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1939 Cincinnati Reds Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
97-57, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 767 runs, Allowed 595 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-59
Manager: Bill McKechnie (97-57)
Ballpark: Crosley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 981,443 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 98; one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 100
Won NL Pennant

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1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Ernie Lombardi	31	130	494	450	43	129	26	2	20	85	0		35	19	.287	.342	.487	.829	120	219	24	3	6
2	1B	Frank McCormick	28	156	688	630	99	209	41	4	18	128	1		40	16	.332	.374	.495	.869	131	312	23	2	16
3	2B	Lonny Frey*	28	125	585	484	95	141	27	9	11	55	5		72	46	.291	.388	.452	.840	124	219	6	4	25
4	SS	Billy Myers	28	151	602	509	79	143	18	6	9	56	4		71	90	.281	.369	.393	.762	104	200	3	0	22
5	3B	Billy Werber	31	147	707	599	115	173	35	5	5	57	15		91	46	.289	.388	.389	.777	108	233	12	6	11
6	OF	Ival Goodman*	30	124	553	470	85	152	37	16	7	84	2		54	32	.323	.401	.515	.916	144	242	6	7	22
7	OF	Harry Craft	24	134	537	502	58	129	20	7	13	67	5		27	54	.257	.299	.402	.701	86	202	6	3	5
8	OF	Wally Berger	33	97	374	329	36	85	15	1	14	44	1		36	63	.258	.341	.438	.778	107	144	6	5	4
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Lee Gamble*	29	72	236	221	24	59	7	2	0	14	5		9	14	.267	.296	.317	.612	64	70	1	0	6
10	C	Willard Hershberger	29	63	195	174	23	60	9	2	0	32	1		9	4	.345	.384	.420	.803	115	73	6	2	10
11	OF	Nino Bongiovanni*	27	66	171	159	17	41	6	0	0	16	0		9	8	.258	.298	.296	.593	59	47	1	0	3
12	2B	Eddie Joost	23	42	165	143	23	36	6	3	0	14	1		12	15	.252	.310	.336	.645	73	48	4	0	10
13	OF	Frenchy Bordagaray	29	63	136	122	19	24	5	1	0	12	3		9	10	.197	.252	.254	.506	36	31	1	0	5
14	3B	Lew Riggs*	29	22	43	38	5	6	1	0	0	1	1		5	4	.158	.256	.184	.440	19	7	1	0	0
15	OF	Al Simmons	37	9	23	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	3	.143	.217	.143	.360	-2	3	0	0	0
16	UT	Dick West	23	8	21	19	1	4	0	0	0	4	0		1	4	.211	.250	.211	.461	24	4	0	0	1
17	OF	Vince DiMaggio	26	8	16	14	1	1	1	0	0	2	0		2	10	.071	.188	.143	.330	-10	2	0	0	0
18		Les Scarsella*	25	16	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	2	1	0	1
19	OF	Bud Hafey	26	6	14	13	1	2	1	0	0	1	1		1	4	.154	.214	.231	.445	19	3	0	0	0
20	1B	Milt Galatzer*	32	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
21	C	Jimmie Wilson	38	4	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	79	1	0	0	1
22	SS	Nolen Richardson	36	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
23	P	Bucky Walters	30	40	131	120	16	39	8	1	1	16	1		5	12	.325	.357	.433	.790	111	52	2	1	5
24	P	Paul Derringer	32	38	128	110	10	23	3	0	0	17	0		1	11	.209	.216	.236	.453	21	26	6	0	17
25	P	Whitey Moore	27	42	70	61	4	6	1	0	0	2	0		2	13	.098	.127	.115	.242	-35	7	1	0	7
26	P	Lee Grissom#	31	33	54	47	5	4	0	1	0	1	0		2	18	.085	.157	.128	.285	-23	6	0	2	3
27	P	Junior Thompson	22	42	51	48	3	11	1	0	0	1	0		0	11	.229	.229	.250	.479	28	12	0	0	3
28	P	Johnny Vander Meer#	24	30	46	36	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		3	10	.111	.179	.139	.318	-14	5	0	0	7
29	P	Johnny Niggeling	35	10	16	13	3	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.154	.214	.154	.368	-0	2	0	0	2
30	P	Milt Shoffner*	33	10	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	8	.091	.167	.091	.258	-29	1	0	0	1
31	P	Hank Johnson	33	20	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	115	2	0	0	0
32	P	Peaches Davis*	34	20	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	79	1	0	0	0
33	P	Red Barrett	24	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
34	P	Jim Weaver	35	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
35	P	Art Jacobs*	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Wes Livengood	28	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Pete Naktenis*	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Elmer Riddle	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.8	156	6106	5378	767	1493	269	60	98	714	46	0	500	538	.278	.343	.405	.748	99	2176	110	35	193	0	0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				2	2	2	2	3	2		4		3	4	2	2	2	2		2
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Bucky Walters	30	27	11	.711	2.29	39	36	2	31	2	0	319.0	250	98	81	15	109		137	6	3	8	1283	168	1.125	7.1	0.4	3.1	3.9	1.26
2	SP	Paul Derringer	32	25	7	.781	2.93	38	35	1	28	5	0	301.0	321	115	98	15	35		128	3	0	2	1245	131	1.183	9.6	0.4	1.0	3.8	3.66
3	SP	Whitey Moore	27	13	12	.520	3.45	42	24	11	9	2	3	187.2	177	88	72	10	95		81	6	1	3	819	111	1.449	8.5	0.5	4.6	3.9	0.85
4	SP	Lee Grissom*	31	9	7	.563	4.10	33	21	5	3	0	0	153.2	145	77	70	14	56		53	1	0	4	648	94	1.308	8.5	0.8	3.3	3.1	0.95
5	SP	Johnny Vander Meer*	24	5	9	.357	4.67	30	21	4	8	0	0	129.0	128	76	67	7	95		102	2	2	3	593	82	1.729	8.9	0.5	6.6	7.1	1.07
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	RP	Junior Thompson	22	13	5	.722	2.54	42	11	19	5	3	2	152.1	130	51	43	6	55		87	3	0	1	625	151	1.214	7.7	0.4	3.2	5.1	1.58
7	RP	Johnny Niggeling	35	2	1	.667	5.80	10	5	1	2	1	0	40.1	51	28	26	2	13		20	2	0	0	185	66	1.587	11.4	0.4	2.9	4.5	1.54
8	RP	Hank Johnson	33	0	3	.000	2.01	20	0	15	0	0	1	31.1	30	10	7	1	13		10	0	0	1	133	191	1.372	8.6	0.3	3.7	2.9	0.77
9	RP	Peaches Davis	34	1	0	1.000	6.46	20	0	4	0	0	2	30.2	43	24	22	5	11		4	1	0	2	142	59	1.761	12.6	1.5	3.2	1.2	0.36
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
10		Milt Shoffner*	33	2	2	.500	3.35	10	3	2	0	0	0	37.2	43	18	14	3	11		6	2	0	1	167	115	1.434	10.3	0.7	2.6	1.4	0.55
11		Wes Livengood	28	0	0		9.53	5	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	9	6	6	3	3		4	0	0	0	28	40	2.118	14.3	4.8	4.8	6.4	1.33
12		Red Barrett	24	0	0		1.69	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	5	1	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	22	227	1.125	8.4	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.00
13		Pete Naktenis*	25	0	0		2.25	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	0		1	2	0	1	15	171	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	2.3
14		Jim Weaver	35	0	0		3.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	1		3	0	0	0	13	128	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
15		Elmer Riddle	24	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	7		0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
16		Art Jacobs*	36	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	6	43	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.1	97	57	.630	3.27	156	156	70	86	13	9	1403.2	1340	595	510	81	499		637	28	6	26	5931	117	1.310	8.6	0.5	3.2	4.1	1.28
		Rank in 8 NL teams		1	8		1				1	2	8	2	1	1	1	5	6		4199
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary
Red Barrett	24	2				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50		P
Wally Berger	33	95	66	29	0	169	158	6	5	0	.970	1.73		OF
Nino Bongiovanni	27	39	6	1	32	91	89	1	1	1	.989	2.31		OF
Frenchy Bordagaray	29	45	21	3	19	75	67	7	1	2	.987	1.64		OF-2B
Harry Craft	24	134	0	134	0	319	300	13	6	4	.981	2.34		OF
Peaches Davis	34	20				10	2	8	0	0	1.000	0.50		P
Paul Derringer	32	38				62	11	48	3	1	.952	1.55		P
Vince DiMaggio	26	7	3	3	1	12	11	1	0	1	1.000	1.71		OF
Lonny Frey	28	124				754	324	412	18	83	.976	5.94		2B
Milt Galatzer	32	2				11	11	0	0	0	1.000	5.50		1B
Lee Gamble	29	56	55	1	0	93	87	5	1	0	.989	1.64		OF
Ival Goodman	30	123	0	0	123	267	246	16	5	4	.981	2.13		OF
Lee Grissom	31	33				27	2	24	1	3	.963	0.79		P
Bud Hafey	26	4	4	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.75		OF
Willard Hershberger	29	60				228	204	21	3	2	.987	3.75	3	C
Art Jacobs	36	1				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
Hank Johnson	33	20				2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.10		P
Eddie Joost	23	38				207	94	101	12	23	.942	5.13		2B-SS
Wes Livengood	28	5				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.20		P
Ernie Lombardi	31	120				609	536	63	10	7	.984	4.99	15	C
Frank McCormick	28	156				1625	1518	100	7	153	.996	10.37		1B
Whitey Moore	27	42				42	9	32	1	0	.976	0.98		P
Billy Myers	28	151				863	309	512	42	110	.951	5.44		SS
Pete Naktenis	25	3				2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.67		P
Johnny Niggeling	35	10				9	1	6	2	2	.778	0.70		P
Nolen Richardson	36	1				7	4	3	0	1	1.000	7.00		SS
Elmer Riddle	24	1				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
Lew Riggs	29	11				23	6	16	1	1	.957	2.00		3B
Milt Shoffner	33	10				8	1	7	0	0	1.000	0.80		P
Al Simmons	37	5	5	0	0	16	14	1	1	0	.938	3.00		OF
Junior Thompson	22	42				31	3	25	3	0	.903	0.67		P
Johnny Vander Meer	24	30				24	5	16	3	5	.875	0.70		P
Bucky Walters	30	39				95	16	77	2	10	.979	2.38		P
Jim Weaver	35	3				2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.67		P
Billy Werber	31	147				507	165	308	34	32	.933	3.22		3B
Dick West	23	6	5	0	0	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.83	0	OF-C
Jimmie Wilson	38	1				0	0	0	0	0		0.00	1	C
Team Totals	28.7	156				6210	4211	1837	162	445	.974	3.72	19
Rank in 8 NL teams									7	2	2
	Age	G	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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