1953 Cincinnati Redlegs Statistics

1952 Season 1954 Season

Record: 68-86-1, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Rogers Hornsby (64-82-1) and Buster Mills (4-4)

General Manager: Gabe Paul

Ballpark: Crosley Field

Attendance: 548,086 (8th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 70-84, 714 Runs, 788 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	32	119	438	387	46	91	12	0	19	64	2	2	49	82	.235	.323	.413	.736	90	160	10	1	1		2
2	1B	Ted Kluszewski*	28	149	629	570	97	180	25	0	40	108	2	0	55	34	.316	.380	.570	.950	144	325	13	4	0		6
3	2B	Rocky Bridges	25	122	477	432	52	98	13	2	1	21	6	3	37	42	.227	.288	.273	.561	47	118	10	0	8		2
4	SS	Roy McMillan	23	155	610	557	51	130	15	4	5	43	2	4	43	52	.233	.290	.302	.591	54	168	11	1	9		6
5	3B	Bobby Adams	31	150	678	607	99	167	14	6	8	49	3	2	58	67	.275	.338	.357	.696	82	217	7	0	12		2
6	OF	Willard Marshall*	32	122	400	357	51	95	14	6	17	62	0	0	41	28	.266	.342	.482	.824	112	172	10	0	2		2
7	OF	Jim Greengrass	25	154	656	606	86	173	22	7	20	100	6	4	47	83	.285	.340	.444	.784	102	269	18	3	0		1
8	OF	Gus Bell*	24	151	665	610	102	183	37	5	30	105	0	2	48	72	.300	.354	.525	.879	125	320	14	3	4		1
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	Bob Borkowski	27	94	273	249	32	67	11	1	7	29	0	1	21	41	.269	.328	.406	.734	90	101	5	1	2		0
10	2B	Grady Hatton*	30	83	191	159	22	37	3	1	7	22	0	1	29	24	.233	.351	.396	.747	94	63	3	0	3		0
11	C	Hobie Landrith*	23	52	168	154	15	37	3	1	3	16	2	0	12	8	.240	.299	.331	.631	64	51	2	1	0		1
12	2B	Johnny Temple	25	63	120	110	14	29	4	0	1	9	1	0	7	12	.264	.314	.327	.641	67	36	0	1	2		0
13	OF	Bob Marquis*	28	40	50	44	9	12	1	1	2	3	0	0	4	11	.273	.333	.477	.811	108	21	0	0	2		0
14	OF	Wally Post	23	11	37	33	3	8	1	0	1	4	1	0	4	6	.242	.324	.364	.688	79	12	2	0	0		0
15	OF	George Lerchen#	30	22	22	17	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	.294	.455	.353	.807	114	6	0	0	0		0
16	C	Frank Baldwin	24	16	21	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.100	.143	.100	.243	-35	2	1	0	0		0
17	C	Hank Foiles	24	5	14	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.154	.368	-2	2	0	0	0		0
18	OF	Joe Szekely	28	5	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.077	.077	.077	.154	-60	1	1	0	0		0
19	C	Ed Bailey*	22	2	9	8	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.375	.444	.500	.944	146	4	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
20	P	Harry Perkowski*	30	33	73	69	7	14	4	0	0	5	0	0	3	24	.203	.247	.261	.507	33	18	0	1	0		0
21	P	Ken Raffensberger	35	26	65	57	2	8	3	0	1	8	0	1	0	22	.140	.140	.246	.386	-2	14	3	0	8		0
22	P	Bud Podbielan	29	36	61	56	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.125	.155	.125	.280	-26	7	0	0	3		0
23	P	Joe Nuxhall*	24	30	55	49	6	16	2	0	3	8	0	0	4	13	.327	.377	.551	.928	138	27	1	0	2		0
24	P	Fred Baczewski*	27	24	49	45	4	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	14	.178	.196	.244	.440	14	11	0	0	3		0
25	P	Jackie Collum*	26	30	42	36	3	10	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	.278	.333	.333	.667	75	12	1	0	3		0
26	P	Herm Wehmeier	26	29	21	20	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.200	.238	.200	.438	16	4	1	0	0		0
27	P	Bob Kelly	25	28	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.118	.118	.118	.235	-38	2	0	0	1		0
28	P	Bubba Church	28	12	16	15	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.267	.313	.400	.713	84	6	0	0	0		0
29	P	Frank Smith	25	50	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.154	.154	.154	.308	-19	2	0	0	2		0
30	P	Howie Judson	28	10	14	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	.111	.429	.111	.540	50	1	0	0	0		0
31	P	Clyde King#	29	35	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	-52	0	0	0	1		0
32	P	Eddie Erautt	28	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
33	P	Barney Martin	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
34	P	Ernie Nevel	33	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
35	P	Ed Blake	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	27.2	155	5914	5343	714	1396	190	34	166	669	25	20	485	701	.261	.325	.403	.727	88	2152	113	16	68		23
		Rank in 8 NL teams				5	6	6	7	8	3		7	1	7	6	6	6	5	6		5		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.1	155	5471	4946	683	1320	177	34	161	638	25	19	463	585	.267	.331	.414	.746	93	2048	107	15	45		23
		Pitcher Totals	28.4	155	443	397	31	76	13	0	5	31	0	1	22	116	.191	.236	.262	.498	30	104	6	1	23		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	Harry Perkowski*	30	12	11	.522	4.52	33	25	5	7	2	2	193.0	204	107	97	26	62	2	70	1	0	1	821	96	4.60	1.378	9.5	1.2	2.9	3.3	1.13
2	SP	Bud Podbielan	29	6	16	.273	4.73	36	24	6	8	1	1	186.1	214	112	98	21	67	4	74	8	0	3	818	92	4.47	1.508	10.3	1.0	3.2	3.6	1.10
3	SP	Ken Raffensberger*	35	7	14	.333	3.93	26	26	0	9	1	0	174.0	200	87	76	23	33	2	47	0	0	0	734	110	4.34	1.339	10.3	1.2	1.7	2.4	1.42
4	SP	Joe Nuxhall*	24	9	11	.450	4.32	30	17	8	5	1	2	141.2	136	77	68	13	69	2	52	8	0	0	628	100	4.68	1.447	8.6	0.8	4.4	3.3	0.75
5	SP	Fred Baczewski*	27	11	4	.733	3.45	24	18	4	10	1	1	138.1	125	56	53	13	52	0	58	1	0	1	575	126	4.13	1.280	8.1	0.8	3.4	3.8	1.12
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
6	RP	Jackie Collum*	26	7	11	.389	3.75	30	12	12	4	1	3	124.2	123	57	52	8	39	0	51	6	0	1	515	116	3.69	1.299	8.9	0.6	2.8	3.7	1.31
7	RP	Frank Smith	25	8	1	.889	5.49	50	1	27	0	0	2	83.2	89	64	51	15	25	4	42	3	0	4	364	79	4.92	1.363	9.6	1.6	2.7	4.5	1.68
8	RP	Herm Wehmeier	26	1	6	.143	7.16	28	10	6	2	0	0	81.2	100	71	65	20	47	1	32	0	0	3	389	61	6.72	1.800	11.0	2.2	5.2	3.5	0.68
9	RP	Clyde King	29	3	6	.333	5.21	35	4	18	0	0	2	76.0	78	47	44	15	32	4	21	2	0	1	326	83	5.95	1.447	9.2	1.8	3.8	2.5	0.66
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
10		Bob Kelly	25	1	2	.333	4.34	28	5	11	0	0	2	66.1	71	36	32	7	26	2	29	0	0	3	285	100	4.27	1.462	9.6	0.9	3.5	3.9	1.12
11		Bubba Church	28	3	3	.500	5.98	11	7	2	2	0	0	43.2	55	32	29	9	19	3	12	2	0	0	196	73	6.17	1.695	11.3	1.9	3.9	2.5	0.63
12		Howie Judson	28	0	1	.000	5.59	10	6	3	0	0	0	38.2	58	28	24	8	11	2	11	0	0	0	183	78	5.57	1.784	13.5	1.9	2.6	2.6	1.00
13		Ernie Nevel	33	0	0		6.10	10	0	4	0	0	0	10.1	16	7	7	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	44	73	1.92	1.645	13.9	0.0	0.9	4.4	5.00
14		Eddie Erautt	28	0	0		5.79	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	11	3	3	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	25	81	6.88	3.000	21.2	1.9	5.8	1.9	0.33
15		Barney Martin	30	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	57	3.09	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
16		Ed Blake	27	0	0		inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	9							0.00
		Team Totals	28.3	68	86	.442	4.64	155	155	108	47	7	15	1365.0	1484	788	703	179	488	28	506	31	0	17	5915	94	4.69	1.445	9.8	1.2	3.2	3.3	1.04
		Rank in 8 NL teams		6	3		6				6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	2		8
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