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1939 Cincinnati Reds

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 .829 119 219 24 3 6
2 1B Frank McCormick 28 156 688 630 99 209 41 4 18 128 1 40 16 .332 .374 .495 .869 130 312 23 2 16
3 2B Lonny Frey* 28 125 585 484 95 141 27 9 11 55 5 72 46 .291 .388 .452 .840 123 219 6 4 25
4 SS Billy Myers 28 151 602 509 79 143 18 6 9 56 4 71 90 .281 .369 .393 .762 103 200 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 .916 142 242 6 7 22
7 OF Harry Craft 24 134 537 502 58 129 20 7 13 67 5 27 54 .257 .299 .402 .701 85 202 6 3 5
8 OF Wally Berger 33 97 374 329 36 85 15 1 14 44 1 36 63 .258 .341 .438 .778 106 144 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 63 70 1 0 6
10 C Willard Hershberger 29 63 195 174 23 60 9 2 0 32 1 9 4 .345 .384 .420 .803 114 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 58 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 72 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 35 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 -11 2 0 0 0
18 Les Scarsella* 25 16 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 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 78 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 .790 110 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 20 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 -30 1 0 0 1
31 P Hank Johnson 33 20 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 114 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 78 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
36 P Wes Livengood 28 5 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
38 P Elmer Riddle 24 1 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 46 500 538 .278 .343 .405 .748 98 2176 110 35 193
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 1 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
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.

Team Pitching

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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 170 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 132 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 3 819 113 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 95 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 83 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 1 625 153 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 67 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 1 133 195 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 61 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 1 167 117 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 44 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 22 247 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 15 189 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 13 146 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 60 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 119 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 1
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 GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Red Barrett 24 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Wally Berger 33 95 89 77 169 158 6 5 0 .970 1.73 OF
Nino Bongiovanni 27 39 37 31 91 89 1 1 1 .989 2.31 OF
Frenchy Bordagaray 29 46 25 23 75 67 7 1 2 .987 1.64 OF-2B
Harry Craft 24 134 131 123 319 300 13 6 4 .981 2.34 OF
Peaches Davis 34 20 0 0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Paul Derringer 32 38 35 28 62 11 48 3 1 .952 1.55 P
Vince DiMaggio 26 7 3 3 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 1.71 OF
Lonny Frey 28 124 124 122 754 324 412 18 83 .976 5.94 2B
Milt Galatzer 32 2 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 5.50 1B
Lee Gamble 29 56 52 42 93 87 5 1 0 .989 1.64 OF
Ival Goodman 30 123 121 118 267 246 16 5 4 .981 2.13 OF
Lee Grissom 31 33 21 3 27 2 24 1 3 .963 0.79 P
Bud Hafey 26 4 3 2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 OF
Willard Hershberger 29 60 39 35 228 204 21 3 2 .987 3.75 3 12 11 48% C
Art Jacobs 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Hank Johnson 33 20 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.10 P
Eddie Joost 23 38 35 35 207 94 101 12 23 .942 5.13 2B-SS
Wes Livengood 28 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.20 P
Ernie Lombardi 31 120 116 94 609 536 63 10 7 .984 4.99 15 30 32 52% C
Frank McCormick 28 156 156 154 1625 1518 100 7 153 .996 10.37 1B
Whitey Moore 27 42 24 9 42 9 32 1 0 .976 0.98 P
Billy Myers 28 151 151 149 863 309 512 42 110 .951 5.44 SS
Pete Naktenis 25 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Johnny Niggeling 35 10 5 2 9 1 6 2 2 .778 0.70 P
Nolen Richardson 36 1 0 0 7 4 3 0 1 1.000 7.00 SS
Elmer Riddle 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Lew Riggs 29 11 9 9 23 6 16 1 1 .957 2.00 3B
Milt Shoffner 33 10 3 0 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 0.80 P
Al Simmons 37 5 5 4 16 14 1 1 0 .938 3.00 OF
Junior Thompson 22 42 11 5 31 3 25 3 0 .903 0.67 P
Johnny Vander Meer 24 30 21 8 24 5 16 3 5 .875 0.70 P
Bucky Walters 30 39 36 31 95 16 77 2 10 .979 2.38 P
Jim Weaver 35 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Billy Werber 31 147 147 145 507 165 308 34 32 .933 3.22 3B
Dick West 23 6 5 4 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 0 0 0 OF-C
Jimmie Wilson 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 C
Team Totals 28.7 156 1404 1256 6210 4211 1837 162 445 .974 3.72 19 42 43 51%
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 2 2
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Red Barrett 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Wally Berger 33 374 3 -2 0 0 -3 -3 11 6 0.6 9 0.9 -0.3 $ Traded O78
Nino Bongiovanni* 27 171 -8 0 0 0 4 -2 5 -1 -0.1 -5 -0.5 0.4 $ Rule 5 Draft O9/78
Frenchy Bordagaray 29 136 -11 1 0 0 -2 -2 4 -10 -1.1 -8 -0.8 -0.3 $ Traded O7/984
Harry Craft 24 537 -10 0 0 0 3 -2 16 7 0.7 4 0.4 0.3 $ *O8/7
Peaches Davis* 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Paul Derringer 32 128 -12 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $18,000 Traded 1
Vince DiMaggio 26 16 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded /O879
Lonny Frey* 28 585 20 2 0 0 18 4 15 59 6.0 41 4.2 1.8 $ Purchased *4
Milt Galatzer* 32 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /3
Lee Gamble* 29 236 -10 1 0 0 -2 -3 7 -7 -0.8 -5 -0.5 -0.3 $ O7/8
Ival Goodman* 30 553 31 2 0 0 10 -6 15 52 5.4 42 4.3 1.1 $ Purchased *O9
Lee Grissom# 31 54 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
Bud Hafey 26 14 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded /7O
Willard Hershberger 29 195 5 0 0 0 0 2 6 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $ Traded 2
Hank Johnson 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Eddie Joost 23 165 -5 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 4/6
Ernie Lombardi 31 494 13 -3 0 0 -2 4 15 27 2.7 29 3.0 -0.3 $17,000 Traded *2
Frank McCormick 28 688 29 0 0 0 10 -7 19 51 5.2 41 4.2 1.0 $ *3
Whitey Moore 27 70 -12 0 0 0 0 5 2 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 1
Billy Myers 28 602 6 0 0 0 18 10 18 52 5.2 34 3.5 1.7 $ Traded *6
Johnny Niggeling 35 16 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Nolen Richardson 36 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /6
Lew Riggs* 29 43 -4 0 0 0 1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Purchased 5
Les Scarsella* 25 15 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
Milt Shoffner* 33 13 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Al Simmons 37 23 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased /7O
Junior Thompson 22 51 -5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Johnny Vander Meer# 24 46 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $12,000 Purchased 1
Bucky Walters 30 131 2 0 0 0 0 10 4 16 1.6 16 1.6 0.0 $ Traded 1
Jim Weaver 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Billy Werber 31 707 14 4 0 0 5 3 18 44 4.5 39 4.0 0.5 $ Purchased *5
Dick West 23 21 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased /7O2
Jimmie Wilson 38 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency /2
Team Total 28.8 6106 15 6 0 0 60 36 170 287 28.7 227 23.3 5.4 $47,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Red Barrett 24 5.1 0 1 3 0 1.0 2 0.2 $
Peaches Davis 34 30.2 0 24 18 1 1.0 -6 -0.8 $
Paul Derringer 32 301.0 35 115 173 9 1.0 58 4.8 $ Traded
Lee Grissom* 31 153.2 21 77 88 5 1.0 11 0.5 $
Art Jacobs* 36 1.0 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Traded
Hank Johnson 33 31.1 0 10 18 1 1.0 8 0.7 $
Wes Livengood 28 5.2 0 6 3 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
Whitey Moore 27 187.2 24 88 108 6 1.0 20 1.3 $
Pete Naktenis* 25 4.0 0 1 2 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Johnny Niggeling 35 40.1 5 28 23 1 1.0 -5 -0.7 $ Purchased
Elmer Riddle 24 2.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Milt Shoffner* 33 37.2 3 18 22 1 1.0 4 0.2 $ Waivers
Junior Thompson 22 152.1 11 51 87 5 1.0 36 3.2 $
Johnny Vander Meer* 24 129.0 21 76 74 4 1.0 -2 -0.8 $ Purchased
Bucky Walters 30 319.0 36 98 183 10 1.0 85 7.7 $ Traded
Jim Weaver 35 3.0 0 1 2 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Purchased
Team Total 29.1 1403.2 156 595 806 43 1.0 211 16.3 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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