1953 Chicago Cubs

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W-L Record: 65-89 -- 7th in National League - Manager: Phil Cavarretta Location: Chicago,IL Baseball Stadium: Wrigley Field Top Draft Pick: Attendance: 763,658 Youngest Player: Ernie Banks (22) Oldest Player: Dutch Leonard (44) Longest Tenure: Phil Cavarretta (20)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1953 Chicago Cubs

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
16	Bob Addis	OF	27	L	R	6-0	175	11/6/1925	Mineral,Ohio	MLB	1950-1953
11	Toby Atwell	C	29	L	R	5-9	185	3/8/1924	Leesburg,Virginia	MLB	1952-1956
31	Fred Baczewski	P	27	L	L	6-2	185	5/15/1926	St. Paul,Minnesota	MLB	1953-1955
37	Gene Baker	2B-3B	28	R	R	6-1	170	6/15/1925	Davenport,Iowa	MLB	1953-1961
14	Ernie Banks	1B-SS	22	R	R	6-1	180	1/31/1931	Dallas,Texas	MLB	1953-1971
7	Frank Baumholtz	OF	34	L	L	5-10	175	10/7/1918	Midvale,Ohio	MLB	1947-1957
12	Tommy Brown	SS-OF	25	R	R	6-1	170	12/6/1927	Brooklyn,New York	MLB	1944-1953
44	Phil Cavarretta	1B-OF	36	L	L	5-11	175	7/19/1916	Chicago,Illinois	MLB	1934-1955
33	Bubba Church	P	28	R	R	6-0	180	9/12/1924	Birmingham,Alabama	MLB	1950-1955
36	Don Elston	P	24	R	R	6-0	170	4/6/1929	Campbellstown,Ohio	MLB	1953-1964
40	Dee Fondy	1B	28	L	L	6-3	196	10/31/1924	Slaton,Texas	MLB	1951-1958
11	Joe Garagiola	C	27	L	R	6-0	190	2/12/1926	St. Louis,Missouri	MLB	1946-1954
18	Warren Hacker	P	28	R	R	6-1	185	11/21/1924	Marissa,Illinois	MLB	1948-1961
22	Gene Hermanski	OF	33	L	R		185	5/11/1920	Pittsfield,Massachusetts	MLB	1943-1953
2	Randy Jackson	3B	27	R	R		180	2/10/1926	Little Rock,Arkansas	MLB	1950-1959
3,4	Hal Jeffcoat	OF-P	28	R	R	5-10	185	9/6/1924	West Columbia,South Carolina	MLB	1948-1959
26	Sheldon Jones	P	31	R	R	6-0	180	2/2/1922	Tecumseh,Nebraska	MLB	1946-1953
33	Bob Kelly	P	25	R	R	6-0	180	10/4/1927	Cleveland,Ohio	MLB	1951-1958
4	Ralph Kiner	OF	30	R	R	6-2	195	10/27/1922	Santa Rita,New Mexico	MLB	1946-1955
36	Johnny Klippstein	P	25	R	R	6-1	185	10/17/1927	Washington,DC	MLB	1950-1967
20	Dutch Leonard	P	44	R	R	6-0	175	3/25/1909	Auburn,Illinois	MLB	1933-1953
35	Turk Lown	P	29	R	R	6-1	185	5/30/1924	Brooklyn,New York	MLB	1951-1962
8	Clyde McCullough	C	36	R	R		180	3/4/1917	Nashville,Tennessee	MLB	1940-1956
22	Catfish Metkovich	OF-1B	32	L	L	6-1	185	10/8/1920	Angels Camp,California	MLB	1943-1954
21	Eddie Miksis	2B-OF	26	R	R	6-0	185	9/11/1926	Burlington,New Jersey	MLB	1944-1958
24	Paul Minner	P	29	L	L	6-5	210	7/30/1923	New Wilmington,Pennsylvania	MLB	1946-1956
26	Bill Moisan	P	27	L	R	6-1	170	7/30/1925	Bradford,Massachusetts	MLB	1953-1953
16	Howie Pollet	P	32	L	L	6-1	175	6/26/1921	New Orleans,Louisiana	MLB	1941-1956
5	Bob Ramazzotti	2B-3B	36	R	R	5-8	175	1/16/1917	Elanora Heights,Pennsylvania	MLB	1946-1953
17	Bob Rush	P	27	R	R	6-4	205	12/21/1925	Battle Creek,Michigan	MLB	1948-1960
9	Hank Sauer	OF	36	R	R	6-4	199	3/17/1917	Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania	MLB	1941-1959
15	Carl Sawatski	C	25	L	R	5-10	210	11/4/1927	Shickshinny,Pennsylvania	MLB	1948-1963
34	Bob Schultz	P	29	R	L	6-3	200	11/27/1923	Louisville,Kentucky	MLB	1951-1955
6	Bill Serena	3B-2B	28	R	R	5-9	175	10/2/1924	Alameda,California	MLB	1949-1954
30	Duke Simpson	P	25	R	R	6-1	190	9/15/1927	Columbus,Ohio	MLB	1953-1953
39	Roy Smalley	SS	27	R	R	6-3	190	6/9/1926	Springfield,Missouri	MLB	1948-1958
10	Bob Talbot	OF	26	R	R	6-0	170	6/6/1927	Visalia,California	MLB	1953-1954
29	Preston Ward	1B-OF	25	L	R	6-3	198	7/24/1927	Columbia,Missouri	MLB	1948-1959
28	Jim Willis	P	26	L	R	6-3	175	3/20/1927	Doyline,Louisiana	MLB	1953-1954

Team Personnel

Ray Blades (Assistant Coach)
Jack Brickhouse (Broadcaster)
Phil Cavarretta (Manager)
Spud Davis (Assistant Coach)
Roy Johnson (Assistant Coach)
Wid Mathews (General Manager)
Charlie Root (Pitching Coach)

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