The 1946 Chicago Cubs season was the 75th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 71st in the National League and the 31st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 82–71.
Offseason Prior to the 1946 season: Hal Jeffcoat was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.Hal Jeffcoat page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions June 26, 1946: Heinz Becker was traded by the Cubs to the Cleveland Indians for Mickey Rocco and cash.Mickey Rocco page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1946 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters 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 95 307 88 .287 4 34 1B Eddie Waitkus 113 441 134 .304 4 55 2B 83 314 76 .242 1 19 SS Billy Jurges 82 221 49 .222 0 17 3B Stan Hack 92 323 92 .285 0 26 OF Peanuts Lowrey 144 540 139 .257 4 54 OF Marv Rickert 111 392 103 .263 7 47 OF Phil Cavarretta 139 510 150 .294 8 78
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 Bill Nicholson 105 296 65 .220 8 41 Bobby Sturgeon 100 294 87 .296 1 21 Andy Pafko 65 234 66 .282 3 39 Lou Stringer 80 209 51 .244 3 19 Mickey Livingston 66 176 45 .256 2 20 Johnny Ostrowski 64 160 34 .213 3 12 Lennie Merullo 65 126 19 .151 0 7 Bob Scheffing 63 115 32 .278 0 18 Dom Dallessandro 65 89 20 .225 1 9 Frank Secory 33 43 10 .233 3 12 Cy Block 6 13 3 .231 0 0 Charlie Gilbert 15 13 1 .077 0 1 Hank Schenz 6 11 2 .182 0 1 Al Glossop 4 10 0 .000 0 0 9 7 2 .286 0 1 Cecil Garriott 6 5 0 .000 0 0 Dewey Williams 4 5 1 .200 0 0 Ted Pawelek 4 4 1 .250 0 0 Clarence Maddern 3 3 0 .000 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 Johnny Schmitz 41 224.1 11 11 2.61 135 Hank Wyse 40 201.1 14 12 2.68 52 Hank Borowy 32 201.0 12 10 3.76 95 Claude Passeau 21 129.1 9 8 3.13 47
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 Paul Erickson 32 137.0 9 7 2.43 70 Emil Kush 40 129.2 9 2 3.05 50 Bob Chipman 34 109.1 6 5 3.13 42 Hi Bithorn 26 86.2 6 5 3.84 34 Russ Meyer 4 17.0 0 0 3.18 10 Doyle Lade 3 15.1 0 2 4.11 8 Russ Meers 7 11.1 1 2 3.18 2 Hal Manders 2 6.0 0 1 9.00 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 Russ Bauers 15 2 1 1 3.53 22 Bill Fleming 14 0 1 0 6.14 10 Ray Prim 14 2 3 1 5.79 10 8 0 1 0 8.25 8 Vern Olsen 5 0 0 0 2.79 8 Ed Hanyzewski 3 1 0 0 4.50 1 Emmett O'Neill 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hutchinson; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: IolaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
External links 1946 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference