1948 Chicago Cubs roster

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 Waitkus1395628716674411.295.348.764
Andy Pafko14254882171261013.312.375.891
Bill Nicholson1434946812919672.261.371.816
Peanuts Lowrey129435471282542.294.347.696
Roy Smalley12436125784360.216.265.567
Hank Schenz9633743881143.261.306.633
Phil Cavarretta11133441933404.278.349.732
Bob Scheffing10229323885450.300.351.778
Clarence Maddern8021416544270.252.301.675
Clyde McCullough691721036170.209.273.546
Rube Walker7917117475260.275.371.780
Dick Culler4889415050.169.275.466
Cliff Aberson123216160.188.297.610
Jeff Cross162012000.100.100.200
Don Johnson61203001.250.250.500
Danny Lynch7732110.286.3751.089
Carmen Mauro3521110.200.4291.229
Carl Sawatski2200000.000.000.000

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 SchmitzP343018132.64242.01001.171
Russ MeyerP292610103.66164.2891.420
Dutch McCallP30204134.82151.1891.610
Bob RushP36165113.92133.1721.430
Hank BorowyP39175104.89127.0501.611
Ralph HamnerP2717594.69111.1531.610
Cliff ChambersP2912294.43103.2511.430
Doyle LadeP1912564.0287.1291.490
Jess DobernicP540723.1585.2481.251
Emil KushP341144.3872.0311.493
Bob ChipmanP343213.5860.1161.614
Ben WadeP20017.205.011.600
Warren HackerP310121.003.003.330
Tony JacobsP10004.502.021.500
Don CarlsenP100036.001.017.000

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.