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1953 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Clyde McCullough 36 77 247 229 21 59 3 2 6 23 0 0 15 23 .258 .303 .367 .670 72 84 9 0 3
2 1B Dee Fondy* 28 150 641 595 79 184 24 11 18 78 10 7 44 106 .309 .358 .477 .835 114 284 6 1 1
3 2B Eddie Miksis 26 142 624 577 61 145 17 6 8 39 13 4 33 59 .251 .293 .343 .636 64 198 18 1 13
4 SS Roy Smalley 27 82 288 253 20 63 9 0 6 25 0 0 28 57 .249 .329 .356 .684 77 90 4 2 5
5 3B Randy Jackson 27 139 549 498 61 142 22 8 19 66 8 4 42 61 .285 .341 .476 .817 108 237 20 0 9
6 OF Ralph Kiner 30 117 491 414 73 117 14 2 28 87 1 1 75 67 .283 .394 .529 .923 136 219 10 1 1
7 OF Frank Baumholtz* 34 133 567 520 75 159 36 7 3 25 3 3 42 36 .306 .359 .419 .778 100 218 5 1 4
8 OF Hank Sauer 36 108 447 395 61 104 16 5 19 60 0 0 50 56 .263 .349 .473 .822 110 187 12 2 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 IF Bill Serena 28 93 319 275 30 69 10 5 10 52 0 0 41 46 .251 .350 .433 .783 101 119 9 1 2
10 C Joe Garagiola* 27 74 251 228 21 62 9 4 1 21 0 0 21 23 .272 .336 .360 .696 80 82 8 1 1
11 OF Hal Jeffcoat 28 106 207 183 22 43 3 1 4 22 5 0 21 26 .235 .314 .328 .642 66 60 5 0 3
12 SS Tommy Brown 25 65 154 138 19 27 7 1 2 13 1 0 13 17 .196 .279 .304 .584 51 42 9 3 0
13 OF Catfish Metkovich* 32 61 144 124 19 29 9 0 2 12 2 1 16 10 .234 .326 .355 .681 76 44 6 1 3
14 OF Preston Ward* 25 33 119 100 10 23 5 0 4 12 3 1 18 21 .230 .347 .400 .747 93 40 3 0 1
15 C Toby Atwell* 29 24 88 74 10 17 2 0 1 8 0 0 13 7 .230 .345 .297 .642 68 22 0 0 1
16 C Carl Sawatski* 25 43 66 59 5 13 3 0 1 5 0 0 7 7 .220 .303 .322 .625 62 19 2 0 0
17 OF Gene Hermanski* 33 18 44 40 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 7 .150 .227 .175 .402 6 7 1 0 0
18 2B Bob Ramazzotti 36 26 43 39 3 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 4 .154 .214 .205 .419 9 8 1 0 1
19 SS Ernie Banks 22 10 39 35 3 11 1 1 2 6 0 0 4 5 .314 .385 .571 .956 143 20 0 0 0
20 OF Bob Talbot 26 8 32 30 5 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 .333 .333 .400 .733 89 12 2 0 2
21 Phil Cavarretta* 36 27 27 21 3 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 3 .286 .444 .429 .873 127 9 0 0 0
22 2B Gene Baker 28 7 24 22 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .227 .261 .273 .534 38 6 1 0 1
23 OF Bob Addis* 27 10 14 12 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .167 .286 .250 .536 40 3 0 0 0
24 OF Paul Schramka* 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Warren Hacker 28 42 84 78 8 17 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 8 .218 .228 .256 .484 25 20 4 0 5
26 P Paul Minner* 29 31 74 68 5 15 1 1 1 6 0 0 3 16 .221 .254 .309 .562 45 21 2 0 3
27 P Johnny Klippstein 25 48 62 58 5 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 20 .155 .169 .241 .411 5 14 0 0 3
28 P Bob Rush 27 29 60 54 2 6 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 23 .111 .158 .148 .306 -20 8 0 0 3
29 P Turk Lown 29 49 52 48 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .125 .160 .146 .306 -20 7 2 0 2
30 P Howie Pollet* 32 25 37 31 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .129 .206 .129 .335 -11 4 0 0 3
31 P Bubba Church 28 27 35 33 1 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 .212 .235 .303 .538 38 10 1 0 1
32 P Jim Willis* 26 13 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .000 .100 .000 .100 -71 0 0 0 1
33 P Dutch Leonard 44 45 10 10 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .400 .700 79 4 0 0 0
34 P Duke Simpson 25 30 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 30 2 0 0 0
35 P Sheldon Jones 31 22 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
36 P Bob Schultz 29 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
37 P Fred Baczewski* 27 9 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 160 1 0 0 1
38 P Don Elston 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
39 P Bob Kelly 25 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
40 P Bill Moisan* 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.3 155 5873 5272 633 1372 204 57 137 588 49 21 514 746 .260 .328 .399 .726 87 2101 140 14 73 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 7 7 5 3 6 2 5 5 1 7 5 6 7 6
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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 Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Bob Addis 27 3 0 1 2 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 2.67 OF
Toby Atwell 29 24 133 108 17 8 0 .940 5.21 1 C
Fred Baczewski 27 9 3 1 1 1 1 .667 0.22 P
Gene Baker 28 6 24 11 11 2 3 .917 3.67 2B
Ernie Banks 22 10 53 19 33 1 9 .981 5.20 SS
Frank Baumholtz 34 130 0 69 64 302 290 6 6 0 .980 2.28 OF
Tommy Brown 25 31 1 0 5 131 48 70 13 13 .901 3.81 SS-OF
Bubba Church 28 27 25 6 16 3 0 .880 0.81 P
Don Elston 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Dee Fondy 28 149 1407 1274 115 18 105 .987 9.32 1B
Joe Garagiola 27 68 334 296 34 4 2 .988 4.85 6 C
Warren Hacker 28 39 39 10 27 2 0 .949 0.95 P
Gene Hermanski 33 13 3 0 10 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 OF
Randy Jackson 27 133 428 141 265 22 24 .949 3.05 3B
Hal Jeffcoat 28 100 2 99 0 186 175 6 5 2 .973 1.81 OF
Sheldon Jones 31 22 11 4 6 1 2 .909 0.45 P
Bob Kelly 25 14 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.43 P
Ralph Kiner 30 116 116 0 0 225 211 6 8 2 .964 1.87 OF
Johnny Klippstein 25 48 28 5 21 2 1 .929 0.54 P
Dutch Leonard 44 45 19 9 10 0 0 1.000 0.42 P
Turk Lown 29 49 45 12 33 0 4 1.000 0.92 P
Clyde McCullough 36 73 308 273 31 4 7 .987 4.16 1 C
Catfish Metkovich 32 45 10 11 18 108 104 2 2 2 .981 2.36 OF-1B
Eddie Miksis 26 145 756 315 406 35 96 .954 4.97 2B-SS
Paul Minner 29 31 70 11 56 3 2 .957 2.16 P
Bill Moisan 27 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Howie Pollet 32 25 25 8 14 3 2 .880 0.88 P
Bob Ramazzotti 36 18 56 28 23 5 6 .911 2.83 2B
Bob Rush 27 29 41 13 28 0 3 1.000 1.41 P
Hank Sauer 36 105 42 0 64 233 221 5 7 1 .970 2.15 OF
Carl Sawatski 25 15 53 45 5 3 0 .943 3.33 0 C
Paul Schramka 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Bob Schultz 29 7 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 P
Bill Serena 28 77 302 135 160 7 31 .977 3.83 2B-3B
Duke Simpson 25 30 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Roy Smalley 27 77 369 153 191 25 39 .932 4.47 SS
Bob Talbot 26 7 0 7 0 23 20 3 0 1 1.000 3.29 OF
Preston Ward 25 34 0 27 0 101 98 1 2 9 .980 2.91 OF-1B
Jim Willis 26 13 16 4 12 0 0 1.000 1.23 P
Team Totals 29.5 155 5899 4079 1627 193 368 .967 3.22 8
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 7 8
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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