1949 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1949 National League Wrigley Field Chicago 61 93 y 8th Philip K. Wrigley James T. Gallagher Charlie Grimm, Frankie Frisch WGN-TV(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)WBKB(Joe Wilson) WENR(Rogers Hornsby, Bill Brundige) 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.Harry Walker page at Baseball Reference November 8, 1948: Bob Speake was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.Bob Speake page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC 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.Peanuts Lowrey page at Baseball Reference Roster 1949 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 37 Dewey Adkins 31 Bob Chipman 34 Mort Cooper 17 Jess Dobernic 26 Monk Dubiel 17,18 Warren Hacker 35 Ralph Hamner 29 Emil Kush 23 Doyle Lade 20 Dutch Leonard 12 Cal McLish 11 Bob Muncrief 17,30 Bob Rush 53 Johnny Schmitz 20 Lefty Sloat Catchers 4,8 Smoky Burgess  9 Rube Novotney 9,10 Mickey Owen 10 Bob Scheffing  8 Rube Walker Infielders 44 Phil Cavarretta  6 Frankie Gustine 22 Clarence Maddern 33 Gene Mauch  5 Bob Ramazzotti 22 Herman Reich  5 Hank Schenz  6 Bill Serena 39 Roy Smalley Jr.  6 Wayne Terwilliger  7 Emil Verban Outfielders 11 Cliff Aberson 47 Frank Baumholtz 16 Hank Edwards 4,19 Hal Jeffcoat 47 Peanuts Lowrey 48 Andy Pafko 43 Hank Sauer 43 Harry Walker 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 Jim Kirby (baseball) 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 Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Monk Dubiel 32 147.2 6 9 4.14 52 Doyle Lade 36 129.2 4 5 5.00 43 Warren Hacker 30 125.2 5 8 4.23 40 Bob Chipman 38 113.1 7 8 3.97 46 Dewey Adkins 30 82.1 2 4 5.68 43 Cal McLish 8 23.0 1 1 5.87 6 Ralph Hamner 6 12.1 0 2 8.76 3 Lefty Sloat 5 9.0 0 0 7.00 3 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 Bob Muncrief 34 5 6 2 4.56 36 Emil Kush 26 3 3 2 3.78 22 Jess Dobernic 4 0 0 0 20.25 0 Mort Cooper 1 0 0 0 inf 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Bill Kelly AA Nashville Vols Southern Association Rollie Hemsley A Macon Peaches Sally League Don Osborn A Des Moines Bruins Western League Stan Hack B Decatur Cubs Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Morrie Arnovich B Springfield Cubs New England League Bob Peterson B Selma Cloverleafs Southeastern League Leo Twardy and Joseph Szuch C Visalia Cubs California League Red Treadway, Jigger Statz and Claude Passeau C Clinton Steers Central Association Adolph Matulis and Joseph Blake C Sioux Falls Canaries Northern League Irvin Fortune and Lee Eilbracht D St. Augustine Saints Florida State League Frankie Piet D Carthage Cubs Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Donald Anderson D Lumberton Cubs Tobacco State League Red Lucas and Jim Guinn D Rutherford County Owls Western Carolina League Sam Gibson and Halley Wilson D Janesville Cubs Wisconsin State League Jim Oglesby, Mike Frederick and Adolph MatulisLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Nashville, Macon, Rutherford County References 2 External links Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1949 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:1949 in Chicago