1944 Chicago Cubs season

The 1944 Chicago Cubs season was the 73rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 69th in the National League and the 29th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League with a record of 75–79.

Offseason

Prior to 1944 season
* Smoky Burgess was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.
* Jim Pearce was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.

Regular season

Notable transactions

June 6, 1944: Eddie Stanky was traded by the Cubs to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Bob Chipman.
July 5, 1944: Jimmie Foxx was released by the Cubs.

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	Dewey Williams	79	262	63	.240	0	27
1B	Phil Cavarretta	152	614	197*	.321	5	82
2B	Don Johnson	154	608	169	.278	2	71
SS	Lennie Merullo	66	193	41	.212	1	16
3B	Stan Hack	98	383	108	.282	3	32
OF	Andy Pafko	128	469	126	.269	6	62
OF	Bill Nicholson	156	582	167	.287	33	122
OF	Dom Dallessandro	117	381	116	.304	8	74

Tied with Stan Musial

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
Roy Hughes	126	478	137	.287	1	28
Bill Schuster	60	154	34	.221	1	14
Ival Goodman	62	141	37	.262	1	16
Lou Novikoff	71	139	39	.281	3	19
Billy Holm	54	132	18	.136	0	6
Mickey Kreitner	39	85	13	.153	0	1
Tony York	28	85	20	.235	0	7
Frank Secory	22	56	18	.321	4	17
Ed Sauer	23	50	11	.220	0	5
Charlie Brewster	10	44	11	.250	0	2
Roy Easterwood	17	33	7	.212	1	2
Paul Gillespie	9	26	7	.269	1	2
	13	25	6	.240	0	0
Pete Elko	7	22	5	.227	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	15	20	1	.050	0	2
Johnny Ostrowski	8	13	2	.154	0	2
Joe Stephenson	4	8	1	.125	0	0
Garth Mann	1	0	0	----	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
Hank Wyse	41	257.1	16	15	3.15	86
Claude Passeau	34	227.0	15	9	2.89	89
	26	129.0	9	9	3.49	41
Charlie Gassaway	2	11.2	0	1	7.71	7

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
Paul Derringer	42	180.0	7	13	4.15	69
Bill Fleming	39	158.1	9	10	3.13	42
Hy Vandenberg	35	126.1	7	4	3.63	54
Paul Erickson	33	124.1	5	9	3.55	82
Red Lynn	22	84.1	5	4	4.06	35
Ed Hanyzewski	14	58.1	2	5	4.47	19

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
	12	0	0	0	6.65	7
Mack Stewart	8	0	0	0	1.46	3
John Burrows	3	0	0	0	18.00	1
Hank Miklos	2	0	0	0	7.71	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Nashville