Chicago Cubs 1953

65–89record

.422win pct

633runs

835allowed

-202run diff

137home runs

40players

The three rarest things in 1953

Rarity	What	Who	Date	Rate	Game
70	Three Double Plays Grounded Into	Randy Jackson	1953-08-15	1 in 1,620 games	box score ↗
42	Four Runs, No Outs	Warren Hacker	1953-07-18	1 in 121 games	box score ↗
41	Steal of Home	Dee Fondy	1953-09-06	1 in 107 games	box score ↗

Batting (40)

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Dee Fondy	150	641	595	79	184	24	11	18	78	44	106	10	8	.309	.358	.477	.835
Eddie Miksis	142	625	578	61	145	17	6	8	39	33	60	13	4	.251	.292	.343	.635
Frank Baumholtz	133	567	520	75	159	36	7	3	25	42	36	3	3	.306	.359	.419	.778
Randy Jackson	139	549	498	61	142	22	8	19	66	42	61	8	3	.285	.341	.476	.817
Ralph Kiner	117	491	414	73	117	14	2	28	87	75	68	1	1	.283	.394	.529	.923
Hank Sauer	108	449	395	61	104	16	5	19	60	52	57	0	0	.263	.352	.473	.825
Bill Serena	93	317	275	30	69	10	5	10	52	39	46	0	0	.251	.346	.433	.779
Roy Smalley	82	288	253	20	63	9	0	6	25	28	58	0	0	.249	.329	.356	.684
Joe Garagiola	74	251	228	21	62	9	4	1	21	21	22	0	0	.272	.336	.360	.696
Clyde McCullough	77	247	229	21	59	3	2	6	23	15	23	0	0	.258	.303	.367	.670
Hal Jeffcoat	106	206	183	22	43	3	1	4	22	20	25	5	1	.235	.310	.328	.638
Tommy Brown	65	154	138	19	27	7	1	2	13	13	17	1	0	.196	.279	.304	.584
George Metkovich	61	144	124	19	29	9	0	2	12	16	10	2	1	.234	.326	.355	.681
Preston Ward	33	120	100	10	23	5	0	4	12	19	21	3	1	.230	.353	.400	.753
Toby Atwell	24	87	74	10	17	2	0	1	8	12	6	0	0	.230	.337	.297	.635
Warren Hacker	42	84	78	8	17	1	1	0	4	1	8	0	0	.218	.228	.256	.484
Paul Minner	31	74	68	5	15	1	1	1	6	3	16	0	0	.221	.254	.309	.562
Carl Sawatski	43	66	59	5	13	3	0	1	5	7	7	0	0	.220	.303	.322	.625
Johnny Klippstein	48	62	58	5	9	2	0	1	4	1	20	0	0	.155	.169	.241	.411
Bob Rush	29	60	54	2	6	0	1	0	6	3	25	0	0	.111	.158	.148	.306
Turk Lown	49	52	48	3	6	1	0	0	2	2	8	0	0	.125	.160	.146	.306
Gene Hermanski	18	44	40	1	6	1	0	0	1	4	6	1	0	.150	.227	.175	.402
Bob Ramazzotti	26	43	39	3	6	2	0	0	4	3	5	0	0	.154	.214	.205	.419
Ernie Banks	10	39	35	3	11	1	1	2	6	4	5	0	0	.314	.385	.571	.956
Howie Pollet	25	37	31	2	4	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	.129	.206	.129	.335
Bubba Church	27	35	33	1	7	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	0	.212	.235	.303	.538
Bob Talbot	8	32	30	5	10	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	.333	.333	.400	.733
Phil Cavarretta	27	27	21	3	6	3	0	0	3	6	3	0	0	.286	.444	.429	.873
Gene Baker	7	24	22	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	.227	.261	.273	.534
Bob Addis	10	14	12	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.167	.286	.250	.536
Jim Willis	13	11	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100
Dutch Leonard	45	10	10	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700
Duke Simpson	30	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Sheldon Jones	22	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Fred Baczewski	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Bob Schultz	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Don Elston	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bob Kelly	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bill Moisan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Paul Schramka	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–

Pitching (16)

Player	G	W–L	GS	CG	SV	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP
Warren Hacker	39	12–19	32	9	1	226	124	108	54	105	35	222.0	4.38	1.26
Paul Minner	31	12–15	27	9	1	227	109	94	40	64	15	200.2	4.22	1.33
Johnny Klippstein	48	10–11	19	5	6	168	114	88	110	113	15	167.2	4.72	1.66
Bob Rush	29	9–14	28	8	0	177	97	84	66	84	17	166.2	4.54	1.46
Turk Lown	49	8–7	12	2	3	166	94	86	85	77	20	148.1	5.22	1.69
Howie Pollet	25	5–6	16	2	1	120	62	51	44	45	6	111.1	4.12	1.47
Bubba Church	27	4–5	12	1	1	115	66	59	48	47	16	104.0	5.11	1.57
Dutch Leonard	45	2–3	0	0	9	72	34	32	22	26	9	62.2	4.60	1.50
Duke Simpson	30	1–2	1	0	0	60	47	42	24	22	8	45.0	8.40	1.87
Jim Willis	13	2–1	3	2	0	37	15	15	17	15	1	43.1	3.12	1.25
Sheldon Jones	22	0–2	2	0	0	47	24	23	16	10	3	39.1	5.26	1.60
Bob Kelly	14	0–1	0	0	0	27	19	18	9	6	2	17.0	9.53	2.12
Bob Schultz	7	0–2	2	0	0	13	10	8	11	4	2	11.2	6.17	2.06
Fred Baczewski	9	0–0	0	0	0	20	9	7	6	3	1	10.0	6.30	2.60
Don Elston	2	0–1	1	0	0	11	8	8	0	2	1	5.0	14.40	2.20
Bill Moisan	3	0–0	0	0	0	5	3	2	2	1	0	5.0	3.60	1.40