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1951 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950/1952)
62-92, Finished 8th in National League
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Scored 614 runs, Allowed 750 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91
Managed by Frankie Frisch and Phil Cavarretta

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 894,415 (6th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 102, Pitching - 103
  (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 100
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 Stats / Schedule (1950/1952) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   62-92 , Final Rank: 8, GB:   34.0
Days in First:                   1 (last on April 19, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           3 (last on May 20)
Most Games under .500:          30 (last on September 30)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       34.0 (last on September 30)

Longest Winning Streak:          3 (May 16 to May 18, June 28 to July 1, July 29 to July 30, August 2 to August 4, and August 12 to August 14)
Longest Losing Streak:           8 (July 2 to July 13)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (August 30)
Most Runs Scored:               18 (May 18)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      18
Times Opponent Shutout:         10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        62  92     614     750    .403

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           32  45     304     364    .416
Road           30  47     310     386    .390

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           5   5      42      35    .500
May            14  12     133     112    .538
June            9  16      96     148    .360
July           11  19     125     164    .367
August         14  21     114     135    .400
September       9  19     104     156    .321

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     30  39     302     341    .435
Second Half    32  53     312     409    .376
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        22  31     186     195    .415

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        14  30     180     293    .318

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             8  14      88     104    .364
BSN            12  10      90     116    .545
CIN            10  12      93      84    .455
NYG             7  15      82     114    .318
PHI             7  15      80     112    .318
PIT             9  13      87      91    .409
STL             9  13      94     129    .409

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 17     CHC  CIN  W   8-3        1-0     2     0.5  2:22 F Hiller                   18,211 +
  2 Thu, Apr 19     CHC  CIN  W   3-0        2-0     1    Tied  1:47 P Minner                    1,626 ++
  3 Fri, Apr 20     CHC @STL  L   1-5        2-1     2     0.5  2:26 J Staley                   15,592 -
  4 Sun, Apr 22     CHC @STL  W  10-5        3-1     2     0.5  2:48 B Schultz                  12,611 +
  5 Mon, Apr 23     CHC  PIT  W   2-1        4-1     2     0.5  2:01 F Hiller                    7,009 ++
  6 Tue, Apr 24     CHC  PIT  L   4-6        4-2     2     0.5  2:12 V Law                       7,750 -
  7 Wed, Apr 25     CHC @CIN  L   3-4        4-3     5     0.5  1:54 E Blackwell                 8,690 --
  8 Fri, Apr 27     CHC  STL  L   0-3        4-4     5     2.0  2:15 J Staley                   11,018 ---
  9 Sat, Apr 28     CHC  STL  W   8-2        5-4     4     2.0  2:20 B Rush                     21,593 +
 10 Sun, Apr 29     CHC  STL  L   3-6        5-5     5     2.5  2:00 H Brecheen                 29,866 -
 11 Tue, May  1     CHC @NYG  L   3-5        5-6     6     2.5  2:39 J Hearn                    12,009 --
 12 Wed, May  2     CHC @NYG  L   1-8        5-7     6     3.5  2:19 G Spencer                   4,976 ---
 13 Thu, May  3     CHC @BSN  W   9-3        6-7     6     2.5  2:15 B Schultz                   4,740 +
 14 Fri, May  4     CHC @BSN  L   3-9        6-8     6     3.5  2:05 V Bickford                  6,022 -
 15 Sat, May  5     CHC @BSN  W   2-0        7-8     6     2.5  1:47 C McLish                    5,504 +
 16 Sun, May  6     CHC @PHI  L   4-5        7-9     6     3.0  2:55 B Church                        0 -
 17                 CHC @PHI  W   9-7        8-9     6     3.0  2:41 J Klippstein               20,998 +
 18 Tue, May  8     CHC @BRO  W   2-1        9-9     5     2.5  2:06 B Schultz                   5,118 ++
 19 Wed, May  9     CHC @BRO  L   4-5        9-10    6     3.5  2:15 C King                      5,147 -
 20 Thu, May 10     CHC @BRO  L   1-6        9-11    6     3.5  2:18 D Newcombe                  5,697 --
 21 Fri, May 11     CHC @PIT  W  10-4       10-11    5     3.0  2:35 B Rush                     22,760 +
 22 Sat, May 12     CHC @PIT  W   8-4       11-11    4     2.5  2:12 F Hiller                    7,328 ++
 23 Sun, May 13     CHC @PIT  L   1-2       11-12    3     2.0  2:56 M Queen                           -
 24                 CHC @PIT  W   6-0       12-12    3     2.0  2:03 J Klippstein               25,434 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Tue, May 15     CHC  BRO  L   4-8       12-13    4     3.0  2:24 C King                     29,609 -
 26 Wed, May 16     CHC  BRO  W  14-4       13-13    3     2.0  2:30 P Minner                   12,717 +
 27 Thu, May 17     CHC  BRO  W   7-0       14-13    2     1.0  2:14 F Hiller                    5,178 ++
 28 Fri, May 18     CHC  PHI  W  18-9       15-13    2     1.0  2:43 D Leonard                   7,564 +++
 29 Sat, May 19     CHC  PHI  L   1-2       15-14    3     1.0  2:05 B Church                   20,811 -
 30 Sun, May 20     CHC  BSN  W   4-3       16-14    2     1.0  2:09 D Leonard                       0 +
 31                 CHC  BSN  W   5-4       17-14    2     1.0  2:45 D Leonard                  42,068 ++
 32 Wed, May 23     CHC  NYG  L   1-2       17-15    2     2.5  2:42 S Maglie                   11,337 -
 33 Fri, May 25     CHC  PIT  L   1-10      17-16    3     3.5  2:00 M Dickson                   8,143 --
 34 Sat, May 26     CHC  PIT  W   5-4       18-16    2     2.5  2:45 J Schmitz                   9,005 +
 35 Wed, May 30     CHC @CIN  L   5-6       18-17    3     3.0  2:19 K Raffensber                      -
 36                 CHC @CIN  W   5-1       19-17    3     3.0  2:24 P Minner                   14,482 +
 37 Fri, Jun  1     CHC @BSN  L   2-3       19-18    4     3.5  1:57 J Sain                      9,591 -
 38 Sat, Jun  2     CHC @BSN  W   7-5       20-18    3     3.5  2:23 J Klippstein                9,984 +
 39 Sun, Jun  3     CHC @BRO  L   3-8       20-19    4     5.5  2:25 D Newcombe                      0 -
 40                 CHC @BRO  L   2-3       20-20    4     5.5  2:38 P Roe                      34,588 --
 41 Tue, Jun  5     CHC @PHI  W   3-2       21-20    4     5.5  2:04 B Rush                     10,937 +
 42 Wed, Jun  6     CHC @PHI  L   1-9       21-21    4     6.5  2:10 R Roberts                  10,046 -
 43 Thu, Jun  7     CHC @PHI  L   1-7       21-22    6     7.5  1:50 B Church                    3,257 --
 44 Sat, Jun  9     CHC @NYG  L   1-10      21-23    6     7.5  2:31 J Hearn                     8,586 ---
 45 Sun, Jun 10     CHC @NYG  L   1-6       21-24    6     7.5  1:57 L Jansen                   11,476 ----
 46                 CHC @NYG  W   7-3       22-24    6     7.5  2:28 B Rush                     11,476 +
 47 Tue, Jun 12     CHC  PHI  L   5-6       22-25    6     8.5  2:24 M Candini                   9,289 -
 48 Wed, Jun 13     CHC  PHI  L   0-5       22-26    7     9.5  2:06 R Roberts                   7,889 --
 49 Thu, Jun 14     CHC  PHI  L   3-11      22-27    7    10.5  2:35 R Meyer                     6,895 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Fri, Jun 15     CHC  BRO  L   1-2       22-28    7    11.5  2:00 D Newcombe                 11,389 ----
 51 Sat, Jun 16     CHC  BRO  W   6-4       23-28    7    10.5  2:24 D Leonard                  23,633 +
 52 Sun, Jun 17     CHC  BRO  L   2-3       23-29    7    11.5  2:29 C King                     39,046 -
 53 Mon, Jun 18     CHC  BSN  W   5-4       24-29    7    11.0  2:27 J Klippstein                6,546 +
 54 Tue, Jun 19     CHC  BSN  W   3-0       25-29    7    11.0  1:45 B Rush                      6,496 ++
 55 Wed, Jun 20     CHC  BSN  L   0-9       25-30    7    11.0  2:26 W Spahn                     8,458 -
 56 Fri, Jun 22     CHC  NYG  L   6-9       25-31    7    12.5  2:52 G Spencer                   5,985 --
 57 Sat, Jun 23     CHC  NYG  W   7-4       26-31    7    12.5  2:36 T Lown                     18,190 +
 58 Sun, Jun 24     CHC  NYG  L   7-10      26-32    7    12.0  3:00 S Jones                    25,805 -
 59 Tue, Jun 26     CHC @STL  W   7-5       27-32    7    11.0  2:59 D Leonard                  11,605 +
 60 Wed, Jun 27     CHC @STL  L   2-14      27-33    7    12.0  2:14 H Brecheen                 10,614 -
 61 Thu, Jun 28     CHC @STL  W   8-0       28-33    7    11.0  1:57 F Hiller                    8,747 +
 62 Fri, Jun 29     CHC @STL  -   6-6       28-33    7    10.5  2:39                             9,019 +
 63 Sun, Jul  1     CHC @CIN  W   7-0       29-33    5    10.5  2:02 P Minner                          ++
 64                 CHC @CIN  W   7-5       30-33    5    10.5  2:43 D Leonard                  18,408 +++
 65 Mon, Jul  2     CHC @PIT  L   2-7       30-34    5    11.5  2:17 M Dickson                  12,661 -
 66 Tue, Jul  3     CHC @PIT  L   0-2       30-35    7    11.5  2:05 V Law                       4,650 --
 67 Wed, Jul  4     CHC  STL  L   5-10      30-36    6    13.0  2:27 J Staley                   32,374 ---
 68 Thu, Jul  5     CHC  STL  L   2-10      30-37    7    14.0  2:30 C Chambers                 12,709 ----
 69 Fri, Jul  6     CHC  CIN  L   2-4       30-38    7    15.0  2:25 H Perkowski                 7,460 -----
 70 Sat, Jul  7     CHC  CIN  L   6-8       30-39    7    16.0  2:33 E Blackwell                11,626 ------
 71 Thu, Jul 12     CHC @BRO  L   3-9       30-40    7    17.5  2:58 B Podbielan                23,365 -------
 72 Fri, Jul 13     CHC @BRO  L   6-8       30-41    7    18.5  2:10 C King                     28,822 --------
 73 Sat, Jul 14     CHC @BRO  W   5-4       31-41    7    16.5  2:34 T Lown                          0 +
 74                 CHC @BRO  W  11-7       32-41    7    16.5  3:00 B Kelly                    20,422 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Jul 15     CHC @BSN  L   0-7       32-42    7    15.5  1:59 W Spahn                         0 -
 76                 CHC @BSN  W  10-4       33-42    7    15.5  2:35 D Leonard                   6,338 +
 77 Mon, Jul 16     CHC @BSN  L   4-9       33-43    7    16.5  2:21 J Wilson                    1,545 -
 78 Tue, Jul 17     CHC @NYG  W   7-4       34-43    7    15.5  2:50 C McLish                    8,672 +
 79 Wed, Jul 18     CHC @NYG  W   6-3       35-43    7    14.5  2:23 F Hiller                    3,538 ++
 80 Fri, Jul 20     CHC @PHI  L   3-4       35-44    7    15.5  2:55 J Konstanty                10,642 -
 81 Sat, Jul 21     CHC @PHI  L   0-5       35-45    7    16.5  2:01 R Roberts                   5,515 --
 82 Sun, Jul 22     CHC @PHI  W   8-7       36-45    7    17.0  3:28 D Leonard                       0 +
 83                 CHC @PHI  L   2-3       36-46    7    17.0  1:32 B Church                   13,877 -
 84 Tue, Jul 24     CHC  BRO  L   3-6       36-47    7    18.0  2:50 C King                     22,264 --
 85 Wed, Jul 25     CHC  BRO  L   2-6       36-48    7    19.0  2:33 P Roe                      17,589 ---
 86 Thu, Jul 26     CHC  BRO  L   1-9       36-49    7    20.0  2:39 D Newcombe                 16,962 ----
 87 Fri, Jul 27     CHC  PHI  L   0-2       36-50    7    21.0  1:47 B Church                    5,206 -----
 88 Sat, Jul 28     CHC  PHI  L   0-1       36-51    7    22.0  2:07 R Meyer                    10,008 ------
 89 Sun, Jul 29     CHC  PHI  W   5-4       37-51    7    21.5  2:01 B Kelly                           +
 90                 CHC  PHI  W   8-6       38-51    7    21.5  2:28 D Leonard                  25,840 ++
 91 Mon, Jul 30     CHC  NYG  W   7-6       39-51    7    21.0  2:29 D Leonard                   7,518 +++
 92 Tue, Jul 31     CHC  NYG  L   3-4       39-52    7    22.0  2:29 J Hearn                     7,693 -
 93 Wed, Aug  1     CHC  NYG  W   3-2       40-52    7    21.5  2:16 C McLish                          +
 94                 CHC  NYG  L   0-2       40-53    7    21.5  2:18 A Corwin                   26,821 -
 95 Thu, Aug  2     CHC  NYG  W   6-3       41-53    7    21.5  2:06 B Rush                      7,966 +
 96 Fri, Aug  3     CHC  BSN  W   2-1       42-53    7    20.5  1:48 P Minner                    7,303 ++
 97 Sat, Aug  4     CHC  BSN  W   7-6       43-53    7    19.5  3:08 J Hatten                   13,866 +++
 98 Sun, Aug  5     CHC  BSN  L   4-7       43-54    7    21.5  2:06 W Spahn                         0 -
 99                 CHC  BSN  L   3-4       43-55    7    21.5  2:13 P Paine                    31,525 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Tue, Aug  7     CHC  CIN  W   4-1       44-55    7    21.0  2:04 B Rush                      7,309 +
101 Wed, Aug  8     CHC  CIN  L   5-7       44-56    7    23.0  2:23 E Blackwell                       -
102                 CHC  CIN  L   3-4       44-57    7    23.0  1:49 H Wehmeier                 14,829 --
103 Thu, Aug  9     CHC  CIN  W   5-4       45-57    7    23.0  2:09 J Hatten                    5,089 +
104 Fri, Aug 10     CHC  PIT  L   0-3       45-58    7    23.5  2:01 M Queen                     7,703 -
105 Sat, Aug 11     CHC  PIT  W   4-3       46-58    7    23.5  1:58 B Kelly                         0 +
106                 CHC  PIT  L   1-2       46-59    7    23.5  2:13 B Friend                   20,522 -
107 Sun, Aug 12     CHC  PIT  L   0-1       46-60    7    24.0  2:10 M Dickson                         --
108                 CHC  PIT  W   6-0       47-60    7    24.0  2:00 P Minner                   25,891 +
109 Mon, Aug 13     CHC @STL  W   6-3       48-60    7    24.0  2:05 J Klippstein                9,653 ++
110 Tue, Aug 14     CHC @STL  W   5-4       49-60    7    23.0  2:07 M Dubiel                   10,371 +++
111 Wed, Aug 15     CHC @CIN  L   0-1       49-61    7    23.0  1:50 K Raffensber                3,907 -
112 Thu, Aug 16     CHC @CIN  W   8-4       50-61    7    22.0  2:51 B Rush                      3,944 +
113 Fri, Aug 17     CHC @PIT  L   3-8       50-62    7    22.5  2:24 M Queen                    10,007 -
114 Sat, Aug 18     CHC @PIT  W  11-5       51-62    7    22.5  2:07 B Kelly                     6,212 +
115 Sun, Aug 19     CHC @PIT  L   2-4       51-63    7    23.0  2:11 D Carlsen                         -
116                 CHC @PIT  L   4-5       51-64    7    23.0  2:19 V Law                      16,434 --
117 Tue, Aug 21     CHC @PHI  L   1-4       51-65    7    23.5  2:25 K Johnson                   7,683 ---
118 Wed, Aug 22     CHC @PHI  L   0-4       51-66    7    25.0  2:01 R Roberts                   6,632 ----
119 Fri, Aug 24     CHC @BRO  L   0-1       51-67    7    25.5  1:57 R Branca                   22,186 -----
120 Sat, Aug 25     CHC @BRO  W   5-1       52-67    6    24.5  1:38 B Kelly                    11,031 +
121 Sun, Aug 26     CHC @NYG  L   4-5       52-68    7    25.5  2:30 G Spencer                  28,289 -
122                 CHC @NYG  L   1-5       52-69    7    25.5  2:15 J Hearn                    28,289 --
123 Mon, Aug 27     CHC @NYG  L   4-5       52-70    7    26.5  3:14 L Jansen                        0 ---
124                 CHC @NYG  L   3-6       52-71    7    26.5  2:27 A Corwin                   15,748 ----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Tue, Aug 28     CHC @BSN  W   1-0       53-71    6    26.5  2:06 T Lown                      3,831 +
126 Wed, Aug 29     CHC @BSN  L   1-4       53-72    6    27.5  1:59 D Cole                      4,956 -
127 Thu, Aug 30     CHC @BSN  L   2-16      53-73    7    28.5  2:11 J Wilson                    5,941 --
128 Sat, Sep  1     CHC  CIN  L   3-4       53-74    8    28.5  2:24 H Wehmeier                  6,535 ---
129 Sun, Sep  2     CHC  CIN  L   0-7       53-75    7    28.0  1:59 K Raffensber                      ----
130                 CHC  CIN  W   3-0       54-75    7    28.0  2:06 B Rush                     15,215 +
131 Mon, Sep  3     CHC  PIT  W  11-10      55-75    6    29.0  3:22 M Dubiel                          ++
132                 CHC  PIT  L   3-4       55-76    6    29.0  1:37 T Wilks                    20,242 -
133 Wed, Sep  5     CHC  STL  W   3-2       56-76    7    29.5  2:28 B Kelly                           +
134                 CHC  STL  L   5-6       56-77    7    29.5  1:52 J Staley                    9,178 -
135 Thu, Sep  6     CHC  STL  L   2-10      56-78    8    30.0  2:23 C Chambers                  3,576 --
136 Fri, Sep  7     CHC @CIN  L   6-7       56-79    8    31.0  4:08 B Byerly                    2,526 ---
137 Sat, Sep  8     CHC @CIN  L   3-4       56-80    8    32.0  2:35 H Fox                       1,943 ----
138 Sun, Sep  9     CHC @CIN  W   7-3       57-80    7    31.5  1:55 B Kelly                           +
139                 CHC @CIN  L   0-7       57-81    7    31.5  2:11 H Wehmeier                  7,144 -
140 Tue, Sep 11     CHC  BSN  W  13-11      58-81    7    31.5  2:46 J Klippstein                    0 +
141 Wed, Sep 12     CHC  BSN  L   3-7       58-82    7    31.5  2:06 M Surkont                   3,633 -
142 Fri, Sep 14     CHC  NYG  L   2-7       58-83    7    32.5  2:43 J Hearn                     5,109 --
143 Sat, Sep 15     CHC  NYG  L   2-5       58-84    8    32.5  1:58 S Jones                    10,051 ---
144 Sun, Sep 16     CHC  BRO  L   1-6       58-85    7    33.5  1:43 C Labine                   33,746 ----
145 Mon, Sep 17     CHC  BRO  W   5-3       59-85    7    32.5  2:00 T Lown                     17,993 +
146 Tue, Sep 18     CHC  PHI  W   7-4       60-85    7    31.5  2:20 C McLish                    2,989 ++
147 Wed, Sep 19     CHC  PHI  L   1-5       60-86    8    32.5  2:05 B Church                    3,792 -
148 Fri, Sep 21     CHC @STL  L   0-6       60-87    8    33.0  1:57 J Collum                    4,794 --
149 Sat, Sep 22     CHC @STL  W   6-5       61-87    7    32.0  2:49 B Rush                      5,595 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sun, Sep 23     CHC @STL  L   3-9       61-88    8    33.5  2:37 T Poholsky                        -
151                 CHC @STL  L   2-5       61-89    8    33.5  2:08 J Staley                   16,013 --
152 Tue, Sep 25     CHC @PIT  L   3-6       61-90    8    33.0  2:07 M Queen                     6,063 ---
153 Sat, Sep 29     CHC  STL  L   3-4       61-91    8    33.5  2:21 J Collum                    4,272 ----
154 Sun, Sep 30     CHC  STL  W   7-6       62-91    8    34.0  2:21 B Rush                            +
155                 CHC  STL  L   0-3       62-92    8    34.0  1:03 J Staley                   13,517 -

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