1951 Chicago Cubs Roster

The 1951 Chicago Cubs team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1951 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1951 Chicago Cubs Opening Day starters list, a 1951 Chicago Cubs salary list, a 1951 Chicago Cubs uniform number breakdown and a 1951 Chicago Cubs primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
"(Dee) Fondy burned up the P.C.L. and (Chuck) Connors couldn't hit major league pitching so they swapped them in the middle of the year and Connors did great in the P.C.L. and Fondy had a bad first year with the Cubs." - Randy Jackson

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Complete Roster  
 
26 Monk Dubiel 6-00 190 Right Right 1918-02-12
18 Warren Hacker 6-01 185 Right Right 1924-11-21
53 Joe Hatten 6-00 176 Left Right 1916-11-07
30 Frank Hiller 6-00 200 Right Right 1920-07-13
18, 33 Bob Kelly 6-00 180 Right Right 1927-10-04
36 Johnny Klippstein 6-01 185 Right Right 1927-10-17
20 Dutch Leonard 6-00 175 Right Right 1909-03-25
35 Turk Lown 6-01 185 Right Right 1924-05-30
27 Cal McLish 6-01 200 Right Both 1925-12-01
24 Paul Minner 6-05 210 Left Left 1923-07-30
17 Bob Rush 6-04 205 Right Right 1925-12-21
53 Johnny Schmitz 6-00 170 Left Right 1920-11-27
32 Bob Schultz 6-03 200 Left Right 1923-11-27
23 Andy Varga 6-04 187 Left Right 1930-12-11
11 Smoky Burgess 5-08 187 Right Left 1927-02-06
32 Harry Chiti 6-03 225 Right Right 1932-11-16
8 Bruce Edwards 5-07 194 Right Right 1923-07-15
12 Mickey Owen 5-10 190 Right Right 1916-04-04
8 Rube Walker 6-01 185 Right Left 1926-05-16
44 Phil Cavarretta 5-11½ 175 Left Left 1916-07-19
40 Chuck Connors 6-05 190 Left Left 1921-04-10
37 Jack Cusick 6-00 170 Right Right 1928-06-12
40 Dee Fondy 6-03 196 Left Left 1924-10-31
2 Randy Jackson 6-01½ 180 Right Right 1926-02-10
21 Eddie Miksis 6-00½ 185 Right Right 1926-09-11
5 Bob Ramazzotti 5-08½ 175 Right Right 1917-01-16
6 Fred Richards 6-01½ 185 Left Left 1927-11-03
6 Bill Serena 5-09½ 175 Right Right 1924-10-02
39 Roy Smalley 6-03 190 Right Right 1926-06-09
21 Wayne Terwilliger 5-11 170 Right Right 1925-06-27
7 Frank Baumholtz 5-10½ 175 Left Left 1918-10-07
22 Bob Borkowski 6-00 182 Right Right 1926-01-27
48 Gene Hermanski 5-11½ 185 Right Left 1920-05-11
4 Hal Jeffcoat 5-10½ 185 Right Right 1924-09-06
41 Carmen Mauro 6-00 167 Right Left 1926-11-10
48 Andy Pafko 6-00 190 Right Right 1921-02-25
9 Hank Sauer 6-04 199 Right Right 1917-03-17


The 1951 Chicago Cubs played 154 games during the regular season, won 62 games, lost 92 games, and finished in eighth position. They played their home games at Wrigley Field (Park Factors: 102/103) where 894,415 fans witnessed their 1951 Cubs finish the season with a .403 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1951 Chicago Cubs Opening Day starters list, a 1951 Chicago Cubs salary list, a 1951 Chicago Cubs uniform number breakdown and a 1951 Chicago Cubs primary starters list:

1951 Chicago Cubs
Opening Day Starters


Frank Baumholtz
Dee Fondy
Frank Hiller
Andy Pafko
Hank Sauer
Bill Serena
Roy Smalley
Wayne Terwilliger
Rube Walker

1951 Chicago Cubs
Most Games by Position

C Smoky Burgess (64)
1B Chuck Connors (57)
2B Eddie Miksis (102)
3B Randy Jackson (143)
SS Roy Smalley (74)
LF Hank Sauer (131)
CF Frank Baumholtz (59)
RF Frank Baumholtz (65)
  
SP Frank Hiller
SP Turk Lown
SP Cal McLish
SP Paul Minner
SP Bob Rush
  
RP Monk Dubiel
RP Joe Hatten
CL Dutch Leonard


1951 Chicago Cubs
Salaries

Bill Serena $8,000.00


1951 Chicago Cubs
Uniform Numbers

#2 Randy Jackson
#4 Hal Jeffcoat
#5 Bob Ramazzotti
#6 Fred Richards
#6 Bill Serena
#7 Frank Baumholtz
#8 Bruce Edwards
#8 Rube Walker
#9 Hank Sauer
#11 Smoky Burgess
#12 Mickey Owen
#17 Bob Rush
#18 Warren Hacker
#18 Bob Kelly
#20 Dutch Leonard
#21 Eddie Miksis
#21 Wayne Terwilliger
#22 Bob Borkowski
#23 Andy Varga
#24 Paul Minner
#26 Monk Dubiel
#27 Cal McLish
#30 Frank Hiller
#32 Harry Chiti
#32 Bob Schultz
#33 Bob Kelly
#35 Turk Lown
#36 Johnny Klippstein
#37 Jack Cusick
#39 Roy Smalley
#40 Chuck Connors
#40 Dee Fondy
#41 Carmen Mauro
#44 Phil Cavarretta
#48 Gene Hermanski
#48 Andy Pafko
#53 Joe Hatten
#53 Johnny Schmitz

Did you know that a 1951 Chicago Cubs Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
     

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