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1947 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948)
69-85, Finished 6th in National League
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Scored 567 runs, Allowed 722 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-94
Manager: Charlie Grimm (69-85)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
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 - 101, Pitching - 104

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1946 / 1948 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Bob Scheffing 33 110 392 363 33 96 11 5 5 50 2 25 25 .264 .312 .364 .675 82 132 12 0 4
2 1B Eddie Waitkus* 27 130 554 514 60 150 28 6 2 35 3 32 17 .292 .336 .381 .717 93 196 8 2 6
3 2B Don Johnson 35 120 434 402 33 104 17 2 3 26 2 24 45 .259 .302 .333 .635 71 134 5 1 7
4 SS Lennie Merullo 30 108 393 373 24 90 16 1 0 29 4 15 26 .241 .274 .290 .564 52 108 11 2 3
5 3B Peanuts Lowrey 29 115 493 448 56 126 17 5 5 37 2 38 26 .281 .339 .375 .714 93 168 7 1 6
6 OF Andy Pafko 26 129 550 513 68 155 25 7 13 66 4 31 39 .302 .346 .454 .800 114 233 19 3 3
7 OF Bill Nicholson* 32 148 580 487 69 119 28 1 26 75 1 87 83 .244 .364 .466 .831 123 227 4 5 1
8 OF Phil Cavarretta* 30 127 522 459 56 144 22 5 2 63 2 58 35 .314 .391 .397 .787 113 182 4 0 5
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 3B Stan Hack* 37 76 283 240 28 65 11 2 0 12 0 41 19 .271 .377 .333 .711 93 80 4 0 2
10 C Clyde McCullough 30 86 257 234 25 59 12 4 3 30 1 20 20 .252 .314 .376 .690 86 88 7 1 2
11 MI Bobby Sturgeon 27 87 243 232 16 59 10 5 0 21 0 7 12 .254 .276 .341 .617 66 79 9 0 4
12 OF Cliff Aberson 25 47 160 140 24 39 6 3 4 20 0 20 32 .279 .369 .450 .819 120 63 5 0 0
13 OF Marv Rickert* 26 71 154 137 7 20 0 0 2 15 0 15 17 .146 .230 .190 .420 15 26 5 0 2
14 OF Dom Dallessandro* 33 66 136 115 18 33 7 1 1 14 0 21 11 .287 .397 .391 .788 114 45 5 0 0
15 2B Ray Mack 30 21 84 78 9 17 6 0 2 12 0 5 15 .218 .274 .372 .646 73 29 3 1 0
16 SS Billy Jurges 39 14 49 40 5 8 2 0 1 2 0 9 9 .200 .347 .325 .672 82 13 0 0 0
17 2B Lonny Frey* 36 24 47 43 4 9 0 0 0 3 0 4 6 .209 .277 .209 .486 33 9 0 0 0
18 C Mickey Livingston 32 19 35 33 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 1 5 .212 .235 .273 .508 37 9 0 0 1
19 SS Sal Madrid 27 8 25 24 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 .125 .160 .167 .327 -12 4 0 0 0
20 3B Hank Schenz 28 7 18 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .071 .235 .071 .307 -14 1 0 1 1
21 C Dewey Williams 31 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
22 P Johnny Schmitz 26 38 78 68 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 4 30 .132 .181 .132 .313 -14 9 0 0 6
23 P Doyle Lade 26 35 68 60 3 13 2 0 0 4 1 5 18 .217 .277 .250 .527 43 15 0 0 3
24 P Paul Erickson 31 40 60 60 2 15 2 0 1 3 0 0 19 .250 .250 .333 .583 56 20 0 0 0
25 P Hank Borowy 31 41 59 56 5 7 3 0 0 6 0 2 14 .125 .169 .179 .348 -6 10 1 1 0
26 P Hank Wyse 29 37 51 45 3 5 0 1 0 4 0 1 10 .111 .149 .156 .304 -18 7 0 1 4
27 P Bob Chipman* 28 33 48 44 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 .091 .111 .091 .202 -45 4 1 0 3
28 P Emil Kush 30 47 20 20 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .350 .600 60 7 0 0 0
29 P Claude Passeau 38 19 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1
30 P Russ Meers* 28 35 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .143 .143 .143 .286 -23 2 1 0 0
31 P Russ Meyer# 23 23 12 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 3 0 0 0
32 P Ralph Hamner 30 3 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -32 1 0 0 0
33 P Ox Miller 32 4 7 7 3 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 .429 .429 1.000 1.429 275 7 0 0 0
34 P Bill Lee 37 14 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 81 1 0 0 0
35 P Freddy Schmidt 31 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
36 P Bob Carpenter 29 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 441 1 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.1 155 5857 5305 567 1373 231 48 71 540 22 469 578 .259 .321 .361 .682 84 1913 112 19 64
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 8 6 5 4 7 8 7 3 6 7 7 7 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Johnny Schmitz* 26 13 18 .419 3.22 38 28 9 10 3 4 207.0 209 91 74 8 80 97 2 0 6 894 123 1.396 9.1 0.3 3.5 4.2 1.21
2 SP Doyle Lade 26 11 10 .524 3.94 34 25 5 7 1 0 187.1 202 105 82 15 79 62 1 1 5 826 100 1.500 9.7 0.7 3.8 3.0 0.78
3 SP Hank Borowy 31 8 12 .400 4.38 40 25 11 7 1 2 183.0 190 99 89 19 63 75 1 1 1 784 90 1.383 9.3 0.9 3.1 3.7 1.19
4 SP Hank Wyse 29 6 9 .400 4.31 37 19 6 5 1 1 142.0 158 84 68 12 64 53 3 0 1 633 92 1.563 10.0 0.8 4.1 3.4 0.83
5 SP Bob Chipman* 28 7 6 .538 3.68 32 17 4 5 1 0 134.2 135 58 55 6 66 51 0 0 1 581 107 1.493 9.0 0.4 4.4 3.4 0.77
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Emil Kush 30 8 3 .727 3.36 47 1 23 1 0 5 91.0 80 38 34 8 53 44 3 1 2 388 117 1.462 7.9 0.8 5.2 4.4 0.83
7 RP Paul Erickson 31 7 12 .368 4.34 40 20 11 6 0 1 174.0 179 90 84 17 93 82 5 0 3 779 91 1.563 9.3 0.9 4.8 4.2 0.88
8 RP Russ Meers* 28 2 0 1.000 4.48 35 1 16 0 0 0 64.1 61 34 32 5 38 28 2 0 4 278 88 1.539 8.5 0.7 5.3 3.9 0.74
9 RP Claude Passeau 38 2 6 .250 6.25 19 6 9 1 1 2 63.1 97 54 44 7 24 26 1 0 3 309 63 1.911 13.8 1.0 3.4 3.7 1.08
10 RP Russ Meyer 23 3 2 .600 3.40 23 2 9 1 0 0 45.0 43 17 17 4 14 22 1 0 2 185 116 1.267 8.6 0.8 2.8 4.4 1.57
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Ralph Hamner 30 1 2 .333 2.52 3 3 0 2 0 0 25.0 24 10 7 0 16 14 0 0 1 110 157 1.600 8.6 0.0 5.8 5.0 0.88
12 Bill Lee 37 0 2 .000 4.50 14 2 4 0 0 0 24.0 26 16 12 2 14 9 1 0 0 116 88 1.667 9.8 0.8 5.3 3.4 0.64
13 Ox Miller 32 1 2 .333 10.12 4 4 0 1 0 0 16.0 31 18 18 2 5 7 0 0 0 83 39 2.250 17.4 1.1 2.8 3.9 1.40
14 Bob Carpenter 29 0 1 .000 4.91 4 1 2 0 0 0 7.1 10 5 4 1 4 1 0 0 1 35 80 1.909 12.3 1.2 4.9 1.2 0.25
15 Freddy Schmidt 31 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 19 44 3.000 12.0 0.0 15.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 29.0 69 85 .448 4.10 155 155 109 46 8 15 1367.0 1449 722 623 106 618 571 20 3 30 6020 96 1.512 9.5 0.7 4.1 3.8 0.92
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 3 7 6 3 4 7 5 5 5 7 4
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Cliff Aberson 25 40 40 0 0 75 62 7 6 1 .920 1.73 OF
Hank Borowy 31 40 45 7 36 2 2 .956 1.08 P
Bob Carpenter 29 4 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Phil Cavarretta 30 124 69 26 8 452 420 24 8 26 .982 3.58 OF-1B
Bob Chipman 28 32 37 5 32 0 2 1.000 1.16 P
Dom Dallessandro 33 28 28 0 0 51 50 1 0 1 1.000 1.82 OF
Paul Erickson 31 40 42 8 33 1 3 .976 1.03 P
Lonny Frey 36 9 37 17 20 0 4 1.000 4.11 2B
Stan Hack 37 66 208 64 136 8 11 .962 3.03 3B
Ralph Hamner 30 3 5 2 2 1 0 .800 1.33 P
Don Johnson 35 114 579 260 302 17 69 .971 4.93 2B-3B
Billy Jurges 39 14 53 13 36 4 10 .925 3.50 SS
Emil Kush 30 47 27 5 21 1 1 .963 0.55 P
Doyle Lade 26 34 57 10 46 1 2 .982 1.65 P
Bill Lee 37 14 11 4 5 2 0 .818 0.64 P
Mickey Livingston 32 7 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 C
Peanuts Lowrey 29 122 18 6 1 355 138 200 17 21 .952 2.77 3B-OF-2B
Ray Mack 30 21 141 58 78 5 15 .965 6.48 2B
Sal Madrid 27 8 45 16 27 2 6 .956 5.38 SS
Clyde McCullough 30 64 320 280 35 5 3 .984 4.92 1 C
Russ Meers 28 35 17 3 12 2 0 .882 0.43 P
Lennie Merullo 30 108 570 219 322 29 77 .949 5.01 SS
Russ Meyer 23 23 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 0.30 P
Ox Miller 32 4 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Bill Nicholson 32 140 0 0 140 291 281 7 3 1 .990 2.06 OF
Andy Pafko 26 127 0 127 0 341 327 9 5 3 .985 2.65 OF
Claude Passeau 38 19 9 1 7 1 1 .889 0.42 P
Marv Rickert 26 37 18 3 9 132 123 8 1 8 .992 3.54 OF-1B
Bob Scheffing 33 97 438 379 52 7 4 .984 4.44 9 C
Hank Schenz 28 5 12 2 9 1 0 .917 2.20 3B
Freddy Schmidt 31 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Johnny Schmitz 26 38 59 12 45 2 2 .966 1.50 P
Bobby Sturgeon 27 80 345 137 202 6 43 .983 4.24 SS-2B-3B
Eddie Waitkus 27 126 1270 1161 101 8 109 .994 10.02 1B
Dewey Williams 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 C
Hank Wyse 29 37 45 7 33 5 5 .889 1.08 P
Team Totals 30.0 155 6109 4100 1859 150 431 .975 3.49 10
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 3 4
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1946 / 1948 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics