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1948 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949

64-90, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Grimm (64-90)
Scored 597 runs, Allowed 705 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 1,237,792 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 94


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1947 / 1949 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 26 R R 6' 0" 200 Aug 28, 1921 2 12 8 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 4 0 -0.2
Hank Borowy 32 R R 6' 0" 175 May 12, 1916 7 39 17 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Don Carlsen 21 R R 6' 1" 175 Oct 15, 1926 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Phil Cavarretta 31 L L 5' 11" 175 Jul 19, 1916 15 111 76 111 81 0 0 41 0 0 0 30 0 10 40 30 0 0.8
Cliff Chambers 26 L L 6' 3" 208 Jan 10, 1922 1st 29 12 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Bob Chipman 29 L L 6' 2" 190 Oct 11, 1918 8 34 3 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Jeff Cross 29 R R 5' 11" 160 Aug 28, 1918 4 16 5 16 10 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 4 2 -0.4
Dick Culler 33 R R 5' 9" 155 Jan 15, 1915 7 48 33 48 45 0 0 0 2 0 43 0 0 0 0 1 2 -0.1
Jess Dobernic 30 R R 5' 10" 170 Nov 20, 1917 2 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7
Paul Erickson 32 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 14, 1915 8 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Warren Hacker 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 21, 1924 1st 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Ralph Hamner 31 R R 6' 3" 165 Sep 12, 1916 3 27 17 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Tony Jacobs 22 B R 5' 9" 150 Aug 5, 1925 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hal Jeffcoat 23 R R 5' 10" 185 Sep 6, 1924 1st 134 115 134 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 0 119 15 0 0.6
Don Johnson 36 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 7, 1911 6 6 2 6 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2
Emil Kush 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 4, 1916 5 34 1 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Doyle Lade 27 R R 5' 10" 183 Feb 17, 1921 3 19 12 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Peanuts Lowrey 30 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 27, 1917 6 129 109 129 113 0 0 0 2 9 1 61 45 0 103 15 1 0.7
Dummy Lynch 22 R R 5' 11" 174 Feb 7, 1926 1st 7 0 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.1
Clarence Maddern 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 26, 1921 2 80 52 80 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 10 55 24 1 -0.3
Gene Mauch 22 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 18, 1925 3 53 37 53 43 0 0 0 26 0 19 0 0 0 0 9 1 0.0
Carmen Mauro 21 L R 6' 0" 167 Nov 10, 1926 1st 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0.1
Dutch McCall 27 L L 6' 1" 184 Dec 27, 1920 1st 30 20 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Clyde McCullough 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 4, 1917 7 69 44 69 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 -0.6 All-Star
Russ Meyer 24 B R 6' 1" 175 Oct 25, 1923 3 29 26 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7
Bill Nicholson 33 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 11, 1914 11 143 135 143 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 136 7 0 2.7
Andy Pafko 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1921 6 142 139 142 139 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5.3 All-Star
Bob Rush 22 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 21, 1925 1st 38 16 38 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.4
Carl Sawatski 20 L R 5' 10" 210 Nov 4, 1927 1st 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Bob Scheffing 34 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 11, 1913 5 102 72 102 78 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 1.7
Hank Schenz 29 R R 5' 9" 175 Apr 11, 1919 3 96 76 96 83 0 0 0 78 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0.1
Johnny Schmitz 27 R L 6' 0" 170 Nov 27, 1920 5 34 30 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 All-Star
Roy Smalley 22 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 9, 1926 1st 124 106 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Emil Verban 32 R R 5' 11" 165 Aug 27, 1915 5 56 56 56 56 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Ben Wade 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 25, 1922 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Eddie Waitkus 28 L L 6' 0" 170 Sep 4, 1919 4 139 135 139 135 0 0 116 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 3 1 2.4 All-Star
Rube Walker 22 L R 6' 0" 175 May 16, 1926 1st 79 39 79 44 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 1.0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Tony Jacobs
Hank Schenz
Dick Culler
Emil Verban
Rube Walker
Clyde McCullough
Bob Scheffing
Cliff Aberson
Don Carlsen

Jess Dobernic
Jeff Cross
Warren Hacker
Carl Sawatski
Hal Jeffcoat
Don Johnson
Dummy Lynch
Clarence Maddern
Doyle Lade
Ben Wade
Hank Borowy

Dutch McCall
Russ Meyer
Emil Kush
Bob Rush
Bob Chipman
Cliff Chambers
Gene Mauch
Ralph Hamner

Eddie Waitkus
Paul Erickson
Roy Smalley
Carmen Mauro
Bill Nicholson
Phil Cavarretta
Peanuts Lowrey
Andy Pafko

Johnny Schmitz

1947 / 1949 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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