1951 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1951 National League Wrigley Field Chicago 62 92 y 8th Philip K. Wrigley Wid Matthews Frankie Frisch, Phil Cavarretta WGN-TV(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton, Marty Hogan)WBKB(Joe Wilson) 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.Dee Fondy at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC 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.Eddie Miksis at Baseball Reference Roster 1951 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 26 Monk Dubiel 18 Warren Hacker 53 Joe Hatten 30 Frank Hiller 18,33 Bob Kelly 36 Johnny Klippstein 20 Dutch Leonard 35 Turk Lown 27 Cal McLish 24 Paul Minner 17 Bob Rush 53 Johnny Schmitz 32 Bob Schultz 23 Andy Varga Catchers 11 Smoky Burgess 32 Harry Chiti  8 Bruce Edwards 12 Mickey Owen  8 Rube Walker Infielders 44 Phil Cavarretta 40 Chuck Connors 37 Jack Cusick 40 Dee Fondy  2 Randy Jackson 21 Eddie Miksis  5 Bob Ramazzotti  6 Fred Richards  6 Bill Serena 39 Roy Smalley Jr. 21 Wayne Terwilliger Outfielders  7 Frank Baumholtz 22 Bob Borkowski 48 Gene Hermanski  4 Hal Jeffcoat 41 Carmen Mauro 48 Andy Pafko  9 Hank Sauer Manager  3 Frankie Frisch 44 Phil Cavarretta Coaches 47 Spud Davis 42 Roy Johnson 49 Charlie Root 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 Minor League Baseball 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 2 External links 1951 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:1951 in Chicago