1946 Chicago Cubs season explained

The 1946 Chicago Cubs season was the 75th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 71st in the National League and the 31st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 82–71.

Offseason

• Prior to the 1946 season: Hal Jeffcoat was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[1]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• June 26, 1946: Heinz Becker was traded by the Cubs to the Cleveland Indians for Mickey Rocco and cash.^[2]

Roster

1946 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		95	307	88	.287	4	34
1B		113	441	134	.304	4	55
2B		83	314	76	.242	1	19
SS		82	221	49	.222	0	17
3B		92	323	92	.285	0	26
OF		144	540	139	.257	4	54
OF		111	392	103	.263	7	47
OF		139	510	150	.294	8	78

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
	105	296	65	.220	8	41
	100	294	87	.296	1	21
	65	234	66	.282	3	39
	80	209	51	.244	3	19
	66	176	45	.256	2	20
	64	160	34	.213	3	12
	65	126	19	.151	0	7
	63	115	32	.278	0	18
	65	89	20	.225	1	9
	33	43	10	.233	3	12
	6	13	3	.231	0	0
	15	13	1	.077	0	1
	6	11	2	.182	0	1
	4	10	0	.000	0	0
	9	7	2	.286	0	1
	6	5	0	.000	0	0
	4	5	1	.200	0	0
	4	4	1	.250	0	0
	3	3	0	.000	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
	41	224.1	11	11	2.61	135
	40	201.1	14	12	2.68	52
	32	201.0	12	10	3.76	95
	21	129.1	9	8	3.13	47

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
	32	137.0	9	7	2.43	70
	40	129.2	9	2	3.05	50
	34	109.1	6	5	3.13	42
	26	86.2	6	5	3.84	34
	4	17.0	0	0	3.18	10
	3	15.1	0	2	4.11	8
	7	11.1	1	2	3.18	2
	2	6.0	0	1	9.00	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
	15	2	1	1	3.53	22
	14	0	1	0	6.14	10
	14	2	3	1	5.79	10
	8	0	1	0	8.25	8
	5	0	0	0	2.79	8
	3	1	0	0	4.50	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hutchinson; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Iola^[3]

External links

• 1946 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jeffcha01.shtml Hal Jeffcoat page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roccomi01.shtml Mickey Rocco page at Baseball Reference
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997