1948 Chicago Cubs season

1948 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Philip K. Wrigley
General manager(s) James T. Gallagher
Manager(s) Charlie Grimm
Local television WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Marty Hogan)
WBKB
(Joe Wilson)
Local radio WIND
(Bert Wilson)
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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. The Cubs finished eighth and last in the National League with a record of 64–90.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Braves 9162 0.595 — 45–31 46–31
St. Louis Cardinals 8569 0.552 6½ 44–33 41–36
Brooklyn Dodgers 8470 0.545 7½ 36–41 48–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 8371 0.539 8½ 47–31 36–40
New York Giants 7876 0.506 13½ 37–40 41–36
Philadelphia Phillies 6688 0.429 25½ 32–44 34–44
Cincinnati Reds 6489 0.418 27 32–45 32–44
Chicago Cubs 6490 0.416 27½ 35–42 29–48

Record vs. opponents

1948 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —14–816–6–113–811–1114–812–1011–11
Brooklyn 8–14—11–1118–411–11–115–79–1312–10
Chicago 6–16–111–11—10–1211–117–158–1411–11
Cincinnati 8–134–1812–10—10–1211–119–1310–12
New York 11–1111–11–111–1112–10—14–812–107–15
Philadelphia 8–147–1515–711–118–14—12–10–15–17
Pittsburgh 10–1213–914–813–910–1210–12–1—13–9–1
St. Louis 11–1110–1211–1112–1015–717–59–13–1—

Notable transactions

Roster

1948 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
SSRoy Smalley12436178.216436

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
Don Johnson6123.25000
Carl Sawatski220.00000

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
Russ Meyer29164.210103.6689

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
Hank Borowy391275104.8950
Cliff Chambers29103.2294.4351
Warren Hacker330121.000

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
Don Carlsen100036.001

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Bill Kelly
AA Nashville Vols Southern Association Larry Gilbert
A Macon Peaches Sally League Don Osborn
A Des Moines Bruins Western League Stan Hack
B Decatur Commodores Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Red Lucas and Nelson Burbrink
B Springfield Cubs New England League Bob Peterson
B Selma Cloverleafs Southeastern League Morrie Arnovich
B Fayetteville Cubs Tri-State League Skeeter Scalzi
C Visalia Cubs California League John Intlekofer, Jigger Statz
and Donald Anderson
C Clinton Cubs Central Association Nelson Burbrink and Lee Eilbracht
C Sioux Falls Canaries Northern League Jim Oglesby
C Hutchinson/Springfield Cubs Western Association Frankie Piet
D Elizabethton Betsy Cubs Appalachian League Adolph Matulis
D St. Augustine Saints Florida State League Donald Anderson and John Sebastian
D Centralia Cubs Illinois State League Willard Sellergren and Claude Passeau
D Marion Cubs Ohio–Indiana League Lou Bekeza and Frank Kristie
D Lumberton Cubs Tobacco State League Charles Jamin
D Janesville Cubs Wisconsin State League Frank Kristie and Lou Bekeza

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fayetteville, Clinton

Hutchinson club moved to Springfield (Missouri), July 21, 1948

References

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