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1949 Cincinnati Reds

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Walker Cooper 34 82 331 307 34 86 9 2 16 62 0 21 24 .280 .330 .479 .809 113 147 9 2 1
2 1B Ted Kluszewski* 24 136 550 531 63 164 26 2 8 68 3 19 24 .309 .333 .411 .743 97 218 10 0 0
3 2B Jimmy Bloodworth 31 134 484 452 40 118 27 1 9 59 1 27 36 .261 .304 .385 .689 83 174 12 1 4
4 SS Virgil Stallcup 27 141 589 575 49 146 28 5 3 45 1 9 44 .254 .268 .336 .604 60 193 11 2 3
5 3B Grady Hatton* 26 137 605 537 71 141 38 5 11 69 4 62 48 .263 .342 .413 .756 101 222 8 3 3
6 OF Johnny Wyrostek* 29 134 534 474 54 118 20 4 9 46 7 58 63 .249 .333 .365 .698 86 173 7 2 0
7 OF Lloyd Merriman* 24 103 310 287 35 66 12 5 4 26 2 21 36 .230 .285 .348 .633 68 100 5 1 1
8 OF Danny Litwhiler 32 102 336 292 35 85 18 1 11 48 0 44 42 .291 .384 .473 .857 127 138 4 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
9 OF Peanuts Lowrey 31 89 354 309 48 85 16 2 2 25 1 37 11 .275 .354 .359 .714 91 111 12 1 7
10 OF Harry Walker* 32 86 353 314 53 100 15 2 1 23 4 34 17 .318 .385 .389 .774 107 122 6 0 5
11 2B Bobby Adams 27 107 308 277 32 70 16 2 0 25 4 26 36 .253 .317 .325 .642 72 90 6 0 5
12 C Dixie Howell 29 64 183 172 17 42 6 1 2 18 0 8 21 .244 .286 .326 .611 63 56 5 2 1
13 OF Hank Sauer 32 42 170 152 22 36 6 0 4 16 0 18 19 .237 .318 .355 .673 79 54 8 0 0
14 C Ray Mueller 37 32 117 106 7 29 4 0 1 13 1 5 13 .274 .319 .340 .658 76 36 1 2 4
15 MI Claude Corbitt 33 44 105 94 10 17 1 0 0 3 1 9 1 .181 .252 .191 .444 20 18 3 0 2
16 OF Frank Baumholtz* 30 27 91 81 12 19 5 3 1 8 0 6 8 .235 .295 .407 .703 86 33 2 1 3
17 MI Sammy Meeks 26 16 38 36 10 11 2 0 2 6 1 2 6 .306 .342 .528 .870 129 19 1 0 0
18 1B Chuck Kress* 27 27 33 29 3 6 3 0 0 3 0 3 5 .207 .281 .310 .592 58 9 1 0 1
19 C Johnny Pramesa 23 17 28 25 2 6 1 0 1 2 0 3 5 .240 .321 .400 .721 91 10 0 0 0
20 OF Wally Post 19 6 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 2 1 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
21 P Ken Raffensberger 31 41 105 90 7 16 4 0 1 3 0 2 31 .178 .204 .256 .460 22 23 1 1 12
22 P Herm Wehmeier 22 36 85 78 9 20 1 0 0 4 0 1 17 .256 .275 .269 .544 46 21 0 1 5
23 P Howie Fox 28 41 79 72 3 17 3 0 0 5 1 0 6 .236 .247 .278 .524 40 20 2 1 6
24 P Johnny Vander Meer# 34 33 66 52 5 4 0 0 0 5 0 6 17 .077 .172 .077 .249 -31 4 0 0 8
25 P Buddy Lively 24 31 30 26 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 .154 .241 .192 .434 17 5 0 0 1
26 P Eddie Erautt 24 39 27 23 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 .174 .269 .217 .487 31 5 0 0 1
27 P Kent Peterson 23 30 20 18 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 .056 .056 .056 .111 -70 1 1 0 2
28 P Ewell Blackwell 26 30 20 19 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .211 .211 .211 .421 13 4 0 0 1
29 P Harry Perkowski* 26 5 9 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 79 3 0 0 0
30 P Dixie Howell* 29 9 9 9 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333 -13 2 0 0 0
31 P Ken Burkhart 32 11 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 53 2 0 0 0
32 P Frank Fanovich* 26 29 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 -42 0 0 0 0
33 P Jess Dobernic 31 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 0
34 P Harry Gumbert 39 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
35 P Walker Cress 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.7 156 5994 5469 627 1423 264 35 86 588 31 429 559 .260 .316 .368 .685 82 2015 116 20 76
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 7 3 2 7 8 5 1 7 5 4 7 8 8 5 8 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 Ken Raffensberger* 31 18 17 .514 3.39 41 38 1 20 5 0 284.0 289 129 107 23 80 103 2 1 2 1190 124 1.299 9.2 0.7 2.5 3.3 1.29
2 SP Howie Fox 28 6 19 .240 3.98 38 30 6 9 0 0 215.0 221 120 95 13 77 60 4 1 2 928 106 1.386 9.3 0.5 3.2 2.5 0.78
3 SP Herm Wehmeier 22 11 12 .478 4.68 33 29 1 11 1 0 213.1 202 119 111 20 117 80 7 0 7 937 90 1.495 8.5 0.8 4.9 3.4 0.68
4 SP Johnny Vander Meer* 34 5 10 .333 4.90 28 24 2 7 3 0 159.2 172 92 87 12 85 76 2 0 5 712 86 1.610 9.7 0.7 4.8 4.3 0.89
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
5 RP Eddie Erautt 24 4 11 .267 3.36 39 9 14 1 0 1 112.2 99 53 42 9 61 43 3 1 2 481 126 1.420 7.9 0.7 4.9 3.4 0.70
6 RP Buddy Lively 24 4 6 .400 3.92 31 10 6 3 1 1 103.1 91 47 45 11 53 30 0 0 2 430 108 1.394 7.9 1.0 4.6 2.6 0.57
7 RP Ewell Blackwell 26 5 5 .500 4.23 30 4 17 0 0 1 76.2 80 36 36 7 34 55 3 0 1 335 100 1.487 9.4 0.8 4.0 6.5 1.62
8 RP Kent Peterson* 23 4 5 .444 6.24 30 7 5 2 0 0 66.1 66 54 46 8 46 28 4 0 3 309 68 1.688 9.0 1.1 6.2 3.8 0.61
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
9 Frank Fanovich* 26 0 2 .000 5.40 29 1 13 0 0 0 43.1 44 31 26 2 28 27 2 1 1 203 78 1.662 9.1 0.4 5.8 5.6 0.96
10 Harry Gumbert 39 4 3 .571 5.53 29 0 19 0 0 2 40.2 58 28 25 5 8 12 1 0 2 184 77 1.623 12.8 1.1 1.8 2.7 1.50
11 Ken Burkhart 32 0 0 3.18 11 0 5 0 0 1 28.1 29 10 10 2 10 8 0 0 0 115 134 1.376 9.2 0.6 3.2 2.5 0.80
12 Harry Perkowski* 26 1 1 .500 4.56 5 3 0 2 0 0 23.2 21 14 12 2 14 3 0 0 0 105 93 1.479 8.0 0.8 5.3 1.1 0.21
13 Jess Dobernic 31 0 0 9.78 14 0 7 0 0 0 19.1 28 22 21 7 16 6 0 0 1 101 44 2.276 13.0 3.3 7.4 2.8 0.38
14 Dixie Howell 29 0 1 .000 8.10 5 1 3 0 0 0 13.1 21 12 12 3 8 7 0 0 1 66 53 2.175 14.2 2.0 5.4 4.7 0.88
15 Walker Cress 32 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 10 2.500 9.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 27.8 62 92 .403 4.34 156 156 101 55 10 6 1401.2 1423 767 676 124 640 538 28 4 29 6106 97 1.472 9.1 0.8 4.1 3.5 0.84
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 2 6 6 5 8 3 5 7 6 5 8 6
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
Bobby Adams 27 74 63 58 343 176 160 7 29 .980 4.36 2B-3B
Frank Baumholtz 30 20 18 17 56 53 1 2 0 .964 2.70 OF
Ewell Blackwell 26 30 4 0 23 4 18 1 1 .957 0.73 P
Jimmy Bloodworth 31 120 117 96 720 447 262 11 75 .985 5.76 2B-1B-3B
Ken Burkhart 32 11 0 0 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 0.64 P
Walker Cooper 34 77 74 65 367 316 43 8 3 .978 4.66 11 17 19 53% C
Claude Corbitt 33 37 25 22 126 66 55 5 17 .960 3.36 SS-2B-3B
Walker Cress 32 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 P
Jess Dobernic 31 14 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.36 P
Eddie Erautt 24 39 9 1 22 3 18 1 0 .955 0.54 P
Frank Fanovich 26 29 1 0 12 1 9 2 1 .833 0.34 P
Howie Fox 28 38 30 9 82 14 65 3 7 .963 2.08 P
Harry Gumbert 39 29 0 0 15 2 13 0 0 1.000 0.52 P
Grady Hatton 26 136 131 131 444 143 290 11 29 .975 3.18 3B
Dixie Howell 29 5 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.60 P
Dixie Howell 29 56 46 39 229 191 35 3 2 .987 4.04 5 18 15 45% C
Ted Kluszewski 24 134 131 116 1219 1140 65 14 109 .989 8.99 1B
Chuck Kress 27 16 5 5 78 72 4 2 6 .974 4.75 1B
Danny Litwhiler 32 84 80 53 162 147 12 3 2 .981 1.87 OF-3B
Buddy Lively 24 31 10 3 20 4 15 1 1 .950 0.61 P
Peanuts Lowrey 31 78 76 71 210 202 7 1 2 .995 2.68 OF
Sammy Meeks 26 11 9 8 57 24 33 0 12 1.000 5.18 2B-SS
Lloyd Merriman 24 86 60 58 228 214 7 7 1 .969 2.57 OF
Ray Mueller 37 31 31 27 125 110 15 0 1 1.000 4.03 2 4 7 64% C
Harry Perkowski 26 5 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.40 P
Kent Peterson 23 30 7 2 10 0 10 0 1 1.000 0.33 P
Wally Post 19 3 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.00 OF
Johnny Pramesa 23 13 5 4 29 27 1 1 0 .966 2.15 1 2 0 0% C
Ken Raffensberger 31 41 38 20 48 6 41 1 2 .979 1.15 P
Hank Sauer 32 39 39 36 114 103 6 5 0 .956 2.73 OF-1B
Virgil Stallcup 27 141 140 133 720 256 437 27 87 .963 4.91 SS
Johnny Vander Meer 34 28 24 7 41 6 33 2 4 .951 1.39 P
Harry Walker 32 77 74 62 191 177 7 7 1 .963 2.36 OF-1B
Herm Wehmeier 22 33 29 11 36 3 31 2 3 .944 1.03 P
Johnny Wyrostek 29 129 123 99 312 293 10 9 1 .971 2.35 OF
Team Totals 28.6 156 1404 1156 6061 4206 1717 138 398 .977 3.41 19 41 41 50%
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 4 3
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
Bobby Adams 27 308 -11 0 0 0 -3 3 11 0 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent 45
Frank Baumholtz* 30 91 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent O9/7
Ewell Blackwell 26 20 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Jimmy Bloodworth 31 484 -12 -2 0 0 -1 3 18 6 0.5 7 0.7 -0.2 $ Traded 43/5
Ken Burkhart 32 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Walker Cooper 34 331 4 -2 0 0 -2 2 12 14 1.4 16 1.6 -0.2 $ Traded 2
Claude Corbitt 33 105 -10 0 0 0 -3 2 4 -7 -0.8 -4 -0.4 -0.4 $ Purchased 64/5
Jess Dobernic 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Eddie Erautt 24 27 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Frank Fanovich* 26 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Howie Fox 28 79 -6 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Harry Gumbert 39 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Grady Hatton* 26 605 -1 0 0 0 3 0 20 22 2.2 19 2.0 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent *5
Dixie Howell 29 183 -9 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
Dixie Howell* 29 9 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Ted Kluszewski* 24 550 -4 0 0 0 -3 -6 20 7 0.7 10 1.0 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *3
Chuck Kress* 27 33 -2 0 0 0 -1 -1 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 3
Danny Litwhiler 32 336 11 -2 0 0 -2 -4 12 15 1.6 17 1.7 -0.1 $ Traded O97/5
Buddy Lively 24 30 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Peanuts Lowrey 31 354 -3 1 0 0 6 -4 13 13 1.3 7 0.7 0.6 $ Traded 7O
Sammy Meeks 26 38 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 0.6 4 0.4 0.2 $ Unknown /46
Lloyd Merriman* 24 310 -14 1 0 0 -3 -1 11 -6 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent O8/7
Ray Mueller 37 117 -4 -1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Purchased 2
Harry Perkowski* 26 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency /1
Kent Peterson 23 20 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Wally Post 19 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /O879
Johnny Pramesa 23 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
Ken Raffensberger 31 105 -10 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Hank Sauer 32 170 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 6 2 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $ MinorLg Draft 7O/39
Virgil Stallcup 27 589 -33 -1 0 0 -3 9 21 -7 -0.8 -4 -0.4 -0.4 $ Rule 5 Draft *6
Johnny Vander Meer# 34 66 -9 0 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Harry Walker* 32 353 3 1 0 0 0 -3 13 14 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $ Traded O897/3
Herm Wehmeier 22 85 -6 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Johnny Wyrostek* 29 534 -9 -1 0 0 -1 -4 20 5 0.4 6 0.6 -0.2 $ Traded *O98/7
Team Total 28.7 5994 -145 -5 0 0 -9 30 213 84 8.0 93 9.4 -1.4 $
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
Ewell Blackwell 26 76.2 4 36 46 0 1.0 10 1.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ken Burkhart 32 28.1 0 10 17 0 1.0 7 0.8 $ Traded
Walker Cress 32 2.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Jess Dobernic 31 19.1 0 22 12 0 1.0 -10 -1.0 $
Eddie Erautt 24 112.2 9 53 67 -1 1.0 14 1.7 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Frank Fanovich* 26 43.1 1 31 26 0 1.0 -5 -0.4 $ Purchased
Howie Fox 28 215.0 30 120 128 -1 1.0 8 1.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Harry Gumbert 39 40.2 0 28 24 0 1.0 -4 -0.3 $ Purchased
Dixie Howell 29 13.1 1 12 8 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $ Purchased
Buddy Lively 24 103.1 10 47 62 0 1.0 15 1.7 $
Harry Perkowski* 26 23.2 3 14 14 0 1.0 0 0.1 $ Free Agency
Kent Peterson* 23 66.1 7 54 40 0 1.0 -14 -1.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ken Raffensberger* 31 284.0 38 129 169 -1 1.0 40 4.8 $ Traded
Johnny Vander Meer* 34 159.2 24 92 95 -1 1.0 3 0.8 $ Purchased
Herm Wehmeier 22 213.1 29 119 127 -1 1.0 8 1.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Team Total 27.8 1401.2 156 767 836 -5 1.0 69 10.7 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1948 / 1950 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics