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
Ballpark: Crosley Field (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 707,782 (8th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 98
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | 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 | Peanuts Lowrey | 31 | 89 | 354 | 309 | 48 | 85 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 37 | 11 | .275 | .354 | .359 | .714 | 91 | 111 | 12 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | 1B | Harry Walker* | 32 | 86 | 353 | 314 | 53 | 100 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 34 | 17 | .318 | .385 | .389 | .774 | 107 | 122 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 9 | 3B | Danny Litwhiler | 32 | 102 | 336 | 292 | 35 | 85 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 48 | 0 | 44 | 42 | .291 | .384 | .473 | .857 | 127 | 138 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Lloyd Merriman* | 24 | 103 | 310 | 287 | 35 | 66 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 21 | 36 | .230 | .285 | .348 | .633 | 68 | 100 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 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 | 1B | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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* | 27 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 28.7 | 156 | 5994 | 5469 | 627 | 1423 | 264 | 35 | 86 | 588 | 31 | 0 | 429 | 559 | .260 | .316 | .368 | .685 | 82 | 2015 | 116 | 20 | 76 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 123 | 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 | 105 | 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 | 89 | 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 | 85 | 1.610 | 9.7 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 0.89 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | 124 | 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 | 106 | 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 | 98 | 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 | 67 | 1.688 | 9.0 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 0.61 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 9 | Frank Fanovich* | 27 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.40 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.1 | 44 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 203 | 77 | 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 | 75 | 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 | 131 | 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 | 91 | 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 | 43 | 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 | 51 | 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 | 4.33 | 156 | 156 | 101 | 55 | 10 | 6 | 1401.2 | 1423 | 767 | 675 | 124 | 640 | 538 | 28 | 4 | 29 | 6106 | 96 | 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 | 4588 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Adams | 27 | 77 | 343 | 176 | 160 | 7 | 29 | .980 | 4.36 | 2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ewell Blackwell | 26 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 0.73 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Bloodworth | 31 | 123 | 720 | 447 | 262 | 11 | 75 | .985 | 5.76 | 2B-1B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ken Burkhart | 32 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.64 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Walker Cooper | 34 | 77 | 367 | 316 | 43 | 8 | 3 | .978 | 4.66 | 11 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Claude Corbitt | 33 | 36 | 126 | 66 | 55 | 5 | 17 | .960 | 3.36 | SS-2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Walker Cress | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jess Dobernic | 31 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.36 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Erautt | 24 | 39 | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 0.54 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Frank Fanovich | 27 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 0.34 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Howie Fox | 28 | 38 | 82 | 14 | 65 | 3 | 7 | .963 | 2.08 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Harry Gumbert | 39 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.52 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Grady Hatton | 26 | 136 | 444 | 143 | 290 | 11 | 29 | .975 | 3.18 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Dixie Howell | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.60 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Dixie Howell | 29 | 56 | 229 | 191 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 4.04 | 5 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Ted Kluszewski | 24 | 134 | 1219 | 1140 | 65 | 14 | 109 | .989 | 8.99 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Kress | 27 | 16 | 78 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .974 | 4.75 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Danny Litwhiler | 32 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 3.33 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Buddy Lively | 24 | 31 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 0.61 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Sammy Meeks | 26 | 11 | 57 | 24 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 5.18 | 2B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Mueller | 37 | 31 | 125 | 110 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.03 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Harry Perkowski | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.40 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Kent Peterson | 23 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Pramesa | 23 | 13 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 2.15 | 1 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Ken Raffensberger | 31 | 41 | 48 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 1.15 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hank Sauer | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Virgil Stallcup | 27 | 141 | 720 | 256 | 437 | 27 | 87 | .963 | 4.91 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Vander Meer | 34 | 28 | 41 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 4 | .951 | 1.39 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Harry Walker | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1B | |||||||||||||||||
| Herm Wehmeier | 22 | 33 | 36 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .944 | 1.03 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.6 | 156 | 6061 | 4206 | 1717 | 138 | 398 | .977 | 3.41 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |