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1951 Cincinnati Reds (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950/1952) 68-86, Finished 6th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 559 runs, Allowed 667 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89 Managed by Luke Sewell Ballpark: Crosley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 588,268 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 103   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 Stats (1950/1952) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Dixie Howell        31   77  207   22   52   6  1   2   18  15   34  .251  .302  .319   0   2   3   0   0           66
1B *Ted Kluszewski      26  154  607   74  157  35  2  13   77  35   33  .259  .301  .387   6   2  16   2   0           82
2B  Connie Ryan         31  136  473   75  112  17  4  16   53  79   72  .237  .350  .391  11   6  13   3   5           97
3B *Grady Hatton        28   96  331   41   84   9  3   4   37  33   32  .254  .321  .335   4   2   4   0   2           75
SS  Virgil Stallcup     29  121  428   33  103  17  2   8   49   6   40  .241  .251  .346   2   4   9   0   0           58
OF *Johnny Wyrostek     31  142  537   52  167  31  3   2   61  54   54  .311  .376  .391   2   1  10   2   5          105
OF  Joe Adcock          23  113  395   40   96  16  4  10   47  24   29  .243  .288  .380   1   2  25   1   2           77
OF *Lloyd Merriman      26  114  359   34   87  23  2   5   36  31   34  .242  .303  .359   8   4   4   0   2           76
    Bobby Adams         29  125  403   57  107  12  5   5   24  43   40  .266  .338  .357   4  10   6   1   3           86
    Bob Usher           26  114  303   27   63  12  2   5   25  19   36  .208  .257  .310   4   5   8   1  10           51
    Johnny Pramesa      25   72  227   12   52   5  2   6   22   5   17  .229  .246  .348   0   0   7   0   2           57
    Roy McMillan        21   85  199   21   42   4  0   1    8  17   26  .211  .273  .246   0   0   2   0   5           40
   *Hank Edwards        32   41  127   14   40   9  1   3   20  13   17  .315  .379  .472   0   2   3   0   0          126
    Bob Scheffing       37   47  122    9   31   2  0   2   14  16    9  .254  .345  .320   0   0   2   1   0           79
   *Barney McCosky      34   25   50    2   16   2  1   1   11   4    2  .320  .370  .460   0   0   0   0   1          120
    Wally Post          21   15   41    6    9   3  0   1    7   3    4  .220  .273  .366   0   0   2   0   0           69
    Sammy Meeks         28   23   35    4    8   0  0   0    2   0    4  .229  .229  .229   1   0   2   0   0           22
    Danny Litwhiler     34   12   29    3    8   1  0   2    3   2    5  .276  .323  .517   0   0   0   0   0          120
   *Hobie Landrith      21    4   13    3    5   1  0   0    0   1    1  .385  .429  .462   0   0   0   0   0          137
   *Ted Tappe           20    4    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0           78
    Jim Bolger          19    2    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     1   0   0   0   0             

    Ewell Blackwell     28   39   82   10   24   3  1   1    6   5   12  .293  .333  .390   0   0   1   0   2           92
    Ken Raffensberger   33   42   82    4   10   2  0   0    0   4   31  .122  .163  .146   0   0   2   0   6          -17
    Howie Fox           30   40   70    3    8   2  0   1    1   2   11  .114  .139  .186   0   0   1   0   8          -14
    Herm Wehmeier       24   46   59    8   17   2  0   0    6   1    8  .288  .300  .322   0   0   2   0   2           66
    Willie Ramsdell     35   31   58    4    9   1  0   0    1   2   15  .155  .183  .172   0   0   2   0   5           -5
   *Harry Perkowski     28   37   25    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    6  .040  .040  .040   0   0   0   0   3          -79
    Frank Smith         23   50   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   1         -100
    Bud Byerly          30   41    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .143  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -58
    Eddie Erautt        26   30    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Kent Peterson       25    9    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0  155 5285  559 1309 215 33  88  528 415  577  .248  .302  .351  44  40 125  11  64           79
    Rank among 8 NL teams          8    8    8   5  8   8        8    6     8     8     8   6   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Ken Raffensberger   33  42   3.44  16  17  5  33   8  14   5  248.7  232  108   95  30   38   81 1008   3   6  0     119
SP  Ewell Blackwell     28  38   3.44  16  15  2  32   5  11   2  232.7  204  110   89  16   97  120  996   5   9  1     118
SP  Willie Ramsdell     35  31   4.04   9  17  0  31   0  10   1  196.0  204  103   88  18   70   88  857   9   8  1     101
SP  Howie Fox           30  40   3.83   9  14  2  30   5   9   4  228.0  239  105   97  15   69   57  958   2   2  0     106
SP  Herm Wehmeier       24  39   3.70   7  10  2  22   8  10   2  184.7  167   82   76  15   89   93  796   3   4  1     110

CL  Frank Smith         23  50   3.20   5   5 11   0  35   0   0   76.0   65   33   27   7   22   34  315   1   4  0     127
RP  Bud Byerly          30  40   3.27   2   1  0   0  16   0   0   66.0   69   33   24   6   25   28  289   3   2  0     125
RP  Eddie Erautt        26  30   5.72   0   0  0   0  10   0   0   39.3   50   31   25   4   23   20  188   2   3  0      71
RP *Harry Perkowski     28  35   2.82   3   6  1   7   8   1   0  102.0   96   42   32   2   46   56  435   5   1  0     144
RP *Kent Peterson       25   9   6.52   1   1  0   0   3   0   0    9.7   13    8    7   0    8    5   50   1   1  0      63

    Ed Blake            25   3  11.25   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    4.0   10    5    5   3    1    1   24   0   0  1      36
    Jim Blackburn       27   2  17.18   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.7    8    7    7   3    2    1   22   0   2  0      24
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.3 155   3.70  68  86 23 155 100  55  14 1390.0 1357  667  571 119  490  584 5938  34  42  4     110
    Rank among 8 NL teams           2   6   3  1           6   3      3    2    4        3    2    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DHowell 73 275 28 4 5 .987 4 JPramesa 63 241 27 9 4 .968 7 BScheffing 41 150 13 4 1 .976 3 HLandrith 4 23 2 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 689 70 17 10 .978 14 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TKluszewski 154 1381 88 5 115 .997 9.54 CRyan 2 10 2 0 2 1.000 6.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1391 90 5 117 .997 9.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CRyan 121 332 344 21 73 .970 5.59 BAdams 42 112 93 9 25 .958 4.88 RMcMillan 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 445 437 30 98 .967 5.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 3.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GHatton 87 103 176 8 24 .972 3.21 BAdams 60 72 122 9 8 .956 3.23 RMcMillan 12 13 28 1 5 .976 3.42 SMeeks 4 9 4 1 2 .929 3.25 CRyan 3 5 7 1 0 .923 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 202 337 20 39 .964 3.49 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .955 4.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VStallcup 117 190 333 17 61 .969 4.47 RMcMillan 54 78 132 8 23 .963 3.89 SMeeks 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 268 465 25 84 .967 4.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.23 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JWyrostek 139 255 8 8 2 .970 1.89 1 0 139 JAdcock 107 221 8 4 2 .983 2.14 107 0 0 LMerriman 102 309 5 1 2 .997 3.08 31 76 0 BUsher 98 218 9 6 4 .974 2.32 14 82 2 HEdwards 34 64 0 1 0 .985 1.88 26 0 8 BMcCosky 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.55 4 7 1 WPost 9 25 1 1 0 .963 2.89 0 9 0 DLitwhiler 7 14 0 1 0 .933 2.00 0 0 7 GHatton 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 2 0 0 BAdams 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 CRyan 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1125 31 22 10 .981 2.49 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .962 2.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KRaffensber 42 5 31 3 1 .923 1.30 EBlackwell 38 6 46 5 5 .912 2.01 HFox 40 8 49 2 3 .966 2.25 WRamsdell 31 7 29 3 3 .923 1.65 HWehmeier 39 14 23 4 3 .902 1.80 HPerkowski 35 1 22 0 2 1.000 2.03 FSmith 50 3 17 1 0 .952 2.37 BByerly 40 4 16 2 0 .909 2.73 EErautt 30 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.52 KPeterson 9 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.78 EBlake 3 1 2 1 1 .750 6.75 JBlackburn 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 52 247 21 19 .934 1.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Wyrostek .311 On-base % Wyrostek .376 Slugging % Ryan and Wyrostek .391 OPS Wyrostek .767 Games Kluszewski 154 At Bats Kluszewski 607 Plate Appearances (approx.) Kluszewski 644 Runs Ryan 75 Hits Wyrostek 167 Total Bases Kluszewski 235 Doubles Kluszewski 35 Triples Adams 5 Home Runs Ryan 16 RBI Kluszewski 77 Bases on Balls Ryan 79 Strikeouts Ryan 72 Stolen Bases Ryan 11 Singles Wyrostek 131 Adjusted OPS+ Wyrostek 105 Runs Created Wyrostek 79 Adjusted Batting Runs Wyrostek 6 Batting Wins Wyrostek 0.6 Extra-Base Hits Kluszewski 50 Times on Base Wyrostek 223 Offensive Win% Wyrostek .589 Hit By Pitch Ryan 3 Sac. Hits Usher 10 Grounded into Double Plays Adcock 25 Caught Stealing Adams 10 Power/Speed Number Ryan 13.0 At Bats per Strikeout Kluszewski 18.4 At Bats per Home Run Ryan 29.6 Outs Kluszewski 468

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Blackwell and Raffensberger 3.44 Wins Blackwell and Raffensberger 16 Won-Loss % Blackwell .516 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Raffensberger 1.086 Hits Allowed/9IP Blackwell 7.89 Bases on Balls/9IP Raffensberger 1.38 Strikeouts/9IP Blackwell 4.64 Games Smith 50 Saves Smith 11 Innings Raffensberger 248.7 Strikeouts Blackwell 120 Games Started Raffensberger 33 Comp. Games Raffensberger 14 Shutouts Raffensberger 5 Home Runs Allow. Raffensberger 30 Bases On Balls Allow. Blackwell 97 Hits Allowed Fox 239 SO to Walk Raffensberger 2.13 Losses Raffensberger and Ramsdell 17 Earned Runs Allow. Fox 97 Wild Pitches Ramsdell 9 Hit Batsmen Blackwell 9 Batters Faced Raffensberger 1008 Games Finished Smith 35 Adjusted ERA+ Raffensberger 119

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