1942 Chicago Cubs season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Chicago Cubs
season = 1942
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1876
Uniform
ballpark = Wrigley Field
y4 = 1916
city = Chicago, Illinois
y5 = 1871
owners =Philip K. Wrigley
general manager = James Gallagher
managers =Jimmie Wilson
television = none
radio = WGN
(Jack Brickhouse)|

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

June 1, 1942: Jimmie Foxx was selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Boston Red Sox. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/foxxji01.shtml]

Roster

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AA: Los Angeles Angels (Pacific Coast League; Jigger Statz, manager)
* Class A1: Tulsa Oilers (Texas League; Roy "Hardrock" Johnson, manager)
* Class B: Madison Blues (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League; Wally Millies, manager)
* Class B: Portsmouth Cubs (Piedmont League; Tony Lazzeri, manager)
* Class B: Macon Peaches (Sally League; Milt Stock, manager) -- LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class B: Vancouver Capilanos (Western International League; Don Osborn, manager) -- LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class C: Zanesville Cubs (Middle Atlantic League; Jack Warner, manager)
* Class D: Lake Charles Skippers (Evangeline League; Joe Bratcher, manager) -- League disbanded May 30
* Class D: Americus Pioneers (Georgia-Florida League; Jerome Tiemann, manager)
* Class D: Ashland Colonels (Mountain State League; Eddie Hock, manager) -- LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class D: Janesville Cubs (Wisconsin State League; Eddie Stumpf, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1942.shtml 1942 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference]