1954 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1954
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Philip K. Wrigley
General Managers:	Wid Matthews
Managers:	Stan Hack
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
Radio:	WIND (Bert Wilson, Bob Elson)

The 1954 Chicago Cubs season was the 83rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 79th in the National League and the 39th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 64–90.

Offseason

• November 30, 1953: Carl Sawatski was selected off waivers from the Cubs by the Chicago White Sox.^[1]
• December 7, 1953: Catfish Metkovich was purchased from the Cubs by the Milwaukee Braves.^[2]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 30, 1954: Steve Bilko was purchased by the Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals for $12,500.^[3]
• June 8, 1954: Billy Muffett was purchased by the Cubs from the Shreveport Sports.^[4]
• June 14, 1954: Luis Márquez was traded by the Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Hal Rice.^[5]
• September 8, 1954: Joe Garagiola was selected off waivers from the Cubs by the New York Giants.^[6]

Roster

1954 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		63	153	43	.281	5	21
1B		141	568	162	.285	9	49
2B		135	541	149	.275	13	61
SS		154	593	163	.275	19	79
3B		126	484	132	.273	19	67
LF		147	557	159	.285	22	73
CF		114	403	97	.241	1	19
RF		142	520	150	.288	41	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
	90	303	90	.297	4	28
	57	158	49	.310	7	32
	46	119	22	.185	0	4
	38	99	20	.202	2	3
	47	92	22	.239	4	12
	31	81	21	.259	3	17
	51	72	11	.153	0	5
	24	64	15	.234	0	2
	41	63	10	.159	4	13
	11	38	7	.184	0	1
	17	12	1	.083	0	0
	14	6	0	.000	0	0
	4	3	0	.000	0	1
	1	0	0	----	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
	33	236.1	13	15	3.77	124
	32	218.0	11	11	3.96	79
	20	128.1	8	10	3.58	58
	18	84.0	3	8	5.36	37
	1	6.0	0	0	3.00	4

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
	39	158.2	6	13	4.25	80
	36	148.0	4	11	5.29	69
	46	127.2	11	7	3.52	58
	7	14.2	1	3	9.82	8

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
	43	5	6	7	5.19	35
	33	1	2	4	4.21	21
	18	1	0	0	9.45	17
	15	0	2	0	6.14	16
	14	0	1	0	3.91	5
	8	0	0	0	8.27	9
	1	0	1	0	10.13	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Des Moines, Blackwell
Tar Heel League disbanded, June 21, 1954

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1954 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sawatca01.shtml Carl Sawatski
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/metkoca01.shtml Catfish Metkovich
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bilkost01.shtml Steve Bilko
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muffebi01.shtml Billy Muffett
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/riceha02.shtml Hal Rice
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/garagjo01.shtml Joe Garagiola