1947 Chicago Cubs Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 69-85
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 1,364,039, Avg. 19,709
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Charlie Grimm (69-85)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1947 Chicago Cubs Roster
1947 Chicago Cubs Results

The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1947 season with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.

The Cubs plated 567 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 722 runs. Bill Nicholson paced Chicago with 26 home runs and accounted for 75 RBI. Phil Cavarretta topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .314 average. Johnny Schmitz led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.22 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Charlie Grimm coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Johnny Schmitz	13	18	.419	3.22	38	28	9	10	3	4	207.0	209	91	74	8	80	97	2	0	6	894
Doyle Lade	11	10	.524	3.94	34	25	5	7	1	0	187.3	202	105	82	15	79	62	1	1	5	826
Emil Kush	8	3	.727	3.36	47	1	23	1	0	5	91.0	80	38	34	8	53	44	3	1	2	388
Hank Borowy	8	12	.400	4.38	40	25	11	7	1	2	183.0	190	99	89	19	63	75	1	1	1	784
Bob Chipman	7	6	.538	3.68	32	17	4	5	1	0	134.7	135	58	55	6	66	51	0	0	1	581
Paul Erickson	7	12	.368	4.34	40	20	11	6	0	1	174.0	179	90	84	17	93	82	5	0	3	779
Hank Wyse	6	9	.400	4.31	37	19	6	5	1	1	142.0	158	84	68	12	64	53	3	0	1	633
Russ Meyer	3	2	.600	3.40	23	2	9	1	0	0	45.0	43	17	17	4	14	22	1	0	2	185
Russ Meers	2	0	1.000	4.48	35	1	16	0	0	0	64.3	61	34	32	5	38	28	2	0	4	278
Claude Passeau	2	6	.250	6.25	19	6	9	1	1	2	63.3	97	54	44	7	24	26	1	0	3	309
Ralph Hamner	1	2	.333	2.52	3	3	0	2	0	0	25.0	24	10	7	0	16	14	0	0	1	110
Ox Miller	1	2	.333	10.13	4	4	0	1	0	0	16.0	31	18	18	2	5	7	0	0	0	83
Freddy Schmidt	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	3	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	19
Bob Carpenter	0	1	.000	4.91	4	1	2	0	0	0	7.3	10	5	4	1	4	1	0	0	1	35
Bill Lee	0	2	.000	4.50	14	2	4	0	0	0	24.0	26	16	12	2	14	9	1	0	0	116
Totals	69	85	.448	4.10	371	155	109	46	8	15	1367.0	1449	722	623	106	618	571	20	3	30	6020

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Andy Pafko	129	550	513	68	155	25	7	13	66	4	31	39	.302	.346	.454	.800	233	19	3	3
Eddie Waitkus	130	554	514	60	150	28	6	2	35	3	32	17	.292	.336	.381	.717	196	8	2	6
Phil Cavarretta	127	522	459	56	144	22	5	2	63	2	58	35	.314	.391	.397	.787	182	4	0	5
Peanuts Lowrey	115	493	448	56	126	17	5	5	37	2	38	26	.281	.339	.375	.714	168	7	1	6
Bill Nicholson	148	580	487	69	119	28	1	26	75	1	87	83	.244	.364	.466	.831	227	4	5	1
Don Johnson	120	434	402	33	104	17	2	3	26	2	24	45	.259	.302	.333	.635	134	5	1	7
Bob Scheffing	110	392	363	33	96	11	5	5	50	2	25	25	.264	.312	.364	.675	132	12	0	4
Lennie Merullo	108	393	373	24	90	16	1	0	29	4	15	26	.241	.274	.290	.564	108	11	2	3
Stan Hack	76	283	240	28	65	11	2	0	12	0	41	19	.271	.377	.333	.711	80	4	0	2
Bobby Sturgeon	87	243	232	16	59	10	5	0	21	0	7	12	.254	.276	.341	.617	79	9	0	4
Clyde McCullough	86	257	234	25	59	12	4	3	30	1	20	20	.252	.314	.376	.690	88	7	1	2
Cliff Aberson	47	160	140	24	39	6	3	4	20	0	20	32	.279	.369	.450	.819	63	5	0	0
Dom Dallessandro	66	136	115	18	33	7	1	1	14	0	21	11	.287	.397	.391	.788	45	5	0	0
Marv Rickert	71	154	137	7	20	0	0	2	15	0	15	17	.146	.230	.190	.420	26	5	0	2
Ray Mack	21	84	78	9	17	6	0	2	12	0	5	15	.218	.274	.372	.646	29	3	1	0
Paul Erickson	40	60	60	2	15	2	0	1	3	0	0	19	.250	.250	.333	.583	20	0	0	0
Doyle Lade	35	68	60	3	13	2	0	0	4	1	5	18	.217	.277	.250	.527	15	0	0	3
Lonny Frey	24	47	43	4	9	0	0	0	3	0	4	6	.209	.277	.209	.486	9	0	0	0
Johnny Schmitz	38	78	68	3	9	0	0	0	3	0	4	30	.132	.181	.132	.313	9	0	0	6
Billy Jurges	14	49	40	5	8	2	0	1	2	0	9	9	.200	.347	.325	.672	13	0	0	0
Mickey Livingston	19	35	33	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	1	5	.212	.235	.273	.508	9	0	0	1
Hank Borowy	41	59	56	5	7	3	0	0	6	0	2	14	.125	.169	.179	.348	10	1	1	0
Emil Kush	47	20	20	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.350	.600	7	0	0	0
Hank Wyse	37	51	45	3	5	0	1	0	4	0	1	10	.111	.149	.156	.304	7	0	1	4
Bob Chipman	33	48	44	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.091	.111	.091	.202	4	1	0	3
Ox Miller	4	7	7	3	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	.429	.429	1.000	1.429	7	0	0	0
Russ Meyer	23	12	12	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	3	0	0	0
Sal Madrid	8	25	24	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	6	.125	.160	.167	.327	4	0	0	0
Russ Meers	35	14	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	1	0	0
Bob Carpenter	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
Bill Lee	14	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Ralph Hamner	3	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0
Hank Schenz	7	18	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.071	.235	.071	.307	1	0	1	1
Claude Passeau	19	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1
Freddy Schmidt	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dewey Williams	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	1890	5857	5305	567	1373	231	48	71	540	22	469	578	.259	.321	.361	.682	1913	112	19	64

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Eddie Waitkus	1B	126	1161	101	8	109	.994	1.016	0
Marv Rickert	1B	7	71	6	0	8	1.000	11.000	0
Phil Cavarretta	1B	24	217	13	3	23	.987	9.583	0
Bobby Sturgeon	2B	30	60	72	1	18	.992	4.400	0
Ray Mack	2B	21	58	78	5	15	.965	6.476	0
Peanuts Lowrey	2B	6	5	4	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Don Johnson	2B	108	255	291	17	65	.970	5.056	0
Lonny Frey	2B	9	17	20	0	4	1.000	4.111	0
Bobby Sturgeon	3B	5	2	10	0	1	1.000	2.400	0
Hank Schenz	3B	5	2	9	1	0	.917	2.200	0
Peanuts Lowrey	3B	91	83	194	16	21	.945	3.044	0
Don Johnson	3B	6	5	11	0	4	1.000	2.667	0
Stan Hack	3B	66	64	136	8	11	.962	3.030	0
Dewey Williams	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bob Scheffing	C	97	379	52	7	4	.984	4.443	9
Clyde McCullough	C	64	280	35	5	3	.984	4.922	1
Mickey Livingston	C	7	27	1	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Marv Rickert	OF	30	52	2	1	0	.982	1.800	0
Andy Pafko	OF	127	327	9	5	3	.985	2.646	0
Bill Nicholson	OF	140	281	7	3	1	.990	2.057	0
Peanuts Lowrey	OF	25	50	2	1	0	.981	2.080	0
Dom Dallessandro	OF	28	50	1	0	1	1.000	1.821	0
Phil Cavarretta	OF	100	203	11	5	3	.977	2.140	0
Cliff Aberson	OF	40	62	7	6	1	.920	1.725	0
Hank Wyse	P	37	7	33	5	5	.889	1.081	0
Johnny Schmitz	P	38	12	45	2	2	.966	1.500	0
Freddy Schmidt	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Claude Passeau	P	19	1	7	1	1	.889	.421	0
Ox Miller	P	4	1	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Russ Meyer	P	23	1	6	0	1	1.000	.304	0
Russ Meers	P	35	3	12	2	0	.882	.429	0
Bill Lee	P	14	4	5	2	0	.818	.643	0
Doyle Lade	P	34	10	46	1	2	.982	1.647	0
Emil Kush	P	47	5	21	1	1	.963	.553	0
Ralph Hamner	P	3	2	2	1	0	.800	1.333	0
Paul Erickson	P	40	8	33	1	3	.976	1.025	0
Bob Chipman	P	32	5	32	0	2	1.000	1.156	0
Bob Carpenter	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Hank Borowy	P	40	7	36	2	2	.956	1.075	0
Bobby Sturgeon	SS	45	75	120	5	24	.975	4.333	0
Lennie Merullo	SS	108	219	322	29	77	.949	5.009	0
Sal Madrid	SS	8	16	27	2	6	.956	5.375	0
Billy Jurges	SS	14	13	36	4	10	.925	3.500	0
Totals		1709	4100	1859	150	431	.975	3.487	10

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