1948 Chicago Cubs Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 64-90
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 1,237,792, Avg. 18,363
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Charlie Grimm (64-90)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1948 Chicago Cubs Roster
1948 Chicago Cubs Results

The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1948 season with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.

The Cubs plated 597 runs and yielded 706 runs. Andy Pafko paced Chicago with 26 home runs, and Bill Nicholson walloped 20 or more also. Andy Pafko drove in 101 runs and topped all regular batters with a .312 average. Johnny Schmitz led the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.64 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	18	13	.581	2.64	34	30	4	18	2	1	242.0	186	92	71	11	97	100	2	0	6	986
Russ Meyer	10	10	.500	3.66	29	26	2	8	3	0	164.7	157	75	67	8	77	89	1	1	3	702
Jess Dobernic	7	2	.778	3.15	54	0	27	0	0	1	85.7	67	33	30	8	40	48	1	0	0	365
Doyle Lade	5	6	.455	4.02	19	12	2	6	0	0	87.3	99	44	39	4	31	29	1	0	2	386
Ralph Hamner	5	9	.357	4.69	27	17	4	5	0	0	111.3	110	63	58	12	69	53	5	1	2	506
Hank Borowy	5	10	.333	4.89	39	17	12	2	1	1	127.0	156	80	69	9	49	50	0	0	3	564
Bob Rush	5	11	.313	3.92	36	16	9	4	0	0	133.3	153	70	58	8	37	72	1	0	3	579
Dutch McCall	4	13	.235	4.82	30	20	2	5	0	0	151.3	158	93	81	14	85	89	1	0	4	684
Bob Chipman	2	1	.667	3.58	34	3	13	0	0	4	60.3	73	34	24	5	24	16	0	0	1	279
Cliff Chambers	2	9	.182	4.43	29	12	10	3	1	0	103.7	100	57	51	4	48	51	3	0	0	452
Emil Kush	1	4	.200	4.38	34	1	17	0	0	3	72.0	70	39	35	5	37	31	2	0	3	326
Tony Jacobs	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	9
Paul Erickson	0	0		6.35	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.7	7	5	4	0	6	4	0	0	0	31
Don Carlsen	0	0		36.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	10
Ben Wade	0	1	.000	7.20	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	4	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	23
Warren Hacker	0	1	.000	21.00	3	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	7	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	19
Totals	64	90	.416	4.00	375	155	104	51	7	10	1355.3	1355	701	603	89	609	636	17	2	27	5921

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Andy Pafko	142	606	548	82	171	30	2	26	101	3	50	50	.312	.375	.516	.891	283	13	5	3
Eddie Waitkus	139	614	562	87	166	27	10	7	44	11	43	19	.295	.348	.416	.764	234	12	2	7
Hal Jeffcoat	134	512	473	53	132	16	4	4	42	8	24	68	.279	.315	.355	.670	168	6	1	14
Bill Nicholson	143	581	494	68	129	24	5	19	67	2	81	60	.261	.371	.445	.816	220	5	5	1
Peanuts Lowrey	129	477	435	47	128	12	3	2	54	2	34	31	.294	.347	.349	.696	152	11	1	7
Phil Cavarretta	111	373	334	41	93	16	5	3	40	4	35	29	.278	.349	.383	.732	128	1	1	3
Bob Scheffing	102	317	293	23	88	18	2	5	45	0	22	27	.300	.351	.427	.778	125	6	1	1
Hank Schenz	96	361	337	43	88	17	1	1	14	3	18	15	.261	.306	.326	.633	110	6	4	2
Roy Smalley	124	387	361	25	78	11	4	4	36	0	23	76	.216	.265	.302	.567	109	11	1	2
Emil Verban	56	253	248	37	73	15	1	1	16	4	4	7	.294	.308	.375	.683	93	4	1	0
Clarence Maddern	80	231	214	16	54	12	1	4	27	0	10	25	.252	.301	.374	.675	80	2	5	2
Rube Walker	79	197	171	17	47	8	0	5	26	0	24	17	.275	.371	.409	.780	70	8	2	0
Clyde McCullough	69	188	172	10	36	4	2	1	7	0	15	25	.209	.273	.273	.546	47	8	0	1
Gene Mauch	53	166	138	18	28	3	2	1	7	1	26	10	.203	.329	.275	.605	38	0	0	2
Dick Culler	48	105	89	4	15	2	0	0	5	0	13	3	.169	.275	.191	.466	17	4	0	3
Johnny Schmitz	34	94	84	3	11	1	1	0	4	0	3	19	.131	.161	.167	.328	14	4	0	7
Dutch McCall	30	59	53	3	9	2	0	0	6	0	4	8	.170	.228	.208	.436	11	0	0	2
Hank Borowy	39	38	36	4	8	3	0	0	0	0	2	8	.222	.263	.306	.569	11	0	0	0
Cliff Aberson	12	37	32	1	6	1	0	1	6	0	5	10	.188	.297	.313	.610	10	0	0	0
Ralph Hamner	27	34	33	1	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	12	.182	.182	.303	.485	10	1	0	1
Russ Meyer	29	63	56	1	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	19	.107	.107	.143	.250	8	0	0	7
Doyle Lade	19	33	32	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	10	.156	.182	.156	.338	5	0	0	0
Bob Rush	38	41	39	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	.128	.128	.154	.282	6	0	0	2
Bob Chipman	34	18	16	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	.250	.333	.250	.583	4	0	0	0
Cliff Chambers	29	33	30	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	.133	.133	.167	.300	5	1	0	3
Don Johnson	6	12	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	3	1	0	0
Danny Lynch	7	8	7	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	.286	.375	.714	1.089	5	0	0	0
Jess Dobernic	54	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	0
Emil Kush	34	15	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.154	.267	.154	.421	2	0	0	0
Jeff Cross	16	20	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	2	0	0	0
Carmen Mauro	3	7	5	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	.200	.429	.800	1.229	4	0	0	0
Ben Wade	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Carl Sawatski	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Paul Erickson	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Tony Jacobs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Don Carlsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Warren Hacker	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1928	5895	5352	597	1402	225	44	87	564	39	444	574	.262	.322	.369	.691	1976	104	29	70

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Eddie Waitkus	1B	116	1064	92	9	77	.992	9.966	0
Phil Cavarretta	1B	41	374	28	1	46	.998	9.805	0
Emil Verban	2B	56	134	164	11	47	.964	5.321	0
Hank Schenz	2B	78	184	190	10	45	.974	4.795	0
Gene Mauch	2B	26	56	55	9	18	.925	4.269	0
Danny Lynch	2B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Peanuts Lowrey	2B	2	4	5	0	0	1.000	4.500	0
Don Johnson	2B	2	2	1	0	1	1.000	1.500	0
Dick Culler	2B	2	3	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Jeff Cross	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Hank Schenz	3B	5	3	6	0	0	1.000	1.800	0
Andy Pafko	3B	139	125	314	29	29	.938	3.158	0
Peanuts Lowrey	3B	9	9	15	1	2	.960	2.667	0
Don Johnson	3B	2	1	2	2	1	.600	1.500	0
Rube Walker	C	44	178	22	4	3	.980	4.545	4
Bob Scheffing	C	78	332	36	4	5	.989	4.718	2
Clyde McCullough	C	51	225	25	7	5	.973	4.902	5
Eddie Waitkus	OF	20	43	0	1	0	.977	2.150	0
Bill Nicholson	OF	136	244	7	5	1	.980	1.846	0
Carmen Mauro	OF	2	7	0	0	0	1.000	3.500	0
Clarence Maddern	OF	55	98	6	2	0	.981	1.891	0
Peanuts Lowrey	OF	103	225	9	4	2	.983	2.272	0
Hal Jeffcoat	OF	119	307	12	8	3	.976	2.681	0
Phil Cavarretta	OF	40	72	4	2	0	.974	1.900	0
Cliff Aberson	OF	8	12	1	2	1	.867	1.625	0
Ben Wade	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Johnny Schmitz	P	34	17	68	4	3	.955	2.500	0
Bob Rush	P	36	3	31	3	0	.919	.944	0
Russ Meyer	P	29	12	26	1	0	.974	1.310	0
Dutch McCall	P	30	5	31	3	5	.923	1.200	0
Doyle Lade	P	19	11	19	0	1	1.000	1.579	0
Emil Kush	P	34	6	15	1	0	.955	.618	0
Tony Jacobs	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Ralph Hamner	P	27	7	26	1	3	.971	1.222	0
Warren Hacker	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Paul Erickson	P	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Jess Dobernic	P	54	6	6	2	0	.857	.222	0
Bob Chipman	P	34	2	18	0	0	1.000	.588	0
Cliff Chambers	P	29	5	20	0	1	1.000	.862	0
Don Carlsen	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Hank Borowy	P	39	6	34	1	3	.976	1.026	0
Roy Smalley	SS	124	189	351	34	70	.941	4.355	0
Gene Mauch	SS	19	21	43	2	6	.970	3.368	0
Peanuts Lowrey	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Dick Culler	SS	43	65	114	6	18	.968	4.163	0
Jeff Cross	SS	9	3	8	3	0	.786	1.222	0
Totals		1707	4062	1811	172	396	.972	3.441	11

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