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1949 Chicago Cubs season

Field	Value
name	Chicago Cubs
season	1949
league	National League
ballpark	Wrigley Field
city	Chicago
record
league_place	8th
owners	Philip K. Wrigley
general_managers	James T. Gallagher
managers	Charlie Grimm, Frankie Frisch
television	WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
WBKB
(Joe Wilson)
WENR
(Rogers Hornsby, Bill Brundige)
radio	WIND
(Bert Wilson)

(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton) WBKB (Joe Wilson) WENR (Rogers Hornsby, Bill Brundige) (Bert Wilson) |}} The 1949 Chicago Cubs season was the 78th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 74th in the National League and the 34th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished eighth and last in the National League with a record of 61–93.

Offseason

October 4, 1948: Bill Nicholson was traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Harry Walker.
November 8, 1948: Bob Speake was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 15, 1949: Peanuts Lowrey and Harry Walker were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Frank Baumholtz and Hank Sauer.

Roster

1949 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers

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	Mickey Owen	62	198	54	.273	2	18
1B	Herman Reich	108	386	108	.280	3	34
2B	Emil Verban	98	343	99	.289	0	22
SS		135	477	117	.245	8	35
3B	Frankie Gustine	76	261	59	.226	4	27
OF	Hal Jeffcoat	108	363	89	.245	2	26
OF	Andy Pafko	144	519	146	.281	18	69
OF	Hank Sauer	96	357	104	.291	27	83

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 Cavarretta	105	360	106	.294	8	49
Bob Ramazzotti	65	190	34	.179	0	6
Hank Edwards	58	176	51	.290	7	21
Rube Walker	56	172	42	.244	3	22
	58	164	37	.226	1	15
	42	159	42	.264	1	14
Gene Mauch	72	150	37	.247	1	7
Bob Scheffing	55	149	40	.268	3	19
Wayne Terwilliger	36	112	25	.223	2	10
	38	111	30	.270	2	10
Rube Novotney	22	67	18	.269	0	6
Smokey Burgess	46	56	15	.268	1	12
Bill Serena	12	37	8	.216	1	7
Hank Schenz	7	14	6	.429	0	1
Clarence Maddern	10	9	3	.333	1	2
Cliff Aberson	4	7	0	.000	0	0
	3	2	1	.500	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
Johnny Schmitz	36	207.0	11	13	4.35	75
Bob Rush	35	201.0	10	18	4.07	80
Dutch Leonard	33	180.0	7	16	4.15	83

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
Monk Dubiel	32	147.2	6	9	4.14	52
Doyle Lade	36	129.2	4	5	5.00	43
Warren Hacker	30	125.2	5	8	4.23	40
	38	113.1	7	8	3.97	46
	30	82.1	2	4	5.68	43
Cal McLish	8	23.0	1	1	5.87	6
Ralph Hamner	6	12.1	0	2	8.76	3
Lefty Sloat	5	9.0	0	0	7.00	3

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
Bob Muncrief	34	5	6	2	4.56	36
Emil Kush	26	3	3	2	3.78	22
Jess Dobernic	4	0	0	0	20.25	0
	1	0	0	0	inf	0

Farm system

and Claude Passeau and Adolph Matulis

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walkeha01.shtml Harry Walker page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/speakbo01.shtml Bob Speake page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lowrepe01.shtml Peanuts Lowrey page at Baseball Reference]

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