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1949 Cincinnati Reds

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950

62-92, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bucky Walters (61-90) and Luke Sewell (1-2)
Scored 627 runs, Allowed 770 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91

Ballparks: Crosley Field · Attendance: 707,782 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 99


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1948 / 1950 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
Bobby Adams 27 R R 5' 10" 160 Dec 14, 1921 4 107 63 107 74 0 0 0 61 14 0 0 0 0 0 28 7 0.0
Frank Baumholtz 30 L L 5' 10" 175 Oct 7, 1918 3 27 18 27 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 11 20 6 1 0.0
Ewell Blackwell 26 R R 6' 6" 195 Oct 23, 1922 5 30 4 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 All-Star
Jimmy Bloodworth 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 26, 1917 9 134 117 134 120 0 0 23 91 10 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0.5
Ken Burkhart 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 18, 1916 5 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Walker Cooper 34 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 10 82 74 82 77 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.4 All-Star
Claude Corbitt 33 R R 5' 10" 170 Jul 21, 1915 4 44 25 44 37 0 0 0 16 1 20 0 0 0 0 5 5 -0.8
Walker Cress 32 R R 6' 5" 205 Mar 6, 1917 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Jess Dobernic 31 R R 5' 10" 170 Nov 20, 1917 3 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Eddie Erautt 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 26, 1924 3 39 9 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8
Frank Fanovich 26 L L 5' 11" 180 Jan 11, 1923 1st 29 1 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Howie Fox 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 1, 1921 5 41 30 41 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.7
Harry Gumbert 39 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 5, 1909 14 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Grady Hatton 26 L R 5' 8" 170 Oct 7, 1922 4 137 131 137 136 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.2
Dixie Howell 29 L R 6' 2" 210 Jan 7, 1920 2 9 1 9 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.5
Dixie Howell 29 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 24, 1920 2 64 46 64 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.1
Ted Kluszewski 24 L L 6' 2" 225 Sep 10, 1924 3 136 131 136 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.7
Chuck Kress 27 L L 6' 0" 190 Dec 9, 1921 2 27 5 27 16 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 -0.3
Danny Litwhiler 32 R R 5' 10" 198 Aug 31, 1916 9 102 80 102 84 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 0 66 81 19 0 1.6
Buddy Lively 24 R R 6' 0" 200 Feb 14, 1925 3 31 10 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7
Peanuts Lowrey 31 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 27, 1917 7 89 76 89 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 78 11 0 1.3
Sammy Meeks 26 R R 5' 9" 160 Apr 23, 1923 2 16 9 16 11 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.6
Lloyd Merriman 24 L L 6' 0" 190 Aug 2, 1924 1st 103 60 103 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 85 0 86 16 6 -0.6
Ray Mueller 37 R R 5' 9" 175 Mar 8, 1912 12 32 31 32 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1
Harry Perkowski 26 L L 6' 2" 196 Sep 6, 1922 2 5 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Kent Peterson 23 R L 5' 10" 170 Dec 21, 1925 4 30 7 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5
Wally Post 19 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 9, 1929 1st 6 1 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 -0.1
Johnny Pramesa 23 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 28, 1925 1st 17 5 17 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.1
Ken Raffensberger 31 R L 6' 2" 185 Aug 8, 1917 10 41 38 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.8
Hank Sauer 32 R R 6' 3" 198 Mar 17, 1917 5 42 39 42 39 0 0 1 0 0 0 39 0 1 39 3 0 0.2
Virgil Stallcup 27 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 3, 1922 3 141 140 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.8
Johnny Vander Meer 34 B L 6' 1" 190 Nov 2, 1914 11 33 24 33 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.6
Harry Walker 32 L R 6' 2" 175 Oct 22, 1916 8 86 74 86 77 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 30 30 77 8 1 1.4
Herm Wehmeier 22 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 18, 1927 4 36 29 36 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.7
Johnny Wyrostek 29 L R 6' 2" 180 Jul 12, 1919 6 134 123 134 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 69 80 129 5 0 0.4
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Dixie Howell

Walker Cooper
Ray Mueller

Johnny Pramesa

Virgil Stallcup

Jimmy Bloodworth

Bobby Adams

Claude Corbitt
Sammy Meeks

Grady Hatton

Jess Dobernic
Chuck Kress

Ted Kluszewski

Lloyd Merriman

Frank Baumholtz
Peanuts Lowrey

Johnny Wyrostek

Danny Litwhiler

Wally Post
Hank Sauer
Harry Walker

Kent Peterson

Herm Wehmeier

Walker Cress

Johnny Vander Meer

Eddie Erautt

Harry Perkowski

Ken Raffensberger

Buddy Lively

Jess Dobernic
Dixie Howell

Frank Fanovich

Harry Gumbert

Howie Fox

Herm Wehmeier

Ewell Blackwell

Ken Burkhart

Frank Fanovich

1948 / 1950 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers