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

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1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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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
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
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* - 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 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 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
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* - 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