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1952 Cincinnati Reds

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953

69-85, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Luke Sewell (39-59), Earle Brucker (3-2) and Rogers Hornsby (27-24)
Scored 615 runs, Allowed 659 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-82

Ballparks: 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

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1951 / 1953 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Cal Abrams 28 L L 6' 0" 185 Mar 2, 1924 4 71 35 71 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 25 0 45 28 1 0.7
Bobby Adams 30 R R 5' 10" 160 Dec 14, 1921 7 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Joe Adcock 24 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 30, 1927 3 117 94 117 102 0 0 17 0 0 0 87 0 0 87 15 0 1.9
Ewell Blackwell 29 R R 6' 6" 195 Oct 23, 1922 8 23 17 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Ed Blake 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 23, 1925 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Bob Borkowski 26 R R 6' 0" 182 Jan 27, 1926 3 126 84 126 108 0 0 5 0 0 0 15 64 26 104 19 6 -0.7
Bud Byerly 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 26, 1920 6 12 2 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Bubba Church 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 12, 1924 3 32 22 32 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.6
Hank Edwards 33 L L 6' 0" 190 Jan 29, 1919 10 74 48 74 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 18 51 26 0 1.0
Jim Greengrass 24 R R 6' 1" 200 Oct 24, 1927 1st 18 17 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 0 17 1 0 0.9
Grady Hatton 29 L R 5' 8" 170 Oct 7, 1922 7 128 118 128 120 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.0 All-Star
Phil Haugstad 28 R R 6' 2" 165 Feb 23, 1924 4 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Frank Hiller 31 R R 6' 0" 200 Jul 13, 1920 6 29 15 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
Dixie Howell 32 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 24, 1920 5 17 8 17 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.1
Niles Jordan 26 L L 5' 11" 180 Dec 1, 1925 2 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Eddie Kazak 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 18, 1920 5 13 0 13 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 -0.3
Ted Kluszewski 27 L L 6' 2" 225 Sep 10, 1924 6 135 131 135 133 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.7
Hobie Landrith 22 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 16, 1930 3 15 13 15 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2
Willard Marshall 31 L R 6' 1" 205 Feb 8, 1921 8 107 101 107 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 105 4 0 0.8
Roy McMillan 22 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 17, 1929 2 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7
Joe Nuxhall 23 L L 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1928 2 37 5 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.9
Eddie Pellagrini 34 R R 5' 9" 160 Mar 13, 1918 6 46 24 46 32 0 0 8 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 11 -0.5
Harry Perkowski 29 L L 6' 2" 196 Sep 6, 1922 5 33 24 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Bud Podbielan 28 R R 6' 1" 170 Mar 6, 1924 4 24 7 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Wally Post 22 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 9, 1929 3 19 15 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 16 4 0 -0.2
Ken Raffensberger 34 R L 6' 2" 185 Aug 8, 1917 13 38 33 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.5
Joe Rossi 31 R R 6' 1" 205 Mar 13, 1921 1st 55 40 55 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0.0
Johnny Schmitz 31 R L 6' 0" 170 Nov 27, 1920 9 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Andy Seminick 31 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 12, 1920 10 108 93 108 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1.7
Dick Sisler 31 L R 6' 2" 205 Nov 2, 1920 7 11 6 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 5 0 -0.1
Frank Smith 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Apr 4, 1928 3 53 2 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Virgil Stallcup 30 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 3, 1922 6 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Johnny Temple 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 8, 1927 1st 30 19 30 22 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 -0.5
Herm Wehmeier 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 18, 1927 7 41 26 41 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 -0.6
Wally Westlake 31 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 8, 1920 6 59 51 59 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 43 10 56 3 2 -0.3
Johnny Wyrostek 32 L R 6' 2" 180 Jul 12, 1919 9 30 27 30 30 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 22 9 29 0 0 0.3
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Hobie Landrith

Dixie Howell

Andy Seminick

Joe Rossi

Eddie Kazak
Hobie Landrith
Virgil Stallcup

Roy McMillan

Bobby Adams

Eddie Pellagrini

Grady Hatton

Johnny Temple

Ted Kluszewski

Willard Marshall
Johnny Wyrostek

Jim Greengrass
Dick Sisler
Wally Westlake

Bob Borkowski

Hank Edwards
Niles Jordan

Joe Adcock

Cal Abrams
Wally Post

Herm Wehmeier

Frank Smith

Harry Perkowski

Ken Raffensberger

Bud Byerly
Bud Podbielan

Joe Nuxhall

Bubba Church
Niles Jordan

Frank Hiller

Ed Blake
Phil Haugstad
Johnny Schmitz

Ewell Blackwell

1951 / 1953 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers