 34 10 6 97 81 34 5 0 .353 .447 .497 .944
1945 Ray Starr 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1945 Ray Prim 34 56 4 13 0 0 0 1 5 9 0 0 .232 .295 .232 .527
1945 Reggie Otero 14 24 1 9 0 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 .375 .423 .375 .798
1945 Roy Hughes 69 230 34 58 8 1 0 8 16 18 6 0 .252 .301 .296 .596
1945 Stan Hack 150 602 110 193 29 7 2 43 99 30 12 0 .321 .417 .402 .819
1945 Walter Signer 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
– – 154 5,448 735 1,465 229 52 57 674 555 462 69 0 .269 .340 .361 .701

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1945 Bob Chipman 25 72.0 4 5 0 0 0 63 37 28 34 1 29 10 0 3 1 3.50 1.35
1945 Claude Passeau 34 227.0 17 9 1 0 0 205 70 62 59 2 98 27 0 19 5 2.46 1.16
1945 Ed Hanyzewski 2 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.79 1.71
1945 George Hennessey 2 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 7.36 2.18
1945 Hank Borowy 15 122.1 11 2 1 0 0 105 33 29 47 0 47 14 0 11 1 2.13 1.24
1945 Hank Wyse 38 278.1 22 10 0 0 0 272 95 83 55 5 77 34 0 23 2 2.68 1.17
1945 Hy Vandenberg 30 95.1 7 3 2 0 0 91 44 37 33 4 35 7 0 3 1 3.49 1.30
1945 Jorge Comellas 7 12.0 0 2 0 0 0 11 7 6 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.42
1945 Lon Warneke 9 14.0 0 1 0 0 0 16 9 6 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 3.86 1.21
1945 Mack Stewart 16 28.1 0 1 0 0 0 37 16 15 14 0 9 1 0 0 0 4.76 1.80
1945 Paul Erickson 28 108.1 7 4 3 0 0 94 41 40 48 7 53 9 0 3 0 3.32 1.31
1945 Paul Derringer 35 213.2 16 11 4 0 0 223 99 82 51 1 86 30 0 15 1 3.45 1.28
1945 Ray Starr 9 13.1 1 0 0 0 0 17 11 11 7 0 5 1 0 0 0 7.42 1.80
1945 Ray Prim 34 165.1 13 8 2 0 0 142 58 44 23 1 88 19 0 9 2 2.40 1.00
1945 Walter Signer 6 8.0 0 0 1 0 0 11 6 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.37 2.00
– – 154 1,366.1 98 56 14 0 0 1,301 533 452 385 21 541 155 0 86 13 2.98 1.23

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1945 Bob Chipman P 25 4 16 1 21 1 .952 0.80
1945 Claude Passeau P 34 17 52 0 69 3 1.000 2.03
1945 Ed Hanyzewski P 2 0 2 1 3 0 .667 1.00
1945 George Hennessey P 2 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1945 Hank Borowy P 15 5 20 0 25 0 1.000 1.67
1945 Hank Wyse P 38 10 67 2 79 5 .975 2.03
1945 Hy Vandenberg P 30 7 18 2 27 1 .926 0.83
1945 Jorge Comellas P 7 0 9 0 9 1 1.000 1.29
1945 Lon Warneke P 9 3 3 0 6 0 1.000 0.67
1945 Mack Stewart P 16 1 6 0 7 1 1.000 0.44
1945 Paul Erickson P 28 2 19 0 21 0 1.000 0.75
1945 Paul Derringer P 35 9 32 1 42 0 .976 1.17
1945 Ray Starr P 9 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 0.33
1945 Ray Prim P 34 7 25 1 33 2 .970 0.94
1945 Walter Signer P 6 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.17
1945 Dewey Williams C 54 114 20 3 137 1 0 0 0.0% .978 2.48
1945 Len Rice C 29 115 8 3 126 1 0 0 0.0% .976 4.24
1945 Mickey Livingston C 68 263 27 3 293 2 0 0 0.0% .990 4.26
1945 Paul Gillespie C 45 161 20 2 183 1 0 0 0.0% .989 4.02
1945 Heinz Becker 1B 28 222 12 0 234 21 1.000 8.36
1945 Mickey Livingston 1B 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1945 Phil Cavarretta 1B 120 1,149 77 9 1,235 83 .993 10.22
1945 Reggie Otero 1B 8 54 4 2 60 4 .967 7.25
1945 Roy Hughes 1B 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 2.00
1945 Stan Hack 1B 5 38 2 1 41 2 .976 8.00
1945 Bill Schuster 2B 3 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
1945 Cy Block 2B 1 2 5 0 7 0 1.000 7.00
1945 Don Johnson 2B 138 309 440 19 768 74 .975 5.43
1945 Roy Hughes 2B 21 47 48 1 96 6 .990 4.52
1945 Bill Schuster 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1945 Cy Block 3B 1 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1945 Johnny Ostrowski 3B 4 1 2 1 4 0 .750 0.75
1945 Roy Hughes 3B 9 8 9 0 17 1 1.000 1.89
1945 Stan Hack 3B 146 195 312 13 520 27 .975 3.47
1945 Bill Schuster SS 22 38 37 4 79 8 .949 3.41
1945 Lennie Merullo SS 118 209 336 30 575 49 .948 4.62
1945 Peanuts Lowrey SS 2 1 2 1 4 0 .750 1.50
1945 Roy Hughes SS 36 61 100 12 173 21 .931 4.47
1945 Ed Sauer LF 26 44 1 0 45 1 1.000 1.73
1945 Frank Secory LF 12 20 0 0 20 0 1.000 1.67
1945 Loyd Christopher LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1945 Peanuts Lowrey LF 138 280 17 4 301 1 .987 2.15
1945 Phil Cavarretta LF 11 23 1 0 24 0 1.000 2.18
1945 Andy Pafko CF 140 371 11 2 384 0 .995 2.73
1945 Bill Nicholson RF 151 300 12 3 315 4 .990 2.07
1945 Paul Gillespie RF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
– – 154 4,098 1,782 121 6,001 321 0 0 .980 38.18

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1945 Andy Pafko 7 29 5 6 2 1 0 2 2 5 1 0 .207 .258 .345 .603
1945 Bill Schuster 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Bill Nicholson 7 28 1 6 1 1 0 8 2 5 0 0 .214 .267 .321 .588
1945 Bob Chipman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Claude Passeau 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Clyde McCullough 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Cy Block 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Dewey Williams 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Don Johnson 7 33 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 8 1 0 .152 .152 .273 .424
1945 Ed Sauer 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Frank Secory 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
1945 Hank Borowy 4 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .143 .143 .286 .429
1945 Hank Wyse 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Heinz Becker 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
1945 Hy Vandenberg 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Lennie Merullo 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Mickey Livingston 6 22 3 8 3 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 .364 .391 .500 .891
1945 Paul Erickson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Paul Gillespie 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Paul Derringer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Peanuts Lowrey 7 30 4 9 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .300 .323 .333 .656
1945 Phil Cavarretta 7 27 7 11 2 0 1 5 4 3 0 0 .407 .484 .593 1.076
1945 Ray Prim 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1945 Roy Hughes 6 18 1 5 1 0 0 3 4 5 0 0 .278 .409 .333 .742
1945 Stan Hack 7 30 1 11 3 0 0 4 4 2 0 1 .367 .441 .467 .908
– – 7 257 29 65 16 3 1 27 19 48 2 3 .253 .304 .350 .655

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1945 Bob Chipman 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1945 Claude Passeau 3 16.2 1 0 0 0 0 7 5 5 8 0 3 2 0 1 1 2.70 0.90
1945 Hank Borowy 4 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 21 8 8 6 1 8 3 0 1 1 4.00 1.50
1945 Hank Wyse 3 7.2 0 1 0 0 0 8 7 6 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.04 1.57
1945 Hy Vandenberg 3 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.67
1945 Paul Erickson 4 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 3 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 3.86 1.57
1945 Paul Derringer 3 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.75 2.25
1945 Ray Prim 2 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 9.00 1.25
– – 8 65.0 3 4 0 0 0 54 32 30 33 2 22 7 0 2 2 4.15 1.34

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1945 Bob Chipman P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1945 Claude Passeau P 3 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 1.33
1945 Hank Borowy P 4 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 0.75
1945 Hank Wyse P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1945 Hy Vandenberg P 3 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
1945 Paul Erickson P 4 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1945 Paul Derringer P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1945 Ray Prim P 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1945 Dewey Williams C 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 2.00
1945 Mickey Livingston C 6 22 4 0 26 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 4.33
1945 Paul Gillespie C 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 3.00
1945 Phil Cavarretta 1B 7 71 3 0 74 5 1.000 10.57
1945 Don Johnson 2B 7 11 23 1 35 5 .971 4.86
1945 Stan Hack 3B 7 12 13 3 28 0 .893 3.57
1945 Bill Schuster SS 1 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1945 Lennie Merullo SS 3 4 2 0 6 2 1.000 2.00
1945 Roy Hughes SS 6 13 18 0 31 2 1.000 5.17
1945 Peanuts Lowrey LF 7 23 1 0 24 0 1.000 3.43
1945 Andy Pafko CF 7 22 2 1 25 0 .960 3.43
1945 Bill Nicholson RF 7 9 0 1 10 0 .900 1.29
– – 7 195 78 6 279 14 0 0 .978 39.00

Awards

Player Award Stats
Phil Cavarretta Most Valuable Player (1B) .353–6–97, 5 SB
Claude Passeau All-Star (P) 17–9, 1 Sv, 98 SO, 2.46 ERA
Hank Wyse All-Star (P) 22–10, 77 SO, 2.68 ERA
Phil Cavarretta All-Star (1B) .353–6–97, 5 SB
Don Johnson All-Star (2B) .290–2–58, 9 SB
Stan Hack All-Star (3B) .321–2–43, 12 SB
Bill Nicholson All-Star (CF) .242–13–88, 4 SB
Andy Pafko All-Star (CF) .286–12–110, 5 SB
King Kelly Hall of Fame (RF) -

Frequently asked questions about the 1945 Chicago Cubs

Who had the most hits on the 1945 Chicago Cubs?

Stan Hack led the 1945 Chicago Cubs with 193 hits in 150 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1945 Chicago Cubs?

Phil Cavarretta led the 1945 Chicago Cubs with a .353 batting average in 132 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1945 Chicago Cubs?

Bill Nicholson led the 1945 Chicago Cubs with 13 home runs in 151 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1945 Chicago Cubs?

Phil Cavarretta led the 1945 Chicago Cubs with a .447 on-base percentage (OBP) in 132 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1945 Chicago Cubs?

Phil Cavarretta led the 1945 Chicago Cubs with a .497 slugging percentage in 132 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1945 Chicago Cubs?

Stan Hack led the 1945 Chicago Cubs with 12 stolen bases in 150 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1945 Chicago Cubs?

Ray Prim had a 2.40 earned-run average (ERA) in 34 games, the lowest on the 1945 Chicago Cubs.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1945 Chicago Cubs?

Ray Prim had a 1.00 WHIP in 34 games, the lowest on the 1945 Chicago Cubs.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1945 Chicago Cubs?

Claude Passeau led the 1945 Chicago Cubs with 98 strikeouts in 34 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1945 Chicago Cubs?

Hank Wyse led the 1945 Chicago Cubs with 22 wins in 38 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1945 Chicago Cubs?

Paul Derringer led the 1945 Chicago Cubs with 4 saves in 35 games.