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1951 Cincinnati Reds

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

Ballparks: Crosley Field · Attendance: 588,268 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101

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1950 / 1952 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 83 235 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 98 185 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 76 111 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 .767 106 210 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 77 129 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 .851 127 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 .830 121 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 23 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 .840 121 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 79 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 93 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 -4 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 67 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
33 P Ed Blake 25 3 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 75 1854 125 11 64
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 8 8 5 8 8 6 2 8 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 1
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Ken Raffensberger* 33 16 17 .485 3.44 42 33 8 14 5 5 248.2 232 108 95 29 38 81 6 0 3 1008 119 1.086 8.4 1.0 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 5 996 119 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 16 69 57 2 0 2 958 107 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 W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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 1 315 128 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 5 435 145 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 72 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 65 2.172 12.1 0.0 7.4 4.7 0.63
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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 40 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 26 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 4
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Bobby Adams 29 96 92 83 417 184 215 18 33 .957 3.87 3B-2B-OF
Joe Adcock 23 107 104 89 233 221 8 4 2 .983 2.14 OF
Ewell Blackwell 28 38 32 11 57 6 46 5 5 .912 1.37 14 3 18% 0 P
Jim Blackburn 27 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 0 P
Ed Blake 25 3 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 .750 1.00 0 0 0 P
Bud Byerly 30 40 0 0 22 4 16 2 0 .909 0.50 6 0 0% 0 P
Hank Edwards 32 34 33 23 65 64 0 1 0 .985 1.88 OF
Eddie Erautt 26 30 0 0 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 0.37 2 3 60% 0 P
Howie Fox 30 40 30 9 59 8 49 2 3 .966 1.43 8 3 27% 3 P
Grady Hatton 28 88 84 82 288 104 176 8 24 .972 3.15 3B-OF
Dixie Howell 31 73 57 53 307 275 28 4 5 .987 4.15 4 9 31 7 18% 0 C
Ted Kluszewski 26 154 153 153 1474 1381 88 5 115 .997 9.54 1B
Hobie Landrith 21 4 4 4 25 23 2 0 0 1.000 6.25 0 0 1 1 50% 0 C
Danny Litwhiler 34 7 6 5 15 14 0 1 0 .933 2.00 OF
Barney McCosky 34 11 10 3 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.55 OF
Roy McMillan 21 65 53 46 261 92 160 9 28 .966 3.76 SS-3B-2B
Sammy Meeks 28 5 4 3 14 9 4 1 2 .929 2.60 3B-SS
Lloyd Merriman 26 102 89 78 315 309 5 1 2 .997 3.08 OF
Harry Perkowski 28 35 7 1 23 1 22 0 2 1.000 0.66 2 2 50% 0 P
Kent Peterson 25 9 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 0 1 100% 0 P
Wally Post 21 9 9 9 27 25 1 1 0 .963 2.89 OF
Johnny Pramesa 25 63 61 45 277 241 27 9 4 .968 4.25 7 14 27 13 33% 0 C
Ken Raffensberger 33 42 33 14 39 5 31 3 1 .923 0.86 5 2 29% 0 P
Willie Ramsdell 35 31 31 10 39 7 29 3 3 .923 1.16 12 7 37% 2 P
Connie Ryan 31 126 125 117 723 348 353 22 75 .970 5.52 2B-3B-1B-OF
Bob Scheffing 37 41 33 28 167 150 13 4 1 .976 3.98 3 5 15 8 35% 1 C
Frank Smith 23 50 0 0 21 3 17 1 0 .952 0.40 5 0 0% 0 P
Virgil Stallcup 29 117 111 102 540 190 333 17 61 .969 4.47 SS
Bob Usher 26 98 74 69 233 218 9 6 4 .974 2.32 OF
Herm Wehmeier 24 39 22 10 41 14 23 4 3 .902 0.95 9 3 25% 1 P
Johnny Wyrostek 31 139 138 136 271 255 8 8 2 .970 1.89 OF
Team Totals 28.0 155 1395 1183 5989 4172 1677 140 377 .977 3.42 14 28 74 29 28% 7
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 8 3
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Bobby Adams 29 450 -8 -2 0 0 -3 2 16 5 0.4 8 0.8 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent 54/O9
Joe Adcock 23 422 -13 -1 0 0 4 -5 15 0 -0.1 -4 -0.4 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *7O
Ewell Blackwell 28 89 -1 0 0 0 0 6 3 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Bud Byerly 30 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Hank Edwards* 32 140 4 -1 0 0 0 -2 5 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ Waivers O7/9
Eddie Erautt 26 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Howie Fox 30 80 -10 0 0 0 0 5 3 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Grady Hatton* 28 366 -11 1 0 0 4 0 13 7 0.6 3 0.3 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent 5/7O
Dixie Howell 31 222 -10 -1 0 0 0 2 8 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
Ted Kluszewski* 26 644 -15 1 0 0 0 -7 22 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *3
Hobie Landrith* 21 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /2
Danny Litwhiler 34 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Free Agency /O9
Barney McCosky* 34 55 1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ Purchased O/78
Roy McMillan 21 221 -16 0 0 0 1 4 8 -3 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 65/4
Sammy Meeks 28 35 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Unknown /56
Lloyd Merriman* 26 392 -12 -1 0 0 10 -2 14 9 0.8 -1 -0.1 0.9 $ Amateur Free Agent O87
Harry Perkowski* 28 28 -6 0 0 0 0 2 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Kent Peterson 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Wally Post 21 44 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /8O
Johnny Pramesa 25 234 -13 -1 0 0 -2 2 8 -6 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
Ken Raffensberger 33 92 -13 0 0 0 0 6 3 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Willie Ramsdell 35 65 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Connie Ryan 31 560 -1 1 0 0 -4 5 19 20 2.0 24 2.5 -0.5 $ Traded *4/53O9
Bob Scheffing 37 139 -3 -1 0 0 -1 1 5 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Traded 2
Frank Smith 23 11 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ MinorLg Draft 1
Virgil Stallcup 29 434 -24 -2 0 0 2 8 15 -1 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft *6
Ted Tappe* 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Usher 26 333 -20 -1 0 0 -4 -1 11 -15 -1.6 -11 -1.2 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent O87/9
Herm Wehmeier 24 62 -3 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Johnny Wyrostek* 31 598 3 -2 0 0 -6 -6 20 9 0.9 15 1.6 -0.7 $ Traded *O9/7
Team Total 28.1 5775 -187 -10 0 0 -1 29 199 30 1.8 31 3.2 -1.4 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Jim Blackburn 27 3.2 0 7 2 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ewell Blackwell 28 232.2 32 110 136 0 1.0 26 3.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ed Blake 25 4.0 0 5 2 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $ Traded
Bud Byerly 30 66.0 0 33 39 0 1.0 6 0.7 $ Free Agency
Eddie Erautt 26 39.1 0 31 23 0 1.0 -8 -0.7 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Howie Fox 30 228.0 30 105 134 0 1.0 29 3.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Harry Perkowski* 28 102.0 7 42 60 0 1.0 18 2.0 $ Free Agency
Kent Peterson* 25 9.2 0 8 6 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ken Raffensberger* 33 248.2 33 108 146 0 1.0 38 4.3 $ Traded
Willie Ramsdell 35 196.0 31 103 115 0 1.0 12 1.6 $ Purchased
Frank Smith 23 76.0 0 33 45 0 1.0 12 1.3 $ MinorLg Draft
Herm Wehmeier 24 184.2 22 82 108 0 1.0 26 3.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Team Total 29.4 1390.2 155 667 816 0 1.0 149 17.6 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1950 / 1952 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics