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1953 Chicago Cubs Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Bob Addis 27 L R 6' 0" 175 Nov 6, 1925 4 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Toby Atwell 29 L R 185 Mar 8, 1924 2 24 24 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Baczewski 27 L L 185 May 15, 1926 1st 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Baker 28 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 15, 1925 1st 7 7 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ernie Banks HOF 22 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 31, 1931 1st 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Frank Baumholtz 34 L L 175 Oct 7, 1918 6 133 133 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 64 130
Tommy Brown 25 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 6, 1927 9 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 0 5 6
Phil Cavarretta 36 L L 175 Jul 19, 1916 20 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bubba Church 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 12, 1924 4 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Elston 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Apr 6, 1929 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dee Fondy 28 L L 6' 3" 196 Oct 31, 1924 3 150 150 150 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Garagiola 27 L R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1926 8 74 74 74 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warren Hacker 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 21, 1924 6 42 42 42 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Hermanski 33 L R 185 May 11, 1920 9 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 13
Randy Jackson 27 R R 180 Feb 10, 1926 4 139 139 139 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Jeffcoat 28 R R 185 Sep 6, 1924 6 106 106 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 99 0 100
Sheldon Jones 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 2, 1922 8 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Kelly 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 4, 1927 3 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph Kiner HOF 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 27, 1922 8 117 117 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 116 All-Star
Johnny Klippstein 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Oct 17, 1927 4 48 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch Leonard 44 R R 6' 0" 175 Mar 25, 1909 20 45 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turk Lown 29 R R 6' 1" 185 May 30, 1924 3 49 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clyde McCullough 36 R R 180 Mar 4, 1917 12 77 77 77 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Catfish Metkovich 32 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 8, 1920 9 61 61 61 0 0 7 0 0 0 10 11 18 38
Eddie Miksis 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 11, 1926 9 142 142 142 0 0 0 92 0 53 0 0 0 0
Paul Minner 29 L L 6' 5" 210 Jul 30, 1923 7 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Moisan 27 L R 6' 1" 170 Jul 30, 1925 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Howie Pollet 32 L L 175 Jun 26, 1921 11 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Ramazzotti 36 R R 175 Jan 16, 1917 7 26 26 26 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Rush 27 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 21, 1925 6 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Sauer 36 R R 6' 4" 199 Mar 17, 1917 9 108 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 64 105
Carl Sawatski 25 L R 5' 10" 210 Nov 4, 1927 3 43 43 43 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Schramka 25 L L 6' 0" 185 Mar 22, 1928 1st 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bob Schultz 29 R L 6' 3" 200 Nov 27, 1923 3 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Serena 28 R R 175 Oct 2, 1924 5 93 93 93 0 0 0 49 28 0 0 0 0 0
Duke Simpson 25 R R 190 Sep 15, 1927 1st 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Smalley 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 9, 1926 6 82 82 82 0 0 0 0 0 77 0 0 0 0
Bob Talbot 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Jun 6, 1927 1st 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7
Preston Ward 25 L R 6' 3" 198 Jul 24, 1927 3 33 33 33 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 27 0 27
Jim Willis 26 L R 6' 3" 175 Mar 20, 1927 1st 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1952 / 1954 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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