MLB / Players

Lou Novikoff

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 185 lb

BornOctober 12, 1915 · Glendale, AZ, USA

MLB debutApril 15, 1941

Final gameJune 10, 1946

Seasons5 (1941–1946)

Chicago Cubs 1941–1944; Philadelphia Phillies 1946

Percentile snapshot

1942 season — qualified batters

128

48.6

514

47.3

483

56.2

43.8

145

70.5

69.2

66.4

69.9

RBI

73.3

33.6

42.5

39.7

.300

83.6

OBP

.337

42.5

SLG

.416

72.6

OPS

.753

58.9

wRC+

120.5

67.8

OPS+

122.9

71.2

wOBA

.353

56.8

sWAR

2.3

65.1

of 147 qualified 1942 batters (min 480 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

2.8

73.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1941	62	216	203	22	49	8	0	5	24	11	15	0	.241	.284	.355	.638	76.7	81.6	.298	-0.2
1942	128	514	483	48	145	25	5	7	64	24	28	3	.300	.337	.416	.753	120.5	122.9	.353	2.3
1943	78	254	233	22	65	7	3	0	28	18	15	0	.279	.333	.335	.668	93.0	93.6	.323	0.3
1944	71	151	139	15	39	4	2	3	19	10	11	1	.281	.329	.403	.732	104.6	106.6	.340	0.4
1946	17	24	23	0	7	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	.304	.333	.348	.681	90.5	94.0	.324	0.0

Career totals

356

1,159

1,081

107

305

RBI

138

.2821

OBP

.3252

SLG

.3839

OPS

.7091

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1942-06-19	CHC @ SF Gameday	5	2	4	0	1	1	2	0	9
1941-09-12	PHI @ CHC Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	7
1941-05-26	CHC @ STL Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	1	4	1	6
1942-08-02	CHC @ LAD Gameday	5	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	6
1944-06-21	STL @ CHC Gameday	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1941-04-15	PIT @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941-04-17	PIT @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941-04-18	CHC @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941-04-20	CHC @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941-04-22	CIN @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.