1951 Chicago Cubs season

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.

1951 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Philip K. Wrigley
General manager(s)Wid Matthews
Manager(s)Frankie Frisch, Phil Cavarretta
Local televisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton, Marty Hogan)
WBKB
(Joe Wilson)
Local radioWIND
(Bert Wilson, Bud Campbell)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9859 0.624 — 50–28 48–31
Brooklyn Dodgers 9760 0.618 1 49–29 48–31
St. Louis Cardinals 8173 0.526 15½ 44–34 37–39
Boston Braves 7678 0.494 20½ 42–35 34–43
Philadelphia Phillies 7381 0.474 23½ 38–39 35–42
Cincinnati Reds 6886 0.442 28½ 35–42 33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 6490 0.416 32½ 32–45 32–45
Chicago Cubs 6292 0.403 34½ 32–45 30–47

Record vs. opponents
1951 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —10–12–110–1210–128–1412–1013–913–9
Brooklyn 12–10–1—14–814–814–1115–710–1218–4
Chicago 12–108–14—10–127–157–159–139–13–1
Cincinnati 12–108–1412–10—5–1711–1112–10–18–14
New York 14–811–1415–717–5—16–614–811–11
Philadelphia 10–127–1515–711–116–16—15–79–13
Pittsburgh 9–1312–1013–910–12–18–147–15—5–17
St. Louis 9–134–1813–9–114–811–1113–917–5—

Notable transactions

Roster
1951 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
1BChuck Connors6620148.239218
SSRoy Smalley7923855.231831

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 Cavarretta8920664.311628
Dee Fondy4917046.271320

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 Dubiel222212.3019
Warren Hacker200013.502

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

References
  1. Dee Fondy at Baseball Reference
  2. Eddie Miksis at Baseball Reference
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