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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 (exact date unknown): ** Jim Pearce was released by the Cubs. **Carl Sawatski was acquired by the Cubs from the Boston Braves. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions * September 1948: Warren Hacker was acquired by the Cubs from the Shreveport Sports The Shreveport Sports were a professional Minor League Baseball team based in Shreveport, Louisiana, in the United States. The Sports fielded a te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field is a Major League Baseball (MLB) stadium on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home of the Chicago Cubs, one of the city's two MLB franchises. It first opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park for Charles Weeghman's Chicago Whales of the Federal League, which folded after the 1915 baseball season. The Cubs played their first home game at the park on April 20, 1916, defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings. Chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. of the Wrigley Company acquired the Cubs in 1921. It was named Cubs Park from 1920 to 1926, before being renamed Wrigley Field in 1927. The current seating capacity is 41,649. It is actually the second stadium to be named Wrigley Field, as a Los Angeles ballpark with the same name opened in 1925. In the North Side community area of Lakeview in the Wrigleyville neighborhood, Wrigley Field is on an irregular block bounded by Clark and Addison streets to the west and south, and Waveland and Sheffield ave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Hacker
Warren Louis Hacker (November 21, 1924 – May 22, 2002) was an American professional baseball player, a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1948–56), Cincinnati Redlegs (1957), Philadelphia Phillies (1957–58) and Chicago White Sox (1961). He was also the uncle of former Major League shortstop Rich Hacker. Hacker's finished 23rd in voting for the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1952 for leading the league in WHIP (.946) and hits allowed/9ip (7.01) and having a 15–9 win–loss record, 33 games pitched (20 started), 12 complete games, 5 shutouts, 5 games finished, 1 save, 185 innings pitched, 144 hits allowed, 56 runs allowed, 53 earned runs allowed, 17 home runs allowed, 31 walks allowed, 84 strikeouts, 1 hit batsmen, 1 wild pitch, 721 batters faced, 1 balk and a 2.58 ERA. In 12 seasons Hacker had a 62–89 win loss record, 306 games pitched (157 started), 47 complete games, 6 shutouts, 76 games finished, 17 saves, 1,283 innings pitched, 1,297 hits allowed, 680 runs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Meyer (baseball)
Russell Charles Meyer (October 25, 1923 – November 16, 1997) was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher known for his hot temper, his nickname was "Mad Monk". His professional career lasted for 16 seasons, including 319 games pitched over all or part of 13 years in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs (1946–48; 1956), Philadelphia Phillies (1949–52), Brooklyn Dodgers (1953–55), Cincinnati Redlegs (1956), Boston Red Sox (1957) and Kansas City Athletics (1959). The native of Peru, Illinois, was listed as tall and . Initially signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942, Meyer spent 1943 performing United States Army service during World War II. While pitching for his camp team, Meyer was stricken with appendicitis, then contracted peritonitis; he was given a medical discharge and released by the White Sox organization. He signed with the crosstown Cubs, spent three seasons in the Class A1 (now Double-A) Southern Assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch McCall
Robert Leonard "Dutch" McCall (December 27, 1920 – January 8, 1996) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago Cubs. During World War II, McCall served in the United States Army rising to the rank of corporal. He is buried in the Little Rock National Cemetery Little Rock National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery, located approximately two miles (3 km) south-east of the Arkansas State Capitol Building, being within the city of Little Rock, and Pulaski County, Arkansas. It encompasses , ... (Section 24). References External links 1920 births 1996 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Chicago Cubs players Baseball players from Tennessee People from Columbia, Tennessee Sportspeople from the Nashville metropolitan area Nashville Vols players United States Army personnel of World War II United States Army non-commissioned officers Burials at Little Rock National Cemetery {{US-baseball-pitcher-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doyle Lade
Doyle Marion "Porky" Lade (February 17, 1921 – May 18, 2000) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Chicago Cubs from to . Although nicknamed for his stocky frame, Lade was listed as tall and . Born in Fairbury, Nebraska, Lade began his baseball career when he was signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1941. He spent the 1941 season with Oklahoma City of the Texas League, where he had a 6–10 record and an earned run average (ERA) of 3.66. At the end of the 1941 season, he was traded to Savannah of the South Atlantic League for Hugh Klaerner. On July 8, 1942, while playing for the Shreveport Sports of the Texas League, Lade pitched a no-hitter against San Antonio and won the game 1–0, with his solo home run providing the only run support for Shreveport. In August, he was purchased by the Chicago White Sox effective at the conclusion of the Texas League season, and was considered the top prospect of the four players acquired. After the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Kush
Emil Benedict Kush (November 4, 1916 – November 26, 1969) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who worked in 150 Major League games for the Chicago Cubs for six seasons (1941–42; 1946–49). The native of Chicago, Illinois, stood tall and weighed . He missed three seasons (1943–45) while serving in the United States Navy during World War II. Kush enjoyed two banner back-to-back seasons in 1946 and 1947, appearing in 87 games and 220 innings pitched, winning 17 of a total of 22 decisions, collecting both of his career complete games and seven of his 12 saves. He posted a cumulative earned run average of 3.18 during those two years. All told, Kush allowed 324 hits and 158 bases on balls in 346 MLB innings, with 150 strikeout In baseball or softball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat. It usually means that the batter is out. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Jacobs
Anthony Robert Jacobs (August 5, 1925 – December 21, 1980) was an American professional baseball player. The , right-handed pitcher appeared in two Major League Baseball games, one for the Chicago Cubs and one for the St. Louis Cardinals. He had a 12-year career (1946–1957) in minor league baseball, where he won 97 games and excelled as a relief pitcher in the Triple-A International League during the mid-1950s. Jacobs' first Major League trial came at the age of 23 when the Cubs recalled him from their Class A Des Moines Bruins affiliate at the end of the 1948 season. In his September 19 debut, he pitched two innings in relief during an 8–1 loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field and gave up one run, on a home run to Gene Hermanski; however, he went on to strike out two future Hall of Famers: Roy Campanella and Pee Wee Reese. Six full seasons in the minors then followed. But in 1953 and 1954, Jacobs recorded back-to-back outstanding seasons as a relief pitcher for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Hamner
Ralph Conant Hamner (September 12, 1916 – May 22, 2001) nicknamed "Bruz", was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of four seasons (1946–49) with the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs. For his career, he compiled an 8–20 record, with a 4.58 earned run average, and 99 strikeouts in 220 innings pitched. He was born in Gibsland, Louisiana and later died in Little Rock, Arkansas (The Little Rock, The "Little Rock") , government_type = council-manager government, Council-manager , leader_title = List of mayors of Little Rock, Arkansas, Mayor , leader_name = Frank Scott Jr. , leader_ ... at the age of 84. External links 1916 births 2001 deaths Chicago White Sox players Chicago Cubs players Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Louisiana Akron Yankees players Fort Worth Cats players Norfolk Tars players Binghamton Triplets players Anniston Rams players Shreveport Sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Erickson (baseball)
Paul Walford Erickson (December 14, 1915 – April 5, 2002), nicknamed "L'il Abner", was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher whose career extended from 1937–49. He appeared in 207 games pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and History of the New York Giants (baseball), New York Giants, between 1941 and 1948. Erickson stood tall and weighed . Erickson, a native of Zion, Illinois, was a contributor to the Cubs' National League (NL) championship. He appeared in 28 games, nine as a Starting pitcher, starter, and won seven of 11 Decision (baseball), decisions with an earned run average (ERA) of 3.32, three complete games, and three Save (baseball), saves, in 108 innings pitched. Erickson saved the final two games of the regular season against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field, then worked in four of the seven games of the 1945 World Series, all Cub defeats, including the decisive Game 7 against the Detroit Tig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Dobernic
Andrew Joseph "Jess" Dobernic (November 20, 1917 – July 16, 1998) was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of three seasons (1939, 1948–49) with the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, and Cincinnati Reds. For his career, he compiled a 7–3 record, with a 5.21 earned run average, and 55 strikeouts in 109 innings pitched. Life and career Dobernic was born in a Yugoslavian family in Mount Olive, Illinois. His first organized baseball was for Rayne, Louisiana in the Evangeline Baseball League in 1937. For the next four years, he was in the Chicago White Sox system including the St. Paul Saints, Waterloo Hawks and the major league team. But difficulty controlling his pitches largely kept him out of the major leagues. During World War II, Dobernic spent three years in the United States Army Air Forces including Africa and Italy. He returned in the summer of 1945 and pitched for an Army team in Texas, winning 19 consecutive games de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Chipman
Robert Howard Chipman (October 11, 1918 – November 8, 1973) was an American professional baseball baseball player, player, a left-handed pitcher who spent all or parts of a dozen seasons in the Major League Baseball from 1941 to 1952 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves (baseball), Boston Braves. The Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn native stood tall and weighed . Chipman's career began in 1939 in the minor league baseball, minor leagues, and after winning 14, 17 and 17 games in successive campaigns, he was recalled by the Dodgers in September 1941, appearing in one game (and winning it) with five shutout (baseball), scoreless innings pitched in relief pitcher, relief against the cellar-dwelling Philadelphia Phillies on the last day of the 1941 in baseball, season, September 28. The Dodgers had clinched the National League pennant (sports), pennant three days earlier; Chipman's victory was Brooklyn's 100th of 1941. But he was not eligible to appear in the 1941 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Chambers
Clifford Day Chambers (January 10, 1922 – January 21, 2012) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in 189 games in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals. He threw and batted left-handed, stood tall and weighed . Biography Chambers was born in Portland, Oregon. He played two seasons of college baseball for the Washington State Cougars in 1941–42. He broke into the major leagues with the Chicago Cubs in 1948, and he was pleasantly surprised to find out that he had been traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates before the 1949 season. Chambers said that he had not been happy with his salary in Chicago, and that he was excited to play with a well-regarded organization like Pittsburgh. Before the 1950 season, Chambers had threatened not to sign with Pittsburgh unless he made $20,000, a large increase from his $7,500 salary the year before. After Pirates general manager Roy Hamey called Chambers at his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
