1953 Cincinnati Reds roster

Manager: Rogers Hornsby, Buster Mills

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 Bell24151610102183301050.300.354.879
Bobby Adams31150607991678493.275.338.696
Jim Greengrass2515460686173201006.285.340.784
Ted Kluszewski2814957097180401082.316.380.950
Roy McMillan22155557511305432.233.290.591
Rocky Bridges2512243252981216.227.288.561
Andy Seminick32119387469119642.235.323.736
Willard Marshall32122357519517620.266.342.824
Bob Borkowski279424932677290.269.328.734
Grady Hatton308315922377220.233.351.747
Hobie Landrith235215415373162.240.299.631
Johnny Temple25631101429191.264.314.641
Bob Marquis284044912230.273.333.811
Wally Post23113338141.242.324.688
Frank Baldwin24162002000.100.143.243
George Lerchen30221725020.294.455.807
Joe Szekely2851301000.077.077.154
Ed Bailey222813010.375.444.944

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 PerkowskiP30332512114.52193.0701.382
Bud PodbielanP2936246164.73186.1741.511
Ken RaffensbergerP3526267143.93174.0471.340
Joe NuxhallP2430179114.32141.2521.452
Frank SmithP25501815.4983.2421.362
Herm WehmeierP262810167.1681.2321.800
Clyde KingP28354365.2176.0211.452
Howie JudsonP27106015.5938.2111.780
Ernie NevelP33100006.1010.151.650
Barney MartinP3010009.002.012.000

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.