1951 Chicago Cubs season

1951 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916)
Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Philip K. Wrigley
General manager(s)	Wid Matthews
Manager(s)	Frankie Frisch, Phil Cavarretta
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton, Marty Hogan) WBKB (Joe Wilson)
Local 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.

Offseason

• October 10, 1950: Hank Edwards and cash were traded by the Cubs to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Dee Fondy and Chuck Connors.

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

• 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.

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 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
1B	Chuck Connors	66	201	48	.239	2	18
SS	Roy Smalley	79	238	55	.231	8	31

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	89	206	64	.311	6	28
Dee Fondy	49	170	46	.271	3	20

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

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

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
Monk Dubiel	22	2	2	1	2.30	19
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

External links

• 1951 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference