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1947 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946/1948) 69-85, Finished 6th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 567 runs, Allowed 722 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-94 Managed by Charlie Grimm Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,364,039 (3rd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 97   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 104   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Bob Scheffing       33  110  363   33   96  11  5   5   50  25   25  .264  .312  .364   2      12   0   4           82
1B *Eddie Waitkus       27  130  514   60  150  28  6   2   35  32   17  .292  .336  .381   3       8   2   6           93
2B  Don Johnson         35  120  402   33  104  17  2   3   26  24   45  .259  .302  .333   2       5   1   7           71
3B  Peanuts Lowrey      29  115  448   56  126  17  5   5   37  38   26  .281  .339  .375   2       7   1   6           93
SS  Lennie Merullo      30  108  373   24   90  16  1   0   29  15   26  .241  .274  .290   4      11   2   3           52
OF *Bill Nicholson      32  148  487   69  119  28  1  26   75  87   83  .244  .364  .466   1       4   5   1          123
OF  Andy Pafko          26  129  513   68  155  25  7  13   66  31   39  .302  .346  .454   4      19   3   3          114
OF *Phil Cavarretta     30  127  459   56  144  22  5   2   63  58   35  .314  .391  .397   2       4   0   5          113
   *Stan Hack           37   76  240   28   65  11  2   0   12  41   19  .271  .377  .333   0       4   0   2           93
    Clyde McCullough    30   86  234   25   59  12  4   3   30  20   20  .252  .314  .376   1       7   1   2           86
    Bobby Sturgeon      27   87  232   16   59  10  5   0   21   7   12  .254  .276  .341   0       9   0   4           66
    Cliff Aberson       25   47  140   24   39   6  3   4   20  20   32  .279  .369  .450   0       5   0   0          120
   *Marv Rickert        26   71  137    7   20   0  0   2   15  15   17  .146  .230  .190   0       5   0   2           15
   *Dom Dallessandro    33   66  115   18   33   7  1   1   14  21   11  .287  .397  .391   0       5   0   0          114
    Ray Mack            30   21   78    9   17   6  0   2   12   5   15  .218  .274  .372   0       3   1   0           73
   *Lonny Frey          36   24   43    4    9   0  0   0    3   4    6  .209  .277  .209   0       0   0   0           33
    Billy Jurges        39   14   40    5    8   2  0   1    2   9    9  .200  .347  .325   0       0   0   0           82
    Mickey Livingston   32   19   33    2    7   2  0   0    3   1    5  .212  .235  .273   0       0   0   1           37
    Sal Madrid          27    8   24    0    3   1  0   0    1   1    6  .125  .160  .167   0       0   0   0          -12
    Hank Schenz         28    7   14    2    1   0  0   0    0   2    1  .071  .235  .071   0       0   1   1          -14
    Dewey Williams      31    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100

    Johnny Schmitz      26   38   68    3    9   0  0   0    3   4   30  .132  .181  .132   0       0   0   6          -14
    Paul Erickson       31   40   60    2   15   2  0   1    3   0   19  .250  .250  .333   0       0   0   0           56
    Doyle Lade          26   35   60    3   13   2  0   0    4   5   18  .217  .277  .250   1       0   0   3           43
    Hank Borowy         31   41   56    5    7   3  0   0    6   2   14  .125  .169  .179   0       1   1   0           -6
    Hank Wyse           29   37   45    3    5   0  1   0    4   1   10  .111  .149  .156   0       0   1   4          -18
   *Bob Chipman         28   33   44    4    4   0  0   0    0   1   16  .091  .111  .091   0       1   0   3          -45
    Emil Kush           30   47   20    2    5   2  0   0    1   0    1  .250  .250  .350   0       0   0   0           60
   *Russ Meers          28   35   14    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    6  .143  .143  .143   0       1   0   0          -23
    Claude Passeau      38   19   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    7  .000  .000  .000   0       1   0   1         -100
   #Russ Meyer          23   23   12    2    3   0  0   0    1   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0       0   0   0           35
    Ralph Hamner        30    3    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .125  .125  .125   0       0   0   0          -32
    Ox Miller           32    4    7    3    3   1  0   1    4   0    2  .429  .429 1.000   0       0   0   0          275
    Bill Lee            37   14    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0       0   0   0           81
    Freddy Schmidt      31    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Bob Carpenter       29    4    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0       0   0   0          441
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.0  155 5305  567 1373 231 48  71  540 471  578  .259  .319  .361  22     112  19  64           90
    Rank among 8 NL teams          4    8    6   5  4   7        7    3     6     7     7   8                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Johnny Schmitz      26  38   3.22  13  18  4  28   9  10   3  207.0  209   91   74   8   80   97  894   6   2  0     123
SP  Hank Borowy         31  40   4.38   8  12  2  25  11   7   1  183.0  190   99   89  19   63   75  784   1   1  1      90
SP  Doyle Lade          26  34   3.94  11  10  0  25   5   7   1  187.3  202  105   82  15   79   62  826   5   1  1     100
SP  Hank Wyse           29  37   4.31   6   9  1  19   6   5   1  142.0  158   84   68  12   64   53  633   1   3  0      92
SP *Bob Chipman         28  32   3.68   7   6  0  17   4   5   1  134.7  135   58   55   6   66   51  581   1   0  0     107

CL  Emil Kush           30  47   3.36   8   3  5   1  23   1   0   91.0   80   38   34   8   53   44  388   2   3  1     117
RP *Russ Meers          28  35   4.48   2   0  0   1  16   0   0   64.3   61   34   32   5   38   28  278   4   2  0      88
RP  Russ Meyer          23  23   3.40   3   2  0   2   9   1   0   45.0   43   17   17   4   14   22  185   2   1  0     116
RP  Paul Erickson       31  40   4.34   7  12  1  20  11   6   0  174.0  179   90   84  17   93   82  779   3   5  0      91
RP  Claude Passeau      38  19   6.25   2   6  2   6   9   1   1   63.3   97   54   44   7   24   26  309   3   1  0      63

    Ralph Hamner        30   3   2.52   1   2  0   3   0   2   0   25.0   24   10    7   0   16   14  110   1   0  0     157
    Bill Lee            37  14   4.50   0   2  0   2   4   0   0   24.0   26   16   12   2   14    9  116   0   1  0      88
    Ox Miller           32   4  10.13   1   2  0   4   0   1   0   16.0   31   18   18   2    5    7   83   0   0  0      39
    Bob Carpenter       29   4   4.91   0   1  0   1   2   0   0    7.3   10    5    4   1    4    1   35   1   0  0      80
    Freddy Schmidt      31   1   9.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    3.0    4    3    3   0    5    0   19   0   0  0      44
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.1 155   4.04  69  85 15 155 109  46   8 1367.0 1449  722  614 106  618  571 6020  30  20  3      96
    Rank among 8 NL teams           5   6   3  3           7   6      4    7    5        5    7    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BScheffing 97 379 52 7 4 .984 9 CMcCullough 64 280 35 5 3 .984 1 MLivingston 7 27 1 0 0 1.000 0 DWilliams 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 686 88 12 7 .985 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EWaitkus 126 1161 101 8 109 .994 10.02 PCavarretta 24 217 13 3 23 .987 9.58 MRickert 7 71 6 0 8 1.000 11.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1449 120 11 140 .993 10.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .975 5.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DJohnson 108 255 291 17 65 .970 5.06 BSturgeon 30 60 72 1 18 .992 4.40 RMack 21 58 78 5 15 .965 6.48 LFrey 9 17 20 0 4 1.000 4.11 PLowrey 6 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 395 465 23 102 .974 5.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .947 2.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PLowrey 91 83 194 16 21 .945 3.04 SHack 66 64 136 8 11 .962 3.03 DJohnson 6 5 11 0 4 1.000 2.67 HSchenz 5 2 9 1 0 .917 2.20 BSturgeon 5 2 10 0 1 1.000 2.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 156 360 25 37 .954 3.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .963 4.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LMerullo 108 219 322 29 77 .949 5.01 BSturgeon 45 75 120 5 24 .975 4.33 BJurges 14 13 36 4 10 .925 3.50 SMadrid 8 16 27 2 6 .956 5.38 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 323 505 40 117 .954 5.45 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.19 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BNicholson 140 281 7 3 1 .990 2.06 0 0 140 APafko 127 327 9 5 3 .985 2.65 0 127 0 PCavarretta 100 203 11 5 3 .977 2.14 69 26 8 CAberson 40 62 7 6 1 .920 1.73 40 0 0 MRickert 30 52 2 1 0 .982 1.80 18 3 9 DDallessand 28 50 1 0 1 1.000 1.82 28 0 0 PLowrey 25 50 2 1 0 .981 2.08 18 6 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1025 39 21 9 .981 2.34 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .966 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JSchmitz 38 12 45 2 2 .966 2.48 DLade 34 10 46 1 2 .982 2.69 HBorowy 40 7 36 2 2 .956 2.11 PErickson 40 8 33 1 3 .976 2.12 HWyse 37 7 33 5 5 .889 2.54 BChipman 32 5 32 0 2 1.000 2.47 EKush 47 5 21 1 1 .963 2.57 RMeers 35 3 12 2 0 .882 2.10 CPasseau 19 1 7 1 1 .889 1.14 RMeyer 23 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.40 RHamner 3 2 2 1 0 .800 1.44 BLee 14 4 5 2 0 .818 3.38 OMiller 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 BCarpenter 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.47 FSchmidt 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 66 282 18 19 .951 2.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Cavarretta .314 On-base % Cavarretta .391 Slugging % Nicholson .466 OPS Nicholson .830 Games Nicholson 148 At Bats Waitkus 514 Plate Appearances (approx.) Nicholson 580 Runs Nicholson 69 Hits Pafko 155 Total Bases Pafko 233 Doubles Nicholson and Waitkus 28 Triples Pafko 7 Home Runs Nicholson 26 RBI Nicholson 75 Bases on Balls Nicholson 87 Strikeouts Nicholson 83 Stolen Bases Merullo and Pafko 4 Singles Cavarretta 115 Adjusted OPS+ Nicholson 123 Runs Created Nicholson 81 Adjusted Batting Runs Nicholson 18 Batting Wins Nicholson 1.7 Extra-Base Hits Nicholson 55 Times on Base Nicholson 211 Offensive Win% Cavarretta .602 Hit By Pitch Nicholson 5 Sac. Hits Johnson 7 Grounded into Double Plays Pafko 19 Power/Speed Number Pafko 6.1 At Bats per Strikeout Waitkus 30.2 At Bats per Home Run Nicholson 18.7 Outs Pafko 380

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Schmitz 3.22 Wins Schmitz 13 Won-Loss % Chipman .538 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Borowy 1.383 Hits Allowed/9IP Schmitz 9.09 Bases on Balls/9IP Borowy 3.10 Strikeouts/9IP Erickson 4.24 Games Kush 47 Saves Kush 5 Innings Schmitz 207.0 Strikeouts Schmitz 97 Games Started Schmitz 28 Comp. Games Schmitz 10 Shutouts Schmitz 3 Home Runs Allow. Borowy 19 Bases On Balls Allow. Erickson 93 Hits Allowed Schmitz 209 SO to Walk Schmitz 1.21 Losses Schmitz 18 Earned Runs Allow. Borowy 89 Wild Pitches Schmitz 6 Hit Batsmen Erickson 5 Batters Faced Schmitz 894 Games Finished Kush 23 Adjusted ERA+ Schmitz 123

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