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1947 Chicago Cubs 69 - 85

1946 / 1948 (Organization)

6th place in the NL (25 GB)
Home Record: Away Record:	36 - 43 (.456) 33 - 42 (.440)	-6.6 wins -1.5 wins

Scored/Expected: 567 / 690 ( -123 ) Allowed/Expected: 722 / 687 ( -35 )
Pyth Record: 60 - 94 (+9)

Dressed to the Nines

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Wrigley Field
Attendance:	1,364,039	Avg Att:	17,266 (1.03)
Att Rank:	3 / 8	Lg Avg:	16,756

Park Factor:	0.97
HR Factor:	0.90	R/L HR:	0.96 / 0.83

Notes:

Transactions

Date									WAR
M	D	Yr	Player	Pos	Age	Transaction	From	To	Before	After	Org
10	9	1946	Billy Jurges	SS	38.4	Released	CHN		30.5	0.2
11	1	1946	Loyd Christopher	CF	26.8	Rule 5 Draft	CHN	CHA	0.1	-0.1	-0.1
11	5	1946	Hal Quick	SS	29.1	Minor League Draft	CHN	NY1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
11	21	1946	Jim Brosnan	RP	17.1	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		CHN	0.0	14.1	3.6
1	1	1947	Doug Hansen	DH	18.0	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		CHN	0.0	0.0	0.0
1	1	1947	Mel Hoderlein	2B	23.5	Unknown transaction	CHN	NYA	0.0	-0.2	0.0
1	1	1947	Bobo Holloman	SP	23.8	Unknown transaction	Moultrie	CHN	0.0	-0.0	0.0
1	1	1947	Billy Klaus	SS	18.1	Signed as a Free Agent		CHN	0.0	8.0	0.0
1	1	1947	Fred Marsh	3B	23.0	Unknown transaction	CHN	CLE	0.0	-1.4	0.0
1	1	1947	Les Peden	C	23.3	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		CHN	0.0	0.2	0.0
1	1	1947	Dusty Rhodes	LF	19.6	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		CHN	0.0	3.5	0.0
1	1	1947	Bob Rush	SP	21.0	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		CHN	0.0	35.1	32.0
1	1	1947	Lou Sleater	RP	20.3	Signed as a Free Agent		CHN	0.0	0.1	0.0
1	1	1947	Bob Spicer	RP	21.7	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		CHN	0.0	-0.5	0.0
1	1	1947	Ben Wade	SW	24.1	Unknown transaction	PIT	CHN	0.0	1.0	-0.1
1	25	1947	Hi Bithorn	SP	30.9	Purchased	CHN	PIT	5.0	0.1	0.0
2	1	1947	Eddie Malone	C	26.6	Received in Trade	SLN	CHN	0.0	0.4	0.0
2	1	1947	Barney Olsen	CF	27.4	Traded Away	CHN	SLN	0.2	0.0	0.0
3	15	1947	Bill Lee	SP	37.4	Signed as a Free Agent		CHN	31.7	0.0	0.0
4	16	1947	Lonny Frey	2B	36.6	Purchased	CIN	CHN	38.7	0.1	-0.2
6	1	1947	Doug Hansen	DH	18.5	Unknown transaction	CHN	El Paso	0.0	0.0	0.0
6	25	1947	Lonny Frey	2B	36.8	Purchased	CHN	NYA	38.5	0.3	0.3
7	7	1947	Mickey Livingston	C	32.6	Selected off of Waivers	CHN	NY1	2.8	1.0	0.8
7	25	1947	Bob Carpenter	SP	29.6	Signed as a Free Agent		CHN	2.8	-0.2	0.0
8	1	1947	Bob Kelly	SP	19.8	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		CHN	0.0	1.3	0.9
8	23	1947	Billy Jurges	SS	39.3	Signed as a Free Agent		CHN	30.5	0.2	0.2
9	15	1947	Freddy Schmidt	SW	31.6	Selected off of Waivers	PHI	CHN	1.2	-0.1	-0.1
9	19	1947	Billy Jurges	SS	39.4	Released	CHN		30.7	0.0
9	19	1947	Bill Lee	SP	37.9	Released	CHN		31.7	0.0
9	22	1947	Claude Passeau	SP	38.5	Released	CHN		44.3	0.0
9	24	1947	Stan Hack	3B	37.8	Released	CHN		52.5	0.0

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Trades

2 / 1 / 1947

Chicago Cubs Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	CHN	1st Yr
Eddie Malone	C	SLN	26.5	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
Totals				0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0

St. Louis Cardinals Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	SLN	1st Yr
Barney Olsen	CF	CHN	27.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Totals				0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Team Analysis

	WAR After Trade			WAR First Year
Tm	Out	In	Diff	Out	In	Diff
CHN	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
SLN	0.4	0.0	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James