1953 Chicago Cubs Batting Statistics

1952 Season 1954 Season

Record: 65-89-1, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Phil Cavarretta (65-89-1)

General Manager: Wid Matthews

Ballpark: Wrigley Field

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 - 102, Pitching - 105

Pythagorean W-L: 58-96, 633 Runs, 835 Runs Allowed

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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		1
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
3	2B	Eddie Miksis	26	142	625	577	61	145	17	6	8	39	13	4	33	59	.251	.293	.343	.636	64	198	18	1	13		0
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		2
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		2
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		9
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		3
8	OF	Hank Sauer	36	108	449	395	61	104	16	5	19	60	0	0	50	56	.263	.349	.473	.822	110	187	12	2	0		8
Rk	Pos	Name	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		0
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		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		0
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		0
13	OF	George Metkovich*	32	61	144	124	19	29	9	0	2	12	2	1	16	10	.234	.326	.355	.681	76	44	6	1	3		0
14	OF	Preston Ward*	25	33	120	100	10	23	5	0	4	12	3	1	18	21	.230	.347	.400	.747	93	40	3	0	1		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		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		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		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		0
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		0
20	OF	Bob Talbot	25	8	32	30	5	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	.333	.333	.400	.733	89	12	2	0	2		0
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		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		0
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		0
24	OF	Paul Schramka*	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
25	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		0
26	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		0
27	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		0
28	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		0
29	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		0
30	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		0
31	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		0
32	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		0
33	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		0
34	P	Tom Simpson	25	30	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	30	2	0	0	0		0
35	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		0
36	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		0
37	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		0
38	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		0
39	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		0
40	P	Bill Moisan*	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.4	155	5877	5272	633	1372	204	57	137	588	49	21	514	746	.260	.328	.399	.726	87	2101	140	14	73		31
		Rank in 8 NL teams				7	7	7	5	3	6		2	2	5	8	7	5	6	7		6		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.5	155	5429	4861	605	1302	198	54	134	563	49	21	499	649	.268	.338	.413	.751	93	2010	131	14	51		31
		Pitcher Totals	28.3	155	448	411	28	70	6	3	3	25	0	0	15	97	.170	.200	.221	.421	9	91	9	0	22		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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