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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 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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 .778 114 125 6 1 1
2 1B Eddie Waitkus* 28 139 614 562 87 166 27 10 7 44 11 43 19 .295 .348 .416 .764 110 234 12 2 7
3 2B Hank Schenz 29 96 361 337 43 88 17 1 1 14 3 18 15 .261 .306 .326 .633 75 110 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 .891 144 283 13 5 3
6 OF Peanuts Lowrey 30 129 477 435 47 128 12 3 2 54 2 34 31 .294 .347 .349 .696 93 152 11 1 7
7 OF Hal Jeffcoat 23 134 512 473 53 132 16 4 4 42 8 24 68 .279 .315 .355 .670 85 168 6 1 14
8 OF Bill Nicholson* 33 143 581 494 68 129 24 5 19 67 2 81 60 .261 .371 .445 .816 125 220 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 .732 102 128 1 1 3
10 2B Emil Verban 32 56 253 248 37 73 15 1 1 16 4 4 7 .294 .308 .375 .683 88 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 86 80 2 5 2
12 C Rube Walker* 22 79 197 171 17 47 8 0 5 26 0 24 17 .275 .371 .409 .780 115 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 69 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 31 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 69 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 39 3 1 0 0
19 2B Dummy Lynch 22 7 8 7 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .286 .375 .714 1.089 195 5 0 0 0
20 OF Carmen Mauro* 21 3 7 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 .200 .429 .800 1.229 233 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 -9 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 -31 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 -22 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 57 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 32 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 19 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 11 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
36 P Don Carlsen 21 1 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
Team Totals 28.1 155 5895 5352 597 1402 225 44 87 564 39 444 574 .262 .322 .369 .691 91 1976 104 29 70
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 6 2 5 6 8 7 1 7 5 4 6 6 6 6 1 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
* - 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 6 986 147 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 7 77 89 1 1 3 702 106 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 83 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 99 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 9 40 48 1 0 0 365 124 1.249 7.0 0.9 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 65 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 58 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 21 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 9 103 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 15 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 97 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 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Cliff Aberson 26 8 8 8 15 12 1 2 1 .867 1.63 OF
Hank Borowy 32 39 17 2 41 6 34 1 3 .976 1.03 P
Don Carlsen 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Phil Cavarretta 31 81 76 75 481 446 32 3 46 .994 5.90 1B-OF
Cliff Chambers 26 29 12 3 25 5 20 0 1 1.000 0.86 P
Bob Chipman 29 34 3 0 20 2 18 0 0 1.000 0.59 P
Jeff Cross 29 10 5 3 14 3 8 3 0 .786 1.10 SS-2B
Dick Culler 33 45 33 17 189 68 115 6 18 .968 4.07 SS-2B
Jess Dobernic 30 54 0 0 14 6 6 2 0 .857 0.22 P
Paul Erickson 32 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Warren Hacker 23 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Ralph Hamner 31 27 17 5 34 7 26 1 3 .971 1.22 P
Tony Jacobs 22 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Hal Jeffcoat 23 119 115 109 327 307 12 8 3 .976 2.68 OF
Don Johnson 36 4 2 2 8 3 3 2 2 .750 1.50 2B-3B
Emil Kush 31 34 1 0 22 6 15 1 0 .955 0.62 P
Doyle Lade 27 19 12 6 30 11 19 0 1 1.000 1.58 P
Peanuts Lowrey 30 113 109 100 272 238 29 5 4 .982 2.32 OF-3B-2B-SS
Dummy Lynch 22 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 2B
Clarence Maddern 26 55 52 46 106 98 6 2 0 .981 1.89 OF
Gene Mauch 22 43 37 28 186 77 98 11 24 .941 3.89 2B-SS
Carmen Mauro 21 2 1 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 OF
Dutch McCall 27 30 20 5 39 5 31 3 5 .923 1.20 P
Clyde McCullough 31 51 44 40 257 225 25 7 5 .973 4.90 5 20 14 41% C
Russ Meyer 24 29 26 8 39 12 26 1 0 .974 1.31 P
Bill Nicholson 33 136 135 134 256 244 7 5 1 .980 1.85 OF
Andy Pafko 27 139 139 139 468 125 314 29 29 .938 3.16 3B
Bob Rush 22 36 16 4 37 3 31 3 0 .919 0.94 P
Bob Scheffing 34 78 72 67 372 332 36 4 5 .989 4.72 2 23 20 47% C
Hank Schenz 29 83 76 72 393 187 196 10 45 .975 4.61 2B-3B
Johnny Schmitz 27 34 30 18 89 17 68 4 3 .955 2.50 P
Roy Smalley 22 124 106 89 574 189 351 34 70 .941 4.35 SS
Emil Verban 32 56 56 54 309 134 164 11 47 .964 5.32 2B
Ben Wade 25 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Eddie Waitkus 28 135 135 133 1209 1107 92 10 77 .992 8.82 1B-OF
Rube Walker 22 44 39 30 204 178 22 4 3 .980 4.55 4 18 12 40% C
Team Totals 28.1 155 1395 1198 6045 4062 1811 172 396 .972 3.44 11 61 46 43%
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 1 7
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Cliff Aberson 26 37 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /7O
Hank Borowy 32 38 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Phil Cavarretta* 31 373 -2 0 0 0 0 -4 14 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 3O79
Cliff Chambers* 26 33 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Bob Chipman* 29 18 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Jeff Cross 29 20 -4 0 0 0 -1 1 1 -3 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Purchased /64
Dick Culler 33 105 -8 -1 0 0 2 3 4 0 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ Traded 6/4
Jess Dobernic 30 10 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Paul Erickson 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Ralph Hamner 31 34 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Hal Jeffcoat 23 512 -14 1 0 0 2 -1 18 6 0.6 4 0.4 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent *8O
Don Johnson 36 12 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /45
Emil Kush 31 15 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Doyle Lade 27 33 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Peanuts Lowrey 30 477 -7 -1 0 0 1 -3 17 7 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *O78/546
Dummy Lynch 22 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency /4
Clarence Maddern 26 231 -6 -1 0 0 -1 -3 8 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag O79
Gene Mauch 22 166 -6 0 0 0 -2 2 6 0 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ Waivers 46
Carmen Mauro* 21 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /O89
Dutch McCall* 27 59 -6 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Clyde McCullough 31 188 -13 -1 0 0 0 2 7 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ Purchased 2
Russ Meyer# 24 63 -10 0 0 0 0 4 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Unknown 1
Bill Nicholson* 33 581 13 -2 0 0 0 -6 21 26 2.7 26 2.7 0.0 $ Purchased *O9
Andy Pafko 27 606 27 -1 0 0 5 0 21 52 5.3 47 4.9 0.4 $ Purchased *5
Bob Rush 22 41 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Carl Sawatski* 20 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Unknown
Bob Scheffing 34 317 2 -2 0 0 2 3 12 17 1.7 15 1.6 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
Hank Schenz 29 361 -14 1 0 0 -3 4 13 1 0.1 4 0.4 -0.3 $ Unknown 4/5
Johnny Schmitz 27 94 -13 0 0 0 0 7 3 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Roy Smalley 22 387 -25 -1 0 0 0 8 14 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Emil Verban 32 253 -6 1 0 0 -1 3 8 5 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $ Waivers 4
Ben Wade 25 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Unknown /1
Eddie Waitkus* 28 614 3 3 0 0 3 -6 20 23 2.4 20 2.1 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *37O
Rube Walker* 22 197 3 -1 0 0 0 1 7 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Team Total 28.1 5895 -115 -5 0 0 5 34 206 125 12.3 120 12.5 -0.2 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Hank Borowy 32 127.0 17 80 74 0 1.0 -6 -0.7 $ Purchased
Don Carlsen 21 1.0 0 4 1 0 1.0 -3 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Cliff Chambers* 26 103.2 12 57 61 0 1.0 4 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Chipman* 29 60.1 3 34 35 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Traded
Jess Dobernic 30 85.2 0 33 50 0 1.0 17 1.7 $
Paul Erickson 32 5.2 0 5 3 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Warren Hacker 23 3.0 1 7 2 0 1.0 -5 -0.6 $ Unknown
Ralph Hamner 31 111.1 17 63 65 0 1.0 2 0.1 $
Tony Jacobs 22 2.0 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Emil Kush 31 72.0 1 39 42 0 1.0 3 0.3 $
Doyle Lade 27 87.1 12 44 51 0 1.0 7 0.7 $ Purchased
Dutch McCall* 27 151.1 20 93 89 0 1.0 -4 -0.6 $
Russ Meyer 24 164.2 26 75 96 0 1.0 21 2.1 $ Unknown
Bob Rush 22 133.1 16 70 78 0 1.0 8 0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Johnny Schmitz* 27 242.0 30 92 142 1 1.0 50 5.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Ben Wade 25 5.0 0 4 3 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $ Unknown
Team Total 27.3 1355.1 155 701 793 1 1.0 92 8.4 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1947 / 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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