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1951 Cincinnati Reds Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 / 1952)
68-86, Finished 6th in National League
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Scored 559 runs, Allowed 667 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89
Manager: Luke Sewell (68-86)
Ballpark: Crosley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 588,268 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 103
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1950 / 1952 Batting Statistics

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 Dixie Howell 31 77 222 207 22 52 6 1 2 18 0 2 15 34 .251 .302 .319 .621 66 66 3 0 0
2 1B Ted Kluszewski* 26 154 644 607 74 157 35 2 13 77 6 2 35 33 .259 .301 .387 .688 82 235 16 2 0
3 2B Connie Ryan 31 136 560 473 75 112 17 4 16 53 11 6 79 72 .237 .350 .391 .741 97 185 13 3 5
4 SS Virgil Stallcup 29 121 434 428 33 103 17 2 8 49 2 4 6 40 .241 .251 .346 .597 58 148 9 0 0
5 3B Grady Hatton* 28 96 366 331 41 84 9 3 4 37 4 2 33 32 .254 .321 .335 .657 75 111 4 0 2
6 OF Joe Adcock 23 113 422 395 40 96 16 4 10 47 1 2 24 29 .243 .288 .380 .668 77 150 25 1 2
7 OF Johnny Wyrostek* 31 142 598 537 52 167 31 3 2 61 2 1 54 54 .311 .376 .391 .767 105 210 10 2 5
8 OF Lloyd Merriman* 26 114 392 359 34 87 23 2 5 36 8 4 31 34 .242 .303 .359 .662 76 129 4 0 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
9 IF Bobby Adams 29 125 450 403 57 107 12 5 5 24 4 10 43 40 .266 .338 .357 .695 86 144 6 1 3
10 OF Bob Usher 26 114 333 303 27 63 12 2 5 25 4 5 19 36 .208 .257 .310 .567 51 94 8 1 10
11 C Johnny Pramesa 25 72 234 227 12 52 5 2 6 22 0 0 5 17 .229 .246 .348 .594 57 79 7 0 2
12 SS Roy McMillan 21 85 221 199 21 42 4 0 1 8 0 0 17 26 .211 .273 .246 .519 40 49 2 0 5
13 OF Hank Edwards* 32 41 140 127 14 40 9 1 3 20 0 2 13 17 .315 .379 .472 .851 126 60 3 0 0
14 C Bob Scheffing 37 47 139 122 9 31 2 0 2 14 0 0 16 9 .254 .345 .320 .665 79 39 2 1 0
15 OF Barney McCosky* 34 25 55 50 2 16 2 1 1 11 0 0 4 2 .320 .370 .460 .830 120 23 0 0 1
16 OF Wally Post 21 15 44 41 6 9 3 0 1 7 0 0 3 4 .220 .273 .366 .639 69 15 2 0 0
17 IF Sammy Meeks 28 23 35 35 4 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 .229 .229 .229 .457 22 8 2 0 0
18 OF Danny Litwhiler 34 12 31 29 3 8 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 5 .276 .323 .517 .840 120 15 0 0 0
19 C Hobie Landrith* 21 4 14 13 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .385 .429 .462 .890 137 6 0 0 0
20 Ted Tappe* 20 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 78 1 0 0 0
21 Jim Bolger 19 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 P Ken Raffensberger 33 42 92 82 4 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 31 .122 .163 .146 .309 -17 12 2 0 6
23 P Ewell Blackwell 28 39 89 82 10 24 3 1 1 6 0 0 5 12 .293 .333 .390 .724 92 32 1 0 2
24 P Howie Fox 30 40 80 70 3 8 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 11 .114 .139 .186 .325 -14 13 1 0 8
25 P Willie Ramsdell 35 31 65 58 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .155 .183 .172 .356 -5 10 2 0 5
26 P Herm Wehmeier 24 46 62 59 8 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 8 .288 .300 .322 .622 66 19 2 0 2
27 P Harry Perkowski* 28 37 28 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .040 .040 .040 .080 -79 1 0 0 3
28 P Frank Smith 23 50 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1
29 P Bud Byerly 30 41 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0
30 P Eddie Erautt 26 30 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
31 P Kent Peterson 25 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Jim Blackburn 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Ed Blake 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.1 155 5775 5285 559 1309 215 33 88 528 44 40 415 577 .248 .304 .351 .655 74 1854 125 11 64 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 8 8 5 8 8 6 2 8 6 8 8 8 8 8
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 Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Bobby Adams 29 450 315 46 3.9 105 .285 .266 .270 .338 .344 .357 .409 .695 .753 86 .436 -8.3 -0.8 .583 .184 .092 4.4 54/O
Joe Adcock 23 422 328 42 3.4 105 .242 .243 .270 .288 .344 .380 .409 .668 .753 77 .378 -14.9 -1.5 .534 .195 .137 1.8 *O
Jim Blackburn 27 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Ewell Blackwell 28 89 61 11 4.8 105 .333 .293 .270 .333 .344 .390 .409 .724 .753 92 .532 -1.1 -0.1 .627 .159 .098 .0 1
Ed Blake 25 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Jim Bolger 19 0 0 0.0 0.0 .0
Bud Byerly 30 7 6 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .270 .143 .344 .000 .409 .143 .753 -58 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .167 .167 .000 1
*Hank Edwards 32 140 92 22 6.4 105 .346 .315 .270 .379 .344 .472 .409 .851 .753 126 .656 4.8 0.5 .772 .244 .157 .0 O
Eddie Erautt 26 3 3 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .270 .000 .344 .000 .409 .000 .753 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 1
Howie Fox 30 80 71 2 0.8 105 .121 .114 .270 .139 .344 .186 .409 .325 .753 -14 .037 -11.7 -1.2 .238 .100 .071 .0 1
*Grady Hatton 28 366 255 36 3.8 105 .271 .254 .270 .321 .344 .335 .409 .657 .753 75 .421 -11.8 -1.2 .577 .187 .082 4.0 5/O
Dixie Howell 31 222 160 19 3.2 105 .292 .251 .270 .302 .344 .319 .409 .621 .753 66 .346 -10.4 -1.0 .494 .130 .068 .0 2
*Ted Kluszewski 26 644 468 71 4.1 105 .257 .259 .270 .301 .344 .387 .409 .688 .753 82 .453 -16.7 -1.7 .590 .193 .129 8.2 *3
*Hobie Landrith 21 14 8 3 10.1 105 .417 .385 .270 .429 .344 .462 .409 .890 .753 137 .813 0.8 0.1 .875 .154 .077 /2
Danny Litwhiler 34 31 21 5 6.4 105 .273 .276 .270 .323 .344 .517 .409 .840 .753 120 .654 0.6 0.1 .810 .310 .241 .0 /O
*Barney McCosky 34 55 35 9 6.9 105 .319 .320 .270 .370 .344 .460 .409 .830 .753 120 .685 1.3 0.1 .794 .220 .140 .0 O
Roy McMillan 21 221 164 13 2.1 105 .238 .211 .270 .273 .344 .246 .409 .519 .753 40 .202 -17.3 -1.7 .415 .121 .035 .0 65/4
Sammy Meeks 28 35 29 2 1.8 105 .258 .229 .270 .229 .344 .229 .409 .457 .753 22 .163 -4.0 -0.4 .310 .029 .000 .0 /56
*Lloyd Merriman 26 392 282 39 3.7 105 .256 .242 .270 .303 .344 .359 .409 .662 .753 76 .412 -12.5 -1.2 .586 .214 .117 6.2 O
*Harry Perkowski 28 28 27 0 0.0 105 .053 .040 .270 .040 .344 .040 .409 .080 .753 -79 .000 -6.4 -0.6 .042 .000 .000 1
Kent Peterson 25 1 1 0 0.0 105 .000 .270 .000 .344 .000 .409 .000 .753 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Wally Post 21 44 34 4 3.2 105 .222 .220 .270 .273 .344 .366 .409 .639 .753 69 .342 -1.9 -0.2 .529 .220 .146 .0 /O
Johnny Pramesa 25 234 184 19 2.8 105 .225 .229 .270 .246 .344 .348 .409 .594 .753 57 .291 -15.5 -1.6 .462 .141 .119 .0 2
Ken Raffensberger 33 92 80 2 0.7 105 .196 .122 .270 .163 .344 .146 .409 .309 .753 -17 .030 -13.9 -1.4 .216 .073 .024 1
Willie Ramsdell 35 65 56 2 1.0 105 .209 .155 .270 .183 .344 .172 .409 .356 .753 -5 .055 -8.8 -0.9 .235 .052 .017 1
Connie Ryan 31 560 385 64 4.5 105 .249 .237 .270 .350 .344 .391 .409 .741 .753 97 .495 -0.5 -0.1 .716 .332 .154 13.0 *4/53O
Bob Scheffing 37 139 93 13 3.8 105 .261 .254 .270 .345 .344 .320 .409 .665 .753 79 .417 -3.4 -0.3 .602 .197 .066 .0 2
Frank Smith 23 11 12 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .270 .000 .344 .000 .409 .000 .753 -100 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .000 .000 .000 1
Virgil Stallcup 29 434 338 36 2.9 105 .250 .241 .270 .251 .344 .346 .409 .597 .753 58 .302 -27.8 -2.8 .450 .114 .105 3.2 *6
*Ted Tappe 20 3 2 0 0.0 105 .333 .333 .270 .333 .344 .333 .409 .667 .753 78 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
Bob Usher 26 333 263 23 2.4 105 .221 .208 .270 .257 .344 .310 .409 .567 .753 51 .232 -22.4 -2.2 .447 .162 .102 4.4 O
Herm Wehmeier 24 62 46 6 3.5 105 .333 .288 .270 .300 .344 .322 .409 .622 .753 66 .386 -3.0 -0.3 .455 .051 .034 1
*Johnny Wyrostek 31 598 386 79 5.5 105 .343 .311 .270 .376 .344 .391 .409 .767 .753 105 .589 5.9 0.6 .701 .182 .080 2.0 *O
League Average 4.5 104 .272 .259 .268 .331 .342 .389 .406 .720 .748 93 .496 .647 .236 .130
Team Total 5775 4205 568 3.6 105 .264 .248 .270 .304 .344 .351 .409 .655 .753 74 .401 -204.1 -20.6 .552 .182 .103 58.7
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Bobby Adams 29 130 457 413 58 106 12 5 5 24 4 43 42 .257 .328 .346 .674 47 125 125
Joe Adcock 23 117 433 408 40 97 16 4 10 47 1 24 30 .238 .282 .370 .652 43 113 113
Ewell Blackwell 28 40 89 84 10 24 3 1 1 6 0 5 12 .286 .326 .381 .707 10 39 39
Bud Byerly 30 43 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 41 41
*Hank Edwards 32 79 179 162 15 47 12 1 3 23 0 17 27 .290 .358 .432 .790 25 76 76
Eddie Erautt 26 31 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 30 30
Howie Fox 30 42 75 73 3 9 2 0 1 1 0 2 11 .123 .147 .192 .338 2 40 40
*Grady Hatton 28 100 376 342 42 86 9 3 4 38 4 34 33 .251 .319 .330 .650 36 96 96
Dixie Howell 31 80 229 214 22 53 6 1 2 18 0 15 35 .248 .297 .313 .610 20 77 77
*Ted Kluszewski 26 160 665 627 74 160 36 2 13 77 6 36 34 .255 .298 .381 .679 71 154 154
*Hobie Landrith 21 4 13 12 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .385 .417 .801 2 4 4
Danny Litwhiler 34 12 32 30 3 8 1 0 2 3 0 2 5 .267 .313 .500 .813 5 12 12
*Barney McCosky 34 71 161 145 14 39 7 1 2 14 1 16 12 .269 .342 .372 .714 19 68 68
Roy McMillan 21 88 223 206 21 43 4 0 1 8 0 17 27 .209 .269 .243 .512 14 85 85
Sammy Meeks 28 24 36 36 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 23 23
*Lloyd Merriman 26 118 403 371 34 89 24 2 5 36 8 32 35 .240 .300 .356 .656 39 114 114
*Harry Perkowski 28 38 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 37 37
Kent Peterson 25 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9 9
Wally Post 21 16 45 42 6 9 3 0 1 7 0 3 4 .214 .267 .357 .624 4 15 15
Johnny Pramesa 25 75 240 235 12 53 5 2 6 22 0 5 18 .226 .242 .340 .582 20 72 72
Ken Raffensberger 33 44 90 86 4 11 2 0 0 0 0 4 32 .128 .167 .151 .318 2 42 42
Willie Ramsdell 35 32 63 61 5 10 1 0 0 1 0 2 16 .164 .190 .180 .371 2 31 31
Connie Ryan 31 141 572 489 75 114 17 4 16 53 11 80 75 .233 .344 .382 .727 64 136 136
Bob Scheffing 37 61 166 145 9 34 2 0 2 16 0 20 15 .234 .331 .290 .621 14 59 59
Frank Smith 23 52 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 50 50
Virgil Stallcup 29 126 446 440 33 103 17 2 8 49 2 6 42 .234 .244 .336 .581 36 121 121
*Ted Tappe 20 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Bob Usher 26 118 331 311 27 62 12 2 5 25 4 19 37 .199 .248 .299 .547 23 114 114
Herm Wehmeier 24 48 63 62 9 18 2 0 0 7 0 1 8 .290 .302 .323 .624 6 46 46
*Johnny Wyrostek 31 147 611 554 52 170 32 3 2 61 2 55 56 .307 .372 .386 .758 79 142 142
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Bobby Adams 29 6 2046 609 2046 1818 253 488 93 23 17 139 46 10 180 183 .268 .337 .373 .710 92 678 28 9 39
Joe Adcock 23 2 821 215 821 767 86 205 32 5 18 102 3 2 48 53 .267 .311 .392 .704 85 301 37 1 5
Jim Blackburn 27 2 7 18 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewell Blackwell 28 7 439 199 439 401 30 71 10 1 1 18 0 0 12 60 .177 .201 .214 .415 12 86 8 0 26
Ed Blake 25 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Bolger 19 2 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Bud Byerly 30 5 56 89 56 47 5 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 10 .149 .216 .149 .365 1 7 0 0 5
*Hank Edwards 32 9 2069 588 2069 1883 253 534 106 35 45 238 9 18 176 230 .284 .345 .449 .794 122 845 26 2 8
Eddie Erautt 26 5 81 140 81 68 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 8 15 .118 .211 .147 .358 -3 10 1 0 5 0 0
Howie Fox 30 7 345 202 345 312 28 61 10 0 2 23 1 0 8 40 .196 .220 .247 .467 26 77 7 2 23 0 0
*Grady Hatton 28 6 3135 758 3135 2724 384 714 123 22 65 350 34 2 384 272 .262 .355 .395 .750 103 1076 34 8 19
Dixie Howell 31 4 911 299 911 817 92 203 32 3 10 83 1 2 82 120 .248 .320 .332 .652 73 271 17 4 8
*Ted Kluszewski 26 5 2174 546 2174 2065 263 591 121 8 58 315 13 2 106 119 .286 .322 .437 .759 101 902 60 3 0
*Hobie Landrith 21 2 30 8 30 27 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .296 .367 .333 .700 87 9 0 0 0
Danny Litwhiler 34 11 3858 1057 3858 3494 428 982 162 32 107 451 11 0 299 377 .281 .342 .438 .780 118 1529 86 27 38
*Barney McCosky 34 9 4650 1094 4650 4071 647 1280 207 70 23 388 57 30 488 252 .314 .389 .417 .806 111 1696 60 10 81
Roy McMillan 21 1 221 85 221 199 21 42 4 0 1 8 0 0 17 26 .211 .273 .246 .519 40 49 2 0 5
Sammy Meeks 28 4 209 102 209 199 25 50 8 0 3 18 3 0 9 36 .251 .284 .337 .620 64 67 6 0 1
*Lloyd Merriman 26 3 1037 309 1037 944 113 230 50 10 11 93 16 4 82 93 .244 .306 .353 .659 75 333 12 3 8
*Harry Perkowski 28 4 62 77 62 57 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .193 .220 .193 .413 11 11 0 1 3
Kent Peterson 25 6 113 129 113 102 2 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 29 .098 .115 .098 .213 -42 10 4 0 9 0 0
Wally Post 21 2 52 21 52 49 7 11 3 0 1 8 0 0 3 7 .224 .269 .347 .616 63 17 3 0 0
Johnny Pramesa 25 3 513 163 513 480 28 128 16 3 12 54 0 0 27 37 .267 .307 .388 .695 83 186 15 1 5
Ken Raffensberger 33 12 624 327 624 554 31 80 12 0 2 21 0 0 18 225 .144 .173 .177 .350 -4 98 10 1 51 0 0
Willie Ramsdell 35 4 141 92 141 123 5 21 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 28 .171 .215 .179 .394 6 22 2 0 11
Connie Ryan 31 9 3594 922 3594 3104 401 764 142 30 39 300 49 6 409 395 .246 .336 .349 .685 88 1083 71 9 72
Bob Scheffing 37 8 1474 517 1474 1357 105 357 53 9 20 187 6 0 103 127 .263 .316 .360 .676 86 488 44 3 11
Frank Smith 23 2 32 88 32 31 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .065 .065 .065 .129 -66 2 2 0 1
Virgil Stallcup 29 5 2097 555 2097 2026 167 493 98 13 22 213 9 4 50 176 .243 .262 .337 .599 59 683 48 2 19
*Ted Tappe 20 2 9 11 9 8 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .625 .958 147 5 0 0 0
Bob Usher 26 4 877 321 877 798 96 181 34 3 13 75 9 5 61 103 .227 .283 .326 .609 63 260 20 2 16
Herm Wehmeier 24 6 301 176 301 285 29 56 7 0 0 15 0 0 4 58 .196 .210 .221 .431 15 63 6 1 11 0 0
*Johnny Wyrostek 31 8 3540 876 3540 3145 398 863 166 33 47 359 31 1 353 322 .274 .351 .393 .744 102 1236 52 19 23
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1950 / 1952 Batting Statistics