1948 Chicago Cubs season

1948 Chicago Cubs
1948 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Owners	Philip K. Wrigley
General managers	James T. Gallagher
Managers	Charlie Grimm
Television	WGN-TV; (Jack Brickhouse, Marty Hogan); WBKB; (Joe Wilson)
Radio	WIND; (Bert Wilson)

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

October 9, 1947: Randy Jackson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[1]
December 6, 1947: Don Elston was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[2]
Prior to 1948 season (exact date unknown):
- Jim Pearce was released by the Cubs.^[3]
- Carl Sawatski was acquired by the Cubs from the Boston Braves.^[4]

Regular season

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	6½	44‍–‍33	41‍–‍36
Brooklyn Dodgers	84	70	.545	7½	36‍–‍41	48‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates	83	71	.539	8½	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

1948 National League record v t e 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

September 1948: Warren Hacker was acquired by the Cubs from the Shreveport Sports.^[5]

Roster

1948 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

18 Carl Sawatski

Manager

40 Charlie Grimm

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
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

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

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 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