1951 Chicago Cubs season explained

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.^[1]

Regular season

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.^[2]

Roster

1951 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		94	219	55	.251	2	20
1B		66	201	48	.239	2	18
2B		102	421	112	.266	4	35
SS		79	238	55	.231	8	31
3B		145	557	153	.275	16	76
OF		113	278	76	.273	4	27
OF		146	560	159	.284	2	50
OF		141	525	138	.263	30	89

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
	75	231	65	.281	3	20
	89	206	64	.311	6	28
	50	192	41	.214	0	10
	49	178	47	.264	12	35
	49	170	46	.271	3	20
	65	164	29	.177	2	16
	73	158	39	.247	1	15
	51	141	33	.234	3	17
	58	125	23	.184	0	15
	37	107	25	.234	2	5
	58	89	14	.157	0	10
	13	39	13	.333	1	4
	9	31	11	.355	0	5
	13	29	5	.172	0	3
	10	27	8	.296	0	4

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
	37	211.1	11	12	3.83	129
	33	201.2	6	17	3.79	68
	24	141.1	6	12	4.84	50

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
	30	145.2	4	10	4.45	46
	31	127.0	4	9	5.46	39
	35	123.2	7	4	4.66	48
	35	123.2	6	6	4.29	56
	17	77.1	3	6	5.24	27
	23	75.1	2	6	5.14	23
	8	18.0	1	2	8.00	6

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
	41	10	6	3	2.64	30
	22	2	2	1	2.30	19
	2	0	0	0	3.00	1
	2	0	0	0	13.50	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Topeka, Carthage

External links

• 1951 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fondyde01.shtml Dee Fondy
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/miksied01.shtml Eddie Miksis

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