1941 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1941
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago, Illinois
Owners:	Philip K. Wrigley
General Managers:	James T. Gallagher
Managers:	Jimmie Wilson
Radio:	WGN (Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse) WJJD (Alan Hale, Pat Flanagan) WCFL (Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley)

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

Notable transactions

• September 2, 1941: Hank Gornicki was purchased by the Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]
• 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.^[1]

Roster

1941 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		125	418	95	.227	9	53
1B		99	359	101	.281	16	59
2B		145	512	126	.246	5	53
SS		129	433	106	.245	0	25
3B		151	586	186	.317	7	45
OF		147	532	135	.254	26	98
OF		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
	62	203	49	.241	5	24
	53	162	35	.216	7	25
	51	132	32	.242	1	20
	65	120	25	.208	1	13
	50	99	20	.202	0	6
	39	86	24	.279	0	12
	24	73	21	.288	1	4
	35	64	10	.156	0	6
	24	63	14	.222	1	4
	11	36	7	.194	0	0
	12	28	5	.179	0	0
	7	17	6	.353	0	1
	6	17	5	.294	0	1
	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
	34	231.0	14	14	3.35	80
	28	167.1	8	14	3.76	62
	26	138.0	5	14	4.63	60
	19	106.2	8	7	5.40	46
	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
	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
	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
	29	5	3	1	3.09	27
	25	2	2	1	4.28	17
	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

See also: Minor league baseball.

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External links

• 1941 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gorniha01.shtml Hank Gornicki page at Baseball-Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997