1948 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 706 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89

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

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
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
6		Bill Nicholson*	33	143	581	494	68	129	24	5	19	67	2		81	60	.261	.371	.445	.816	124	220	5	5	1
7		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	IF	Peanuts Lowrey	30	129	477	435	47	128	12	3	2	54	2		34	31	.294	.347	.349	.696	92	152	11	1	7
9	1B	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		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		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		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
35	P	Tony Jacobs#	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Don Carlsen	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Warren Hacker	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	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

* - 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		5				7	6	8	7	3	6	5	1	7		4730
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

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
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	41			403	374	28	1	46	.998										9.80						1B
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
Don Johnson	36	4			8	3	3	2	2	.750										1.50						3B-2B
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	12			34	13	20	1	2	.971										2.75						3B-2B-SS
Danny Lynch	22	1			2	0	2	0	0	1.000										2.00						2B
Gene Mauch	22	45			186	77	98	11	24	.941										3.89						2B-SS
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
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	116			1165	1064	92	9	77	.992										9.97						1B
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	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1947 / 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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