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1953 Chicago Cubs Pitching Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954)
65-89, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 633 runs, Allowed 835 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-96
Manager: Phil Cavarretta (65-89)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 763,658 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 105
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1952 / 1954 Pitching Statistics

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Warren Hacker 28 12 19 .387 4.38 39 32 6 9 0 2 221.2 225 123 108 35 54 106 3 0 3 955 101 1.259 9.1 1.4 2.2 4.3 1.96
2 SP Paul Minner* 29 12 15 .444 4.21 31 27 2 9 2 1 201.0 227 109 94 15 40 64 3 0 0 860 105 1.328 10.2 0.7 1.8 2.9 1.60
3 SP Bob Rush 27 9 14 .391 4.54 29 28 0 8 1 0 166.2 177 97 84 17 66 84 5 1 1 732 97 1.458 9.6 0.9 3.6 4.5 1.27
4 SP Howie Pollet* 32 5 6 .455 4.12 25 17 2 2 0 1 111.1 120 62 51 6 44 45 1 0 1 495 107 1.473 9.7 0.5 3.6 3.6 1.02
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Dutch Leonard 44 2 3 .400 4.60 45 0 27 0 0 8 62.2 72 34 32 9 24 27 1 1 2 276 96 1.532 10.3 1.3 3.4 3.9 1.13
6 RP Johnny Klippstein 25 10 11 .476 4.83 48 19 21 5 0 6 167.2 169 115 90 15 107 113 8 0 10 777 91 1.646 9.1 0.8 5.7 6.1 1.06
7 RP Turk Lown 29 8 7 .533 5.16 49 12 17 2 0 3 148.1 166 93 85 20 84 76 2 0 6 682 86 1.685 10.1 1.2 5.1 4.6 0.90
8 RP Bubba Church 28 4 5 .444 5.00 27 11 4 1 0 1 104.1 115 67 58 16 49 47 2 0 2 474 88 1.572 9.9 1.4 4.2 4.1 0.96
9 RP Duke Simpson 25 1 2 .333 8.00 30 1 11 0 0 0 45.0 60 47 40 8 25 21 1 1 1 222 55 1.889 12.0 1.6 5.0 4.2 0.84
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Jim Willis 26 2 1 .667 3.12 13 3 6 2 0 0 43.1 37 15 15 1 17 15 3 0 1 183 142 1.246 7.7 0.2 3.5 3.1 0.88
11 Sheldon Jones 31 0 2 .000 5.40 22 2 8 0 0 0 38.1 47 24 23 3 16 9 5 1 0 179 82 1.643 11.0 0.7 3.8 2.1 0.56
12 Bob Kelly 25 0 1 .000 9.53 14 0 6 0 0 0 17.0 27 19 18 2 9 6 1 0 0 83 46 2.118 14.3 1.1 4.8 3.2 0.67
13 Bob Schultz* 29 0 2 .000 5.40 7 2 3 0 0 0 11.2 13 10 7 2 11 4 1 0 0 59 82 2.057 10.0 1.5 8.5 3.1 0.36
14 Fred Baczewski* 27 0 0 6.30 9 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 20 9 7 1 6 3 1 0 0 53 70 2.600 18.0 0.9 5.4 2.7 0.50
15 Bill Moisan 27 0 0 5.40 3 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 5 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 22 82 1.400 9.0 0.0 3.6 1.8 0.50
16 Don Elston 24 0 1 .000 14.40 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 11 8 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 31 2.200 19.8 1.8 0.0 3.6
Team Totals 28.7 65 89 .422 4.79 155 155 117 38 3 22 1359.0 1491 835 723 151 554 623 38 4 27 6077 92 1.505 9.9 1.0 3.7 4.1 1.12
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 2 7 8 8 3 7 7 7 7 5 6 5308
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Neutralized Pitching

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Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact
*Fred Baczewski 27 9 7 .563 3.50 149.0 145 64 58 14 58 61 2 1.362 8.8 3.5 3.7 1.05 0.8 33 33
Bubba Church 28 6 10 .375 4.89 151.0 170 91 82 25 68 60 4 1.576 10.1 4.1 3.6 0.88 1.5 38 38
Don Elston 24 0 0 8.00 9.0 0 9 8 0 0 4 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 2 2
Warren Hacker 28 13 13 .500 3.91 235.0 228 113 102 35 55 112 3 1.204 8.7 2.1 4.3 2.04 1.3 39 39
Sheldon Jones 31 2 2 .500 5.08 39.0 47 24 22 3 16 9 5 1.615 10.8 3.7 2.1 0.56 0.7 22 22
Bob Kelly 25 3 6 .333 5.04 84.0 96 52 47 9 34 35 1 1.548 10.3 3.6 3.8 1.03 1.0 42 42
Johnny Klippstein 25 9 10 .474 4.40 174.0 169 94 85 15 107 117 8 1.586 8.7 5.5 6.1 1.09 0.8 48 48
Dutch Leonard 44 3 4 .429 4.29 63.0 72 33 30 9 24 27 1 1.524 10.3 3.4 3.9 1.13 1.3 45 45
Turk Lown 29 7 9 .438 4.65 153.0 165 88 79 20 83 78 2 1.621 9.7 4.9 4.6 0.94 1.2 49 49
*Paul Minner 29 12 11 .522 3.81 208.0 225 98 88 15 40 66 3 1.274 9.7 1.7 2.9 1.65 0.6 31 31
Bill Moisan 27 0 0 5.40 5.0 5 3 3 0 2 1 1 1.400 9.0 3.6 1.8 0.50 0.0 3 3
*Howie Pollet 32 6 8 .429 4.33 129.0 146 69 62 8 50 55 1 1.519 10.2 3.5 3.8 1.10 0.6 30 30
Bob Rush 27 9 10 .474 4.16 171.0 176 88 79 17 66 86 5 1.415 9.3 3.5 4.5 1.30 0.9 29 29
*Bob Schultz 29 1 2 .333 6.19 32.0 39 24 22 5 21 10 3 1.875 11.0 5.9 2.8 0.48 1.4 18 18
Duke Simpson 25 1 4 .200 7.12 48.0 61 42 38 8 25 22 1 1.792 11.4 4.7 4.1 0.88 1.5 30 30
Jim Willis 26 3 1 .750 2.80 45.0 36 16 14 1 17 16 3 1.178 7.2 3.4 3.2 0.94 0.2 13 13
Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Pitching

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Age Yrs W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
*Fred Baczewski 27 1 11 4 .733 3.64 33 18 6 10 1 1 148.1 145 65 60 14 58 61 2 0 1 628 119 1.369 8.8 0.8 3.5 3.7 1.05 119
Bubba Church 28 4 35 34 .507 3.97 138 92 13 31 7 3 695.1 713 347 307 75 263 263 9 0 10 2939 100 1.404 9.2 1.0 3.4 3.4 1.00 100
Don Elston 24 1 0 1 .000 14.40 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 11 8 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 31 2.200 19.8 1.8 0.0 3.6 31
Warren Hacker 28 6 32 38 .457 3.88 112 68 22 25 5 4 552.0 540 267 238 62 149 237 9 1 6 2338 106 1.248 8.8 1.0 2.4 3.9 1.59 106
Sheldon Jones 31 8 54 57 .486 3.96 260 101 76 33 4 12 920.0 909 479 405 90 413 413 37 1 28 4024 100 1.437 8.9 0.9 4.0 4.0 1.00 100
Bob Kelly 25 3 12 16 .429 4.44 108 31 37 7 2 2 332.1 342 187 164 24 136 133 5 0 17 1446 91 1.438 9.3 0.6 3.7 3.6 0.98 91
Johnny Klippstein 25 4 27 40 .403 4.66 157 66 58 16 3 12 598.2 614 365 310 51 313 330 24 3 30 2688 88 1.548 9.2 0.8 4.7 5.0 1.05 88
Dutch Leonard 44 20 191 181 .513 3.25 640 374 171 192 30 44 3218.1 3304 1432 1162 158 737 1170 56 6 97 13487 119 1.256 9.2 0.4 2.1 3.3 1.59 119
Turk Lown 29 3 16 27 .372 4.96 113 49 26 10 1 3 432.0 445 260 238 47 267 188 6 0 18 1970 83 1.648 9.3 1.0 5.6 3.9 0.70 83
*Paul Minner 29 7 47 59 .443 3.86 189 109 41 44 8 9 887.2 959 444 381 79 277 335 6 5 13 3816 107 1.392 9.7 0.8 2.8 3.4 1.21 107
Bill Moisan 27 1 0 0 5.40 3 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 5 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 22 82 1.400 9.0 0.0 3.6 1.8 0.50 82
*Howie Pollet 32 11 116 98 .542 3.43 329 247 37 111 22 12 1868.1 1858 831 712 126 645 825 23 1 29 7936 115 1.340 9.0 0.6 3.1 4.0 1.28 115
Bob Rush 27 6 65 88 .425 3.72 210 166 24 69 9 7 1217.1 1205 602 503 76 424 615 21 1 26 5228 110 1.338 8.9 0.6 3.1 4.5 1.45 110
*Bob Schultz 29 3 9 13 .409 5.05 64 19 23 3 0 0 181.2 177 114 102 17 123 67 7 0 6 837 80 1.651 8.8 0.8 6.1 3.3 0.54 80
Duke Simpson 25 1 1 2 .333 8.00 30 1 11 0 0 0 45.0 60 47 40 8 25 21 1 1 1 222 55 1.889 12.0 1.6 5.0 4.2 0.84 55
Jim Willis 26 1 2 1 .667 3.12 13 3 6 2 0 0 43.1 37 15 15 1 17 15 3 0 1 183 142 1.246 7.7 0.2 3.5 3.1 0.88 142
Age Yrs W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+

1952 / 1954 Pitching Statistics

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