1951 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Philip K. Wrigley
General manager(s)Wid Matthews
Manager(s)Frankie Frisch, Phil Cavarretta
Local televisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton, Marty Hogan)
WBKB
(Joe Wilson)
Local radioWIND
(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

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1951 National League Records

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

Roster

1951 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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 Bob Peterson
B Rock Hill Chiefs Tri-State League Dick Bouknight
C Visalia Cubs California League Jim Trew and Cecil Garriott
C Sioux Falls Canaries Northern League Lee Eilbracht and Dick Lloyd
C Topeka Owls Western Association Butch Nieman
C Clovis Pioneers West Texas–New Mexico League Chuck Bushong and Grover Seitz
D Carthage Cubs Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Donald Anderson and Al Reitz
D Rutherford County Owls Western Carolina League Halley Wilson
D Janesville Cubs Wisconsin State League Adolph Matulis

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Topeka, Carthage

References

  1. ^ Dee Fondy at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Eddie Miksis at Baseball Reference

External links

1951 MLB season by team
Chicago Cubs
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