1948 Chicago Cubs season

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.
December 6, 1947: Don Elston was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.
Prior to 1948 season :
*Jim Pearce was released by the Cubs.
*Carl Sawatski was acquired by the Cubs from the Boston Braves.

Regular season

Notable transactions

September 1948: Warren Hacker was acquired by the Cubs from the Shreveport Sports.

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		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
	6	12	3	.250	0	0
Danny Lynch	7	7	2	.286	1	1
Carmen Mauro	3	5	1	.200	1	1
	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
	29	164.2	10	10	3.66	89
Dutch McCall	30	151.1	4	13	4.82	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
Bob Rush	36	133.1	5	11	3.92	72
	39	127.0	5	10	4.89	50
Ralph Hamner	27	111.1	5	9	4.69	53
	29	103.2	2	9	4.43	51
Doyle Lade	19	87.1	5	6	4.02	29
	3	3.0	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
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
	1	0	0	0	36.00	1

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fayetteville, Clinton
Hutchinson club moved to Springfield, July 21, 1948