The 1950 Chicago Cubs season was the 79th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 75th in the National League and the 35th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 64–89.
Offseason
- October 29, 1949: Jim Fanning was signed as an amateur free agent by the Chicago Cubs.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 91 | 63 | .591 | — | 48–29 | 43–34 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 89 | 65 | .578 | 2 | 48–30 | 41–35 |
New York Giants | 86 | 68 | .558 | 5 | 44–32 | 42–36 |
Boston Braves | 83 | 71 | .539 | 8 | 46–31 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 75 | .510 | 12½ | 48–28 | 30–47 |
Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 87 | .431 | 24½ | 38–38 | 28–49 |
Chicago Cubs | 64 | 89 | .418 | 26½ | 35–42 | 29–47 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 96 | .373 | 33½ | 33–44 | 24–52 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 17–5 | 13–9 | 9–13–1 | 15–7–1 | 11–11 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 19–3 | 12–10 | |||||
Chicago | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 4–17 | 5–17 | 9–13–1 | 11–11 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 5–17 | 10–12 | 17–4 | — | 11–11 | 4–18 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
New York | 9–13 | 10–12 | 17–5 | 11–11 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 13–9–1 | 11–11–1 | 13–9–1 | 18–4 | 10–12 | — | 14–8 | 12–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 7–15–1 | 3–19 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 8–14 | — | 12–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 9–12 | — |
Notable transactions
- April 1, 1950: Gene Baker was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.[2]
- June 29, 1950: Harry Chiti was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.[3]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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C | Mickey Owen | 86 | 259 | 63 | .243 | 2 | 21 |
1B | Preston Ward | 80 | 285 | 72 | .253 | 6 | 33 |
2B | Wayne Terwilliger | 133 | 480 | 116 | .242 | 10 | 32 |
SS | Roy Smalley Jr. | 154 | 557 | 128 | .230 | 21 | 85 |
3B | Bill Serena | 127 | 435 | 104 | .239 | 17 | 61 |
OF | Bob Borkowski | 85 | 256 | 70 | .273 | 4 | 29 |
OF | Andy Pafko | 146 | 514 | 156 | .304 | 36 | 92 |
OF | Hank Sauer | 145 | 540 | 148 | .274 | 32 | 103 |
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 |
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Phil Cavarretta | 82 | 256 | 70 | .273 | 10 | 31 |
Rube Walker | 74 | 213 | 49 | .230 | 6 | 16 |
Carmen Mauro | 62 | 185 | 42 | .227 | 1 | 10 |
Hal Jeffcoat | 66 | 179 | 42 | .235 | 2 | 18 |
Bob Ramazzotti | 61 | 145 | 38 | .262 | 1 | 6 |
Ron Northey | 53 | 114 | 32 | .281 | 4 | 20 |
Randy Jackson | 34 | 111 | 25 | .225 | 3 | 6 |
Hank Edwards | 41 | 110 | 40 | .364 | 2 | 21 |
Carl Sawatski | 38 | 103 | 18 | .175 | 1 | 7 |
Emil Verban | 45 | 37 | 4 | .108 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Scheffing | 12 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 1 |
Harry Chiti | 3 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Bob Rush | 39 | 254.2 | 13 | 20 | 3.71 | 93 |
Johnny Schmitz | 39 | 193.0 | 10 | 16 | 4.99 | 75 |
Paul Minner | 39 | 190.1 | 8 | 13 | 4.11 | 99 |
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 |
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Frank Hiller | 38 | 153.0 | 12 | 5 | 3.53 | 55 |
Monk Dubiel | 39 | 142.2 | 6 | 10 | 4.16 | 51 |
Doyle Lade | 34 | 117.2 | 5 | 6 | 4.74 | 36 |
Johnny Klippstein | 33 | 104.2 | 2 | 9 | 5.25 | 51 |
Johnny Vander Meer | 32 | 73.2 | 3 | 4 | 3.79 | 41 |
Bill Voiselle | 19 | 51.1 | 0 | 4 | 5.79 | 25 |
Warren Hacker | 5 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.28 | 5 |
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 |
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Dutch Leonard | 35 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3.77 | 28 |
Andy Varga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Minor Leagues
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Nashville, Rock Hill, Sioux Falls
References
- ^ Jim Fanning at Baseball Reference
- ^ Gene Baker at Baseball Reference
- ^ Harry Chiti at Baseball Reference