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1953 Cincinnati Reds

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954

68-86, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Rogers Hornsby (64-82) and Buster Mills (4-4)
Scored 714 runs, Allowed 788 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-84

Ballparks: 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

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1952 / 1954 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
Bobby Adams 31 R R 5' 10" 160 Dec 14, 1921 8 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Fred Baczewski 27 L L 6' 2" 185 May 15, 1926 1st 24 18 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1
Ed Bailey 22 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 15, 1931 1st 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Frank Baldwin 24 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 25, 1928 1st 16 3 16 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.3
Gus Bell 24 L R 6' 1" 190 Nov 15, 1928 4 151 150 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 7 151 1 0 4.7 All-Star
Ed Blake 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 23, 1925 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bob Borkowski 27 R R 6' 0" 182 Jan 27, 1926 4 94 59 94 69 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 61 67 30 1 0.3
Rocky Bridges 25 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 7, 1927 3 122 114 122 118 0 0 0 115 3 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.1
Bubba Church 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 12, 1924 4 12 7 12 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2
Jackie Collum 26 L L 5' 7" 160 Jun 21, 1927 3 30 12 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7
Eddie Erautt 28 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 26, 1924 6 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hank Foiles 24 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 10, 1929 1st 5 3 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2
Jim Greengrass 25 R R 6' 1" 200 Oct 24, 1927 2 154 153 154 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 153 1 0 2.2
Grady Hatton 30 L R 5' 8" 170 Oct 7, 1922 8 83 30 83 50 0 0 10 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0.4
Howie Judson 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Feb 16, 1926 6 10 6 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bob Kelly 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 4, 1927 3 28 5 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Clyde King 29 B R 6' 1" 175 May 23, 1924 7 35 4 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Ted Kluszewski 28 L L 6' 2" 225 Sep 10, 1924 7 149 147 149 147 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.2 All-Star
Hobie Landrith 23 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 16, 1930 4 52 41 52 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.4
George Lerchen 30 B R 5' 11" 175 Dec 1, 1922 2 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0.1
Bob Marquis 28 L L 6' 1" 170 Dec 23, 1924 1st 40 4 40 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 10 29 4 0.3
Willard Marshall 32 L R 6' 1" 205 Feb 8, 1921 9 122 87 122 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 96 35 0 1.7
Barney Martin 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Mar 3, 1923 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Roy McMillan 23 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 17, 1929 3 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Ernie Nevel 33 R R 5' 11" 190 Aug 17, 1919 3 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Joe Nuxhall 24 L L 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1928 3 30 17 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Harry Perkowski 30 L L 6' 2" 196 Sep 6, 1922 6 33 25 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3
Bud Podbielan 29 R R 6' 1" 170 Mar 6, 1924 5 36 24 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Wally Post 23 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 9, 1929 4 11 10 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 11 0 1 -0.2
Ken Raffensberger 35 R L 6' 2" 185 Aug 8, 1917 14 26 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3
Andy Seminick 32 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 12, 1920 11 119 106 119 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1.6
Frank Smith 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Apr 4, 1928 4 50 1 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3
Joe Szekely 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Feb 2, 1925 1st 5 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 -0.4
Johnny Temple 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 8, 1927 2 63 23 63 44 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 18 1.0
Herm Wehmeier 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 18, 1927 8 29 10 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.6
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Hobie Landrith
Frank Baldwin
Hobie Landrith
Ed Bailey
Hank Foiles
Andy Seminick
Frank Baldwin
Roy McMillan
Bobby Adams
Rocky Bridges

Grady Hatton
Johnny Temple
Ted Kluszewski
George Lerchen
Bob Marquis
Willard Marshall
Jim Greengrass
Bob Borkowski
Gus Bell

Joe Szekely
Wally Post
Herm Wehmeier
Frank Smith
Bob Kelly
Jackie Collum
Eddie Erautt
Harry Perkowski
Ken Raffensberger

Clyde King
Bud Podbielan
Joe Nuxhall
Bubba Church
Ed Blake
Fred Baczewski
Ernie Nevel
Howie Judson
Barney Martin

1952 / 1954 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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