# 1947 Chicago Cubs season

The 1947 Chicago Cubs season was the 76th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 72nd in the National League and the 32nd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth in the National League with a record of 69–85.

## Offseason

* November 21, 1946: Jim Brosnan was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.

## Regular season

* May 18: 46,572 paying fans (while there were 20,000 fans outside) came to Wrigley Field to see Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers play. The Dodgers won by a score of 4–2.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 94 | 60 | .610 | — | 52‍–‍25 | 42‍–‍35 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 89 | 65 | .578 | 5 | 46‍–‍31 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Boston Braves | 86 | 68 | .558 | 8 | 50‍–‍27 | 36‍–‍41 |
| New York Giants | 81 | 73 | .526 | 13 | 45‍–‍31 | 36‍–‍42 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 73 | 81 | .474 | 21 | 42‍–‍35 | 31‍–‍46 |
| Chicago Cubs | 69 | 85 | .448 | 25 | 36‍–‍43 | 33‍–‍42 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 92 | .403 | 32 | 38‍–‍38 | 24‍–‍54 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 62 | 92 | .403 | 32 | 32‍–‍45 | 30‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1947 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BSN | BRO | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 12–10 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 9–13 |
| Brooklyn | 10–12 | — | 15–7 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 11–11–1 |
| Chicago | 9–13 | 7–15 | — | 12–10 | 7–15 | 16–6–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 |
| Cincinnati | 9–13 | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 8–14 |
| New York | 9–13 | 8–14 | 15–7 | 9–13 | — | 12–10 | 15–7–1 | 13–9 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 8–14 | 6–16–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 | — | 13–9 | 8–14 |
| Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 7–15 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 7–15–1 | 9–13 | — | 6–16–1 |
| St. Louis | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | 110 | 363 | 96 | .264 | 5 | 50 |
| 1B | Eddie Waitkus | 130 | 514 | 150 | .292 | 2 | 35 |
| 2B | Don Johnson | 120 | 402 | 104 | .259 | 3 | 26 |
| SS | Lennie Merullo | 108 | 373 | 90 | .241 | 0 | 29 |
| 3B | Peanuts Lowrey | 115 | 448 | 126 | .281 | 5 | 37 |
| OF | Andy Pafko | 129 | 513 | 155 | .302 | 13 | 66 |
| OF | Bill Nicholson | 148 | 487 | 119 | .244 | 26 | 75 |
| OF | Phil Cavarretta | 127 | 459 | 144 | .314 | 2 | 63 |

#### 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 |
| Stan Hack | 76 | 240 | 65 | .271 | 0 | 12 |
| Clyde McCullough | 86 | 234 | 59 | .252 | 3 | 30 |
| Bobby Sturgeon | 87 | 232 | 59 | .254 | 0 | 21 |
| Cliff Aberson | 47 | 140 | 39 | .279 | 4 | 20 |
| Marv Rickert | 71 | 137 | 20 | .146 | 2 | 15 |
| Dom Dallessandro | 66 | 115 | 33 | .287 | 1 | 14 |
| Ray Mack | 21 | 78 | 17 | .218 | 2 | 12 |
| Lonny Frey | 24 | 43 | 9 | .209 | 0 | 3 |
| Billy Jurges | 14 | 40 | 8 | .200 | 1 | 2 |
| Mickey Livingston | 19 | 33 | 7 | .212 | 0 | 3 |
| Sal Madrid | 8 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| Hank Schenz | 7 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewey Williams | 3 | 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 | 38 | 207.0 | 13 | 18 | 3.22 | 97 |
| Doyle Lade | 34 | 187.1 | 11 | 10 | 3.94 | 62 |
| Ralph Hamner | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.82 | 14 |
| Ox Miller | 4 | 16.0 | 1 | 2 | 10.13 | 7 |
| Freddy Schmidt | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |

#### 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 Borowy | 40 | 183.0 | 8 | 12 | 4.38 | 75 |
| Paul Erickson | 40 | 174.0 | 7 | 12 | 4.34 | 82 |
| Hank Wyse | 37 | 142.0 | 6 | 9 | 4.31 | 53 |
| Bob Chipman | 32 | 134.2 | 7 | 6 | 3.68 | 51 |
| Claude Passeau | 19 | 63.1 | 2 | 6 | 6.25 | 26 |
| Bob Carpenter | 4 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.91 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Emil Kush | 47 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3.36 | 44 |
| Russ Meers | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.48 | 28 |
| Russ Meyer | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.40 | 22 |
| Bill Lee | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | 9 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Bill Kelly |
| AA | Nashville Vols | Southern Association | Larry Gilbert |
| AA | Tulsa Oilers | Texas League | Gus Mancuso |
| A | Macon Peaches | Sally League | Ray Hayworth |
| A | Des Moines Bruins | Western League | Jim Keesey |
| B | Davenport Cubs | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Dickey Kerr and Morrie Arnovich |
| B | Portsmouth Cubs | Piedmont League | Gene Hasson |
| B | Fayetteville Cubs | Tri-State League | Clyde McDowell |
| B | Tacoma Tigers | Western International League | Luther Harvel |
| C | Visalia Cubs | California League | John Intlekofer |
| C | Clinton Cubs | Central Association | Bob Peterson |
| C | Sioux Falls Canaries | Northern League | Jim Oglesby |
| C | Hutchinson Cubs | Western Association | Morrie Arnovich and Dickey Kerr |
| D | Elizabethton Betsy Cubs | Appalachian League | Lou Bekeza |
| D | Centralia Cubs | Illinois State League | Chuck Hawley |
| D | Iola Cubs | Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League | Al Reitz |
| D | Lumberton Cubs | Tobacco State League | Red Lucas |
| D | Janesville Bears | Wisconsin State League | Frankie Piet |
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