1953 Cincinnati Reds roster

29 players appeared for the Cincinnati Reds in the 1953 MLB season.

1953 Reds roster: batting

1953 Cincinnati Reds batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Gus Bell151610102183301050.300.354.879
Bobby Adams150607991678493.275.338.696
Jim Greengrass15460686173201006.285.340.784
Ted Kluszewski14957097180401082.316.380.950
Roy McMillan155557511305432.233.290.591
Rocky Bridges12243252981216.227.288.561
Andy Seminick119387469119642.235.323.736
Willard Marshall122357519517620.266.342.824
Bob Borkowski9424932677290.269.328.734
Grady Hatton8315922377220.233.351.747
Hobie Landrith5215415373162.240.299.631
Johnny Temple631101429191.264.314.641
Bob Marquis4044912230.273.333.811
Wally Post113338141.242.324.688
Frank Baldwin162002000.100.143.243
George Lerchen221725020.294.455.807
Joe Szekely51301000.077.077.154
Ed Bailey2813010.375.444.944

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1953 Reds roster: pitching

1953 Cincinnati Reds pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Harry PerkowskiP332512114.52193.0701.382
Bud PodbielanP36246164.73186.1741.511
Ken RaffensbergerP26267143.93174.0471.340
Joe NuxhallP30179114.32141.2521.452
Frank SmithP501815.4983.2421.362
Herm WehmeierP2810167.1681.2321.800
Clyde KingP354365.2176.0211.452
Howie JudsonP106015.5938.2111.780
Ernie NevelP100006.1010.151.650
Barney MartinP10009.002.012.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.