1953 Chicago Cubs Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 65-89
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 763,658, Avg. 11,995
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Phil Cavarretta (65-89)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1953 Chicago Cubs Roster
1953 Chicago Cubs Results

The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1953 season with a record of 65 wins and 89 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.

The Cubs scored 633 runs and yielded 835 runs. Ralph Kiner led Chicago with 28 home runs, while Hank Sauer, Dee Fondy and Randy Jackson each walloped 20 or more as well. Ralph Kiner drove in 87 runs. Dee Fondy topped all regular batters with a .309 average. Paul Minner and Warren Hacker paced the squad with 12 wins each, and Paul Minner recorded a 4.21 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Phil Cavarretta coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Paul Minner	12	15	.444	4.21	31	27	2	9	2	1	201.0	227	109	94	15	40	64	3	0	0	860
Warren Hacker	12	19	.387	4.38	39	32	6	9	0	2	221.7	225	123	108	35	54	106	3	0	3	955
Johnny Klippstein	10	11	.476	4.83	48	19	21	5	0	6	167.7	169	115	90	15	107	113	8	0	10	777
Bob Rush	9	14	.391	4.54	29	28	0	8	1	0	166.7	177	97	84	17	66	84	5	1	1	732
Turk Lown	8	7	.533	5.16	49	12	17	2	0	3	148.3	166	93	85	20	84	76	2	0	6	682
Howie Pollet	5	6	.455	4.12	25	17	2	2	0	1	111.3	120	62	51	6	44	45	1	0	1	495
Bubba Church	4	5	.444	5.00	27	11	4	1	0	1	104.3	115	67	58	16	49	47	2	0	2	474
Jim Willis	2	1	.667	3.12	13	3	6	2	0	0	43.3	37	15	15	1	17	15	3	0	1	183
Dutch Leonard	2	3	.400	4.60	45	0	27	0	0	8	62.7	72	34	32	9	24	27	1	1	2	276
Tom Simpson	1	2	.333	8.00	30	1	11	0	0	0	45.0	60	47	40	8	25	21	1	1	1	222
Bill Moisan	0	0		5.40	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	3	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	22
Fred Baczewski	0	0		6.30	9	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	20	9	7	1	6	3	1	0	0	53
Bob Kelly	0	1	.000	9.53	14	0	6	0	0	0	17.0	27	19	18	2	9	6	1	0	0	83
Don Elston	0	1	.000	14.40	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	11	8	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	25
Sheldon Jones	0	2	.000	5.40	22	2	8	0	0	0	38.3	47	24	23	3	16	9	5	1	0	179
Bob Schultz	0	2	.000	5.40	7	2	3	0	0	0	11.7	13	10	7	2	11	4	1	0	0	59
Totals	65	89	.422	4.79	393	155	117	38	3	22	1359.0	1491	835	723	151	554	623	38	4	27	6077

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Dee Fondy	150	641	595	79	184	24	11	18	78	10	7	44	106	.309	.358	.477	.835	284	6	1	1
Frank Baumholtz	133	567	520	75	159	36	7	3	25	3	3	42	36	.306	.359	.419	.778	218	5	1	4
Eddie Miksis	142	624	577	61	145	17	6	8	39	13	4	33	59	.251	.293	.343	.636	198	18	1	13
Randy Jackson	139	549	498	61	142	22	8	19	66	8	4	42	61	.285	.341	.476	.817	237	20	0	9
Ralph Kiner	117	491	414	73	117	14	2	28	87	1	1	75	67	.283	.394	.529	.923	219	10	1	1
Hank Sauer	108	447	395	61	104	16	5	19	60	0	0	50	56	.263	.349	.473	.822	187	12	2	0
Bill Serena	93	319	275	30	69	10	5	10	52	0	0	41	46	.251	.350	.433	.783	119	9	1	2
Roy Smalley	82	288	253	20	63	9	0	6	25	0	0	28	57	.249	.329	.356	.684	90	4	2	5
Joe Garagiola	74	251	228	21	62	9	4	1	21	0	0	21	23	.272	.336	.360	.696	82	8	1	1
Clyde McCullough	77	247	229	21	59	3	2	6	23	0	0	15	23	.258	.303	.367	.670	84	9	0	3
Hal Jeffcoat	106	207	183	22	43	3	1	4	22	5	0	21	26	.235	.314	.328	.642	60	5	0	3
George Metkovich	61	144	124	19	29	9	0	2	12	2	1	16	10	.234	.326	.355	.681	44	6	1	3
Tommy Brown	65	154	138	19	27	7	1	2	13	1	0	13	17	.196	.279	.304	.584	42	9	3	0
Preston Ward	33	119	100	10	23	5	0	4	12	3	1	18	21	.230	.347	.400	.747	40	3	0	1
Toby Atwell	24	88	74	10	17	2	0	1	8	0	0	13	7	.230	.345	.297	.642	22	0	0	1
Warren Hacker	42	84	78	8	17	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	8	.218	.228	.256	.484	20	4	0	5
Paul Minner	31	74	68	5	15	1	1	1	6	0	0	3	16	.221	.254	.309	.562	21	2	0	3
Carl Sawatski	43	66	59	5	13	3	0	1	5	0	0	7	7	.220	.303	.322	.625	19	2	0	0
Ernie Banks	10	39	35	3	11	1	1	2	6	0	0	4	5	.314	.385	.571	.956	20	0	0	0
Bob Talbot	8	32	30	5	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	.333	.333	.400	.733	12	2	0	2
Johnny Klippstein	48	62	58	5	9	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	20	.155	.169	.241	.411	14	0	0	3
Bubba Church	27	35	33	1	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	6	.212	.235	.303	.538	10	1	0	1
Phil Cavarretta	27	27	21	3	6	3	0	0	3	0	0	6	3	.286	.444	.429	.873	9	0	0	0
Bob Ramazzotti	26	43	39	3	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	4	.154	.214	.205	.419	8	1	0	1
Gene Hermanski	18	44	40	1	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	7	.150	.227	.175	.402	7	1	0	0
Turk Lown	49	52	48	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.125	.160	.146	.306	7	2	0	2
Bob Rush	29	60	54	2	6	0	1	0	5	0	0	3	23	.111	.158	.148	.306	8	0	0	3
Gene Baker	7	24	22	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.227	.261	.273	.534	6	1	0	1
Howie Pollet	25	37	31	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.129	.206	.129	.335	4	0	0	3
Dutch Leonard	45	10	10	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.400	.700	4	0	0	0
Tom Simpson	30	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0
Bob Addis	10	14	12	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.167	.286	.250	.536	3	0	0	0
Fred Baczewski	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1
Bob Schultz	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bob Kelly	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Sheldon Jones	22	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Don Elston	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jim Willis	13	11	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	1
Bill Moisan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Paul Schramka	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1951	5873	5272	633	1372	204	57	137	588	49	21	514	746	.260	.328	.399	.726	2101	140	14	73

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Preston Ward	1B	7	49	1	0	9	1.000	7.143	0
George Metkovich	1B	7	37	1	2	2	.950	5.429	0
Dee Fondy	1B	149	1274	115	18	105	.987	9.322	0
Bill Serena	2B	49	106	120	4	24	.983	4.612	0
Bob Ramazzotti	2B	18	28	23	5	6	.911	2.833	0
Eddie Miksis	2B	92	210	262	23	65	.954	5.130	0
Gene Baker	2B	6	11	11	2	3	.917	3.667	0
Bill Serena	3B	28	29	40	3	7	.958	2.464	0
Randy Jackson	3B	133	141	265	22	24	.949	3.053	0
Carl Sawatski	C	15	45	5	3	0	.943	3.333	0
Clyde McCullough	C	73	273	31	4	7	.987	4.164	1
Joe Garagiola	C	68	296	34	4	2	.988	4.853	6
Toby Atwell	C	24	108	17	8	0	.940	5.208	1
Preston Ward	OF	27	49	0	2	0	.961	1.815	0
Bob Talbot	OF	7	20	3	0	1	1.000	3.286	0
Paul Schramka	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Hank Sauer	OF	105	221	5	7	1	.970	2.152	0
George Metkovich	OF	38	67	1	0	0	1.000	1.789	0
Ralph Kiner	OF	116	211	6	8	2	.964	1.871	0
Hal Jeffcoat	OF	100	175	6	5	2	.973	1.810	0
Gene Hermanski	OF	13	18	0	0	0	1.000	1.385	0
Tommy Brown	OF	6	4	2	1	0	.857	1.000	0
Frank Baumholtz	OF	130	290	6	6	0	.980	2.277	0
Bob Addis	OF	3	7	1	0	1	1.000	2.667	0
Jim Willis	P	13	4	12	0	0	1.000	1.231	0
Tom Simpson	P	30	4	6	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Bob Schultz	P	7	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	0
Bob Rush	P	29	13	28	0	3	1.000	1.414	0
Howie Pollet	P	25	8	14	3	2	.880	.880	0
Bill Moisan	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Paul Minner	P	31	11	56	3	2	.957	2.161	0
Turk Lown	P	49	12	33	0	4	1.000	.918	0
Dutch Leonard	P	45	9	10	0	0	1.000	.422	0
Johnny Klippstein	P	48	5	21	2	1	.929	.542	0
Bob Kelly	P	14	1	5	0	0	1.000	.429	0
Sheldon Jones	P	22	4	6	1	2	.909	.455	0
Warren Hacker	P	39	10	27	2	0	.949	.949	0
Don Elston	P	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Bubba Church	P	27	6	16	3	0	.880	.815	0
Fred Baczewski	P	9	1	1	1	1	.667	.222	0
Roy Smalley	SS	77	153	191	25	39	.932	4.468	0
Eddie Miksis	SS	53	105	144	12	31	.954	4.698	0
Tommy Brown	SS	25	44	68	12	13	.903	4.480	0
Ernie Banks	SS	10	19	33	1	9	.981	5.200	0
Totals		1773	4079	1627	193	368	.967	3.218	8

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