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1953 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954

65-89, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Phil Cavarretta (65-89)
Scored 633 runs, Allowed 835 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-96

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · 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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Bob Addis 27 L R 6' 0" 175 Nov 6, 1925 4 10 2 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 7 0 0.1
Toby Atwell 29 L R 5' 9" 185 Mar 8, 1924 2 24 22 24 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Fred Baczewski 27 L L 6' 2" 185 May 15, 1926 1st 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Gene Baker 28 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 15, 1925 1st 7 6 7 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4
Ernie Banks HOF 22 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 31, 1931 1st 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Frank Baumholtz 34 L L 5' 10" 175 Oct 7, 1918 6 133 127 133 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 67 130 4 0 1.2
Tommy Brown 25 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 6, 1927 9 65 27 65 30 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 0 5 6 34 2 -1.2
Phil Cavarretta 36 L L 5' 11" 175 Jul 19, 1916 20 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0.1
Bubba Church 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 12, 1924 4 27 12 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Don Elston 24 R R 6' 0" 165 Apr 6, 1929 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Dee Fondy 28 L L 6' 3" 195 Oct 13, 1924 3 150 146 150 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.3
Joe Garagiola 27 L R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1926 8 74 60 74 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.4
Warren Hacker 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 21, 1924 6 42 32 42 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.3
Gene Hermanski 33 L R 5' 11" 185 May 11, 1920 9 18 10 18 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 9 13 5 0 -0.4
Randy Jackson 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 10, 1926 4 139 128 139 133 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.4
Hal Jeffcoat 28 R R 5' 10" 185 Sep 6, 1924 6 106 51 106 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 97 0 100 3 14 0.0
Sheldon Jones 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 2, 1922 8 22 2 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Bob Kelly 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 4, 1927 3 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Ralph Kiner HOF 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 27, 1922 8 117 116 117 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 116 1 0 1.2 All-Star
Johnny Klippstein 25 R R 6' 1" 173 Oct 17, 1927 4 48 19 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Dutch Leonard 44 R R 6' 0" 175 Mar 25, 1909 20 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Turk Lown 29 R R 6' 0" 180 May 30, 1924 3 49 12 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Clyde McCullough 36 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 4, 1917 12 77 67 77 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.2 All-Star
George Metkovich 32 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 8, 1920 9 61 25 61 43 0 0 7 0 0 0 10 12 19 39 20 7 -0.1
Eddie Miksis 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 11, 1926 9 142 141 142 141 0 0 0 93 0 52 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.6
Paul Minner 29 L L 6' 5" 200 Jul 30, 1923 7 31 27 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4
Bill Moisan 27 L R 6' 1" 170 Jul 30, 1925 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Howie Pollet 32 L L 6' 1" 175 Jun 26, 1921 11 25 16 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Bob Ramazzotti 36 R R 5' 8" 175 Jan 16, 1917 7 26 11 26 18 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 -0.5
Bob Rush 27 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 21, 1925 6 29 28 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Hank Sauer 36 R R 6' 3" 198 Mar 17, 1917 9 108 103 108 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 70 105 5 0 1.1
Carl Sawatski 25 L R 5' 10" 210 Nov 4, 1927 3 43 6 43 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 -0.1
Paul Schramka 25 L L 6' 0" 185 Mar 22, 1928 1st 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Bob Schultz 29 R L 6' 3" 200 Nov 27, 1923 3 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Bill Serena 28 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 2, 1924 5 93 73 93 76 0 0 0 49 28 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0.5
Duke Simpson 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 15, 1927 1st 30 1 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Roy Smalley 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 9, 1926 6 82 73 82 77 0 0 0 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.5
Bob Talbot 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Jun 6, 1927 1st 8 7 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 1 -0.1
Preston Ward 25 L R 6' 4" 190 Jul 24, 1927 3 33 29 33 33 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 27 0 27 2 1 -0.4
Jim Willis 26 L R 6' 3" 175 Mar 20, 1927 1st 13 3 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Randy Jackson
Hal Jeffcoat
Hal Jeffcoat
Ralph Kiner
Bob Ramazzotti
Bill Serena
Frank Baumholtz
Clyde McCullough
Hank Sauer

Bob Talbot
Toby Atwell
Joe Garagiola
Tommy Brown
Ernie Banks
Paul Schramka
Carl Sawatski
Bob Addis
Howie Pollet
Bob Rush
Warren Hacker

Dutch Leonard
Eddie Miksis
Gene Hermanski
George Metkovich
Paul Minner
Sheldon Jones
Jim Willis
Preston Ward
Duke Simpson

Fred Baczewski
Bubba Church
Bob Kelly
Bob Schultz
Turk Lown
Johnny Klippstein
Gene Baker
Roy Smalley
Dee Fondy

Phil Cavarretta

1952 / 1954 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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