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1950 Chicago Cubs Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 / 1951)
64-89, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 643 runs, Allowed 772 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-89
Manager: Frankie Frisch (64-89)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,165,944 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 107
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1949 / 1951 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Mickey Owen 34 86 277 259 22 63 11 0 2 21 2 13 16 .243 .282 .309 .591 56 80 8 1 4
2 1B Preston Ward* 22 80 319 285 31 72 11 2 6 33 3 27 42 .253 .317 .368 .686 80 105 6 0 7
3 2B Wayne Terwilliger 25 133 537 480 63 116 22 3 10 32 13 43 63 .242 .311 .363 .673 77 174 8 5 9
4 SS Roy Smalley 24 154 616 557 58 128 21 9 21 85 2 49 114 .230 .297 .413 .710 85 230 11 4 6
5 3B Bill Serena 25 127 503 435 56 104 20 4 17 61 1 65 75 .239 .339 .421 .760 99 183 10 1 2
6 OF Bob Borkowski 24 85 275 256 27 70 7 4 4 29 1 16 30 .273 .319 .379 .698 83 97 9 1 2
7 OF Andy Pafko 29 146 595 514 95 156 24 8 36 92 4 69 32 .304 .397 .591 .989 157 304 9 11 1
8 OF Hank Sauer 33 145 603 540 85 148 32 2 32 103 1 60 67 .274 .350 .519 .868 126 280 15 3 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 1B Phil Cavarretta* 33 82 300 256 49 70 11 1 10 31 1 40 31 .273 .376 .441 .817 115 113 5 2 2
10 C Rube Walker* 24 74 231 213 19 49 7 1 6 16 0 18 34 .230 .290 .357 .647 70 76 3 0 0
11 OF Carmen Mauro* 23 62 200 185 19 42 4 3 1 10 3 13 31 .227 .285 .297 .582 54 55 4 2 0
12 OF Hal Jeffcoat 25 66 187 179 21 42 13 1 2 18 7 6 23 .235 .259 .352 .611 60 63 11 0 2
13 2B Bob Ramazzotti 33 61 151 145 19 38 3 3 1 6 3 4 16 .262 .287 .345 .631 66 50 1 1 1
14 OF Ron Northey* 30 53 125 114 11 32 9 0 4 20 0 10 9 .281 .339 .465 .804 110 53 3 0 1
15 3B Randy Jackson 24 34 120 111 13 25 4 3 3 6 4 7 25 .225 .271 .396 .668 74 44 4 0 2
16 OF Hank Edwards* 31 41 120 110 13 40 11 1 2 21 0 10 13 .364 .417 .536 .953 150 59 2 0 0
17 C Carl Sawatski* 22 38 114 103 4 18 1 0 1 7 0 11 19 .175 .254 .214 .468 25 22 2 0 0
18 UT Emil Verban 34 45 43 37 7 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 .108 .175 .135 .310 -17 5 0 0 3
19 C Bob Scheffing 36 12 16 16 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .188 .188 .250 .438 14 4 0 0 0
20 C Harry Chiti 17 3 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 77 2 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
21 P Bob Rush 24 40 94 90 6 15 2 0 1 5 1 3 36 .167 .194 .222 .416 9 20 0 0 1
22 P Paul Minner* 26 43 70 65 6 14 0 1 1 7 0 4 16 .215 .261 .292 .553 46 19 2 0 1
23 P Johnny Schmitz 29 39 70 67 3 8 2 0 0 5 0 1 19 .119 .132 .149 .282 -26 10 0 0 2
24 P Frank Hiller 29 38 49 44 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 .114 .133 .114 .247 -34 5 2 0 4
25 P Monk Dubiel 32 39 48 45 4 9 2 0 0 0 0 2 16 .200 .234 .244 .478 27 11 2 0 1
26 P Doyle Lade 29 34 40 35 5 10 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 .286 .342 .343 .685 82 12 1 0 2
27 P Johnny Klippstein 22 35 33 33 4 11 3 0 1 3 0 0 5 .333 .333 .515 .848 120 17 2 0 0
28 P Johnny Vander Meer# 35 35 17 16 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 .125 .176 .250 .426 11 4 0 0 0
29 P Dutch Leonard 41 35 17 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .063 .063 .063 .125 -67 1 0 0 1
30 P Bill Voiselle 31 19 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 -59 1 1 0 0
31 P Warren Hacker 25 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
32 P Andy Varga 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.3 154 5794 5230 643 1298 224 47 161 615 46 0 479 767 .248 .315 .401 .716 88 2099 122 31 54 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 8 8 7 5 2 3 8 1 8 8 4 7 5
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Bob Borkowski 24 275 197 31 4.2 107 .297 .273 .268 .319 .345 .379 .416 .698 .761 83 .446 -7.1 -0.7 .590 .172 .105 1.6 O/3
*Phil Cavarretta 33 300 193 42 5.8 107 .279 .273 .268 .376 .345 .441 .416 .817 .761 115 .593 6.6 0.6 .817 .328 .168 1.8 3/O
Harry Chiti 17 6 4 1 6.7 107 .333 .333 .268 .333 .345 .333 .416 .667 .761 77 .653 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000 /2
Monk Dubiel 32 48 39 3 2.1 107 .310 .200 .268 .234 .345 .244 .416 .478 .761 27 .179 -4.8 -0.5 .342 .089 .044 1
*Hank Edwards 31 120 72 25 9.3 107 .400 .364 .268 .417 .345 .536 .416 .953 .761 150 .774 8.3 0.8 .958 .264 .173 .0 O
Warren Hacker 25 5 6 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .268 .000 .345 .000 .416 .000 .761 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Frank Hiller 29 49 45 1 0.6 107 .135 .114 .268 .133 .345 .114 .416 .247 .761 -34 .022 -8.7 -0.8 .146 .023 .000 1
Randy Jackson 24 120 92 12 3.5 107 .265 .225 .268 .271 .345 .396 .416 .668 .761 74 .363 -5.0 -0.5 .611 .270 .171 3.4 5
Hal Jeffcoat 25 187 150 16 2.8 107 .260 .235 .268 .259 .345 .352 .416 .611 .761 60 .284 -10.9 -1.1 .514 .190 .117 3.1 O
Johnny Klippstein 22 33 24 6 6.7 107 .370 .333 .268 .333 .345 .515 .416 .848 .761 120 .653 0.8 0.1 .708 .182 .182 .0 1
Doyle Lade 29 40 28 4 3.8 107 .323 .286 .268 .342 .345 .343 .416 .685 .761 82 .404 -0.8 -0.1 .577 .143 .057 1
Dutch Leonard 41 17 16 0 0.0 107 .091 .063 .268 .063 .345 .063 .416 .125 .761 -67 .000 -3.9 -0.4 .067 .000 .000 1
*Carmen Mauro 23 200 147 15 2.7 107 .268 .227 .268 .285 .345 .297 .416 .582 .761 54 .268 -12.9 -1.3 .497 .157 .070 1.5 O
*Paul Minner 26 70 54 5 2.5 107 .271 .215 .268 .261 .345 .292 .416 .553 .761 46 .233 -5.5 -0.5 .434 .138 .077 .0 1
*Ron Northey 30 125 86 18 5.6 107 .277 .281 .268 .339 .345 .465 .416 .804 .761 110 .576 1.6 0.2 .741 .272 .184 .0 O
Mickey Owen 34 277 208 22 2.8 107 .253 .243 .268 .282 .345 .309 .416 .591 .761 56 .281 -16.8 -1.6 .471 .124 .066 2.0 2
Andy Pafko 29 595 368 117 8.5 107 .269 .304 .268 .397 .345 .591 .416 .989 .761 157 .745 42.5 4.1 1.057 .430 .288 7.2 *O
Bob Ramazzotti 33 151 109 14 3.4 107 .289 .262 .268 .287 .345 .345 .416 .631 .761 66 .357 -8.0 -0.8 .537 .131 .083 1.5 45/6
Bob Rush 24 94 76 4 1.4 107 .264 .167 .268 .194 .345 .222 .416 .416 .761 9 .098 -12.1 -1.2 .320 .100 .056 1.0 1
Hank Sauer 33 603 407 97 6.4 107 .263 .274 .268 .350 .345 .519 .416 .868 .761 126 .633 19.2 1.8 .845 .357 .244 1.9 *O3
*Carl Sawatski 22 114 87 6 1.8 107 .205 .175 .268 .254 .345 .214 .416 .468 .761 25 .151 -11.4 -1.1 .379 .146 .039 .0 2
Bob Scheffing 36 16 13 1 2.1 107 .214 .188 .268 .188 .345 .250 .416 .438 .761 14 .179 -2.0 -0.2 .308 .063 .063 /2
Johnny Schmitz 29 70 61 1 0.4 107 .167 .119 .268 .132 .345 .149 .416 .282 .761 -26 .013 -12.4 -1.2 .186 .045 .030 1
Bill Serena 25 503 343 62 4.8 107 .254 .239 .268 .339 .345 .421 .416 .760 .761 99 .510 -0.2 -0.0 .733 .333 .182 1.9 *5
Roy Smalley 24 616 446 67 4.0 107 .254 .230 .268 .297 .345 .413 .416 .710 .761 85 .425 -14.9 -1.4 .648 .275 .183 3.7 *6
Wayne Terwilliger 25 537 381 53 3.7 107 .260 .242 .268 .311 .345 .363 .416 .673 .761 77 .392 -16.4 -1.6 .632 .238 .121 11.3 *4/35O
#Johnny Vander Meer 35 17 14 1 1.9 107 .286 .125 .268 .176 .345 .250 .416 .426 .761 11 .160 -2.3 -0.2 .357 .188 .125 1
Andy Varga 19 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Emil Verban 34 43 36 1 0.7 107 .125 .108 .268 .175 .345 .135 .416 .310 .761 -17 .032 -6.4 -0.6 .242 .108 .027 /465O
Bill Voiselle 31 13 13 0 0.0 107 .100 .077 .268 .077 .345 .077 .416 .154 .761 -59 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .077 .000 .000 1
*Rube Walker 24 231 167 22 3.5 107 .249 .230 .268 .290 .345 .357 .416 .647 .761 70 .368 -10.0 -1.0 .563 .211 .127 .0 2
*Preston Ward 22 319 226 33 3.9 107 .278 .253 .268 .317 .345 .368 .416 .686 .761 80 .413 -8.4 -0.8 .616 .221 .116 4.0 3
League Average 4.7 108 .274 .261 .270 .335 .347 .399 .418 .735 .765 92 .499 .681 .254 .139
Team Total 5794 4108 680 4.4 107 .264 .248 .268 .315 .345 .401 .416 .716 .761 88 .469 -106.5 -10.6 .655 .254 .153 71.6
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Bob Borkowski 24 89 282 265 27 71 7 4 4 29 1 16 31 .268 .312 .370 .682 30 85 85
*Phil Cavarretta 33 86 308 265 49 71 11 1 10 31 1 41 32 .268 .370 .430 .800 42 82 82
Harry Chiti 17 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 3 3
Monk Dubiel 32 41 48 46 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 17 .174 .208 .217 .426 2 39 39
*Hank Edwards 31 43 124 114 13 41 11 1 2 21 0 10 14 .360 .411 .526 .938 25 41 41
Warren Hacker 25 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5 5
Frank Hiller 29 40 49 48 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 .146 .163 .146 .309 1 38 38
Randy Jackson 24 36 122 115 13 25 4 3 3 6 4 7 26 .217 .262 .383 .645 11 34 34
Hal Jeffcoat 25 69 192 186 21 43 13 1 2 18 7 6 24 .231 .255 .344 .599 17 66 66
Johnny Klippstein 22 37 34 34 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 35 35
Doyle Lade 29 36 39 36 5 10 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 .278 .333 .333 .667 4 34 34
Dutch Leonard 41 37 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 35 35
*Carmen Mauro 23 65 207 192 19 43 4 3 1 10 3 13 32 .224 .280 .292 .572 16 62 62
*Paul Minner 26 45 72 68 6 15 0 1 1 7 0 4 17 .221 .264 .294 .558 5 43 43
*Ron Northey 30 84 223 198 22 53 14 0 9 29 0 25 16 .268 .350 .475 .825 33 80 80
Mickey Owen 34 90 283 269 22 64 11 0 2 21 2 13 17 .238 .276 .301 .577 22 86 86
Andy Pafko 29 153 613 532 95 158 24 8 36 92 4 70 33 .297 .390 .575 .965 117 146 146
Bob Ramazzotti 33 64 157 152 20 40 3 3 1 6 3 4 17 .263 .287 .342 .629 15 61 61
Bob Rush 24 42 97 94 6 16 2 0 1 5 1 3 38 .170 .196 .223 .419 4 40 40
Hank Sauer 33 152 625 561 85 151 33 2 33 103 1 61 70 .269 .344 .512 .856 97 145 145
*Carl Sawatski 22 40 118 107 4 18 1 0 1 7 0 11 20 .168 .246 .206 .451 5 38 38
Bob Scheffing 36 34 70 66 4 17 1 0 2 7 0 4 4 .258 .300 .364 .664 7 33 33
Johnny Schmitz 29 41 70 69 2 7 2 0 0 4 0 1 20 .101 .114 .130 .245 1 39 39
Bill Serena 25 133 519 452 56 106 20 4 17 61 1 66 78 .235 .333 .409 .743 62 127 127
Roy Smalley 24 161 632 578 58 130 21 9 21 85 2 50 119 .225 .291 .401 .693 67 154 154
Wayne Terwilliger 25 139 548 499 63 119 23 3 10 32 13 44 66 .238 .307 .357 .663 53 133 133
#Johnny Vander Meer 35 37 20 18 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 .167 .250 .389 .639 1 35 35
Emil Verban 34 51 49 45 10 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 5 .111 .184 .133 .317 1 49 49
Bill Voiselle 31 20 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 19 19
*Rube Walker 24 77 239 221 19 50 7 1 6 16 0 18 36 .226 .285 .348 .633 22 74 74
*Preston Ward 22 84 323 296 31 73 11 2 6 33 3 27 44 .247 .310 .358 .668 33 80 80
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Bob Borkowski 24 1 275 85 275 256 27 70 7 4 4 29 1 16 30 .273 .319 .379 .698 83 97 9 1 2
*Phil Cavarretta 33 17 7173 1796 7173 6302 934 1842 330 97 85 857 61 752 551 .292 .371 .416 .787 118 2621 100 34 85
Harry Chiti 17 1 6 3 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 77 2 0 0 0
Monk Dubiel 32 5 295 167 295 263 27 57 10 2 1 15 0 1 11 63 .217 .248 .281 .530 46 74 4 0 21
*Hank Edwards 31 8 1894 512 1894 1725 238 487 94 34 42 215 9 16 159 204 .282 .344 .449 .793 122 775 21 2 8
Warren Hacker 25 3 43 40 43 43 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .163 .163 .163 .326 -12 7 2 0 0 0 0
Frank Hiller 29 4 73 67 73 66 3 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 9 .197 .209 .212 .421 12 14 2 0 6
Randy Jackson 24 1 120 34 120 111 13 25 4 3 3 6 4 7 25 .225 .271 .396 .668 74 44 4 0 2
Hal Jeffcoat 25 3 1087 308 1087 1015 117 263 47 11 8 86 27 50 139 .259 .295 .351 .646 75 356 22 2 20
Johnny Klippstein 22 1 33 35 33 33 4 11 3 0 1 3 0 0 5 .333 .333 .515 .848 120 17 2 0 0
Doyle Lade 29 5 188 127 188 164 15 36 4 0 0 11 2 14 42 .220 .281 .244 .525 43 40 1 0 10
Dutch Leonard 41 17 1119 509 1119 1013 52 172 17 4 0 66 1 0 20 176 .170 .187 .194 .382 5 197 27 2 84
*Carmen Mauro 23 2 207 65 207 190 21 43 4 3 2 11 3 15 31 .226 .290 .311 .600 59 59 4 2 0
*Paul Minner 26 4 108 104 108 100 11 21 2 1 1 11 0 0 7 24 .210 .262 .280 .542 43 28 2 0 1 0 0
*Ron Northey 30 8 3418 943 3418 3056 379 840 167 28 103 474 7 333 282 .275 .349 .449 .798 123 1372 53 15 14
Mickey Owen 34 11 3845 1119 3845 3456 322 890 154 21 13 352 35 298 162 .258 .319 .326 .644 78 1125 115 13 78
Andy Pafko 29 8 3796 911 3796 3389 460 1001 157 37 114 549 27 315 233 .295 .363 .464 .827 126 1574 87 44 48
Bob Ramazzotti 33 4 501 197 501 471 44 99 10 4 2 22 12 18 66 .210 .241 .261 .502 36 123 12 1 11
Bob Rush 24 3 204 113 204 192 11 22 3 0 1 7 1 4 64 .115 .133 .146 .278 -25 28 1 0 8
Hank Sauer 33 6 1947 475 1947 1748 270 475 82 4 105 328 5 184 240 .272 .344 .503 .848 127 880 39 10 5
*Carl Sawatski 22 2 116 40 116 105 4 18 1 0 1 7 0 11 19 .171 .250 .210 .460 23 22 2 0 0
Bob Scheffing 36 7 1313 458 1313 1217 96 324 51 9 18 171 6 84 113 .266 .315 .367 .682 88 447 41 2 10
Johnny Schmitz 29 7 435 218 435 392 18 55 5 2 1 21 0 16 96 .140 .174 .171 .345 -5 67 10 0 27
Bill Serena 25 2 547 139 547 472 59 112 23 4 18 68 1 72 84 .237 .339 .417 .757 99 197 11 1 2
Roy Smalley 24 3 1522 413 1522 1395 140 323 53 23 33 156 4 108 267 .232 .291 .373 .664 78 521 34 9 10
Wayne Terwilliger 25 2 667 169 667 592 74 141 24 4 12 42 13 59 85 .238 .314 .353 .667 77 209 9 6 10
#Johnny Vander Meer 35 12 785 381 785 684 58 104 12 2 1 26 1 41 201 .152 .200 .180 .380 7 123 8 0 60
Andy Varga 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Emil Verban 34 7 3110 853 3110 2911 301 793 99 26 1 241 21 108 74 .272 .301 .325 .626 73 947 46 10 81
Bill Voiselle 31 9 525 246 525 464 21 68 10 0 0 30 0 25 100 .147 .190 .168 .358 -1 78 13 0 36
*Rube Walker 24 3 609 209 609 556 47 138 19 2 14 64 0 51 69 .248 .314 .365 .679 82 203 15 2 0
*Preston Ward 22 2 481 122 481 431 40 110 20 4 7 54 3 42 65 .255 .321 .369 .690 83 159 6 0 8
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1949 / 1951 Batting Statistics