# 1942 Chicago Cubs season

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

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 106 | 48 | .688 | — | 60‍–‍17 | 46‍–‍31 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 104 | 50 | .675 | 2 | 57‍–‍22 | 47‍–‍28 |
| New York Giants | 85 | 67 | .559 | 20 | 47‍–‍31 | 38‍–‍36 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 76 | .500 | 29 | 38‍–‍39 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 66 | 81 | .449 | 36½ | 41‍–‍34 | 25‍–‍47 |
| Chicago Cubs | 68 | 86 | .442 | 38 | 36‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Boston Braves | 59 | 89 | .399 | 44 | 33‍–‍36 | 26‍–‍53 |
| Philadelphia Phils | 42 | 109 | .278 | 62½ | 23‍–‍51 | 19‍–‍58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1942 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 5–16–1 | 8–12 | 14–8 | 7–12–1 | 6–16 |
| Brooklyn | 16–6 | — | 16–6 | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | 18–4 | 16–6 | 9–13 |
| Chicago | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 13–9 | 9–13–1 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 6–16 |
| Cincinnati | 16–5–1 | 7–15 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 16–6 | 12–9–1 | 7–15 |
| New York | 12–8 | 8–14–1 | 13–9–1 | 13–9 | — | 17–5 | 15–7 | 7–15 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 4–18 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 5–17 | — | 6–13 | 5–17 |
| Pittsburgh | 12–7–1 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 9–12–1 | 7–15 | 13–6 | — | 8–14–2 |
| St. Louis | 16–6 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 14–8–2 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 1, 1942: Jimmie Foxx was selected off waivers by the Cubs from the Boston Red Sox.

### Roster
## 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 | Stan Hack | 140 | 553 | 166 | .300 | 6 | 39 |
| SS | Lennie Merullo | 143 | 515 | 132 | .256 | 2 | 37 |
| OF | Bill Nicholson | 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 |
| Chico Hernández | 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 |
| Bill Lee | 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 |
| Hi Bithorn | 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 |
| Jake Mooty | 19 | 84.1 | 2 | 5 | 4.70 | 28 |
| Paul Erickson | 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 |
| Dick Errickson | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.13 | 9 |
| Jesse Flores | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 | 6 |
| Vallie Eaves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Joe Berry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
| Emil Kush | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Bob Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Jigger Statz |
| A1 | Tulsa Oilers | Texas League | Roy Johnson |
| B | Madison Blues | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Wally Millies |
| B | Portsmouth Cubs | Piedmont League | Tony Lazzeri |
| B | Macon Peaches | Sally League | Milt Stock |
| B | Vancouver Capilanos | Western International League | Don Osborn |
| C | Zanesville Cubs | Middle Atlantic League | Jack Warner |
| D | Lake Charles Skippers | Evangeline League | Joe Bratcher |
| D | Americus Pioneers | Georgia–Florida League | Jerome Tiemann |
| D | Ashland Colonels | Mountain State League | Eddie Hock |
| D | Janesville Cubs | Wisconsin State League | Eddie Stumpf |