1951 Chicago Cubs season

1951 Chicago Cubs
1951 Chicago Cubs
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)

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

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	98	59	.624	—	50‍–‍28	48‍–‍31
Brooklyn Dodgers	97	60	.618	1	49‍–‍29	48‍–‍31
St. Louis Cardinals	81	73	.526	15½	44‍–‍34	37‍–‍39
Boston Braves	76	78	.494	20½	42‍–‍35	34‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies	73	81	.474	23½	38‍–‍39	35‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds	68	86	.442	28½	35‍–‍42	33‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates	64	90	.416	32½	32‍–‍45	32‍–‍45
Chicago Cubs	62	92	.403	34½	32‍–‍45	30‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1951 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	—	10–12–1	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

1951 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

3 Frankie Frisch
44 Phil Cavarretta

Coaches

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	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

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
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
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