# 1950 Chicago Cubs season

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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 91 | 63 | .591 | — | 48‍–‍29 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 89 | 65 | .578 | 2 | 48‍–‍30 | 41‍–‍35 |
| New York Giants | 86 | 68 | .558 | 5 | 44‍–‍32 | 42‍–‍36 |
| Boston Braves | 83 | 71 | .539 | 8 | 46‍–‍31 | 37‍–‍40 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 75 | .510 | 12½ | 48‍–‍28 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 87 | .431 | 24½ | 38‍–‍38 | 28‍–‍49 |
| Chicago Cubs | 64 | 89 | .418 | 26½ | 35‍–‍42 | 29‍–‍47 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 96 | .373 | 33½ | 33‍–‍44 | 24‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1950 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 17–5 | 13–9 | 9–13–1 | 15–7–1 | 11–11 |
| Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 19–3 | 12–10 |
| Chicago | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 4–17 | 5–17 | 9–13–1 | 11–11 | 10–12 |
| Cincinnati | 5–17 | 10–12 | 17–4 | — | 11–11 | 4–18 | 12–10 | 7–15 |
| New York | 9–13 | 10–12 | 17–5 | 11–11 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | 11–11 |
| Philadelphia | 13–9–1 | 11–11–1 | 13–9–1 | 18–4 | 10–12 | — | 14–8 | 12–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 7–15–1 | 3–19 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 8–14 | — | 12–9 |
| St. Louis | 11–11 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 9–12 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 1, 1950: Gene Baker was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.
* June 29, 1950: Harry Chiti was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.

### Roster
## 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 | Mickey Owen | 86 | 259 | 63 | .243 | 2 | 21 |
| 1B | Preston Ward | 80 | 285 | 72 | .253 | 6 | 33 |
| 2B | Wayne Terwilliger | 133 | 480 | 116 | .242 | 10 | 32 |
| SS | Roy Smalley Jr. | 154 | 557 | 128 | .230 | 21 | 85 |
| 3B | Bill Serena | 127 | 435 | 104 | .239 | 17 | 61 |
| OF | Bob Borkowski | 85 | 256 | 70 | .273 | 4 | 29 |
| OF | Andy Pafko | 146 | 514 | 156 | .304 | 36 | 92 |
| OF | Hank Sauer | 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 |
| Phil Cavarretta | 82 | 256 | 70 | .273 | 10 | 31 |
| Rube Walker | 74 | 213 | 49 | .230 | 6 | 16 |
| Carmen Mauro | 62 | 185 | 42 | .227 | 1 | 10 |
| Hal Jeffcoat | 66 | 179 | 42 | .235 | 2 | 18 |
| Bob Ramazzotti | 61 | 145 | 38 | .262 | 1 | 6 |
| Ron Northey | 53 | 114 | 32 | .281 | 4 | 20 |
| Randy Jackson | 34 | 111 | 25 | .225 | 3 | 6 |
| Hank Edwards | 41 | 110 | 40 | .364 | 2 | 21 |
| Carl Sawatski | 38 | 103 | 18 | .175 | 1 | 7 |
| Emil Verban | 45 | 37 | 4 | .108 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Scheffing | 12 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Chiti | 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 |
| Bob Rush | 39 | 254.2 | 13 | 20 | 3.71 | 93 |
| Johnny Schmitz | 39 | 193.0 | 10 | 16 | 4.99 | 75 |
| Paul Minner | 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 |
| Frank Hiller | 38 | 153.0 | 12 | 5 | 3.53 | 55 |
| Monk Dubiel | 39 | 142.2 | 6 | 10 | 4.16 | 51 |
| Doyle Lade | 34 | 117.2 | 5 | 6 | 4.74 | 36 |
| Johnny Klippstein | 33 | 104.2 | 2 | 9 | 5.25 | 51 |
| Johnny Vander Meer | 32 | 73.2 | 3 | 4 | 3.79 | 41 |
| Bill Voiselle | 19 | 51.1 | 0 | 4 | 5.79 | 25 |
| Warren Hacker | 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 |
| Dutch Leonard | 35 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3.77 | 28 |
| Andy Varga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Minor Leagues

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Springfield Cubs | International League | Stan Hack |
| AAA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Bill Kelly |
| AA | Nashville Vols | Southern Association | Don Osborn |
| A | Grand Rapids Jets | Central League | Jack Knight |
| A | Des Moines Bruins | Western League | Charlie Root |
| B | Decatur Commodores | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Morrie Arnovich |
| B | Rock Hill Chiefs | Tri-State League | Dick Bouknight |
| C | Visalia Cubs | California League | Jim Acton |
| C | Sioux Falls Canaries | Northern League | Lee Eilbracht |
| C | Springfield Cubs | Western Association | Bob Peterson |
| C | Clovis Pioneers | West Texas–New Mexico League | Paul Dean, Harold Hoffman, Ray Bauer and Chuck Bushong |
| D | Moultrie Cubs | Georgia–Florida League | Steve Collins and Jim Trew |
| D | Carthage Cubs | Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League | Donald Anderson |
| D | Rutherford County Owls | Western Carolina League | Halley Wilson |
| D | Janesville Cubs | Wisconsin State League | Adolph Matulis |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Nashville, Rock Hill, Sioux Falls