1941 Chicago Cubs Roster

The 1941 Chicago Cubs team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1941 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1941 Chicago Cubs Opening Day starters list, a 1941 Chicago Cubs salary list, a 1941 Chicago Cubs uniform number breakdown and a 1941 Chicago Cubs primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1941 Chicago Cubs



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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
22 Dizzy Dean 6-02 182 Right Right 1910-01-16
41 Vallie Eaves 6-02½ 180 Right Right 1911-09-06
32 Paul Erickson 6-02 200 Right Right 1915-12-14
14 Larry French 6-01 195 Left Right 1907-11-01
20 Hank Gornicki 6-01 145 Right Right 1911-01-14
20 Emil Kush 5-11 185 Right Right 1916-11-04
3 Walt Lanfranconi 5-07½ 155 Right Right 1916-11-09
11 Bill Lee 6-03 195 Right Right 1909-10-21
17 Russ Meers 5-10 170 Left Left 1918-11-28
25 Jake Mooty 5-10½ 170 Right Right 1913-04-13
23 Vern Olsen 6-00½ 175 Left Right 1918-03-16
41 Vance Page 6-00 180 Right Right 1905-09-15
13 Claude Passeau 6-03 198 Right Right 1909-04-09
40 Tot Pressnell 5-10 175 Right Right 1906-08-08
4, 16, 18 Wimpy Quinn 6-02 187 Right Right 1918-05-14
14, 16 Ken Raffensberger 6-02 185 Left Right 1917-08-08
17 Charlie Root 5-10½ 190 Right Right 1899-03-17
7 Johnny Schmitz 6-00 170 Left Right 1920-11-27
24 Greek George 6-02 200 Right Right 1912-12-25
5, 21 Clyde McCullough 5-11½ 180 Right Right 1917-03-04
33 Bob Scheffing 6-02 189 Right Right 1913-08-11
16 Babe Dahlgren 6-00 190 Right Right 1912-06-15
6 Stan Hack 6-00 170 Right Left 1909-12-06
4 Billy Herman 5-11 180 Right Right 1909-07-07
12 Johnny Hudson 5-10 160 Right Right 1912-06-30
35 Lennie Merullo 5-11 168 Right Right 1917-05-05
5, 10 Billy Myers 5-08 168 Right Right 1910-08-14
12 Rip Russell 6-01 180 Right Right 1915-01-26
15 Lou Stringer 5-11 173 Right Right 1917-05-13
28 Bobby Sturgeon 6-00 175 Right Right 1919-08-06
27 Eddie Waitkus 6-01 175 Left Left 1919-09-04
44 Phil Cavarretta 5-11½ 175 Left Left 1916-07-19
31 Dom Dallessandro 5-06 168 Left Left 1913-10-03
7 Augie Galan 6-00 175 Right Both 1912-05-23
4 Charlie Gilbert 5-09 165 Left Left 1919-07-08
21 Frank Jelincich 6-02 198 Right Right 1917-09-03
9 Hank Leiber 6-01½ 205 Right Right 1911-01-17
8 Bill Nicholson 6-00 205 Right Left 1914-12-11
19, 26 Lou Novikoff 5-10 185 Right Right 1915-10-12
19, 29 Barney Olsen 5-11 179 Right Right 1919-09-11
2 Al Todd 6-01 198 Right Right 1902-01-07
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The 1941 Chicago Cubs played 154 games during the regular season, won 70 games, lost 84 games, and finished in sixth position. They played their home games at Wrigley Field (Park Factors: 96/97) where 545,159 fans witnessed their 1941 Cubs finish the season with a .455 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1941 Chicago Cubs Opening Day starters list, a 1941 Chicago Cubs salary list, a 1941 Chicago Cubs uniform number breakdown and a 1941 Chicago Cubs primary starters list:

1941 Chicago Cubs
Opening Day Starters


Dom Dallessandro
Stan Hack
Billy Herman
Clyde McCullough
Bill Nicholson
Lou Novikoff
Claude Passeau
Lou Stringer
Eddie Waitkus

1941 Chicago Cubs
Most Games by Position

C Clyde McCullough (119)
1B Babe Dahlgren (98)
2B Lou Stringer (137)
3B Stan Hack (150)
SS Bobby Sturgeon (126)
LF Dom Dallessandro (69)
CF Dom Dallessandro (62)
RF Bill Nicholson (140)
  
SP Paul Erickson
SP Larry French
SP Bill Lee
SP Vern Olsen
SP Claude Passeau
SP Charlie Root
  
RP Vance Page
RP Tot Pressnell
CL Jake Mooty


1941 Chicago Cubs
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1941 Chicago Cubs
Uniform Numbers

#2 Al Todd
#3 Walt Lanfranconi
#4 Charlie Gilbert
#4 Billy Herman
#4 Wimpy Quinn
#5 Clyde McCullough
#5 Billy Myers
#6 Stan Hack
#7 Augie Galan
#7 Johnny Schmitz
#8 Bill Nicholson
#9 Hank Leiber
#10 Billy Myers
#11 Bill Lee
#12 Johnny Hudson
#12 Rip Russell
#13 Claude Passeau
#14 Larry French
#14 Ken Raffensberger
#15 Lou Stringer
#16 Babe Dahlgren
#16 Wimpy Quinn
#16 Ken Raffensberger
#17 Russ Meers
#17 Charlie Root
#18 Wimpy Quinn
#19 Lou Novikoff
#19 Barney Olsen
#20 Hank Gornicki
#20 Emil Kush
#21 Frank Jelincich
#21 Clyde McCullough
#22 Dizzy Dean
#23 Vern Olsen
#24 Greek George
#25 Jake Mooty
#26 Lou Novikoff
#27 Eddie Waitkus
#28 Bobby Sturgeon
#29 Barney Olsen
#31 Dom Dallessandro
#32 Paul Erickson
#33 Bob Scheffing
#35 Lennie Merullo
#40 Tot Pressnell
#41 Vallie Eaves
#41 Vance Page
#44 Phil Cavarretta

Did you know that a 1941 Chicago Cubs Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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