1949 Chicago Cubs season

Major League Baseball team season

1949 Chicago Cubs

League| National League
Ballpark| Wrigley Field
City| Chicago
Record| 61–93 (.396)
League place| 8th
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)
| <- 1948 | Seasons | 1950 ->

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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.

## Offseason

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* October 4, 1948: Bill Nicholson was traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Harry Walker.[1]
* November 8, 1948: Bob Speake was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.[2]

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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National League 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

### Record vs. opponents

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1949 National League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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 | —

### Notable transactions

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* June 15, 1949: Peanuts Lowrey and Harry Walker were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Frank Baumholtz and Hank Sauer.[3]

### Roster

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1949 Chicago Cubs

Roster
Pitchers

* 37 Dewey Adkins
* 31 Bob Chipman
* 34 Mort Cooper
* 17 Jess Dobernic
* 26 Monk Dubiel
* 17,18 Warren Hacker
* 35 Ralph Hamner
* 29 Emil Kush
* 23 Doyle Lade
* 20 Dutch Leonard
* 12 Cal McLish
* 11 Bob Muncrief
* 17,30 Bob Rush
* 53 Johnny Schmitz
* 20 Lefty Sloat

|  | Catchers

* 4,8 Smoky Burgess
* 9 Rube Novotney
* 9,10 Mickey Owen
* 10 Bob Scheffing
* 8 Rube Walker

Infielders

* 44 Phil Cavarretta
* 6 Frankie Gustine
* 22 Clarence Maddern
* 33 Gene Mauch
* 5 Bob Ramazzotti
* 22 Herman Reich
* 5 Hank Schenz
* 6 Bill Serena
* 39 Roy Smalley Jr.
* 6 Wayne Terwilliger
* 7 Emil Verban

|  | Outfielders

* 11 Cliff Aberson
* 47 Frank Baumholtz
* 16 Hank Edwards
* 4,19 Hal Jeffcoat
* 47 Peanuts Lowrey
* 48 Andy Pafko
* 43 Hank Sauer
* 43 Harry Walker

Other batters

* 36 Jim Kirby

|  | Manager

* 3 Frankie Frisch
* 40 Charlie Grimm

Coaches

* 42 Roy Johnson
* 45 Merv Shea

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

#### Other batters

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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

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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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

#### Other pitchers

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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

#### Relief pitchers

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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

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Bill Kelly
AA | Nashville Vols | Southern Association | Rollie Hemsley
A | Macon Peaches | Sally League | Don Osborn
A | Des Moines Bruins | Western League | Stan Hack
B | Decatur Cubs | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Morrie Arnovich
B | Springfield Cubs | New England League | Bob Peterson
B | Selma Cloverleafs | Southeastern League | Leo Twardy and Joseph Szuch
C | Visalia Cubs | California League | Red Treadway, Jigger Statz
and Claude Passeau
C | Clinton Steers | Central Association | Adolph Matulis and Joseph Blake
C | Sioux Falls Canaries | Northern League | Irvin Fortune and Lee Eilbracht
D | St. Augustine Saints | Florida State League | Frankie Piet
D | Carthage Cubs | Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League | Donald Anderson
D | Lumberton Cubs | Tobacco State League | Red Lucas and Jim Guinn
D | Rutherford County Owls | Western Carolina League | Sam Gibson and Halley Wilson
D | Janesville Cubs | Wisconsin State League | Jim Oglesby, Mike Frederick
and Adolph Matulis

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Nashville, Macon, Rutherford County

## References

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1. ^ Harry Walker page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Bob Speake page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Peanuts Lowrey page at Baseball Reference

## External links

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* Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
* 1949 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

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1949 MLB season by team

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