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1951 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950/1952) 62-92, Finished 8th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 614 runs, Allowed 750 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91 Managed by Frankie Frisch and Phil Cavarretta Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 894,415 (6th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 100   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 Stats (1950/1952) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Smoky Burgess       24   94  219   21   55   4  2   2   20  21   12  .251  .317  .315   2   0  10   0   0           69
1B *Chuck Connors       30   66  201   16   48   5  1   2   18  12   25  .239  .282  .303   4   0   0   0   1           56
2B  Eddie Miksis        24  102  421   48  112  13  3   4   35  33   36  .266  .319  .340  11   5  10   0   7           76
3B  Randy Jackson       25  145  557   78  153  24  6  16   76  47   44  .275  .332  .425  14   3  21   1   4          101
SS  Roy Smalley         25   79  238   24   55   7  4   8   31  25   53  .231  .304  .395   0   0   6   0   3           85
OF *Frank Baumholtz     32  146  560   62  159  28 10   2   50  49   36  .284  .346  .380   5   4  16   4   2           94
OF  Hank Sauer          34  141  525   77  138  19  4  30   89  45   77  .263  .325  .486   2   1  10   3   1          113
OF  Hal Jeffcoat        26  113  278   44   76  20  2   4   27  16   23  .273  .315  .403   8   4   5   1   4           90
   *Gene Hermanski      31   75  231   28   65  12  1   3   20  35   30  .281  .385  .381   3   0   6   4   1          105
   *Phil Cavarretta     34   89  206   24   64   7  1   6   28  27   28  .311  .393  .442   0   0   2   1   3          122
    Wayne Terwilliger   26   50  192   26   41   6  0   0   10  29   21  .214  .317  .245   3   1   5   0   2           52
    Andy Pafko          30   49  178   26   47   5  3  12   35  17   10  .264  .342  .528   1   1   6   4   0          129
   *Dee Fondy           26   49  170   23   46   7  2   3   20  11   20  .271  .319  .388   5   6   2   1   2           88
    Jack Cusick         23   65  164   16   29   3  2   2   16  17   29  .177  .254  .256   2   1   4   0   4           37
    Bob Ramazzotti      34   73  158   13   39   5  2   1   15  10   23  .247  .292  .323   0   0   4   0   2           64
    Bruce Edwards       27   51  141   19   33   9  2   3   17  16   14  .234  .316  .390   1   2   4   1   0           87
    Mickey Owen         35   58  125   10   23   6  0   0   15  19   13  .184  .292  .232   1   0   4   0   2           42
   *Rube Walker         25   37  107    9   25   4  0   2    5  12   13  .234  .311  .327   0   0   4   0   0           70
    Bob Borkowski       25   58   89    9   14   1  0   0   10   3   16  .157  .185  .169   0   0   5   0   1           -5
    Bill Serena         26   13   39    8   13   3  1   1    4  11    4  .333  .490  .538   0   2   0   1   0          174
    Harry Chiti         18    9   31    1   11   2  0   0    5   2    2  .355  .394  .419   0   0   3   0   1          117
   *Carmen Mauro        24   13   29    3    5   1  0   0    3   2    6  .172  .250  .207   0   0   0   1   0           23
   *Fred Richards       23   10   27    1    8   2  0   0    4   2    3  .296  .345  .370   0   0   0   0   1           91

   *Paul Minner         27   36   71    8   18   4  0   1    6   5   10  .254  .303  .352   0   0   2   0   2           74
    Bob Rush            25   37   68    5   13   2  0   0    2   1   20  .191  .203  .221   0   0   3   0   4           13
    Frank Hiller        30   24   48    4    6   0  0   0    2   1    9  .125  .143  .125   1   0   0   0   1          -28
   #Cal McLish          25   31   42    2    5   0  1   0    1   3   20  .119  .178  .167   0   0   1   0   0           -8
    Turk Lown           27   31   39    4    8   1  0   0    1   4    5  .205  .279  .231   0   0   2   0   2           38
    Johnny Klippstein   23   35   37    1    4   0  0   1    4   0   12  .108  .108  .189   0   0   2   0   0          -22
    Bob Kelly           23   35   31    1    5   0  0   0    0   1    8  .161  .188  .161   0   0   0   0   3           -6
    Bob Schultz         27   17   29    2    4   0  0   0    1   0   11  .138  .138  .138   0   0   0   0   1          -26
    Dutch Leonard       42   41   21    1    0   0  0   0    1   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
    Joe Hatten          34   23   17    0    4   0  0   0    1   0    4  .235  .235  .235   0   0   2   0   1           26
    Monk Dubiel         33   22   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    4  .000  .077  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -78
    Johnny Schmitz      30    8    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0          -11
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3  155 5307  614 1327 200 47 103  572 477  647  .250  .312  .364  63  30 139  22  56           87
    Rank among 8 NL teams          6    7    7   7  4   6        7    2     7     7     7   3   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Rush            25  37   3.83  11  12  2  29   6  12   2  211.3  212  108   90  16   68  129  918   7   3  0     106
SP *Paul Minner         27  33   3.79   6  17  1  28   3  14   3  201.7  219   97   85  20   64   68  861   5   0  1     107
SP  Frank Hiller        30  24   4.84   6  12  1  21   1   6   2  141.3  147   83   76  17   31   50  594   3   9  1      84
SP  Turk Lown           27  31   5.46   4   9  0  18   5   3   1  127.0  125   80   77  14   90   39  584   7   1  0      75
SP  Cal McLish          25  30   4.45   4  10  0  17   6   5   1  145.7  159   76   72  16   52   46  628   2   3  1      92
SP *Bob Schultz         27  17   5.24   3   6  0  10   5   2   0   77.3   75   51   45   9   51   27  355   3   2  0      78

RP  Dutch Leonard       42  41   2.64  10   6  3   1  28   0   0   81.7   69   30   24   3   28   30  337   2   2  0     154
RP  Bob Kelly           23  35   4.66   7   4  0  11  10   4   0  123.7  130   70   64   8   55   48  534   7   1  0      88
RP  Johnny Klippstein   23  35   4.29   6   6  2  11  13   1   1  123.7  125   71   59  10   53   56  546   2   6  2      95
RP  Monk Dubiel         33  22   2.30   2   2  1   0  12   0   0   54.7   46   17   14   3   22   19  221   0   0  2     177

   *Joe Hatten          34  23   5.14   2   6  0   6  11   1   0   75.3   82   48   43   8   37   23  334   4   1  0      79
   *Johnny Schmitz      30   8   8.00   1   2  0   3   4   0   0   18.0   22   16   16   1   15    6   91   0   0  0      51
   *Andy Varga          20   2   3.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.0    2    1    1   0    6    1   17   1   0  0     136
    Warren Hacker       26   2  13.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.3    3    2    2   0    0    2    8   0   1  0      30
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6 155   4.34  62  92 10 155 107  48  10 1385.0 1416  750  668 125  572  544 6028  43  29  7      94
    Rank among 8 NL teams           7   8   1  8           7   4      6    7    7        5    6    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SBurgess 64 210 35 5 6 .980 6 MOwen 57 188 28 7 6 .969 5 RWalker 31 111 15 4 2 .969 0 BEdwards 28 113 14 5 4 .962 4 HChiti 8 34 8 4 1 .913 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 656 100 25 19 .968 17 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CConnors 57 452 33 8 41 .984 8.51 PCavarretta 53 444 42 3 53 .994 9.17 DFondy 44 387 27 10 40 .976 9.41 BEdwards 9 69 8 4 5 .951 8.56 FRichards 9 62 8 0 3 1.000 7.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1414 118 25 142 .984 9.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMiksis 102 279 317 19 71 .969 5.84 WTerwillige 49 136 142 9 37 .969 5.67 BRamazzotti 6 10 15 0 2 1.000 4.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 425 474 28 110 .970 5.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 3.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RJackson 143 198 323 24 32 .956 3.64 BSerena 12 15 17 2 1 .941 2.67 BRamazzotti 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 213 340 26 33 .955 3.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .955 4.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSmalley 74 117 190 15 42 .953 4.15 JCusick 56 78 147 11 25 .953 4.02 BRamazzotti 51 73 137 11 32 .950 4.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 268 474 37 99 .953 4.82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.23 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- FBaumholtz 140 307 6 8 2 .975 2.24 17 64 60 HSauer 132 286 19 6 2 .981 2.31 131 0 1 HJeffcoat 87 166 11 2 5 .989 2.03 14 39 34 GHermanski 63 134 9 5 1 .966 2.27 3 0 60 APafko 48 119 6 1 3 .992 2.60 0 48 0 BBorkowski 25 41 1 3 0 .933 1.68 7 9 9 CMauro 6 17 1 2 0 .900 3.00 0 5 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1070 53 27 13 .977 2.43 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .962 2.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BRush 37 18 39 5 2 .919 2.43 PMinner 33 10 53 1 6 .984 2.81 CMcLish 30 14 22 1 6 .973 2.22 FHiller 24 13 30 1 2 .977 2.74 TLown 31 9 23 0 1 1.000 2.27 BKelly 35 13 20 2 1 .943 2.40 JKlippstein 35 4 23 0 3 1.000 1.96 DLeonard 41 6 21 0 2 1.000 2.97 BSchultz 17 5 11 3 0 .842 1.86 JHatten 23 8 10 0 2 1.000 2.15 MDubiel 22 7 8 0 1 1.000 2.47 JSchmitz 8 4 9 0 0 1.000 6.50 AVarga 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 WHacker 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 111 269 13 26 .967 2.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Baumholtz .284 On-base % Baumholtz .346 Slugging % Sauer .486 OPS Sauer .811 Games Baumholtz 146 At Bats Baumholtz 560 Plate Appearances (approx.) Baumholtz 615 Runs Jackson 78 Hits Baumholtz 159 Total Bases Sauer 255 Doubles Baumholtz 28 Triples Baumholtz 10 Home Runs Sauer 30 RBI Sauer 89 Bases on Balls Baumholtz 49 Strikeouts Sauer 77 Stolen Bases Jackson 14 Singles Baumholtz 119 Adjusted OPS+ Sauer 113 Runs Created Sauer 82 Adjusted Batting Runs Cavarretta and Sauer 7 Batting Wins Cavarretta and Sauer 0.7 Extra-Base Hits Sauer 53 Times on Base Baumholtz 212 Offensive Win% Sauer .591 Hit By Pitch Baumholtz, Hermanski, and Pafko 4 Sac. Hits Miksis 7 Grounded into Double Plays Jackson 21 Caught Stealing Fondy 6 Power/Speed Number Jackson 14.9 At Bats per Strikeout Baumholtz 15.6 At Bats per Home Run Sauer 17.5 Outs Jackson 432

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Minner 3.79 Wins Rush 11 Won-Loss % Leonard .625 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Rush 1.325 Hits Allowed/9IP Rush 9.03 Bases on Balls/9IP Minner 2.86 Strikeouts/9IP Rush 5.49 Games Leonard 41 Saves Leonard 3 Innings Rush 211.3 Strikeouts Rush 129 Games Started Rush 29 Comp. Games Minner 14 Shutouts Minner 3 Home Runs Allow. Minner 20 Bases On Balls Allow. Lown 90 Hits Allowed Minner 219 SO to Walk Rush 1.90 Losses Minner 17 Earned Runs Allow. Rush 90 Wild Pitches Kelly, Lown, and Rush 7 Hit Batsmen Hiller 9 Batters Faced Rush 918 Games Finished Leonard 28 Adjusted ERA+ Minner 107

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