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
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1943 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 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 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 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 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 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 35 257.0 15 12 2.91 93 39 249.2 18 12 2.60 86 32 174.0 10 14 3.57 75 13 78.1 3 7 3.56 18
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 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 15 45.0 0 4 4.80 20 15 42.2 1 3 6.12 24 4 25.0 2 1 2.88 5 4 14.0 0 1 6.43 4
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 23 0 2 2 3.86 18 Bill Fleming 11 0 1 0 6.40 12 2 0 0 0 0.00 1
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: ErwinJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997
Notes
References 1943 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference