Major League Baseball season

1953 Cincinnati Redlegs

Major League affiliations

* National League (since 1890)

Location

* Crosley Field (since 1934)
* Cincinnati (since 1882)

Other information
Owner(s)| Powel Crosley, Jr.
General manager(s)| Gabe Paul
Manager(s)| Rogers Hornsby
Buster Mills
Local television| WCPO-TV
(Waite Hoyt, Bob Gilmore)
Local radio| WCPO
(Waite Hoyt, Bob Gilmore)
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The 1953 Cincinnati Redlegs season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 68–86, 37 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. The team changed its name from "Reds" to "Redlegs" prior to this season in response to rampant American anti-communist sentiment during this time period.

## Offseason[edit]

* October 13, 1952: Jim Bolger was purchased by the Redlegs from the Buffalo Bisons.[1]
* October 14, 1952: Cal Abrams, Joe Rossi, and Gail Henley were traded by the Redlegs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Gus Bell.[2]

## Regular season[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Brooklyn Dodgers | 105 | 49  | 0.682  | —  | 60–17  | 45–32
Milwaukee Braves | 92 | 62  | 0.597  | 13  | 45–31  | 47–31
Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 71  | 0.539  | 22  | 48–29  | 35–42
St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 71  | 0.539  | 22  | 48–30  | 35–41
New York Giants | 70 | 84  | 0.455  | 35  | 38–39  | 32–45
Cincinnati Redlegs | 68 | 86  | 0.442  | 37  | 38–39  | 30–47
Chicago Cubs | 65 | 89  | 0.422  | 40  | 43–34  | 22–55
Pittsburgh Pirates | 50 | 104  | 0.325  | 55  | 26–51  | 24–53

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

1953 National League Records

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Team  | BR  | CHC  | CIN  | MIL  | NYG  | PHI  | PIT  | STL
Brooklyn | — | 13–9–1 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 20–2 | 15–7
Chicago | 9–13–1 | — | 12–10 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 5–17 | 11–11 | 11–11
Cincinnati | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 8–14 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 7–15–1
Milwaukee | 9–13 | 14–8 | 14–8 | — | 14–8–1 | 13–9–1 | 15–7 | 13–9–1
New York | 7–15 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 8–14–1 | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 9–13
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 17–5 | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | 13–9 | — | 15–7 | 11–11–1
Pittsburgh | 2–20 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 7–15 | — | 5–17
St. Louis | 7–15 | 11–11 | 15–7–1 | 9–13–1 | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 17–5 | —

### Notable transactions[edit]

* May 1953: Brooks Lawrence was acquired by the Redlegs from the Cleveland Indians.[3]
* May 23, 1953: Eddie Erautt was traded by the Redlegs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jackie Collum.[4]

### Roster[edit]

1953 Cincinnati Redlegs

Roster
Pitchers

* 46 Fred Baczewski
* 45 Ed Blake
* 33 Bubba Church
* 34 Jackie Collum
* 34 Eddie Erautt
* 47 Howie Judson
* 33 Bob Kelly
* 37 Clyde King
* 48 Barney Martin
* 46 Ernie Nevel
* 39 Joe Nuxhall
* 35 Harry Perkowski
* 38 Bud Podbielan
* 36 Ken Raffensberger
* 32 Frank Smith
* 31 Herm Wehmeier

|  | Catchers

* 2 Ed Bailey
* 5,8 Frank Baldwin
* 6 Hank Foiles
* 5 Hobie Landrith
* 7 Andy Seminick

Infielders

* 12 Bobby Adams
* 14 Rocky Bridges
* 15 Grady Hatton
* 18 Ted Kluszewski
* 11 Roy McMillan
* 16 Johnny Temple

|  | Outfielders

* 25 Gus Bell
* 24 Bob Borkowski
* 23 Jim Greengrass
* 20 George Lerchen
* 20 Bob Marquis
* 22 Willard Marshall
* 28 Wally Post
* 27 Joe Szekely

|  | Manager

* 50 Rogers Hornsby
* 52 Buster Mills

Coaches

* 51 Ford Garrison
* 52 Buster Mills

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos  | Player  | G  | AB  | H  | Avg.  | HR  | RBI

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C | Andy Seminick | 119 | 387 | 91 | .235 | 19 | 64
1B | Ted Kluszewski | 149 | 570 | 180 | .316 | 40 | 108
2B | Rocky Bridges | 122 | 432 | 98 | .227 | 1 | 21
SS | Roy McMillan | 155 | 557 | 130 | .233 | 5 | 43
3B | Bobby Adams | 150 | 607 | 167 | .275 | 8 | 49
OF | Jim Greengrass | 154 | 606 | 173 | .285 | 20 | 100
OF | Gus Bell | 151 | 610 | 183 | .300 | 30 | 105
OF | Willard Marshall | 122 | 357 | 95 | .266 | 17 | 62

#### Other batters[edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player  | G  | AB  | H  | Avg.  | HR  | RBI

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Bob Borkowski | 94 | 249 | 67 | .269 | 7 | 29
Grady Hatton | 83 | 159 | 37 | .233 | 7 | 22
Hobie Landrith | 52 | 154 | 37 | .240 | 3 | 16
Johnny Temple | 63 | 110 | 29 | .264 | 1 | 9
Bob Marquis | 40 | 44 | 12 | .273 | 2 | 3
Wally Post | 11 | 33 | 8 | .242 | 1 | 4
Frank Baldwin | 16 | 20 | 2 | .100 | 0 | 0
George Lerchen | 22 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 2
Hank Foiles | 5 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0
Joe Szekely | 5 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 0
Ed Bailey | 2 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 1

### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Harry Perkowski | 33 | 193.0 | 12 | 11 | 4.52 | 70
Bud Podbielan | 36 | 186.1 | 6 | 16 | 4.73 | 74
Ken Raffensberger | 26 | 174.0 | 7 | 14 | 3.93 | 47
Fred Baczewski | 24 | 138.1 | 11 | 4 | 3.45 | 58

#### Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Joe Nuxhall | 30 | 141.2 | 9 | 11 | 4.32 | 52
Jackie Collum | 30 | 124.2 | 7 | 11 | 3.75 | 51
Herm Wehmeier | 28 | 81.2 | 1 | 6 | 7.16 | 32
Clyde King | 35 | 76.0 | 3 | 6 | 5.21 | 21
Bob Kelly | 28 | 66.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.34 | 29
Bubba Church | 11 | 43.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.98 | 12
Howie Judson | 10 | 38.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.59 | 11

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Frank Smith | 50 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5.49 | 42
Ernie Nevel | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.10 | 5
Eddie Erautt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 1
Barney Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1
Ed Blake | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0

## Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AA | Tulsa Oilers | Texas League | Joe Schultz
A | Columbia Reds | Sally League | Ernie White
B | Burlington Flints | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Johnny Vander Meer
C | Ogden Reds | Pioneer League | Earle Brucker Sr.
D | Fitzgerald Pioneers | Georgia–Florida League | Bob Carson, Charlie Ridgeway
and Bull Hamons
D | Jackon Generals | KITTY League | Mickey O'Neil
D | Lawton Reds | Sooner State League | Tuck McWilliams

## References[edit]

1. ^ Jim Bolger page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Gus Bell page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Brooks Lawrence page at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Jackie Collum page at Baseball Reference

## External links[edit]

* 1953 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference

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1953 MLB season by team

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