1946 Chicago Cubs

82-71 • .536 Win% • 3rd in NL

📊 Season Record

82 Wins
71 Losses
.536 Win %
3rd Rank
626 R 581 RA
Diff +45

📁 Franchise Info

Chicago Cubs Active
→

⚡ Quick Stats

626 Runs Scored
581 Runs Allowed
+45 Run Diff
1,401K Attendance

📈 vs. 1946 NL Average

Batting Avg .253 1% below the 1946 league average (.255)
OBP .330 1% above the 1946 league average (.328)
SLG .346 3% below the 1946 league average (.355)
Team ERA 3.24 5% better than the 1946 league average (3.42)
Runs Scored 626 2% above the 1946 league average (614 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

🏟️
StadiumWrigley Field
📅
Home Games 77
👥
Total Attendance 1,401,213
📊
Avg per Game 18,197

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1946

Batting Avg

1 Eddie Waitkus 0.304 2 Bobby Sturgeon 0.296 3 Phil Cavarretta 0.294 4 Clyde McCullough 0.287 5 Stan Hack 0.285

Home Runs

1 Phil Cavarretta 8 2 Bill Nicholson 8 3 Marv Rickert 7 4 Peanuts Lowrey 4 5 Clyde McCullough 4

RBI

1 Phil Cavarretta 78 2 Eddie Waitkus 55 3 Peanuts Lowrey 54 4 Marv Rickert 47 5 Bill Nicholson 41
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Peanuts Lowrey 144 540 75 139 24 5 4 54 56 22 10 0.257
Phil Cavarretta 139 510 89 150 28 10 8 78 88 54 2 0.294
Eddie Waitkus 113 441 50 134 24 5 4 55 23 14 3 0.304
Marv Rickert 111 392 44 103 18 3 7 47 28 54 3 0.263
Stan Hack 92 323 55 92 13 4 0 26 83 32 3 0.285
Don Johnson 83 314 37 76 10 1 1 19 26 39 6 0.242
Clyde McCullough 95 307 38 88 18 5 4 34 22 39 2 0.287
Bill Nicholson 105 296 36 65 13 2 8 41 44 44 1 0.220
Bobby Sturgeon 100 294 26 87 12 2 1 21 10 18 0 0.296
Andy Pafko 65 234 18 66 6 4 3 39 27 15 4 0.282
Billy Jurges 82 221 26 49 9 2 0 17 43 28 3 0.222
Lou Stringer 80 209 26 51 3 1 3 19 26 34 0 0.244
Mickey Livingston 66 176 14 45 14 0 2 20 20 19 0 0.256
Johnny Ostrowski 64 160 20 34 4 2 3 12 20 31 1 0.212
Lennie Merullo 65 126 14 19 8 0 0 7 11 13 2 0.151
Bob Scheffing 63 115 8 32 4 1 0 18 12 18 0 0.278
Dom Dallessandro 65 89 4 20 2 2 1 9 23 12 1 0.225
Hank Wyse 40 74 4 18 1 0 0 7 0 10 1 0.243
Hank Borowy 33 72 9 13 4 1 0 8 1 18 0 0.181
Johnny Schmitz 42 70 3 9 0 0 1 3 4 13 0 0.129
Claude Passeau 21 49 7 10 1 0 3 7 0 7 0 0.204
Frank Secory 33 43 6 10 3 0 3 12 6 6 0 0.233
Paul Erickson 32 40 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 16 0 0.050
Emil Kush 40 38 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.211
Bob Chipman 34 33 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 17 0 0.061
Hiram Bithorn 26 28 4 5 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.179
Cy Block 6 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0.231
Charlie Gilbert 15 13 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.077
Hank Schenz 6 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.182
Russ Bauers 15 10 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0.300
Al Glossop 4 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Heinz Becker 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.286
Cecil Garriott 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Doyle Lade 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.200
Russ Meyer 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.200
Ray Prim 14 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.200
Dewey Williams 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Ted Pawelek 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Bill Fleming 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Clarence Maddern 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hal Manders 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Red Adams 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Hanyzewski 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Russ Meers 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Vern Olsen 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Emmett O'Neill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1946

ERA

1 Paul Erickson 2.43 2 Johnny Schmitz 2.61 3 Hank Wyse 2.68 4 Emil Kush 3.05 5 Bob Chipman 3.13

Wins

1 Hank Wyse 14 2 Hank Borowy 12 3 Johnny Schmitz 11 4 Paul Erickson 9 5 Emil Kush 9

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Schmitz 135 2 Hank Borowy 95 3 Paul Erickson 70 4 Hank Wyse 52 5 Emil Kush 50
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Johnny Schmitz 11 11 2.61 41 31 2 224.1 184 65 94 135
Hank Wyse 14 12 2.68 40 27 1 201.1 206 60 52 52
Hank Borowy 12 10 3.76 32 28 0 201.0 220 84 61 95
Paul Erickson 9 7 2.43 32 14 0 137.0 119 37 65 70
Emil Kush 9 2 3.05 40 6 2 129.2 120 44 43 50
Claude Passeau 9 8 3.13 21 21 0 129.1 118 45 42 47
Bob Chipman 6 5 3.13 34 10 2 109.1 103 38 54 42
Hiram Bithorn 6 5 3.84 26 7 1 86.2 97 37 25 34
Russ Bauers 2 1 3.53 15 2 1 43.1 45 17 19 22
Bill Fleming 0 1 6.14 14 1 0 29.1 37 20 12 10
Ray Prim 2 3 5.79 14 2 1 23.1 28 15 10 10
Russ Meyer 0 0 3.18 4 1 1 17.0 21 6 10 10
Doyle Lade 0 2 4.11 3 2 0 15.1 15 7 3 8
Red Adams 0 1 8.25 8 0 0 12.0 18 11 7 8
Russ Meers 1 2 3.18 7 2 0 11.1 10 4 10 2
Vern Olsen 0 0 2.79 5 0 0 9.2 10 3 9 8
Ed Hanyzewski 1 0 4.50 3 0 0 6.0 8 3 5 1
Hal Manders 0 1 9.00 2 1 0 6.0 11 6 3 4
Emmett O'Neill 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 3 1

👥 Roster (46)

Red Adams Russ Bauers Heinz Becker Hiram Bithorn Cy Block Hank Borowy Phil Cavarretta Bob Chipman Dom Dallessandro Paul Erickson Bill Fleming Cecil Garriott +34 more

46 players

📂 Quick Links

📅 1946 Season 🏠 All CHN Seasons

⏳ Browse Seasons

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1946 Chicago Cubs

What was the 1946 Chicago Cubs record?
The 1946 Chicago Cubs finished 82-71 (.536 win pct).
Who led the 1946 Chicago Cubs in home runs?
Phil Cavarretta led the 1946 Chicago Cubs with 8 home runs.
What was the 1946 Chicago Cubs team ERA?
The 1946 Chicago Cubs posted a team ERA of 3.24.
All Seasons