1949 Chicago Cubs season

1949 Chicago Cubs
1949 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Owners	Philip K. Wrigley
General managers	James T. Gallagher
Managers	Charlie Grimm, Frankie Frisch
Television	WGN-TV; (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton); WBKB; (Joe Wilson) ; WENR; (Rogers Hornsby, Bill Brundige)
Radio	WIND; (Bert Wilson)

The 1949 Chicago Cubs season was the 78th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 74th in the National League and the 34th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished eighth and last in the National League with a record of 61–93.

Offseason

October 4, 1948: Bill Nicholson was traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Harry Walker.^[1]
November 8, 1948: Bob Speake was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	97	57	.630	—	48‍–‍29	49‍–‍28
St. Louis Cardinals	96	58	.623	1	51‍–‍26	45‍–‍32
Philadelphia Phillies	81	73	.526	16	40‍–‍37	41‍–‍36
Boston Braves	75	79	.487	22	43‍–‍34	32‍–‍45
New York Giants	73	81	.474	24	43‍–‍34	30‍–‍47
Pittsburgh Pirates	71	83	.461	26	36‍–‍41	35‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds	62	92	.403	35	35‍–‍42	27‍–‍50
Chicago Cubs	61	93	.396	36	33‍–‍44	28‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1949 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	10–12	12–10	12–10–1	12–10–2	11–11	12–10	6–16
Brooklyn	12–10	—	17–5	17–5	14–8	11–11	16–6	10–12–1
Chicago	10–12	5–17	—	9–13	12–10	6–16	11–11	8–14
Cincinnati	10–12–1	5–17	13–9	—	7–15	13–9	9–13	5–17–1
New York	10–12–2	8–14	10–12	15–7	—	11–11	12–10	7–15
Philadelphia	11–11	11–11	16–6	9–13	11–11	—	13–9	10–12
Pittsburgh	10–12	6–16	11–11	13–9	10–12	9–13	—	12–10
St. Louis	16–6	12–10–1	14–8	17–5–1	15–7	12–10	10–12	—

Notable transactions

June 15, 1949: Peanuts Lowrey and Harry Walker were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Frank Baumholtz and Hank Sauer.^[3]

Roster

1949 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

36 Jim Kirby

Manager

3 Frankie Frisch
40 Charlie Grimm

Coaches

42 Roy Johnson
45 Merv Shea

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
C	Mickey Owen	62	198	54	.273	2	18
1B	Herman Reich	108	386	108	.280	3	34
2B	Emil Verban	98	343	99	.289	0	22
SS	Roy Smalley Jr.	135	477	117	.245	8	35
3B	Frankie Gustine	76	261	59	.226	4	27
OF	Hal Jeffcoat	108	363	89	.245	2	26
OF	Andy Pafko	144	519	146	.281	18	69
OF	Hank Sauer	96	357	104	.291	27	83

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
Phil Cavarretta	105	360	106	.294	8	49
Bob Ramazzotti	65	190	34	.179	0	6
Hank Edwards	58	176	51	.290	7	21
Rube Walker	56	172	42	.244	3	22
Frank Baumholtz	58	164	37	.226	1	15
Harry Walker	42	159	42	.264	1	14
Gene Mauch	72	150	37	.247	1	7
Bob Scheffing	55	149	40	.268	3	19
Wayne Terwilliger	36	112	25	.223	2	10
Peanuts Lowrey	38	111	30	.270	2	10
Rube Novotney	22	67	18	.269	0	6
Smokey Burgess	46	56	15	.268	1	12
Bill Serena	12	37	8	.216	1	7
Hank Schenz	7	14	6	.429	0	1
Clarence Maddern	10	9	3	.333	1	2
Cliff Aberson	4	7	0	.000	0	0
Jim Kirby	3	2	1	.500	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
Johnny Schmitz	36	207.0	11	13	4.35	75
Bob Rush	35	201.0	10	18	4.07	80
Dutch Leonard	33	180.0	7	16	4.15	83

Other pitchers