The 1951 Chicago Cubs season was the 80th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 76th in the National League and the 36th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished eighth and last in the National League with a record of 62–92.
1951 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, Phil Cavarretta | |
Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton, Marty Hogan) WBKB (Joe Wilson) | |
Radio | WIND (Bert Wilson, Bud Campbell) | |
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Offseason edit
- October 10, 1950: Hank Edwards and cash were traded by the Cubs to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Dee Fondy and Chuck Connors.[1]
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 98 | 59 | 0.624 | — | 50–28 | 48–31 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 97 | 60 | 0.618 | 1 | 49–29 | 48–31 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 15½ | 44–34 | 37–39 |
Boston Braves | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 20½ | 42–35 | 34–43 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 23½ | 38–39 | 35–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 68 | 86 | 0.442 | 28½ | 35–42 | 33–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 32½ | 32–45 | 32–45 |
Chicago Cubs | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 34½ | 32–45 | 30–47 |
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 | — | 10–12–1 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 13–9 | |||||
Brooklyn | 12–10–1 | — | 14–8 | 14–8 | 14–11 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 18–4 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 10–12 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–10 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — | 5–17 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 14–8 | 11–14 | 15–7 | 17–5 | — | 16–6 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 10–12 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 6–16 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 9–13 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | 7–15 | — | 5–17 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–13 | 4–18 | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 17–5 | — |
Notable transactions edit
- June 15, 1951: Johnny Schmitz, Rube Walker, Andy Pafko, and Wayne Terwilliger were traded by the Cubs to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Eddie Miksis, Bruce Edwards, Joe Hatten, and Gene Hermanski.[2]
Roster edit
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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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 | Smoky Burgess | 94 | 219 | 55 | .251 | 2 | 20 |
1B | Chuck Connors | 66 | 201 | 48 | .239 | 2 | 18 |
2B | Eddie Miksis | 102 | 421 | 112 | .266 | 4 | 35 |
SS | Roy Smalley Jr. | 79 | 238 | 55 | .231 | 8 | 31 |
3B | Randy Jackson | 145 | 557 | 153 | .275 | 16 | 76 |
OF | Hal Jeffcoat | 113 | 278 | 76 | .273 | 4 | 27 |
OF | Frank Baumholtz | 146 | 560 | 159 | .284 | 2 | 50 |
OF | Hank Sauer | 141 | 525 | 138 | .263 | 30 | 89 |
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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Gene Hermanski | 75 | 231 | 65 | .281 | 3 | 20 |
Phil Cavarretta | 89 | 206 | 64 | .311 | 6 | 28 |
Wayne Terwilliger | 50 | 192 | 41 | .214 | 0 | 10 |
Andy Pafko | 49 | 178 | 47 | .264 | 12 | 35 |
Dee Fondy | 49 | 170 | 46 | .271 | 3 | 20 |
Jack Cusick | 65 | 164 | 29 | .177 | 2 | 16 |
Bob Ramazzotti | 73 | 158 | 39 | .247 | 1 | 15 |
Bruce Edwards | 51 | 141 | 33 | .234 | 3 | 17 |
Mickey Owen | 58 | 125 | 23 | .184 | 0 | 15 |
Rube Walker | 37 | 107 | 25 | .234 | 2 | 5 |
Bob Borkowski | 58 | 89 | 14 | .157 | 0 | 10 |
Bill Serena | 13 | 39 | 13 | .333 | 1 | 4 |
Harry Chiti | 9 | 31 | 11 | .355 | 0 | 5 |
Carmen Mauro | 13 | 29 | 5 | .172 | 0 | 3 |
Fred Richards | 10 | 27 | 8 | .296 | 0 | 4 |
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 | 37 | 211.1 | 11 | 12 | 3.83 | 129 |
Paul Minner | 33 | 201.2 | 6 | 17 | 3.79 | 68 |
Frank Hiller | 24 | 141.1 | 6 | 12 | 4.84 | 50 |
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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Cal McLish | 30 | 145.2 | 4 | 10 | 4.45 | 46 |
Turk Lown | 31 | 127.0 | 4 | 9 | 5.46 | 39 |
Bob Kelly | 35 | 123.2 | 7 | 4 | 4.66 | 48 |
Johnny Klippstein | 35 | 123.2 | 6 | 6 | 4.29 | 56 |
Bob Schultz | 17 | 77.1 | 3 | 6 | 5.24 | 27 |
Joe Hatten | 23 | 75.1 | 2 | 6 | 5.14 | 23 |
Johnny Schmitz | 8 | 18.0 | 1 | 2 | 8.00 | 6 |
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 | 41 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2.64 | 30 |
Monk Dubiel | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.30 | 19 |
Andy Varga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 |
Warren Hacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |
Farm system edit
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Topeka, Carthage
References edit
- ^ Dee Fondy at Baseball Reference
- ^ Eddie Miksis at Baseball Reference