1949 Chicago Cubs Roster (40-man)

1948 Season 1950 Season

Record: 61-93-0, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Charlie Grimm (19-31) and Frankie Frisch (42-62)

Ballpark: Wrigley Field

Attendance: 1,143,139 (5th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 97

Pythagorean W-L: 59-95, 593 Runs, 773 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Cliff Aberson	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	200	Aug 28, 1921	3	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	-0.2
Dewey Adkins	31	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	May 11, 1918	3	30	5	30	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Frank Baumholtz	30	us US	L	L	5' 10"	175	Oct 7, 1918	3	58	36	58	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	35	43	18	0	-0.7
Smoky Burgess	22	us US	L	R	5' 8"	185	Feb 6, 1927	1st	47	5	47	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	0	0.3	$4,800
Phil Cavarretta	32	us US	L	L	5' 11"	175	Jul 19, 1916	16	105	92	105	95	0	0	71	0	0	0	6	0	20	25	12	0	2.4	$25,000
Bob Chipman	30	us US	L	L	6' 2"	190	Oct 11, 1918	9	38	11	38	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Mort Cooper	36	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Mar 2, 1913	11	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Jess Dobernic	31	us US	R	R	5' 10"	170	Nov 20, 1917	3	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Monk Dubiel	31	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Feb 12, 1918	4	33	20	33	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.1
Hank Edwards	30	us US	L	L	6' 0"	190	Jan 29, 1919	7	58	47	58	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	39	51	10	0	1.1
Frankie Gustine	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Feb 20, 1920	11	76	67	76	71	0	0	0	16	55	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	-0.4
Warren Hacker	24	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Nov 21, 1924	2	32	12	32	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.1
Ralph Hamner	32	us US	R	R	6' 3"	165	Sep 12, 1916	4	6	1	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Hal Jeffcoat	24	us US	R	R	5' 10"	185	Sep 6, 1924	2	108	89	108	101	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	69	31	101	6	6	0.0
Jim Kirby	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	May 5, 1923	1st	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Emil Kush	32	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Nov 4, 1916	6	26	0	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9
Doyle Lade	28	us US	R	R	5' 10"	183	Feb 17, 1921	4	36	13	36	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2
Dutch Leonard	40	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Mar 25, 1909	16	33	28	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9
Peanuts Lowrey	31	us US	R	R	5' 8"	170	Aug 27, 1917	7	38	25	38	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	3	1	31	6	3	0.0
Clarence Maddern	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Sep 26, 1921	3	10	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0.2
Gene Mauch	23	us US	R	R	5' 10"	165	Nov 18, 1925	4	73	39	73	52	0	0	0	25	7	20	0	0	0	0	17	7	0.1
Cal McLish	23	us US	B	R	6' 0"	179	Dec 1, 1925	5	9	2	9	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.3
Bob Muncrief	33	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Jan 28, 1916	11	34	3	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8
Rube Novotney	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	187	Aug 5, 1924	1st	22	17	22	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0
Mickey Owen	33	us US	R	R	5' 10"	190	Apr 4, 1916	10	62	55	62	59	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0.1
Andy Pafko	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Feb 25, 1921	7	144	143	144	143	0	0	0	0	49	0	1	84	13	98	1	0	3.3		All-Star
Bob Ramazzotti	32	us US	R	R	5' 8"	175	Jan 16, 1917	3	65	46	65	52	0	0	0	4	36	12	0	0	0	0	10	4	-1.4
Herman Reich	31	us US	R	L	6' 2"	200	Nov 23, 1917	1st	108	98	108	100	0	0	85	0	0	0	0	0	16	16	9	0	0.2
Bob Rush	23	us US	R	R	6' 4"	205	Dec 21, 1925	2	35	27	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6
Hank Sauer	32	us US	R	R	6' 3"	198	Mar 17, 1917	5	96	96	96	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	96	0	0	96	0	0	3.4
Bob Scheffing	35	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Aug 11, 1913	6	55	37	55	40	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0.1
Hank Schenz	30	us US	R	R	5' 9"	175	Apr 11, 1919	4	7	4	7	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.2
Johnny Schmitz	28	us US	R	L	6' 0"	170	Nov 27, 1920	6	36	31	36	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6
Bill Serena	24	us US	R	R	5' 9"	175	Oct 2, 1924	1st	12	11	12	11	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	$5,000
Dwain Sloat	30	us US	R	L	6' 0"	168	Dec 1, 1918	2	5	1	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Roy Smalley	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Jun 9, 1926	2	135	132	135	132	0	0	0	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.8	$7,500
Wayne Terwilliger	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	165	Jun 27, 1925	1st	36	31	36	34	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.4
Emil Verban	33	us US	R	R	5' 11"	165	Aug 27, 1915	6	98	83	98	88	0	0	0	88	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	0.4
Harry Walker	30	us US	L	R	6' 2"	175	Sep 22, 1918	8	42	38	42	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	21	39	3	1	0.1
Rube Walker	23	us US	L	R	6' 0"	175	May 16, 1926	2	56	40	56	43	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	-0.5
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Charlie Grimm	50	us US	Aug 28, 1898	Manager	Apr 19	Jun 12
Frankie Frisch	51	us US	Sep 9, 1897	Manager	Jun 14	Oct 2
Roy Johnson	53	us US	Oct 1, 1895	Pitching	Apr 19	Oct 2
Merv Shea	48	us US	Sep 5, 1900		Apr 19	Oct 2
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date