1948 Chicago Cubs Statistics

1947 Season 1949 Season

Record: 64-90-1, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Charlie Grimm (64-90-1)

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 65-89, 597 Runs, 705 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	0	22	27	.300	.351	.427	.778	114	125	6	1	1		4
2	1B	Eddie Waitkus*	28	139	614	562	87	166	27	10	7	44	11	3	43	19	.295	.348	.416	.764	110	234	12	2	7		1
3	2B	Hank Schenz	29	96	361	337	43	88	17	1	1	14	3	4	18	15	.261	.306	.326	.633	75	110	6	4	2		0
4	SS	Roy Smalley	22	124	387	361	25	78	11	4	4	36	0	0	23	76	.216	.265	.302	.567	56	109	11	1	2		0
5	3B	Andy Pafko	27	142	606	548	82	171	30	2	26	101	3	5	50	50	.312	.375	.516	.891	144	283	13	5	3		4
6	OF	Peanuts Lowrey	30	129	477	435	47	128	12	3	2	54	2	2	34	31	.294	.347	.349	.696	93	152	11	1	7		2
7	OF	Hal Jeffcoat	23	134	512	473	53	132	16	4	4	42	8	3	24	68	.279	.315	.355	.670	85	168	6	1	14		2
8	OF	Bill Nicholson*	33	143	581	494	68	129	24	5	19	67	2	3	81	60	.261	.371	.445	.816	125	220	5	5	1		14
Rk	Pos	Name	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	1	35	29	.278	.349	.383	.732	102	128	1	1	3		2
10	2B	Emil Verban	32	56	253	248	37	73	15	1	1	16	4	4	4	7	.294	.308	.375	.683	88	93	4	1	0		0
11	OF	Clarence Maddern	26	80	231	214	16	54	12	1	4	27	0	1	10	25	.252	.301	.374	.675	86	80	2	5	2		1
12	C	Rube Walker*	22	79	197	171	17	47	8	0	5	26	0	2	24	17	.275	.371	.409	.780	115	70	8	2	0		5
13	C	Clyde McCullough	31	69	188	172	10	36	4	2	1	7	0	3	15	25	.209	.273	.273	.546	51	47	8	0	1		1
14	2B	Gene Mauch	22	53	166	138	18	28	3	2	1	7	1	2	26	10	.203	.329	.275	.605	69	38	0	0	2		2
15	SS	Dick Culler	33	48	105	89	4	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	13	3	.169	.275	.191	.466	31	17	4	0	3		0
16	OF	Cliff Aberson	26	12	37	32	1	6	1	0	1	6	0	0	5	10	.188	.297	.313	.610	69	10	0	0	0		0
17	SS	Jeff Cross	29	16	20	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	-45	2	0	0	0		0
18	IF	Don Johnson	36	6	12	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	3	1	0	0		0
19	2B	Danny Lynch	22	7	8	7	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.714	1.089	195	5	0	0	0		0
20	OF	Carmen Mauro*	21	3	7	5	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	.200	.429	.800	1.229	233	4	0	0	0		0
21		Carl Sawatski*	20	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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	0	3	19	.131	.161	.167	.328	-9	14	4	0	7		0
23	P	Russ Meyer#	24	29	63	56	1	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	19	.107	.107	.143	.250	-31	8	0	0	7		0
24	P	Dutch McCall*	27	30	59	53	3	9	2	0	0	6	0	0	4	8	.170	.228	.208	.436	21	11	0	0	2		0
25	P	Bob Rush	22	38	42	39	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.128	.128	.154	.282	-22	6	0	0	2		0
26	P	Hank Borowy	32	39	38	36	4	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.222	.263	.306	.569	57	11	0	0	0		0
27	P	Ralph Hamner	31	27	34	33	1	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	12	.182	.182	.303	.485	32	10	1	0	1		0
28	P	Doyle Lade	27	19	33	32	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.156	.182	.156	.338	-6	5	0	0	0		0
29	P	Cliff Chambers*	26	29	33	30	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.133	.133	.167	.300	-18	5	1	0	3		0
30	P	Bob Chipman*	29	34	18	16	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.250	.333	.250	.583	63	4	0	0	0		0
31	P	Emil Kush	31	34	15	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.154	.267	.154	.421	19	2	0	0	0		0
32	P	Jess Dobernic	30	54	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	11	2	0	0	0		0
33	P	Ben Wade	25	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
34	P	Paul Erickson	32	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
36	P	Don Carlsen	21	1	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
		Team Totals	28.2	155	5897	5352	597	1402	225	44	87	564	39	33	444	574	.262	.322	.369	.691	91	1976	104	29	70		38
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	6	2	5	6	8		7	2	7	3	4	6	6	6		6		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.3	155	5454	4947	578	1340	216	42	86	539	39	33	430	478	.271	.333	.384	.716	98	1898	98	29	48		38
		Pitcher Totals	27.1	155	443	405	19	62	9	2	1	25	0	0	14	96	.153	.181	.193	.374	3	78	6	0	22		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Johnny Schmitz*	27	18	13	.581	2.64	34	30	4	18	2	1	242.0	186	92	71	11	97	7	100	2	0	6	986	147	3.75	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	3	89	1	1	3	702	106	3.65	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	7	89	1	0	4	684	81	4.49	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	2	53	5	1	2	506	83	5.20	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	6	29	1	0	2	386	97	3.79	1.489	10.2	0.4	3.2	3.0	0.94
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	RP	Bob Rush	22	5	11	.313	3.92	36	16	9	4	0	0	133.1	153	70	58	8	37	3	72	1	0	3	579	99	3.31	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	4	50	0	0	3	564	80	4.05	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	5	48	1	0	0	365	124	4.44	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	10	31	2	0	3	326	89	4.42	1.486	8.8	0.6	4.6	3.9	0.84
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Cliff Chambers*	26	2	9	.182	4.43	29	12	10	3	1	0	103.2	100	57	51	4	48	4	51	3	0	0	452	88	3.75	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	1	16	0	0	1	279	109	4.50	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	0	4	0	0	0	31	65	4.52	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	0	1	0	0	0	23	58	4.76	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	0	19	21	5.76	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	0	2	0	0	0	9	103	7.26	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	0	1	0	0	0	10	15	6.76	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	52	636	17	2	27	5921	97	4.06	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	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W