1948 Chicago Cubs season

1948 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916)
Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Philip K. Wrigley
General manager(s)	James T. Gallagher
Manager(s)	Charlie Grimm
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Marty Hogan) WBKB (Joe Wilson)
Local radio	WIND (Bert Wilson)
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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. 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

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Braves	91	62	0.595	—	45–31	46–31
St. Louis Cardinals	85	69	0.552	6½	44–33	41–36
Brooklyn Dodgers	84	70	0.545	7½	36–41	48–29
Pittsburgh Pirates	83	71	0.539	8½	47–31	36–40
New York Giants	78	76	0.506	13½	37–40	41–36
Philadelphia Phillies	66	88	0.429	25½	32–44	34–44
Cincinnati Reds	64	89	0.418	27	32–45	32–44
Chicago Cubs	64	90	0.416	27½	35–42	29–48

Record vs. opponents

1948 National League Records Sources:
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

26 Hank Borowy

16 Don Carlsen

32 Cliff Chambers

31 Bob Chipman

17 Jess Dobernic

37 Paul Erickson

17 Warren Hacker

35 Ralph Hamner

2 Tony Jacobs

29 Emil Kush

23 Doyle Lade

27 Dutch McCall

28 Russ Meyer

30 Bob Rush

53 Johnny Schmitz

24 Ben Wade

Catchers

9 Clyde McCullough

10 Bob Scheffing

8 Rube Walker

Infielders

44 Phil Cavarretta

6,18 Jeff Cross

7 Dick Culler

20 Don Johnson

20 Dummy Lynch

33 Gene Mauch

48 Andy Pafko

5 Hank Schenz

39 Roy Smalley

7 Emil Verban

36 Eddie Waitkus

Outfielders

11 Cliff Aberson

19 Hal Jeffcoat

47 Peanuts Lowrey

22 Clarence Maddern

41 Carmen Mauro

43 Bill Nicholson

Other batters

18 Carl Sawatski

Manager

40 Charlie Grimm

Coaches

42 Roy Johnson

45 Billy Jurges

11 Merv Shea

52 Red Smith

41 Milt Stock

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
SS	Smalley, RoyRoy Smalley	124	361	78	.216	4	36

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
Johnson, DonDon Johnson	6	12	3	.250	0	0
Sawatski, CarlCarl 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
Meyer, RussRuss Meyer	29	164.2	10	10	3.66	89

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
Borowy, HankHank Borowy	39	127	5	10	4.89	50
Chambers, CliffCliff Chambers	29	103.2	2	9	4.43	51
Hacker, WarrenWarren Hacker	3	3	0	1	21.00	0

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
Carlsen, DonDon Carlsen	1	0	0	0	36.00	1

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

References

External links

1948 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

1948 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1948 All-Star Game 1948 World Series

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