1953 Cincinnati Reds Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 68-86
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 548,086, Avg. 8,703
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Manager: Rogers Hornsby (64-82)
Manager: Buster Mills (4-4)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1953 Cincinnati Reds RosterTeam Record: 68-86
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 548,086, Avg. 8,703
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Manager: Rogers Hornsby (64-82)
Manager: Buster Mills (4-4)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
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 Perkowski | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.52 | 33 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 193.0 | 204 | 107 | 97 | 26 | 62 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 821 |
| Fred Baczewski | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.45 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 138.3 | 125 | 56 | 53 | 13 | 52 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 575 |
| Joe Nuxhall | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.32 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 141.7 | 136 | 77 | 68 | 13 | 69 | 0 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 628 |
| Frank Smith | 8 | 1 | .889 | 5.49 | 50 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83.7 | 89 | 64 | 51 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 364 |
| Jackie Collum | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.75 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 124.7 | 123 | 57 | 52 | 8 | 39 | 0 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 515 |
| Ken Raffensberger | 7 | 14 | .333 | 3.93 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 174.0 | 200 | 87 | 76 | 23 | 33 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 734 |
| Bud Podbielan | 6 | 16 | .273 | 4.73 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 186.3 | 214 | 112 | 98 | 21 | 67 | 0 | 74 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 818 |
| Bubba Church | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.98 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43.7 | 55 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 196 |
| Clyde King | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.21 | 35 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 76.0 | 78 | 47 | 44 | 15 | 32 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 326 |
| Bob Kelly | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.34 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66.3 | 71 | 36 | 32 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 285 |
| Herm Wehmeier | 1 | 6 | .143 | 7.16 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81.7 | 100 | 71 | 65 | 20 | 47 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 389 |
| Ed Blake | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Eddie Erautt | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | |
| Ernie Nevel | 0 | 0 | 6.10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |
| Barney Martin | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Howie Judson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.59 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.7 | 58 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 |
| Totals | 68 | 86 | .442 | 4.62 | 357 | 155 | 108 | 47 | 7 | 15 | 1365.0 | 1484 | 788 | 701 | 179 | 488 | 0 | 506 | 31 | 1 | 17 | 5915 |
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 Bell | 151 | 665 | 610 | 102 | 183 | 37 | 5 | 30 | 105 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 72 | .300 | .354 | .525 | .879 | 320 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Kluszewski | 149 | 629 | 570 | 97 | 180 | 25 | 0 | 40 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 34 | .316 | .380 | .570 | .950 | 325 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Greengrass | 154 | 656 | 606 | 86 | 173 | 22 | 7 | 20 | 100 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 83 | .285 | .340 | .444 | .784 | 269 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Adams | 150 | 677 | 607 | 99 | 167 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 67 | .275 | .338 | .357 | .696 | 217 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy McMillan | 155 | 610 | 557 | 51 | 130 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 52 | .233 | .290 | .302 | .591 | 168 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocky Bridges | 122 | 477 | 432 | 52 | 98 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 42 | .227 | .288 | .273 | .561 | 118 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Willard Marshall | 122 | 400 | 357 | 51 | 95 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 28 | .266 | .342 | .482 | .824 | 172 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Seminick | 119 | 438 | 387 | 46 | 91 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 82 | .235 | .323 | .413 | .736 | 160 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Borkowski | 94 | 273 | 249 | 32 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 41 | .269 | .328 | .406 | .734 | 101 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hobie Landrith | 52 | 167 | 154 | 15 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | .240 | .299 | .331 | .631 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grady Hatton | 83 | 191 | 159 | 22 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 24 | .233 | .351 | .396 | .747 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Temple | 63 | 120 | 110 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .264 | .314 | .327 | .641 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Nuxhall | 30 | 55 | 49 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .327 | .377 | .551 | .928 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Perkowski | 33 | 73 | 69 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .203 | .247 | .261 | .507 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Marquis | 40 | 50 | 44 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .273 | .333 | .477 | .811 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Collum | 30 | 42 | 36 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .278 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Post | 11 | 37 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .242 | .324 | .364 | .688 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Baczewski | 24 | 49 | 45 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .178 | .196 | .244 | .440 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Raffensberger | 26 | 65 | 57 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | .140 | .140 | .246 | .386 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Podbielan | 36 | 61 | 56 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .125 | .155 | .125 | .280 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| George Lerchen | 22 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .294 | .455 | .353 | .807 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bubba Church | 12 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .267 | .313 | .400 | .713 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herm Wehmeier | 29 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .200 | .238 | .200 | .438 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Bailey | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .375 | .444 | .500 | .944 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Smith | 50 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Foiles | 5 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kelly | 28 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Baldwin | 16 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .100 | .143 | .100 | .243 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Judson | 10 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .111 | .429 | .111 | .540 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Szekely | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde King | 35 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Erautt | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Nevel | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Blake | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Barney Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1874 | 5912 | 5343 | 714 | 1396 | 190 | 34 | 166 | 669 | 25 | 20 | 485 | 701 | .261 | .325 | .403 | .727 | 2152 | 113 | 16 | 68 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Kluszewski | 1B | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 1285 | 58 | 7 | 149 | .995 | 9.136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grady Hatton | 1B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | 7.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Borkowski | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Temple | 2B | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 71 | 90 | 6 | 20 | .964 | 3.659 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grady Hatton | 2B | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 49 | 1 | 15 | .991 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rocky Bridges | 2B | 115 | 0 | 0.0 | 329 | 320 | 16 | 94 | .976 | 5.643 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grady Hatton | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rocky Bridges | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Adams | 3B | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 159 | 324 | 25 | 39 | .951 | 3.220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Seminick | C | 112 | 0 | 0.0 | 436 | 44 | 9 | 2 | .982 | 4.286 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hobie Landrith | C | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 179 | 13 | 3 | 4 | .985 | 4.085 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Foiles | C | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Baldwin | C | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Bailey | C | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Szekely | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Post | OF | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 2.182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willard Marshall | OF | 95 | 0 | 0.0 | 187 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .995 | 2.084 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Marquis | OF | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Lerchen | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Greengrass | OF | 153 | 0 | 0.0 | 341 | 11 | 6 | 0 | .983 | 2.301 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Borkowski | OF | 67 | 0 | 0.0 | 104 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 1.597 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gus Bell | OF | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 447 | 16 | 11 | 5 | .977 | 3.066 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herm Wehmeier | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Smith | P | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .909 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Raffensberger | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 3 | .960 | 1.846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Podbielan | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 5 | .976 | 1.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Perkowski | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Nuxhall | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .889 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Nevel | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barney Martin | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clyde King | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .486 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kelly | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .938 | .536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howie Judson | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Erautt | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Collum | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bubba Church | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Blake | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Baczewski | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .842 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy McMillan | SS | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 288 | 519 | 23 | 114 | .972 | 5.206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rocky Bridges | SS | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1690 | 0 | 0.0 | 4094 | 1713 | 129 | 482 | .978 | 3.436 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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