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1948 Chicago Cubs  (1947)  (1949) 75-79, 3rd in National League Scored 601 runs, Allowed 610 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-78 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .725 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 76-78   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 64-90 Manager(s): Alan Boodman

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Andy Pafko           27  151  598   87  186  25   3  35  106   4   5   46   54  .311  .360  .538  114   7.1  4e32        7  
 1B *Eddie Waitkus        28  151  600   82  180  27   7  14   55   7   3   32   29  .300  .334  .438   86   5.3  1e12        8  
 OF *Bill Nicholson       33  139  527   76  142  40   4  21   76   1   1   50   62  .269  .336  .480   86   5.8  4(+1)e6     0  
 UT  Peanuts Lowrey       30  136  469   45  130  16   5   3   30   3   6   40   32  .277  .331  .352   52   3.9            -13  
 OF *Phil Cavarretta      31  116  350   52  104  14   4   2   37   5   0   36   44  .297  .361  .377   51   5.5  4(+2)e9     6  
 OF *Stan Spence          33  101  294   42   58  25   0  10   48   0   0   67   37  .197  .346  .384   41   4.5  2(-1)e9   -29  
 2B  Emil Verban          32  123  432   33  115  23   6   0   37   1   3   13   14  .266  .289  .347   39   3.0  2e28        5  
 OF  Hal Jeffcoat         23  111  342   37   96   8   8   2   26   5   1   18   46  .281  .316  .368   38   3.9  2(-3)e11   14  
 SS  Marty Marion         31  152  558   51  115  20   4   5   42   2   4   38   52  .206  .255  .283   37   2.1  1e21      -93  
 C   Les Moss             23   97  314   32   70   9   0  10   39   0   0   39   62  .223  .306  .347   32   3.4  4(+1)e2  -105  
 C   Bob Scheffing        34   88  289   28   68  14   0   5   35   0   0   25   23  .235  .298  .336   28   3.4  3(+1)e2  -144  
 PH  Johnny Groth         21   15   20    1    7   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    2  .350  .381  .550    4   8.7           -393  
 C   Clyde Kluttz         30   13   17    1    5   3   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .294  .429  .471    3   8.7  4(0)e3    300  
 OF  Clarence Maddern     26   57  102    7   17   4   1   0    5   0   0    2   16  .167  .190  .225    3   1.2  4(+1)e7  -259  
 PH  Cliff Aberson        26   34   34    2    6   0   0   1    2   0   0    3   12  .176  .243  .265    2   2.3           -102  
 UT  Dick Culler          33   18   35    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .057  .108  .057    0    .2           -300  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           623                  -33

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Murry Dickson        31  16  10  .615  33  33   8   0   0   0   2  234.2  245  117  106  32   82   86  4.07  128   4.9  -35  
  P *Johnny Schmitz       27  11  14  .440  34  34   5   0   0   0   1  249.0  207   83   72  11  101  117  2.60   89   3.2  -42  
  P *Gene Bearden         27  10  15  .400  35  34   9   1   0   0   2  235.2  216  112  100  10  114  118  3.82  103   3.9   29  
  P  Ellis Kinder         33   9  11  .450  28  28   4   0   0   0   1  190.1  163   76   66  19   55   71  3.12   70   3.3  -91  
  P *Ted Gray             23   8   3  .727  37   4   0  17   2   2   0   86.2   64   36   27   2   55   63  2.80   32   3.4 -108  
  P  Emil Kush            31   6   3  .667  49   0   0  22   5   5   0   72.0   66   30   27   4   36   32  3.38   36   4.5  -12  
  P  Jess Dobernic        30   6   5  .545  55   0   0  41  20   8   0   76.2   70   29   26   6   46   42  3.05   37   4.5   84  
  P  Ralph Hamner         31   3   5  .375  30   3   0  18   1   0   0   56.2   37   25   21   5   48   22  3.34   23   3.7 -144  
  P  Bob Rush             22   3   8  .273  29  16   0   6   0   1   0  115.0  120   62   58   6   26   63  4.54   49   3.8  -81  
  P  Doyle Lade           27   2   4  .333  35   0   0  17   2   0   0   52.0   53   21   19   1   15   18  3.29   24   4.3  -49  
  P  Paul Erickson        32   1   0 1.000   5   1   1   0   0   0   1   15.1   11    6    4   1   13    9  2.35    5   3.4 -169  
  P *Dutch McCall         27   0   0  .000   5   0   0   2   0   0   0    6.0    4    4    4   1    7    4  6.00    4   6.4   28  
  P *Frank Papish         30   0   1  .000   7   1   0   3   0   0   0   13.0   15    9    9   1   10    7  6.23   11   7.9  133  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      619        -37

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Les Moss 726 81 84 399 33 4 1 .991 25 18 Bob Scheffing 651 70 72 356 33 4 3 .990 21 10 Clyde Kluttz 26 3 5 16 2 0 0 1.000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Waitkus 1260 138 141 1398 203 12 151 .993 11.44 Phil Cavarretta 142 16 18 144 14 1 14 .994 10.01 Stan Spence 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Emil Verban 1006 109 117 298 353 16 102 .976 5.82 Peanuts Lowrey 352 40 43 110 112 4 17 .982 5.68 Dick Culler 45 5 7 18 18 1 6 .973 7.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Andy Pafko 1373 150 151 126 297 33 17 .928 2.77 Peanuts Lowrey 30 4 4 2 12 0 0 1.000 4.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Marty Marion 1381 151 152 279 574 24 127 .973 5.56 Dick Culler 22 3 3 8 17 0 5 1.000 10.23 Peanuts Lowrey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Peanuts Lowrey 653 71 79 136 3 5 0 .965 1.92 Phil Cavarretta 575 68 69 99 1 5 0 .952 1.57 Clarence Maddern 67 8 13 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.07 Stan Spence 32 1 10 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.53 Hal Jeffcoat 24 0 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.14 Bill Nicholson 16 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 Johnny Groth 14 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 Eddie Waitkus 13 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 Cliff Aberson 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Spence 719 81 81 185 6 2 2 .990 2.39 Hal Jeffcoat 681 73 81 191 10 7 2 .966 2.66 Johnny Groth 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Clarence Maddern 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Nicholson 1170 136 136 230 9 1 1 .996 1.84 Clarence Maddern 72 9 9 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Peanuts Lowrey 68 2 17 19 1 1 0 .952 2.65 Hal Jeffcoat 41 4 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.55 Stan Spence 31 1 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 Phil Cavarretta 20 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Eddie Waitkus 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1948 Draft

Round 1 (#1):	Murry Dickson
Round 2 (#15):	Stan Spence
Round 3 (#28):	Clyde Kluttz
Round 3 (#32):	Frank Papish
Round 3 (#38):	Paul Erickson

Transactions

• 1948-01: acquired Johnny Groth as a free agent
• 1948-12: traded Stan Spence to WAA for WAA#1
• 1948 postseason: released Les Moss

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