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.
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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Offseason edit
- October 4, 1951: Smoky Burgess and Bob Borkowski were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Johnny Pramesa and Bob Usher.[1]
- October 19, 1951: Grant Dunlap was purchased by the Cubs from the Shreveport Sports.[2]
- Prior to 1952 season: Footer Johnson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.[3]
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
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 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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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 | — |
Notable transactions edit
- May 8, 1952: Grant Dunlap was returned by the Cubs to the Shreveport Sports.[2]
Roster edit
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
Other batters edit
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 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
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 |
Other pitchers edit
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 |
Relief pitchers edit
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 |
Farm system edit
Awards and honors edit
- Hank Sauer, National League Most Valuable Player
- Hank Sauer, National League Home Run Champion (with Ralph Kiner)
- Hank Sauer, National League RBI Champion
Notes edit
- ^ Smoky Burgess at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Grant Dunlap at Baseball Reference
- ^ Footer Johnson at Baseball Reference
References edit
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1952 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference