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1947 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948

69-85, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Grimm (69-85)
Scored 569 runs, Allowed 722 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-94

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 1,364,039 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 103


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1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Cliff Aberson 25 R R 6' 0" 200 Aug 28, 1921 1st 47 37 47 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 39 8 0 0.2
Hank Borowy 31 R R 6' 0" 175 May 12, 1916 6 41 25 41 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.7
Bob Carpenter 29 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 12, 1917 5 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Phil Cavarretta 30 L L 5' 11" 175 Jul 19, 1916 14 127 121 127 124 0 0 24 0 0 0 71 27 8 102 3 0 1.4 All-Star
Bob Chipman 28 L L 6' 2" 190 Oct 11, 1918 7 33 17 33 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.8
Dom Dallessandro 33 L L 5' 6" 168 Oct 3, 1913 8 66 23 66 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 24 42 0 0.4
Paul Erickson 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 14, 1915 7 40 20 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Lonny Frey 36 L R 5' 10" 160 Aug 23, 1910 13 24 7 24 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 -0.2
Stan Hack 37 L R 6' 0" 170 Dec 6, 1909 16 76 59 76 66 0 0 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.8
Ralph Hamner 30 R R 6' 3" 165 Sep 12, 1916 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Don Johnson 35 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 7, 1911 5 120 104 120 114 0 0 0 108 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.5
Billy Jurges 39 R R 5' 11" 175 May 9, 1908 17 14 13 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Emil Kush 30 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 4, 1916 4 47 1 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8
Doyle Lade 26 R R 5' 10" 183 Feb 17, 1921 2 35 25 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.8
Bill Lee 37 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 21, 1909 14 14 2 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Mickey Livingston 32 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 15, 1914 7 19 4 19 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 -0.2
Peanuts Lowrey 29 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 27, 1917 5 115 105 115 113 0 0 0 6 91 0 18 6 1 25 2 0 1.0
Ray Mack 30 R R 6' 0" 200 Aug 31, 1916 9 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sal Madrid 27 R R 5' 9" 165 Jun 9, 1920 1st 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Clyde McCullough 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 4, 1917 6 86 56 86 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0.5
Russ Meers 28 L L 5' 10" 170 Nov 28, 1918 3 35 1 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Lennie Merullo 30 R R 5' 11" 166 May 5, 1917 7 108 107 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5
Russ Meyer 23 B R 6' 1" 175 Oct 25, 1923 2 23 2 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Ox Miller 32 R R 6' 1" 190 May 4, 1915 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Bill Nicholson 32 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 11, 1914 10 148 140 148 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 140 8 0 2.6
Andy Pafko 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1921 5 129 126 129 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 0 127 2 0 2.2 All-Star
Claude Passeau 38 R R 6' 3" 198 Apr 9, 1909 13 19 6 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.0
Marv Rickert 26 L R 6' 2" 195 Jan 8, 1921 3 71 26 71 38 0 0 7 0 0 0 19 3 9 31 33 1 -1.6
Bob Scheffing 33 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 11, 1913 4 110 95 110 98 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.2
Hank Schenz 28 R R 5' 9" 175 Apr 11, 1919 2 7 4 7 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.1
Freddy Schmidt 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 9, 1916 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Johnny Schmitz 26 R L 6' 0" 170 Nov 27, 1920 4 38 28 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9
Bobby Sturgeon 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 6, 1919 5 87 59 87 77 0 0 0 30 5 45 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.0
Eddie Waitkus 27 L L 6' 0" 170 Sep 4, 1919 3 130 125 130 126 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.4
Dewey Williams 31 R R 6' 0" 160 Feb 5, 1916 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Hank Wyse 29 R R 5' 11" 185 Mar 1, 1918 6 37 19 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Hank Schenz

Stan Hack

Bobby Sturgeon

Clyde McCullough

Bob Scheffing

Cliff Aberson
Mickey Livingston

Dewey Williams

Claude Passeau

Russ Meers

Don Johnson

Sal Madrid
Lennie Merullo

Lonny Frey
Ralph Hamner

Doyle Lade

Bill Lee
Ox Miller

Hank Borowy

Russ Meyer

Emil Kush

Bob Chipman

Bob Carpenter

Hank Wyse

Freddy Schmidt

Marv Rickert

Eddie Waitkus

Paul Erickson

Bill Nicholson

Phil Cavarretta

Dom Dallessandro

Peanuts Lowrey

Andy Pafko

Ray Mack

Johnny Schmitz

1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers