1941 Chicago Cubs

70-84 • .455 Win% • 6th in NL

The 1941 Chicago Cubs went 70-84 (.455) finishing 6th in the NL. The club scored 666 runs, allowed 670, and played home games at Wrigley Field. Team leaders included Bill Nicholson (26 HR, 98 RBI) and Claude Passeau (14-14, 3.35 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

70 Wins
84 Losses
.455 Win %
6th Rank
666 R 670 RA
Diff -4

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666 Runs Scored
670 Runs Allowed
-4 Run Diff
607K Attendance

📈 vs. 1941 NL Average

Batting Avg .252 2% below the 1941 league average (.258)
OBP .326 equal to the 1941 league average (.326)
SLG .365 1% above the 1941 league average (.361)
Team ERA 3.72 2% worse than the 1941 league average (3.64)
Runs Scored 666 1% above the 1941 league average (658 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 607,031
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Avg per Game 7,883

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1941

Batting Avg

1 Stan Hack 0.317 2 Barney Olsen 0.288 3 Phil Cavarretta 0.286 4 Babe Dahlgren 0.281 5 Charlie Gilbert 0.279

Home Runs

1 Bill Nicholson 26 2 Babe Dahlgren 16 3 Clyde McCullough 9 4 Stan Hack 7 5 Hank Leiber 7

RBI

1 Bill Nicholson 98 2 Dom Dallessandro 85 3 Babe Dahlgren 59 4 Clyde McCullough 53 5 Lou Stringer 53
1941 Chicago Cubs — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Stan Hack 151 586 111 186 33 5 7 45 99 40 10 0.317
Bill Nicholson 147 532 74 135 26 1 26 98 82 91 1 0.254
Lou Stringer 145 512 59 126 31 4 5 53 59 86 3 0.246
Dom Dallessandro 140 486 73 132 36 2 6 85 68 37 3 0.272
Bobby Sturgeon 129 433 45 106 15 3 0 25 9 30 5 0.245
Clyde McCullough 125 418 41 95 9 2 9 53 34 67 5 0.227
Babe Dahlgren 99 359 50 101 20 1 16 59 43 39 2 0.281
Phil Cavarretta 107 346 46 99 18 4 6 40 53 28 2 0.286
Lou Novikoff 62 203 22 49 8 0 5 24 11 15 0 0.241
Hank Leiber 53 162 20 35 5 0 7 25 16 25 0 0.216
Bob Scheffing 51 132 9 32 8 0 1 20 5 19 2 0.242
Augie Galan 65 120 18 25 3 0 1 13 22 10 0 0.208
Johnny Hudson 50 99 8 20 4 0 0 6 3 15 3 0.202
Charlie Gilbert 39 86 11 24 2 1 0 12 11 6 1 0.279
Claude Passeau 34 86 6 19 2 0 3 12 2 22 0 0.221
Barney Olsen 24 73 13 21 6 1 1 4 4 11 0 0.288
Charles George 35 64 4 10 2 0 0 6 2 10 0 0.156
Billy Myers 24 63 10 14 1 0 1 4 7 25 1 0.222
Vern Olsen 37 63 7 15 2 0 1 5 2 10 0 0.238
Bill Lee 28 59 8 11 0 0 2 5 1 9 0 0.186
Jake Mooty 33 50 5 10 1 0 0 1 2 7 0 0.200
Larry French 26 47 5 9 0 0 0 3 4 15 0 0.191
Paul Erickson 32 46 5 7 4 0 1 2 0 12 0 0.152
Billy Herman 11 36 4 7 0 1 0 0 9 5 0 0.194
Charlie Root 19 33 4 5 1 0 1 4 5 10 0 0.152
Eddie Waitkus 12 28 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.179
Vallie Eaves 12 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.100
Lennie Merullo 7 17 3 6 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0.353
Rip Russell 6 17 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.294
Tot Pressnell 29 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.200
Frank Jelincich 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.125
Vance Page 25 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.286
Johnny Schmitz 6 7 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.571
Al Todd 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Ken Raffensberger 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Russ Meers 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Wimpy Quinn 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Emil Kush 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Walt Lanfranconi 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dizzy Dean 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hank Gornicki 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1941

ERA

1 Tot Pressnell 3.09 2 Vern Olsen 3.15 3 Jake Mooty 3.35 4 Claude Passeau 3.35 5 Vallie Eaves 3.53

Wins

1 Claude Passeau 14 2 Vern Olsen 10 3 Bill Lee 8 4 Jake Mooty 8 5 Charlie Root 8

Strikeouts

1 Paul Erickson 85 2 Claude Passeau 80 3 Vern Olsen 73 4 Bill Lee 62 5 Larry French 60
1941 Chicago Cubs — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Claude Passeau 14 14 3.35 34 30 0 231.0 262 86 52 80
Vern Olsen 10 8 3.15 37 23 1 185.2 202 65 59 73
Bill Lee 8 14 3.76 28 22 1 167.1 179 70 43 62
Jake Mooty 8 9 3.35 33 14 4 153.1 143 57 56 45
Paul Erickson 5 7 3.70 32 15 1 141.0 126 58 64 85
Larry French 5 14 4.63 26 18 0 138.0 161 71 43 60
Charlie Root 8 7 5.40 19 15 0 106.2 133 64 37 46
Tot Pressnell 5 3 3.09 29 1 1 70.0 69 24 23 27
Vallie Eaves 3 3 3.53 12 7 0 58.2 56 23 21 24
Vance Page 2 2 4.28 25 3 1 48.1 48 23 30 17
Johnny Schmitz 2 0 1.31 5 3 0 20.2 12 3 9 11
Ken Raffensberger 0 1 4.50 10 1 0 18.0 17 9 7 5
Russ Meers 0 1 1.13 1 1 0 8.0 5 1 0 5
Walt Lanfranconi 0 1 3.00 2 1 0 6.0 7 2 2 1
Wimpy Quinn 0 0 7.20 3 0 0 5.0 3 4 3 2
Emil Kush 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 4.0 2 1 0 2
Hank Gornicki 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 3 1 0 2
Dizzy Dean 0 0 18.00 1 1 0 1.0 3 2 0 1

👥 Roster (41)

Phil Cavarretta Babe Dahlgren Dom Dallessandro Dizzy Dean Vallie Eaves Paul Erickson Larry French Augie Galan Charles George Charlie Gilbert Hank Gornicki Stan Hack +29 more

41 players

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The 1941 Chicago Cubs in brief

A 70-84 record (.455) put the 1941 Chicago Cubs 6th in the NL. Runs came in at 666 scored against 670 allowed (-4). Against a league average of .258, the 1941 Chicago Cubs batted .252. The Chicago Cubs staff finished with a 3.72 ERA; the league as a whole was at 3.64. League clubs averaged 658 runs that year, so the Chicago Cubs scored 1% more.

Attendance at Wrigley Field totaled 607,031 for the year. Bill Nicholson topped the Chicago Cubs with 26 home runs. Stan Hack collected the most hits, 186. The pitching staff's wins leader was Claude Passeau (14). The strikeout leader was Paul Erickson with 85. The roster section lists 41 players who appeared for the club.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1941 Chicago Cubs

What was the 1941 Chicago Cubs record?
The 1941 Chicago Cubs finished 70-84 (.455 win pct).
Who led the 1941 Chicago Cubs in home runs?
Bill Nicholson led the 1941 Chicago Cubs with 26 home runs.
What was the 1941 Chicago Cubs team ERA?
The 1941 Chicago Cubs posted a team ERA of 3.72.
Did the 1941 Chicago Cubs win the World Series?
No. The 1941 Chicago Cubs did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1941 Chicago Cubs play?
The 1941 Chicago Cubs played home games at Wrigley Field.
Who led the 1941 Chicago Cubs in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Bill Nicholson (26 HR, 98 RBI) and Claude Passeau (14-14, 3.35 ERA).
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