The 1941 Chicago Cubs season was the 70th season of the

Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is located ...

franchise, the 66th in the

National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ...

and the 26th at

Wrigley Field Wrigley Field is a Major League Baseball (MLB) stadium on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home of the Chicago Cubs, one of the city's two MLB franchises. It first opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park for Charles Weeghman's Chicago Wh ...

. The Cubs finished sixth in the National League with a record of 70–84.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* September 2, 1941:

Hank Gornicki Henry Frank Gornicki (January 14, 1911 – February 16, 1996) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in the Majors, 1941 to 1943 and 1946, for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh Pirates. F ...

was purchased by the Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals.Hank Gornicki page at Baseball-Reference
/ref> * September 22, 1941: The purchase of Hank Gornicki's contract by the Cubs from the Cardinals was voided, and Gornicki was returned to the Cardinals.

Roster

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''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball,'' 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

References

External links

1941 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference
Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season

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