1949 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |
General managers | James T. Gallagher | |
Managers | Charlie Grimm, Frankie Frisch | |
Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton) WBKB (Joe Wilson) WENR (Rogers Hornsby, Bill Brundige) | |
Radio | WIND (Bert Wilson) | |
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The 1949 Chicago Cubs season was the 78th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 74th in the National League and the 34th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished eighth and last in the National League with a record of 61–93.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 48–29 | 49–28 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 96 | 58 | .623 | 1 | 51–26 | 45–32 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 73 | .526 | 16 | 40–37 | 41–36 |
Boston Braves | 75 | 79 | .487 | 22 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
New York Giants | 73 | 81 | .474 | 24 | 43–34 | 30–47 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 71 | 83 | .461 | 26 | 36–41 | 35–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 62 | 92 | .403 | 35 | 35–42 | 27–50 |
Chicago Cubs | 61 | 93 | .396 | 36 | 33–44 | 28–49 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 12–10–2 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 6–16 | |||||
Brooklyn | 12–10 | — | 17–5 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 10–12–1 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | 5–17 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–12–1 | 5–17 | 13–9 | — | 7–15 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 5–17–1 | |||||
New York | 10–12–2 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 11–11 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — | 12–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 16–6 | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | 17–5–1 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — |
1949 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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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 | 62 | 198 | 54 | .273 | 2 | 18 |
1B | Herman Reich | 108 | 386 | 108 | .280 | 3 | 34 |
2B | Emil Verban | 98 | 343 | 99 | .289 | 0 | 22 |
SS | Roy Smalley Jr. | 135 | 477 | 117 | .245 | 8 | 35 |
3B | Frankie Gustine | 76 | 261 | 59 | .226 | 4 | 27 |
OF | Hal Jeffcoat | 108 | 363 | 89 | .245 | 2 | 26 |
OF | Andy Pafko | 144 | 519 | 146 | .281 | 18 | 69 |
OF | Hank Sauer | 96 | 357 | 104 | .291 | 27 | 83 |
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 | 105 | 360 | 106 | .294 | 8 | 49 |
Bob Ramazzotti | 65 | 190 | 34 | .179 | 0 | 6 |
Hank Edwards | 58 | 176 | 51 | .290 | 7 | 21 |
Rube Walker | 56 | 172 | 42 | .244 | 3 | 22 |
Frank Baumholtz | 58 | 164 | 37 | .226 | 1 | 15 |
Harry Walker | 42 | 159 | 42 | .264 | 1 | 14 |
Gene Mauch | 72 | 150 | 37 | .247 | 1 | 7 |
Bob Scheffing | 55 | 149 | 40 | .268 | 3 | 19 |
Wayne Terwilliger | 36 | 112 | 25 | .223 | 2 | 10 |
Peanuts Lowrey | 38 | 111 | 30 | .270 | 2 | 10 |
Rube Novotney | 22 | 67 | 18 | .269 | 0 | 6 |
Smokey Burgess | 46 | 56 | 15 | .268 | 1 | 12 |
Bill Serena | 12 | 37 | 8 | .216 | 1 | 7 |
Hank Schenz | 7 | 14 | 6 | .429 | 0 | 1 |
Clarence Maddern | 10 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 2 |
Cliff Aberson | 4 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Kirby | 3 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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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Johnny Schmitz | 36 | 207.0 | 11 | 13 | 4.35 | 75 |
Bob Rush | 35 | 201.0 | 10 | 18 | 4.07 | 80 |
Dutch Leonard | 33 | 180.0 | 7 | 16 | 4.15 | 83 |
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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Monk Dubiel | 32 | 147.2 | 6 | 9 | 4.14 | 52 |
Doyle Lade | 36 | 129.2 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 | 43 |
Warren Hacker | 30 | 125.2 | 5 | 8 | 4.23 | 40 |
Bob Chipman | 38 | 113.1 | 7 | 8 | 3.97 | 46 |
Dewey Adkins | 30 | 82.1 | 2 | 4 | 5.68 | 43 |
Cal McLish | 8 | 23.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.87 | 6 |
Ralph Hamner | 6 | 12.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.76 | 3 |
Lefty Sloat | 5 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 3 |
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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Bob Muncrief | 34 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4.56 | 36 |
Emil Kush | 26 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3.78 | 22 |
Jess Dobernic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 0 |
Mort Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |
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