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1953 Chicago Cubs (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
Managed by Phil Cavarretta

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 763,658 (6th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 102, Pitching - 104
  (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 106
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 Stats / Schedule (1952/1954) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   65-89 , Final Rank: 7, GB:   40.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:           3 (last on April 28)
Most Games under .500:          32 (last on September 2)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       41.0 (last on September 25)

Longest Winning Streak:         10 (September 5 to September 14)
Longest Losing Streak:           8 (April 29 to May 8)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (May 20 and September 17)
Most Runs Scored:               13 (August 26)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      14
Times Opponent Shutout:          3

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        65  89     633     835    .422

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           43  34     351     417    .558
Road           22  55     282     418    .286

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           5   4      42      44    .556
May             7  20      89     140    .259
June           11  19     130     181    .367
July           12  18     127     179    .400
August         15  19     140     178    .441
September      15   9     105     113    .625

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     30  50     329     439    .375
Second Half    35  39     304     396    .473
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        23  19     169     165    .548

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        10  32     177     364    .238

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             9  13     101     135    .409
CIN            12  10      89      99    .545
MLN             8  14      80      99    .364
NYG             9  13     110     160    .409
PHI             5  17      67     133    .227
PIT            11  11      90      92    .500
STL            11  11      96     117    .500

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 14     CHC  CIN  W   3-2        1-0     2     0.5  2:04 B Rush                     21,222 +
  2 Thu, Apr 16     CHC @STL  L   0-3        1-1     3     1.0  1:41 H Haddix                   14,926 -
  3 Wed, Apr 22     CHC  MLN  L   6-15       1-2     5     1.5  2:34 M Surkont                   7,995 --
  4 Thu, Apr 23     CHC  MLN  W   6-2        2-2     3     1.5  1:55 W Hacker                    6,860 +
  5 Sat, Apr 25     CHC  STL  W  10-6        3-2     2     2.0  2:25 P Minner                   13,435 ++
  6 Sun, Apr 26     CHC  STL  W   7-5        4-2     2     2.5  2:46 J Klippstein                6,692 +++
  7 Tue, Apr 28     CHC @PIT  W   5-3        5-2     2     1.5  2:26 B Rush                      5,870 ++++
  8 Wed, Apr 29     CHC @PIT  L   3-4        5-3     3     1.5  2:03 M Dickson                   8,744 -
  9 Thu, Apr 30     CHC @PIT  L   2-4        5-4     4     2.0  1:46 R Face                      2,930 --
 10 Fri, May  1     CHC @BRO  L   5-6        5-5     5     2.5  2:55 R Meyer                    10,631 ---
 11 Sun, May  3     CHC @PHI  L   1-5        5-6     6     4.0  2:00 R Roberts                  15,390 ----
 12                 CHC @PHI  L   0-2        5-7     6     4.0  2:31 C Simmons                  15,300 -----
 13 Mon, May  4     CHC @PHI  L   4-8        5-8     6     5.0  2:06 J Konstanty                 8,526 ------
 14 Wed, May  6     CHC @NYG  L   5-8        5-9     6     5.5  3:05 A Corwin                    3,356 -------
 15 Fri, May  8     CHC @MLN  L   0-2        5-10    7     6.0  2:04 J Antonelli                30,293 --------
 16 Sat, May  9     CHC @MLN  W   2-0        6-10    6     5.5  2:06 B Rush                     20,906 +
 17 Sun, May 10     CHC @MLN  L   2-6        6-11    7     6.5  2:03 M Surkont                         -
 18                 CHC @MLN  L   1-4        6-12    7     6.5  2:51 D Liddle                   33,721 --
 19 Tue, May 12     CHC  BRO  W   6-4        7-12    7     6.0  2:58 D Leonard                   8,077 +
 20 Fri, May 15     CHC  PHI  L   0-1        7-13    6     7.0  1:56 R Roberts                   6,531 -
 21 Sat, May 16     CHC  PIT  L   2-3        7-14    7     8.0  2:30 M Dickson                   9,728 --
 22 Sun, May 17     CHC  PIT  W   6-2        8-14    6     7.0  2:19 P Minner                          +
 23                 CHC  PIT  W   7-3        9-14    6     7.0  1:51 J Klippstein                7,745 ++
 24 Tue, May 19     CHC  NYG  L   4-6        9-15    6     7.5  2:40 A Corwin                    8,135 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Wed, May 20     CHC  NYG  L   6-16       9-16    6     7.5  2:54 L Jansen                    8,170 --
 26 Sat, May 23     CHC  MLN  L   3-5        9-17    7     7.5  2:26 W Spahn                    19,871 ---
 27 Sun, May 24     CHC  MLN  L   4-5        9-18    6     7.5  2:19 V Bickford                        ----
 28                 CHC  MLN  W   5-2       10-18    6     7.5  2:03 J Klippstein               21,250 +
 29 Mon, May 25     CHC  STL  L   3-14      10-19    6     9.0  2:50 J Presko                    5,358 -
 30 Tue, May 26     CHC  STL  L   3-6       10-20    6     9.5  2:43 H Haddix                          --
 31                 CHC  STL  W   3-2       11-20    6     9.5  2:07 T Lown                     13,075 +
 32 Wed, May 27     CHC @MLN  L   4-9       11-21    7    10.5  2:40 J Antonelli                30,936 -
 33 Fri, May 29     CHC @CIN  L   3-6       11-22    6    10.5  2:09 F Smith                     1,392 --
 34 Sat, May 30     CHC @CIN  L   6-8       11-23    6    11.5  2:12 J Nuxhall                         ---
 35                 CHC @CIN  W   2-1       12-23    6    11.5  2:29 J Klippstein               10,345 +
 36 Sun, May 31     CHC @STL  L   2-6       12-24    6    12.5  2:15 H Haddix                   12,189 -
 37 Tue, Jun  2     CHC @PIT  L   3-4       12-25    7    13.0  3:23 J Hetki                     8,158 --
 38 Wed, Jun  3     CHC @PIT  L   0-1       12-26    8    14.0  2:59 P LaPalme                   8,165 ---
 39 Thu, Jun  4     CHC @PIT  L   1-6       12-27    8    14.0  2:08 B Hall                      3,182 ----
 40 Fri, Jun  5     CHC @NYG  L   1-11      12-28    8    15.0  2:57 R Gomez                    14,515 -----
 41 Sat, Jun  6     CHC @NYG  L   0-3       12-29    8    15.5  2:08 J Hearn                     8,374 ------
 42 Sun, Jun  7     CHC @NYG  W  10-5       13-29    7    15.0  2:35 W Hacker                        0 +
 43                 CHC @NYG  W   5-2       14-29    7    15.0  2:18 T Lown                     12,184 ++
 44 Mon, Jun  8     CHC @PHI  L   3-7       14-30    7    16.0  2:24 S Ridzik                    2,851 -
 45 Tue, Jun  9     CHC @PHI  L   9-10      14-31    8    17.0  3:22 T Kipper                    6,903 --
 46 Wed, Jun 10     CHC @PHI  L   1-9       14-32    8    18.5  2:01 R Roberts                  15,000 ---
 47                 CHC @PHI  L   5-8       14-33    8    18.5  2:44 J Konstanty                15,000 ----
 48 Fri, Jun 12     CHC @BRO  L   4-7       14-34    8    19.0  2:18 J Hughes                   17,764 -----
 49 Sun, Jun 14     CHC @BRO  L   3-6       14-35    7    20.5  2:13 B Loes                            ------

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 CHC @BRO  -   6-6       14-35    7    20.5  3:20                            22,517 ------
 51 Tue, Jun 16     CHC  PIT  L   5-6       14-36    8    21.0  2:20 J Lindell                         -------
 52                 CHC  PIT  W   3-2       15-36    8    21.0  2:03 H Pollet                   11,437 +
 53 Wed, Jun 17     CHC  PIT  W   5-4       16-36    7    21.0  4:00 T Lown                      5,422 ++
 54 Thu, Jun 18     CHC  PIT  W   8-4       17-36    7    20.5  2:17 B Rush                      3,969 +++
 55 Fri, Jun 19     CHC  BRO  W  11-8       18-36    7    20.0  2:50 P Minner                          ++++
 56                 CHC  BRO  L   1-7       18-37    7    20.0  2:19 R Meyer                    19,343 -
 57 Sat, Jun 20     CHC  BRO  L   3-5       18-38    7    21.0  2:38 C Labine                   17,842 --
 58 Sun, Jun 21     CHC  BRO  W   3-2       19-38    7    20.0  2:29 B Church                   36,443 +
 59 Mon, Jun 22     CHC  BRO  W   9-4       20-38    7    19.5  2:14 W Hacker                   11,708 ++
 60 Tue, Jun 23     CHC  PHI  L   1-6       20-39    7    19.5  2:10 R Roberts                   7,919 -
 61 Wed, Jun 24     CHC  PHI  L   2-8       20-40    7    19.5  2:29 K Drews                     7,220 --
 62 Thu, Jun 25     CHC  PHI  L   2-13      20-41    7    19.5  2:42 J Konstanty                 6,135 ---
 63 Fri, Jun 26     CHC  NYG  L   6-9       20-42    7    19.5  2:59 R Gomez                     7,596 ----
 64 Sat, Jun 27     CHC  NYG  W   2-1       21-42    7    18.5  1:50 W Hacker                   13,725 +
 65 Sun, Jun 28     CHC  NYG  L   2-12      21-43    7    19.5  2:34 J Hearn                    22,630 -
 66 Mon, Jun 29     CHC @STL  W   6-2       22-43    7    19.0  2:27 P Minner                    8,857 +
 67 Tue, Jun 30     CHC @STL  W  10-3       23-43    7    18.0  2:55 H Pollet                    8,719 ++
 68 Wed, Jul  1     CHC @STL  L   5-10      23-44    7    19.0  2:30 J Staley                    8,173 -
 69 Fri, Jul  3     CHC  STL  W  10-3       24-44    7    19.0  2:44 D Leonard                  10,623 +
 70 Sat, Jul  4     CHC  STL  L   3-7       24-45    7    19.0  2:35 H White                           -
 71                 CHC  STL  W   5-4       25-45    7    19.0  2:09 B Church                   33,546 +
 72 Sun, Jul  5     CHC  CIN  W   8-4       26-45    7    18.5  2:27 B Church                          ++
 73                 CHC  CIN  L   6-8       26-46    7    18.5  2:26 C King                     24,983 -
 74 Mon, Jul  6     CHC  CIN  W   7-6       27-46    7    18.5  2:40 P Minner                    9,718 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Tue, Jul  7     CHC @MLN  L   1-4       27-47    7    20.0  2:03 J Antonelli                37,113 -
 76 Wed, Jul  8     CHC @MLN  W   7-3       28-47    7    20.0  2:25 W Hacker                   37,119 +
 77 Fri, Jul 10     CHC @CIN  L   0-6       28-48    7    19.0  2:03 K Raffensber                      -
 78                 CHC @CIN  W   4-3       29-48    7    19.0  2:20 B Church                   14,648 +
 79 Sat, Jul 11     CHC @CIN  W   5-2       30-48    7    18.0  2:18 J Klippstein                4,029 ++
 80 Sun, Jul 12     CHC @CIN  L   4-7       30-49    7    19.5  2:06 H Perkowski                       -
 81                 CHC @CIN  L   3-7       30-50    7    19.5  2:59 F Baczewski                15,421 --
 82 Thu, Jul 16     CHC @NYG  L   3-10      30-51    7    20.5  2:19 S Maglie                   14,178 ---
 83 Sat, Jul 18     CHC @NYG  L   7-12      30-52    7    22.5  2:52 H Wilhelm                   6,514 ----
 84 Sun, Jul 19     CHC @PHI  W   5-3       31-52    7    22.5  2:17 P Minner                          +
 85                 CHC @PHI  L   5-6       31-53    7    22.5  2:31 T Kipper                    8,689 -
 86 Mon, Jul 20     CHC @BRO  L   0-3       31-54    7    23.5  2:33 R Meyer                    10,856 --
 87 Tue, Jul 21     CHC @BRO  L   4-15      31-55    7    24.5  2:22 B Wade                      6,348 ---
 88 Wed, Jul 22     CHC @BRO  L   3-9       31-56    7    26.5  2:42 J Podres                          ----
 89                 CHC @BRO  L   1-11      31-57    7    26.5  2:13 C Erskine                  18,855 -----
 90 Fri, Jul 24     CHC @PIT  W   7-1       32-57    7    25.5  2:10 P Minner                   10,406 +
 91 Sat, Jul 25     CHC @PIT  W   5-4       33-57    7    25.5  2:31 T Lown                      4,217 ++
 92 Sun, Jul 26     CHC @PIT  L   2-3       33-58    7    26.5  2:12 R Face                            -
 93                 CHC @PIT  W   7-3       34-58    7    26.5  2:25 W Hacker                   11,358 +
 94 Tue, Jul 28     CHC  BRO  L   2-13      34-59    7    27.5  2:33 J Podres                   16,938 -
 95 Wed, Jul 29     CHC  BRO  L   5-6       34-60    7    28.5  2:39 R Meyer                    11,625 --
 96 Thu, Jul 30     CHC  BRO  W   3-2       35-60    7    27.5  2:31 B Rush                     10,259 +
 97 Fri, Jul 31     CHC  PIT  L   0-4       35-61    7    28.5  2:17 M Dickson                   5,412 -
 98 Sat, Aug  1     CHC  PIT  L   3-10      35-62    7    29.5  3:49 J Lindell                   8,017 --
 99 Sun, Aug  2     CHC  PIT  W   7-6       36-62    7    28.5  3:00 T Lown                     14,110 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Tue, Aug  4     CHC  NYG  W   5-3       37-62    7    28.5  2:33 B Rush                      8,889 ++
101 Wed, Aug  5     CHC  NYG  W   9-6       38-62    7    27.0  2:21 J Klippstein                    0 +++
102                 CHC  NYG  W   7-6       39-62    7    27.0  3:00 W Hacker                   15,594 ++++
103 Thu, Aug  6     CHC  NYG  L   6-12      39-63    7    27.5  2:37 H Wilhelm                   6,553 -
104 Fri, Aug  7     CHC  PHI  L   4-5       39-64    7    28.5  2:25 S Ridzik                    4,499 --
105 Sat, Aug  8     CHC  PHI  W   4-1       40-64    7    28.5  2:03 H Pollet                   19,856 +
106 Sun, Aug  9     CHC  PHI  L   0-7       40-65    7    29.0  2:11 B Miller                          -
107                 CHC  PHI  W   6-5       41-65    7    29.0  2:16 J Klippstein               22,088 +
108 Tue, Aug 11     CHC  CIN  W   1-0       42-65    7    29.0  1:55 P Minner                    7,322 ++
109 Wed, Aug 12     CHC  CIN  L   6-10      42-66    7    29.5  2:23 C King                            -
110                 CHC  CIN  W   3-1       43-66    7    29.5  2:06 B Rush                     11,487 +
111 Thu, Aug 13     CHC  CIN  L   2-10      43-67    7    30.5  2:05 F Baczewski                 8,230 -
112 Fri, Aug 14     CHC  MLN  W  11-4       44-67    7    30.0  2:23 T Lown                     12,862 +
113 Sat, Aug 15     CHC  MLN  L   0-2       44-68    7    31.0  2:06 W Spahn                    20,296 -
114 Sun, Aug 16     CHC  MLN  L   2-4       44-69    7    33.0  2:14 L Burdette                        --
115                 CHC  MLN  L   2-6       44-70    7    33.0  2:29 B Buhl                     39,303 ---
116 Tue, Aug 18     CHC @STL  L   1-5       44-71    7    34.5  2:18 J Staley                    9,946 ----
117 Wed, Aug 19     CHC @STL  W   5-3       45-71    7    34.5  2:30 W Hacker                   14,377 +
118 Thu, Aug 20     CHC @STL  L   3-5       45-72    7    35.5  2:30 V Mizell                    5,041 -
119 Fri, Aug 21     CHC @MLN  L   4-5       45-73    7    35.5  2:06 L Burdette                 37,243 --
120 Sat, Aug 22     CHC @MLN  L   1-2       45-74    7    36.5  3:29 B Buhl                     31,854 ---
121 Sun, Aug 23     CHC @MLN  L   2-10      45-75    7    37.5  2:37 W Spahn                           ----
122                 CHC @MLN  W   7-2       46-75    7    37.5  2:08 J Klippstein               36,119 +
123 Tue, Aug 25     CHC @BRO  W   3-1       47-75    7    37.5  2:32 B Rush                            ++
124                 CHC @BRO  L   5-6       47-76    7    37.5  2:34 C Erskine                  24,900 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Wed, Aug 26     CHC @BRO  W  13-4       48-76    7    36.5  2:37 T Lown                      6,492 +
126 Thu, Aug 27     CHC @BRO  L   5-7       48-77    7    37.5  2:44 R Meyer                     5,795 -
127 Fri, Aug 28     CHC @PHI  L   0-5       48-78    7    38.5  2:12 C Simmons                   5,956 --
128 Sat, Aug 29     CHC @PHI  W   2-0       49-78    7    38.5  2:05 P Minner                    5,156 +
129 Sun, Aug 30     CHC @NYG  L   1-10      49-79    7    39.0  2:32 J Hearn                         0 -
130                 CHC @NYG  W   6-2       50-79    7    39.0  2:12 W Hacker                    7,285 +
131 Mon, Aug 31     CHC @NYG  L   4-13      50-80    7    40.0  2:33 M Grissom                   1,702 -
132 Tue, Sep  1     CHC @NYG  L   9-10      50-81    7    41.0  2:44 D Koslo                     1,405 --
133 Wed, Sep  2     CHC @PIT  L   1-8       50-82    7    41.0  2:11 B Friend                    5,659 ---
134 Sat, Sep  5     CHC  CIN  W   5-4       51-82    7    41.0  2:06 P Minner                    6,877 +
135 Sun, Sep  6     CHC  CIN  W   7-6       52-82    7    40.5  2:28 T Lown                            ++
136                 CHC  CIN  W   7-2       53-82    7    40.5  2:21 J Willis                   14,187 +++
137 Mon, Sep  7     CHC  MLN  W   4-3       54-82    7    40.5  2:53 W Hacker                          ++++
138                 CHC  MLN  W   6-4       55-82    7    40.5  2:10 H Pollet                   27,401 +++++
139 Wed, Sep  9     CHC  PIT  W   8-7       56-82    7    40.5  2:26 D Simpson                   2,319 ++++++
140 Fri, Sep 11     CHC  NYG  W   5-2       57-82    7    39.0  2:03 B Rush                      4,722 +++++++
141 Sat, Sep 12     CHC  NYG  W   7-1       58-82    7    39.0  1:55 J Willis                    6,169 ++++++++
142 Sun, Sep 13     CHC  BRO  W   3-2       59-82    7    38.0  1:55 W Hacker                   21,539 +++++++++
143 Mon, Sep 14     CHC  BRO  W   3-1       60-82    7    37.0  1:55 J Klippstein                4,990 ++++++++++
144 Tue, Sep 15     CHC  PHI  L   2-4       60-83    7    38.0  2:56 R Roberts                   3,185 -
145 Wed, Sep 16     CHC  PHI  W   7-4       61-83    7    37.0  2:18 H Pollet                    3,448 +
146 Thu, Sep 17     CHC  PHI  L   4-16      61-84    7    38.0  2:21 C Simmons                   2,793 -
147 Sat, Sep 19     CHC @STL  W   5-2       62-84    7    38.0  3:23 J Klippstein                6,832 +
148 Sun, Sep 20     CHC @STL  L   6-11      62-85    7    38.5  2:13 J Staley                    8,569 -
149 Mon, Sep 21     CHC @STL  L   0-4       62-86    7    39.0  2:02 H Haddix                    3,112 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Tue, Sep 22     CHC @CIN  L   0-1       62-87    7    39.5  2:50 F Baczewski                       ---
151                 CHC @CIN  W   4-1       63-87    7    39.5  2:06 P Minner                    3,215 +
152 Wed, Sep 23     CHC @CIN  L   3-4       63-88    7    40.0  2:30 J Nuxhall                   1,060 -
153 Fri, Sep 25     CHC  STL  L   2-11      63-89    7    41.0  2:27 H Haddix                    2,706 --
154 Sat, Sep 26     CHC  STL  W   4-3       64-89    7    40.0  2:01 W Hacker                    6,308 +
155 Sun, Sep 27     CHC  STL  W   3-2       65-89    7    40.0  2:59 P Minner                   13,378 ++

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