1949 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1949
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)

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

• 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

Notable transactions

• 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

1949 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		62	198	54	.273	2	18
1B		108	386	108	.280	3	34
2B		98	343	99	.289	0	22
SS		135	477	117	.245	8	35
3B		76	261	59	.226	4	27
OF		108	363	89	.245	2	26
OF		144	519	146	.281	18	69
OF		96	357	104	.291	27	83

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
	105	360	106	.294	8	49
	65	190	34	.179	0	6
	58	176	51	.290	7	21
	56	172	42	.244	3	22
	58	164	37	.226	1	15
	42	159	42	.264	1	14
	72	150	37	.247	1	7
	55	149	40	.268	3	19
	36	112	25	.223	2	10
	38	111	30	.270	2	10
	22	67	18	.269	0	6
	46	56	15	.268	1	12
	12	37	8	.216	1	7
	7	14	6	.429	0	1
	10	9	3	.333	1	2
	4	7	0	.000	0	0
	3	2	1	.500	0	0

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
	36	207.0	11	13	4.35	75
	35	201.0	10	18	4.07	80
	33	180.0	7	16	4.15	83

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
	32	147.2	6	9	4.14	52
	36	129.2	4	5	5.00	43
	30	125.2	5	8	4.23	40
	38	113.1	7	8	3.97	46
	30	82.1	2	4	5.68	43
	8	23.0	1	1	5.87	6
	6	12.1	0	2	8.76	3
	5	9.0	0	0	7.00	3

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
	34	5	6	2	4.56	36
	26	3	3	2	3.78	22
	4	0	0	0	20.25	0
	1	0	0	0	inf	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Nashville, Macon, Rutherford County

External links

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1949 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walkeha01.shtml Harry Walker page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/speakbo01.shtml Bob Speake page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lowrepe01.shtml Peanuts Lowrey page at Baseball Reference