1951 Chicago Cubs season
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Owner(s) | Philip K. Wrigley |
General manager(s) | Wid Matthews |
Manager(s) | Frankie Frisch, Phil Cavarretta |
Local television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton, Marty Hogan) WBKB (Joe Wilson) |
Local radio | WIND (Bert Wilson, Bud Campbell) |
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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.
Offseason[]
- 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[]
Season standings[]
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[]
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[]
- 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[]
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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 | 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 | 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[]
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[]
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 | 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[]
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 | 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 | 1 | 2 | 8.00 | 6 |
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 | 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[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Springfield Cubs | International League | Bill Kelly |
AAA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Stan Hack |
AA | Nashville Vols | Southern Association | Don Osborn |
A | Grand Rapids Jets | Central League | Jack Knight and Everett Robinson |
A | Des Moines Bruins | Western League | Al Todd |
B | Greensboro Patriots | Carolina League | |
B | Rock Hill Chiefs | Tri-State League | |
C | Visalia Cubs | California League | and Cecil Garriott |
C | Sioux Falls Canaries | Northern League | Lee Eilbracht and |
C | Topeka Owls | Western Association | Butch Nieman |
C | Clovis Pioneers | West Texas–New Mexico League | and Grover Seitz |
D | Carthage Cubs | Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League | and |
D | Rutherford County Owls | Western Carolina League | |
D | Janesville Cubs | Wisconsin State League | Adolph Matulis |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Topeka, Carthage
References[]
- ^ Dee Fondy at Baseball Reference
- ^ Eddie Miksis at Baseball Reference
External links[]
- Chicago Cubs seasons
- 1951 Major League Baseball season
- 1951 in sports in Illinois