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1953 National League Team Record GB Brooklyn Dodgers 105 - 49 — Milwaukee Braves 92 - 62 13.0 Philadelphia Phillies 83 - 71 22.0 St. Louis Cardinals 83 - 71 22.0 New York Giants 70 - 84 35.0 Cincinnati Reds 68 - 86 37.0 Chicago Cubs 65 - 89 40.0 Pittsburgh Pirates 50 - 104 55.0	7th (NL) Runs Scored: 633 Runs Allowed: 835 Attendance: 763,658
1953 Chicago Cubs Batting (Starters) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Clyde McCullough C 36 77 229 21 59 3 2 6 23 15 0 23 0 0 3 0 9 .258 .303 .367 .670 Dee Fondy 1B 28 150 595 79 184 24 11 18 78 44 0 106 10 7 1 1 6 .309 .358 .477 .835 Eddie Miksis 2B 26 142 577 61 145 17 6 8 39 33 0 59 13 4 13 1 18 .251 .293 .343 .636 Randy Jackson 3B 27 139 498 61 142 22 8 19 66 42 0 61 8 4 9 0 20 .285 .341 .476 .817 Roy Smalley SS 27 82 253 20 63 9 0 6 25 28 0 57 0 0 5 2 4 .249 .329 .356 .685 Ralph Kiner LF 30 117 414 73 117 14 2 28 87 75 0 67 1 1 1 1 10 .283 .394 .529 .923 Frank Baumholtz CF 34 133 520 75 159 36 7 3 25 42 0 36 3 3 4 1 5 .306 .359 .419 .778 Hank Sauer RF 36 108 395 61 104 16 5 19 60 50 0 56 0 0 0 2 12 .263 .349 .473 .822
1953 Chicago Cubs Batting (Bench) Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Hal Jeffcoat 28 106 183 22 43 3 1 4 22 21 0 26 5 0 3 0 5 .235 .314 .328 .642 Bill Serena 28 93 275 30 69 10 5 10 52 41 0 46 0 0 2 1 9 .251 .350 .433 .783 Joe Garagiola 27 74 228 21 62 9 4 1 21 21 0 23 0 0 1 1 8 .272 .336 .360 .696 Tommy Brown 25 65 138 19 27 7 1 2 13 13 0 17 1 0 0 3 9 .196 .279 .304 .583 Catfish Metkovich 32 61 124 19 29 9 0 2 12 16 0 10 2 1 3 1 6 .234 .326 .355 .681 Carl Sawatski 25 43 59 5 13 3 0 1 5 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 .220 .303 .322 .625 Preston Ward 25 33 100 10 23 5 0 4 12 18 0 21 3 1 1 0 3 .230 .347 .400 .747 Phil Cavarretta 36 27 21 3 6 3 0 0 3 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .444 .429 .873 Bob Ramazzotti 36 26 39 3 6 2 0 0 4 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 .154 .214 .205 .419 Toby Atwell 29 24 74 10 17 2 0 1 8 13 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 .230 .345 .297 .642 Gene Hermanski 33 18 40 1 6 1 0 0 1 4 0 7 1 0 0 0 1 .150 .227 .175 .402 Ernie Banks 22 10 35 3 11 1 1 2 6 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .314 .385 .571 .956 Bob Addis 27 10 12 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .286 .250 .536 Bob Talbot 26 8 30 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 2 .333 .333 .400 .733 Gene Baker 28 7 22 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 .227 .261 .273 .534
1953 Chicago Cubs Batting (Pitchers) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Warren Hacker P 28 42 78 8 17 1 1 0 4 1 0 8 0 0 5 0 4 .218 .228 .256 .484 Paul Minner P 29 31 68 5 15 1 1 1 6 3 0 16 0 0 3 0 2 .221 .254 .309 .563 Johnny Klippstein P 25 48 58 5 9 2 0 1 4 1 0 20 0 0 3 0 0 .155 .169 .241 .410 Bob Rush P 27 29 54 2 6 0 1 0 5 3 0 23 0 0 3 0 0 .111 .158 .148 .306 Turk Lown P 29 49 48 3 6 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 2 0 2 .125 .160 .146 .306 Bubba Church P 28 27 33 1 7 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 0 1 .212 .235 .303 .538 Howie Pollet P 32 25 31 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 .129 .206 .129 .335 Dutch Leonard P 44 45 10 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700 Jim Willis P 26 13 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .100 .000 .100 Duke Simpson P 25 30 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 Sheldon Jones P 31 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Bob Schultz P 29 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Fred Baczewski P 27 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Don Elston P 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Bob Kelly P 25 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1953 Chicago Cubs Pitching (Starters) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Warren Hacker 28 39 32 12 19 .387 4.38 221.2 123 108 225 35 54 106 .251 3 3 9 0 2 4.87 Bob Rush 27 29 28 9 14 .391 4.54 166.2 97 84 177 17 66 84 .268 5 1 8 1 0 4.60 Paul Minner 29 31 27 12 15 .444 4.21 201.0 109 94 227 15 40 64 .278 3 0 9 2 1 3.98 Howie Pollet 32 25 17 5 6 .455 4.12 111.1 62 51 120 6 44 45 .267 1 1 2 0 1 4.10
1953 Chicago Cubs Pitching (Bullpen) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Turk Lown 29 49 12 8 7 .533 5.16 148.1 93 85 166 20 84 76 .279 2 6 2 0 3 5.47 Johnny Klippstein 25 48 19 10 11 .476 4.83 167.2 115 90 169 15 107 113 .255 8 10 5 0 6 4.87 Dutch Leonard 44 45 0 2 3 .400 4.60 62.2 34 32 72 9 24 27 .287 1 2 0 0 8 5.20 Duke Simpson 25 30 1 1 2 .333 8.00 45.0 47 40 60 8 25 21 .306 1 1 0 0 0 6.11 Bubba Church 28 27 11 4 5 .444 5.00 104.1 67 58 115 16 49 47 .272 2 2 1 0 1 5.56 Sheldon Jones 31 22 2 0 2 .000 5.40 38.1 24 23 47 3 16 9 .297 5 0 0 0 0 5.19 Bob Kelly 25 14 0 0 1 .000 9.53 17.0 19 18 27 2 9 6 .370 1 0 0 0 0 5.59 Jim Willis 26 13 3 2 1 .667 3.12 43.1 15 15 37 1 17 15 .227 3 1 2 0 0 3.99 Fred Baczewski 27 9 0 0 0 .000 6.30 10.0 9 7 20 1 6 3 .435 1 0 0 0 0 5.80 Bob Schultz 29 7 2 0 2 .000 5.40 11.2 10 7 13 2 11 4 .277 1 0 0 0 0 7.63 Bill Moisan 27 3 0 0 0 .000 5.40 5.0 3 3 5 0 2 1 .263 1 0 0 0 0 4.40 Don Elston 24 2 1 0 1 .000 14.40 5.0 8 8 11 1 0 2 .440 0 0 0 0 0 4.80