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1939 Cincinnati Reds

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940

97-57, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill McKechnie (97-57)
Scored 767 runs, Allowed 595 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-59

Ballparks: Crosley Field · Attendance: 981,443 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 101

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-0) to New York Yankees

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1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Red Barrett 24 R R 5' 11" 183 Feb 14, 1915 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Wally Berger 33 R R 6' 2" 198 Oct 10, 1905 10 97 89 97 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 26 0 95 2 0 0.6 $
Nino Bongiovanni 27 L L 5' 10" 175 Dec 21, 1911 2 66 37 66 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 32 39 27 0 -0.1 $
Frenchy Bordagaray 29 R R 5' 7" 175 Jan 3, 1910 6 63 25 63 46 0 0 0 2 0 0 32 4 8 44 11 7 -1.1 $
Harry Craft 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Apr 19, 1915 3 134 131 134 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 133 0 134 0 0 0.7 $
Peaches Davis 34 L R 6' 3" 190 May 31, 1905 4 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Paul Derringer 32 R R 6' 3" 205 Oct 17, 1906 9 38 35 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 $18,000 All-Star
Vince DiMaggio 26 R R 5' 11" 183 Sep 6, 1912 3 8 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 7 1 0 -0.2 $
Lonny Frey 28 L R 5' 10" 160 Aug 23, 1910 7 125 124 125 124 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.0 $ All-Star
Milt Galatzer 32 L L 5' 10" 168 May 4, 1907 5 3 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Lee Gamble 29 L R 6' 1" 170 Jun 28, 1910 3 72 52 72 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 1 0 56 12 4 -0.8 $
Ival Goodman 30 L R 5' 11" 170 Jul 23, 1908 5 124 121 124 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 123 1 0 5.4 $ All-Star
Lee Grissom 31 B L 6' 3" 200 Oct 23, 1907 6 33 21 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Bud Hafey 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 6, 1912 3 6 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 0 -0.2 $
Willard Hershberger 29 R R 5' 10" 167 May 28, 1910 2 63 39 63 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.3 $
Art Jacobs 36 L L 5' 10" 170 Aug 28, 1902 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Hank Johnson 33 R R 5' 11" 175 May 21, 1906 12 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Eddie Joost 23 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 5, 1916 3 42 35 42 38 0 0 0 32 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.2 $
Wes Livengood 28 R R 6' 2" 172 Jul 18, 1910 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Ernie Lombardi HOF 31 R R 6' 3" 230 Apr 6, 1908 9 130 116 130 120 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2.7 $17,000 All-Star
Frank McCormick 28 R R 6' 4" 205 Jun 9, 1911 4 156 156 156 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 $ All-Star
Whitey Moore 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 10, 1912 4 42 24 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Billy Myers 28 R R 5' 8" 168 Aug 14, 1910 5 151 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 $
Pete Naktenis 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 12, 1914 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Johnny Niggeling 35 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 10, 1903 2 10 5 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Nolen Richardson 36 R R 6' 1" 170 Jan 18, 1903 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Elmer Riddle 24 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 31, 1914 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Lew Riggs 29 L R 6' 0" 175 Apr 22, 1910 6 22 9 22 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 -0.2 $
Les Scarsella 25 L L 5' 11" 185 Nov 23, 1913 4 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 -0.2 $
Milt Shoffner 33 L L 6' 1" 184 Nov 13, 1905 6 10 3 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Al Simmons HOF 37 R R 5' 11" 190 May 22, 1902 16 9 5 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 4 0 -0.2 $
Junior Thompson 22 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 7, 1917 1st 42 11 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $
Johnny Vander Meer 24 B L 6' 1" 190 Nov 2, 1914 3 30 21 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $12,000 All-Star
Bucky Walters 30 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 19, 1909 9 40 36 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9.3 $ All-Star
Jim Weaver 35 R R 6' 6" 230 Nov 25, 1903 8 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Billy Werber 31 R R 5' 10" 170 Jun 20, 1908 8 147 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 $
Dick West 23 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 24, 1915 2 8 5 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 1 -0.2 $
Jimmie Wilson 38 R R 6' 1" 200 Jul 23, 1900 17 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Jimmie Wilson
Ernie Lombardi
Willard Hershberger
Frank McCormick
Lonny Frey
Billy Myers
Art Jacobs
Hank Johnson
Nolen Richardson
Lew Riggs

Les Scarsella
Eddie Joost
Billy Werber
Milt Galatzer
Wally Berger
Harry Craft
Ival Goodman
Lee Gamble

Frenchy Bordagaray
Nino Bongiovanni
Vince DiMaggio
Paul Derringer
Bucky Walters
Lee Grissom
Johnny Vander Meer
Jim Weaver

Whitey Moore
Bud Hafey
Wes Livengood
Johnny Niggeling
Peaches Davis
Milt Shoffner
Red Barrett
Pete Naktenis
Al Simmons
Dick West
Junior Thompson
Elmer Riddle

1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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