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1952 Chicago Cubs season

Field	Value
name	Chicago Cubs
season	1952
league	National League
ballpark	Wrigley Field
city	Chicago
record
league_place	5th
owners	Philip K. Wrigley
general_managers	Wid Matthews
managers	Phil Cavarretta
television	WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
radio	WIND
(Bert Wilson, Bud Campbell)

(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton) (Bert Wilson, Bud Campbell) |}} 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.

Offseason

October 4, 1951: Smoky Burgess and Bob Borkowski were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Johnny Pramesa and Bob Usher.
October 19, 1951: Grant Dunlap was purchased by the Cubs from the Shreveport Sports.
Prior to 1952 season: Footer Johnson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 8, 1952: Grant Dunlap was returned by the Cubs to the Shreveport Sports.

Roster

1952 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
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		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

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
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
	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
	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Turk Lown	33	156.2	4	11	4.37	73
	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

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	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
	4	0	0	0	7.88	4
Cal Howe	1	0	0	0	0.00	2
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

and Charlie Bowles

Awards and honors

Hank Sauer, National League Most Valuable Player
Hank Sauer, National League Home Run Champion (with Ralph Kiner)
Hank Sauer, National League RBI Champion

Notes

References

1952 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burgesm01.shtml Smoky Burgess] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dunlagr01.shtml Grant Dunlap] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsfo01.shtml Footer Johnson] at ''Baseball Reference''

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