The 1953 Chicago Cubs season was the 82nd season of the Chicago 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 65–89.
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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Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 105 | 49 | .682 | — | 60–17 | 45–32 |
Milwaukee Braves | 92 | 62 | .597 | 13 | 45–31 | 47–31 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 71 | .539 | 22 | 48–29 | 35–42 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 71 | .539 | 22 | 48–30 | 35–41 |
New York Giants | 70 | 84 | .455 | 35 | 38–39 | 32–45 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 68 | 86 | .442 | 37 | 38–39 | 30–47 |
Chicago Cubs | 65 | 89 | .422 | 40 | 43–34 | 22–55 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 50 | 104 | .325 | 55 | 26–51 | 24–53 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BR | CHC | CIN | MIL | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Brooklyn | — | 13–9–1 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 20–2 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 9–13–1 | — | 12–10 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 5–17 | 11–11 | 11–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 8–14 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 7–15–1 | |||||
Milwaukee | 9–13 | 14–8 | 14–8 | — | 14–8–1 | 13–9–1 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 | |||||
New York | 7–15 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 8–14–1 | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 9–13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 17–5 | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | 13–9 | — | 15–7 | 11–11–1 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 2–20 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 7–15 | — | 5–17 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 11–11 | 15–7–1 | 9–13–1 | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 17–5 | — |
Notable transactions
edit- June 4, 1953: Toby Atwell, Bob Schultz, Preston Ward, George Freese, Bob Addis, Gene Hermanski, and $150,000 were traded by the Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ralph Kiner, Joe Garagiola, Catfish Metkovich, and Howie Pollet.[1]
- September 8, 1953: Ernie Banks was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.[2]
Roster
edit1953 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 batters
editNote: 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 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: 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 pitchers
editNote: 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 pitchers
editNote: 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 system
editLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Des Moines
Notes
edit- ^ Ralph Kiner at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ernie Banks at Baseball Reference
References
edit- 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 links
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