1953 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1953 National League Wrigley Field Chicago 65 89 y 7th Philip K. Wrigley Wid Matthews Phil Cavarretta WGN-TV(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton) WIND(Bert Wilson, Bud Campbell) 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 Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC 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 31 Fred Baczewski 33 Bubba Church 36 Don Elston 18 Warren Hacker 26 Sheldon Jones 33 Bob Kelly 36 Johnny Klippstein 20 Dutch Leonard 35 Turk Lown 24 Paul Minner 26 Bill Moisan 16 Howie Pollet 17 Bob Rush 34 Bob Schultz 30 Duke Simpson 28 Jim Willis Catchers 11 Toby Atwell 11 Joe Garagiola  8 Clyde McCullough 15 Carl Sawatski Infielders 37 Gene Baker 14 Ernie Banks 12 Tommy Brown 40 Dee Fondy  2 Randy Jackson 21 Eddie Miksis  5 Bob Ramazzotti  6 Bill Serena 39 Roy Smalley Jr. Outfielders 16 Bob Addis  7 Frank Baumholtz 22 Gene Hermanski 4,3 Hal Jeffcoat  4 Ralph Kiner 22 Catfish Metkovich  9 Hank Sauer 14 Paul Schramka 10 Bob Talbot 29 Preston Ward Other batters 44 Phil Cavarretta Manager 44 Phil Cavarretta Coaches 3,29 Ray Blades 47 Spud Davis 42 Roy Johnson 49 Charlie Root 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 Roy Smalley Jr. 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 Toby Atwell 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 Phil Cavarretta 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 Bubba Church 27 104.1 4 5 5.00 47 Jim Willis 13 43.1 2 1 3.12 15 Bob Schultz 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 Fred Baczewski 9 0 0 0 6.30 3 Bill Moisan 3 0 0 0 5.40 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball Open Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Stan Hack AAA Springfield Cubs International League Bruce Edwards and Jack Sheehan A Macon Peaches Sally League Frank Kerr A Des Moines Bruins Western League Kemp Wicker and Bruce Edwards B Cedar Rapids Indians Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Al Kubski and Bill Prince C Stockton Ports California League Bill Salkeld C Sioux Falls Canaries Northern League Dale Lynch D Gainesville Owls Sooner State League Jimmy Grigg, Ernie Shadid and Jesse Landrum D Hickory Rebels Tar Heel League Bill Parker D Janesville Cubs Wisconsin State League Bob Dant LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Des Moines Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 External links 1953 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:Long stubs with short prose Category:1953 in Chicago