Baseball Reference.com.
Some of the names I've been mentioning are familiar, others aren't, so I went to this site and found out the names of the starters for the 1945 Cubs.
Main Position Players and batting averages:
Catcher-- Mickey Livingston .254
First Base-- Phil Cavarretta-- .355
Second Base-- Don Johnson-- .302
Shortstop-- Lennie Merullo-- .239
Third Base-- Stan Hack-- .323
Outfield-- Peanuts Lowery-- .283
Outfield-- Andy Pafko-- .298
Outfield-- Bill Nicholson-- .243
Main Pitchers with win-loss and ERA:
Hank Wyse-- 22-10 2.68
Claude Passeau-- 17-9 2.46
Paul Derringer-- 16-11 3.45
Ray Prim-- 13-8 2.40
Hank Borowy-- 11-2 2.13
Imagine What Some of These Guys Would Be Making Today With Their Stats. --GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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