The 1952 Chicago Cubs season was the 81st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 77th in the National League and the 37th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 77–77. Starting from this season, WGN was the exclusive television broadcast partner of the Cubs franchise with the transfer of WBKB ownership to CBS.
Offseason October 4, 1951: Smoky Burgess and Bob Borkowski were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Johnny Pramesa and Bob Usher.Smoky Burgess at Baseball Reference October 19, 1951: Grant Dunlap was purchased by the Cubs from the Shreveport Sports.Grant Dunlap at Baseball Reference Prior to 1952 season: Footer Johnson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.Footer Johnson at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions May 8, 1952: Grant Dunlap was returned by the Cubs to the Shreveport Sports.
Roster 1952 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Toby Atwell 107 362 105 .290 2 31 1B Dee Fondy 145 554 166 .300 10 67 2B Eddie Miksis 93 383 89 .232 2 19 SS 87 261 58 .222 5 30 3B Randy Jackson 116 379 88 .232 9 34 OF Hal Jeffcoat 102 297 65 .219 4 30 OF Frank Baumholtz 103 409 133 .325 4 35 OF Hank Sauer 151 567 153 .270 37 121
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Bill Serena 122 390 107 .274 15 61 Bob Addis 93 292 86 .295 1 20 Gene Hermanski 99 275 70 .255 4 34 Tommy Brown 61 200 64 .320 3 24 Bob Ramazzotti 50 183 52 .284 1 12 Harry Chiti 32 113 31 .274 5 13 Bruce Edwards 50 94 23 .245 1 12 Phil Cavarretta 41 63 15 .238 1 8 22 46 13 .283 1 5 Leon Brinkopf 9 22 4 .182 0 2 Bud Hardin 3 7 1 .143 0 0 Ron Northey 1 1 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 ---- 0 0
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Bob Rush 34 250.1 17 13 2.70 157 Johnny Klippstein 41 202.2 9 14 4.44 110 Warren Hacker 33 185.0 15 9 2.58 84 Paul Minner 28 180.2 14 9 3.74 61
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Turk Lown 33 156.2 4 11 4.37 73 31 125.1 4 9 3.59 50 Willie Ramsdell 19 67.0 2 3 2.42 30 Joe Hatten 13 50.1 4 4 6.08 15
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 45 2 2 11 2.16 37 Bob Schultz 29 6 3 0 4.01 31 Dick Manville 11 0 0 0 7.94 6 4 0 0 0 7.88 4 Cal Howe 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Farm system
Awards and honors Hank Sauer, National League Most Valuable Player Hank Sauer, National League Home Run Champion (with Ralph Kiner) Hank Sauer, National League RBI Champion
Notes
References
1952 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference