1954 Chicago Cubs season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Chicago Cubs

| season = 1954

| league = National League

| ballpark = Wrigley Field

| city = Chicago

| record = {{winpct|64|90|record=y}}

| league_place = 7th

| owners = Philip K. Wrigley

| general_managers = Wid Matthews

| managers = Stan Hack

| television = WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)

| radio = WIND
(Bert Wilson, Bob Elson)

|}}

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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sawatca01.shtml Carl Sawatski] at Baseball Reference
December 7, 1953: Catfish Metkovich was purchased from the Cubs by the Milwaukee Braves.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/metkoca01.shtml Catfish Metkovich] at Baseball Reference

Regular season

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Notable transactions =

April 30, 1954: Steve Bilko was purchased by the Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals for $12,500.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bilkost01.shtml Steve Bilko] at Baseball Reference
June 8, 1954: Billy Muffett was purchased by the Cubs from the Shreveport Sports.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muffebi01.shtml Billy Muffett] at Baseball Reference
June 14, 1954: Luis Márquez was traded by the Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Hal Rice.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/riceha02.shtml Hal Rice] at Baseball Reference
September 8, 1954: Joe Garagiola was selected off waivers from the Cubs by the New York Giants.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/garagjo01.shtml Joe Garagiola] at Baseball Reference

= Roster =

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #0e3386; color: white; text-align: center;" \| 1954 Chicago Cubs
colspan="10" style="background-color: #EE1422; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|27\|Jim Brosnan}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Bubba Church}} {{MLBplayer\|23,39\|Dave Cole}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Jim Davis}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Warren Hacker}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Hal Jeffcoat}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Johnny Klippstein}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Al Lary}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Turk Lown}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Paul Minner}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Howie Pollet}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|John Pyecha}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Bob Rush}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Bill Tremel}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Jim Willis}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Bob Zick}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\|25\|Walker Cooper}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Jim Fanning}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Joe Garagiola}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Clyde McCullough}} {{MLBplayer\|55\|El Tappe}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|37\|Gene Baker}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Ernie Banks}} {{MLBplayer\|39,49\|Steve Bilko}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Dee Fondy}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Randy Jackson}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Chris Kitsos}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Eddie Miksis}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Vern Morgan}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Bill Serena}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Frank Baumholtz}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Ralph Kiner}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Luis Márquez}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Hal Rice}} {{MLBplayer\|52\|Don Robertson}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Hank Sauer}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Bob Talbot}} Other batters {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Bruce Edwards}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Stan Hack}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|41\|Ray Blades}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Dutch Leonard}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|Bob Scheffing}}

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #0e3386; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1954 Chicago Cubs

colspan="10" style="background-color: #EE1422; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

Other batters

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	Joe Garagiola	63	153	43	.281	5	21
align="center" \| 1B	Dee Fondy	141	568	162	.285	9	49
align=center \| 2B	Gene Baker	135	541	149	.275	13	61
align=center \| SS	Ernie Banks	154	593	163	.275	19	79
align=center \| 3B	Randy Jackson	126	484	132	.273	19	67
align="center" \| LF	Ralph Kiner	147	557	159	.285	22	73
align=center \| CF	Bob Talbot	114	403	97	.241	1	19
align=center \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Frank Baumholtz	90	303	90	.297	4	28
align=center \| Walker Cooper	57	158	49	.310	7	32
align=center \| El Tappe	46	119	22	.185	0	4
align=center \| Eddie Miksis	38	99	20	.202	2	3
align=center \| {{sortname\|Steve\|Bilko}}	47	92	22	.239	4	12
align="center" \| Clyde McCullough	31	81	21	.259	3	17
align=center \| {{sortname\|Hal\|Rice}}	51	72	11	.153	0	5
align="center" \| Vern Morgan	24	64	15	.234	0	2
align=center \| Bill Serena	41	63	10	.159	4	13
align=center \| Jim Fanning	11	38	7	.184	0	1
align=center \| {{sortname\|Luis\|Márquez\|Luis Márquez (baseball)}}	17	12	1	.083	0	0
align="center" \| Don Robertson	14	6	0	.000	0	0
align=center \| {{sortname\|Bruce\|Edwards\|Bruce Edwards (baseball)}}	4	3	0	.000	0	1
align=center \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bob\|Rush\|Bob Rush (baseball)}}	33	236.1	13	15	3.77	124
align="center" \| Paul Minner	32	218.0	11	11	3.96	79
align=center \| Howie Pollet	20	128.1	8	10	3.58	58
align=center \| {{sortname\|Dave\|Cole\|dab=baseball}}	18	84.0	3	8	5.36	37
align="center" \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Warren\|Hacker}}	39	158.2	6	13	4.25	80
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Johnny\|Klippstein}}	36	148.0	4	11	5.29	69
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jim\|Davis\|Jim Davis (pitcher)}}	46	127.2	11	7	3.52	58
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bubba\|Church}}	7	14.2	1	3	9.82	8
align="center"

== Relief pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Hal\|Jeffcoat}}	43	5	6	7	5.19	35
align="center" \| Bill Tremel	33	1	2	4	4.21	21
align=center \| {{sortname\|Jim\|Brosnan}}	18	1	0	0	9.45	17
align="center" \| Turk Lown	15	0	2	0	6.14	16
align=center \| Jim Willis	14	0	1	0	3.91	5
align=center \| Bob Zick	8	0	0	0	8.27	9
align=center \| John Pyecha	1	0	1	0	10.13	2

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System

|level11=Open|team11=Los Angeles Angels|league11=Pacific Coast League|manager11=Bill Sweeney

|level12=AA |team12=Beaumont Exporters|league12=Texas League|manager12=Les Fleming and Mickey Livingston

|level13=A||team13=Macon Peaches|league13=Sally League|manager13=Nick Cullop

|level14=A||team14=Des Moines Bruins|league14=Western League|manager14=Les Peden

|level15=B|team15=Cedar Rapids Indians|league15=Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League|manager15=Bill Prince

|level16=C|team16=Stockton Ports|league16=California League|manager16=Gene Handley

|level17=C|team17=Magic Valley Cowboys|league17=Pioneer League|manager17=Everett Robinson

|level18=C|team18=Blackwell Broncos|league18=Western Association|manager18=Joe Consoli and [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kubski001alb Al Kubski]

|level19=D|team19=Gainesville Owls|league19=Sooner State League|manager19=Dick Rigazio

|level20=D|team20=Hickory Rebels|league20=Tar Heel League|manager20=Charlie Teague

}}

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

Notes

References

{{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1954.shtml 1954 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference]

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