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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 - 104;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 106

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1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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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
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
24 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
25 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
26 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
27 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
28 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
29 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
30 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
31 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
32 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
33 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
34 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
35 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
36 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
37 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
38 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
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 3 955 102 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 0 860 106 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 98 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 1 495 108 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 97 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 92 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 89 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 56 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 1 183 143 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 47 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 71 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 93 1.505 9.9 1.0 3.7 4.1 1.12
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 2 8 8 3 7 7 7 7 5 6 6
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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