1953 Cincinnati Reds Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 68-86
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 548,264, Avg. 8,703
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Manager: Rogers Hornsby (64-82)
Manager: Buster Mills (4-4)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1953 Cincinnati Reds Roster
1953 Cincinnati Reds Results

The Cincinnati Reds of the National League ended the 1953 season with a record of 68 wins and 86 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.

The Reds scored 714 runs and conceded 788 runs. Ted Kluszewski walloped 40 home runs for Cincinnati, while Andy Seminick, Gus Bell, Jim Greengrass and Willard Marshall each swatted 20 or more, too. Ted Kluszewski accounted for 108 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .316. Harry Perkowski led the squad with 12 wins, and Fred Baczewski registered a 3.45 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Rogers Hornsby and Buster Mills coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Harry Perkowski1211.5224.5233255722193.0204107972662070101821
Fred Baczewski114.7333.45241841011138.312556531352058101575
Joe Nuxhall911.4504.3230178512141.713677681369052800628
Frank Smith81.8895.495012700283.78964511525042304364
Jackie Collum711.3893.75301212413124.71235752839051601515
Ken Raffensberger714.3333.9326260910174.020087762333047000734
Bud Podbielan616.2734.7336246811186.3214112982167074803818
Bubba Church33.5005.98117220043.7553229919012200196
Clyde King36.3335.213541800276.07847441532021201326
Bob Kelly12.3334.342851100266.3713632726029003285
Herm Wehmeier16.1437.162810620081.710071652047032003389
Ed Blake001000000.012001000002
Eddie Erautt005.794010004.71133130101025
Ernie Nevel006.10100400010.31677010500044
Barney Martin009.001010002.0322010100010
Howie Judson01.0005.59106300038.7582824811011000183
Totals6886.4424.62357155108477151365.014847887011794880506311175915

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Gus Bell15166561010218337530105024872.300.354.525.879320143400
Ted Kluszewski1496295709718025040108205534.316.380.570.950325134000
Jim Greengrass1546566068617322720100644783.285.340.444.784269183000
Bobby Adams15067760799167146849325867.275.338.357.696217701200
Roy McMillan15561055751130154543244352.233.290.302.591168111900
Rocky Bridges1224774325298132121633742.227.288.273.561118100800
Willard Marshall12240035751951461762004128.266.342.482.824172100200
Andy Seminick11943838746911201964224982.235.323.413.736160101100
Bob Borkowski942732493267111729012141.269.328.406.73410151200
Hobie Landrith5216715415373131620128.240.299.331.6315121000
Grady Hatton83191159223731722012924.233.351.396.7476330300
Johnny Temple631201101429401910712.264.314.327.6413601200
Joe Nuxhall305549616203800413.327.377.551.9282710200
Harry Perkowski337369714400500324.203.247.261.5071801000
Bob Marquis405044912112300411.273.333.477.8112100200
Jackie Collum30423631020030031.278.333.333.6671210300
Wally Post1137333810141046.242.324.364.6881220000
Fred Baczewski24494548001200114.178.196.244.4401100300
Ken Raffensberger26655728301801022.140.140.246.3861430800
Bud Podbielan36615627000200211.125.155.125.280700300
George Lerchen2222172510020056.294.455.353.807600000
Bubba Church1216153420020014.267.313.400.713600000
Herm Wehmeier2921201400000016.200.238.200.438410000
Ed Bailey2981310010013.375.444.500.944400000
Frank Smith5015130200010006.154.154.154.308200200
Hank Foiles514131200000012.154.214.154.368200000
Bob Kelly2818170200000006.118.118.118.235200100
Frank Baldwin1621200200000019.100.143.100.243210000
Howie Judson101493100000056.111.429.111.540100000
Joe Szekely513130100000003.077.077.077.154110000
Clyde King3513100000000022.000.167.000.167000100
Eddie Erautt4110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Ernie Nevel10000000000000000000
Ed Blake1000000000000000000
Barney Martin1000000000000000000
Totals1874591253437141396190341666692520485701.261.325.403.7272152113166800


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Ted Kluszewski1B14700.01285587149.9959.1360000
Grady Hatton1B1000.07230141.0007.5000000
Bob Borkowski1B200.010011.9095.0000000
Johnny Temple2B4400.07190620.9643.6590000
Grady Hatton2B3500.05649115.9913.0000000
Rocky Bridges2B11500.03293201694.9765.6430000
Grady Hatton3B500.054011.0001.8000000
Rocky Bridges3B300.027001.0003.0000000
Bobby Adams3B15000.01593242539.9513.2200000
Andy SeminickC11200.04364492.9824.2864000
Hobie LandrithC4700.01791334.9854.0852000
Hank FoilesC300.07310.9093.3330000
Frank BaldwinC600.090001.0001.5001000
Ed BaileyC200.060001.0003.0000000
Joe SzekelyOF300.042011.0002.0000000
Wally PostOF1100.022210.9602.1820000
Willard MarshallOF9500.01871111.9952.0840000
Bob MarquisOF1000.019020.9051.9000000
George LerchenOF100.010001.0001.0000000
Jim GreengrassOF15300.03411160.9832.3010000
Bob BorkowskiOF6700.0104320.9821.5970000
Gus BellOF15100.044716115.9773.0660000
Herm WehmeierP2800.0210001.000.4290000
Frank SmithP5000.011922.909.4000000
Ken RaffensbergerP2600.074123.9601.8460000
Bud PodbielanP3600.0112915.9761.1110000
Harry PerkowskiP3300.0935001.0001.3330000
Joe NuxhallP3000.061830.889.8000000
Ernie NevelP1000.002001.000.2000000
Barney MartinP100.00000.0000000
Clyde KingP3500.0611031.000.4860000
Bob KellyP2800.021312.938.5360000
Howie JudsonP1000.008011.000.8000000
Eddie ErauttP400.001001.000.2500000
Jackie CollumP3000.0326031.000.9670000
Bubba ChurchP1100.00821.800.7270000
Ed BlakeP100.00000.0000000
Fred BaczewskiP2400.041231.842.6670000
Roy McMillanSS15500.028851923114.9725.2060000
Rocky BridgesSS600.041011.000.8330000
Totals169000.040941713129482.9783.4367000




Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License



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