1954 Chicago Cubs season

Template:Infobox baseball team season 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.
• December 7, 1953: Catfish Metkovich was purchased from the Cubs by the Milwaukee Braves.

Regular season

Notable transactions

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

Roster

1954 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 27 Jim Brosnan 23 Bubba Church 23,39 Dave Cole 22 Jim Davis 18 Warren Hacker 19 Hal Jeffcoat 36 Johnny Klippstein 31 Al Lary 35 Turk Lown 24 Paul Minner 16 Howie Pollet 34 John Pyecha 17 Bob Rush 33 Bill Tremel 28 Jim Willis 38 Bob Zick		Catchers 25 Walker Cooper 48 Jim Fanning 11 Joe Garagiola  8 Clyde McCullough 55 El Tappe Infielders 37 Gene Baker 14 Ernie Banks 39,49 Steve Bilko 40 Dee Fondy  2 Randy Jackson 12 Chris Kitsos 21 Eddie Miksis 30 Vern Morgan  1 Bill Serena		Outfielders  7 Frank Baumholtz  4 Ralph Kiner 48 Luis Márquez 28 Hal Rice 52 Don Robertson  9 Hank Sauer 10 Bob Talbot Other batters  5 Bruce Edwards		Manager  6 Stan Hack Coaches 41 Ray Blades 20 Dutch Leonard 46 Bob Scheffing

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	Joe Garagiola	63	153	43	.281	5	21
1B	Dee Fondy	141	568	162	.285	9	49
2B	Gene Baker	135	541	149	.275	13	61
SS	Ernie Banks	154	593	163	.275	19	79
3B	Randy Jackson	126	484	132	.273	19	67
LF	Ralph Kiner	147	557	159	.285	22	73
CF	Bob Talbot	114	403	97	.241	1	19
RF	Hank Sauer	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
Frank Baumholtz	90	303	90	.297	4	28
Walker Cooper	57	158	49	.310	7	32
El Tappe	46	119	22	.185	0	4
Eddie Miksis	38	99	20	.202	2	3
	47	92	22	.239	4	12
Clyde McCullough	31	81	21	.259	3	17
	51	72	11	.153	0	5
Vern Morgan	24	64	15	.234	0	2
Bill Serena	41	63	10	.159	4	13
Jim Fanning	11	38	7	.184	0	1
	17	12	1	.083	0	0
Don Robertson	14	6	0	.000	0	0
	4	3	0	.000	0	1
Chris Kitsos	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
Paul Minner	32	218.0	11	11	3.96	79
Howie Pollet	20	128.1	8	10	3.58	58
	18	84.0	3	8	5.36	37
Al Lary	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
Bill Tremel	33	1	2	4	4.21	21
	18	1	0	0	9.45	17
Turk Lown	15	0	2	0	6.14	16
Jim Willis	14	0	1	0	3.91	5
Bob Zick	8	0	0	0	8.27	9
John Pyecha	1	0	1	0	10.13	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
Open	Los Angeles Angels	Pacific Coast League	Bill Sweeney
AA	Beaumont Exporters	Texas League	Les Fleming and Mickey Livingston
A	Macon Peaches	Sally League	Nick Cullop
A	Des Moines Bruins	Western League	Les Peden
B	Cedar Rapids Indians	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Bill Prince
C	Stockton Ports	California League	Gene Handley
C	Magic Valley Cowboys	Pioneer League	Everett Robinson
C	Blackwell Broncos	Western Association	Joe Consoli and Al Kubski
D	Gainesville Owls	Sooner State League	Dick Rigazio
D	Hickory Rebels	Tar Heel League	Charlie Teague

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

References

• 1954 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference