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  • One pennant for the city in the Forties (Cubs, 1945), and that's it
  • Threadbare Cubs feature two Thirties holdovers: Cavaretta and Hack
  • The Sox have Luke Appling, and Ted Lyons, but not much else
  • But the Depression ends, and the war ends, and fans return to America's ballparks
    • Year Sox Cubs Winner Comments
    1941 677,077 545,159 SOX Ted Williams bats .406, DiMaggio hits in 56 games
    1942 425,734 590,972 CUBSAmerica enters World War II
    1943 508,962 508,247 SOXAL bat title: Luke-- NL HR & RBI titles: Swish
    1944 563,539 640,110 CUBSSox have a Skeeter at short-- Luke's in the service
    1945 657,981 1,036,386 CUBSCubs win pennant for last time in the century
    1946 983,403 1,342,970 CUBSJimmy Dykes ends Sox managerial career
    1947 876,948 1,364,039 CUBSMain man for Cubs: Andy Pafko
    1948 777,844 1,237,792 CUBSBoth teams finish dead last
    1949 937,151 1,143,139 CUBSCubs stay in cellar, Sox jump to 6th
    1950 781,330 1,165,944 CUBSThings are looking up: Nellie & Chico join Sox
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