1945 Chicago Cubs season
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The 1945 Chicago Cubs season was the 74th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 70th in the National League and the 30th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs won the National League pennant with a record of 98–56, 3 games ahead of the second-place St. Louis Cardinals. The team went on to the World Series, which they lost to the Detroit Tigers in seven games. This was the Cubs last postseason appearance until 1984. It would take 71 years before the Cubs made it to another World Series.
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 98 | 56 | 0.636 | — | 49–26 | 49–30 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | 3 | 48–29 | 47–30 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 11 | 48–30 | 39–37 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 16 | 45–34 | 37–38 |
New York Giants | 78 | 74 | 0.513 | 19 | 47–30 | 31–44 |
Boston Braves | 67 | 85 | 0.441 | 30 | 36–38 | 31–47 |
Cincinnati Reds | 61 | 93 | 0.396 | 37 | 36–41 | 25–52 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 46 | 108 | 0.299 | 52 | 22–55 | 24–53 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13–1 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 10–10–2 | 14–8 | 7–15 | 10–12 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9–1 | — | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 19–3 | 12–10 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | — | 21–1 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 6–16 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–10 | 11–11 | 1–21 | — | 6–16 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 9–13 | |||||
New York | 10–10–2 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 17–5 | 11–11 | 6–16 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 3–19 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 5–17 | — | 6–16 | 9–13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 10–12–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–10 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | — |
Roster
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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C | Mickey Livingston | 71 | 224 | 57 | .254 | 2 | 23 |
1B | Phil Cavarretta | 132 | 498 | 177 | .355 | 6 | 97 |
2B | Don Johnson | 138 | 557 | 168 | .302 | 2 | 58 |
SS | Lennie Merullo | 121 | 394 | 94 | .239 | 2 | 37 |
3B | Stan Hack | 150 | 597 | 193 | .323 | 2 | 43 |
OF | Peanuts Lowrey | 143 | 523 | 148 | .283 | 7 | 89 |
OF | Andy Pafko | 144 | 534 | 159 | .298 | 12 | 110 |
OF | Bill Nicholson | 151 | 559 | 136 | .243 | 13 | 88 |
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 |
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Roy Hughes | 69 | 222 | 58 | .261 | 0 | 8 |
Paul Gillespie | 75 | 163 | 47 | .288 | 3 | 25 |
Heinz Becker | 67 | 133 | 38 | .286 | 2 | 27 |
Dewey Williams | 59 | 100 | 28 | .280 | 2 | 5 |
Len Rice | 32 | 99 | 23 | .232 | 0 | 7 |
Ed Sauer | 49 | 93 | 24 | .258 | 2 | 11 |
Frank Secory | 35 | 57 | 9 | .158 | 0 | 6 |
Bill Schuster | 45 | 47 | 9 | .191 | 0 | 2 |
Reggie Otero | 14 | 23 | 9 | .391 | 0 | 5 |
Johnny Ostrowski | 7 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 1 |
Cy Block | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Johnny Moore | 7 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
Loyd Christopher | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
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Hank Wyse | 38 | 278.1 | 22 | 10 | 2.68 | 77 |
Claude Passeau | 34 | 227.0 | 17 | 9 | 2.46 | 98 |
Paul Derringer | 35 | 213.2 | 16 | 11 | 3.45 | 86 |
Ray Prim | 34 | 165.1 | 13 | 8 | 2.40 | 88 |
Hank Borowy | 15 | 122.1 | 11 | 2 | 2.13 | 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 |
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Hy Vandenberg | 30 | 95.1 | 7 | 3 | 3.49 | 35 |
Bob Chipman | 25 | 72.0 | 4 | 5 | 3.50 | 29 |
Lon Warneke | 9 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 6 |
Ray Starr | 9 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 7.43 | 5 |
Jorge Comellas | 7 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | 6 |
Ed Hanyzewski | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 2 |
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 |
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Paul Erickson | 28 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3.32 | 53 |
Mack Stewart | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.76 | 9 |
Walter Signer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 0 |
George Hennessey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 2 |
1945 World Series
The Curse of Billy "The Goat" Sianis
The Curse of the Billy Goat was a curse on the Chicago Cubs that was started in 1945 and ended in 2016. As the story goes,
Game 1
October 3, 1945, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chicago | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Hank Borowy (1–0) LP: Hal Newhouser (0–1) Home runs: CHI: Phil Cavarretta (1) DET: None |
Game 2
October 4, 1945, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Virgil Trucks (1–0) LP: Hank Wyse (0–1) Home runs: CHI: None DET: Hank Greenberg (1) |
Game 3
October 5, 1945, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Claude Passeau (1–0) LP: Stubby Overmire (0–1) |
Game 4
October 6, 1945, at Wrigley Field in Chicago
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Dizzy Trout (1–0) LP: Ray Prim (0–1) |
Game 5
October 7, 1945, at Wrigley Field in Chicago
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Detroit | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Hal Newhouser (1–1) LP: Hank Borowy (1–1) |
Game 6
October 8, 1945, at Wrigley Field in Chicago
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||
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Detroit | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
WP: Hank Borowy (2–1) LP: Dizzy Trout (1–1) Home runs: DET: Hank Greenberg (2) CHI: None |
Game 7
October 10, 1945, at Wrigley Field in Chicago
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Detroit | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Hal Newhouser (2–1) LP: Hank Borowy (2–2) |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Bill Sweeney |
A1 | Nashville Vols | Southern Association | Larry Gilbert
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B | Hagerstown Owls | Interstate League | Mickey Balla and Dutch Dorman |
B | Portsmouth Cubs
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Piedmont League | Ival Goodman |
C | Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets | Carolina League | Jack Warner |
D | Elizabethton Betsy Cubs
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Appalachian League | Bill Kelly |
D | Statesville Cubs
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North Carolina State League | Jim Poole |
References
External links
- 1945 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference