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1951 Chicago Cubs

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 / 1952

62-92, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frankie Frisch (35-45) and Phil Cavarretta (27-47)
Scored 614 runs, Allowed 750 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 894,415 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101

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1950 / 1952 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Smoky Burgess* 24 94 240 219 21 55 4 2 2 20 2 0 21 12 .251 .317 .315 .632 69 69 10 0 0
2 1B Chuck Connors* 30 66 214 201 16 48 5 1 2 18 4 0 12 25 .239 .282 .303 .585 56 61 0 0 1
3 2B Eddie Miksis 24 102 461 421 48 112 13 3 4 35 11 5 33 36 .266 .319 .340 .659 76 143 10 0 7
4 SS Roy Smalley 25 79 266 238 24 55 7 4 8 31 0 0 25 53 .231 .304 .395 .699 85 94 6 0 3
5 3B Randy Jackson 25 145 609 557 78 153 24 6 16 76 14 3 47 44 .275 .332 .425 .758 101 237 21 1 4
6 OF Hal Jeffcoat 26 113 299 278 44 76 20 2 4 27 8 4 16 23 .273 .315 .403 .718 90 112 5 1 4
7 OF Frank Baumholtz* 32 146 615 560 62 159 28 10 2 50 5 4 49 36 .284 .346 .380 .726 94 213 16 4 2
8 OF Hank Sauer 34 141 574 525 77 138 19 4 30 89 2 1 45 77 .263 .325 .486 .810 113 255 10 3 1
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 OF Gene Hermanski* 31 75 271 231 28 65 12 1 3 20 3 0 35 30 .281 .385 .381 .766 105 88 6 4 1
10 1B Phil Cavarretta* 34 89 237 206 24 64 7 1 6 28 0 0 27 28 .311 .393 .442 .835 122 91 2 1 3
11 2B Wayne Terwilliger 26 50 223 192 26 41 6 0 0 10 3 1 29 21 .214 .317 .245 .562 52 47 5 0 2
12 OF Andy Pafko 30 49 199 178 26 47 5 3 12 35 1 1 17 10 .264 .342 .528 .870 128 94 6 4 0
13 SS Jack Cusick 23 65 185 164 16 29 3 2 2 16 2 1 17 29 .177 .254 .256 .510 36 42 4 0 4
14 1B Dee Fondy* 26 49 184 170 23 46 7 2 3 20 5 6 11 20 .271 .319 .388 .707 88 66 2 1 2
15 SS Bob Ramazzotti 34 73 170 158 13 39 5 2 1 15 0 0 10 23 .247 .292 .323 .614 64 51 4 0 2
16 C Bruce Edwards 27 51 158 141 19 33 9 2 3 17 1 2 16 14 .234 .316 .390 .707 87 55 4 1 0
17 C Mickey Owen 35 58 146 125 10 23 6 0 0 15 1 0 19 13 .184 .292 .232 .524 41 29 4 0 2
18 C Rube Walker* 25 37 119 107 9 25 4 0 2 5 0 0 12 13 .234 .311 .327 .638 70 35 4 0 0
19 OF Bob Borkowski 25 58 93 89 9 14 1 0 0 10 0 0 3 16 .157 .185 .169 .353 -5 15 5 0 1
20 3B Bill Serena 26 13 51 39 8 13 3 1 1 4 0 2 11 4 .333 .490 .538 1.029 174 21 0 1 0
21 C Harry Chiti 18 9 34 31 1 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 .355 .394 .419 .813 117 13 3 0 1
22 OF Carmen Mauro* 24 13 32 29 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .172 .250 .207 .457 23 6 0 1 0
23 1B Fred Richards* 23 10 30 27 1 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .296 .345 .370 .715 91 10 0 0 1
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
24 P Paul Minner* 27 36 78 71 8 18 4 0 1 6 0 0 5 10 .254 .303 .352 .655 74 25 2 0 2
25 P Bob Rush 25 37 73 68 5 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 20 .191 .203 .221 .423 13 15 3 0 4
26 P Frank Hiller 30 24 50 48 4 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 9 .125 .143 .125 .268 -28 6 0 0 1
27 P Turk Lown 27 31 45 39 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 .205 .279 .231 .510 38 9 2 0 2
28 P Cal McLish# 25 31 45 42 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 20 .119 .178 .167 .344 -8 7 1 0 0
29 P Johnny Klippstein 23 35 37 37 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 12 .108 .108 .189 .297 -22 7 2 0 0
30 P Bob Kelly 23 35 35 31 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .161 .188 .161 .349 -6 5 0 0 3
31 P Bob Schultz 27 17 30 29 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .138 .138 .138 .276 -26 4 0 0 1
32 P Dutch Leonard 42 41 22 21 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
33 P Joe Hatten 34 23 18 17 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .235 .235 .235 .471 26 4 2 0 1
34 P Monk Dubiel 33 22 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .077 .000 .077 -78 0 0 0 0
35 P Johnny Schmitz 30 8 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 0
36 P Andy Varga 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Warren Hacker 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.2 155 5862 5307 614 1327 200 47 103 572 63 30 477 647 .250 .315 .364 .678 80 1930 139 22 56
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 7 7 7 4 6 3 5 7 2 7 7 7 7 7 5 1
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Bob Rush 25 11 12 .478 3.83 37 29 6 12 2 2 211.1 212 108 90 16 68 129 3 0 7 918 108 1.325 9.0 0.7 2.9 5.5 1.90
2 SP Paul Minner* 27 6 17 .261 3.79 33 28 3 14 3 1 201.2 219 97 85 20 64 68 0 1 5 861 109 1.403 9.8 0.9 2.9 3.0 1.06
3 SP Cal McLish 25 4 10 .286 4.45 30 17 6 5 1 0 145.2 159 76 72 16 52 46 3 1 2 628 93 1.449 9.8 1.0 3.2 2.8 0.88
4 SP Frank Hiller 30 6 12 .333 4.84 24 21 1 6 2 1 141.1 147 83 76 17 31 50 9 1 3 594 85 1.259 9.4 1.1 2.0 3.2 1.61
5 SP Turk Lown 27 4 9 .308 5.46 31 18 5 3 1 0 127.0 125 80 77 14 90 39 1 0 7 584 76 1.693 8.9 1.0 6.4 2.8 0.43
6 SP Bob Schultz* 27 3 6 .333 5.24 17 10 5 2 0 0 77.1 75 51 45 9 51 27 2 0 3 355 79 1.629 8.7 1.0 5.9 3.1 0.53
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 RP Johnny Klippstein 23 6 6 .500 4.29 35 11 13 1 1 2 123.2 125 71 59 10 53 56 6 2 2 546 96 1.439 9.1 0.7 3.9 4.1 1.06
8 RP Bob Kelly 23 7 4 .636 4.66 35 11 10 4 0 0 123.2 130 70 64 8 55 48 1 0 7 534 89 1.496 9.5 0.6 4.0 3.5 0.87
9 RP Dutch Leonard 42 10 6 .625 2.64 41 1 28 0 0 3 81.2 69 30 24 3 28 30 2 0 2 337 156 1.188 7.6 0.3 3.1 3.3 1.07
10 RP Joe Hatten* 34 2 6 .250 5.14 23 6 11 1 0 0 75.1 82 48 43 8 37 23 1 0 4 334 81 1.580 9.8 1.0 4.4 2.7 0.62
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Monk Dubiel 33 2 2 .500 2.30 22 0 12 0 0 1 54.2 46 17 14 3 22 19 0 2 0 221 180 1.244 7.6 0.5 3.6 3.1 0.86
12 Johnny Schmitz* 30 1 2 .333 8.00 8 3 4 0 0 0 18.0 22 16 16 1 15 6 0 0 0 91 53 2.056 11.0 0.5 7.5 3.0 0.40
13 Andy Varga* 20 0 0 3.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 17 154 2.667 6.0 0.0 18.0 3.0 0.17
14 Warren Hacker 26 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 8 39 2.250 20.3 0.0 0.0 13.5
Team Totals 27.6 62 92 .403 4.34 155 155 107 48 10 10 1385.2 1416 750 668 125 572 544 29 7 43 6028 95 1.435 9.2 0.8 3.7 3.5 0.95
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 1 7 7 4 8 6 7 7 7 5 6 8
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Frank Baumholtz 32 140 138 132 321 307 6 8 2 .975 2.24 OF
Bob Borkowski 25 25 17 14 45 41 1 3 0 .933 1.68 OF
Smoky Burgess 24 65 49 39 250 210 35 5 6 .980 3.83 6 14 38 15 28% 3 C
Phil Cavarretta 34 53 48 40 489 444 42 3 53 .994 9.17 1B
Harry Chiti 18 8 8 8 46 34 8 4 1 .913 5.25 2 1 3 4 57% 0 C
Chuck Connors 30 57 49 45 493 452 33 8 41 .984 8.51 1B
Jack Cusick 23 56 48 38 236 78 147 11 25 .953 4.02 SS
Monk Dubiel 33 22 0 0 15 7 8 0 1 1.000 0.68 1 1 50% 0 P
Bruce Edwards 27 37 36 30 213 182 22 9 9 .958 5.51 4 4 28 14 33% 0 C-1B
Dee Fondy 26 44 42 41 424 387 27 10 40 .976 9.41 1B
Warren Hacker 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 P
Joe Hatten 34 23 6 1 18 8 10 0 2 1.000 0.78 2 5 71% 1 P
Gene Hermanski 31 63 62 54 148 134 9 5 1 .966 2.27 OF
Frank Hiller 30 24 21 6 44 13 30 1 2 .977 1.79 4 2 33% 1 P
Randy Jackson 25 143 143 142 545 198 323 24 32 .956 3.64 3B
Hal Jeffcoat 26 88 64 62 179 166 11 2 5 .989 2.03 OF
Bob Kelly 23 35 11 4 35 13 20 2 1 .943 0.94 5 5 50% 1 P
Johnny Klippstein 23 35 11 1 27 4 23 0 3 1.000 0.77 5 6 55% 0 P
Dutch Leonard 42 41 1 0 27 6 21 0 2 1.000 0.66 4 7 64% 0 P
Turk Lown 27 31 18 3 32 9 23 0 1 1.000 1.03 14 3 18% 0 P
Carmen Mauro 24 6 5 5 20 17 1 2 0 .900 3.00 OF
Cal McLish 25 30 17 5 37 14 22 1 6 .973 1.20 10 4 29% 0 P
Eddie Miksis 24 102 102 101 615 279 317 19 71 .969 5.84 2B
Paul Minner 27 33 28 14 64 10 53 1 6 .984 1.91 15 7 32% 1 P
Mickey Owen 35 57 40 23 223 188 28 7 6 .969 3.79 5 8 14 13 48% 0 C
Andy Pafko 30 48 48 44 126 119 6 1 3 .992 2.60 OF
Bob Ramazzotti 34 58 40 35 246 83 152 11 34 .955 4.05 SS-2B-3B
Fred Richards 23 9 8 6 70 62 8 0 3 1.000 7.78 1B
Bob Rush 25 37 29 12 62 18 39 5 2 .919 1.54 12 5 29% 0 P
Hank Sauer 34 132 131 115 311 286 19 6 2 .981 2.31 OF
Johnny Schmitz 30 8 3 0 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.63 0 0 0 P
Bob Schultz 27 17 10 2 19 5 11 3 0 .842 0.94 3 0 0% 0 P
Bill Serena 26 12 12 12 34 15 17 2 1 .941 2.67 3B
Roy Smalley 25 74 71 62 322 117 190 15 42 .953 4.15 SS
Wayne Terwilliger 26 49 49 48 287 136 142 9 37 .969 5.67 2B
Andy Varga 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 P
Rube Walker 25 32 30 27 130 111 15 4 2 .969 4.06 0 4 9 4 31% 2 C
Team Totals 28.4 155 1395 1171 6166 4157 1828 181 442 .971 3.53 17 31 92 50 36% 9
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 5 8
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Frank Baumholtz* 32 615 -5 0 0 0 -2 -4 21 10 0.9 12 1.2 -0.3 $ Traded *O987
Bob Borkowski 25 93 -12 0 0 0 -2 -1 3 -12 -1.2 -10 -1.0 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent O8/97
Smoky Burgess* 24 240 -9 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Phil Cavarretta* 34 237 6 -1 0 0 1 -2 8 12 1.3 11 1.1 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 3
Harry Chiti 18 34 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /2
Chuck Connors* 30 214 -12 1 0 0 -2 -3 8 -9 -0.9 -6 -0.6 -0.3 $ Traded 3
Jack Cusick 23 185 -14 0 0 0 -1 4 6 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 6
Monk Dubiel 33 13 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Bruce Edwards 27 158 -3 0 0 0 -2 0 6 1 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $ Traded 2/3
Dee Fondy* 26 184 -3 -1 0 0 -3 -2 6 -3 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ Traded 3
Joe Hatten 34 18 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Gene Hermanski* 31 271 2 0 0 0 3 -3 10 12 1.2 9 0.9 0.3 $ Traded O9/7
Frank Hiller 30 50 -8 0 0 0 0 3 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Randy Jackson 25 609 -1 3 0 0 3 0 20 25 2.6 22 2.2 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent *5
Hal Jeffcoat 26 299 -5 1 0 0 -3 -2 10 1 0.1 4 0.4 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent O897
Bob Kelly 23 35 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Johnny Klippstein 23 37 -6 0 0 0 0 2 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Dutch Leonard 42 22 -5 0 0 0 0 1 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Turk Lown 27 45 -3 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Carmen Mauro* 24 32 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /O89
Cal McLish# 25 45 -6 0 0 0 0 3 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Eddie Miksis 24 461 -14 1 0 0 -4 5 14 2 0.2 6 0.6 -0.4 $ Traded 4
Paul Minner* 27 78 -3 0 0 0 0 5 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Mickey Owen 35 146 -10 0 0 0 -1 2 5 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Waivers 2
Andy Pafko 30 199 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $ Purchased 8O
Bob Ramazzotti 34 170 -8 0 0 0 0 4 6 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 6/45
Fred Richards* 23 30 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /3
Bob Rush 25 73 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Hank Sauer 34 574 7 0 0 0 4 -6 20 25 2.5 21 2.1 0.4 $ Traded *O7/9
Johnny Schmitz 30 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag /1
Bob Schultz 27 30 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Bill Serena 26 51 4 -1 0 0 -1 0 2 4 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $ Purchased 5
Roy Smalley 25 266 -6 0 0 0 -3 5 9 5 0.5 8 0.8 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent 6
Wayne Terwilliger 26 223 -12 1 0 0 -2 2 7 -4 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent 4
Rube Walker* 25 119 -4 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Team Total 28.2 5862 -148 4 0 0 -15 30 199 69 6.3 85 8.5 -2.2 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Monk Dubiel 33 54.2 0 17 32 0 1.0 15 1.7 $ Traded
Warren Hacker 26 1.1 0 2 1 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $ Unknown
Joe Hatten* 34 75.1 6 48 44 -1 1.0 -4 -0.2 $ Traded
Frank Hiller 30 141.1 21 83 83 -1 1.0 0 0.4 $ Purchased
Bob Kelly 23 123.2 11 70 73 -1 1.0 3 0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Johnny Klippstein 23 123.2 11 71 73 -1 1.0 2 0.5 $ Rule 5 Draft
Dutch Leonard 42 81.2 1 30 48 -1 1.0 18 2.0 $ Traded
Turk Lown 27 127.0 18 80 74 -1 1.0 -6 -0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft
Cal McLish 25 145.2 17 76 85 -1 1.0 9 1.3 $ Traded
Paul Minner* 27 201.2 28 97 118 -2 1.0 21 2.7 $ Purchased
Bob Rush 25 211.1 29 108 124 -2 1.0 16 2.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Johnny Schmitz* 30 18.0 3 16 11 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Bob Schultz* 27 77.1 10 51 45 -1 1.0 -6 -0.4 $ Purchased
Andy Varga* 20 3.0 0 1 2 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Team Total 27.6 1385.2 155 750 813 -12 1.0 63 10.1 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1950 / 1952 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics