1950 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1950
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Philip K. Wrigley
General Managers:	Wid Matthews
Managers:	Frankie Frisch
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton, Vince Lloyd) WBKB (Joe Wilson)
Radio:	WIND (Bert Wilson, Bud Campbell)

The 1950 Chicago Cubs season was the 79th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 75th in the National League and the 35th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 64–89.

Offseason

• October 29, 1949: Jim Fanning was signed as an amateur free agent by the Chicago Cubs.^[1]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 1, 1950: Gene Baker was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[2]
• June 29, 1950: Harry Chiti was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[3]

Roster

1950 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		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		86	259	63	.243	2	21
1B		80	285	72	.253	6	33
2B		133	480	116	.242	10	32
SS		154	557	128	.230	21	85
3B		127	435	104	.239	17	61
OF		85	256	70	.273	4	29
OF		146	514	156	.304	36	92
OF		145	540	148	.274	32	103

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
	82	256	70	.273	10	31
	74	213	49	.230	6	16
	62	185	42	.227	1	10
	66	179	42	.235	2	18
	61	145	38	.262	1	6
	53	114	32	.281	4	20
	34	111	25	.225	3	6
	41	110	40	.364	2	21
	38	103	18	.175	1	7
	45	37	4	.108	0	1
	12	16	3	.188	0	1
	3	6	2	.333	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
	39	254.2	13	20	3.71	93
	39	193.0	10	16	4.99	75
	39	190.1	8	13	4.11	99

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
	38	153.0	12	5	3.53	55
	39	142.2	6	10	4.16	51
	34	117.2	5	6	4.74	36
	33	104.2	2	9	5.25	51
	32	73.2	3	4	3.79	41
	19	51.1	0	4	5.79	25
	5	15.1	0	1	5.28	5

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
	35	5	1	6	3.77	28
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Minor Leagues

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Nashville, Rock Hill, Sioux Falls

External links

• 1950 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fanniji01.shtml Jim Fanning
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bakerge02.shtml Gene Baker
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chitiha01.shtml Harry Chiti