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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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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Clyde McCullough	36	77	229	21	59	3	2	6	23	0	0	15	23	0		3		9	.258		.367	---
1B	Dee Fondy	28	150	595	79	184	24	11	18	78	10	7	44	106	1		1		6	.309		.477	---
2B	Eddie Miksis	26	142	577	61	145	17	6	8	39	13	4	33	59	1		13		18	.251		.343	---
3B	Randy Jackson	27	139	498	61	142	22	8	19	66	8	4	42	61	0		9		20	.285		.476	---
SS	Roy Smalley	27	82	253	20	63	9	0	6	25	0	0	28	57	2		5		4	.249		.356	---
OF	Frank Baumholtz	34	133	520	75	159	36	7	3	25	3	3	42	36	1		4		5	.306		.419	---
OF	Ralph Kiner	30	117	414	73	117	14	2	28	87	1	1	75	67	1		1		10	.283		.529	---
OF	Hank Sauer	36	108	395	61	104	16	5	19	60	0	0	50	56	2		0		12	.263		.473	---

2B-3B	Bill Serena	28	93	275	30	69	10	5	10	52	0	0	41	46	1		2		9	.251		.433	---
P	Warren Hacker	28	42	78	8	17	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	8	0		5		4	.218		.256	---
C	Joe Garagiola	27	74	228	21	62	9	4	1	21	0	0	21	23	1		1		8	.272		.360	---
P	Paul Minner	29	31	68	5	15	1	1	1	6	0	0	3	16	0		3		2	.221		.309	---
OF	Hal Jeffcoat	28	106	183	22	43	3	1	4	22	5	0	21	26	0		3		5	.235		.328	---
P	Johnny Klippstein	25	48	58	5	9	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	20	0		3		0	.155		.241	---
SS	Tommy Brown	25	65	138	19	27	7	1	2	13	1	0	13	17	3		0		9	.196		.304	---
P	Bob Rush	27	29	54	2	6	0	1	0	5	0	0	3	23	0		3		0	.111		.148	---
OF	Catfish Metkovich	32	61	124	19	29	9	0	2	12	2	1	16	10	1		3		6	.234		.355	---
P	Turk Lown	29	49	48	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	0		2		2	.125		.146	---
OF	Preston Ward	25	33	100	10	23	5	0	4	12	3	1	18	21	0		1		3	.230		.400	---
P	Dutch Leonard	44	45	10	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.300		.400	---
C	Toby Atwell	29	24	74	10	17	2	0	1	8	0	0	13	7	0		1		0	.230		.297	---
P	Bob Schultz	29	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
C	Carl Sawatski	25	43	59	5	13	3	0	1	5	0	0	7	7	0		0		2	.220		.322	---
P	Bob Kelly	25	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
OF	Gene Hermanski	33	18	40	1	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	7	0		0		1	.150		.175	---
2B	Bob Ramazzotti	36	26	39	3	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	4	0		1		1	.154		.205	---
SS	Ernie Banks	22	10	35	3	11	1	1	2	6	0	0	4	5	0		0		0	.314		.571	---
P	Bubba Church	28	27	33	1	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	6	0		1		1	.212		.303	---
P	Howie Pollet	32	25	31	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0		3		0	.129		.129	---
OF	Bob Talbot	26	8	30	5	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0		2		2	.333		.400	---
2B	Gene Baker	28	7	22	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0		1		1	.227		.273	---
	Phil Cavarretta	36	27	21	3	6	3	0	0	3	0	0	6	3	0		0		0	.286		.429	---
OF	Bob Addis	27	10	12	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	.167		.250	---
P	Jim Willis	26	13	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0		1		0	.000		.000	---
P	Duke Simpson	25	30	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.250		.250	---
P	Sheldon Jones	31	22	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
P	Fred Baczewski	27	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1		0	.500		.500	---
P	Don Elston	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
P	Bill Moisan	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Paul Schramka	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			154																	---		---	---