1953 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 1953 Chicago Cubs season was the: 82nd season of theββChicago Cubs franchise, the 78th in the National League and the 38th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 65β89.
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 105 | 49 | .682 | β | 60β17 | 45β32 |
Milwaukee Braves | 92 | 62 | .597 | 13 | 45β31 | 47β31 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 71 | .539 | 22 | 48β29 | 35β42 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 71 | .539 | 22 | 48β30 | 35β41 |
New York Giants | 70 | 84 | .455 | 35 | 38β39 | 32β45 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 68 | 86 | .442 | 37 | 38β39 | 30β47 |
Chicago Cubs | 65 | 89 | .422 | 40 | 43β34 | 22β55 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 50 | 104 | .325 | 55 | 26β51 | 24β53 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | BR | CHC | CIN | MIL | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Brooklyn | β | 13β9β1 | 15β7 | 13β9 | 15β7 | 14β8 | 20β2 | 15β7 | |||||
Chicago | 9β13β1 | β | 12β10 | 8β14 | 9β13 | 5β17 | 11β11 | 11β11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 7β15 | 10β12 | β | 8β14 | 9β13 | 12β10 | 15β7 | 7β15β1 | |||||
Milwaukee | 9β13 | 14β8 | 14β8 | β | 14β8β1 | 13β9β1 | 15β7 | 13β9β1 | |||||
New York | 7β15 | 13β9 | 13β9 | 8β14β1 | β | 9β13 | 11β11 | 9β13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8β14 | 17β5 | 10β12 | 9β13β1 | 13β9 | β | 15β7 | 11β11β1 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 2β20 | 11β11 | 7β15 | 7β15 | 11β11 | 7β15 | β | 5β17 | |||||
St. Louis | 7β15 | 11β11 | 15β7β1 | 9β13β1 | 13β9 | 11β11β1 | 17β5 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- June 4, 1953: Toby Atwell, Bob Schultz, Preston Ward, George Freese, Bob Addis, Gene Hermanski, and $150,000 were traded by, the Cubsββto the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ralph Kiner, Joe Garagiola, Catfish Metkovich, and Howie Pollet.
- September 8, 1953: Ernie Banks was signed as an amateur free agent by the "Cubs."
Rosterβ»
1953 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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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 | Clyde McCullough | 77 | 229 | 59 | .258 | 6 | 23 |
1B | Dee Fondy | 150 | 594 | 184 | .309 | 18 | 78 |
2B | Eddie Miksis | 142 | 577 | 145 | .251 | 8 | 39 |
SS | Roy Smalley Jr. | 82 | 253 | 63 | .249 | 6 | 25 |
3B | Randy Jackson | 139 | 498 | 142 | .285 | 19 | 66 |
OF | Ralph Kiner | 117 | 414 | 117 | .283 | 28 | 87 |
OF | Frank Baumholtz | 133 | 520 | 159 | .306 | 3 | 25 |
OF | Hank Sauer | 108 | 395 | 104 | .263 | 19 | 60 |
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 | 93 | 275 | 69 | .251 | 10 | 52 |
Joe Garagiola | 74 | 228 | 62 | .272 | 1 | 21 |
Hal Jeffcoat | 106 | 183 | 43 | .235 | 4 | 22 |
Tommy Brown | 65 | 138 | 27 | .196 | 2 | 13 |
George Metkovich | 61 | 124 | 29 | .234 | 2 | 12 |
Preston Ward | 33 | 100 | 23 | .230 | 4 | 12 |
Toby Atwell | 24 | 74 | 17 | .230 | 1 | 8 |
Carl Sawatski | 43 | 59 | 13 | .220 | 1 | 5 |
Gene Hermanski | 18 | 40 | 6 | .150 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Ramazzotti | 26 | 39 | 6 | .154 | 0 | 4 |
Ernie Banks | 10 | 35 | 11 | .314 | 2 | 6 |
Bob Talbot | 8 | 30 | 10 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Baker | 7 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Cavarretta | 27 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 3 |
Bob Addis | 10 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Paul Schramka | 2 | 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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Warren Hacker | 39 | 221.2 | 12 | 19 | 4.38 | 106 |
Paul Minner | 31 | 201.0 | 12 | 15 | 4.21 | 64 |
Bob Rush | 29 | 166.2 | 9 | 14 | 4.54 | 84 |
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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Johnny Klippstein | 48 | 167.2 | 10 | 11 | 4.83 | 113 |
Turk Lown | 49 | 148.1 | 8 | 7 | 5.16 | 76 |
Howie Pollet | 25 | 111.1 | 5 | 6 | 4.12 | 45 |
Bubba Church | 27 | 104.1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 | 47 |
Jim Willis | 13 | 43.1 | 2 | 1 | 3.12 | 15 |
Bob Schultz | 7 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 | 5.40 | 4 |
Don Elston | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 14.40 | 2 |
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 | 3 | 9 | 4.60 | 27 |
Duke Simpson | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8.00 | 21 |
Sheldon Jones | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.40 | 9 |
Bob Kelly | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.53 | 6 |
Fred Baczewski | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 3 |
Bill Moisan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 |
Farm systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Des Moines
Notesβ»
- ^ Ralph Kiner at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ernie Banks 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.
External linksβ»
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