1948 Chicago Cubs roster

Manager: Charlie Grimm

33 players appeared for the Chicago Cubs in the 1948 MLB season.

1948 Cubs roster: batting

1948 Chicago Cubs batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Eddie Waitkus281395628716674411.295.348.764
Andy Pafko2714254882171261013.312.375.891
Bill Nicholson331434946812919672.261.371.816
Peanuts Lowrey29129435471282542.294.347.696
Roy Smalley2212436125784360.216.265.567
Hank Schenz299633743881143.261.306.633
Phil Cavarretta3111133441933404.278.349.732
Bob Scheffing3410229323885450.300.351.778
Clarence Maddern268021416544270.252.301.675
Clyde McCullough31691721036170.209.273.546
Rube Walker227917117475260.275.371.780
Dick Culler334889415050.169.275.466
Cliff Aberson26123216160.188.297.610
Jeff Cross29162012000.100.100.200
Don Johnson3661203001.250.250.500
Danny Lynch227732110.286.3751.089
Carmen Mauro213521110.200.4291.229
Carl Sawatski202200000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1948 Cubs roster: pitching

1948 Chicago Cubs pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Johnny SchmitzP27343018132.64242.01001.171
Russ MeyerP24292610103.66164.2891.420
Dutch McCallP2730204134.82151.1891.610
Bob RushP2236165113.92133.1721.430
Hank BorowyP3239175104.89127.0501.611
Ralph HamnerP312717594.69111.1531.610
Cliff ChambersP262912294.43103.2511.430
Doyle LadeP271912564.0287.1291.490
Jess DobernicP30540723.1585.2481.251
Emil KushP31341144.3872.0311.493
Bob ChipmanP29343213.5860.1161.614
Ben WadeP2520017.205.011.600
Warren HackerP23310121.003.003.330
Tony JacobsP2210004.502.021.500
Don CarlsenP21100036.001.017.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.