1948 CHICAGO CUBS

| Level: MLB

Location: Chicago,IL
Team Record: 64-90 .416
Result: 8th in National League
Manager(s): Charlie Grimm
General Manager:
Stadium: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 1,237,792
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Chicago Cubs affiliate history

Oldest Player: Don Johnson (36)
Youngest Player: Carl Sawatski (20)
Longest Tenure: Phil Cavarretta (15)
Top Hitter: Andy Pafko (12)
Top Pitcher: Johnny Schmitz (6)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 69.42%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Boston	91	62	.595	--
St. Louis	85	69	.552	6.5
Brooklyn	84	70	.545	7.5
Pittsburgh	83	71	.539	8.5
NY Giants	78	76	.506	13.5
Philadelphia	66	88	.429	25.5
Cincinnati	64	89	.418	27.0
Chi Cubs	64	90	.416	27.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
36	Eddie Waitkus	1b	16	28	-	MLB	139	562	87	166	27	10	7	44	11		43	19	2		7		12	.295	.000	.416	416	234			-	-
48	Andy Pafko	of	12	27	-	MLB	142	548	82	171	30	2	26	101	3		50	50	5		3		13	.312	.000	.516	516	283			-	-
43	Bill Nicholson	of	18	33	-	MLB	143	494	68	129	24	5	19	67	2		81	60	5		1		5	.261	.000	.445	445	220			-	-
19	Hal Jeffcoat	of-p	23	23	-	MLB	134	473	53	132	16	4	4	42	8		24	68	1		14		6	.279	.000	.355	355	168			-	-
47	Peanuts Lowrey	of	-	30	-	MLB	129	435	47	128	12	3	2	54	2		34	31	1		7		11	.294	.000	.349	349	152			-	-
39	Roy Smalley	ss	46	22	-	MLB	124	361	25	78	11	4	4	36	0		23	76	1		2		11	.216	.000	.302	302	109			-	-
5	Hank Schenz	2b-3b	53	29	-	MLB	96	337	43	88	17	1	1	14	3		18	15	4		2		6	.261	.000	.326	326	110			-	-
44	Phil Cavarretta	1b-of	-	31	UDFA: 1978	MLB	111	334	41	93	16	5	3	40	4		35	29	1		3		1	.278	.000	.383	383	128			-	-
10	Bob Scheffing	c	-	34	-	MLB	102	293	23	88	18	2	5	45	0		22	27	1		1		6	.300	.000	.427	427	125			-	-
7	Emil Verban	2b	48	32	-	MLB	56	248	37	73	15	1	1	16	4		4	7	1		0		4	.294	.000	.375	375	93			-	-
22	Clarence Maddern	of	45	26	-	MLB	80	214	16	54	12	1	4	27	0		10	25	5		2		2	.252	.000	.374	374	80			-	-
9	Clyde McCullough	c	-	31	-	MLB	69	172	10	36	4	2	1	7	0		15	25	0		1		8	.209	.000	.273	273	47			-	-
8	Rube Walker	c	-	22	-	MLB	79	171	17	47	8	0	5	26	0		24	17	2		0		8	.275	.000	.409	409	70			-	-
33	Gene Mauch	2b-ss	-	22	-	MLB	53	138	18	28	3	2	1	7	1		26	10	0		2		0	.203	.000	.275	275	38			-	-
7	Dick Culler	ss	-	33	-	MLB	48	89	4	15	2	0	0	5	0		13	3	0		3		4	.169	.000	.191	191	17			-	-
53	Johnny Schmitz	p	-	27	-	MLB	34	84	3	11	1	1	0	4	0		3	19	0		7		4	.131	.000	.167	167	14			-	-
28	Russ Meyer	p	-	24	-	MLB	29	56	1	6	0	1	0	3	0		0	19	0		7		0	.107	.000	.143	143	8			-	-
27	Dutch McCall	p	-	27	-	MLB	30	53	3	9	2	0	0	6	0		4	8	0		2		0	.170	.000	.208	208	11			-	-
30	Bob Rush	p	-	22	-	MLB	38	39	1	5	1	0	0	0	0		0	9	0		2		0	.128	.000	.154	154	6			-	-
26	Hank Borowy	p	-	32	-	MLB	39	36	4	8	3	0	0	0	0		2	8	0		0		0	.222	.000	.306	306	11			-	-
35	Ralph Hamner	p	-	31	-	MLB	27	33	1	6	1	0	1	5	0		0	12	0		1		1	.182	.000	.303	303	10			-	-
23	Doyle Lade	p	-	27	-	MLB	19	32	3	5	0	0	0	2	0		1	10	0		0		0	.156	.000	.156	156	5			-	-
11	Cliff Aberson	of	-	26	-	MLB	12	32	1	6	1	0	1	6	0		5	10	0		0		0	.187	.000	.312	312	10			-	-
32	Cliff Chambers	p	-	26	-	MLB	29	30	0	4	1	0	0	3	0		0	3	0		3		1	.133	.000	.167	167	5			-	-
6,18	Jeff Cross	ss	-	29	-	MLB	16	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	0		0		0	.100	.000	.100	100	2			-	-
31	Bob Chipman	p	-	29	-	MLB	34	16	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		2	4	0		0		0	.250	.000	.250	250	4			-	-
29	Emil Kush	p	-	31	-	MLB	34	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	0		0		0	.154	.000	.154	154	2			-	-
20	Don Johnson	2b	-	36	-	MLB	6	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0		0		1	.250	.000	.250	250	3			-	-
17	Jess Dobernic	p	-	30	-	MLB	54	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.200	.000	.200	200	2			-	-
20	Danny Lynch	2b	-	22	-	MLB	7	7	3	2	0	0	1	1	0		1	1	0		0		0	.286	.000	.714	714	5			-	-
41	Carmen Mauro	of	-	21	-	MLB	3	5	2	1	0	0	1	1	0		2	0	0		0		0	.200	.000	.800	800	4			-	-
18	Carl Sawatski	c	-	20	-	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
24	Ben Wade	p	-	25	-	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
37	Paul Erickson	p	-	32	-	MLB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
53	Johnny Schmitz	6	27	-	MLB	18	13	2.64	34	30	18	2	4	1	242.0	186	92	71	11	97	100	6	0	1.17	6.92	0.41	3.61	3.72	0.97	--	--
28	Russ Meyer	19	24	-	MLB	10	10	3.66	29	26	8	3	2	0	164.2	157	75	67	8	77	89	3	1	1.42	8.58	0.44	4.21	4.86	0.87	--	--
27	Dutch McCall	32	27	-	MLB	4	13	4.82	30	20	5	0	2	0	151.1	158	93	81	14	85	89	4	0	1.61	9.40	0.83	5.06	5.29	0.96	--	--
30	Bob Rush	55	22	-	MLB	5	11	3.92	36	16	4	0	9	0	133.1	153	70	58	8	37	72	3	0	1.43	10.33	0.54	2.50	4.86	0.51	--	--
26	Hank Borowy	60	32	-	MLB	5	10	4.89	39	17	2	1	12	1	127.0	156	80	69	9	49	50	3	0	1.61	11.06	0.64	3.47	3.54	0.98	--	--
35	Ralph Hamner	-	31	-	MLB	5	9	4.69	27	17	5	0	4	0	111.1	110	63	58	12	69	53	2	1	1.61	8.89	0.97	5.58	4.28	1.30	--	--
32	Cliff Chambers	-	26	-	MLB	2	9	4.43	29	12	3	1	10	0	103.2	100	57	51	4	48	51	0	0	1.43	8.68	0.35	4.17	4.43	0.94	--	--
23	Doyle Lade	-	27	-	MLB	5	6	4.02	19	12	6	0	2	0	87.1	99	44	39	4	31	29	2	0	1.49	10.20	0.41	3.19	2.99	1.07	--	--
17	Jess Dobernic	30	30	-	MLB	7	2	3.15	54	0	0	0	27	1	85.2	67	33	30	8	40	48	0	0	1.25	7.04	0.84	4.20	5.04	0.83	--	--
29	Emil Kush	36	31	-	MLB	1	4	4.38	34	1	0	0	17	3	72.0	70	39	35	5	37	31	3	0	1.49	8.75	0.63	4.63	3.88	1.19	--	--
31	Bob Chipman	39	29	-	MLB	2	1	3.58	34	3	0	0	13	4	60.1	73	34	24	5	24	16	1	0	1.61	10.89	0.75	3.58	2.39	1.50	--	--
37	Paul Erickson	-	32	-	MLB	0	0	6.35	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	7	5	4	0	6	4	0	0	2.29	11.12	0.00	9.53	6.35	1.50	--	--
24	Ben Wade	-	25	-	MLB	0	1	7.20	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	4	4	0	4	1	0	0	1.60	7.20	0.00	7.20	1.80	4.00	--	--
17	Warren Hacker	-	23	-	MLB	0	1	21.00	3	1	0	0	1	0	3.0	7	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	3.33	21.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	--	--	--
2	Tony Jacobs	-	22	-	MLB	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.50	13.50	4.50	0.00	9.00	0.00	--	--
16	Don Carlsen	-	21	-	MLB	0	0	36.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	7.00	45.00	0.00	18.00	9.00	2.00	--	--
Totals: (34 players)						64	90	4.00	154	154	51	7	103	10	1,355	1355	701	603	87	609	636	27	2	1.36	9.00	0.59	4.04	4.22	0.96	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Scheffing	C	78		332	36	4	5	.989	0.00
Clyde McCullough	C	51		225	25	7	5	.973	0.00
Rube Walker	C	44		178	22	4	3	.980	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Waitkus	1B	116		1064	92	9	77	.992	0.00
Phil Cavarretta	1B	41		374	28	1	46	.998	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hank Schenz	2B	78		184	190	10	45	.974	0.00
Emil Verban	2B	56		134	164	11	47	.964	0.00
Gene Mauch	2B	26		56	55	9	18	.925	0.00
Dick Culler	2B	2		3	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Don Johnson	2B	2		2	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Peanuts Lowrey	2B	2		4	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jeff Cross	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Danny Lynch	2B	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Andy Pafko	3B	139		125	314	29	29	.938	0.00
Peanuts Lowrey	3B	9		9	15	1	2	.960	0.00
Hank Schenz	3B	5		3	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Don Johnson	3B	2		1	2	2	1	.600	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roy Smalley	SS	124		189	351	34	70	.941	0.00
Dick Culler	SS	43		65	114	6	18	.968	0.00
Gene Mauch	SS	19		21	43	2	6	.970	0.00
Jeff Cross	SS	9		3	8	3	0	.786	0.00
Peanuts Lowrey	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Nicholson	OF	136		244	7	5	1	.980	0.00
Hal Jeffcoat	OF	119		307	12	8	3	.976	0.00
Peanuts Lowrey	OF	103		225	9	4	2	.983	0.00
Clarence Maddern	OF	55		98	6	2	0	.981	0.00
Phil Cavarretta	OF	40		72	4	2	0	.974	0.00
Eddie Waitkus	OF	20		43	0	1	0	.977	0.00
Cliff Aberson	OF	8		12	1	2	1	.867	0.00
Carmen Mauro	OF	2		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jess Dobernic	P	54	85	6	6	2	0	.857	1.27
Hank Borowy	P	39	127	6	34	1	3	.976	2.83
Bob Rush	P	36	133	3	31	3	0	.919	2.30
Bob Chipman	P	34	60	2	18	0	0	1.000	3.00
Emil Kush	P	34	72	6	15	1	0	.955	2.63
Johnny Schmitz	P	34	242	17	68	4	3	.955	3.16
Dutch McCall	P	30	151	5	31	3	5	.923	2.14
Cliff Chambers	P	29	103	5	20	0	1	1.000	2.18
Russ Meyer	P	29	164	12	26	1	0	.974	2.08
Ralph Hamner	P	27	111	7	26	1	3	.971	2.67
Doyle Lade	P	19	87	11	19	0	1	1.000	3.10
Paul Erickson	P	3	5	1	1	0	0	1.000	3.46
Warren Hacker	P	3	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.00
Ben Wade	P	2	5	1	1	0	0	1.000	3.60
Don Carlsen	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Tony Jacobs	P	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50

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