1947 Chicago Cubs

69-85 • 0.448 Win% • 6th in NL

📊 Season Record

69 Wins
85 Losses
0.448 Win %
6th Rank
567 R 722 RA
Diff -155

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567 Runs Scored
722 Runs Allowed
-155 Run Diff
1,379K Attendance

📈 vs. 1947 NL Average

Batting Avg .258 2% below the 1947 league average (.265)
OBP .319 5% below the 1947 league average (.335)
SLG .298 9% below the 1947 league average (.328)
Team ERA 4.04 1% better than the 1947 league average (4.06)
Runs Scored 567 20% below the 1947 league average (708 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 1,379,605
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Avg per Game 17,463

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Phil Cavarretta 0.314 2 Andy Pafko 0.302 3 Eddie Waitkus 0.292 4 Dom Dallessandro 0.287 5 Peanuts Lowrey 0.281

Home Runs

1 Bill Nicholson 26 2 Andy Pafko 13 3 Peanuts Lowrey 5 4 Bob Scheffing 5 5 Cliff Aberson 4

RBI

1 Bill Nicholson 75 2 Andy Pafko 66 3 Phil Cavarretta 63 4 Bob Scheffing 50 5 Peanuts Lowrey 37
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Eddie Waitkus 130 514 60 150 0 0 2 35 32 17 3 0.292
Andy Pafko 129 513 68 155 0 0 13 66 31 39 4 0.302
Bill Nicholson 148 487 69 119 0 0 26 75 87 83 1 0.244
Phil Cavarretta 127 459 56 144 0 0 2 63 58 35 2 0.314
Peanuts Lowrey 115 448 56 126 0 0 5 37 38 26 2 0.281
Don Johnson 120 402 33 104 0 0 3 26 24 45 2 0.259
Lennie Merullo 108 373 24 90 0 0 0 29 15 26 4 0.241
Bob Scheffing 110 363 33 96 0 0 5 50 25 25 2 0.264
Stan Hack 76 240 28 65 0 0 0 12 41 19 0 0.271
Clyde McCullough 86 234 25 59 0 0 3 30 20 20 1 0.252
Bobby Sturgeon 87 232 16 59 0 0 0 21 7 12 0 0.254
Cliff Aberson 47 140 24 39 0 0 4 20 20 32 0 0.279
Marv Rickert 71 137 7 20 0 0 2 15 15 17 0 0.146
Dom Dallessandro 66 115 18 33 0 0 1 14 21 11 0 0.287
Ray Mack 21 78 9 17 0 0 2 12 5 15 0 0.218
Johnny Schmitz 38 68 3 9 0 0 0 3 4 30 0 0.132
Paul Erickson 40 60 2 15 0 0 1 3 0 19 0 0.250
Doyle Lade 35 60 3 13 0 0 0 4 5 18 1 0.217
Hank Borowy 41 56 5 7 0 0 0 6 2 14 0 0.125
Hank Wyse 37 45 3 5 0 0 0 4 1 10 0 0.111
Bob Chipman 33 44 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 16 0 0.091
Lonny Frey 24 43 4 9 0 0 0 3 4 6 0 0.209
Billy Jurges 14 40 5 8 0 0 1 2 9 9 0 0.200
Mickey Livingston 19 33 2 7 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 0.212
Sal Madrid 8 24 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0.125
Emil Kush 47 20 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250
Russ Meers 35 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.143
Claude Passeau 19 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.000
Hank Schenz 7 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.071
Russ Meyer 23 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250
Ralph Hamner 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.125
Ox Miller 4 7 3 3 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0.429
Bill Lee 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Freddy Schmidt 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dewey Williams 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bob Carpenter 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Johnny Schmitz 3.22 2 Emil Kush 3.36 3 Russ Meyer 3.40 4 Bob Chipman 3.68 5 Doyle Lade 3.94

Wins

1 Johnny Schmitz 13 2 Doyle Lade 11 3 Hank Borowy 8 4 Emil Kush 8 5 Bob Chipman 7

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Schmitz 97 2 Paul Erickson 82 3 Hank Borowy 75 4 Doyle Lade 62 5 Hank Wyse 53
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Johnny Schmitz 13 18 3.22 38 28 4 207.0 80 97
Doyle Lade 11 10 3.94 34 25 0 187.1 79 62
Hank Borowy 8 12 4.38 40 25 2 183.0 63 75
Paul Erickson 7 12 4.34 40 20 1 174.0 93 82
Hank Wyse 6 9 4.31 37 19 1 142.0 64 53
Bob Chipman 7 6 3.68 32 17 0 134.2 66 51
Emil Kush 8 3 3.36 47 1 5 91.0 53 44
Russ Meers 2 0 4.48 35 1 0 64.1 38 28
Claude Passeau 2 6 6.25 19 6 2 63.1 24 26
Russ Meyer 3 2 3.40 23 2 0 45.0 14 22
Ralph Hamner 1 2 2.52 3 3 0 25.0 16 14
Bill Lee 0 2 4.50 14 2 0 24.0 14 9
Ox Miller 1 2 10.13 4 4 0 16.0 5 7
Bob Carpenter 0 1 4.91 4 1 0 7.1 4 1
Freddy Schmidt 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 3.0 5 0

👥 Roster (36)

Cliff Aberson Hank Borowy Bob Carpenter Phil Cavarretta Bob Chipman Dom Dallessandro Paul Erickson Lonny Frey Stan Hack Ralph Hamner Don Johnson Billy Jurges +24 more

36 players

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