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1948 Chicago Cubs season

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1948 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago
OwnersPhilip K. Wrigley
General managersJames T. Gallagher
ManagersCharlie Grimm
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Marty Hogan)
WBKB
(Joe Wilson)
RadioWIND
(Bert Wilson)
← 1947 Seasons 1949 →

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.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Braves 91 62 .595 45‍–‍31 46‍–‍31
St. Louis Cardinals 85 69 .552 44‍–‍33 41‍–‍36
Brooklyn Dodgers 84 70 .545 36‍–‍41 48‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates 83 71 .539 47‍–‍31 36‍–‍40
New York Giants 78 76 .506 13½ 37‍–‍40 41‍–‍36
Philadelphia Phillies 66 88 .429 25½ 32‍–‍44 34‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds 64 89 .418 27 32‍–‍45 32‍–‍44
Chicago Cubs 64 90 .416 27½ 35‍–‍42 29‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 14–8 16–6–1 13–8 11–11 14–8 12–10 11–11
Brooklyn 8–14 11–11 18–4 11–11–1 15–7 9–13 12–10
Chicago 6–16–1 11–11 10–12 11–11 7–15 8–14 11–11
Cincinnati 8–13 4–18 12–10 10–12 11–11 9–13 10–12
New York 11–11 11–11–1 11–11 12–10 14–8 12–10 7–15
Philadelphia 8–14 7–15 15–7 11–11 8–14 12–10–1 5–17
Pittsburgh 10–12 13–9 14–8 13–9 10–12 10–12–1 13–9–1
St. Louis 11–11 10–12 11–11 12–10 15–7 17–5 9–13–1


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1948 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Bob Scheffing 102 293 88 .300 5 45
1B Eddie Waitkus 139 562 166 .295 7 44
2B Hank Schenz 96 337 88 .261 1 14
SS Roy Smalley Jr. 124 361 78 .216 4 36
3B Andy Pafko 142 548 171 .312 26 101
OF Peanuts Lowrey 129 435 128 .294 2 54
OF Hal Jeffcoat 134 473 132 .279 4 42
OF Bill Nicholson 143 494 129 .261 19 67

Other batters

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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 Cavarretta 111 334 93 .278 3 40
Emil Verban 56 248 73 .294 1 16
Clarence Maddern 80 214 54 .252 4 27
Clyde McCullough 69 172 36 .209 1 7
Rube Walker 79 171 47 .275 5 26
Gene Mauch 53 138 28 .203 1 7
Dick Culler 48 89 15 .169 0 5
Cliff Aberson 12 32 6 .188 1 6
Jeff Cross 16 20 2 .100 0 0
Don Johnson 6 12 3 .250 0 0
Danny Lynch 7 7 2 .286 1 1
Carmen Mauro 3 5 1 .200 1 1
Carl Sawatski 2 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Schmitz 34 242.0 18 13 2.64 100
Russ Meyer 29 164.2 10 10 3.66 89
Dutch McCall 30 151.1 4 13 4.82 89

Other pitchers

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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 Rush 36 133.1 5 11 3.92 72
Hank Borowy 39 127.0 5 10 4.89 50
Ralph Hamner 27 111.1 5 9 4.69 53
Cliff Chambers 29 103.2 2 9 4.43 51
Doyle Lade 19 87.1 5 6 4.02 29
Warren Hacker 3 3.0 0 1 21.00 0

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bob Chipman 34 2 1 4 3.58 16
Emil Kush 34 1 4 3 4.38 31
Jess Dobernic 54 7 2 1 3.15 48
Paul Erickson 3 0 0 0 6.35 4
Ben Wade 2 0 1 0 7.20 1
Tony Jacobs 1 0 0 0 4.50 2
Don Carlsen 1 0 0 0 36.00 1

Farm system

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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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