1950 Chicago Cubs | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |||
City | Chicago | |||
Record | 64–89 (.418) | |||
League place | 7th | |||
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |||
General managers | Wid Matthews | |||
Managers | Frankie Frisch | |||
Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton,Vince Lloyd) WBKB (Joe Wilson) | |||
Radio | WIND (Bert Wilson, Bud Campbell) | |||
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The1950 Chicago Cubs season was the 79th season of theChicago Cubs franchise, the 75th in theNational League and the 35th atWrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 64–89.
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 |
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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 | — |
1950 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders | Manager Coaches |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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