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1952 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951/1953)
77-77, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 628 runs, Allowed 631 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77
Managed by Phil Cavarretta

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,024,826 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 101, Pitching - 103
  (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 103
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 Stats / Schedule (1951/1953) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   77-77 , Final Rank: 5, GB:   19.5
Days in First:                   3 (last on May 3, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          15 (last on June 14)
Most Games under .500:           5 (last on September 10)

Biggest Lead:                  0.5 (last on May 1)
Farthest Behind Leader:       23.0 (last on August 28)

Longest Winning Streak:          5 (June 4 to June 8 and June 10 to June 14)
Longest Losing Streak:           9 (June 15 to June 24)

Most Runs Allowed:              17 (June 3)
Most Runs Scored:               13 (April 22)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      15
Times Opponent Shutout:         15

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        77  77     628     631    .500

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           42  35     329     316    .545
Road           35  42     299     315    .455

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           9   4      71      47    .692
May            14  12     110     110    .538
June           15  14     114     119    .517
July           12  18     121     155    .400
August         15  19     128     141    .441
September      12  10      84      59    .545

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     42  35     325     311    .545
Second Half    35  42     303     320    .455
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        18  26     152     160    .409

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        24  24     236     252    .500

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             9  13      92     109    .409
BSN            10  12      71      68    .455
CIN            13   9      95      82    .591
NYG            10  12     100     111    .455
PHI            10  12      82     112    .455
PIT            14   8     106      72    .636
STL            11  11      82      77    .500

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 15     CHC @CIN  W   6-5        1-0     1    Tied  3:10 J Hatten                   28,517 +
  2 Thu, Apr 17     CHC @CIN  L   0-3        1-1     3     1.5  2:40 K Raffensber                2,873 -
  3 Fri, Apr 18     CHC  STL  W   5-4        2-1     2     1.5  2:35 B Schultz                  20,396 +
  4 Sat, Apr 19     CHC  STL  W   8-1        3-1     2     1.5  2:19 T Lown                     23,362 ++
  5 Sun, Apr 20     CHC  STL  L   1-2        3-2     3     1.5  2:05 J Staley                   29,235 -
  6 Mon, Apr 21     CHC @PIT  W   7-1        4-2     2     1.0  2:13 P Minner                   12,378 +
  7 Tue, Apr 22     CHC @PIT  W  13-2        5-2     2     1.5  2:56 B Rush                      9,321 ++
  8 Fri, Apr 25     CHC  CIN  W   7-3        6-2     2     1.0  2:10 B Kelly                     8,274 +++
  9 Sat, Apr 26     CHC @STL  L   3-4        6-3     2     1.5  3:09 A Brazle                   10,997 -
 10 Sun, Apr 27     CHC @STL  W   6-3        7-3     3     1.0  2:06 J Hatten                   17,735 +
 11 Mon, Apr 28     CHC @STL  W   4-3        8-3     2     0.5  2:07 P Minner                    5,007 ++
 12 Tue, Apr 29     CHC  PHI  L   2-8        8-4     2     1.5  2:30 C Simmons                   8,484 -
 13 Wed, Apr 30     CHC  PHI  W   9-8        9-4     2     0.5  3:12 D Leonard                   7,221 +
 14 Thu, May  1     CHC  BRO  W   7-2       10-4     1  up 0.5  2:25 J Klippstein               15,200 ++
 15 Fri, May  2     CHC  BRO  L   1-3       10-5     2     0.5  2:05 B Loes                     11,339 -
 16 Sat, May  3     CHC  BRO  W   3-2       11-5     1    Tied  2:47 B Rush                     27,194 +
 17 Sun, May  4     CHC  NYG  L   3-6       11-6     4     1.0  3:05 H Wilhelm                  32,903 -
 18 Mon, May  5     CHC  NYG  L   2-3       11-7     4     2.0  2:12 M Kennedy                   9,470 --
 19 Tue, May  6     CHC  BSN  W   2-0       12-7     3     1.5  1:38 J Klippstein                5,490 +
 20 Thu, May  8     CHC  BSN  L   4-6       12-8     3     2.5  2:36 J Wilson                    2,046 -
 21 Sat, May 10     CHC  PIT  W   3-1       13-8     3     2.5  1:39 B Rush                      7,438 +
 22 Sun, May 11     CHC  PIT  W   8-2       14-8     3     2.5  2:12 P Minner                          ++
 23                 CHC  PIT  L   2-11      14-9     3     2.5  2:21 B Friend                   14,845 -
 24 Tue, May 13     CHC @PHI  L   0-6       14-10    3     3.5  2:06 C Simmons                   5,702 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Wed, May 14     CHC @PHI  L   2-9       14-11    3     4.5  2:00 R Meyer                     2,212 ---
 26 Fri, May 16     CHC @NYG  W   3-2       15-11    3     2.5  2:42 B Rush                            +
 27                 CHC @NYG  W   6-4       16-11    3     2.5  2:17 J Klippstein               11,350 ++
 28 Sat, May 17     CHC @NYG  L   8-9       16-12    3     3.5  3:04 M Lanier                   12,957 -
 29 Sun, May 18     CHC @BRO  L   2-7       16-13    3     4.5  2:25 P Roe                      14,146 --
 30 Mon, May 19     CHC @BRO  -   1-1       16-13    3     4.5  1:45                            15,182 --
 31 Thu, May 22     CHC @BSN  W   3-0       17-13    3     5.5  1:41 B Rush                          0 +
 32                 CHC @BSN  L   0-5       17-14    3     5.5  1:56 W Spahn                     2,544 -
 33 Fri, May 23     CHC @PIT  L   5-6       17-15    3     6.5  2:44 T Wilks                     8,496 --
 34 Sat, May 24     CHC @PIT  W   7-5       18-15    3     6.5  2:54 P Minner                    3,118 +
 35 Sun, May 25     CHC @PIT  W   5-4       19-15    3     6.0  2:23 W Hacker                    5,111 ++
 36 Mon, May 26     CHC  STL  W   3-0       20-15    3     5.5  2:27 B Rush                      7,128 +++
 37 Tue, May 27     CHC  STL  L   5-8       20-16    3     6.5  2:14 J Staley                    8,173 -
 38 Wed, May 28     CHC  STL  W   7-2       21-16    3     6.5  2:44 J Hatten                    6,481 +
 39 Fri, May 30     CHC  CIN  W   7-6       22-16    3     5.0  2:20 W Hacker                          ++
 40                 CHC  CIN  W  11-0       23-16    3     5.0  2:01 B Rush                     35,999 +++
 41 Sun, Jun  1     CHC  BRO  L   2-3       23-17    3     5.5  2:22 B Wade                     40,389 -
 42 Mon, Jun  2     CHC  BRO  W   6-1       24-17    3     4.5  2:19 W Ramsdell                 13,612 +
 43 Tue, Jun  3     CHC  NYG  L   4-17      24-18    3     5.5  2:43 J Hearn                    10,531 -
 44 Wed, Jun  4     CHC  NYG  W   6-2       25-18    3     5.5  1:36 B Rush                     12,555 +
 45 Thu, Jun  5     CHC  NYG  W   3-1       26-18    3     5.5  2:05 P Minner                   18,494 ++
 46 Fri, Jun  6     CHC  BSN  W   7-2       27-18    3     5.5  2:14 T Lown                      7,572 +++
 47 Sat, Jun  7     CHC  BSN  W   9-3       28-18    3     5.5  2:06 W Hacker                   18,131 ++++
 48 Sun, Jun  8     CHC  BSN  W   7-5       29-18    3     6.5  2:22 W Ramsdell                      0 +++++
 49                 CHC  BSN  L   6-7       29-19    3     6.5  2:32 E Johnson                  38,514 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Tue, Jun 10     CHC  PHI  W  10-5       30-19    3     6.0  2:24 P Minner                   10,125 +
 51 Wed, Jun 11     CHC  PHI  W   3-2       31-19    3     5.0  2:33 T Lown                     18,542 ++
 52 Thu, Jun 12     CHC  PHI  W   3-1       32-19    3     4.0  2:06 W Hacker                    9,646 +++
 53 Fri, Jun 13     CHC @BSN  W   5-0       33-19    2     3.5  2:12 B Rush                      4,976 ++++
 54 Sat, Jun 14     CHC @BSN  W   3-1       34-19    2     4.0  3:14 J Klippstein                3,053 +++++
 55 Sun, Jun 15     CHC @BSN  L   1-4       34-20    3     4.5  2:04 J Wilson                        0 -
 56                 CHC @BSN  L   0-2       34-21    3     4.5  1:43 M Surkont                   9,100 --
 57 Tue, Jun 17     CHC @BRO  L   1-9       34-22    3     5.5  2:07 P Roe                           0 ---
 58 Wed, Jun 18     CHC @BRO  L   5-6       34-23    3     6.5  2:48 B Loes                      8,976 ----
 59 Thu, Jun 19     CHC @BRO  L   0-5       34-24    3     7.5  1:48 C Erskine                   7,732 -----
 60 Fri, Jun 20     CHC @NYG  L   3-4       34-25    3     8.5  0:00 M Lanier                        0 ------
 61 Sat, Jun 21     CHC @NYG  L   2-6       34-26    3     9.5  2:11 D Koslo                     5,815 -------
 62 Tue, Jun 24     CHC @PHI  L   0-6       34-27    3    10.5  1:50 R Roberts                         --------
 63                 CHC @PHI  L   1-2       34-28    3    10.5  2:25 R Meyer                    13,102 ---------
 64 Wed, Jun 25     CHC @PHI  W   4-1       35-28    3    10.5  2:17 B Kelly                     5,128 +
 65 Fri, Jun 27     CHC @CIN  W   6-0       36-28    3    10.0  2:04 P Minner                   12,675 ++
 66 Sat, Jun 28     CHC @CIN  L   2-3       36-29    3    11.0  2:05 F Smith                     1,377 -
 67 Sun, Jun 29     CHC @CIN  W   9-8       37-29    3    11.5  2:22 J Hatten                          +
 68                 CHC @CIN  L   1-9       37-30    3    11.5  2:08 H Perkowski                13,622 -
 69 Mon, Jun 30     CHC  PIT  W   5-4       38-30    3    10.5  1:56 J Klippstein                5,983 +
 70 Tue, Jul  1     CHC  PIT  L   2-3       38-31    3    11.5  2:10 W Main                     47,748 -
 71 Wed, Jul  2     CHC  PIT  W   8-3       39-31    3     9.5  2:50 P Minner                          +
 72                 CHC  PIT  W   3-0       40-31    3     9.5  1:50 W Hacker                   16,543 ++
 73 Thu, Jul  3     CHC @STL  L   1-4       40-32    3     9.5  1:58 J Presko                    5,155 -
 74 Fri, Jul  4     CHC @STL  L   7-13      40-33    4    11.0  2:31 C Boyer                           --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75                 CHC @STL  L   1-4       40-34    4    11.0  2:02 J Staley                   29,954 ---
 76 Sat, Jul  5     CHC  CIN  L   1-7       40-35    4    12.0  2:45 K Raffensber               15,319 ----
 77 Sun, Jul  6     CHC  CIN  W   5-1       41-35    4    11.5  1:53 P Minner                          +
 78                 CHC  CIN  W   2-0       42-35    4    11.5  1:33 W Hacker                   22,525 ++
 79 Thu, Jul 10     CHC  BRO  W   7-6       43-35    4    10.5  2:19 J Klippstein               29,919 +++
 80 Fri, Jul 11     CHC  BRO  L   5-6       43-36    4    11.5  2:39 C Labine                   16,742 -
 81 Sat, Jul 12     CHC  BRO  L   2-12      43-37    4    12.5  2:32 B Wade                     29,767 --
 82 Sun, Jul 13     CHC  PHI  L   3-7       43-38    4    13.5  2:40 K Drews                           ---
 83                 CHC  PHI  L   2-9       43-39    4    13.5  2:42 S Ridzik                   29,065 ----
 84 Tue, Jul 15     CHC  BSN  L   3-10      43-40    4    14.5  2:29 J Wilson                    6,694 -----
 85 Wed, Jul 16     CHC  BSN  W   3-2       44-40    4    14.5  3:15 D Leonard                   6,899 +
 86 Thu, Jul 17     CHC  BSN  L   0-1       44-41    4    15.5  2:03 V Bickford                  5,963 -
 87 Sat, Jul 19     CHC  NYG  W   3-0       45-41    4    16.0  2:12 W Hacker                    8,853 +
 88 Sun, Jul 20     CHC  NYG  L   7-9       45-42    4    17.0  2:25 L Jansen                   29,297 -
 89 Tue, Jul 22     CHC @BSN  L   4-6       45-43    4    18.0  2:07 V Bickford                  5,280 --
 90 Wed, Jul 23     CHC @BSN  W   6-2       46-43    4    17.0  2:10 B Rush                      4,308 +
 91 Thu, Jul 24     CHC @BSN  L   1-3       46-44    4    17.5  1:59 J Wilson                    1,691 -
 92 Fri, Jul 25     CHC @PHI  W   8-3       47-44    4    16.5  2:11 W Hacker                   10,802 +
 93 Sat, Jul 26     CHC @PHI  L   2-7       47-45    4    16.5  2:20 R Roberts                   4,312 -
 94 Sun, Jul 27     CHC @PHI  L   8-12      47-46    5    17.0  2:46 A Hansen                          --
 95                 CHC @PHI  L   0-3       47-47    5    17.0  2:18 K Drews                    11,134 ---
 96 Tue, Jul 29     CHC @NYG  W   4-2       48-47    5    15.5  2:30 W Hacker                   15,657 +
 97 Wed, Jul 30     CHC @NYG  L   6-10      48-48    5    16.0  2:50 H Wilhelm                       0 -
 98                 CHC @NYG  W   6-2       49-48    5    16.0  2:26 J Klippstein               15,425 +
 99 Thu, Jul 31     CHC @NYG  W  11-8       50-48    5    16.5  3:04 P Minner                    4,733 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Fri, Aug  1     CHC @BRO  W   6-1       51-48    5    15.5  2:45 B Rush                     18,089 +++
101 Sun, Aug  3     CHC @BRO  L   2-3       51-49    5    17.5  2:29 C Erskine                         -
102                 CHC @BRO  L   1-9       51-50    5    17.5  2:04 J Rutherford               29,014 --
103 Tue, Aug  5     CHC @CIN  L   0-4       51-51    5    17.5  2:08 K Raffensber               12,651 ---
104 Wed, Aug  6     CHC @CIN  W   5-3       52-51    5    17.0  2:16 T Lown                      3,469 +
105 Fri, Aug  8     CHC @PIT  L   0-1       52-52    5    18.0  2:16 M Dickson                   8,503 -
106 Sat, Aug  9     CHC @PIT  L   3-4       52-53    5    19.5  2:17 J Waugh                     4,196 --
107 Sun, Aug 10     CHC @PIT  W   9-5       53-53    5    18.5  2:14 W Hacker                          +
108                 CHC @PIT  W   4-3       54-53    5    18.5  2:18 P Minner                   17,773 ++
109 Mon, Aug 11     CHC  STL  W  10-2       55-53    5    18.0  2:34 B Schultz                   6,941 +++
110 Tue, Aug 12     CHC  STL  L   0-1       55-54    5    18.5  2:26 S Miller                   18,457 -
111 Wed, Aug 13     CHC  CIN  L   3-11      55-55    5    18.5  2:22 B Church                          --
112                 CHC  CIN  W   7-0       56-55    5    18.5  1:59 B Kelly                    16,456 +
113 Thu, Aug 14     CHC  CIN  L   1-4       56-56    5    18.5  2:04 K Raffensber                6,965 -
114 Sat, Aug 16     CHC  PIT  L   1-2       56-57    5    19.0  2:02 H Pollet                   12,256 --
115 Sun, Aug 17     CHC  PIT  W   5-2       57-57    5    18.5  1:58 B Rush                            +
116                 CHC  PIT  L   2-5       57-58    5    18.5  2:02 B Friend                   26,635 -
117 Mon, Aug 18     CHC  PIT  W   4-3       58-58    5    18.0  2:19 B Schultz                   4,911 +
118 Tue, Aug 19     CHC  NYG  L   0-5       58-59    5    19.0  2:33 S Maglie                        0 -
119                 CHC  NYG  L   1-3       58-60    5    19.0  3:10 H Wilhelm                  29,179 --
120 Thu, Aug 21     CHC  NYG  W   8-6       59-60    5    19.5  2:18 J Klippstein                    0 +
121                 CHC  NYG  L   5-10      59-61    5    19.5  2:55 B Connelly                 15,630 -
122 Fri, Aug 22     CHC  BSN  L   3-4       59-62    5    20.0  1:53 M Surkont                   7,883 --
123 Sat, Aug 23     CHC  BSN  L   1-2       59-63    5    21.0  2:13 J Wilson                   13,702 ---
124 Sun, Aug 24     CHC  PHI  W   3-0       60-63    5    21.5  1:50 W Hacker                          +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 CHC  PHI  L   4-14      60-64    5    21.5  2:42 R Meyer                    33,820 -
126 Mon, Aug 25     CHC  PHI  L   3-6       60-65    5    23.0  2:19 A Hansen                    6,505 --
127 Tue, Aug 26     CHC  PHI  W   3-2       61-65    5    23.0  3:23 B Schultz                   7,019 +
128 Wed, Aug 27     CHC  BRO  W  10-5       62-65    5    22.0  2:25 B Rush                     20,629 ++
129 Thu, Aug 28     CHC  BRO  L   6-9       62-66    5    23.0  2:54 J Black                    22,479 -
130 Fri, Aug 29     CHC  BRO  W   4-1       63-66    5    22.0  2:09 W Hacker                   14,615 +
131 Sat, Aug 30     CHC @CIN  W   5-3       64-66    5    21.0  2:22 B Schultz                   3,606 ++
132 Sun, Aug 31     CHC @CIN  W   4-2       65-66    5    21.5  2:16 P Minner                          +++
133                 CHC @CIN  L   5-6       65-67    5    21.5  2:28 J Schmitz                  12,810 -
134 Mon, Sep  1     CHC @PIT  W   6-0       66-67    5    21.5  2:01 J Klippstein                      +
135                 CHC @PIT  L   4-5       66-68    5    21.5  2:50 M Dickson                  13,031 -
136 Wed, Sep  3     CHC @STL  L   1-6       66-69    5    21.5  2:10 J Staley                    6,373 --
137 Thu, Sep  4     CHC @STL  L   0-1       66-70    5    21.5  1:56 S Miller                    7,298 ---
138 Sat, Sep  6     CHC  CIN  L   2-3       66-71    5    20.5  2:03 B Podbielan                10,360 ----
139 Sun, Sep  7     CHC  CIN  W   6-1       67-71    5    20.5  1:48 B Rush                     12,975 +
140 Tue, Sep  9     CHC @BRO  W   7-1       68-71    5    19.5  2:12 W Hacker                   20,554 ++
141 Wed, Sep 10     CHC @BRO  L   1-4       68-72    5    21.5  2:24 J Rutherford                      -
142                 CHC @BRO  L   2-6       68-73    5    21.5  2:24 C Erskine                  17,480 --
143 Thu, Sep 11     CHC @BRO  W  11-7       69-73    5    20.5  2:48 B Rush                      6,586 +
144 Fri, Sep 12     CHC @PHI  W   5-1       70-73    5    20.0  2:10 P Minner                          ++
145                 CHC @PHI  W   7-0       71-73    5    20.0  2:15 B Kelly                     8,571 +++
146 Sun, Sep 14     CHC @BSN  L   0-1       71-74    5    19.0  1:25 M Surkont                       0 -
147                 CHC @BSN  W   3-2       72-74    5    19.0  2:02 B Schultz                   3,482 +
148 Tue, Sep 16     CHC @NYG  W   9-0       73-74    5    19.5  2:04 W Hacker                    7,637 ++
149 Wed, Sep 17     CHC @NYG  L   0-2       73-75    5    19.5  1:56 J Hearn                     5,033 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Fri, Sep 19     CHC  STL  L   3-5       73-76    5    20.5  2:05 E Yuhas                     5,595 --
151 Sat, Sep 20     CHC  STL  W   4-1       74-76    5    20.5  2:05 W Hacker                   14,081 +
152 Sun, Sep 21     CHC  STL  W   3-2       75-76    5    20.5  2:18 B Rush                     25,375 ++
153 Fri, Sep 26     CHC @STL  L   3-10      75-77    5    21.0  1:56 J Staley                    5,823 -
154 Sat, Sep 27     CHC @STL  W   4-1       76-77    5    20.0  2:04 B Rush                      9,253 +
155 Sun, Sep 28     CHC @STL  W   3-0       77-77    5    19.5  1:55 P Minner                   17,422 ++

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