1952 Cincinnati Reds Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 69-85
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 604,197, Avg. 9,521
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Manager: Luke Sewell (39-59)
Manager: Earle Brucker (3-2)
Manager: Rogers Hornsby (27-24)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1952 Cincinnati Reds RosterTeam Record: 69-85
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 604,197, Avg. 9,521
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Manager: Luke Sewell (39-59)
Manager: Earle Brucker (3-2)
Manager: Rogers Hornsby (27-24)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1952 Cincinnati Reds Results
The Cincinnati Reds of the National League ended the 1952 season with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.
The Reds scored 615 runs and gave up 659 runs. Ted Kluszewski paced Cincinnati with 16 home runs and accounted for 86 RBI, while leading all regular hitters by hitting .320. Ken Raffensberger topped the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.81 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Luke Sewell, Earle Brucker and Rogers Hornsby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Raffensberger | 17 | 13 | .567 | 2.81 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 247.0 | 247 | 85 | 77 | 18 | 45 | 0 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1006 |
| Harry Perkowski | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.80 | 33 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 194.0 | 197 | 91 | 82 | 9 | 89 | 0 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 852 |
| Frank Smith | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.75 | 53 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 122.3 | 109 | 56 | 51 | 13 | 41 | 0 | 77 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 513 |
| Herm Wehmeier | 9 | 11 | .450 | 5.15 | 33 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 190.3 | 197 | 115 | 109 | 23 | 103 | 0 | 83 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 850 |
| Frank Hiller | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.63 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 124.3 | 129 | 67 | 64 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 524 |
| Bubba Church | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.34 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 153.3 | 173 | 85 | 74 | 21 | 48 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 633 |
| Bud Podbielan | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.80 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 86.7 | 78 | 30 | 27 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 354 |
| Ewell Blackwell | 3 | 12 | .200 | 5.38 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 107 | 66 | 61 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 461 |
| Johnny Schmitz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Joe Nuxhall | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.22 | 37 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92.3 | 83 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 388 |
| Ed Blake | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Phil Haugstad | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | |
| Bud Byerly | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.7 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| Niles Jordan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.95 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Totals | 69 | 85 | .448 | 4.01 | 327 | 154 | 97 | 56 | 11 | 12 | 1363.3 | 1377 | 659 | 608 | 111 | 517 | 0 | 579 | 38 | 1 | 18 | 5809 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Adams | 154 | 694 | 637 | 85 | 180 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 11 | 9 | 49 | 67 | .283 | .334 | .363 | .696 | 231 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Kluszewski | 135 | 549 | 497 | 62 | 159 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 86 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 28 | .320 | .383 | .509 | .892 | 253 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy McMillan | 154 | 590 | 540 | 60 | 132 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 57 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 81 | .244 | .306 | .350 | .656 | 189 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Willard Marshall | 107 | 443 | 397 | 52 | 106 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 21 | .267 | .333 | .390 | .723 | 155 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Adcock | 117 | 403 | 378 | 43 | 105 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 38 | .278 | .321 | .460 | .781 | 174 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Borkowski | 126 | 404 | 377 | 42 | 95 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 53 | .252 | .300 | .334 | .634 | 126 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grady Hatton | 128 | 506 | 433 | 48 | 92 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 57 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 60 | .212 | .319 | .312 | .631 | 135 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Seminick | 108 | 374 | 336 | 38 | 86 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 65 | .256 | .330 | .435 | .764 | 146 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Edwards | 74 | 203 | 184 | 24 | 52 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 22 | .283 | .350 | .484 | .833 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal Abrams | 71 | 177 | 158 | 23 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 25 | .278 | .356 | .399 | .755 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Westlake | 59 | 217 | 183 | 29 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 29 | .202 | .324 | .273 | .597 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Rossi | 55 | 166 | 145 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20 | .221 | .319 | .255 | .574 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Wyrostek | 30 | 125 | 106 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | .236 | .347 | .330 | .677 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Greengrass | 18 | 75 | 68 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .309 | .373 | .588 | .962 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Temple | 30 | 102 | 97 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .196 | .235 | .258 | .493 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Pellagrini | 46 | 108 | 100 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .170 | .231 | .220 | .451 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hobie Landrith | 15 | 50 | 50 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .260 | .260 | .340 | .600 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bubba Church | 32 | 52 | 50 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .240 | .255 | .340 | .595 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Herm Wehmeier | 41 | 70 | 64 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .188 | .235 | .250 | .485 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Perkowski | 33 | 77 | 75 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .160 | .171 | .213 | .384 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Post | 19 | 63 | 58 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .155 | .222 | .276 | .498 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Raffensberger | 38 | 88 | 75 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | .107 | .130 | .160 | .290 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Dixie Howell | 17 | 40 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .189 | .250 | .432 | .682 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Sisler | 11 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .185 | .267 | .296 | .563 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Smith | 53 | 30 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .172 | .172 | .241 | .414 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Hiller | 29 | 42 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Ewell Blackwell | 23 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .156 | .156 | .219 | .375 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Podbielan | 24 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .160 | .222 | .160 | .382 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Nuxhall | 37 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Byerly | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Kazak | 13 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .067 | .067 | .200 | .267 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Stallcup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Haugstad | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Niles Jordan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Schmitz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Blake | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1828 | 5785 | 5234 | 615 | 1303 | 212 | 45 | 104 | 562 | 32 | 42 | 480 | 709 | .249 | .314 | .366 | .680 | 1917 | 110 | 18 | 53 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Wyrostek | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Pellagrini | 1B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 7.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Kluszewski | 1B | 133 | 0 | 0.0 | 1121 | 66 | 8 | 116 | .993 | 8.925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Kazak | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Borkowski | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .977 | 8.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Adcock | 1B | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 117 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 7.059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Temple | 2B | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 63 | 57 | 2 | 18 | .984 | 5.455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Pellagrini | 2B | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 62 | 2 | 14 | .983 | 5.409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grady Hatton | 2B | 120 | 0 | 0.0 | 316 | 289 | 6 | 68 | .990 | 5.042 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Pellagrini | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Kazak | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Adams | 3B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 176 | 328 | 20 | 28 | .962 | 3.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Seminick | C | 99 | 0 | 0.0 | 416 | 47 | 13 | 7 | .973 | 4.677 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Rossi | C | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 192 | 21 | 4 | 3 | .982 | 4.630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hobie Landrith | C | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dixie Howell | C | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 3.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Wyrostek | OF | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.621 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Westlake | OF | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | 127 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 2.357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Sisler | OF | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Post | OF | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willard Marshall | OF | 105 | 0 | 0.0 | 188 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .985 | 1.914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Greengrass | OF | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .965 | 3.235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Edwards | OF | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.608 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Borkowski | OF | 103 | 0 | 0.0 | 219 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .991 | 2.175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Adcock | OF | 85 | 0 | 0.0 | 189 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .985 | 2.282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cal Abrams | OF | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herm Wehmeier | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .897 | .788 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Smith | P | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .850 | .321 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Schmitz | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Raffensberger | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 38 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 1.237 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Podbielan | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .947 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Perkowski | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 43 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 1.485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Nuxhall | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 4 | .964 | .730 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Niles Jordan | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Hiller | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Haugstad | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bubba Church | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 3 | .973 | 1.241 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Byerly | P | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Blake | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ewell Blackwell | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .870 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Stallcup | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Pellagrini | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy McMillan | SS | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 297 | 495 | 24 | 101 | .971 | 5.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1660 | 0 | 0.0 | 4090 | 1660 | 107 | 397 | .982 | 3.464 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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