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1953 Cincinnati Reds (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954)
68-86, Finished 6th in National League
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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.

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

Game Results

Season Summary   68-86 , Final Rank: 6, GB:   37.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:       never
Most Games under .500:          21 (last on September 9)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       38.0 (last on September 9)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (June 26 to June 30)
Longest Losing Streak:           8 (April 22 to May 4)

Most Runs Allowed:              17 (July 30)
Most Runs Scored:               15 (June 6 and June 27)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       9
Times Opponent Shutout:          7

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        68  86     714     788    .442

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           38  39     367     391    .494
Road           30  47     347     397    .390

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           2   7      34      52    .222
May            10  17     132     163    .370
June           18  14     174     168    .563
July           15  17     151     153    .469
August         13  18     137     153    .419
September      10  13      86      99    .435

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     37  46     406     458    .446
Second Half    31  40     308     330    .437
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        17  22     149     154    .436

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        19  24     249     289    .442

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             7  15      96     152    .318
CHC            10  12      99      89    .455
MLN             8  14      79     124    .364
NYG             9  13     101     125    .409
PHI            12  10     111      97    .545
PIT            15   7     144      93    .682
STL             7  15      84     108    .318

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Mon, Apr 13     CIN  MLN  L   0-2        0-1     2     1.0  1:56 M Surkont                  30,108 -
  2 Tue, Apr 14     CIN @CHC  L   2-3        0-2     8     2.0  2:04 B Rush                     21,222 --
  3 Fri, Apr 17     CIN  MLN  W  10-9        1-2     6     1.5  2:20 F Smith                     1,295 +
  4 Tue, Apr 21     CIN @STL  W   5-4        2-2     4     1.0  2:29 H Perkowski                 6,533 ++
  5 Wed, Apr 22     CIN @STL  L   3-8        2-3     5     1.5  2:45 V Mizell                    7,382 -
  6 Sat, Apr 25     CIN @MLN  L   4-8        2-4     6     3.5  2:25 J Antonelli                14,492 --
  7 Tue, Apr 28     CIN @BRO  L   1-5        2-5     6     4.5  2:29 P Roe                       8,637 ---
  8 Wed, Apr 29     CIN @BRO  L   5-6        2-6     6     4.5  2:30 J Black                     3,079 ----
  9 Thu, Apr 30     CIN @BRO  L   4-7        2-7     8     5.0  2:22 B Wade                      3,927 -----
 10 Fri, May  1     CIN @PIT  L   3-8        2-8     8     5.5  2:37 P Pettit                   14,826 ------
 11 Sat, May  2     CIN @PIT  L   4-12       2-9     8     6.0  2:32 P LaPalme                   7,437 -------
 12 Mon, May  4     CIN @NYG  L   4-12       2-10    8     7.0  2:29 L Jansen                        0 --------
 13                 CIN @NYG  W   9-5        3-10    8     7.0  2:08 B Church                    7,248 +
 14 Fri, May  8     CIN  STL  L   3-5        3-11    8     7.5  2:34 J Staley                    9,869 -
 15 Sat, May  9     CIN  STL  L   2-4        3-12    8     8.0  2:22 H Haddix                    4,012 --
 16 Sun, May 10     CIN  STL  W   4-2        4-12    8     7.0  2:01 B Church                          +
 17                 CIN  STL  W   5-2        5-12    8     7.0  2:59 K Raffensber               14,525 ++
 18 Fri, May 15     CIN  NYG  L   3-7        5-13    8     8.0  2:37 H Wilhelm                   1,452 -
 19 Sun, May 17     CIN  BRO  W  13-5        6-13    8     8.5  2:16 F Smith                           +
 20                 CIN  BRO  L   0-10       6-14    8     8.5  2:30 C Erskine                  18,556 -
 21 Mon, May 18     CIN  BRO  W   2-1        7-14    7     7.5  2:54 B Podbielan                 8,028 +
 22 Tue, May 19     CIN  PHI  L   3-6        7-15    7     8.5  2:27 R Roberts                   8,561 -
 23 Wed, May 20     CIN  PHI  W  14-5        8-15    6     7.5  2:28 J Nuxhall                   2,890 +
 24 Thu, May 21     CIN @STL  L   9-11       8-16    7     7.5  2:40 A Brazle                    6,082 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Fri, May 22     CIN @STL  L   2-4        8-17    8     8.0  2:18 V Mizell                    7,222 --
 26 Sat, May 23     CIN @STL  W   6-0        9-17    7     7.5  2:26 B Podbielan                 8,174 +
 27 Sun, May 24     CIN @STL  L   0-2        9-18    8     8.0  2:01 J Staley                   10,067 -
 28 Mon, May 25     CIN @MLN  L   1-5        9-19    8    10.0  2:00 D Liddle                          --
 29                 CIN @MLN  L   3-10       9-20    8    10.0  2:06 M Surkont                  24,445 ---
 30 Tue, May 26     CIN @MLN  L   0-6        9-21    8    11.0  2:07 W Spahn                     8,720 ----
 31 Wed, May 27     CIN  STL  L   3-6        9-22    8    12.0  2:19 M Clark                     5,309 -----
 32 Thu, May 28     CIN  STL  -  10-10       9-22    8    12.0  3:18                             5,219 -----
 33 Fri, May 29     CIN  CHC  W   6-3       10-22    8    11.0  2:09 F Smith                     1,392 +
 34 Sat, May 30     CIN  CHC  W   8-6       11-22    7    12.0  2:12 J Nuxhall                         ++
 35                 CIN  CHC  L   1-2       11-23    7    12.0  2:29 J Klippstein               10,345 -
 36 Sun, May 31     CIN  MLN  W   8-6       12-23    6    12.5  2:20 B Church                          +
 37                 CIN  MLN  L   6-8       12-24    6    12.5  2:23 J Antonelli                13,937 -
 38 Tue, Jun  2     CIN @NYG  W   4-2       13-24    6    12.0  3:41 B Podbielan                10,485 +
 39 Wed, Jun  3     CIN @NYG  L   3-11      13-25    6    13.0  2:18 L Jansen                    3,725 -
 40 Thu, Jun  4     CIN @NYG  L   3-11      13-26    7    13.0  2:14 H Wilhelm                   2,672 --
 41 Fri, Jun  5     CIN @PIT  W   7-4       14-26    6    13.0  2:36 H Wehmeier                 12,229 +
 42 Sat, Jun  6     CIN @PIT  W  15-7       15-26    6    12.5  2:40 F Smith                     4,685 ++
 43 Sun, Jun  7     CIN @PIT  W   6-1       16-26    6    12.0  2:23 B Podbielan                       +++
 44                 CIN @PIT  W  11-6       17-26    6    12.0  2:40 J Nuxhall                   9,021 ++++
 45 Mon, Jun  8     CIN @BRO  W   8-5       18-26    6    12.0  2:40 F Smith                    12,456 +++++
 46 Tue, Jun  9     CIN @BRO  L   6-10      18-27    6    13.0  2:11 B Milliken                  4,578 -
 47 Wed, Jun 10     CIN @BRO  L   3-13      18-28    6    14.0  2:45 P Roe                      15,688 --
 48 Thu, Jun 11     CIN @BRO  L   6-9       18-29    6    14.0  2:40 C Labine                    5,365 ---
 49 Fri, Jun 12     CIN @PHI  W   4-1       19-29    6    14.0  2:16 J Collum                    6,510 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sun, Jun 14     CIN @PHI  W   2-1       20-29    6    15.0  1:57 K Raffensber                      ++
 51                 CIN @PHI  L   1-4       20-30    6    15.0  2:13 K Drews                     9,321 -
 52 Tue, Jun 16     CIN  NYG  L   5-7       20-31    6    15.5  2:35 L Jansen                          --
 53                 CIN  NYG  W  12-5       21-31    6    15.5  2:27 B Kelly                    18,509 +
 54 Wed, Jun 17     CIN  NYG  L   1-4       21-32    6    16.5  2:22 R Gomez                     8,146 -
 55 Thu, Jun 18     CIN  NYG  L   3-6       21-33    6    17.0  2:34 D Koslo                     2,610 --
 56 Fri, Jun 19     CIN  PHI  L   3-10      21-34    6    17.0  2:32 R Roberts                  10,780 ---
 57 Sat, Jun 20     CIN  PHI  L   1-3       21-35    6    18.0  2:15 K Drews                     4,043 ----
 58 Sun, Jun 21     CIN  PHI  L   2-5       21-36    6    17.5  2:16 J Konstanty                       -----
 59                 CIN  PHI  W   5-3       22-36    6    17.5  2:59 F Baczewski                14,992 +
 60 Tue, Jun 23     CIN  BRO  W   3-2       23-36    6    16.5  2:12 C King                     11,815 ++
 61 Wed, Jun 24     CIN  BRO  W   7-4       24-36    6    15.5  2:16 H Perkowski                 8,485 +++
 62 Thu, Jun 25     CIN  BRO  L   3-12      24-37    6    15.5  2:38 P Roe                       3,628 -
 63 Fri, Jun 26     CIN  PIT  W   8-4       25-37    6    14.0  2:19 J Nuxhall                         +
 64                 CIN  PIT  W   4-1       26-37    6    14.0  2:51 J Collum                    7,758 ++
 65 Sat, Jun 27     CIN  PIT  W  15-5       27-37    6    13.0  2:37 H Perkowski                 2,599 +++
 66 Sun, Jun 28     CIN  PIT  W   4-1       28-37    6    12.5  2:11 F Baczewski                       ++++
 67                 CIN  PIT  W   9-2       29-37    6    12.5  2:07 K Raffensber               10,432 +++++
 68 Tue, Jun 30     CIN  MLN  W   6-3       30-37    6    12.0  2:03 H Perkowski                       ++++++
 69                 CIN  MLN  L   4-6       30-38    6    12.0  2:31 E Johnson                  22,528 -
 70 Wed, Jul  1     CIN  MLN  L   2-10      30-39    6    13.0  2:03 W Spahn                     3,356 --
 71 Thu, Jul  2     CIN @MLN  W   3-1       31-39    6    13.0  2:11 B Podbielan                33,661 +
 72 Fri, Jul  3     CIN @MLN  L   1-11      31-40    6    13.5  2:27 J Wilson                   14,121 -
 73 Sat, Jul  4     CIN @MLN  W   5-1       32-40    6    12.5  2:15 H Perkowski                       +
 74                 CIN @MLN  W   3-1       33-40    6    12.5  2:43 K Raffensber               26,511 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Jul  5     CIN @CHC  L   4-8       33-41    6    12.0  2:27 B Church                          -
 76                 CIN @CHC  W   8-6       34-41    6    12.0  2:26 C King                     24,983 +
 77 Mon, Jul  6     CIN @CHC  L   6-7       34-42    6    13.0  2:40 P Minner                    9,718 -
 78 Tue, Jul  7     CIN  STL  L   6-7       34-43    6    14.5  3:07 H White                    12,245 --
 79 Wed, Jul  8     CIN  STL  L   3-7       34-44    6    15.5  2:42 V Mizell                   10,381 ---
 80 Fri, Jul 10     CIN  CHC  W   6-0       35-44    6    14.5  2:03 K Raffensber                      +
 81                 CIN  CHC  L   3-4       35-45    6    14.5  2:20 B Church                   14,648 -
 82 Sat, Jul 11     CIN  CHC  L   2-5       35-46    6    14.5  2:18 J Klippstein                4,029 --
 83 Sun, Jul 12     CIN  CHC  W   7-4       36-46    6    14.0  2:06 H Perkowski                       +
 84                 CIN  CHC  W   7-3       37-46    6    14.0  2:59 F Baczewski                15,421 ++
 85 Thu, Jul 16     CIN @PHI  L   1-3       37-47    6    15.5  2:24 R Roberts                         -
 86                 CIN @PHI  L   2-3       37-48    6    15.5  2:20 B Miller                   19,834 --
 87 Fri, Jul 17     CIN @PHI  W   3-2       38-48    6    16.0  2:01 H Perkowski                 6,013 +
 88 Sat, Jul 18     CIN @PHI  W  11-0       39-48    6    16.0  2:13 J Collum                    3,201 ++
 89 Sun, Jul 19     CIN @BRO  W   4-1       40-48    6    16.0  2:11 F Baczewski                       +++
 90                 CIN @BRO  L   5-7       40-49    6    16.0  2:25 J Hughes                   15,652 -
 91 Tue, Jul 21     CIN @PIT  W   7-2       41-49    6    16.5  2:10 K Raffensber                7,594 +
 92 Wed, Jul 22     CIN @PIT  L   2-3       41-50    6    18.0  2:01 P LaPalme                   1,567 -
 93 Thu, Jul 23     CIN @PIT  W   7-0       42-50    6    17.5  2:16 H Perkowski                 1,807 +
 94 Fri, Jul 24     CIN @NYG  L   1-3       42-51    6    17.5  2:09 R Gomez                    12,220 -
 95 Sat, Jul 25     CIN @NYG  W   7-5       43-51    6    17.5  2:37 F Baczewski                 8,454 +
 96 Sun, Jul 26     CIN @NYG  L   6-10      43-52    6    19.5  2:30 D Koslo                         0 -
 97                 CIN @NYG  L   1-5       43-53    6    19.5  2:12 L Jansen                   16,399 --
 98 Tue, Jul 28     CIN  PHI  W   5-4       44-53    6    19.5  2:51 H Perkowski                15,533 +
 99 Wed, Jul 29     CIN  PHI  W  13-4       45-53    6    19.5  2:29 J Collum                   13,282 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Thu, Jul 30     CIN  PHI  L   8-17      45-54    6    19.5  2:39 S Ridzik                    2,773 -
101 Fri, Jul 31     CIN  NYG  L   2-9       45-55    6    20.5  2:21 L Jansen                   11,497 --
102 Sat, Aug  1     CIN  NYG  W  10-9       46-55    6    20.5  3:49 J Collum                    4,122 +
103 Sun, Aug  2     CIN  NYG  W   5-0       47-55    6    19.0  2:07 H Perkowski                     0 ++
104                 CIN  NYG  W   3-1       48-55    6    19.0  2:06 F Baczewski                17,501 +++
105 Mon, Aug  3     CIN  PIT  W   5-0       49-55    6    19.0  2:06 J Nuxhall                   3,499 ++++
106 Tue, Aug  4     CIN  PIT  L   1-2       49-56    6    19.5  2:00 R Face                      4,463 -
107 Wed, Aug  5     CIN  PIT  L   4-6       49-57    6    19.5  2:07 J Waugh                     1,797 --
108 Thu, Aug  6     CIN  PIT  L   3-4       49-58    6    20.0  2:11 J Lindell                   2,054 ---
109 Fri, Aug  7     CIN  BRO  L   4-9       49-59    6    21.0  2:37 J Podres                   13,756 ----
110 Sat, Aug  8     CIN  BRO  L   4-7       49-60    6    22.0  2:29 B Loes                     13,570 -----
111 Sun, Aug  9     CIN  BRO  L   1-9       49-61    6    23.0  2:34 R Meyer                    19,398 ------
112 Tue, Aug 11     CIN @CHC  L   0-1       49-62    6    24.0  1:55 P Minner                    7,322 -------
113 Wed, Aug 12     CIN @CHC  W  10-6       50-62    6    24.5  2:23 C King                            +
114                 CIN @CHC  L   1-3       50-63    6    24.5  2:06 B Rush                     11,487 -
115 Thu, Aug 13     CIN @CHC  W  10-2       51-63    6    24.5  2:05 F Baczewski                 8,230 +
116 Fri, Aug 14     CIN  STL  W   2-1       52-63    6    24.0  2:41 J Nuxhall                   7,945 ++
117 Sat, Aug 15     CIN  STL  L   4-10      52-64    6    25.0  2:43 H Haddix                   11,234 -
118 Sun, Aug 16     CIN  STL  W   3-2       53-64    6    26.0  2:12 J Collum                          +
119                 CIN  STL  L   2-6       53-65    6    26.0  2:51 S Miller                   18,717 -
120 Tue, Aug 18     CIN  MLN  L   2-8       53-66    6    27.5  2:11 J Antonelli                12,188 --
121 Wed, Aug 19     CIN  MLN  L   2-3       53-67    6    28.5  1:59 W Spahn                     4,875 ---
122 Fri, Aug 21     CIN @STL  L   0-4       53-68    6    29.0  2:54 H Haddix                    8,646 ----
123 Sat, Aug 22     CIN @STL  L   4-5       53-69    6    30.0  2:16 A Brazle                   10,921 -----
124 Sun, Aug 23     CIN @STL  W   5-3       54-69    6    30.5  2:06 K Raffensber               10,554 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Tue, Aug 25     CIN @PIT  W   8-6       55-69    6    29.5  2:35 J Collum                          ++
126                 CIN @PIT  W   9-8       56-69    6    29.5  2:48 F Baczewski                 8,270 +++
127 Fri, Aug 28     CIN @BRO  L   8-9       56-70    6    30.5  2:32 J Hughes                   15,702 -
128 Sat, Aug 29     CIN @BRO  L   3-10      56-71    6    31.5  2:40 J Black                     9,411 --
129 Sun, Aug 30     CIN @PHI  L   2-4       56-72    6    33.0  2:09 K Drews                           ---
130                 CIN @PHI  L   3-4       56-73    6    33.0  2:00 J Konstanty                 9,422 ----
131 Mon, Aug 31     CIN @PHI  W  12-6       57-73    6    32.5  2:37 J Nuxhall                         +
132                 CIN @PHI  W   7-5       58-73    6    32.5  2:29 H Perkowski                 9,490 ++
133 Wed, Sep  2     CIN @NYG  L   3-4       58-74    6    33.0  2:10 R Gomez                     1,672 -
134 Thu, Sep  3     CIN @NYG  W   9-2       59-74    6    32.0  2:27 F Baczewski                 1,078 +
135 Sat, Sep  5     CIN @CHC  L   4-5       59-75    6    33.5  2:06 P Minner                    6,877 -
136 Sun, Sep  6     CIN @CHC  L   6-7       59-76    6    35.0  2:28 T Lown                            --
137                 CIN @CHC  L   2-7       59-77    6    35.0  2:21 J Willis                   14,187 ---
138 Mon, Sep  7     CIN @STL  L   3-4       59-78    6    37.0  2:31 A Brazle                          ----
139                 CIN @STL  L   0-1       59-79    6    37.0  2:01 H Haddix                   15,530 -----
140 Wed, Sep  9     CIN  BRO  L   0-6       59-80    6    38.0  2:19 B Milliken                 11,229 ------
141 Thu, Sep 10     CIN  BRO  W   6-5       60-80    6    37.0  2:46 F Smith                     2,908 +
142 Fri, Sep 11     CIN  PHI  W   6-5       61-80    6    36.0  2:23 H Perkowski                 4,737 ++
143 Sat, Sep 12     CIN  PHI  W   3-2       62-80    6    36.0  2:02 J Nuxhall                   2,190 +++
144 Sun, Sep 13     CIN  PIT  L   4-5       62-81    6    35.5  2:22 P LaPalme                         -
145                 CIN  PIT  W   8-6       63-81    6    35.5  2:17 F Smith                     7,454 +
146 Tue, Sep 15     CIN  NYG  W   4-3       64-81    6    35.0  1:54 F Baczewski                 4,014 ++
147 Wed, Sep 16     CIN  NYG  L   3-4       64-82    6    35.0  1:39 D Koslo                     1,268 -
148 Sat, Sep 19     CIN @MLN  L   2-5       64-83    6    36.5  2:09 W Spahn                    32,482 --
149 Sun, Sep 20     CIN @MLN  W   5-3       65-83    6    36.5  2:32 B Podbielan                       +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 CIN @MLN  L   0-3       65-84    6    36.5  2:28 J Jay                      36,011 -
151 Tue, Sep 22     CIN  CHC  W   1-0       66-84    6    37.0  2:50 F Baczewski                       +
152                 CIN  CHC  L   1-4       66-85    6    37.0  2:06 P Minner                    3,215 -
153 Wed, Sep 23     CIN  CHC  W   4-3       67-85    6    36.5  2:30 J Nuxhall                   1,060 +
154 Sat, Sep 26     CIN  MLN  W  10-7       68-85    6    36.0  2:06 F Smith                     1,660 ++
155 Sun, Sep 27     CIN  MLN  L   2-8       68-86    6    37.0  1:49 W Spahn                     8,428 -

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