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1951 Chicago Cubs season

Field	Value
name	Chicago Cubs
season	1951
league	National League
ballpark	Wrigley Field
city	Chicago
record
league_place	8th
owners	Philip K. Wrigley
general_managers	Wid Matthews
managers	Frankie Frisch, Phil Cavarretta
television	WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton, Marty Hogan)
WBKB
(Joe Wilson)
radio	WIND
(Bert Wilson, Bud Campbell)

(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton, Marty Hogan) WBKB (Joe Wilson) (Bert Wilson, Bud Campbell) |}} 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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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.

Roster

1951 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	Smoky Burgess	94	219	55	.251	2	20
1B		66	201	48	.239	2	18
2B	Eddie Miksis	102	421	112	.266	4	35
SS		79	238	55	.231	8	31
3B	Randy Jackson	145	557	153	.275	16	76
OF	Hal Jeffcoat	113	278	76	.273	4	27
OF	Frank Baumholtz	146	560	159	.284	2	50
OF	Hank Sauer	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
Gene Hermanski	75	231	65	.281	3	20
	89	206	64	.311	6	28
Wayne Terwilliger	50	192	41	.214	0	10
Andy Pafko	49	178	47	.264	12	35
	49	170	46	.271	3	20
Jack Cusick	65	164	29	.177	2	16
Bob Ramazzotti	73	158	39	.247	1	15
Bruce Edwards	51	141	33	.234	3	17
Mickey Owen	58	125	23	.184	0	15
Rube Walker	37	107	25	.234	2	5
Bob Borkowski	58	89	14	.157	0	10
Bill Serena	13	39	13	.333	1	4
Harry Chiti	9	31	11	.355	0	5
Carmen Mauro	13	29	5	.172	0	3
Fred Richards	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
Bob Rush	37	211.1	11	12	3.83	129
Paul Minner	33	201.2	6	17	3.79	68
Frank Hiller	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
Cal McLish	30	145.2	4	10	4.45	46
Turk Lown	31	127.0	4	9	5.46	39
Bob Kelly	35	123.2	7	4	4.66	48
Johnny Klippstein	35	123.2	6	6	4.29	56
Bob Schultz	17	77.1	3	6	5.24	27
Joe Hatten	23	75.1	2	6	5.14	23
Johnny Schmitz	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
Dutch Leonard	41	10	6	3	2.64	30
	22	2	2	1	2.30	19
Andy Varga	2	0	0	0	3.00	1
	2	0	0	0	13.50	2

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Topeka, Carthage

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fondyde01.shtml Dee Fondy] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/miksied01.shtml Eddie Miksis] at ''Baseball Reference''

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