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1953 Cincinnati Reds (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954) 68-86, Finished 6th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 714 runs, Allowed 788 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-84 Managed by Rogers Hornsby and Buster Mills Ballpark: Crosley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 548,086 (8th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 100   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 Stats (1952/1954) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Andy Seminick       32  119  387   46   91  12  0  19   64  49   82  .235  .323  .413   2   2  10   1   1           90
1B *Ted Kluszewski      28  149  570   97  180  25  0  40  108  55   34  .316  .380  .570   2   0  13   4   0          143
2B  Rocky Bridges       25  122  432   52   98  13  2   1   21  37   42  .227  .288  .273   6   3  10   0   8           47
3B  Bobby Adams         31  150  607   99  167  14  6   8   49  58   67  .275  .338  .357   3   2   7   0  12           82
SS  Roy McMillan        23  155  557   51  130  15  4   5   43  43   52  .233  .290  .302   2   4  11   1   9           54
OF  Jim Greengrass      25  154  606   86  173  22  7  20  100  47   83  .285  .340  .444   6   4  18   3   0          102
OF *Gus Bell            24  151  610  102  183  37  5  30  105  48   72  .300  .354  .525   0   2  14   3   4          125
OF *Willard Marshall    32  122  357   51   95  14  6  17   62  41   28  .266  .342  .482   0   0  10   0   2          112
    Bob Borkowski       27   94  249   32   67  11  1   7   29  21   41  .269  .328  .406   0   1   5   1   2           90
   *Grady Hatton        30   83  159   22   37   3  1   7   22  29   24  .233  .351  .396   0   1   3   0   3           94
   *Hobie Landrith      23   52  154   15   37   3  1   3   16  12    8  .240  .299  .331   2   0   2   1   0           64
    Johnny Temple       25   63  110   14   29   4  0   1    9   7   12  .264  .314  .327   1   0   0   1   2           67
   *Bob Marquis         28   40   44    9   12   1  1   2    3   4   11  .273  .333  .477   0   0   0   0   2          108
    Wally Post          23   11   33    3    8   1  0   1    4   4    6  .242  .324  .364   1   0   2   0   0           79
    Frank Baldwin       24   16   20    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    9  .100  .143  .100   0   0   1   0   0          -35
   #George Lerchen      30   22   17    2    5   1  0   0    2   5    6  .294  .455  .353   0   0   0   0   0          114
    Hank Foiles         24    5   13    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    2  .154  .214  .154   0   0   0   0   0           -2
    Joe Szekely         28    5   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .077  .077  .077   0   0   1   0   0          -60
   *Ed Bailey           22    2    8    1    3   1  0   0    1   1    3  .375  .444  .500   0   0   0   0   0          146

   *Harry Perkowski     30   33   69    7   14   4  0   0    5   3   24  .203  .247  .261   0   0   0   1   0           32
    Ken Raffensberger   35   26   57    2    8   3  0   1    8   0   22  .140  .140  .246   0   1   3   0   8           -2
    Bud Podbielan       29   36   56    2    7   0  0   0    2   2   11  .125  .155  .125   0   0   0   0   3          -26
   *Joe Nuxhall         24   30   49    6   16   2  0   3    8   4   13  .327  .377  .551   0   0   1   0   2          138
   *Fred Baczewski      27   24   45    4    8   0  0   1    2   1   14  .178  .196  .244   0   0   0   0   3           14
   *Jackie Collum       26   30   36    3   10   2  0   0    3   3    1  .278  .333  .333   0   0   1   0   3           75
    Herm Wehmeier       26   29   20    1    4   0  0   0    0   1    6  .200  .238  .200   0   0   1   0   0           16
    Bob Kelly           25   28   17    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    6  .118  .118  .118   0   0   0   0   1          -38
    Bubba Church        28   12   15    3    4   2  0   0    2   1    4  .267  .313  .400   0   0   0   0   0           84
    Frank Smith         25   50   13    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    6  .154  .154  .154   0   0   0   0   2          -19
   #Clyde King          29   35   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    2  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   0   1          -52
    Howie Judson        27   10    9    3    1   0  0   0    0   5    6  .111  .429  .111   0   0   0   0   0           50
    Eddie Erautt        28    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1  155 5343  714 1396 190 34 166  669 485  701  .261  .323  .403  25  20 113  16  68           93
    Rank among 8 NL teams          5    6    6   7  8   3        7    3     6     6     5   7   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Ken Raffensberger   35  26   3.93   7  14  0  26   0   9   1  174.0  200   87   76  23   33   47  734   0   0  0     110
SP *Harry Perkowski     30  33   4.52  12  11  2  25   5   7   2  193.0  204  107   97  26   62   70  821   1   1  0      96
SP  Bud Podbielan       29  36   4.73   6  16  1  24   6   8   1  186.3  214  112   98  21   67   74  818   3   8  0      91
SP *Fred Baczewski      27  24   3.45  11   4  1  18   4  10   1  138.3  125   56   53  13   52   58  575   1   1  0     125
SP *Joe Nuxhall         24  30   4.32   9  11  2  17   8   5   1  141.7  136   77   68  13   69   52  628   0   8  0     100
SP  Bubba Church        28  11   5.98   3   3  0   7   2   2   0   43.7   55   32   29   9   19   12  196   0   2  0      72
SP  Howie Judson        27  10   5.59   0   1  0   6   3   0   0   38.7   58   28   24   8   11   11  183   0   0  0      77

RP  Frank Smith         25  50   5.49   8   1  2   1  27   0   0   83.7   89   64   51  15   25   42  364   4   3  0      79
RP  Clyde King          29  35   5.21   3   6  2   4  18   0   0   76.0   78   47   44  15   32   21  326   1   2  0      83
RP  Bob Kelly           25  28   4.34   1   2  2   5  11   0   0   66.3   71   36   32   7   26   29  285   3   0  0     100
RP *Jackie Collum       26  30   3.75   7  11  3  12  12   4   1  124.7  123   57   52   8   39   51  515   1   6  0     115

    Herm Wehmeier       26  28   7.16   1   6  0  10   6   2   0   81.7  100   71   65  20   47   32  389   3   0  0      60
    Ernie Nevel         34  10   6.10   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   10.3   16    7    7   0    1    5   44   0   0  0      71
    Eddie Erautt        28   4   5.79   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.7   11    3    3   1    3    1   25   0   0  1      75
    Barney Martin       30   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    3    2    2   0    1    1   10   0   0  0      48
    Ed Blake            27   1          0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.0    1    2    0   0    1    0    2   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.2 155   4.64  68  86 15 155 108  47   7 1365.0 1484  788  704 179  488  506 5915  17  31  1      94
    Rank among 8 NL teams           6   6   3  5           6   6      5    6    6        8    2    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- ASeminick 112 436 44 9 2 .982 4 HLandrith 47 179 13 3 4 .985 2 FBaldwin 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 HFoiles 3 7 3 1 0 .909 0 EBailey 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 637 60 13 6 .982 7 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TKluszewski 147 1285 58 7 149 .995 9.14 GHatton 10 72 3 0 14 1.000 7.50 BBorkowski 2 10 0 1 1 .909 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1367 61 8 164 .994 9.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .972 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RBridges 115 329 320 16 94 .976 5.64 JTemple 44 71 90 6 20 .964 3.66 GHatton 35 56 49 1 15 .991 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 456 459 23 129 .975 6.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .951 2.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BAdams 150 159 324 25 39 .951 3.22 GHatton 5 5 4 0 1 1.000 1.80 RBridges 3 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 166 335 25 40 .952 3.30 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .958 4.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMcMillan 155 288 519 23 114 .972 5.21 RBridges 6 4 1 0 1 1.000 0.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 292 520 23 115 .972 5.35 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.11 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JGreengrass 153 341 11 6 0 .983 2.30 153 0 0 GBell 151 447 16 11 5 .977 3.07 0 145 6 WMarshall 95 187 11 1 1 .995 2.08 0 0 95 BBorkowski 67 104 3 2 0 .982 1.60 3 3 61 WPost 11 22 2 1 0 .960 2.18 0 4 7 BMarquis 10 19 0 2 0 .905 1.90 2 8 0 JSzekely 3 4 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 0 0 3 GLerchen 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 1 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1125 45 23 7 .981 2.57 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 2.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HPerkowski 33 9 35 0 0 1.000 2.05 BPodbielan 36 11 29 1 5 .976 1.93 KRaffensber 26 7 41 2 3 .960 2.48 JNuxhall 30 6 18 3 0 .889 1.52 FBaczewski 24 4 12 3 1 .842 1.04 JCollum 30 3 26 0 3 1.000 2.09 FSmith 50 1 19 2 2 .909 2.15 HWehmeier 28 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.32 CKing 35 6 11 0 3 1.000 2.01 BKelly 28 2 13 1 2 .937 2.04 BChurch 11 0 8 2 1 .800 1.65 HJudson 10 0 8 0 1 1.000 1.86 ENevel 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.75 EErautt 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.91 BMartin 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 EBlake 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 51 233 14 21 .953 1.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Kluszewski .316 On-base % Kluszewski .380 Slugging % Kluszewski .570 OPS Kluszewski .950 Games McMillan 155 At Bats Bell 610 Plate Appearances (approx.) Adams 677 Runs Bell 102 Hits Bell 183 Total Bases Kluszewski 325 Doubles Bell 37 Triples Greengrass 7 Home Runs Kluszewski 40 RBI Kluszewski 108 Bases on Balls Adams 58 Strikeouts Greengrass 83 Stolen Bases Bridges and Greengrass 6 Singles Adams 139 Adjusted OPS+ Kluszewski 143 Runs Created Kluszewski 123 Adjusted Batting Runs Kluszewski 35 Batting Wins Kluszewski 3.4 Extra-Base Hits Bell 72 Times on Base Kluszewski 239 Offensive Win% Kluszewski .719 Hit By Pitch Kluszewski 4 Sac. Hits Adams 12 Grounded into Double Plays Greengrass 18 Caught Stealing Greengrass and McMillan 4 Power/Speed Number Greengrass 9.2 At Bats per Strikeout Kluszewski 16.8 At Bats per Home Run Kluszewski 14.3 Outs Adams 461

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Raffensberger 3.93 Wins Perkowski 12 Won-Loss % Baczewski .733 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Raffensberger 1.339 Hits Allowed/9IP Perkowski 9.51 Bases on Balls/9IP Raffensberger 1.71 Strikeouts/9IP Podbielan 3.57 Games Smith 50 Saves Collum 3 Innings Perkowski 193.0 Strikeouts Podbielan 74 Games Started Raffensberger 26 Comp. Games Baczewski 10 Shutouts Perkowski 2 Home Runs Allow. Perkowski 26 Bases On Balls Allow. Nuxhall 69 Hits Allowed Podbielan 214 SO to Walk Raffensberger 1.42 Losses Podbielan 16 Earned Runs Allow. Podbielan 98 Wild Pitches Smith 4 Hit Batsmen Nuxhall and Podbielan 8 Batters Faced Perkowski 821 Games Finished Smith 27 Adjusted ERA+ Raffensberger 110

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Gus Bell (Starting CF)
Ted Kluszewski (Starting 1B)

1952/1954

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