1953 Chicago Cubs Roster

The 1953 Chicago Cubs team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1953 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1953 Chicago Cubs Opening Day starters list, a 1953 Chicago Cubs salary list, a 1953 Chicago Cubs uniform number breakdown and a 1953 Chicago Cubs primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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Roster
Schedule
31 Fred Baczewski 6-02½ 185 Left Left 1926-05-15
33 Bubba Church 6-00 180 Right Right 1924-09-12
36 Don Elston 6-00 170 Right Right 1929-04-06
18 Warren Hacker 6-01 185 Right Right 1924-11-21
26 Sheldon Jones 6-00 180 Right Right 1922-02-02
33 Bob Kelly 6-00 180 Right Right 1927-10-04
36 Johnny Klippstein 6-01 185 Right Right 1927-10-17
20 Dutch Leonard 6-00 175 Right Right 1909-03-25
35 Turk Lown 6-01 185 Right Right 1924-05-30
24 Paul Minner 6-05 210 Left Left 1923-07-30
26 Bill Moisan 6-01 170 Right Left 1925-07-30
16 Howie Pollet 6-01½ 175 Left Left 1921-06-26
17 Bob Rush 6-04 205 Right Right 1925-12-21
34 Bob Schultz 6-03 200 Left Right 1923-11-27
30 Duke Simpson 6-01½ 190 Right Right 1927-09-15
28 Jim Willis 6-03 175 Right Left 1927-03-20
11 Toby Atwell 5-09½ 185 Right Left 1924-03-08
11 Joe Garagiola 6-00 190 Right Left 1926-02-12
8 Clyde McCullough 5-11½ 180 Right Right 1917-03-04
15 Carl Sawatski 5-10 210 Right Left 1927-11-04
37 Gene Baker 6-01 170 Right Right 1925-06-15
14 Ernie Banks 6-01 180 Right Right 1931-01-31
12 Tommy Brown 6-01 170 Right Right 1927-12-06
40 Dee Fondy 6-03 196 Left Left 1924-10-31
2 Randy Jackson 6-01½ 180 Right Right 1926-02-10
21 Eddie Miksis 6-00½ 185 Right Right 1926-09-11
5 Bob Ramazzotti 5-08½ 175 Right Right 1917-01-16
6 Bill Serena 5-09½ 175 Right Right 1924-10-02
39 Roy Smalley 6-03 190 Right Right 1926-06-09
16 Bob Addis 6-00 175 Right Left 1925-11-06
7 Frank Baumholtz 5-10½ 175 Left Left 1918-10-07
22 Gene Hermanski 5-11½ 185 Right Left 1920-05-11
3, 4 Hal Jeffcoat 5-10½ 185 Right Right 1924-09-06
4 Ralph Kiner 6-02 195 Right Right 1922-10-27
22 Catfish Metkovich 6-01 185 Left Left 1920-10-08
9 Hank Sauer 6-04 199 Right Right 1917-03-17
14 Paul Schramka 6-00 185 Left Left 1928-03-22
10 Bob Talbot 6-00 170 Right Right 1927-06-06
29 Preston Ward 6-03 198 Right Left 1927-07-24
44 Phil Cavarretta 5-11½ 175 Left Left 1916-07-19
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The 1953 Chicago Cubs played 154 games during the regular season, won 65 games, lost 89 games, and finished in seventh position. They played their home games at Wrigley Field (Park Factors: 102/104) where 763,658 fans witnessed their 1953 Cubs finish the season with a .422 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1953 Chicago Cubs Opening Day starters list, a 1953 Chicago Cubs salary list, a 1953 Chicago Cubs uniform number breakdown and a 1953 Chicago Cubs primary starters list:

1953 Chicago Cubs
Opening Day Starters


Frank Baumholtz
Dee Fondy
Gene Hermanski
Randy Jackson
Clyde McCullough
Eddie Miksis
Bob Rush
Bill Serena
Preston Ward

1953 Chicago Cubs
Most Games by Position

C Clyde McCullough (73)
1B Dee Fondy (149)
2B Eddie Miksis (92)
3B Randy Jackson (133)
SS Roy Smalley (77)
LF Ralph Kiner (116)
CF Hal Jeffcoat (99)
RF Frank Baumholtz (64)
RF Hank Sauer (64)
  
SP Warren Hacker
SP Johnny Klippstein
SP Paul Minner
SP Howie Pollet
SP Bob Rush
  
RP Sheldon Jones
RP Duke Simpson
CL Dutch Leonard


1953 Chicago Cubs
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1953 Chicago Cubs
Uniform Numbers

#2 Randy Jackson
#3 Hal Jeffcoat
#4 Hal Jeffcoat
#4 Ralph Kiner
#5 Bob Ramazzotti
#6 Bill Serena
#7 Frank Baumholtz
#8 Clyde McCullough
#9 Hank Sauer
#10 Bob Talbot
#11 Toby Atwell
#11 Joe Garagiola
#12 Tommy Brown
#14 Ernie Banks
#14 Paul Schramka
#15 Carl Sawatski
#16 Bob Addis
#16 Howie Pollet
#17 Bob Rush
#18 Warren Hacker
#20 Dutch Leonard
#21 Eddie Miksis
#22 Gene Hermanski
#22 Catfish Metkovich
#24 Paul Minner
#26 Sheldon Jones
#26 Bill Moisan
#28 Jim Willis
#29 Preston Ward
#30 Duke Simpson
#31 Fred Baczewski
#33 Bubba Church
#33 Bob Kelly
#34 Bob Schultz
#35 Turk Lown
#36 Don Elston
#36 Johnny Klippstein
#37 Gene Baker
#39 Roy Smalley
#40 Dee Fondy
#44 Phil Cavarretta

Did you know that a 1953 Chicago Cubs Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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