1939 Cincinnati Reds Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 97-57
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 981,443, Avg. 14,437
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to New York Yankees 4-0
Manager: Bill McKechnie (97-57)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

1939 Cincinnati Reds Roster
1939 Cincinnati Reds Results

The Cincinnati Reds of the National League ended the 1939 season with a record of 97 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Reds yielded 595 runs, fewest in the league. Cincinnati plated 767 runs. Ernie Lombardi paced the team with 20 home runs, while Frank McCormick walloped 20 or more also. Frank McCormick accounted for 128 RBI and topped all regular hitters by hitting .332. Bucky Walters recorded 27 wins on the mound for the squad, and Paul Derringer added 15 or more wins also Bucky Walters recorded a 2.29 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Bill McKechnie coached the team. The 1939 Cincinnati Reds won the League Championship Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bucky Walters	27	11	.711	2.29	39	36	2	31	2	0	319.0	250	98	81	15	109	137	6	3	8	1283
Paul Derringer	25	7	.781	2.93	38	35	1	28	5	0	301.0	321	115	98	15	35	128	3	0	2	1245
Gene Thompson	13	5	.722	2.54	42	11	19	5	3	2	152.3	130	51	43	6	55	87	3	0	1	625
Whitey Moore	13	12	.520	3.45	42	24	11	9	2	3	187.7	177	88	72	10	95	81	6	1	3	819
Lee Grissom	9	7	.563	4.10	33	21	5	3	0	0	153.7	145	77	70	14	56	53	1	0	4	648
Johnny Vander Meer	5	9	.357	4.67	30	21	4	8	0	0	129.0	128	76	67	7	95	102	2	2	3	593
Johnny Niggeling	2	1	.667	5.80	10	5	1	2	1	0	40.3	51	28	26	2	13	20	2	0	0	185
Milt Shoffner	2	2	.500	3.35	10	3	2	0	0	0	37.7	43	18	14	3	11	6	2	0	1	167
Peaches Davis	1	0	1.000	6.46	20	0	4	0	0	2	30.7	43	24	22	5	11	4	1	0	2	142
Elmer Riddle	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Red Barrett	0	0		1.69	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.3	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	22
Pete Naktenis	0	0		2.25	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	15
Jim Weaver	0	0		3.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	13
Art Jacobs	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
Wes Livengood	0	0		9.53	5	0	3	0	0	0	5.7	9	6	6	3	3	4	0	0	0	28
Hank Johnson	0	3	.000	2.01	20	0	15	0	0	1	31.3	30	10	7	1	13	10	0	0	1	133
Totals	97	57	.630	3.27	299	156	70	86	13	9	1403.7	1340	595	510	81	499	637	28	6	26	5931

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Frank McCormick	156	688	630	99	209	41	4	18	128	1	40	16	.332	.374	.495	.869	312	23	2	16
Billy Werber	147	707	599	115	173	35	5	5	57	15	91	46	.289	.388	.389	.777	233	12	6	11
Ival Goodman	124	553	470	85	152	37	16	7	84	2	54	32	.323	.401	.515	.916	242	6	7	22
Billy Myers	151	602	509	79	143	18	6	9	56	4	71	90	.281	.369	.393	.762	200	3	0	22
Lonny Frey	125	585	484	95	141	27	9	11	55	5	72	46	.291	.388	.452	.840	219	6	4	25
Ernie Lombardi	130	494	450	43	129	26	2	20	85	0	35	19	.287	.342	.487	.829	219	24	3	6
Harry Craft	134	537	502	58	129	20	7	13	67	5	27	54	.257	.299	.402	.701	202	6	3	5
Wally Berger	97	374	329	36	85	15	1	14	44	1	36	63	.258	.341	.438	.778	144	6	5	4
Willard Hershberger	63	195	174	23	60	9	2	0	32	1	9	4	.345	.384	.420	.803	73	6	2	10
Lee Gamble	72	236	221	24	59	7	2	0	14	5	9	14	.267	.296	.317	.612	70	1	0	6
Nino Bongiovanni	66	171	159	17	41	6	0	0	16	0	9	8	.258	.298	.296	.593	47	1	0	3
Bucky Walters	40	131	120	16	39	8	1	1	16	1	5	12	.325	.357	.433	.790	52	2	1	5
Eddie Joost	42	165	143	23	36	6	3	0	14	1	12	15	.252	.310	.336	.645	48	4	0	10
Frenchy Bordagaray	63	136	122	19	24	5	1	0	12	3	9	10	.197	.252	.254	.506	31	1	0	5
Paul Derringer	38	128	110	10	23	3	0	0	17	0	1	11	.209	.216	.236	.453	26	6	0	17
Gene Thompson	42	51	48	3	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	11	.229	.229	.250	.479	12	0	0	3
Lew Riggs	22	43	38	5	6	1	0	0	1	1	5	4	.158	.256	.184	.440	7	1	0	0
Whitey Moore	42	70	61	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	2	13	.098	.127	.115	.242	7	1	0	7
Dick West	8	21	19	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	4	.211	.250	.211	.461	4	0	0	1
Johnny Vander Meer	30	46	36	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	10	.111	.179	.139	.318	5	0	0	7
Lee Grissom	33	54	47	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	18	.085	.157	.128	.285	6	0	2	3
Al Simmons	9	23	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	.143	.217	.143	.360	3	0	0	0
Hank Johnson	20	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0
Johnny Niggeling	10	16	13	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.154	.214	.154	.368	2	0	0	2
Bud Hafey	6	14	13	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	4	.154	.214	.231	.445	3	0	0	0
Les Scarsella	16	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	1	0	1
Peaches Davis	20	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Jimmie Wilson	4	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1
Milt Shoffner	10	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	0	1
Vince DiMaggio	8	16	14	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	10	.071	.188	.143	.330	2	0	0	0
Red Barrett	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Nolen Richardson	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jim Weaver	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Milt Galatzer	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Art Jacobs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Wes Livengood	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Pete Naktenis	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Elmer Riddle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1747	6106	5378	767	1493	269	60	98	714	46	500	538	.278	.343	.405	.748	2176	110	35	193

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Frank McCormick	1B	156	1518	100	7	153	.996	1.372	0
Milt Galatzer	1B	2	11	0	0	0	1.000	5.500	0
Eddie Joost	2B	32	88	89	8	20	.957	5.531	0
Lonny Frey	2B	124	324	412	18	83	.976	5.935	0
Frenchy Bordagaray	2B	2	7	6	1	1	.929	6.500	0
Billy Werber	3B	147	165	308	34	32	.933	3.218	0
Lew Riggs	3B	11	6	16	1	1	.957	2.000	0
Jimmie Wilson	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	1
Dick West	C	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Ernie Lombardi	C	120	536	63	10	7	.984	4.992	15
Willard Hershberger	C	60	204	21	3	2	.987	3.750	3
Dick West	OF	5	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.800	0
Al Simmons	OF	5	14	1	1	0	.938	3.000	0
Bud Hafey	OF	4	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.750	0
Ival Goodman	OF	123	246	16	5	4	.981	2.130	0
Lee Gamble	OF	56	87	5	1	0	.989	1.643	0
Vince DiMaggio	OF	7	11	1	0	1	1.000	1.714	0
Harry Craft	OF	134	300	13	6	4	.981	2.336	0
Frenchy Bordagaray	OF	43	60	1	0	1	1.000	1.419	0
Nino Bongiovanni	OF	39	89	1	1	1	.989	2.308	0
Wally Berger	OF	95	158	6	5	0	.970	1.726	0
Jim Weaver	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Bucky Walters	P	39	16	77	2	10	.979	2.385	0
Johnny Vander Meer	P	30	5	16	3	5	.875	.700	0
Gene Thompson	P	42	3	25	3	0	.903	.667	0
Milt Shoffner	P	10	1	7	0	0	1.000	.800	0
Elmer Riddle	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Johnny Niggeling	P	10	1	6	2	2	.778	.700	0
Pete Naktenis	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Whitey Moore	P	42	9	32	1	0	.976	.976	0
Wes Livengood	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200	0
Hank Johnson	P	20	0	2	0	0	1.000	.100	0
Art Jacobs	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Lee Grissom	P	33	2	24	1	3	.963	.788	0
Paul Derringer	P	38	11	48	3	1	.952	1.553	0
Peaches Davis	P	20	2	8	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Red Barrett	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Nolen Richardson	SS	1	4	3	0	1	1.000	7.000	0
Billy Myers	SS	151	309	512	42	110	.951	5.437	0
Eddie Joost	SS	6	6	12	4	3	.818	3.000	0
Totals		1624	4211	1837	162	445	.974	3.724	19

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF
Whitey Moore	WS	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9
Lee Grissom	WS	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	1.3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
Paul Derringer	WS	1	.000	2.35	2	2	0	1	15.3	9	4	4	2	3	1	9	0	58
Gene Thompson	WS	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0	0	4.7	5	7	7	4	4	0	3	1	23
Bucky Walters	WS	2	.000	4.91	2	1	1	1	11.0	13	9	6	1	1	0	6	0	47
Totals		4	.000	4.33	7	4	2	2	35.3	27	20	17	7	9	1	20	1	142

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Frank McCormick	WS	4	16	15	1	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.467	.867	7	0	0	1
Ival Goodman	WS	4	16	15	3	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	.333	.375	.400	.775	6	0	0	0
Billy Myers	WS	4	14	12	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	.333	.429	.500	.929	6	1	0	0
Billy Werber	WS	4	18	16	1	4	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	4	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	WS	4	15	14	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.214	.267	.214	.481	3	1	1	0
Gene Thompson	WS	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1
Willard Hershberger	WS	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
Al Simmons	WS	1	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0
Paul Derringer	WS	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	1	0	0
Harry Craft	WS	4	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	1	0	0
Wally Berger	WS	4	15	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Nino Bongiovanni	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Lonny Frey	WS	4	18	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.056	.000	.056	0	0	0	0
Lee Gamble	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Whitey Moore	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bucky Walters	WS	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Frenchy Bordagaray	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Lee Grissom	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals		47	142	133	8	27	3	1	8	1	1	6	22	.203	.243	.241	.483	32	4	1	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Frank McCormick	WS	1B	4	4	35.3	32	2	0	1	1.000	8.660	8.500
Lonny Frey	WS	2B	4	4	35.3	8	10	0	0	1.000	4.585	4.500
Billy Werber	WS	3B	4	4	35.3	3	6	0	0	1.000	2.292	2.250
Ernie Lombardi	WS	C	4	4	32.3	22	1	1	0	.958	6.402	5.750
Willard Hershberger	WS	C	2	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	.500
Harry Craft	WS	CF	4	4	29.3	7	1	0	0	1.000	2.455	2.000
Wally Berger	WS	CF	1	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	3.000
Wally Berger	WS	LF	4	4	29.3	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.534	1.250
Al Simmons	WS	LF	1	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	3.000
Paul Derringer	WS	P	2	2	15.3	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.174	1.000
Bucky Walters	WS	P	2	1	11.0	0	3	0	1	1.000	2.455	1.500
Gene Thompson	WS	P	1	1	4.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Whitey Moore	WS	P	1	0	3.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	6.000	2.000
Lee Grissom	WS	P	1	0	1.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Ival Goodman	WS	RF	4	4	35.3	11	2	1	0	.929	3.311	3.250
Billy Myers	WS	SS	4	4	35.3	9	9	2	1	.900	4.585	4.500
Totals			43	36	318.0	106	36	4	3	.973	4.019	3.302

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