1952 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |
General managers | Wid Matthews | |
Managers | Phil Cavarretta | |
Television |
WGN-TV ( Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton) | |
Radio |
WIND ( Bert Wilson, Bud Campbell) | |
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The 1952 Chicago Cubs season was the 81st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 77th in the National League and the 37th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 77–77. Starting from this season, WGN was the exclusive television broadcast partner of the Cubs franchise with the transfer of WBKB ownership to CBS.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 57 | 0.627 | — | 45–33 | 51–24 |
New York Giants | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 4½ | 50–27 | 42–35 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 8½ | 48–29 | 40–37 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 9½ | 47–29 | 40–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 19½ | 42–35 | 35–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 27½ | 38–39 | 31–46 |
Boston Braves | 64 | 89 | 0.418 | 32 | 31–45 | 33–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | 112 | 0.273 | 54½ | 23–54 | 19–58 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 3–18–1 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 15–7–1 | 7–15 | |||||
Brooklyn | 18–3–1 | — | 13–9–1 | 17–5 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 19–3 | 11–11 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 6–16 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 16–6 | — | 10–12 | 15–7 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 13–9 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 10–12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 7–15–1 | 3–19 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 6–16 | — | 5–17 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 17–5 | — |
1952 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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Outfielders
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Manager
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Toby Atwell | 107 | 362 | 105 | .290 | 2 | 31 |
1B | Dee Fondy | 145 | 554 | 166 | .300 | 10 | 67 |
2B | Eddie Miksis | 93 | 383 | 89 | .232 | 2 | 19 |
SS | Roy Smalley Jr. | 87 | 261 | 58 | .222 | 5 | 30 |
3B | Randy Jackson | 116 | 379 | 88 | .232 | 9 | 34 |
OF | Hal Jeffcoat | 102 | 297 | 65 | .219 | 4 | 30 |
OF | Frank Baumholtz | 103 | 409 | 133 | .325 | 4 | 35 |
OF | Hank Sauer | 151 | 567 | 153 | .270 | 37 | 121 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Bill Serena | 122 | 390 | 107 | .274 | 15 | 61 |
Bob Addis | 93 | 292 | 86 | .295 | 1 | 20 |
Gene Hermanski | 99 | 275 | 70 | .255 | 4 | 34 |
Tommy Brown | 61 | 200 | 64 | .320 | 3 | 24 |
Bob Ramazzotti | 50 | 183 | 52 | .284 | 1 | 12 |
Harry Chiti | 32 | 113 | 31 | .274 | 5 | 13 |
Bruce Edwards | 50 | 94 | 23 | .245 | 1 | 12 |
Phil Cavarretta | 41 | 63 | 15 | .238 | 1 | 8 |
Johnny Pramesa | 22 | 46 | 13 | .283 | 1 | 5 |
Leon Brinkopf | 9 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
Bud Hardin | 3 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Northey | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Usher | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Rush | 34 | 250.1 | 17 | 13 | 2.70 | 157 |
Johnny Klippstein | 41 | 202.2 | 9 | 14 | 4.44 | 110 |
Warren Hacker | 33 | 185.0 | 15 | 9 | 2.58 | 84 |
Paul Minner | 28 | 180.2 | 14 | 9 | 3.74 | 61 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Turk Lown | 33 | 156.2 | 4 | 11 | 4.37 | 73 |
Bob Kelly | 31 | 125.1 | 4 | 9 | 3.59 | 50 |
Willie Ramsdell | 19 | 67.0 | 2 | 3 | 2.42 | 30 |
Joe Hatten | 13 | 50.1 | 4 | 4 | 6.08 | 15 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dutch Leonard | 45 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2.16 | 37 |
Bob Schultz | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4.01 | 31 |
Dick Manville | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 6 |
Vern Fear | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 4 |
Cal Howe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Monk Dubiel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |