1947 Chicago Cubs Statistics

1946 Season 1948 Season

Record: 69-85-1, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Charlie Grimm (69-85-1)

Ballpark: Wrigley Field

Attendance: 1,364,039 (3rd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97
One-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 103

Pythagorean W-L: 60-94, 569 Runs, 722 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Bob Scheffing	33	110	392	363	33	96	11	5	5	50	2	4	25	25	.264	.312	.364	.675	82	132	12	0	4		1
2	1B	Eddie Waitkus*	27	130	554	514	60	150	28	6	2	35	3	2	32	17	.292	.336	.381	.717	93	196	8	2	6		4
3	2B	Don Johnson	35	120	434	402	33	104	17	2	3	26	2	3	24	45	.259	.302	.333	.635	71	134	5	1	7		3
4	SS	Lennie Merullo	30	108	393	373	24	90	16	1	0	29	4	2	15	26	.241	.274	.290	.564	52	108	11	2	3		2
5	3B	Peanuts Lowrey	29	115	493	448	56	126	17	5	5	37	2	2	38	26	.281	.339	.375	.714	93	168	7	1	6		4
6	OF	Andy Pafko	26	129	550	513	68	155	25	7	13	66	4	5	31	39	.302	.346	.454	.800	114	233	19	3	3		6
7	OF	Bill Nicholson*	32	148	581	487	69	119	28	1	26	75	1	4	87	83	.244	.364	.466	.831	123	227	4	5	1		13
8	OF	Phil Cavarretta*	30	127	523	459	56	144	22	5	2	63	2	3	58	35	.314	.391	.397	.787	113	182	4	0	5		8
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	3B	Stan Hack*	37	76	283	240	28	65	11	2	0	12	0	4	41	19	.271	.377	.333	.711	93	80	4	0	2		1
10	C	Clyde McCullough	30	86	257	234	25	59	12	4	3	30	1	0	20	20	.252	.314	.376	.690	86	88	7	1	2		1
11	MI	Bobby Sturgeon	27	87	243	232	16	59	10	5	0	21	0	0	7	12	.254	.276	.341	.617	66	79	9	0	4		2
12	OF	Cliff Aberson	25	47	161	140	24	39	6	3	4	20	0	0	20	32	.279	.369	.450	.819	120	63	5	0	0		0
13	OF	Marv Rickert*	26	71	154	137	7	20	0	0	2	15	0	1	15	17	.146	.230	.190	.420	15	26	5	0	2		1
14	OF	Dom Dallessandro*	33	66	136	115	18	33	7	1	1	14	0	0	21	11	.287	.397	.391	.788	114	45	5	0	0		2
15	2B	Ray Mack	30	21	84	78	9	17	6	0	2	12	0	1	5	15	.218	.274	.372	.646	73	29	3	1	0		1
16	SS	Billy Jurges	39	14	49	40	5	8	2	0	1	2	0	0	9	9	.200	.347	.325	.672	82	13	0	0	0		2
17	2B	Lonny Frey*	36	24	47	43	4	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	6	.209	.277	.209	.486	33	9	0	0	0		0
18	C	Mickey Livingston	32	19	35	33	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.212	.235	.273	.508	37	9	0	0	1		0
19	SS	Sal Madrid	27	8	25	24	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.125	.160	.167	.327	-12	4	0	0	0		1
20	3B	Hank Schenz	28	7	18	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.071	.235	.071	.307	-14	1	0	1	1		0
21	C	Dewey Williams	31	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
22	P	Johnny Schmitz	26	38	78	68	3	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	30	.132	.181	.132	.313	-14	9	0	0	6		0
23	P	Doyle Lade	26	35	68	60	3	13	2	0	0	4	1	0	5	18	.217	.277	.250	.527	43	15	0	0	3		0
24	P	Paul Erickson	31	40	60	60	2	15	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	19	.250	.250	.333	.583	56	20	0	0	0		0
25	P	Hank Borowy	31	41	59	56	5	7	3	0	0	6	0	0	2	14	.125	.169	.179	.348	-6	10	1	1	0		0
26	P	Hank Wyse	29	37	51	45	3	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	10	.111	.149	.156	.304	-18	7	0	1	4		0
27	P	Bob Chipman*	28	33	48	44	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.091	.111	.091	.202	-45	4	1	0	3		0
28	P	Emil Kush	30	47	20	20	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.350	.600	60	7	0	0	0		0
29	P	Claude Passeau	38	19	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1		0
30	P	Russ Meers*	28	35	14	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	2	1	0	0		0
31	P	Russ Meyer#	23	23	12	12	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	3	0	0	0		0
32	P	Ralph Hamner	30	3	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	1	0	0	0		0
33	P	Ox Miller	32	4	7	7	3	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	1.000	1.429	275	7	0	0	0		0
34	P	Bill Lee	37	14	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	81	1	0	0	0		0
35	P	Freddy Schmidt	31	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
36	P	Bob Carpenter	29	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	441	1	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	30.2	155	5860	5305	567	1373	231	48	71	540	22	31	469	578	.259	.321	.361	.682	84	1913	112	19	64		52
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	8	6	5	4	7		8	4	7	6	6	7	7	7		7		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.3	155	5414	4891	539	1304	221	47	69	514	21	31	456	450	.267	.331	.373	.705	90	1826	108	17	47		52
		Pitcher Totals	28.7	155	446	414	28	69	10	1	2	26	1	0	13	128	.167	.196	.210	.406	10	87	4	2	17		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Johnny Schmitz*	26	13	18	.419	3.22	38	28	9	10	3	4	207.0	209	91	74	8	80	11	97	2	0	6	894	123	3.43	1.396	9.1	0.3	3.5	4.2	1.21
2	SP	Doyle Lade	26	11	10	.524	3.94	34	25	5	7	1	0	187.1	202	105	82	15	79	11	62	1	1	5	826	100	4.34	1.500	9.7	0.7	3.8	3.0	0.78
3	SP	Hank Borowy	31	8	12	.400	4.38	40	25	11	7	1	2	183.0	190	99	89	19	63	6	75	1	1	1	784	90	4.25	1.383	9.3	0.9	3.1	3.7	1.19
4	SP	Hank Wyse	29	6	9	.400	4.31	37	19	6	5	1	1	142.0	158	84	68	12	64	11	53	3	0	1	633	92	4.44	1.563	10.0	0.8	4.1	3.4	0.83
5	SP	Bob Chipman*	28	7	6	.538	3.68	32	17	4	5	1	0	134.2	135	58	55	8	66	5	51	0	0	1	581	108	4.16	1.493	9.0	0.5	4.4	3.4	0.77
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Emil Kush	30	8	3	.727	3.36	47	1	23	1	0	5	91.0	80	38	34	5	53	7	44	3	1	2	388	118	4.27	1.462	7.9	0.5	5.2	4.4	0.83
7	RP	Paul Erickson	31	7	12	.368	4.34	40	20	11	6	0	1	174.0	179	90	84	18	93	6	82	5	0	3	779	91	4.77	1.563	9.3	0.9	4.8	4.2	0.88
8	RP	Russ Meers*	28	2	0	1.000	4.48	35	1	16	0	0	0	64.1	61	34	32	5	38	4	28	2	0	4	278	89	4.68	1.539	8.5	0.7	5.3	3.9	0.74
9	RP	Claude Passeau	38	2	6	.250	6.25	19	6	9	1	1	2	63.1	97	54	44	7	24	7	26	1	0	3	309	63	4.48	1.911	13.8	1.0	3.4	3.7	1.08
10	RP	Russ Meyer	23	3	2	.600	3.40	23	2	9	1	0	0	45.0	43	17	17	4	14	4	22	1	0	2	185	117	3.85	1.267	8.6	0.8	2.8	4.4	1.57
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Ralph Hamner	30	1	2	.333	2.52	3	3	0	2	0	0	25.0	24	10	7	0	16	0	14	0	0	1	110	159	3.48	1.600	8.6	0.0	5.8	5.0	0.88
12		Bill Lee	37	0	2	.000	4.50	14	2	4	0	0	0	24.0	26	16	12	2	14	1	9	1	0	0	116	89	4.88	1.667	9.8	0.8	5.3	3.4	0.64
13		Ox Miller	32	1	2	.333	10.13	4	4	0	1	0	0	16.0	31	18	18	2	5	0	7	0	0	0	83	40	4.36	2.250	17.4	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.40
14		Bob Carpenter	29	0	1	.000	4.91	4	1	2	0	0	0	7.1	10	5	4	1	4	1	1	0	0	1	35	85	5.81	1.909	12.3	1.2	4.9	1.2	0.25
15		Freddy Schmidt	31	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	3	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	19	50	7.68	3.000	12.0	0.0	15.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.0	69	85	.448	4.04	155	155	109	46	8	15	1367.0	1449	722	613	106	618	74	571	20	3	30	6020	97	4.25	1.512	9.5	0.7	4.1	3.8	0.92
		Rank in 8 NL teams		6	3		5				7	6	3	4	7	5	5	5	7		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W