The 1942 Chicago Cubs season was the 71st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 67th in the National League and the 27th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth in the National League with a record of 68–86.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions June 1, 1942: Jimmie Foxx was selected off waivers by the Cubs from the Boston Red Sox.Jimmie Foxx at Baseball Reference
Roster 1942 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders 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 C Clyde McCullough 109 337 95 .282 5 31 1B Jimmie Foxx 70 205 42 .205 3 19 2B Lou Stringer 121 406 96 .236 9 41 3B 140 553 166 .300 6 39 SS 143 515 132 .256 2 37 OF 152 588 173 .294 21 78 OF Phil Cavarretta 136 482 130 .270 3 54 OF Lou Novikoff 128 483 145 .300 7 64
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 Rip Russell 102 302 73 .242 8 41 Dom Dallessandro 96 264 69 .261 4 43 Charlie Gilbert 74 179 33 .184 0 7 Bobby Sturgeon 63 162 40 .247 0 7 47 118 27 .229 0 7 Bob Scheffing 44 102 20 .196 2 12 Peanuts Lowrey 27 58 11 .190 1 4 Babe Dahlgren 17 56 12 .214 0 6 Cy Block 9 33 12 .364 0 4 Marv Rickert 8 26 7 .269 0 1 Paul Gillespie 5 16 4 .250 2 4 Whitey Platt 4 16 1 .063 0 2 Marv Felderman 3 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 35 278.1 19 14 2.68 89 32 219.2 13 13 3.85 75 Lon Warneke 15 99.0 5 7 2.27 28 Hank Wyse 4 28.0 2 1 1.93 8
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 38 171.1 9 14 3.68 65 Vern Olsen 32 140.1 6 9 4.49 46 Bill Fleming 33 134.1 5 6 3.01 59 Johnny Schmitz 23 86.2 3 7 3.43 51 19 84.1 2 5 4.70 28 18 63.0 1 6 5.43 26 Ed Hanyzewski 6 19.0 1 1 3.79 6
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 27 1 1 4 5.49 9 13 1 1 0 4.13 9 Jesse Flores 4 0 1 0 3.38 6 2 0 0 0 9.00 0 2 0 0 0 18.00 1 Emil Kush 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Farm system
Notes
References 1942 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference