1950 Chicago Cubs season
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Owner(s) | Philip K. Wrigley |
General manager(s) | Wid Matthews |
Manager(s) | Frankie Frisch |
Local television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton, Vince Lloyd) WBKB (Joe Wilson) |
Local radio | WIND (Bert Wilson, Bud Campbell) |
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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.
Offseason[]
- October 29, 1949: Jim Fanning was signed as an amateur free agent by the Chicago Cubs.[1]
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
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[]
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[]
- 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[]
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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 |
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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 | 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[]
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[]
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 |
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Bob Rush | 39 | 254.2 | 13 | 20 | 3.71 | 93 |
Johnny Schmitz | 39 | 193 | 10 | 16 | 4.99 | 75 |
Paul Minner | 39 | 190.1 | 8 | 13 | 4.11 | 99 |
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 |
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Frank Hiller | 38 | 153 | 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[]
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 |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Springfield Cubs | International League | Stan Hack |
AAA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Bill Kelly |
AA | Nashville Vols | Southern Association | Don Osborn |
A | Grand Rapids Jets | Central League | Jack Knight |
A | Des Moines Bruins | Western League | Charlie Root |
B | Decatur Commodores | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Morrie Arnovich |
B | Rock Hill Chiefs | Tri-State League | |
C | Visalia Cubs | California League | |
C | Sioux Falls Canaries | Northern League | Lee Eilbracht |
C | Western Association | ||
C | Clovis Pioneers | West Texas–New Mexico League | Paul Dean, , and |
D | Moultrie Cubs | Georgia–Florida League | Steve Collins and |
D | Carthage Cubs | Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League | |
D | Rutherford County Owls | Western Carolina League | |
D | Janesville Cubs | Wisconsin State League | Adolph Matulis |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Nashville, Rock Hill, Sioux Falls
References[]
- ^ Jim Fanning at Baseball Reference
- ^ Gene Baker at Baseball Reference
- ^ Harry Chiti at Baseball Reference
External links[]
- Chicago Cubs seasons
- 1950 Major League Baseball season
- 1950 in sports in Illinois