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
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions September 2, 1941: Hank Gornicki was purchased by the Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals.Hank Gornicki page at Baseball-Reference 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.
Roster 1941 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader
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 C Clyde McCullough 125 418 95 .227 9 53 1B 99 359 101 .281 16 59 2B Lou Stringer 145 512 126 .246 5 53 SS Bobby Sturgeon 129 433 106 .245 0 25 3B 151 586 186 .317 7 45 OF 147 532 135 .254 26 98 OF Phil Cavarretta 107 346 99 .286 6 40 OF 140 486 132 .272 6 85
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 Lou Novikoff 62 203 49 .241 5 24 Hank Leiber 53 162 35 .216 7 25 Bob Scheffing 51 132 32 .242 1 20 Augie Galan 65 120 25 .208 1 13 Johnny Hudson 50 99 20 .202 0 6 Charlie Gilbert 39 86 24 .279 0 12 Barney Olsen 24 73 21 .288 1 4 35 64 10 .156 0 6 Billy Myers 24 63 14 .222 1 4 11 36 7 .194 0 0 Eddie Waitkus 12 28 5 .179 0 0 7 17 6 .353 0 1 Rip Russell 6 17 5 .294 0 1 Frank Jelincich 4 8 1 .125 0 2 6 6 1 .167 0 0
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 Claude Passeau 34 231.0 14 14 3.35 80 28 167.1 8 14 3.76 62 26 138.0 5 14 4.63 60 Charlie Root 19 106.2 8 7 5.40 46 Russ Meers 1 8.0 0 1 1.13 5 1 1.0 0 0 18.00 1
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 Vern Olsen 37 185.2 10 8 3.15 73 33 153.1 8 9 3.35 45 32 141.0 5 7 3.70 85 12 58.2 3 3 3.53 24 Johnny Schmitz 5 20.2 2 0 1.31 11 2 6.0 0 1 3.00 1
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 Tot Pressnell 29 5 3 1 3.09 27 Vance Page 25 2 2 1 4.28 17 Ken Raffensberger 10 0 1 0 4.50 5 3 0 0 0 7.20 0 2 0 0 0 2.25 2 1 0 0 0 4.50 2
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997
References
External links 1941 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference