# 1943 Chicago Cubs season

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

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 105 | 49 | .682 | — | 58‍–‍21 | 47‍–‍28 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 67 | .565 | 18 | 48‍–‍29 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 81 | 72 | .529 | 23½ | 46‍–‍31 | 35‍–‍41 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 74 | .519 | 25 | 47‍–‍30 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Chicago Cubs | 74 | 79 | .484 | 30½ | 36‍–‍38 | 38‍–‍41 |
| Boston Braves | 68 | 85 | .444 | 36½ | 38‍–‍39 | 30‍–‍46 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 64 | 90 | .416 | 41 | 33‍–‍43 | 31‍–‍47 |
| New York Giants | 55 | 98 | .359 | 49½ | 34‍–‍43 | 21‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1943 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 12–9 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 3–19 |
| Brooklyn | 9–12 | — | 10–12 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 11–11 | 7–15 |
| Chicago | 14–8 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 12–9–1 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 |
| Cincinnati | 11–11 | 9–13 | 13–9 | — | 16–6–1 | 19–3 | 9–13 | 10–12 |
| New York | 11–11 | 8–14 | 9–12–1 | 6–16–1 | — | 8–14–1 | 9–13 | 4–18 |
| Philadelphia | 11–11 | 5–17 | 12–10 | 3–19 | 14–8–1 | — | 10–12–1 | 9–13–1 |
| Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | — | 7–15–2 |
| St. Louis | 19–3 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 18–4 | 13–9–1 | 15–7–2 | — |

### 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 | 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 |
| Chico Hernández | 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 |
| Don Johnson | 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 |
| Hi Bithorn | 39 | 249.2 | 18 | 12 | 2.60 | 86 |
| Paul Derringer | 32 | 174.0 | 10 | 14 | 3.57 | 75 |
| Bill Lee | 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 |
| Dick Barrett | 15 | 45.0 | 0 | 4 | 4.80 | 20 |
| Paul Erickson | 15 | 42.2 | 1 | 3 | 6.12 | 24 |
| Walter Signer | 4 | 25.0 | 2 | 1 | 2.88 | 5 |
| Dale Alderson | 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 |
| John Burrows | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.86 | 18 |
| Bill Fleming | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.40 | 12 |
| Jake Mooty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Bill Sweeney |
| B | Portsmouth Cubs | Piedmont League | Milt Stock |
| D | Erwin Aces | Appalachian League | Jim Poole |
| D | Lockport Cubs | PONY League | Roy Johnson |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Erwin