1953 Chicago Cubs

65-89 • 0.422 Win% • 7th in NL

📊 Season Record

65 Wins
89 Losses
0.422 Win %
7th Rank
633 R 835 RA
Diff -202

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633 Runs Scored
835 Runs Allowed
-202 Run Diff
767K Attendance

📈 vs. 1953 NL Average

Batting Avg .260 2% below the 1953 league average (.266)
OBP .325 2% below the 1953 league average (.332)
SLG .338 3% below the 1953 league average (.350)
Team ERA 4.79 12% worse than the 1953 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 633 14% below the 1953 league average (739 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 767,693
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Avg per Game 9,970

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dee Fondy 0.309 2 Frank Baumholtz 0.306 3 Randy Jackson 0.285 4 Ralph Kiner 0.283 5 Joe Garagiola 0.272

Home Runs

1 Ralph Kiner 28 2 Randy Jackson 19 3 Hank Sauer 19 4 Dee Fondy 18 5 Bill Serena 10

RBI

1 Ralph Kiner 87 2 Dee Fondy 78 3 Randy Jackson 66 4 Hank Sauer 60 5 Bill Serena 52
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dee Fondy 150 595 79 184 0 0 18 78 44 106 10 0.309
Eddie Miksis 142 577 61 145 0 0 8 39 33 59 13 0.251
Frank Baumholtz 133 520 75 159 0 0 3 25 42 36 3 0.306
Randy Jackson 139 498 61 142 0 0 19 66 42 61 8 0.285
Ralph Kiner 117 414 73 117 0 0 28 87 75 67 1 0.283
Hank Sauer 108 395 61 104 0 0 19 60 50 56 0 0.263
Bill Serena 93 275 30 69 0 0 10 52 41 46 0 0.251
Roy Smalley 82 253 20 63 0 0 6 25 28 57 0 0.249
Clyde McCullough 77 229 21 59 0 0 6 23 15 23 0 0.258
Joe Garagiola 74 228 21 62 0 0 1 21 21 23 0 0.272
Hal Jeffcoat 106 183 22 43 0 0 4 22 21 26 5 0.235
Tommy Brown 65 138 19 27 0 0 2 13 13 17 1 0.196
George Metkovich 61 124 19 29 0 0 2 12 16 10 2 0.234
Preston Ward 33 100 10 23 0 0 4 12 18 21 3 0.230
Warren Hacker 42 78 8 17 0 0 0 4 1 8 0 0.218
Toby Atwell 24 74 10 17 0 0 1 8 13 7 0 0.230
Paul Minner 31 68 5 15 0 0 1 6 3 16 0 0.221
Carl Sawatski 43 59 5 13 0 0 1 5 7 7 0 0.220
Johnny Klippstein 48 58 5 9 0 0 1 4 1 20 0 0.155
Bob Rush 29 54 2 6 0 0 0 5 3 23 0 0.111
Turk Lown 49 48 3 6 0 0 0 2 2 8 0 0.125
Gene Hermanski 18 40 1 6 0 0 0 1 4 7 1 0.150
Bob Ramazzotti 26 39 3 6 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 0.154
Ernie Banks 10 35 3 11 0 0 2 6 4 5 0 0.314
Bubba Church 27 33 1 7 0 0 1 1 1 6 0 0.212
Howie Pollet 25 31 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0.129
Bob Talbot 8 30 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.333
Gene Baker 7 22 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0.227
Phil Cavarretta 27 21 3 6 0 0 0 3 6 3 0 0.286
Bob Addis 10 12 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.167
Dutch Leonard 45 10 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.300
Jim Willis 13 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.000
Tom Simpson 30 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Sheldon Jones 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bob Schultz 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Fred Baczewski 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Don Elston 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Kelly 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Moisan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Schramka 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jim Willis 3.12 2 Howie Pollet 4.12 3 Paul Minner 4.21 4 Warren Hacker 4.38 5 Bob Rush 4.54

Wins

1 Warren Hacker 12 2 Paul Minner 12 3 Johnny Klippstein 10 4 Bob Rush 9 5 Turk Lown 8

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Klippstein 113 2 Warren Hacker 106 3 Bob Rush 84 4 Turk Lown 76 5 Paul Minner 64
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Warren Hacker 12 19 4.38 39 32 2 221.2 54 106
Paul Minner 12 15 4.21 31 27 1 201.0 40 64
Johnny Klippstein 10 11 4.83 48 19 6 167.2 107 113
Bob Rush 9 14 4.54 29 28 0 166.2 66 84
Turk Lown 8 7 5.16 49 12 3 148.1 84 76
Howie Pollet 5 6 4.12 25 17 1 111.1 44 45
Bubba Church 4 5 5.00 27 11 1 104.1 49 47
Dutch Leonard 2 3 4.60 45 0 8 62.2 24 27
Tom Simpson 1 2 8.00 30 1 0 45.0 25 21
Jim Willis 2 1 3.12 13 3 0 43.1 17 15
Sheldon Jones 0 2 5.40 22 2 0 38.1 16 9
Bob Kelly 0 1 9.53 14 0 0 17.0 9 6
Bob Schultz 0 2 5.40 7 2 0 11.2 11 4
Fred Baczewski 0 0 6.30 9 0 0 10.0 6 3
Don Elston 0 1 14.40 2 1 0 5.0 0 2
Bill Moisan 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 5.0 2 1

👥 Roster (40)

Bob Addis Toby Atwell Fred Baczewski Gene Baker Ernie Banks Frank Baumholtz Tommy Brown Phil Cavarretta Bubba Church Don Elston Dee Fondy Joe Garagiola +28 more

40 players

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