SOX

3rd
94-60
17

1954

Where they wound up
how many games they won
how far back they finished

CUBS

7th
64-90
33

DEE FONDY
First baseman

* 1951: Bats .376 in Pacific Coast
* Triples with bases full in first Cub at bat
* Hits .300 with Cubs in 1952
* Ups average to .309 in 1953
* Fades to .285, then .269
* Considered a defensive liability
* Traded to Pirates in 1957
* Out of baseball after 1958

Cubs release Cavaretta, Sox sign him in May,
he bats .316 for the Southsiders
Stan Hack succeeds Cavaretta as Cub skipper
19 homers for Ernie Banks in his first full
season
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