1953 Cincinnati Reds

68-86 • 0.442 Win% • 6th in NL

📊 Season Record

68 Wins
86 Losses
0.442 Win %
6th Rank
714 R 788 RA
Diff -74

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714 Runs Scored
788 Runs Allowed
-74 Run Diff
548K Attendance

📈 vs. 1953 NL Average

Batting Avg .261 2% below the 1953 league average (.266)
OBP .322 3% below the 1953 league average (.332)
SLG .354 1% above the 1953 league average (.350)
Team ERA 4.64 8% worse than the 1953 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 714 3% below the 1953 league average (739 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCrosley Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 548,264
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Avg per Game 7,029

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ted Kluszewski 0.316 2 Gus Bell 0.300 3 Jim Greengrass 0.285 4 Bobby Adams 0.275 5 Bob Borkowski 0.269

Home Runs

1 Ted Kluszewski 40 2 Gus Bell 30 3 Jim Greengrass 20 4 Andy Seminick 19 5 Willard Marshall 17

RBI

1 Ted Kluszewski 108 2 Gus Bell 105 3 Jim Greengrass 100 4 Andy Seminick 64 5 Willard Marshall 62
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Gus Bell 151 610 102 183 0 0 30 105 48 72 0 0.300
Bobby Adams 150 607 99 167 0 0 8 49 58 67 3 0.275
Jim Greengrass 154 606 86 173 0 0 20 100 47 83 6 0.285
Ted Kluszewski 149 570 97 180 0 0 40 108 55 34 2 0.316
Roy McMillan 155 557 51 130 0 0 5 43 43 52 2 0.233
Rocky Bridges 122 432 52 98 0 0 1 21 37 42 6 0.227
Andy Seminick 119 387 46 91 0 0 19 64 49 82 2 0.235
Willard Marshall 122 357 51 95 0 0 17 62 41 28 0 0.266
Bob Borkowski 94 249 32 67 0 0 7 29 21 41 0 0.269
Grady Hatton 83 159 22 37 0 0 7 22 29 24 0 0.233
Hobie Landrith 52 154 15 37 0 0 3 16 12 8 2 0.240
Johnny Temple 63 110 14 29 0 0 1 9 7 12 1 0.264
Harry Perkowski 33 69 7 14 0 0 0 5 3 24 0 0.203
Ken Raffensberger 26 57 2 8 0 0 1 8 0 22 0 0.140
Bud Podbielan 36 56 2 7 0 0 0 2 2 11 0 0.125
Joe Nuxhall 30 49 6 16 0 0 3 8 4 13 0 0.327
Fred Baczewski 24 45 4 8 0 0 1 2 1 14 0 0.178
Bob Marquis 40 44 9 12 0 0 2 3 4 11 0 0.273
Jackie Collum 30 36 3 10 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0.278
Wally Post 11 33 3 8 0 0 1 4 4 6 1 0.242
Frank Baldwin 16 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.100
Herm Wehmeier 29 20 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.200
Bob Kelly 28 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.118
George Lerchen 22 17 2 5 0 0 0 2 5 6 0 0.294
Bubba Church 12 15 3 4 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.267
Hank Foiles 5 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.154
Frank Smith 50 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.154
Joe Szekely 5 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.077
Clyde King 35 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.000
Howie Judson 10 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 0.111
Ed Bailey 2 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.375
Eddie Erautt 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ed Blake 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Barney Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ernie Nevel 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Fred Baczewski 3.45 2 Jackie Collum 3.75 3 Ken Raffensberger 3.93 4 Joe Nuxhall 4.32 5 Bob Kelly 4.34

Wins

1 Harry Perkowski 12 2 Fred Baczewski 11 3 Joe Nuxhall 9 4 Frank Smith 8 5 Jackie Collum 7

Strikeouts

1 Bud Podbielan 74 2 Harry Perkowski 70 3 Fred Baczewski 58 4 Joe Nuxhall 52 5 Jackie Collum 51
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Harry Perkowski 12 11 4.52 33 25 2 193.0 62 70
Bud Podbielan 6 16 4.73 36 24 1 186.1 67 74
Ken Raffensberger 7 14 3.93 26 26 0 174.0 33 47
Joe Nuxhall 9 11 4.32 30 17 2 141.2 69 52
Fred Baczewski 11 4 3.45 24 18 1 138.1 52 58
Jackie Collum 7 11 3.75 30 12 3 124.2 39 51
Frank Smith 8 1 5.49 50 1 2 83.2 25 42
Herm Wehmeier 1 6 7.16 28 10 0 81.2 47 32
Clyde King 3 6 5.21 35 4 2 76.0 32 21
Bob Kelly 1 2 4.34 28 5 2 66.1 26 29
Bubba Church 3 3 5.98 11 7 0 43.2 19 12
Howie Judson 0 1 5.59 10 6 0 38.2 11 11
Ernie Nevel 0 0 6.10 10 0 0 10.1 1 5
Eddie Erautt 0 0 5.79 4 0 0 4.2 3 1
Barney Martin 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 1 1
Ed Blake 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 1 0

👥 Roster (35)

Bobby Adams Fred Baczewski Ed Bailey Frank Baldwin Gus Bell Ed Blake Bob Borkowski Rocky Bridges Bubba Church Jackie Collum Eddie Erautt Hank Foiles +23 more

35 players

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