1951 Chicago Cubs Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 62-92
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 894,415, Avg. 13,536
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Frankie Frisch (35-45)
Manager: Phil Cavarretta (27-47)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1951 Chicago Cubs RosterTeam Record: 62-92
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 894,415, Avg. 13,536
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Frankie Frisch (35-45)
Manager: Phil Cavarretta (27-47)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1951 Chicago Cubs Results
The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1951 season with a record of 62 wins and 92 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.
The Cubs scored 614 runs and allowed 750 runs. Hank Sauer walloped 30 home runs for Chicago, while Randy Jackson swatted 20 or more, too. Hank Sauer drove in 89 runs. Frank Baumholtz paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .284 average. Bob Rush topped the squad with 11 wins, and Paul Minner recorded a 3.79 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Frankie Frisch and Phil Cavarretta coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Rush | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.83 | 37 | 29 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 211.3 | 212 | 108 | 90 | 16 | 68 | 0 | 129 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 918 |
| Dutch Leonard | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.64 | 41 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81.7 | 69 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 337 |
| Bob Kelly | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.66 | 35 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 123.7 | 130 | 70 | 64 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 534 |
| Johnny Klippstein | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.29 | 35 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 123.7 | 125 | 71 | 59 | 10 | 53 | 0 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 546 |
| Frank Hiller | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.84 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 141.3 | 147 | 83 | 76 | 17 | 31 | 0 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 594 |
| Paul Minner | 6 | 17 | .261 | 3.79 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 201.7 | 219 | 97 | 85 | 20 | 64 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 861 |
| Turk Lown | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.46 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 127.0 | 125 | 80 | 77 | 14 | 90 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 584 |
| Cal McLish | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.45 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 145.7 | 159 | 76 | 72 | 16 | 52 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 628 |
| Bob Schultz | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.24 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.3 | 75 | 51 | 45 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 355 |
| Monk Dubiel | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.30 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54.7 | 46 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 221 |
| Joe Hatten | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.14 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.3 | 82 | 48 | 43 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 334 |
| Johnny Schmitz | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.00 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| Andy Varga | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | |
| Warren Hacker | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Totals | 62 | 92 | .403 | 4.34 | 340 | 155 | 107 | 48 | 10 | 10 | 1385.7 | 1416 | 750 | 668 | 125 | 572 | 0 | 544 | 29 | 7 | 43 | 6028 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Baumholtz | 146 | 615 | 560 | 62 | 159 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 50 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 36 | .284 | .346 | .380 | .726 | 213 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Jackson | 145 | 609 | 557 | 78 | 153 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 76 | 14 | 3 | 47 | 44 | .275 | .332 | .425 | .758 | 237 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Sauer | 141 | 574 | 525 | 77 | 138 | 19 | 4 | 30 | 89 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 77 | .263 | .325 | .486 | .810 | 255 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Miksis | 102 | 461 | 421 | 48 | 112 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 33 | 36 | .266 | .319 | .340 | .659 | 143 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Jeffcoat | 113 | 299 | 278 | 44 | 76 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 23 | .273 | .315 | .403 | .718 | 112 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Hermanski | 75 | 271 | 231 | 28 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 30 | .281 | .385 | .381 | .766 | 88 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Cavarretta | 89 | 237 | 206 | 24 | 64 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 28 | .311 | .393 | .442 | .835 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Smoky Burgess | 94 | 240 | 219 | 21 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 12 | .251 | .317 | .315 | .632 | 69 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Smalley | 79 | 266 | 238 | 24 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 53 | .231 | .304 | .395 | .699 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Connors | 66 | 214 | 201 | 16 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 25 | .239 | .282 | .303 | .585 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Pafko | 49 | 199 | 178 | 26 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | .264 | .342 | .528 | .870 | 94 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dee Fondy | 49 | 184 | 170 | 23 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | .271 | .319 | .388 | .707 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Terwilliger | 50 | 223 | 192 | 26 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 21 | .214 | .317 | .245 | .562 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Ramazzotti | 73 | 170 | 158 | 13 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | .247 | .292 | .323 | .614 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Edwards | 51 | 158 | 141 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | .234 | .316 | .390 | .707 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Cusick | 65 | 185 | 164 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 29 | .177 | .254 | .256 | .510 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rube Walker | 37 | 119 | 107 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .234 | .311 | .327 | .638 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Owen | 58 | 146 | 125 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 13 | .184 | .292 | .232 | .524 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Minner | 36 | 78 | 71 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .254 | .303 | .352 | .655 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Borkowski | 58 | 93 | 89 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .157 | .185 | .169 | .353 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Serena | 13 | 51 | 39 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | .333 | .490 | .538 | 1.029 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Rush | 37 | 73 | 68 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .191 | .203 | .221 | .423 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Chiti | 9 | 34 | 31 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .355 | .394 | .419 | .813 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Richards | 10 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .296 | .345 | .370 | .715 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Turk Lown | 31 | 45 | 39 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .205 | .279 | .231 | .510 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Hiller | 24 | 50 | 48 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .125 | .143 | .125 | .268 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carmen Mauro | 13 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .172 | .250 | .207 | .457 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kelly | 35 | 35 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .161 | .188 | .161 | .349 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal McLish | 31 | 45 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .119 | .178 | .167 | .344 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Hatten | 23 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Schultz | 17 | 30 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .138 | .138 | .138 | .276 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Klippstein | 35 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .108 | .108 | .189 | .297 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Schmitz | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monk Dubiel | 22 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Leonard | 41 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Hacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Andy Varga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1929 | 5862 | 5307 | 614 | 1327 | 200 | 47 | 103 | 572 | 63 | 30 | 477 | 647 | .250 | .315 | .364 | .678 | 1930 | 139 | 22 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Richards | 1B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dee Fondy | 1B | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 387 | 27 | 10 | 40 | .976 | 9.409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Edwards | 1B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 69 | 8 | 4 | 5 | .951 | 8.556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Connors | 1B | 57 | 0 | 0.0 | 452 | 33 | 8 | 41 | .984 | 8.509 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Cavarretta | 1B | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 444 | 42 | 3 | 53 | .994 | 9.170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Terwilliger | 2B | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 136 | 142 | 9 | 37 | .969 | 5.673 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Ramazzotti | 2B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Miksis | 2B | 102 | 0 | 0.0 | 279 | 317 | 19 | 71 | .969 | 5.843 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Serena | 3B | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Ramazzotti | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Randy Jackson | 3B | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 198 | 323 | 24 | 32 | .956 | 3.643 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rube Walker | C | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 111 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .969 | 4.065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Owen | C | 57 | 0 | 0.0 | 188 | 28 | 7 | 6 | .969 | 3.789 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Edwards | C | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 113 | 14 | 5 | 4 | .962 | 4.536 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Chiti | C | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .913 | 5.250 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Smoky Burgess | C | 64 | 0 | 0.0 | 210 | 35 | 5 | 6 | .980 | 3.828 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Sauer | OF | 132 | 0 | 0.0 | 286 | 19 | 6 | 2 | .981 | 2.311 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Pafko | OF | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 119 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .992 | 2.604 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carmen Mauro | OF | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Jeffcoat | OF | 87 | 0 | 0.0 | 166 | 11 | 2 | 5 | .989 | 2.034 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Hermanski | OF | 63 | 0 | 0.0 | 134 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .966 | 2.270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Borkowski | OF | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .933 | 1.680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Baumholtz | OF | 140 | 0 | 0.0 | 307 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .975 | 2.236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Varga | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Schultz | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .842 | .941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Schmitz | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Rush | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 39 | 5 | 2 | .919 | 1.541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Minner | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 53 | 1 | 6 | .984 | 1.909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cal McLish | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 6 | .973 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turk Lown | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.032 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dutch Leonard | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .659 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Klippstein | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kelly | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .943 | .943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Hiller | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 1.792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hatten | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .783 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren Hacker | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Monk Dubiel | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .682 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Smalley | SS | 74 | 0 | 0.0 | 117 | 190 | 15 | 42 | .953 | 4.149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Ramazzotti | SS | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 73 | 137 | 11 | 32 | .950 | 4.118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Cusick | SS | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | 78 | 147 | 11 | 25 | .953 | 4.018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1695 | 0 | 0.0 | 4157 | 1828 | 181 | 442 | .971 | 3.531 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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