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1948 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947/1949) 64-90, Finished 8th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 597 runs, Allowed 706 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89 Managed by Charlie Grimm Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,237,792 (5th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 99   (one-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 95   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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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 Stats (1947/1949) / Schedule / Transactions

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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       34  102  293   23   88  18  2   5   45  22   27  .300  .351  .427   0       6   1   1          113
1B *Eddie Waitkus       28  139  562   87  166  27 10   7   44  43   19  .295  .348  .416  11      12   2   7          109
2B  Hank Schenz         29   96  337   43   88  17  1   1   14  18   15  .261  .306  .326   3       6   4   2           74
3B  Andy Pafko          27  142  548   82  171  30  2  26  101  50   50  .312  .375  .516   3      13   5   3          143
SS  Roy Smalley         22  124  361   25   78  11  4   4   36  23   76  .216  .265  .302   0      11   1   2           56
OF *Bill Nicholson      33  143  494   68  129  24  5  19   67  81   60  .261  .371  .445   2       5   5   1          124
OF  Hal Jeffcoat        23  134  473   53  132  16  4   4   42  24   68  .279  .315  .355   8       6   1  14           84
OF  Peanuts Lowrey      30  129  435   47  128  12  3   2   54  34   31  .294  .347  .349   2      11   1   7           92
   *Phil Cavarretta     31  111  334   41   93  16  5   3   40  35   29  .278  .349  .383   4       1   1   3          101
    Emil Verban         32   56  248   37   73  15  1   1   16   4    7  .294  .308  .375   4       4   1   0           87
    Clarence Maddern    26   80  214   16   54  12  1   4   27  10   25  .252  .301  .374   0       2   5   2           85
    Clyde McCullough    31   69  172   10   36   4  2   1    7  15   25  .209  .273  .273   0       8   0   1           51
   *Rube Walker         22   79  171   17   47   8  0   5   26  24   17  .275  .371  .409   0       8   2   0          114
    Gene Mauch          22   53  138   18   28   3  2   1    7  26   10  .203  .329  .275   1       0   0   2           68
    Dick Culler         33   48   89    4   15   2  0   0    5  13    3  .169  .275  .191   0       4   0   3           30
    Cliff Aberson       26   12   32    1    6   1  0   1    6   5   10  .188  .297  .313   0       0   0   0           68
    Jeff Cross          29   16   20    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    4  .100  .100  .100   0       0   0   0          -45
    Don Johnson         36    6   12    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   1       1   0   0           38
    Danny Lynch         22    7    7    3    2   0  0   1    1   1    1  .286  .375  .714   0       0   0   0          194
   *Carmen Mauro        21    3    5    2    1   0  0   1    1   2    0  .200  .429  .800   0       0   0   0          232
   *Carl Sawatski       20    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100

    Johnny Schmitz      27   34   84    3   11   1  1   0    4   3   19  .131  .161  .167   0       4   0   7          -10
   #Russ Meyer          24   29   56    1    6   0  1   0    3   0   19  .107  .107  .143   0       0   0   7          -32
   *Dutch McCall        27   30   53    3    9   2  0   0    6   4    8  .170  .228  .208   0       0   0   2           21
    Bob Rush            22   38   39    1    5   1  0   0    0   0    9  .128  .128  .154   0       0   0   2          -23
    Hank Borowy         32   39   36    4    8   3  0   0    0   2    8  .222  .263  .306   0       0   0   0           56
    Ralph Hamner        31   27   33    1    6   1  0   1    5   0   12  .182  .182  .303   0       1   0   1           31
    Doyle Lade          27   19   32    3    5   0  0   0    2   1   10  .156  .182  .156   0       0   0   0           -6
   *Cliff Chambers      26   29   30    0    4   1  0   0    3   0    3  .133  .133  .167   0       1   0   3          -18
   *Bob Chipman         29   34   16    2    4   0  0   0    2   2    4  .250  .333  .250   0       0   0   0           63
    Emil Kush           31   34   13    1    2   0  0   0    0   2    3  .154  .267  .154   0       0   0   0           18
    Jess Dobernic       30   54   10    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .200  .200  .200   0       0   0   0           10
    Ben Wade            25    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Paul Erickson       32    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1  155 5352  597 1402 225 44  87  564 443  578  .262  .318  .369  39     104  29  70           97
    Rank among 8 NL teams          1    6    2   5  6   8        7    5     4     6     6   7                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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      27  34   2.64  18  13  1  30   4  18   2  242.0  186   92   71  11   97  100  986   6   2  0     148
SP  Russ Meyer          24  29   3.66  10  10  0  26   2   8   3  164.7  157   75   67   8   77   89  702   3   1  1     107
SP *Dutch McCall        27  30   4.82   4  13  0  20   2   5   0  151.3  158   93   81  14   85   89  684   4   1  0      81
SP  Ralph Hamner        31  27   4.69   5   9  0  17   4   5   0  111.3  110   63   58  12   69   53  506   2   5  1      84
SP  Doyle Lade          27  19   4.02   5   6  0  12   2   6   0   87.3   99   44   39   4   31   29  386   2   1  0      97

RP  Jess Dobernic       30  54   3.15   7   2  1   0  27   0   0   85.7   67   33   30   8   40   48  365   0   1  0     124
RP  Emil Kush           31  34   4.38   1   4  3   1  17   0   0   72.0   70   39   35   5   37   31  326   3   2  0      89
RP *Bob Chipman         29  34   3.58   2   1  4   3  13   0   0   60.3   73   34   24   5   24   16  279   1   0  0     109
RP  Hank Borowy         32  39   4.89   5  10  1  17  12   2   1  127.0  156   80   69   9   49   50  564   3   0  0      80

    Bob Rush            22  36   3.92   5  11  0  16   9   4   0  133.3  153   70   58   8   37   72  579   3   1  0     100
   *Cliff Chambers      26  29   4.43   2   9  0  12  10   3   1  103.7  100   57   51   4   48   51  452   0   3  0      88
    Paul Erickson       32   3   6.35   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    5.7    7    5    4   0    6    4   31   0   0  0      62
    Ben Wade            25   2   7.20   0   1  0   0   0   0   0    5.0    4    4    4   0    4    1   23   0   0  0      54
    Warren Hacker       23   3  21.00   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    3.0    7    7    7   0    3    0   19   0   0  0      19
    Tony Jacobs         22   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    3    1    1   1    0    2    9   0   0  0      87
    Don Carlsen         21   1  36.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    5    4    4   0    2    1   10   0   0  0      11
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4 155   4.00  64  90 10 155 104  51   7 1355.0 1355  706  602  89  619  636 5921  27  17  2      98
    Rank among 8 NL teams           5   7   1  8           7   6      7    3    6        1    7    2

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BScheffing 78 332 36 4 5 .989 2 CMcCullough 51 225 25 7 5 .973 5 RWalker 44 178 22 4 3 .980 4 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 735 83 15 13 .982 11 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 8.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EWaitkus 116 1064 92 9 77 .992 9.97 PCavarretta 41 374 28 1 46 .998 9.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1438 120 10 123 .994 10.35 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .971 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HSchenz 78 184 190 10 45 .974 4.79 EVerban 56 134 164 11 47 .964 5.32 GMauch 26 56 55 9 18 .925 4.27 DCuller 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 DJohnson 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.50 PLowrey 2 4 5 0 0 1.000 4.50 JCross 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DLynch 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 383 418 30 111 .964 5.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .941 2.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- APafko 139 125 314 29 29 .938 3.16 PLowrey 9 9 15 1 2 .960 2.67 HSchenz 5 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.80 DJohnson 2 1 2 2 1 .600 1.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 138 337 32 32 .937 3.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .959 4.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSmalley 124 189 351 34 70 .941 4.35 DCuller 43 65 114 6 18 .968 4.16 GMauch 19 21 43 2 6 .970 3.37 JCross 9 3 8 3 0 .786 1.22 PLowrey 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 278 516 45 94 .946 5.27 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .978 2.20 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BNicholson 136 244 7 5 1 .980 1.85 0 0 136 HJeffcoat 119 307 12 8 3 .976 2.68 0 119 0 PLowrey 103 225 9 4 2 .983 2.27 63 43 0 CMaddern 55 98 6 2 0 .981 1.89 48 0 10 PCavarretta 40 72 4 2 0 .974 1.90 30 0 10 EWaitkus 20 43 0 1 0 .977 2.15 20 0 0 CAberson 8 12 1 2 1 .867 1.62 8 0 0 CMauro 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 0 1 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1008 39 24 7 .978 2.32 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .963 2.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JSchmitz 34 17 68 4 3 .955 3.16 RMeyer 29 12 26 1 0 .974 2.08 DMcCall 30 5 31 3 5 .923 2.14 BRush 36 3 31 3 0 .919 2.30 HBorowy 39 6 34 1 3 .976 2.83 RHamner 27 7 26 1 3 .971 2.67 CChambers 29 5 20 0 1 1.000 2.17 DLade 19 11 19 0 1 1.000 3.09 JDobernic 54 6 6 2 0 .857 1.26 EKush 34 6 15 1 0 .955 2.62 BChipman 34 2 18 0 0 1.000 2.99 PErickson 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.16 BWade 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 WHacker 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 TJacobs 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 DCarlsen 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 82 298 16 16 .960 2.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Pafko .312 On-base % Pafko .375 Slugging % Pafko .516 OPS Pafko .891 Games Nicholson 143 At Bats Waitkus 562 Plate Appearances (approx.) Waitkus 614 Runs Waitkus 87 Hits Pafko 171 Total Bases Pafko 283 Doubles Pafko 30 Triples Waitkus 10 Home Runs Pafko 26 RBI Pafko 101 Bases on Balls Nicholson 81 Strikeouts Smalley 76 Stolen Bases Waitkus 11 Singles Waitkus 122 Adjusted OPS+ Pafko 143 Runs Created Pafko 105 Adjusted Batting Runs Pafko 32 Batting Wins Pafko 3.1 Extra-Base Hits Pafko 58 Times on Base Pafko 226 Offensive Win% Pafko .701 Hit By Pitch Maddern, Nicholson, and Pafko 5 Sac. Hits Jeffcoat 14 Grounded into Double Plays Pafko 13 Power/Speed Number Waitkus 8.6 At Bats per Strikeout Waitkus 29.6 At Bats per Home Run Pafko 21.1 Outs Waitkus 415

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Schmitz 2.64 Wins Schmitz 18 Won-Loss % Schmitz .581 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Schmitz 1.169 Hits Allowed/9IP Schmitz 6.92 Bases on Balls/9IP Schmitz 3.61 Strikeouts/9IP Meyer 4.86 Games Dobernic 54 Saves Chipman 4 Innings Schmitz 242.0 Strikeouts Schmitz 100 Games Started Schmitz 30 Comp. Games Schmitz 18 Shutouts Meyer 3 Home Runs Allow. McCall 14 Bases On Balls Allow. Schmitz 97 Hits Allowed Schmitz 186 SO to Walk Meyer 1.16 Losses McCall and Schmitz 13 Earned Runs Allow. McCall 81 Wild Pitches Schmitz 6 Hit Batsmen Hamner 5 Batters Faced Schmitz 986 Games Finished Dobernic 27 Adjusted ERA+ Schmitz 148

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Clyde McCullough
Andy Pafko (Starting 3B)
Johnny Schmitz
Eddie Waitkus

1947/1949

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