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; "Reds" returned six years later in 1959.

Offseason October 13, 1952: Jim Bolger was purchased by the Redlegs from the Buffalo Bisons.Jim Bolger page at Baseball Reference October 14, 1952: Cal Abrams, Joe Rossi, and Gail Henley were traded by the Redlegs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Gus Bell.Gus Bell page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 1953: Brooks Lawrence was acquired by the Redlegs from the Cleveland Indians.Brooks Lawrence page at Baseball Reference May 23, 1953: Eddie Erautt was traded by the Redlegs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jackie Collum.Jackie Collum page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1953 Cincinnati Redlegs Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position 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 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 154 606 173 .285 20 100 OF 151 610 183 .300 30 105 OF 122 357 95 .266 17 62

Other batters 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 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

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 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 24 138.1 11 4 3.45 58

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Joe Nuxhall 30 141.2 9 11 4.32 52 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 11 43.2 3 3 5.98 12 Howie Judson 10 38.2 0 1 5.59 11

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Frank Smith 50 8 1 2 5.49 42 Ernie Nevel 10 0 0 0 6.10 5 4 0 0 0 5.79 1 Barney Martin 1 0 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 inf 0

Farm system

References

External links 1953 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference