1948 Chicago Cubs

64-90 • 0.416 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

64 Wins
90 Losses
0.416 Win %
8th Rank
597 R 706 RA
Diff -109

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597 Runs Scored
706 Runs Allowed
-109 Run Diff
1,248K Attendance

📈 vs. 1948 NL Average

Batting Avg .261 equal to the 1948 league average (.260)
OBP .318 4% below the 1948 league average (.330)
SLG .310 3% below the 1948 league average (.320)
Team ERA 4.00 1% worse than the 1948 league average (3.96)
Runs Scored 597 13% below the 1948 league average (686 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 1,248,661
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Avg per Game 16,008

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Andy Pafko 0.312 2 Bob Scheffing 0.300 3 Eddie Waitkus 0.295 4 Emil Verban 0.294 5 Peanuts Lowrey 0.294

Home Runs

1 Andy Pafko 26 2 Bill Nicholson 19 3 Eddie Waitkus 7 4 Bob Scheffing 5 5 Rube Walker 5

RBI

1 Andy Pafko 101 2 Bill Nicholson 67 3 Peanuts Lowrey 54 4 Bob Scheffing 45 5 Eddie Waitkus 44
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Eddie Waitkus 139 562 87 166 0 0 7 44 43 19 11 0.295
Andy Pafko 142 548 82 171 0 0 26 101 50 50 3 0.312
Bill Nicholson 143 494 68 129 0 0 19 67 81 60 2 0.261
Hal Jeffcoat 134 473 53 132 0 0 4 42 24 68 8 0.279
Peanuts Lowrey 129 435 47 128 0 0 2 54 34 31 2 0.294
Roy Smalley 124 361 25 78 0 0 4 36 23 76 0 0.216
Hank Schenz 96 337 43 88 0 0 1 14 18 15 3 0.261
Phil Cavarretta 111 334 41 93 0 0 3 40 35 29 4 0.278
Bob Scheffing 102 293 23 88 0 0 5 45 22 27 0 0.300
Emil Verban 56 248 37 73 0 0 1 16 4 7 4 0.294
Clarence Maddern 80 214 16 54 0 0 4 27 10 25 0 0.252
Clyde McCullough 69 172 10 36 0 0 1 7 15 25 0 0.209
Rube Walker 79 171 17 47 0 0 5 26 24 17 0 0.275
Gene Mauch 53 138 18 28 0 0 1 7 26 10 1 0.203
Dick Culler 48 89 4 15 0 0 0 5 13 3 0 0.169
Johnny Schmitz 34 84 3 11 0 0 0 4 3 19 0 0.131
Russ Meyer 29 56 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 19 0 0.107
Dutch McCall 30 53 3 9 0 0 0 6 4 8 0 0.170
Bob Rush 38 39 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.128
Hank Borowy 39 36 4 8 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0.222
Ralph Hamner 27 33 1 6 0 0 1 5 0 12 0 0.182
Cliff Aberson 12 32 1 6 0 0 1 6 5 10 0 0.188
Doyle Lade 19 32 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 10 0 0.156
Cliff Chambers 29 30 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0.133
Jeff Cross 16 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.100
Bob Chipman 34 16 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0.250
Emil Kush 34 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.154
Don Johnson 6 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.250
Jess Dobernic 54 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200
Danny Lynch 7 7 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0.286
Carmen Mauro 3 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0.200
Carl Sawatski 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ben Wade 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Paul Erickson 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Carlsen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Warren Hacker 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tony Jacobs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Johnny Schmitz 2.64 2 Jess Dobernic 3.15 3 Bob Chipman 3.58 4 Russ Meyer 3.66 5 Bob Rush 3.92

Wins

1 Johnny Schmitz 18 2 Russ Meyer 10 3 Jess Dobernic 7 4 Hank Borowy 5 5 Ralph Hamner 5

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Schmitz 100 2 Dutch McCall 89 3 Russ Meyer 89 4 Bob Rush 72 5 Ralph Hamner 53
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Johnny Schmitz 18 13 2.64 34 30 1 242.0 97 100
Russ Meyer 10 10 3.66 29 26 0 164.2 77 89
Dutch McCall 4 13 4.82 30 20 0 151.1 85 89
Bob Rush 5 11 3.92 36 16 0 133.1 37 72
Hank Borowy 5 10 4.89 39 17 1 127.0 49 50
Ralph Hamner 5 9 4.69 27 17 0 111.1 69 53
Cliff Chambers 2 9 4.43 29 12 0 103.2 48 51
Doyle Lade 5 6 4.02 19 12 0 87.1 31 29
Jess Dobernic 7 2 3.15 54 0 1 85.2 40 48
Emil Kush 1 4 4.38 34 1 3 72.0 37 31
Bob Chipman 2 1 3.58 34 3 4 60.1 24 16
Paul Erickson 0 0 6.35 3 0 0 5.2 6 4
Ben Wade 0 1 7.20 2 0 0 5.0 4 1
Warren Hacker 0 1 21.00 3 1 0 3.0 3 0
Tony Jacobs 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 0 2
Don Carlsen 0 0 36.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1

👥 Roster (37)

Cliff Aberson Hank Borowy Don Carlsen Phil Cavarretta Cliff Chambers Bob Chipman Jeff Cross Dick Culler Jess Dobernic Paul Erickson Warren Hacker Ralph Hamner +25 more

37 players

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