1953 Chicago Cubs

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Season Record: 65-89
Attendance: 763,658
1953 NL Final Standings

1953 Team Batting Statistics
PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOAvgOBPSLGOPS
Fondy, Dee 150 595 79 184 24 11 18 78 10 7 44 106 .309 .358 .477 .835
Miksis, Eddie 142 577 61 145 17 6 8 39 13 4 33 59 .251 .293 .343 .636
Baumholtz, Frank 133 520 75 159 36 7 3 25 3 3 42 36 .306 .359 .419 .778
Jackson, Randy 139 498 61 142 22 8 19 66 8 4 42 61 .285 .341 .476 .817
Kiner, Ralph 117 414 73 117 14 2 28 87 1 1 75 67 .283 .394 .529 .923
Sauer, Hank 108 395 61 104 16 5 19 60 0 0 50 56 .263 .349 .473 .822
Serena, Bill 93 275 30 69 10 5 10 52 0 0 41 46 .251 .350 .433 .783
Smalley, Roy 82 253 20 63 9 0 6 25 0 0 28 57 .249 .329 .356 .684
McCullough, Clyde 77 229 21 59 3 2 6 23 0 0 15 23 .258 .303 .367 .670
Garagiola, Joe 74 228 21 62 9 4 1 21 0 0 21 23 .272 .336 .360 .696
Jeffcoat, Hal 106 183 22 43 3 1 4 22 5 0 21 26 .235 .314 .328 .642
Brown, Tommy 65 138 19 27 7 1 2 13 1 0 13 17 .196 .279 .304 .584
Metkovich, George 61 124 19 29 9 0 2 12 2 1 16 10 .234 .326 .355 .681
Ward, Preston 33 100 10 23 5 0 4 12 3 1 18 21 .230 .347 .400 .747
Hacker, Warren 42 78 8 17 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 8 .218 .228 .256 .484
Atwell, Toby 24 74 10 17 2 0 1 8 0 0 13 7 .230 .345 .297 .642
Minner, Paul 31 68 5 15 1 1 1 6 0 0 3 16 .221 .254 .309 .562
Sawatski, Carl 43 59 5 13 3 0 1 5 0 0 7 7 .220 .303 .322 .625
Klippstein, Johnny 48 58 5 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 20 .155 .169 .241 .411
Rush, Bob 29 54 2 6 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 23 .111 .158 .148 .306
Lown, Turk 49 48 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .125 .160 .146 .306
Hermanski, Gene 18 40 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 7 .150 .227 .175 .402
Ramazzotti, Bob 26 39 3 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 4 .154 .214 .205 .419
Banks, Ernie 10 35 3 11 1 1 2 6 0 0 4 5 .314 .385 .571 .956
Church, Bubba 27 33 1 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 .212 .235 .303 .538
Pollet, Howie 25 31 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .129 .206 .129 .335
Talbot, Bob 8 30 5 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 .333 .333 .400 .733
Baker, Gene 7 22 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .227 .261 .273 .534
Cavarretta, Phil 27 21 3 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 3 .286 .444 .429 .873
Addis, Bob 10 12 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .167 .286 .250 .536
Leonard, Dutch 45 10 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .400 .700
Willis, Jim 13 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .000 .100 .000 .100
Simpson, Tom 30 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
Jones, Sheldon 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Schultz, Bob 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Baczewski, Fred 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Kelly, Bob 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Elston, Don 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1953 Team Pitching Statistics
PlayerWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHRERERAWHIPHRBBSO
Hacker, Warren 12 19 39 32 9 0 2 221.2 225 123 108 4.38 1.26 35 54 106
Minner, Paul 12 15 31 27 9 2 1 201.0 227 109 94 4.21 1.33 15 40 64
Klippstein, Johnny 10 11 48 19 5 0 6 167.2 169 115 90 4.83 1.65 15 107 113
Rush, Bob 9 14 29 28 8 1 0 166.2 177 97 84 4.54 1.46 17 66 84
Lown, Turk 8 7 49 12 2 0 3 148.1 166 93 85 5.16 1.69 20 84 76
Pollet, Howie 5 6 25 17 2 0 1 111.1 120 62 51 4.12 1.47 6 44 45
Church, Bubba 4 5 27 11 1 0 1 104.1 115 67 58 5.00 1.57 16 49 47
Leonard, Dutch 2 3 45 0 0 0 8 62.2 72 34 32 4.60 1.53 9 24 27
Simpson, Tom 1 2 30 1 0 0 0 45.0 60 47 40 8.00 1.89 8 25 21
Willis, Jim 2 1 13 3 2 0 0 43.1 37 15 15 3.12 1.25 1 17 15
Jones, Sheldon 0 2 22 2 0 0 0 38.1 47 24 23 5.40 1.64 3 16 9
Kelly, Bob 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 17.0 27 19 18 9.53 2.12 2 9 6
Schultz, Bob 0 2 7 2 0 0 0 11.2 13 10 7 5.40 2.06 2 11 4
Baczewski, Fred 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 10.0 20 9 7 6.30 2.60 1 6 3
Moisan, Bill 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 3 3 5.40 1.40 0 2 1
Elston, Don 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 5.0 11 8 8 14.40 2.20 1 0 2