1952 Chicago Cubs | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |||
City | Chicago | |||
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |||
General managers | Wid Matthews | |||
Managers | Phil Cavarretta | |||
Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton) | |||
Radio | WIND (Bert Wilson, Bud Campbell) | |||
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The 1952 Chicago Cubs season was the: 81st season of theββChicago Cubs franchise, the 77th in the National League and the 37th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 77β77. Starting from this season, WGN was the exclusive television broadcast partner of the Cubs franchise with the transfer of WBKB ownershipββto CBS.
Offseasonβ»
- October 4, 1951: Smoky Burgess and Bob Borkowski were traded by, the Cubsββto the Cincinnati Reds for Johnny Pramesa and Bob Usher.
- October 19, 1951: Grant Dunlap was purchased by the Cubs from the Shreveport Sports.
- Prior to 1952 season: Footer Johnson was signed as an amateur free agent by the "Cubs."
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 57 | .627 | β | 45β33 | 51β24 |
New York Giants | 92 | 62 | .597 | 4Β½ | 50β27 | 42β35 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 66 | .571 | 8Β½ | 48β29 | 40β37 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 67 | .565 | 9Β½ | 47β29 | 40β38 |
Chicago Cubs | 77 | 77 | .500 | 19Β½ | 42β35 | 35β42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 69 | 85 | .448 | 27Β½ | 38β39 | 31β46 |
Boston Braves | 64 | 89 | .418 | 32 | 31β45 | 33β44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | 112 | .273 | 54Β½ | 23β54 | 19β58 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | β | 3β18β1 | 12β10 | 9β13 | 9β13 | 9β13 | 15β7β1 | 7β15 | |||||
Brooklyn | 18β3β1 | β | 13β9β1 | 17β5 | 8β14 | 10β12 | 19β3 | 11β11 | |||||
Chicago | 10β12 | 9β13β1 | β | 13β9 | 10β12 | 10β12 | 14β8 | 11β11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13β9 | 5β17 | 9β13 | β | 6β16 | 10β12 | 16β6 | 10β12 | |||||
New York | 13β9 | 14β8 | 12β10 | 16β6 | β | 10β12 | 15β7 | 12β10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 13β9 | 12β10 | 12β10 | 12β10 | 12β10 | β | 16β6 | 10β12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 7β15β1 | 3β19 | 8β14 | 6β16 | 7β15 | 6β16 | β | 5β17 | |||||
St. Louis | 15β7 | 11β11 | 11β11 | 12β10 | 10β12 | 12β10 | 17β5 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- May 8, 1952: Grant Dunlap was returned by the Cubs to the Shreveport Sports.
Rosterβ»
1952 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Toby Atwell | 107 | 362 | 105 | .290 | 2 | 31 |
1B | Dee Fondy | 145 | 554 | 166 | .300 | 10 | 67 |
2B | Eddie Miksis | 93 | 383 | 89 | .232 | 2 | 19 |
SS | Roy Smalley Jr. | 87 | 261 | 58 | .222 | 5 | 30 |
3B | Randy Jackson | 116 | 379 | 88 | .232 | 9 | 34 |
OF | Hal Jeffcoat | 102 | 297 | 65 | .219 | 4 | 30 |
OF | Frank Baumholtz | 103 | 409 | 133 | .325 | 4 | 35 |
OF | Hank Sauer | 151 | 567 | 153 | .270 | 37 | 121 |
Other battersβ»
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Bill Serena | 122 | 390 | 107 | .274 | 15 | 61 |
Bob Addis | 93 | 292 | 86 | .295 | 1 | 20 |
Gene Hermanski | 99 | 275 | 70 | .255 | 4 | 34 |
Tommy Brown | 61 | 200 | 64 | .320 | 3 | 24 |
Bob Ramazzotti | 50 | 183 | 52 | .284 | 1 | 12 |
Harry Chiti | 32 | 113 | 31 | .274 | 5 | 13 |
Bruce Edwards | 50 | 94 | 23 | .245 | 1 | 12 |
Phil Cavarretta | 41 | 63 | 15 | .238 | 1 | 8 |
Johnny Pramesa | 22 | 46 | 13 | .283 | 1 | 5 |
Leon Brinkopf | 9 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
Bud Hardin | 3 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Northey | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Usher | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Rush | 34 | 250.1 | 17 | 13 | 2.70 | 157 |
Johnny Klippstein | 41 | 202.2 | 9 | 14 | 4.44 | 110 |
Warren Hacker | 33 | 185.0 | 15 | 9 | 2.58 | 84 |
Paul Minner | 28 | 180.2 | 14 | 9 | 3.74 | 61 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Turk Lown | 33 | 156.2 | 4 | 11 | 4.37 | 73 |
Bob Kelly | 31 | 125.1 | 4 | 9 | 3.59 | 50 |
Willie Ramsdell | 19 | 67.0 | 2 | 3 | 2.42 | 30 |
Joe Hatten | 13 | 50.1 | 4 | 4 | 6.08 | 15 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dutch Leonard | 45 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2.16 | 37 |
Bob Schultz | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4.01 | 31 |
Dick Manville | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 6 |
Vern Fear | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 4 |
Cal Howe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Monk Dubiel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm systemβ»
Awards and honorsβ»
- Hank Sauer, National League Most Valuable Player
- Hank Sauer, National League Home Run Champion (with Ralph Kiner)
- Hank Sauer, National League RBI Champion
Notesβ»
- ^ Smoky Burgess at Baseball Reference
- ^ Grant Dunlap at Baseball Reference
- ^ Footer Johnson at Baseball Reference
Referencesβ»
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1952 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference