1948 Chicago Cubs season

The 1948 Chicago Cubs season was the 77th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 73rd in the National League and the 33rd at Wrigley Field, as well as the first of many seasons to be broadcast on television on WGN-TV while keeping its separate WBKB telecasts. The Cubs finished eighth and last in the National League with a record of 64–90.

1948 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersPhilip K. Wrigley
General managersJames T. Gallagher
ManagersCharlie Grimm
Local televisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Marty Hogan)
WBKB
(Joe Wilson)
Local radioWIND
(Bert Wilson)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Braves 9162 0.595 45–31 46–31
St. Louis Cardinals 8569 0.552 44–33 41–36
Brooklyn Dodgers 8470 0.545 36–41 48–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 8371 0.539 47–31 36–40
New York Giants 7876 0.506 13½ 37–40 41–36
Philadelphia Phillies 6688 0.429 25½ 32–44 34–44
Cincinnati Reds 6489 0.418 27 32–45 32–44
Chicago Cubs 6490 0.416 27½ 35–42 29–48

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 14–816–6–113–811–1114–812–1011–11
Brooklyn 8–1411–1118–411–11–115–79–1312–10
Chicago 6–16–111–1110–1211–117–158–1411–11
Cincinnati 8–134–1812–1010–1211–119–1310–12
New York 11–1111–11–111–1112–1014–812–107–15
Philadelphia 8–147–1515–711–118–1412–10–15–17
Pittsburgh 10–1213–914–813–910–1210–12–113–9–1
St. Louis 11–1110–1211–1112–1015–717–59–13–1

Notable transactions

Roster

1948 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBob Scheffing10229388.300545
1BEddie Waitkus139562166.295744
2BHank Schenz9633788.261114
SSRoy Smalley Jr.12436178.216436
3BAndy Pafko142548171.31226101
OFPeanuts Lowrey129435128.294254
OFHal Jeffcoat134473132.279442
OFBill Nicholson143494129.2611967

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Phil Cavarretta11133493.278340
Emil Verban5624873.294116
Clarence Maddern8021454.252427
Clyde McCullough6917236.20917
Rube Walker7917147.275526
Gene Mauch5313828.20317
Dick Culler488915.16905
Cliff Aberson12326.18816
Jeff Cross16202.10000
Don Johnson6123.25000
Danny Lynch772.28611
Carmen Mauro351.20011
Carl Sawatski220.00000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Johnny Schmitz34242.018132.64100
Russ Meyer29164.210103.6689
Dutch McCall30151.14134.8289

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Rush36133.15113.9272
Hank Borowy39127.05104.8950
Ralph Hamner27111.1594.6953
Cliff Chambers29103.2294.4351
Doyle Lade1987.1564.0229
Warren Hacker33.00121.000

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bob Chipman342143.5816
Emil Kush341434.3831
Jess Dobernic547213.1548
Paul Erickson30006.354
Ben Wade20107.201
Tony Jacobs10004.502
Don Carlsen100036.001

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Bill Kelly
AA Nashville Vols Southern Association Larry Gilbert
A Macon Peaches Sally League Don Osborn
A Des Moines Bruins Western League Stan Hack
B Decatur Commodores Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Red Lucas and Nelson Burbrink
B Springfield Cubs New England League Bob Peterson
B Selma Cloverleafs Southeastern League Morrie Arnovich
B Fayetteville Cubs Tri-State League Skeeter Scalzi
C Visalia Cubs California League John Intlekofer, Jigger Statz
and Donald Anderson
C Clinton Cubs Central Association Nelson Burbrink and Lee Eilbracht
C Sioux Falls Canaries Northern League Jim Oglesby
C Hutchinson/Springfield Cubs Western Association Frankie Piet
D Elizabethton Betsy Cubs Appalachian League Adolph Matulis
D St. Augustine Saints Florida State League Donald Anderson and John Sebastian
D Centralia Cubs Illinois State League Willard Sellergren and Claude Passeau
D Marion Cubs Ohio–Indiana League Lou Bekeza and Frank Kristie
D Lumberton Cubs Tobacco State League Charles Jamin
D Janesville Cubs Wisconsin State League Frank Kristie and Lou Bekeza

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fayetteville, Clinton

Hutchinson club moved to Springfield (Missouri), July 21, 1948

References

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