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1949 Chicago Cubs  (1948)  (1950)
57-97, 7th in National League
Scored 590 runs, Allowed 832 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-102
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .680
Park Factor: Batting - 106 / Pitching - 108 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 67-87   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 61-93
Manager(s): Alan Boodman

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 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           28  152  568   69  153  24   3  16   80   6   2   64   48  .269  .344  .407   81   5.1  4e31      -67  
 OF  Peanuts Lowrey       31  132  454   69  139  28   3   5   41   6   3   47   19  .306  .369  .414   70   5.7  3(+1)e4    74  
 SS  Marty Marion         32  153  558   57  159  29   3   9   68   0   0   36   52  .285  .329  .396   69   4.4  1e19       33  
 UT *Phil Cavarretta      32  136  389   54  114  17   5  17   53   4   3   33   35  .293  .350  .494   65   6.1             25  
 2B  Emil Verban          33  101  369   29  121  14   0   0   38   2   1    7    9  .328  .340  .366   44   4.6  2e29       70  
 OF *Bill Nicholson       34  111  325   45   73   7   2  13   37   5   3   40   64  .225  .314  .378   39   4.0  4(0)e9    -42  
 1B  Herman Reich         31  102  378   41  102  13   0   4   38   5   1    8   38  .270  .283  .336   34   3.2  4e16      -46  
 C   Stan Lopata          23   83  250   26   63   7   5   7   35   2   1   20   59  .252  .309  .404   31   4.4  4(+2)e9   -42  
 OF *Hank Edwards         30   92  213   26   57   7   2  11   34   0   0   17   37  .268  .320  .474   30   5.1  4(-1)e9   -58  
 OF  Hank Sauer           32   48  173   26   43   6   1  12   28   0   0   21   27  .249  .328  .503   28   5.7  4(0)e10   -25  
 C   Les Moss             24   69  197   22   59   6   0   1   17   0   1   33   35  .299  .395  .345   27   5.0  4(+2)e9   -98  
 OF  Hal Jeffcoat         24  123  397   34   80  13   4   2   18  12   4   12   61  .202  .224  .270   22   1.8  2(-3)e15 -137  
 C   Bob Scheffing        35   79  150   15   46   6   2   2   13   0   0    5   15  .307  .327  .413   19   4.6  3(+2)e7    43  
 1B *Eddie Waitkus        29   36  124   20   30   7   0   2    9   1   2   16   10  .242  .329  .347   14   3.9  1e13     -154  
 3B  Bert Haas            35   34  113   13   33   0   5   0   10   0   1    5    7  .292  .322  .381   12   4.1  3e41       43  
 2B  Frankie Gustine      29   64  204   17   32   7   2   0    7   0   0   13   29  .157  .206  .211    9   1.4  2e38     -214  
 PH  Steve Bilko          20   25   23    3    9   5   0   0    5   0   0    2    9  .391  .440  .609    6  12.3            182  
 3B  Bill Serena          24   42   40    2    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    7   12  .150  .277  .200    2   2.2  3e27     -243  
 2B  Bobby Hofman         23   12   39    5    7   0   0   0    5   0   0    4    5  .179  .267  .179    1   1.5  4e38      -58  
 SS  Rudy Rufer           22    4   11    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .182  .250  .273    0   2.4  4e31      280  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           614                  -28

     * - 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  Ellis Kinder         34  12  17  .414  38  32   2   5   1   0   1  215.0  242  130  115  26   83  143  4.81  126   5.2   37  
  P  Dutch Leonard        40   8  12  .400  37  27   3   4   1   0   0  186.1  232   98   85   4   49  109  4.11  104   5.0   33  
  P  Bob Rush             23   8  15  .348  38  29   2   8   4   0   0  209.1  211  109   96  14   85   83  4.13  101   4.3  -18  
  P  Dick Weik            21   7   5  .583  54   4   0  36  11   6   0   90.2   90   69   65  11   91   75  6.45   70   7.0  105  
  P *Johnny Schmitz       28   5   7  .417  22  15   0   4   0   1   0   90.1  116   77   55   6   42   30  5.48   58   5.6   25  
  P  Doyle Lade           28   5   8  .385  74   1   0  30   7   5   0  114.0  128   84   69  12   59   44  5.45   74   5.9  -20  
  P *Ted Gray             24   5  17  .227  34  29   1   1   0   0   0  178.2  153   99   83  19   97  123  4.18   80   4.0   13  
  P *Gene Bearden         28   3   8  .273  30  11   0  13   5   1   0   87.2  108   63   62  11   52   27  6.37   69   7.3   62  
  P  Bob Muncrief         33   2   0 1.000  19   0   0   5   1   0   0   27.0   24   17   17   5   21   13  5.67   16   5.7  -52  
  P  Monk Dubiel          31   1   3  .250  31   6   0  15   3   2   0   89.0  100   44   35   7   31   39  3.54   52   5.1   12  
  P  Emil Kush            32   1   5  .167  35   0   0  16   6   0   0   48.2   50   28   27   7   25   29  4.99   30   5.4  -20  
  P  Dewey Adkins         31   0   0  .000   6   0   0   2   0   1   0    7.0   11    8    8   1    2    7 10.29    7  10.7  103  
  P  Jess Dobernic        31   0   0  .000   5   0   0   1   0   0   0    2.2    5    4    4   1    3    0 13.50    5  18.6  291  
  P *Bob Cain             24   0   0  .000   8   0   0   6   3   0   0   10.2    8    2    2   1    4    5  1.69    3   2.9   16  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      802         21

     * - 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
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Stan Lopata           552  64  76  361   25   9   1  .977  44  14
 Les Moss              442  53  54  243   39   6   0  .979  37  28
 Bob Scheffing         354  36  71  198   36   3   2  .987  54  20
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Herman Reich 660 78 80 685 53 1 70 .999 10.06 Phil Cavarretta 425 46 58 450 40 3 59 .994 10.38 Eddie Waitkus 267 30 33 275 21 4 33 .987 9.98 Bert Haas 5 0 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Emil Verban 819 93 97 219 293 15 78 .972 5.62 Frankie Gustine 442 50 53 136 160 13 34 .958 6.03 Bobby Hofman 96 11 12 22 41 2 13 .969 5.91 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Andy Pafko 1025 117 119 131 245 16 27 .959 3.30 Bert Haas 269 31 31 36 66 8 8 .927 3.41 Bill Serena 30 3 7 1 14 1 1 .938 4.50 Frankie Gustine 25 2 6 3 8 0 0 1.000 3.96 Peanuts Lowrey 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Marty Marion 1331 150 153 283 531 19 107 .977 5.50 Rudy Rufer 25 4 4 3 8 0 1 1.000 3.96 Bill Serena 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Hank Sauer            382  48  48   91    2   6   0  .939  2.19
 Phil Cavarretta       373  41  50   87    3   2   0  .978  2.17
 Hank Edwards          227  27  30   72    1   2   0  .973  2.90
 Hal Jeffcoat          183  17  34   38    3   2   1  .953  2.01
 Bill Nicholson        142  17  17   35    1   2   0  .947  2.29
 Herman Reich           31   3   5    6    1   0   0 1.000  2.05
 Andy Pafko             16   1   4    5    0   0   0 1.000  2.81
 Peanuts Lowrey          3   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Peanuts Lowrey 741 84 85 156 10 1 1 .994 2.02 Hal Jeffcoat 594 69 70 146 2 7 0 .955 2.24 Hank Edwards 10 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Andy Pafko 9 1 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.00 Bill Nicholson 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Phil Cavarretta 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Nicholson 578 69 69 130 3 5 0 .964 2.07 Andy Pafko 271 31 32 62 2 3 1 .955 2.12 Peanuts Lowrey 250 26 35 58 1 1 0 .983 2.12 Hank Edwards 143 17 18 37 0 1 0 .974 2.33 Phil Cavarretta 40 4 7 8 0 2 0 .800 1.79 Herman Reich 39 5 6 4 0 1 0 .800 0.92 Hal Jeffcoat 35 2 11 7 0 1 0 .875 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1949 Draft


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