1953 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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
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
6		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
7		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
8		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
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		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	1B	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	1B	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		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		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		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		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

* - 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

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
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
Tommy Brown	25	25			124	44	68	12	13	.903										4.48						SS
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
Randy Jackson	27	133			428	141	265	22	24	.949										3.05						3B
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
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	7			40	37	1	2	2	.950										5.43						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
Carl Sawatski	25	15			53	45	5	3	0	.943										3.33	0					C
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
Preston Ward	25	7			50	49	1	0	9	1.000										7.14						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	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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