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1953 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954) 65-89, Finished 7th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 633 runs, Allowed 835 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-96 Managed by Phil Cavarretta Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 763,658 (6th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 104   (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 106   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Clyde McCullough    36   77  229   21   59   3  2   6   23  15   23  .258  .303  .367   0   0   9   0   3           72
1B *Dee Fondy           28  150  595   79  184  24 11  18   78  44  106  .309  .358  .477  10   7   6   1   1          114
2B  Eddie Miksis        26  142  577   61  145  17  6   8   39  33   59  .251  .293  .343  13   4  18   1  13           64
3B  Randy Jackson       27  139  498   61  142  22  8  19   66  42   61  .285  .341  .476   8   4  20   0   9          108
SS  Roy Smalley         27   82  253   20   63   9  0   6   25  28   57  .249  .329  .356   0   0   4   2   5           77
OF *Frank Baumholtz     34  133  520   75  159  36  7   3   25  42   36  .306  .359  .419   3   3   5   1   4          100
OF  Ralph Kiner         30  117  414   73  117  14  2  28   87  75   67  .283  .394  .529   1   1  10   1   1          136
OF  Hank Sauer          36  108  395   61  104  16  5  19   60  50   56  .263  .349  .473   0   0  12   2   0          110
    Bill Serena         28   93  275   30   69  10  5  10   52  41   46  .251  .350  .433   0   0   9   1   2          101
   *Joe Garagiola       27   74  228   21   62   9  4   1   21  21   23  .272  .336  .360   0   0   8   1   1           80
    Hal Jeffcoat        28  106  183   22   43   3  1   4   22  21   26  .235  .314  .328   5   0   5   0   3           66
    Tommy Brown         25   65  138   19   27   7  1   2   13  13   17  .196  .279  .304   1   0   9   3   0           51
   *Catfish Metkovich   32   61  124   19   29   9  0   2   12  16   10  .234  .326  .355   2   1   6   1   3           76
   *Preston Ward        25   33  100   10   23   5  0   4   12  18   21  .230  .347  .400   3   1   3   0   1           93
   *Toby Atwell         29   24   74   10   17   2  0   1    8  13    7  .230  .345  .297   0   0   0   0   1           68
   *Carl Sawatski       25   43   59    5   13   3  0   1    5   7    7  .220  .303  .322   0   0   2   0   0           62
   *Gene Hermanski      33   18   40    1    6   1  0   0    1   4    7  .150  .227  .175   1   0   1   0   0            6
    Bob Ramazzotti      36   26   39    3    6   2  0   0    4   3    4  .154  .214  .205   0   0   1   0   1            9
    Ernie Banks         22   10   35    3   11   1  1   2    6   4    5  .314  .385  .571   0   0   0   0   0          143
    Bob Talbot          26    8   30    5   10   0  1   0    0   0    4  .333  .333  .400   1   0   2   0   2           89
    Gene Baker          28    7   22    1    5   1  0   0    0   1    4  .227  .261  .273   1   0   1   0   1           38
   *Phil Cavarretta     36   27   21    3    6   3  0   0    3   6    3  .286  .444  .429   0   0   0   0   0          127
   *Bob Addis           27   10   12    2    2   1  0   0    1   2    0  .167  .286  .250   0   0   0   0   0           40
   *Paul Schramka       25    2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             

    Warren Hacker       28   42   78    8   17   1  1   0    4   1    8  .218  .228  .256   0   0   4   0   5           25
   *Paul Minner         29   31   68    5   15   1  1   1    6   3   16  .221  .254  .309   0   0   2   0   3           45
    Johnny Klippstein   25   48   58    5    9   2  0   1    4   1   20  .155  .169  .241   0   0   0   0   3            5
    Bob Rush            27   29   54    2    6   0  1   0    5   3   23  .111  .158  .148   0   0   0   0   3          -20
    Turk Lown           29   49   48    3    6   1  0   0    2   2    8  .125  .160  .146   0   0   2   0   2          -20
    Bubba Church        28   27   33    1    7   0  0   1    1   1    6  .212  .235  .303   0   0   1   0   1           38
   *Howie Pollet        32   25   31    2    4   0  0   0    0   3    6  .129  .206  .129   0   0   0   0   3          -11
    Dutch Leonard       44   45   10    0    3   1  0   0    2   0    1  .300  .300  .400   0   0   0   0   0           79
   *Jim Willis          26   13    9    1    0   0  0   0    1   1    3  .000  .100  .000   0   0   0   0   1          -71
    Duke Simpson        25   30    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           30
    Sheldon Jones       31   22    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Bob Schultz         29    7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Fred Baczewski      27    9    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   1          160
    Don Elston          24    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Bob Kelly           25   14    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.4  155 5272  633 1372 204 57 137  588 514  746  .260  .326  .399  49  21 140  14  73           93
    Rank among 8 NL teams          7    7    7   5  3   6        5    1     7     5     6   2   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Warren Hacker       28  39   4.38  12  19  2  32   6   9   0  221.7  225  123  108  35   54  106  955   3   3  0     102
SP  Bob Rush            27  29   4.54   9  14  0  28   0   8   1  166.7  177   97   84  17   66   84  732   1   5  1      98
SP *Paul Minner         29  31   4.21  12  15  1  27   2   9   2  201.0  227  109   94  15   40   64  860   0   3  0     106
SP *Howie Pollet        32  25   4.12   5   6  1  17   2   2   0  111.3  120   62   51   6   44   45  495   1   1  0     108

CL  Dutch Leonard       44  45   4.60   2   3  8   0  27   0   0   62.7   72   34   32   9   24   27  276   2   1  1      97
RP  Turk Lown           29  49   5.16   8   7  3  12  17   2   0  148.3  166   93   85  20   84   76  682   6   2  0      86
RP  Johnny Klippstein   25  48   4.83  10  11  6  19  21   5   0  167.7  169  115   90  15  107  113  777  10   8  0      92
RP  Duke Simpson        25  30   8.00   1   2  0   1  11   0   0   45.0   60   47   40   8   25   21  222   1   1  1      56
RP  Sheldon Jones       31  22   5.40   0   2  0   2   8   0   0   38.3   47   24   23   3   16    9  179   0   5  1      82

    Bubba Church        28  27   5.00   4   5  1  11   4   1   0  104.3  115   67   58  16   49   47  474   2   2  0      89
    Jim Willis          26  13   3.12   2   1  0   3   6   2   0   43.3   37   15   15   1   17   15  183   1   3  0     143
    Bob Kelly           25  14   9.53   0   1  0   0   6   0   0   17.0   27   19   18   2    9    6   83   0   1  0      47
   *Bob Schultz         29   7   5.40   0   2  0   2   3   0   0   11.7   13   10    7   2   11    4   59   0   1  0      82
   *Fred Baczewski      27   9   6.30   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   10.0   20    9    7   1    6    3   53   0   1  0      71
    Don Elston          24   2  14.40   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    5.0   11    8    8   1    0    2   25   0   0  0      31
    Bill Moisan         27   3   5.40   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    5.0    5    3    3   0    2    1   22   0   1  0      82
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9 155   4.79  65  89 22 155 117  38   3 1359.0 1491  835  723 151  554  623 6077  27  38  4      93
    Rank among 8 NL teams           7   7   2  3           8   8      7    7    7        5    6    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CMcCullough 73 273 31 4 7 .987 1 JGaragiola 68 296 34 4 2 .988 6 TAtwell 24 108 17 8 0 .940 1 CSawatski 15 45 5 3 0 .943 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 722 87 19 9 .977 8 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DFondy 149 1274 115 18 105 .987 9.32 CMetkovich 7 37 1 2 2 .950 5.43 PWard 7 49 1 0 9 1.000 7.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1360 117 20 116 .987 9.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .972 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMiksis 92 210 262 23 65 .954 5.13 BSerena 49 106 120 4 24 .983 4.61 BRamazzotti 18 28 23 5 6 .911 2.83 GBaker 6 11 11 2 3 .917 3.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 355 416 34 98 .958 5.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .951 2.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RJackson 133 141 265 22 24 .949 3.05 BSerena 28 29 40 3 7 .958 2.46 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 170 305 25 31 .950 3.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .958 4.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSmalley 77 153 191 25 39 .932 4.47 EMiksis 53 105 144 12 31 .954 4.70 TBrown 25 44 68 12 13 .903 4.48 EBanks 10 19 33 1 9 .981 5.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 321 436 50 92 .938 5.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.11 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- FBaumholtz 130 290 6 6 0 .980 2.28 0 69 64 RKiner 116 211 6 8 2 .964 1.87 116 0 0 HSauer 105 221 5 7 1 .970 2.15 42 0 64 HJeffcoat 100 175 6 5 2 .973 1.81 2 99 0 CMetkovich 38 67 1 0 0 1.000 1.79 10 11 18 PWard 27 49 0 2 0 .961 1.81 0 27 0 GHermanski 13 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 3 0 10 BTalbot 7 20 3 0 1 1.000 3.29 0 7 0 TBrown 6 4 2 1 0 .857 1.00 1 0 5 BAddis 3 7 1 0 1 1.000 2.67 0 1 2 PSchramka 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1062 30 29 7 .974 2.41 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 2.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WHacker 39 10 27 2 0 .949 1.50 PMinner 31 11 56 3 2 .957 3.00 JKlippstein 48 5 21 2 1 .929 1.40 BRush 29 13 28 0 3 1.000 2.21 TLown 49 12 33 0 4 1.000 2.73 HPollet 25 8 14 3 2 .880 1.78 BChurch 27 6 16 3 0 .880 1.90 DLeonard 45 9 10 0 0 1.000 2.73 DSimpson 30 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.00 JWillis 13 4 12 0 0 1.000 3.33 SJones 22 4 6 1 2 .909 2.35 BKelly 14 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.18 BSchultz 7 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 FBaczewski 9 1 1 1 1 .667 1.80 DElston 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 BMoisan 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 89 236 16 15 .953 2.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Fondy .309 On-base % Kiner .394 Slugging % Kiner .529 OPS Kiner .923 Games Fondy 150 At Bats Fondy 595 Plate Appearances (approx.) Fondy 641 Runs Fondy 79 Hits Fondy 184 Total Bases Fondy 284 Doubles Baumholtz 36 Triples Fondy 11 Home Runs Kiner 28 RBI Kiner 87 Bases on Balls Kiner 75 Strikeouts Fondy 106 Stolen Bases Miksis 13 Singles Fondy 131 Adjusted OPS+ Kiner 136 Runs Created Fondy 100 Adjusted Batting Runs Kiner 24 Batting Wins Kiner 2.2 Extra-Base Hits Fondy 53 Times on Base Fondy 229 Offensive Win% Kiner .684 Hit By Pitch Brown 3 Sac. Hits Miksis 13 Grounded into Double Plays Jackson 20 Caught Stealing Fondy 7 Power/Speed Number Fondy 12.9 At Bats per Strikeout Baumholtz 14.4 At Bats per Home Run Kiner 14.8 Outs Miksis 467

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Minner 4.21 Wins Hacker and Minner 12 Won-Loss % Lown .533 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hacker 1.259 Hits Allowed/9IP Klippstein 9.07 Bases on Balls/9IP Minner 1.79 Strikeouts/9IP Klippstein 6.07 Games Lown 49 Saves Leonard 8 Innings Hacker 221.7 Strikeouts Klippstein 113 Games Started Hacker 32 Comp. Games Hacker and Minner 9 Shutouts Minner 2 Home Runs Allow. Hacker 35 Bases On Balls Allow. Klippstein 107 Hits Allowed Minner 227 SO to Walk Hacker 1.96 Losses Hacker 19 Earned Runs Allow. Hacker 108 Wild Pitches Klippstein 10 Hit Batsmen Klippstein 8 Batters Faced Hacker 955 Games Finished Leonard 27 Adjusted ERA+ Minner 106

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