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1 Regular season  


1.1  Season standings  




1.2  Record vs. opponents  




1.3  Roster  






2 Player stats  


2.1  Batting  


2.1.1  Starters by position  




2.1.2  Other batters  






2.2  Pitching  


2.2.1  Starting pitchers  




2.2.2  Other pitchers  




2.2.3  Relief pitchers  








3 Farm system  




4 Notes  




5 References  













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1943 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersPhilip K. Wrigley
General managersJames T. Gallagher
ManagersJimmie Wilson
RadioWGN
(Jack Brickhouse, Dick Enroth)
WJJD
(Bert Wilson, Pat Flanagan)
WCFL
(Hal Totten)
← 1942 Seasons 1944 →

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[edit]

Season standings[edit]

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    • National League     		W L Pct. GB Home Road
    St. Louis Cardinals 105 49 0.682 — 58–21 47–28
    Cincinnati Reds 87 67 0.565 18 48–29 39–38
    Brooklyn Dodgers 81 72 0.529 23½ 46–31 35–41
    Pittsburgh Pirates 80 74 0.519 25 47–30 33–44
    Chicago Cubs 74 79 0.484 30½ 36–38 38–41
    Boston Braves 68 85 0.444 36½ 38–39 30–46
    Philadelphia Phillies 64 90 0.416 41 33–43 31–47
    New York Giants 55 98 0.359 49½ 34–43 21–55

    Record vs. opponents[edit]

    1943 National League record
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    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
    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[edit]

    1943 Chicago Cubs
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats[edit]

    Batting[edit]

    Starters by position[edit]

    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
    C Clyde McCullough 87 266 63 .237 2 23
    1B Phil Cavarretta 143 530 154 .291 8 73
    2B Eddie Stanky 142 510 125 .245 0 47
    SS Lennie Merullo 129 453 115 .254 1 25
    3B Stan Hack 144 533 154 .289 3 35
    OF Peanuts Lowrey 130 480 140 .292 1 63
    OF Bill Nicholson 154 608 188 .309 29 128
    OF Lou Novikoff 78 233 65 .279 0 28

    Other batters[edit]

    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
    Ival Goodman 80 225 72 .320 3 45
    Dom Dallessandro 87 176 39 .222 1 31
    Chico Hernández 43 126 34 .270 0 9
    Stu Martin 64 118 26 .220 0 5
    Mickey Livingston 36 111 29 .261 4 16
    Heinz Becker 24 69 10 .145 0 2
    Andy Pafko 13 58 22 .379 0 10
    Ed Sauer 14 55 15 .273 0 9
    Bill Schuster 13 51 15 .294 0 0
    Al Todd 21 45 6 .133 0 1
    Don Johnson 10 42 8 .190 0 1
    Whitey Platt 20 41 7 .171 0 2
    Pete Elko 9 30 4 .133 0 0
    Johnny Ostrowski 10 29 6 .207 0 3
    Charlie Gilbert 8 20 3 .150 0 0
    Billy Holm 7 15 1 .067 0 0
    Mickey Kreitner 3 8 3 .375 0 2

    Pitching[edit]

    Starting pitchers[edit]

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Claude Passeau 35 257.0 15 12 2.91 93
    Hi Bithorn 39 249.2 18 12 2.60 86
    Paul Derringer 32 174.0 10 14 3.57 75
    Bill Lee 13 78.1 3 7 3.56 18

    Other pitchers[edit]

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Hank Wyse 38 156.0 9 7 2.94 45
    Ed Hanyzewski 33 130.0 8 7 2.56 55
    Lon Warneke 21 88.1 4 5 3.16 30
    Ray Prim 29 60.0 4 3 2.55 27
    Dick Barrett 15 45.0 0 4 4.80 20
    Paul Erickson 15 42.2 1 3 6.12 24
    Walter Signer 4 25.0 2 1 2.88 5
    Dale Alderson 4 14.0 0 1 6.43 4

    Relief pitchers[edit]

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    John Burrows 23 0 2 2 3.86 18
    Bill Fleming 11 0 1 0 6.40 12
    Jake Mooty 2 0 0 0 0.00 1

    Farm system[edit]

    See also: Minor league baseball
    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[edit]

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

    References[edit]

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