1949 Chicago Cubs season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Chicago Cubs
season = 1949
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1876
Uniform
ballpark = Wrigley Field
y4 = 1916
city = Chicago, Illinois
y5 = 1871
owners =Philip K. Wrigley
general manager = James Gallagher
managers = Charlie Grimm, Frankie Frisch
television = WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse)
WBKB
(Joe Wilson)
WENR
(Rogers Hornsby)
radio = WIND
(Bert Wilson)|

Offseason

*October 4, 1948: Harry Walker was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Nicholson. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walkeha01.shtml]

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

*June 15, 1949: Peanuts Lowrey was traded by the Chicago Cubs with Harry Walker to the Cincinnati Reds for Frank Baumholtz and Hank Sauer. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lowrepe01.shtml]

Roster

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Los Angeles Angels (Pacific Coast League; Bill Kelly, manager)
* Class AA: Nashville Vols (Southern Association; Rollie Hemsley, manager) -- LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class A: Macon Peaches (Sally League; Don Osborn, manager) -- LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class A: Des Moines Bruins (Western League; Stan Hack, manager)
* Class B: Decatur Cubs (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League; Morrie Arnovich, manager)
* Class B: Springfield Cubs (New England League; Bob Peterson, manager)
* Class B: Selma Cloverleafs (Southeastern League; Leo Twardy and Joe Szuch, managers)
* Class C: Visalia Cubs (California League; Red Treadway, Jigger Statz and Claude Passeau, managers)
* Class C: Clinton Steers (Central Association; Adolph Matulis and Joe Blake, managers)
* Class C: Sioux Falls Canaries (Northern League; Irv Fortune and Lee Eilbracht, managers)
* Class D: St. Augustine Saints (Florida State League; Frankie Piet, manager)
* Class D: Carthage Cubs (Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League; Don Anderson, manager)
* Class D: Lumberton Cubs (Tobacco State League; Red Lucas and Jim Guinn, managers)
* Class D: Rutherford County Owls (Western Carolina League; Sam Gibson and Rube Wilson, managers) -- LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class D: Janesville Cubs (Wisconsin State League; Jim Oglesby, Mike Frederick and Adolph Matulis, managers)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1949.shtml 1949 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference]