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1954 Chicago Cubs season

Field	Value
name	Chicago Cubs
season	1954
league	National League
ballpark	Wrigley Field
city	Chicago
record
league_place	7th
owners	Philip K. Wrigley
general_managers	Wid Matthews
managers	Stan Hack
television	WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
radio	WIND
(Bert Wilson, Bob Elson)

(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton) (Bert Wilson, Bob Elson) |}} The 1954 Chicago Cubs season was the 83rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 79th in the National League and the 39th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 64–90.

Offseason

November 30, 1953: Carl Sawatski was selected off waivers from the Cubs by the Chicago White Sox.
December 7, 1953: Catfish Metkovich was purchased from the Cubs by the Milwaukee Braves.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 30, 1954: Steve Bilko was purchased by the Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals for $12,500.
June 8, 1954: Billy Muffett was purchased by the Cubs from the Shreveport Sports.
June 14, 1954: Luis Márquez was traded by the Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Hal Rice.
September 8, 1954: Joe Garagiola was selected off waivers from the Cubs by the New York Giants.

Roster

1954 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	Joe Garagiola	63	153	43	.281	5	21
1B	Dee Fondy	141	568	162	.285	9	49
2B	Gene Baker	135	541	149	.275	13	61
SS	Ernie Banks	154	593	163	.275	19	79
3B	Randy Jackson	126	484	132	.273	19	67
LF	Ralph Kiner	147	557	159	.285	22	73
CF	Bob Talbot	114	403	97	.241	1	19
RF	Hank Sauer	142	520	150	.288	41	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
Frank Baumholtz	90	303	90	.297	4	28
Walker Cooper	57	158	49	.310	7	32
El Tappe	46	119	22	.185	0	4
Eddie Miksis	38	99	20	.202	2	3
	47	92	22	.239	4	12
Clyde McCullough	31	81	21	.259	3	17
	51	72	11	.153	0	5
Vern Morgan	24	64	15	.234	0	2
Bill Serena	41	63	10	.159	4	13
Jim Fanning	11	38	7	.184	0	1
	17	12	1	.083	0	0
Don Robertson	14	6	0	.000	0	0
	4	3	0	.000	0	1
Chris Kitsos	1	0	0	----	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
	33	236.1	13	15	3.77	124
Paul Minner	32	218.0	11	11	3.96	79
Howie Pollet	20	128.1	8	10	3.58	58
	18	84.0	3	8	5.36	37
Al Lary	1	6.0	0	0	3.00	4

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	158.2	6	13	4.25	80
36	148.0	4	11	5.29	69
46	127.2	11	7	3.52	58
7	14.2	1	3	9.82	8

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
	43	5	6	7	5.19	35
Bill Tremel	33	1	2	4	4.21	21
	18	1	0	0	9.45	17
Turk Lown	15	0	2	0	6.14	16
Jim Willis	14	0	1	0	3.91	5
Bob Zick	8	0	0	0	8.27	9
John Pyecha	1	0	1	0	10.13	2

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Des Moines, Blackwell Tar Heel League disbanded, June 21, 1954

Notes

References

1954 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sawatca01.shtml Carl Sawatski] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/metkoca01.shtml Catfish Metkovich] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bilkost01.shtml Steve Bilko] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muffebi01.shtml Billy Muffett] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/riceha02.shtml Hal Rice] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/garagjo01.shtml Joe Garagiola] at ''Baseball Reference''

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