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1948 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949)
64-90, Finished 8th in National League
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Scored 597 runs, Allowed 706 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89
Manager: Charlie Grimm (64-90)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,237,792 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 95

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1947 / 1949 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 34 102 317 293 23 88 18 2 5 45 0 22 27 .300 .351 .427 .778 113 125 6 1 1
2 1B Eddie Waitkus* 28 139 614 562 87 166 27 10 7 44 11 43 19 .295 .348 .416 .764 109 234 12 2 7
3 2B Hank Schenz 29 96 361 337 43 88 17 1 1 14 3 18 15 .261 .306 .326 .633 74 110 6 4 2
4 SS Roy Smalley 22 124 387 361 25 78 11 4 4 36 0 23 76 .216 .265 .302 .567 56 109 11 1 2
5 3B Andy Pafko 27 142 606 548 82 171 30 2 26 101 3 50 50 .312 .375 .516 .891 143 283 13 5 3
6 OF Peanuts Lowrey 30 129 477 435 47 128 12 3 2 54 2 34 31 .294 .347 .349 .696 92 152 11 1 7
7 OF Hal Jeffcoat 23 134 512 473 53 132 16 4 4 42 8 24 68 .279 .315 .355 .670 84 168 6 1 14
8 OF Bill Nicholson* 33 143 581 494 68 129 24 5 19 67 2 81 60 .261 .371 .445 .816 124 220 5 5 1
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 UT Phil Cavarretta* 31 111 373 334 41 93 16 5 3 40 4 35 29 .278 .349 .383 .732 101 128 1 1 3
10 2B Emil Verban 32 56 253 248 37 73 15 1 1 16 4 4 7 .294 .308 .375 .683 87 93 4 1 0
11 OF Clarence Maddern 26 80 231 214 16 54 12 1 4 27 0 10 25 .252 .301 .374 .675 85 80 2 5 2
12 C Rube Walker* 22 79 197 171 17 47 8 0 5 26 0 24 17 .275 .371 .409 .780 114 70 8 2 0
13 C Clyde McCullough 31 69 188 172 10 36 4 2 1 7 0 15 25 .209 .273 .273 .546 51 47 8 0 1
14 MI Gene Mauch 22 53 166 138 18 28 3 2 1 7 1 26 10 .203 .329 .275 .605 68 38 0 0 2
15 SS Dick Culler 33 48 105 89 4 15 2 0 0 5 0 13 3 .169 .275 .191 .466 30 17 4 0 3
16 OF Cliff Aberson 26 12 37 32 1 6 1 0 1 6 0 5 10 .188 .297 .313 .610 68 10 0 0 0
17 MI Jeff Cross 29 16 20 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -45 2 0 0 0
18 IF Don Johnson 36 6 12 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 38 3 1 0 0
19 2B Danny Lynch 22 7 8 7 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .286 .375 .714 1.089 194 5 0 0 0
20 OF Carmen Mauro* 21 3 7 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 .200 .429 .800 1.229 232 4 0 0 0
21 Carl Sawatski* 20 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .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 27 34 94 84 3 11 1 1 0 4 0 3 19 .131 .161 .167 .328 -10 14 4 0 7
23 P Russ Meyer# 24 29 63 56 1 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 19 .107 .107 .143 .250 -32 8 0 0 7
24 P Dutch McCall* 27 30 59 53 3 9 2 0 0 6 0 4 8 .170 .228 .208 .436 21 11 0 0 2
25 P Bob Rush 22 38 41 39 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 .128 .128 .154 .282 -23 6 0 0 2
26 P Hank Borowy 32 39 38 36 4 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 8 .222 .263 .306 .569 56 11 0 0 0
27 P Ralph Hamner 31 27 34 33 1 6 1 0 1 5 0 0 12 .182 .182 .303 .485 31 10 1 0 1
28 P Doyle Lade 27 19 33 32 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 .156 .182 .156 .338 -6 5 0 0 0
29 P Cliff Chambers* 26 29 33 30 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 .133 .133 .167 .300 -18 5 1 0 3
30 P Bob Chipman* 29 34 18 16 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 .250 .333 .250 .583 63 4 0 0 0
31 P Emil Kush 31 34 15 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .154 .267 .154 .421 18 2 0 0 0
32 P Jess Dobernic 30 54 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 10 2 0 0 0
33 P Ben Wade 25 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
34 P Paul Erickson 32 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.1 155 5895 5352 597 1402 225 44 87 564 39 0 444 574 .262 .322 .369 .691 90 1976 104 29 70 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 6 2 5 6 8 7 7 5 4 6 6 6 6
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* 27 18 13 .581 2.64 34 30 4 18 2 1 242.0 186 92 71 11 97 100 2 0 6 986 148 1.169 6.9 0.4 3.6 3.7 1.03
2 SP Russ Meyer 24 10 10 .500 3.66 29 26 2 8 3 0 164.2 157 75 67 8 77 89 1 1 3 702 107 1.421 8.6 0.4 4.2 4.9 1.16
3 SP Dutch McCall* 27 4 13 .235 4.82 30 20 2 5 0 0 151.1 158 93 81 14 85 89 1 0 4 684 81 1.606 9.4 0.8 5.1 5.3 1.05
4 SP Ralph Hamner 31 5 9 .357 4.69 27 17 4 5 0 0 111.1 110 63 58 12 69 53 5 1 2 506 84 1.608 8.9 1.0 5.6 4.3 0.77
5 SP Doyle Lade 27 5 6 .455 4.02 19 12 2 6 0 0 87.1 99 44 39 4 31 29 1 0 2 386 97 1.489 10.2 0.4 3.2 3.0 0.94
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 RP Bob Rush 22 5 11 .313 3.92 36 16 9 4 0 0 133.1 153 70 58 8 37 72 1 0 3 579 100 1.425 10.3 0.5 2.5 4.9 1.95
7 RP Hank Borowy 32 5 10 .333 4.89 39 17 12 2 1 1 127.0 156 80 69 9 49 50 0 0 3 564 80 1.614 11.1 0.6 3.5 3.5 1.02
8 RP Jess Dobernic 30 7 2 .778 3.15 54 0 27 0 0 1 85.2 67 33 30 8 40 48 1 0 0 365 124 1.249 7.0 0.8 4.2 5.0 1.20
9 RP Emil Kush 31 1 4 .200 4.38 34 1 17 0 0 3 72.0 70 39 35 5 37 31 2 0 3 326 89 1.486 8.8 0.6 4.6 3.9 0.84
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
10 Cliff Chambers* 26 2 9 .182 4.43 29 12 10 3 1 0 103.2 100 57 51 4 48 51 3 0 0 452 88 1.428 8.7 0.3 4.2 4.4 1.06
11 Bob Chipman* 29 2 1 .667 3.58 34 3 13 0 0 4 60.1 73 34 24 5 24 16 0 0 1 279 109 1.608 10.9 0.7 3.6 2.4 0.67
12 Paul Erickson 32 0 0 6.35 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 5 4 0 6 4 0 0 0 31 62 2.294 11.1 0.0 9.5 6.4 0.67
13 Ben Wade 25 0 1 .000 7.20 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 4 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 23 54 1.600 7.2 0.0 7.2 1.8 0.25
14 Warren Hacker 23 0 1 .000 21.00 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 7 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 19 19 3.333 21.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
15 Tony Jacobs 22 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 87 1.500 13.5 4.5 0.0 9.0
16 Don Carlsen 21 0 0 36.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 5 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 11 7.000 45.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
Team Totals 27.3 64 90 .416 4.00 155 155 104 51 7 10 1355.1 1355 701 603 89 609 636 17 2 27 5921 98 1.449 9.0 0.6 4.0 4.2 1.04
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 1 7 6 8 7 3 6 5 1 7 2
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 26 8 8 0 0 15 12 1 2 1 .867 1.63 OF
Hank Borowy 32 39 41 6 34 1 3 .976 1.03 P
Don Carlsen 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Phil Cavarretta 31 81 30 0 10 481 446 32 3 46 .994 5.90 1B-OF
Cliff Chambers 26 29 25 5 20 0 1 1.000 0.86 P
Bob Chipman 29 34 20 2 18 0 0 1.000 0.59 P
Jeff Cross 29 10 14 3 8 3 0 .786 1.10 SS-2B
Dick Culler 33 45 189 68 115 6 18 .968 4.07 SS-2B
Jess Dobernic 30 54 14 6 6 2 0 .857 0.22 P
Paul Erickson 32 3 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Warren Hacker 23 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Ralph Hamner 31 27 34 7 26 1 3 .971 1.22 P
Tony Jacobs 22 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Hal Jeffcoat 23 119 0 119 0 327 307 12 8 3 .976 2.68 OF
Don Johnson 36 4 8 3 3 2 2 .750 1.50 2B-3B
Emil Kush 31 34 22 6 15 1 0 .955 0.62 P
Doyle Lade 27 19 30 11 19 0 1 1.000 1.58 P
Peanuts Lowrey 30 115 63 43 0 272 238 29 5 4 .982 2.32 OF-3B-2B-SS
Danny Lynch 22 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 2B
Clarence Maddern 26 55 48 0 10 106 98 6 2 0 .981 1.89 OF
Gene Mauch 22 45 186 77 98 11 24 .941 3.89 2B-SS
Carmen Mauro 21 2 0 1 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 OF
Dutch McCall 27 30 39 5 31 3 5 .923 1.20 P
Clyde McCullough 31 51 257 225 25 7 5 .973 4.90 5 C
Russ Meyer 24 29 39 12 26 1 0 .974 1.31 P
Bill Nicholson 33 136 0 0 136 256 244 7 5 1 .980 1.85 OF
Andy Pafko 27 139 468 125 314 29 29 .938 3.16 3B
Bob Rush 22 36 37 3 31 3 0 .919 0.94 P
Bob Scheffing 34 78 372 332 36 4 5 .989 4.72 2 C
Hank Schenz 29 83 393 187 196 10 45 .975 4.61 2B-3B
Johnny Schmitz 27 34 89 17 68 4 3 .955 2.50 P
Roy Smalley 22 124 574 189 351 34 70 .941 4.35 SS
Emil Verban 32 56 309 134 164 11 47 .964 5.32 2B
Ben Wade 25 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Eddie Waitkus 28 136 20 0 0 1209 1107 92 10 77 .992 8.82 1B-OF
Rube Walker 22 44 204 178 22 4 3 .980 4.55 4 C
Team Totals 28.1 155 6045 4062 1811 172 396 .972 3.44 11
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 1 7
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1947 / 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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