Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 / 1952
68-86, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Luke Sewell (68-86)
Scored 559 runs, Allowed 667 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89
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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | ||
| 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* | 31 | 142 | 598 | 537 | 52 | 167 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 54 | .311 | .376 | .391 | .767 | 105 | 210 | 10 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 7 | 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 | ||
| 8 | 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 | |||
| 9 | 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 | |||
| 10 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 138 | 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 | 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* | 33 | 16 | 17 | .485 | 3.44 | 42 | 33 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 248.2 | 232 | 108 | 95 | 30 | 38 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1008 | 119 | 1.086 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 2.13 | |
| 2 | SP | Ewell Blackwell | 28 | 16 | 15 | .516 | 3.44 | 38 | 32 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 232.2 | 204 | 110 | 89 | 16 | 97 | 120 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 996 | 118 | 1.294 | 7.9 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 1.24 | |
| 3 | SP | Howie Fox | 30 | 9 | 14 | .391 | 3.83 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 228.0 | 239 | 105 | 97 | 15 | 69 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 958 | 106 | 1.351 | 9.4 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 0.83 | |
| 4 | SP | Willie Ramsdell | 35 | 9 | 17 | .346 | 4.04 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 196.0 | 204 | 103 | 88 | 18 | 70 | 88 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 857 | 101 | 1.398 | 9.4 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 1.26 | |
| 5 | SP | Herm Wehmeier | 24 | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.70 | 39 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 184.2 | 167 | 82 | 76 | 15 | 89 | 93 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 796 | 110 | 1.386 | 8.1 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 1.04 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | CL | Frank Smith | 23 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.20 | 50 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 76.0 | 65 | 33 | 27 | 7 | 22 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 315 | 127 | 1.145 | 7.7 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 1.55 | |
| 7 | RP | Harry Perkowski* | 28 | 3 | 6 | .333 | 2.82 | 35 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 102.0 | 96 | 42 | 32 | 2 | 46 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 435 | 144 | 1.392 | 8.5 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 1.22 | |
| 8 | RP | Bud Byerly | 30 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.27 | 40 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 69 | 33 | 24 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 289 | 125 | 1.424 | 9.4 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 1.12 | |
| 9 | RP | Eddie Erautt | 26 | 0 | 0 | 5.72 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.1 | 50 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 188 | 71 | 1.856 | 11.4 | 0.9 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 0.87 | ||
| 10 | RP | Kent Peterson* | 25 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.52 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 63 | 2.172 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 0.63 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Ed Blake | 25 | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 36 | 2.750 | 22.5 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.00 | |||
| 12 | Jim Blackburn | 27 | 0 | 0 | 17.18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 2.727 | 19.6 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 0.50 | |||
| Team Totals | 29.4 | 68 | 86 | .442 | 3.70 | 155 | 155 | 100 | 55 | 14 | 23 | 1390.2 | 1357 | 667 | 572 | 119 | 490 | 584 | 42 | 4 | 34 | 5938 | 110 | 1.328 | 8.8 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.19 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4747 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 29 | 102 | 417 | 184 | 215 | 18 | 33 | .957 | 3.91 | 3B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ewell Blackwell | 28 | 38 | 57 | 6 | 46 | 5 | 5 | .912 | 1.37 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Blackburn | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ed Blake | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bud Byerly | 30 | 40 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 0.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Erautt | 26 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.37 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Howie Fox | 30 | 40 | 59 | 8 | 49 | 2 | 3 | .966 | 1.43 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Grady Hatton | 28 | 87 | 287 | 103 | 176 | 8 | 24 | .972 | 3.21 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Dixie Howell | 31 | 73 | 307 | 275 | 28 | 4 | 5 | .987 | 4.15 | 4 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Ted Kluszewski | 26 | 154 | 1474 | 1381 | 88 | 5 | 115 | .997 | 9.54 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Hobie Landrith | 21 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.25 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Roy McMillan | 21 | 67 | 261 | 92 | 160 | 9 | 28 | .966 | 3.76 | SS-3B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Sammy Meeks | 28 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 2.60 | 3B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Harry Perkowski | 28 | 35 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 0.66 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Kent Peterson | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Pramesa | 25 | 63 | 277 | 241 | 27 | 9 | 4 | .968 | 4.25 | 7 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Ken Raffensberger | 33 | 42 | 39 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 0.86 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Willie Ramsdell | 35 | 31 | 39 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 3 | .923 | 1.16 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Connie Ryan | 31 | 126 | 722 | 347 | 353 | 22 | 75 | .970 | 5.56 | 2B-3B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Scheffing | 37 | 41 | 167 | 150 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .976 | 3.98 | 3 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Smith | 23 | 50 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 0.40 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Virgil Stallcup | 29 | 117 | 540 | 190 | 333 | 17 | 61 | .969 | 4.47 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Herm Wehmeier | 24 | 39 | 41 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 3 | .902 | 0.95 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.0 | 155 | 5989 | 4172 | 1677 | 140 | 377 | .977 | 3.42 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 5 | 8 | 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 |