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1953 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 71-91
Finish: 7th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 763
Runs Allowed: 814
Exp W-L: 76-86
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,309,373
Manager: Freddy Wills

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 8th in the NL
AA: 79-58, 1st in the NL
A: 68-69, 6th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF  Willie Mays 22 155 585 122 183 23 5 36 113 30 14 68 59 .313 .384 .554 .938 113.2 22.2 3.4
2B *Hank Thompson 27 143 485 70 104 19 5 22 75 12 8 84 57 .214 .330 .410 .740 67.5 8.1 4.8
1B *Dale Long 27 147 518 65 128 22 3 27 80 0 0 46 97 .247 .307 .458 .765 70.3 9.2 2.2
LF *Charlie Maxwell 26 144 485 87 125 15 3 30 80 18 11 67 99 .258 .345 .487 .832 83.0 13.4 2.1
SS  Ernie Banks 22 147 502 68 134 25 3 22 73 12 5 45 66 .267 .326 .460 .786 72.8 10.4 5.8
C  Charlie Silvera 28 139 490 67 156 22 1 4 56 0 3 55 47 .318 .386 .392 .778 69.3 12.1 4.9
3B  Jackie Robinson 34 144 461 60 130 31 4 5 50 13 3 53 42 .282 .364 .399 .763 67.6 11.4 4.6
C  Del Crandall 23 65 227 29 57 5 1 10 34 0 1 11 17 .251 .282 .414 .696 26.5 2.8 1.4
CF *Gus Bell 24 88 217 28 56 9 0 6 22 2 1 20 29 .258 .318 .382 .700 27.5 3.6 1.0
CF *Cal Abrams 29 49 166 26 46 6 1 3 20 1 0 28 23 .277 .381 .380 .761 23.8 3.9 0.8
C *Joe Schultz 34 72 171 20 40 5 0 1 13 0 0 19 28 .234 .311 .281 .591 13.9 0.6 1.4
3B  Dick Groat 22 58 179 16 35 6 0 0 9 0 0 11 12 .196 .242 .229 .471 8.8 0.0 2.1
3B  Eddie Bockman 32 81 137 14 43 8 0 4 23 1 0 8 30 .314 .352 .460 .812 20.5 3.8 0.8
RF  Hank Sauer 36 90 137 14 28 2 0 5 18 0 0 8 29 .204 .248 .328 .577 8.9 0.0 0.3
P  Red Embree 35 41 107 4 13 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 20 .121 .130 .150 .279 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P *Whitey Ford 24 38 96 7 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 22 .135 .152 .156 .308 0.5 0.0 0.0
1B *Eddie Lukon 32 27 89 19 30 1 1 10 21 0 0 10 13 .337 .400 .708 1.108 21.7 4.6 0.3
P *Willard Nixon 25 31 81 8 16 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 .198 .198 .210 .407 2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Poholsky 23 34 66 3 14 3 1 1 5 0 0 4 11 .212 .254 .333 .587 6.6 0.3 0.0
SS  Jerry Coleman 28 38 61 11 14 4 0 1 5 3 0 2 3 .230 .262 .344 .606 6.1 0.4 0.7
SS  Creepy Crespi 35 25 56 3 13 3 1 0 5 0 0 3 14 .232 .271 .321 .593 4.4 0.3 0.3
C *Faye Throneberry 22 16 38 6 10 2 1 2 15 2 1 7 5 .263 .378 .526 .904 7.8 1.4 0.1
3B  Andy Carey 21 16 43 4 12 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 9 .279 .326 .419 .745 5.0 0.8 0.1
C  Hank Foiles 24 8 25 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .120 .185 .120 .305 0.1 0.0 0.2
C  Harry Chiti 20 6 22 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .182 .217 .318 .536 1.7 0.1 0.2
P  Bob Turley 22 56 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Fornieles 21 57 17 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .176 .176 .235 .412 0.5 0.0 0.0
P #Joey Jay 17 32 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Bokelmann 26 39 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 0.9 0.2 0.0
P *Dave Koslo 33 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bobo Holloman 28 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Klippstein 25 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 26.5 2033 5497 761 1412 221 31 191 742 94 47 559 780 .257 .325 .413 .738 727.7 109.4 37.4
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 5 6 5 5 3 5 1 8 6 4 6 6 4 5 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Red Embree 35 13 17 .433 41 41 0 308.3 290 142 50 123 199 4.14 15.0
*Whitey Ford 24 10 19 .345 38 38 0 286.0 272 158 43 138 164 4.97 8.5
 Willard Nixon 25 13 13 .500 31 31 0 234.3 212 92 13 111 93 3.53 17.1
 Tom Poholsky 23 10 14 .417 34 30 0 226.3 240 105 30 72 124 4.18 12.2
 Bob Turley 22 6 9 .400 56 8 1 106.0 101 65 12 98 78 5.52 1.8
 Mike Fornieles 21 10 6 .625 57 7 1 101.3 99 54 14 44 49 4.80 6.1
 Joey Jay 17 1 2 .333 32 5 2 54.7 62 43 11 31 27 7.08 0.0
 Dick Bokelmann 26 4 3 .571 39 0 20 35.7 40 18 3 19 10 4.54 4.3
 Johnny Klippstein 25 2 4 .333 20 1 2 26.3 24 20 4 20 17 6.83 0.0
 Phil Paine 23 2 3 .400 21 0 0 25.0 26 22 10 19 20 7.92 0.0
*Dave Koslo 33 0 0 .000 17 8 0 24.0 26 13 4 12 9 4.88 0.9
 Bobo Holloman 28 0 0 .000 9 0 0 11.7 10 8 1 11 1 6.17 0.0
 Dan Bankhead 33 0 0 .000 4 0 0 5.0 2 2 1 5 6 3.60 0.4
 Vern Bickford 32 0 1 .000 3 0 1 2.0 3 1 0 2 2 4.50 0.0
Team Totals 26.2 71 91 .438 402 169 27 1446.6 1407 743 196 705 799 4.62 66.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 5 7 7 5 7 7 6 5 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 30.8
C.Silvera 1053.7 117 132 606 44 7 0 .989 30.5
J.Schultz 316.3 37 41 177 9 2 0 .989 30.0
H.Chiti 48.0 5 6 29 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
H.Foiles 25.0 3 3 14 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
F.Throneberry 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
G.Bell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1446.7 162 184 827 55 9 0 .990 32.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.51
D.Long 1227.3 139 146 1412 102 7 148 .995 11.10
E.Bockman 155.0 18 21 179 17 2 13 .990 11.38
J.Robinson 22.0 1 7 24 2 0 4 1.000 10.64
G.Bell 17.0 2 2 18 0 2 2 .900 9.53
F.Throneberry 14.0 2 2 7 0 0 1 1.000 4.50
E.Lukon 8.9 0 3 13 1 0 1 1.000 14.16
C.Silvera 4.0 0 2 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25
E.Banks 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1451.2 162 184 1659 122 11 170 .994 11.05
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.90
H.Thompson 713.3 81 83 177 324 12 77 .977 6.32
D.Groat 479.3 58 58 116 190 3 45 .990 5.75
J.Robinson 110.7 11 18 32 38 2 10 .972 5.69
J.Coleman 79.3 8 16 17 33 2 5 .962 5.67
E.Bockman 60.0 4 16 19 24 1 7 .977 6.45
C.Crespi 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1446.7 162 193 361 610 20 144 .980 6.04
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.87
J.Robinson 752.7 83 90 52 197 9 23 .965 2.98
D.Crandall 517.3 64 64 30 119 19 11 .887 2.59
C.Crespi 68.0 8 14 4 13 4 1 .810 2.25
E.Bockman 43.0 1 20 6 5 0 0 1.000 2.30
A.Carey 10.0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.90
J.Schultz 7.0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
H.Thompson 6.7 0 3 0 4 0 2 1.000 5.41
J.Coleman 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
E.Lukon 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1405.9 157 199 93 341 32 37 .931 2.78
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.16
E.Banks 1213.3 137 143 182 475 17 99 .975 4.87
J.Robinson 89.7 10 10 23 35 1 8 .983 5.82
J.Coleman 79.3 9 11 12 29 2 5 .953 4.65
C.Crespi 50.0 6 7 4 19 0 3 1.000 4.14
E.Bockman 9.3 0 7 2 4 0 2 1.000 5.79
H.Thompson 4.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Schultz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.7 162 182 224 563 20 117 .975 4.90
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.95
C.Maxwell 1173.7 132 141 244 1 1 1 .996 1.88
H.Sauer 123.0 15 20 28 0 1 0 .966 2.05
G.Bell 71.0 8 11 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.52
E.Lukon 32.5 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
H.Foiles 32.0 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.97
C.Abrams 31.9 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
F.Throneberry 24.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Robinson 8.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
W.Mays 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Crespi 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Schultz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Carey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1506.1 167 196 306 2 2 1 .994 1.84
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.56
W.Mays 887.3 98 104 286 6 9 2 .970 2.96
H.Thompson 444.7 51 51 123 1 0 0 1.000 2.51
G.Bell 103.7 12 13 35 0 0 0 1.000 3.04
C.Abrams 11.8 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.05
C.Crespi 11.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
E.Lukon 6.2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.90
Team Total 1464.7 162 177 451 7 9 2 .981 2.81
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.97
W.Mays 419.3 47 47 82 1 1 0 .988 1.78
C.Abrams 294.2 23 24 75 2 2 0 .975 2.36
G.Bell 268.3 30 32 58 4 1 1 .984 2.08
E.Lukon 150.7 16 17 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
A.Carey 74.0 9 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
F.Throneberry 62.0 7 7 9 0 1 0 .900 1.31
H.Sauer 34.0 4 5 8 1 1 1 .900 2.38
B.Holloman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Chiti 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1304.6 136 143 277 8 6 2 .979 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.19
R.Embree 308.3 41 41 14 38 2 2 .963 1.52
W.Ford 286.0 38 38 17 47 3 4 .955 2.01
W.Nixon 234.3 31 31 17 44 1 3 .984 2.34
T.Poholsky 226.3 30 34 16 54 0 1 1.000 2.78
B.Turley 106.0 8 56 5 18 2 1 .920 1.95
M.Fornieles 101.3 7 57 12 17 1 0 .967 2.58
J.Jay 54.7 5 32 3 13 0 0 1.000 2.63
D.Bokelmann 35.7 0 39 3 10 0 1 1.000 3.28
J.Klippstein 26.3 1 20 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.39
P.Paine 25.0 0 21 0 4 2 1 .667 1.44
D.Koslo 24.0 8 17 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Holloman 11.7 0 9 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.32
D.Bankhead 5.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
V.Bickford 2.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.6 169 402 90 257 11 14 .969 2.16
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Silvera .318
On-Base Pct Silvera .386
Slugging Pct Mays .554
OPS Mays .938
XR Mays 113.2
Games Mays 155
At-Bats Mays 585
Runs Mays 122
Hits Mays 183
Total Bases Mays 324
Singles Silvera 129
Doubles Robinson 31
Triples Mays, Thompson 5
Homeruns Mays 36
RBIs Mays 113
Stolen Bases Mays 30
Caught Stealing Mays 14
Walks Thompson 84
Strikeouts Maxwell 99
ERA Nixon 3.53
Wins Embree, Nixon 13
Losses Ford 19
Winning Pct Fornieles .625
Saves Bokelmann 20
Games Pitched Fornieles 57
Games Started Embree 41
Complete Games Nixon 10
Shutouts Poholsky 2
Innings Pitched Embree 308.3
Hits Allowed Embree 290
Homeruns Allowed Embree 50
Strikeouts Embree 199
Walks Allowed Ford 138
Walks per 9IP Poholsky 2.9
Hits per 9IP Nixon 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Embree 5.8
WHiP Embree 1.34
OAVG Nixon .245
OOBP Embree .317
OSLG Nixon .332
OOPS Nixon .660
Team All-Stars
Dick Bokelmann
Willard Nixon
Player Salaries
Dave Koslo $ 11,500,000
Joe Schultz $ 6,000,000
Jackie Robinson $ 4,070,000
Hank Thompson $ 3,978,571
Red Embree $ 3,700,000
Charlie Silvera $ 1,892,857
Hank Sauer $ 1,200,000
Creepy Crespi $ 450,000
Thurman Tucker $ 364,286
Vern Bickford $ 350,000
Dan Bankhead $ 350,000
Jerry Coleman $ 350,000
Windy McCall $ 350,000
Hal Peck $ 350,000
Bill Sommers $ 350,000
Dick Bokelmann $ 300,000
Hank Foiles $ 300,000
Andy Carey $ 300,000
Harry Chiti $ 300,000
Del Crandall $ 300,000
Gus Bell $ 300,000
Ernie Banks $ 300,000
Eddie Bockman $ 300,000
Whitey Ford $ 300,000
Mike Fornieles $ 300,000
Dick Groat $ 300,000
Bobo Holloman $ 300,000
Dale Long $ 300,000
Bob Wiesler $ 300,000
Charlie Maxwell $ 300,000
Willie Mays $ 300,000
Willard Nixon $ 300,000
Phil Paine $ 300,000
Tom Poholsky $ 300,000
Faye Throneberry $ 300,000
Bob Turley $ 300,000
Joey Jay $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Chuck Connors New York (N) Red Embree
Eddie Bockman
Charlie Silvera
2/3 Traded Gus Keriazakos Montreal Hank Sauer
3/3 Traded Johnny Logan Montreal Hank Thompson
3/3 Traded Jim Wilson Boston (N) Jackie Robinson
3/3 Traded Dick Cole Seattle Joe Schultz
6/1 Traded Cal Abrams
Johnny Klippstein		 Seattle Eddie Lukon
6/1 Traded Charlie Mead New York (N) Dave Koslo
6/16 Released Ralph Hodgin    
7/1 Traded Eddie Lukon Montreal Johnny Schmitz
 
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