1953 Chicago Cubs season explained

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

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.^[1]
• September 8, 1953: Ernie Banks was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[2]

Roster

1953 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		77	229	59	.258	6	23
1B		150	594	184	.309	18	78
2B		142	577	145	.251	8	39
SS		82	253	63	.249	6	25
3B		139	498	142	.285	19	66
OF		117	414	117	.283	28	87
OF		133	520	159	.306	3	25
OF		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
	93	275	69	.251	10	52
	74	228	62	.272	1	21
	106	183	43	.235	4	22
	65	138	27	.196	2	13
	61	124	29	.234	2	12
	33	100	23	.230	4	12
	24	74	17	.230	1	8
	43	59	13	.220	1	5
	18	40	6	.150	0	1
	26	39	6	.154	0	4
	10	35	11	.314	2	6
	8		30	10	.333	0	0
	7	22	5	.227	0	0
	27	21	6	.286	0	3
	10	12	2	.167	0	1
	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
	39	221.2	12	19	4.38	106
	31	201.0	12	15	4.21	64
	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
	48	167.2	10	11	4.83	113
	49	148.1	8	7	5.16	76
	25	111.1	5	6	4.12	45
	27	104.1	4	5	5.00	47
	13	43.1	2	1	3.12	15
	7	11.2	0	2	5.40	4
	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
	45	2	3	9	4.60	27
	30	1	2	0	8.00	21
	22	0	2	0	5.40	9
	14	0	1	0	9.53	6
	9	0	0	0	6.30	3
	3	0	0	0	5.40	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Des Moines

References

• Book: 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

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kinerra01.shtml Ralph Kiner
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bankser01.shtml Ernie Banks