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Positional Players from the 1953 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Type | GP | PA/162 | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | SO | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | F/R/A | Salary | |
| Clyde McCullough | C | F | 77 | 260 | 59 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 15 | .258 | .303 | .367 | B/D+/B+ | $1.82M | |
| Joe Garagiola | C | P | 74 | 265 | 62 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 21 | .272 | .336 | .360 | B/C/B- | $1.76M | |
| Toby Atwell | C | P | 24 | 93 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .230 | .345 | .297 | D/C/D | $360K | |
| Carl Sawatski | C | F | 43 | 70 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .220 | .303 | .322 | C/D/D- | $200K | |
| Dee Fondy | 1B | F | 150 | 675 | 184 | 18 | 78 | 79 | 10 | 106 | 44 | .309 | .358 | .477 | C-/C | $4.52M | |
| Preston Ward | 1B | P | 33 | 126 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 18 | .230 | .347 | .400 | B/C | $648K | |
| Eddie Miksis | 2B | F | 142 | 657 | 145 | 8 | 39 | 61 | 13 | 59 | 33 | .251 | .293 | .343 | D/C | $3.25M | |
| Bill Serena | 2B | F | 93 | 336 | 69 | 10 | 52 | 30 | 0 | 46 | 41 | .251 | .350 | .433 | B/D- | $1.83M | |
| Randy Jackson | 3B | F | 139 | 578 | 142 | 19 | 66 | 61 | 8 | 61 | 42 | .285 | .341 | .476 | C/C | $3.80M | |
| Roy Smalley | SS | F | 82 | 303 | 63 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 57 | 28 | .249 | .329 | .356 | D/D+ | $1.32M | |
| Tommy Brown | SS | F | 65 | 162 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 13 | .196 | .279 | .304 | D/C- | $547K | |
| Frank Baumholtz | OF | F | 133 | 597 | 159 | 3 | 25 | 75 | 3 | 36 | 42 | .306 | .359 | .419 | B-/C+ | $4.13M | |
| Ralph Kiner | OF | P | 117 | 517 | 117 | 28 | 87 | 73 | 1 | 67 | 75 | .283 | .394 | .529 | C/D | $3.69M | |
| Hank Sauer | OF | F | 108 | 471 | 104 | 19 | 60 | 61 | 0 | 56 | 50 | .263 | .349 | .473 | C-/C | $2.91M | |
| Hal Jeffcoat | OF | F | 106 | 218 | 43 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 26 | 21 | .235 | .314 | .328 | C/D- | $932K | |
| Catfish Metkovich | OF | P | 61 | 152 | 29 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 16 | .234 | .326 | .355 | A+/D- | $651K | |
Pitchers from the 1953 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||||||
| Player | Role | Type | GP | IP/162 | GS | ERA | OAV | WHIP | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | Salary |
| Warren Hacker | S | F | 39 | 234.00 | 32 | 4.39 | 0.254 | 1.26 | 1.963 | 4.30 | 2.19 | 1.421 | $5.34M |
| Paul Minner | S | F | 31 | 212.00 | 27 | 4.21 | 0.283 | 1.33 | 1.600 | 2.87 | 1.79 | 0.672 | $4.87M |
| Bob Rush | S | F | 29 | 176.00 | 28 | 4.54 | 0.270 | 1.46 | 1.273 | 4.54 | 3.56 | 0.918 | $3.35M |
| Johnny Klippstein | R | F | 48 | 177.00 | 19 | 4.83 | 0.258 | 1.65 | 1.056 | 6.07 | 5.74 | 0.805 | $3.38M |
| Howie Pollet | R | P | 25 | 118.00 | 17 | 4.12 | 0.271 | 1.47 | 1.023 | 3.64 | 3.56 | 0.485 | $2.47M |
| Turk Lown | R | F | 49 | 157.00 | 12 | 5.16 | 0.282 | 1.69 | 0.905 | 4.61 | 5.10 | 1.214 | $2.43M |
| Bubba Church | R | P | 27 | 110.00 | 11 | 5.00 | 0.276 | 1.57 | 0.959 | 4.05 | 4.23 | 1.380 | $1.71M |
| Jim Willis | R | F | 13 | 46.00 | 3 | 3.12 | 0.228 | 1.25 | 0.882 | 3.12 | 3.53 | 0.208 | $1.28M |
| Dutch Leonard | R | F | 45 | 66.00 | 0 | 4.60 | 0.289 | 1.53 | 1.125 | 3.88 | 3.45 | 1.293 | $930K |
| Sheldon Jones | R | F | 22 | 41.00 | 2 | 5.40 | 0.299 | 1.64 | 0.563 | 2.11 | 3.76 | 0.704 | $494K |
| Duke Simpson | R | F | 30 | 48.00 | 1 | 8.00 | 0.314 | 1.89 | 0.840 | 4.20 | 5.00 | 1.600 | $464K |
The 1953 Chicago Cubs roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1953 Chicago Cubs.
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