1952 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1952 National League Wrigley Field Chicago 77 77 y 5th Philip K. Wrigley Wid Matthews Phil Cavarretta WGN-TV(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton) WIND(Bert Wilson, Bud Campbell) 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 Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Notable transactions May 8, 1952: Grant Dunlap was returned by the Cubs to the Shreveport Sports. Roster 1952 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 26 Monk Dubiel 30,37 Vern Fear 18 Warren Hacker 19,53 Joe Hatten 53 Cal Howe 33 Bob Kelly 36 Johnny Klippstein 20 Dutch Leonard 35 Turk Lown 19 Dick Manville 24 Paul Minner 30 Willie Ramsdell 17 Bob Rush 10,34 Bob Schultz Catchers 11 Toby Atwell 32 Harry Chiti  8 Bruce Edwards 25 Johnny Pramesa Infielders 43 Leon Brinkopf 12 Tommy Brown 44 Phil Cavarretta 40 Dee Fondy 41 Bud Hardin  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 Hal Jeffcoat  9 Hank Sauer Other batters 10 Ron Northey 12 Bob Usher Manager 44 Phil Cavarretta Coaches 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 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 Roy Smalley Jr. 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 Johnny Pramesa 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 Bob Usher 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 Bob Kelly Bob Kelly (baseball) 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 Dutch Leonard Dutch Leonard (right-handed pitcher) 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 Vern Fear 4 0 0 0 7.88 4 Cal Howe 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 Monk Dubiel 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball Open Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Stan Hack AAA Springfield Cubs International League Bill Kelly A Macon Peaches Sally League Ed Hartness A Des Moines Bruins Western League Harry Strohm B Greensboro Patriots Carolina League Kemp Wicker C Visalia Cubs California League Larry Barton, Sr. C Sioux Falls Canaries Northern League Al Kubski C Topeka Owls Western Association Adolph Matulis and Jack Dean D Blackwell Broncos Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Al Reitz D Hickory Rebels Western Carolina League Norm Small, Ed Yountand Charlie Bowles D Janesville Cubs Wisconsin State League Harry Bright 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 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1952 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:1952 in Chicago