1954 Chicago Cubs season

1954 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1876);
Location
	Wrigley Field (since 1916);
	Chicago, Illinois (since 1871);
Other information
Owner(s)	Philip K. Wrigley
Manager(s)	Stan Hack
Local television	WGN-TV; (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
Local radio	WIND; (Bert Wilson, Bob Elson)
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The 1954 Chicago Cubs season was the 82nd 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

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
New York Giants	97	57	--	.630
Brooklyn Dodgers	92	62	5	.597
Milwaukee Braves	89	65	8	.578
Philadelphia Phillies	75	79	22	.487
Cincinnati Redlegs	74	80	23	.481
St. Louis Cardinals	72	82	25	.468
Chicago Cubs	64	90	33	.416
Pittsburgh Pirates	53	101	44	.344

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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

5 Bruce Edwards

Manager

6 Stan Hack

Coaches

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	Garagiola, JoeJoe Garagiola	63	153	43	.281	5	21
3B	Jackson, RandyRandy Jackson	126	484	132	.273	19	67

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
Bilko, SteveSteve Bilko	47	92	22	.239	4	12
Rice, HalHal Rice	51	72	11	.153	0	5
Márquez, LuisLuis Márquez	17	12	1	.083	0	0
Edwards, BruceBruce Edwards	4	3	0	.000	0	1

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
Rush, BobBob Rush	33	236.1	13	15	3.77	124
Cole, DaveDave Cole	18	84	3	8	5.36	37

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
Hacker, WarrenWarren Hacker	39	158.2	6	13	4.25	80
Klippstein, JohnnyJohnny Klippstein	36	148	4	11	5.29	69
Davis, JimJim Davis	46	127.2	11	7	3.52	58
Church, BubbaBubba Church	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
Jeffcoat, HalHal Jeffcoat	43	5	6	7	5.19	35
Brosnan, JimJim Brosnan	18	1	0	0	9.45	17

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Des Moines, Blackwell

Tar Heel League disbanded, June 21, 1954

Notes

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1954 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

[1] Carl Sawatski page at Baseball Reference

[2] Catfish Metkovich page at Baseball Reference

[3] Steve Bilko page at Baseball Reference

[4] Billy Muffett page at Baseball Reference

[5] Hal Rice page at Baseball Reference

[6] Joe Garagiola page at Baseball Reference

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