1952 Cincinnati Reds Statistics

1951 Season 1953 Season

Record: 69-85-0, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Luke Sewell (39-59) , Earle Brucker (3-2) and Rogers Hornsby (27-24)

General Manager: Gabe Paul (Hired 9/27/1951)

Ballpark: Crosley Field

Attendance: 604,197 (7th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100

Pythagorean W-L: 72-82, 615 Runs, 659 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Andy Seminick	31	108	374	336	38	86	16	1	14	50	1	3	35	65	.256	.330	.435	.764	111	146	7	2	1		3
2	1B	Ted Kluszewski*	27	135	549	497	62	159	24	11	16	86	3	3	47	28	.320	.383	.509	.892	146	253	13	4	1		15
3	2B	Grady Hatton*	29	128	506	433	48	92	14	1	9	57	5	4	66	60	.212	.319	.312	.631	76	135	5	2	5		6
4	SS	Roy McMillan	22	154	591	540	60	132	32	2	7	57	4	5	45	81	.244	.306	.350	.656	82	189	13	3	2		3
5	3B	Bobby Adams	30	154	694	637	85	180	25	4	6	48	11	9	49	67	.283	.334	.363	.696	94	231	15	0	8		0
6	OF	Willard Marshall*	31	107	443	397	52	106	23	1	8	46	0	1	37	21	.267	.333	.390	.723	101	155	9	2	7		3
7	OF	Bob Borkowski	26	126	404	377	42	95	11	4	4	24	1	3	26	53	.252	.300	.334	.634	76	126	3	0	1		1
8	OF	Joe Adcock	24	117	403	378	43	105	22	4	13	52	1	4	23	38	.278	.321	.460	.781	115	174	10	1	1		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Wally Westlake	31	59	217	183	29	37	4	0	3	14	0	2	31	29	.202	.324	.273	.597	68	50	10	2	1		0
10	OF	Hank Edwards*	33	74	203	184	24	52	7	6	6	28	0	3	19	22	.283	.350	.484	.833	130	89	2	0	0		1
11	OF	Cal Abrams*	28	71	177	158	23	44	9	2	2	13	1	0	19	25	.278	.356	.399	.755	110	63	1	0	0		2
12	C	Joe Rossi	31	55	166	145	14	32	0	1	1	6	1	0	20	20	.221	.319	.255	.574	62	37	3	1	0		1
13	OF	Johnny Wyrostek*	32	30	125	106	12	25	1	3	1	10	1	2	18	7	.236	.347	.330	.677	89	35	6	0	1		1
14	2B	Eddie Pellagrini	34	46	108	100	15	17	2	0	1	3	1	0	8	18	.170	.231	.220	.451	26	22	2	0	0		2
15	2B	Johnny Temple	24	30	102	97	8	19	3	0	1	5	2	1	5	1	.196	.235	.258	.493	37	25	3	0	0		0
16	OF	Jim Greengrass	24	18	76	68	10	21	2	1	5	24	0	0	7	12	.309	.373	.588	.962	164	40	1	0	0		1
17	OF	Wally Post	22	19	63	58	5	9	1	0	2	7	0	0	4	20	.155	.222	.276	.498	38	16	1	1	0		1
18	C	Hobie Landrith*	22	15	50	50	1	13	4	0	0	4	0	1	0	4	.260	.260	.340	.600	66	17	1	0	0		0
19	C	Dixie Howell	32	17	40	37	4	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	3	9	.189	.250	.432	.682	87	16	3	0	0		0
20	OF	Dick Sisler*	31	11	30	27	3	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	3	5	.185	.267	.296	.563	57	8	0	0	0		0
21	CI	Eddie Kazak	31	13	15	15	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.200	.267	-28	3	0	0	0		0
22	SS	Virgil Stallcup	30	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
23	P	Ken Raffensberger	34	38	88	75	5	8	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	32	.107	.130	.160	.290	-20	12	0	0	11		0
24	P	Harry Perkowski*	29	33	77	75	8	12	2	1	0	5	0	0	1	23	.160	.171	.213	.384	6	16	1	0	1		0
25	P	Herm Wehmeier	25	41	70	64	10	12	1	0	1	5	0	0	4	16	.188	.235	.250	.485	35	16	0	0	2		0
26	P	Bubba Church	27	32	52	50	5	12	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	7	.240	.255	.340	.595	64	17	0	0	1		0
27	P	Frank Hiller	31	29	42	30	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	8	.167	.286	.167	.452	29	5	0	0	7		0
28	P	Ewell Blackwell	29	23	33	32	1	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	.156	.156	.219	.375	3	7	0	0	1		0
29	P	Frank Smith	24	53	30	29	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.172	.172	.241	.414	14	7	0	0	1		0
30	P	Bud Podbielan	28	24	27	25	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.160	.222	.160	.382	8	4	0	0	0		0
31	P	Joe Nuxhall*	23	37	23	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.087	.087	.087	.174	-51	2	1	0	0		0
32	P	Bud Byerly	32	12	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	12	1	0	0	0		0
33	P	Niles Jordan*	26	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		0
34	P	Phil Haugstad	28	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
35	P	Johnny Schmitz	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
36	P	Ed Blake	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.1	154	5787	5234	615	1303	212	45	104	562	32	42	480	709	.249	.314	.366	.680	89	1917	110	18	53		40
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	6	6	4	3	5		7	7	7	5	6	6	6	6		6		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.1	154	5337	4824	579	1237	202	44	101	542	32	41	465	587	.256	.324	.379	.703	95	1830	108	18	28		40
		Pitcher Totals	28.6	154	450	410	36	66	10	1	3	20	0	1	15	122	.161	.191	.212	.403	12	87	2	0	25		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Ken Raffensberger*	34	17	13	.567	2.81	38	33	5	18	6	1	247.0	247	85	77	18	45	7	93	2	0	1	1006	133	3.16	1.182	9.0	0.7	1.6	3.4	2.07
2	SP	Harry Perkowski*	29	12	10	.545	3.80	33	24	3	11	1	0	194.0	197	91	82	9	89	6	86	3	0	3	852	98	3.53	1.474	9.1	0.4	4.1	4.0	0.97
3	SP	Herm Wehmeier	25	9	11	.450	5.15	33	26	2	6	1	0	190.1	197	115	109	23	103	13	83	7	0	3	850	73	4.82	1.576	9.3	1.1	4.9	3.9	0.81
4	SP	Bubba Church	27	5	9	.357	4.34	29	22	2	5	1	0	153.1	173	85	74	21	48	3	47	3	0	1	633	86	4.56	1.441	10.2	1.2	2.8	2.8	0.98
5	SP	Frank Hiller	31	5	8	.385	4.63	28	15	4	6	1	1	124.1	129	67	64	7	37	6	50	6	1	0	524	81	3.36	1.335	9.3	0.5	2.7	3.6	1.35
6	SP	Ewell Blackwell	29	3	12	.200	5.38	23	17	5	3	0	0	102.0	107	66	61	6	60	2	48	5	0	2	461	70	4.13	1.637	9.4	0.5	5.3	4.2	0.80
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Frank Smith	24	12	11	.522	3.75	53	2	37	1	0	7	122.1	109	56	51	13	41	5	77	7	0	1	513	100	3.69	1.226	8.0	1.0	3.0	5.7	1.88
8	RP	Joe Nuxhall*	23	1	4	.200	3.22	37	5	21	2	0	1	92.1	83	33	33	4	42	1	52	3	0	5	388	117	3.29	1.354	8.1	0.4	4.1	5.1	1.24
9	RP	Bud Podbielan	28	4	5	.444	2.80	24	7	8	4	1	1	86.2	78	30	27	8	26	0	22	1	0	0	354	134	4.02	1.200	8.1	0.8	2.7	2.3	0.85
10	RP	Bud Byerly	32	0	1	.000	5.11	12	2	4	0	0	1	24.2	29	15	14	0	7	1	14	0	0	0	103	74	2.11	1.459	10.6	0.0	2.6	5.1	2.00
11	RP	Phil Haugstad	28	0	0		6.75	9	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	8	9	9	1	13	1	2	1	0	2	59	57	6.64	1.750	6.0	0.8	9.8	1.5	0.15
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Niles Jordan*	26	0	1	.000	9.95	3	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	14	7	7	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	34	40	5.23	2.684	19.9	1.4	4.3	2.8	0.67
13		Johnny Schmitz*	31	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	20		2.99	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
14		Ed Blake	26	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12		2.39	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	28.4	69	85	.448	4.01	154	154	98	56	11	12	1363.1	1377	659	608	111	517	46	579	38	1	18	5809	93	3.82	1.389	9.1	0.7	3.4	3.8	1.12
		Rank in 8 NL teams		6	3		7				4	5	7	7	6	7	7	4	3		7
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W