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.Dee Fondy at Baseball Reference
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.Eddie Miksis at Baseball Reference
Roster 1951 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
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
External links 1951 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference