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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

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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
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
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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 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
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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