The 1953 Chicago Cubs season was the 82nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 78th in the National League and the 38th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 65–89.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions June 4, 1953: Toby Atwell, Bob Schultz, Preston Ward, George Freese, Bob Addis, Gene Hermanski, and $150,000 were traded by the Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ralph Kiner, Joe Garagiola, Catfish Metkovich, and Howie Pollet.Ralph Kiner at Baseball Reference September 8, 1953: Ernie Banks was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.Ernie Banks at Baseball Reference
Roster 1953 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 Clyde McCullough 77 229 59 .258 6 23 1B Dee Fondy 150 594 184 .309 18 78 2B Eddie Miksis 142 577 145 .251 8 39 SS 82 253 63 .249 6 25 3B Randy Jackson 139 498 142 .285 19 66 OF Ralph Kiner 117 414 117 .283 28 87 OF Frank Baumholtz 133 520 159 .306 3 25 OF Hank Sauer 108 395 104 .263 19 60
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 93 275 69 .251 10 52 Joe Garagiola 74 228 62 .272 1 21 Hal Jeffcoat 106 183 43 .235 4 22 Tommy Brown 65 138 27 .196 2 13 George Metkovich 61 124 29 .234 2 12 Preston Ward 33 100 23 .230 4 12 24 74 17 .230 1 8 Carl Sawatski 43 59 13 .220 1 5 Gene Hermanski 18 40 6 .150 0 1 Bob Ramazzotti 26 39 6 .154 0 4 Ernie Banks 10 35 11 .314 2 6 Bob Talbot 8 30 10 .333 0 0 Gene Baker 7 22 5 .227 0 0 27 21 6 .286 0 3 Bob Addis 10 12 2 .167 0 1 Paul Schramka 2 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 Warren Hacker 39 221.2 12 19 4.38 106 Paul Minner 31 201.0 12 15 4.21 64 Bob Rush 29 166.2 9 14 4.54 84
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 Johnny Klippstein 48 167.2 10 11 4.83 113 Turk Lown 49 148.1 8 7 5.16 76 Howie Pollet 25 111.1 5 6 4.12 45 27 104.1 4 5 5.00 47 Jim Willis 13 43.1 2 1 3.12 15 7 11.2 0 2 5.40 4 Don Elston 2 5.0 0 1 14.40 2
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 Dutch Leonard 45 2 3 9 4.60 27 Duke Simpson 30 1 2 0 8.00 21 Sheldon Jones 22 0 2 0 5.40 9 Bob Kelly 14 0 1 0 9.53 6 9 0 0 0 6.30 3 Bill Moisan 3 0 0 0 5.40 1
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Des Moines
Notes
References
External links 1953 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference