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1952 Cincinnati Reds  (1951)  (1953) 76-78, 3rd in National League Scored 621 runs, Allowed 626 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-78 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .698 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 71-83   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 69-85 Manager(s): John Storer

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Ted Kluszewski       27  145  535   82  183  29   8  24  109   0   1   62   49  .342  .409  .561  120   8.7  4e9        78  
 OF *Duke Snider          25  148  588   93  182  18   3  19   93   2   1   41  107  .310  .354  .447   89   5.5  1(-2)e3   -62  
 3B  Bobby Adams          30  154  681   98  187  31   7   6   48  20   5   52  107  .275  .327  .367   84   4.5  3e19       -3  
 OF *Johnny Wyrostek      32  144  474   45  131  16  10   1   43   1   4   62   51  .276  .359  .359   58   4.3  2(-1)e8    12  
 C   Andy Seminick        31  115  356   37   91  19   0   9   47   0   0   49   89  .256  .349  .385   50   5.0  1(-1)e10  -31  
 SS  Ray Boone            28  103  343   38   89  10   4   6   45   0   0   63   47  .259  .375  .364   49   4.9  4e42        0  
 OF *Willard Marshall     31  144  489   53  116  22   0   9   50   2   0   36   31  .237  .289  .337   45   3.2  2(-3)e6   -91  
 2B *Grady Hatton         29  137  437   61   86  14   2   4   33   6   3   63   75  .197  .298  .265   36   2.7  4e8       -68  
 OF  Jim Fridley          27   75  184   16   51   6   0   4   20   0   1   15   45  .277  .333  .375   23   4.4  3(+3)e7    66  
 SS  Roy Smalley          26   58  184   12   35  12   0   2   20   0   0   24   55  .190  .282  .288   16   2.8  4e32      -75  
 C   Joe Rossi            31   53  145   11   34   4   1   0    9   0   0   19   29  .234  .323  .276   13   3.3  4(-1)e6    25  
 2B  Connie Ryan          32   32   74   13   19   2   1   2    6   1   0   12   13  .257  .360  .392   11   5.7  3e22       59  
 1B  Steve Bilko          23   31   77    5   21   3   2   1    8   0   0    5   13  .273  .317  .403    9   4.4  4e14        0  
 OF  Jim Greengrass       24   49   67   10   15   1   1   2   12   0   0   13   20  .224  .358  .358    9   4.6  4(0)e18  -245  
 OF  Lee Walls            19   39   89    7   19   1   0   3    7   0   2    6   25  .213  .268  .326    7   2.7  3(-1)e7    45  
 C   Ed Fitzgerald        28   24   81    6   22   3   0   1    9   0   1    3   18  .272  .294  .346    7   3.0  3(+1)e6    52  
 OF  Bob Kennedy          31   40   42    4   12   1   1   0    1   0   0    8    6  .286  .400  .357    6   5.5  2(-2)e7   -96  
 2B  Johnny Temple        24   52   77    8   17   4   0   0    5   0   0    2    1  .221  .241  .273    5   2.3  2e21       20  
 2B  Joe DeMaestri        23   31   40    2   12   1   1   0    3   0   0    1    9  .300  .317  .375    4   3.7  4e19      133  
 OF  Chuck Diering        29   18   25    0    5   0   1   0    5   0   0    4    2  .200  .300  .280    2   3.3  1(0)e7    -21  
 SS  Virgil Stallcup      30   62   48    1    8   3   0   0    6   0   0    0   13  .167  .163  .229    1   1.1  3e32       85  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           653                  -14

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Ken Raffensberger    34  17  12  .586  38  37   6   1   0   0   3  268.0  265  111   91  23   60  110  3.06  108   3.6  -44  
  P  Karl Drews           32  13   6  .684  34  34   4   0   0   0   2  249.0  238   80   72  16   55  140  2.60   93   3.4  -25  
  P *Vinegar Bend Mizell  21   9  13  .409  33  33   0   0   0   0   0  191.2  218  110  101  19  110  169  4.74  127   5.9   95  
  P  Hal Brown            27   7   9  .438  49   0   0  24   1   5   0   75.0   84   39   34   7   26   44  4.08   41   4.9  -54  
  P  Ewell Blackwell      29   5   3  .625  45  13   0  10   0   1   0  129.1  109   43   41   9   50   57  2.85   46   3.2 -209  
  P  Bud Podbielan        28   5   7  .417  70   0   0  56  27   9   0   85.0   88   40   37   7   29   23  3.92   42   4.4   17  
  P  Earl Harrist         32   4  12  .250  22  19   0   2   0   0   0  119.0  133   62   57  10   39   65  4.31   64   4.8  -45  
  P *Harvey Haddix        26   3   0 1.000  45   0   0   7   3   3   0   37.0   28   10    9   4    7   33  2.19   11   2.6 -121  
  P  Mike Fornieles       20   3   0 1.000  17   0   0   6   3   4   0   22.2   12    6    5   0   13   13  1.99    6   2.4  -11  
  P  Hersh Freeman        24   3   1  .750  11   0   0   5   0   0   0   12.1   10    5    5   1    6    5  3.65    5   3.7  -17  
  P  Willard Schmidt      24   2   0 1.000  16   0   0   7   0   0   0   20.1   22   18   15   5   17   18  6.64   18   7.7    0  
  P  Bud Byerly           32   2   2  .500  17   0   0   6   0   1   0   26.2   38   12   10   1    6   16  3.38   18   6.2   12  
  P  Dick Brodowski       19   2  12  .143  22  18   1   1   0   0   0  111.1  131   69   64  13   49   58  5.17   73   5.9   53  
  P *Bill Werle           31   1   1  .500  30   0   0  15   0   0   0   35.0   40   17   17   7   13   23  4.37   23   6.3   -7  
  P  Howie Fox            31   0   0  .000   7   0   0   3   0   0   0    8.2   10    4    3   1    0    2  3.12    3   3.8  -45  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      684        -22

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Andy Seminick 868 93 108 573 36 15 4 .976 31 18 Joe Rossi 342 41 44 195 13 5 3 .977 14 6 Ed Fitzgerald 181 20 20 104 18 4 2 .968 16 9 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ted Kluszewski 1230 135 139 1180 118 6 114 .995 9.50 Steve Bilko 151 18 20 151 7 2 10 .988 9.40 Johnny Wyrostek 10 1 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 8.10 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Grady Hatton 1001 114 124 253 327 10 68 .983 5.21 Johnny Temple 209 20 42 66 79 3 17 .980 6.25 Connie Ryan 144 16 20 35 40 2 8 .974 4.69 Joe DeMaestri 35 4 6 13 12 1 7 .962 6.43 Ray Boone 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Adams 1390 154 154 211 313 19 25 .965 3.39 Bob Kennedy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ray Boone 826 97 102 169 242 19 53 .956 4.48 Roy Smalley 420 50 51 78 129 4 22 .981 4.44 Virgil Stallcup 143 7 57 23 46 2 11 .972 4.33 Joe DeMaestri 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Wyrostek 992 112 119 263 5 4 1 .985 2.43 Jim Fridley 251 29 33 62 2 0 0 1.000 2.30 Bob Kennedy 45 2 14 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Jim Greengrass 40 5 7 11 0 1 0 .917 2.48 Willard Marshall 28 2 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 Chuck Diering 27 3 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.98 Lee Walls 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Duke Snider 1263 138 144 343 22 4 0 .989 2.60 Lee Walls 71 9 10 20 1 1 0 .955 2.66 Jim Greengrass 24 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 Bob Kennedy 18 2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 Chuck Diering 15 2 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willard Marshall 1069 119 126 215 7 5 1 .978 1.87 Johnny Wyrostek 130 14 16 29 1 1 1 .968 2.08 Lee Walls 87 10 12 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.58 Jim Fridley 81 10 10 13 0 1 0 .929 1.44 Jim Greengrass 22 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Bob Kennedy 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1952 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Ray Boone
Round 2 (#25):	Vinegar Bend Mizell
Round 3 (#39):	Dick Brodowski
Round 4 (#52):	Earl Harrist
Round 5 (#64):	Mike Fornieles
Round 6 (#76):	Hal Brown
Round 7 (#84):	Jim Fridley
Round 8 (#90):	Bill Werle
Round 9 (#95):	Virgil Stallcup
Round 10 (#98):	Steve Bilko
Round 11 (#101):	Joe DeMaestri
Round 12 (#104):	Ed Fitzgerald

Transactions

• 1952-04: acquired Hersh Freeman as a free agent
• 1952-06: acquired Chuck Diering as a free agent
• 1952-09: released Hersh Freeman
• 1952-09: acquired Bud Byerly as a free agent
• 1952-09: released Chuck Diering
• 1952-09: acquired Lee Walls as a free agent
• 1952-09: released Bud Byerly
• 1952-09: acquired Willard Schmidt as a free agent
• 1952-12: traded CIN#2 to WAA for Connie Ryan, Howie Fox
• 1952 postseason: released Karl Drews

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