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Record: 65-89 .422.... 7th in National League
Stadium: Wrigley Field
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 763,658

Manager - Phil Cavarretta

Team Leaders

HR: Kiner [28]
RBI: Kiner [87]
2B: Baumholtz [36]
SB: Miksis [13]
W: Hacker, Minner [12]
SV: Leonard [8]
SO: Klippstein [113]

Oldest Player: Dutch Leonard [44]
Youngest Player: Ernie Banks [22]
Longest Tenure: Phil Cavarretta [20]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Gene Baker (Sep 20) Ernie Banks (Sep 17) Paul Schramka (Apr 14) Bob Talbot (Sep 16)
Pitchers: Fred Baczewski (Apr 26) Don Elston (Sep 17) Bill Moisan (Sep 17) Duke Simpson (May 6) Jim Willis (Apr 22)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Bob Addis	OF	27	L	R	6-0	175	11/6/1925	Mineral, OH	MLB	1950-1953
	Toby Atwell	C	29	L	R		185	3/8/1924	Leesburg, VA	MLB	1952-1956
	Fred Baczewski	P	27	L	L	6-2	185	5/15/1926	St. Paul, MN	MLB	1953-1955
	Gene Baker	2B-3B	28	R	R	6-1	170	6/15/1925	Davenport, IA	MLB	1953-1961
14	Ernie Banks	1B-SS	22	R	R	6-1	180	1/31/1931	Dallas, TX	MLB	1953-1971
	Frank Baumholtz	OF	34	L	L	5-10	175	10/7/1918	Midvale, OH	MLB	1947-1957
	Tommy Brown	SS-OF	25	R	R	6-1	170	12/6/1927	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1944-1953
	Phil Cavarretta	1B-OF	36	L	L	5-11	175	7/19/1916	Chicago, IL	MLB	1934-1955
	Bubba Church	P	28	R	R	6-0	180	9/12/1924	Birmingham, AL	MLB	1950-1955
	Don Elston	P	24	R	R	6-0	170	4/6/1929	Campbellstown, OH	MLB	1953-1964
	Dee Fondy	1B	28	L	L	6-3	196	10/31/1924	Slaton, TX	MLB	1951-1958
	Joe Garagiola	C	27	L	R	6-0	190	2/12/1926	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1946-1954
	Warren Hacker	P	28	R	R	6-1	185	11/21/1924	Marissa, IL	MLB	1948-1961
	Gene Hermanski	OF	33	L	R		185	5/11/1920	Pittsfield, MA	MLB	1943-1953
	Randy Jackson	3B	27	R	R		180	2/10/1926	Little Rock, AR	MLB	1950-1959
	Hal Jeffcoat	OF-P	28	R	R		185	9/6/1924	West Columbia, SC	MLB	1948-1959
	Sheldon Jones	P	31	R	R	6-0	180	2/2/1922	Tecumseh, NE	MLB	1946-1953
	Bob Kelly	P	25	R	R	6-0	180	10/4/1927	Cleveland, OH	MLB	1951-1958
	Ralph Kiner	OF	30	R	R	6-2	195	10/27/1922	Santa Rita, NM	MLB	1946-1955
	Johnny Klippstein	P	25	R	R	6-1	185	10/17/1927	Washington, DC	MLB	1950-1967
	Dutch Leonard	P	44	R	R	6-0	175	3/25/1909	Auburn, IL	MLB	1933-1953
	Turk Lown	P	29	R	R	6-1	185	5/30/1924	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1951-1962
	Clyde McCullough	C	36	R	R		180	3/4/1917	Nashville, TN	MLB	1940-1956
	Catfish Metkovich	OF-1B	32	L	L	6-1	185	10/8/1920	Angels Camp, CA	MLB	1943-1954
	Eddie Miksis	2B-OF	26	R	R	6-0	185	9/11/1926	Burlington, NJ	MLB	1944-1958
	Paul Minner	P	29	L	L	6-5	210	7/30/1923	New Wilmington, PA	MLB	1946-1956
	Bill Moisan	P	27	L	R	6-1	170	7/30/1925	Bradford, MA	MLB	1953-1953
	Howie Pollet	P	32	L	L		175	6/26/1921	New Orleans, LA	MLB	1941-1956
	Bob Ramazzotti	2B-3B	36	R	R		175	1/16/1917	Elanora Heights, PA	MLB	1946-1953
	Bob Rush	P	27	R	R	6-4	205	12/21/1925	Battle Creek, MI	MLB	1948-1960
	Hank Sauer	OF	36	R	R	6-4	199	3/17/1917	Pittsburgh, PA	MLB	1941-1959
	Carl Sawatski	C	25	L	R	5-10	210	11/4/1927	Shickshinny, PA	MLB	1948-1963
	Paul Schramka	OF	25	L	L	6-0	185	3/22/1928	Milwaukee, WI	MLB	1953-1953
	Bob Schultz	P	29	R	L	6-3	200	11/27/1923	Louisville, KY	MLB	1951-1955
	Bill Serena	3B-2B	28	R	R	5-9	175	10/2/1924	Alameda, CA	MLB	1949-1954
	Duke Simpson	P	25	R	R		190	9/15/1927	Columbus, OH	MLB	1953-1953
	Roy Smalley	SS	27	R	R	6-3	190	6/9/1926	Springfield, MO	MLB	1948-1958
	Bob Talbot	OF	26	R	R	6-0	170	6/6/1927	Visalia, CA	MLB	1953-1954
	Preston Ward	1B-OF	25	L	R	6-3	198	7/24/1927	Columbia, MO	MLB	1948-1959
	Jim Willis	P	26	L	R	6-3	175	3/20/1927	Doyline, LA	MLB	1953-1954