The 1950 Chicago Cubs season was the 79th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 75th in the National League and the 35th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 64–89.
1950 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |
General managers | Wid Matthews | |
Managers | Frankie Frisch | |
Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton, Vince Lloyd) WBKB (Joe Wilson) | |
Radio | WIND (Bert Wilson, Bud Campbell) | |
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Offseason edit
- October 29, 1949: Jim Fanning was signed as an amateur free agent by the Chicago Cubs.[1]
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 91 | 63 | 0.591 | — | 48–29 | 43–34 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 2 | 48–30 | 41–35 |
New York Giants | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 5 | 44–32 | 42–36 |
Boston Braves | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 8 | 46–31 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 75 | 0.510 | 12½ | 48–28 | 30–47 |
Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 87 | 0.431 | 24½ | 38–38 | 28–49 |
Chicago Cubs | 64 | 89 | 0.418 | 26½ | 35–42 | 29–47 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 96 | 0.373 | 33½ | 33–44 | 24–52 |
Record vs. opponents edit
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 17–5 | 13–9 | 9–13–1 | 15–7–1 | 11–11 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 19–3 | 12–10 | |||||
Chicago | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 4–17 | 5–17 | 9–13–1 | 11–11 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 5–17 | 10–12 | 17–4 | — | 11–11 | 4–18 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
New York | 9–13 | 10–12 | 17–5 | 11–11 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 13–9–1 | 11–11–1 | 13–9–1 | 18–4 | 10–12 | — | 14–8 | 12–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 7–15–1 | 3–19 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 8–14 | — | 12–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 9–12 | — |
Notable transactions edit
- April 1, 1950: Gene Baker was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.[2]
- June 29, 1950: Harry Chiti was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.[3]
Roster edit
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Coaches
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Mickey Owen | 86 | 259 | 63 | .243 | 2 | 21 |
1B | Preston Ward | 80 | 285 | 72 | .253 | 6 | 33 |
2B | Wayne Terwilliger | 133 | 480 | 116 | .242 | 10 | 32 |
SS | Roy Smalley Jr. | 154 | 557 | 128 | .230 | 21 | 85 |
3B | Bill Serena | 127 | 435 | 104 | .239 | 17 | 61 |
OF | Bob Borkowski | 85 | 256 | 70 | .273 | 4 | 29 |
OF | Andy Pafko | 146 | 514 | 156 | .304 | 36 | 92 |
OF | Hank Sauer | 145 | 540 | 148 | .274 | 32 | 103 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Phil Cavarretta | 82 | 256 | 70 | .273 | 10 | 31 |
Rube Walker | 74 | 213 | 49 | .230 | 6 | 16 |
Carmen Mauro | 62 | 185 | 42 | .227 | 1 | 10 |
Hal Jeffcoat | 66 | 179 | 42 | .235 | 2 | 18 |
Bob Ramazzotti | 61 | 145 | 38 | .262 | 1 | 6 |
Ron Northey | 53 | 114 | 32 | .281 | 4 | 20 |
Randy Jackson | 34 | 111 | 25 | .225 | 3 | 6 |
Hank Edwards | 41 | 110 | 40 | .364 | 2 | 21 |
Carl Sawatski | 38 | 103 | 18 | .175 | 1 | 7 |
Emil Verban | 45 | 37 | 4 | .108 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Scheffing | 12 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 1 |
Harry Chiti | 3 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Rush | 39 | 254.2 | 13 | 20 | 3.71 | 93 |
Johnny Schmitz | 39 | 193.0 | 10 | 16 | 4.99 | 75 |
Paul Minner | 39 | 190.1 | 8 | 13 | 4.11 | 99 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Frank Hiller | 38 | 153.0 | 12 | 5 | 3.53 | 55 |
Monk Dubiel | 39 | 142.2 | 6 | 10 | 4.16 | 51 |
Doyle Lade | 34 | 117.2 | 5 | 6 | 4.74 | 36 |
Johnny Klippstein | 33 | 104.2 | 2 | 9 | 5.25 | 51 |
Johnny Vander Meer | 32 | 73.2 | 3 | 4 | 3.79 | 41 |
Bill Voiselle | 19 | 51.1 | 0 | 4 | 5.79 | 25 |
Warren Hacker | 5 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.28 | 5 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dutch Leonard | 35 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3.77 | 28 |
Andy Varga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Minor Leagues edit
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Nashville, Rock Hill, Sioux Falls
References edit
- ^ Jim Fanning at Baseball Reference
- ^ Gene Baker at Baseball Reference
- ^ Harry Chiti at Baseball Reference