1951 Cincinnati Reds Statistics

1950 Season 1952 Season

Record: 68-86-1, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Luke Sewell (68-86-1)

General Manager: Warren Giles (Resigned 9/27/1951)

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 65-89, 559 Runs, 667 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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
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		11
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		2
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		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		3
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		0
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		7
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		3
Rk	Pos	Name	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		1
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		0
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		2
12	SS	Roy McMillan	21	85	222	199	21	42	4	0	1	8	0	0	17	26	.211	.273	.246	.519	40	49	2	0	5		1
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		2
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		1
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		0
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		0
17	3B	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		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		1
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		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		0
21		Jim Bolger	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	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		0
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		0
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		0
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		0
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		0
27	P	Harry Perkowski*	28	37	28	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.040	.040	.040	.080	-78	1	0	0	3		0
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		0
29	P	Bud Byerly	31	41	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	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		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		0
32	P	Jim Blackburn	27	2	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
		Team Totals	28.2	155	5776	5285	559	1309	215	33	88	528	44	40	415	577	.248	.304	.351	.655	75	1854	125	11	64		36
		Rank in 8 NL teams				8	8	8	5	8	8		6	7	8	3	8	8	8	8		8		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.1	155	5338	4889	530	1240	205	32	86	514	44	40	400	489	.254	.312	.361	.673	80	1767	116	11	37		36
		Pitcher Totals	29.8	155	438	396	29	69	10	1	2	14	0	0	15	88	.174	.204	.220	.424	14	87	9	0	27		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Ken Raffensberger*	33	16	17	.485	3.44	42	33	8	14	5	5	248.2	232	108	95	29	38	9	81	6	0	3	1008	119	3.87	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	8	120	9	1	5	996	119	3.71	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	6	57	2	0	2	958	107	3.83	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	5	88	8	1	9	857	101	3.97	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	10	93	4	1	3	796	110	4.04	1.386	8.1	0.7	4.3	4.5	1.04
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Frank Smith	23	5	5	.500	3.20	50	0	35	0	0	11	76.0	65	33	27	7	22	4	34	4	0	1	315	128	3.81	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	1	56	1	0	5	435	145	3.02	1.392	8.5	0.2	4.1	4.9	1.22
8	RP	Bud Byerly	31	2	1	.667	3.27	40	0	16	0	0	0	66.0	69	33	24	6	25	2	28	2	0	3	289	125	4.04	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	3	20	3	0	2	188	72	4.77	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	0	5	1	0	1	50	65	4.24	2.172	12.1	0.0	7.4	4.7	0.63
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Ed Blake	25	0	0		11.25	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	10	5	5	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	24	40	12.48	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	0	1	2	0	0	22	26	15.84	2.727	19.6	7.4	4.9	2.5	0.50
		Team Totals	29.5	68	86	.442	3.70	155	155	100	55	14	23	1390.2	1357	667	572	119	490	48	584	42	4	34	5938	110	3.90	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	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W