1949 Chicago Cubs Roster

The 1949 Chicago Cubs team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1949 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 1949 Chicago Cubs Opening Day starters list, a 1949 Chicago Cubs salary list, a 1949 Chicago Cubs uniform number breakdown and a 1949 Chicago Cubs primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1949 Chicago Cubs



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Roster
Schedule
37 Dewey Adkins 6-02 195 Right Right 1918-05-11
31 Bob Chipman 6-02 190 Left Left 1918-10-11
34 Mort Cooper 6-02 210 Right Right 1913-03-02
17 Jess Dobernic 5-10 170 Right Right 1917-11-20
26 Monk Dubiel 6-00 190 Right Right 1918-02-12
17, 18 Warren Hacker 6-01 185 Right Right 1924-11-21
35 Ralph Hamner 6-03 165 Right Right 1916-09-12
29 Emil Kush 5-11 185 Right Right 1916-11-04
23 Doyle Lade 5-10 183 Right Right 1921-02-17
20, 32 Dutch Leonard 6-00 175 Right Right 1909-03-25
12 Cal McLish 6-01 200 Right Both 1925-12-01
11 Bob Muncrief 6-02 190 Right Right 1916-01-28
17, 30 Bob Rush 6-04 205 Right Right 1925-12-21
53 Johnny Schmitz 6-00 170 Left Right 1920-11-27
20 Lefty Sloat 6-00 168 Left Right 1918-12-01
4, 8 Smoky Burgess 5-08 187 Right Left 1927-02-06
9 Rube Novotney 6-00 187 Right Right 1924-08-05
9, 10 Mickey Owen 5-10 190 Right Right 1916-04-04
10 Bob Scheffing 6-02 189 Right Right 1913-08-11
8 Rube Walker 6-01 185 Right Left 1926-05-16
44 Phil Cavarretta 5-11½ 175 Left Left 1916-07-19
6 Frankie Gustine 6-00 180 Right Right 1920-02-20
22 Clarence Maddern 6-01 185 Right Right 1921-09-26
33 Gene Mauch 5-10 165 Right Right 1925-11-18
5 Bob Ramazzotti 5-08½ 175 Right Right 1917-01-16
22 Herman Reich 6-02 200 Left Right 1917-11-23
5 Hank Schenz 5-09½ 175 Right Right 1919-04-11
6 Bill Serena 5-09½ 175 Right Right 1924-10-02
39 Roy Smalley 6-03 190 Right Right 1926-06-09
6 Wayne Terwilliger 5-11 170 Right Right 1925-06-27
7 Emil Verban 5-11 165 Right Right 1915-08-27
11 Cliff Aberson 6-00 200 Right Right 1921-08-28
47 Frank Baumholtz 5-10½ 175 Left Left 1918-10-07
16 Hank Edwards 6-00 190 Left Left 1919-01-29
4, 19 Hal Jeffcoat 5-10½ 185 Right Right 1924-09-06
47 Peanuts Lowrey 5-08½ 170 Right Right 1917-08-27
48 Andy Pafko 6-00 190 Right Right 1921-02-25
43 Hank Sauer 6-04 199 Right Right 1917-03-17
43 Harry Walker 6-02 190 Right Left 1916-10-22
36 Jim Kirby 5-11 175 Right Right 1923-05-05
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The 1949 Chicago Cubs played 154 games during the regular season, won 61 games, lost 93 games, and finished in eighth position. They played their home games at Wrigley Field (Park Factors: 97/100) where 1,143,139 fans witnessed their 1949 Cubs finish the season with a .396 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 1949 Chicago Cubs Opening Day starters list, a 1949 Chicago Cubs salary list, a 1949 Chicago Cubs uniform number breakdown and a 1949 Chicago Cubs primary starters list:

1949 Chicago Cubs
Opening Day Starters


Phil Cavarretta
Frankie Gustine
Hal Jeffcoat
Dutch Leonard
Andy Pafko
Bob Scheffing
Roy Smalley
Emil Verban
Harry Walker

1949 Chicago Cubs
Most Games by Position

C Mickey Owen (59)
1B Herman Reich (85)
2B Emil Verban (88)
3B Frankie Gustine (55)
SS Roy Smalley (132)
LF Hank Sauer (96)
CF Andy Pafko (89)
RF Frank Baumholtz (38)
  
SP Monk Dubiel
SP Dutch Leonard
SP Johnny Schmitz
  
RP Dewey Adkins
RP Emil Kush
RP Bob Muncrief
CL Bob Rush


1949 Chicago Cubs
Salaries

Johnny Schmitz $21,000.00


1949 Chicago Cubs
Uniform Numbers

#4 Smoky Burgess
#4 Hal Jeffcoat
#5 Bob Ramazzotti
#5 Hank Schenz
#6 Frankie Gustine
#6 Bill Serena
#6 Wayne Terwilliger
#7 Emil Verban
#8 Smoky Burgess
#8 Rube Walker
#9 Rube Novotney
#9 Mickey Owen
#10 Mickey Owen
#10 Bob Scheffing
#11 Cliff Aberson
#11 Bob Muncrief
#12 Cal McLish
#16 Hank Edwards
#17 Jess Dobernic
#17 Warren Hacker
#17 Bob Rush
#18 Warren Hacker
#19 Hal Jeffcoat
#20 Dutch Leonard
#20 Lefty Sloat
#22 Clarence Maddern
#22 Herman Reich
#23 Doyle Lade
#26 Monk Dubiel
#29 Emil Kush
#30 Bob Rush
#31 Bob Chipman
#32 Dutch Leonard
#33 Gene Mauch
#34 Mort Cooper
#35 Ralph Hamner
#36 Jim Kirby
#37 Dewey Adkins
#39 Roy Smalley
#43 Hank Sauer
#43 Harry Walker
#44 Phil Cavarretta
#47 Frank Baumholtz
#47 Peanuts Lowrey
#48 Andy Pafko
#53 Johnny Schmitz

Did you know that a 1949 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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