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1950 Cincinnati Reds

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 / 1951

66-87, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Luke Sewell (66-87)
Scored 654 runs, Allowed 734 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-85

Ballparks: Crosley Field · Attendance: 538,794 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 107

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1949 / 1951 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 28 R R 5' 10" 160 Dec 14, 1921 5 115 87 115 95 0 0 0 54 42 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 1.8
Joe Adcock 22 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 30, 1927 1st 102 93 102 98 0 0 24 0 0 0 75 0 1 75 4 0 1.0
Jay Avrea 29 R R 6' 1" 175 Jul 6, 1920 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ewell Blackwell 27 R R 6' 6" 195 Oct 23, 1922 6 40 32 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 All-Star
Jimmy Bloodworth 32 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 26, 1917 10 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jim Bolger 18 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 23, 1932 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0.0
Bud Byerly 29 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 26, 1920 4 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Walker Cooper 35 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 11 15 11 15 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.5
Eddie Erautt 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 26, 1924 4 33 2 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Howie Fox 29 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 1, 1921 6 35 22 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.2
Grady Hatton 27 L R 5' 8" 170 Oct 7, 1922 5 130 112 130 127 0 0 0 1 126 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 1.6
Johnny Hetki 28 R R 6' 1" 202 May 12, 1922 5 22 1 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Dixie Howell 30 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 24, 1920 3 82 65 82 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2
Ted Kluszewski 25 L L 6' 2" 225 Sep 10, 1924 4 134 130 134 131 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.5
Hobie Landrith 20 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 16, 1930 1st 4 4 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danny Litwhiler 33 R R 5' 10" 198 Aug 31, 1916 10 54 27 54 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 21 29 26 0 0.5
Peanuts Lowrey 32 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 27, 1917 8 91 65 91 73 0 0 0 1 0 0 66 2 6 72 13 5 -0.5
Sammy Meeks 27 R R 5' 9" 160 Apr 23, 1923 3 39 20 39 30 0 0 0 0 2 29 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.2
Lloyd Merriman 25 L L 6' 0" 190 Aug 2, 1924 2 92 71 92 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 81 1 84 8 6 -0.1
Ron Northey 30 L R 5' 10" 195 Apr 26, 1920 8 27 20 27 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 5 0 0.1
Harry Perkowski 27 L L 6' 2" 196 Sep 6, 1922 3 32 0 32 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.2
Kent Peterson 24 R L 5' 10" 170 Dec 21, 1925 5 9 2 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Johnny Pramesa 24 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 28, 1925 2 74 63 74 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.9
Marv Rackley 28 L L 5' 10" 170 Jul 25, 1921 4 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.0
Ken Raffensberger 32 R L 6' 2" 185 Aug 8, 1917 11 38 35 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5
Willie Ramsdell 34 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 4, 1916 3 27 22 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6
Connie Ryan 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 27, 1920 8 106 102 106 103 0 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.0
Bob Scheffing 36 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 11, 1913 7 21 10 21 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.2
Frank Smith 22 R R 6' 3" 195 Apr 4, 1928 1st 38 4 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Virgil Stallcup 28 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 3, 1922 4 136 134 136 136 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Ted Tappe 19 L R 6' 3" 185 Feb 2, 1931 1st 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0.1
Bob Usher 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 1, 1925 3 106 80 106 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 82 13 95 12 2 -0.2
Herm Wehmeier 23 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 18, 1927 5 54 32 54 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 -1.1
Johnny Wyrostek 30 L R 6' 2" 180 Jul 12, 1919 7 131 126 131 131 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 9 113 129 2 0 1.8 All-Star
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Ted Tappe

Hobie Landrith

Dixie Howell

Walker Cooper
Bob Scheffing

Hobie Landrith

Johnny Pramesa

Virgil Stallcup

Jimmy Bloodworth

Bobby Adams

Sammy Meeks

Grady Hatton

Connie Ryan

Joe Adcock

Ted Kluszewski

Lloyd Merriman

Peanuts Lowrey

Johnny Wyrostek

Jim Bolger
Ron Northey

Bob Usher

Marv Rackley

Danny Litwhiler

Johnny Hetki
Kent Peterson

Herm Wehmeier

Frank Smith

Eddie Erautt

Harry Perkowski

Ken Raffensberger

Jay Avrea
Bud Byerly

Willie Ramsdell

Howie Fox

Ewell Blackwell

1949 / 1951 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers