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1947 Chicago Cubs season

Field	Value
name	Chicago Cubs
season	1947
league	National League
ballpark	Wrigley Field
city	Chicago
record
league_place	6th
owners	Philip K. Wrigley
general_managers	James T. Gallagher
managers	Charlie Grimm
television	WBKB
(Jack Brickhouse, Joe Wilson)
radio	WIND
(Bert Wilson)

(Jack Brickhouse, Joe Wilson) (Bert Wilson) |}} 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

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1947 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	110	363	96	.264	5	50
1B	130	514	150	.292	2	35
2B	120	402	104	.259	3	26
SS	108	373	90	.241	0	29
3B	115	448	126	.281	5	37
OF	129	513	155	.302	13	66
OF	148	487	119	.244	26	75
OF	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
	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
	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
	14	0	2	0	4.50	9

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brosnji01.shtml Jim Brosnan page at Baseball Reference]
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 141, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-7432-9461-4
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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