1944 Chicago Cubs roster

Manager: Jimmie Wilson, Roy Johnson, Charlie Grimm

38 players appeared for the Chicago Cubs in the 1944 MLB season.

1944 Cubs roster: batting

1944 Chicago Cubs batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Phil Cavarretta271526141061975824.321.390.841
Don Johnson32154608501692718.278.311.663
Bill Nicholson29156582116167331223.287.391.935
Roy Hughes331264788613712816.287.337.688
Andy Pafko23128469471266622.269.315.665
Stan Hack3498383651083325.282.369.722
Dom Dallessandro30117381531168741.304.400.839
Dewey Williams287926223630272.240.302.584
Lennie Merullo276619320411163.212.276.556
Bill Schuster316015414341144.221.277.576
Ival Goodman356214124371160.262.377.732
Lou Novikoff287113915393191.281.329.732
Billy Holm31541321018061.136.235.386
Mickey Kreitner213985313010.153.234.411
Tony York312885420070.235.270.517
Frank Secory31225610184171.321.387.941
Ed Sauer252350311050.220.250.550
Charlie Brewster271044411020.250.327.622
Roy Easterwood29173317120.212.235.599
Paul Gillespie2392627120.269.345.768
Pete Elko2672225000.227.227.500
Jimmie Foxx36152001020.050.136.236
Johnny Ostrowski2681322020.154.214.445
Joe Stephenson234811001.125.222.347

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1944 Cubs roster: pitching

1944 Chicago Cubs pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Hank WyseP26413416153.15257.1861.301
Claude PasseauP3534271592.89227.0891.253
Paul DerringerP3742167134.15180.0691.363
Bill FlemingP3039189103.13158.1421.420
Hy VandenbergP38359743.63126.1541.382
Paul EricksonP283315593.55124.1821.451
Red LynnP30227544.0684.1351.391
Ed HanyzewskiP23147254.4758.1191.390
Dale AldersonP26121006.6521.271.850
Mack StewartP2980001.4612.131.220
Charlie GassawayP2522017.7111.272.570
Hank MiklosP3320007.717.001.710
John BurrowsP30300018.003.013.330

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.