1951 Chicago Cubs | ||
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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) | |
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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.
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 |
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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 | — |
1951 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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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 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | 127.0 | 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 |
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 |
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