1954 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1954 National League Wrigley Field Chicago 64 90 y 7th Philip K. Wrigley Wid Matthews Stan Hack WGN-TV(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton) WIND(Bert Wilson, Bob Elson) thumb | right | The logo for the Chicago Cubs baseball team from 1941 to 1956. The 1954 Chicago Cubs season was the 83rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 79th in the National League and the 39th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 64–90. Offseason November 30, 1953: Carl Sawatski was selected off waivers from the Cubs by the Chicago White Sox.Carl Sawatski at Baseball Reference December 7, 1953: Catfish Metkovich was purchased from the Cubs by the Milwaukee Braves.Catfish Metkovich at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Notable transactions April 30, 1954: Steve Bilko was purchased by the Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals for $12,500.Steve Bilko at Baseball Reference June 8, 1954: Billy Muffett was purchased by the Cubs from the Shreveport Sports.Billy Muffett at Baseball Reference June 14, 1954: Luis Márquez was traded by the Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Hal Rice.Hal Rice at Baseball Reference September 8, 1954: Joe Garagiola was selected off waivers from the Cubs by the New York Giants.Joe Garagiola at Baseball Reference Roster 1954 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 27 Jim Brosnan 23 Bubba Church 23,39 Dave Cole 22 Jim Davis 18 Warren Hacker 19 Hal Jeffcoat 36 Johnny Klippstein 31 Al Lary 35 Turk Lown 24 Paul Minner 16 Howie Pollet 34 John Pyecha 17 Bob Rush 33 Bill Tremel 28 Jim Willis 38 Bob Zick Catchers 25 Walker Cooper 48 Jim Fanning 11 Joe Garagiola  8 Clyde McCullough 55 El Tappe Infielders 37 Gene Baker 14 Ernie Banks 39,49 Steve Bilko 40 Dee Fondy  2 Randy Jackson 12 Chris Kitsos 21 Eddie Miksis 30 Vern Morgan  1 Bill Serena Outfielders  7 Frank Baumholtz  4 Ralph Kiner 48 Luis Márquez 28 Hal Rice 52 Don Robertson  9 Hank Sauer 10 Bob Talbot Other batters  5 Bruce Edwards Manager  6 Stan Hack Coaches 41 Ray Blades 20 Dutch Leonard 46 Bob Scheffing 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 Joe Garagiola 63 153 43 .281 5 21 1B Dee Fondy 141 568 162 .285 9 49 2B Gene Baker 135 541 149 .275 13 61 SS Ernie Banks 154 593 163 .275 19 79 3B Randy Jackson 126 484 132 .273 19 67 LF Ralph Kiner 147 557 159 .285 22 73 CF Bob Talbot 114 403 97 .241 1 19 RF Hank Sauer 142 520 150 .288 41 103 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 Frank Baumholtz 90 303 90 .297 4 28 Walker Cooper 57 158 49 .310 7 32 El Tappe 46 119 22 .185 0 4 Eddie Miksis 38 99 20 .202 2 3 Steve Bilko 47 92 22 .239 4 12 Clyde McCullough 31 81 21 .259 3 17 Hal Rice 51 72 11 .153 0 5 Vern Morgan 24 64 15 .234 0 2 Bill Serena 41 63 10 .159 4 13 Jim Fanning 11 38 7 .184 0 1 Luis Márquez Luis Márquez (baseball) 17 12 1 .083 0 0 Don Robertson 14 6 0 .000 0 0 Bruce Edwards Bruce Edwards (baseball) 4 3 0 .000 0 1 Chris Kitsos 1 0 0 ---- 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 Bob Rush Bob Rush (baseball) 33 236.1 13 15 3.77 124 Paul Minner 32 218.0 11 11 3.96 79 Howie Pollet 20 128.1 8 10 3.58 58 Dave Cole baseball 18 84.0 3 8 5.36 37 Al Lary 1 6.0 0 0 3.00 4 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 Warren Hacker 39 158.2 6 13 4.25 80 Johnny Klippstein 36 148.0 4 11 5.29 69 Jim Davis Jim Davis (pitcher) 46 127.2 11 7 3.52 58 Bubba Church 7 14.2 1 3 9.82 8 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 Hal Jeffcoat 43 5 6 7 5.19 35 Bill Tremel 33 1 2 4 4.21 21 Jim Brosnan 18 1 0 0 9.45 17 Turk Lown 15 0 2 0 6.14 16 Jim Willis 14 0 1 0 3.91 5 Bob Zick 8 0 0 0 8.27 9 John Pyecha 1 0 1 0 10.13 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball Open Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Bill Sweeney AA Beaumont Exporters Texas League Les Fleming and Mickey Livingston A Macon Peaches Sally League Nick Cullop A Des Moines Bruins Western League Les Peden B Cedar Rapids Indians Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bill Prince C Stockton Ports California League Gene Handley C Magic Valley Cowboys Pioneer League Everett Robinson C Blackwell Broncos Western Association Joe Consoli and Al Kubski D Gainesville Owls Sooner State League Dick Rigazio D Hickory Rebels Tar Heel League Charlie Teague LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Des Moines, BlackwellTar Heel League disbanded, June 21, 1954 Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1954 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:1954 in Chicago