1948 Cincinnati Reds Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 64-89
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 823,386, Avg. 13,228
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Manager: Johnny Neun (44-56)
Manager: Bucky Walters (20-33)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

1948 Cincinnati Reds Roster
1948 Cincinnati Reds Results

The Cincinnati Reds of the National League ended the 1948 season with a record of 64 wins and 89 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.

The Reds plated 588 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 752 runs, most in the league. Hank Sauer walloped 35 home runs for Cincinnati, and Johnny Wyrostek added 20 or more also. Hank Sauer drove in 97 runs. Frank Baumholtz paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .296. Johnny Vander Meer topped the team with 17 wins and a team-best 3.41 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Johnny Neun and Bucky Walters coached the team.

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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
Johnny Vander Meer	17	14	.548	3.41	33	33	0	14	3	0	232.0	204	97	88	15	124	120	1	0	2	993
Herm Wehmeier	11	8	.579	5.86	33	24	3	6	0	0	147.3	179	105	96	21	75	56	2	1	5	680
Ken Raffensberger	11	12	.478	3.84	40	24	9	7	4	0	180.3	187	88	77	15	37	57	1	0	0	772
Harry Gumbert	10	8	.556	3.47	61	0	46	0	0	17	106.3	123	50	41	5	34	25	0	0	2	464
Ewell Blackwell	7	9	.438	4.54	22	20	2	4	1	1	138.7	134	73	70	12	52	114	4	0	1	599
Howie Fox	6	9	.400	4.53	34	24	3	5	0	1	171.0	185	100	86	11	62	63	1	0	4	737
Kent Peterson	2	15	.118	4.60	43	17	12	2	0	1	137.0	146	82	70	10	59	64	6	0	2	611
Buddy Lively	0	0		2.38	10	0	5	0	0	0	22.7	13	7	6	0	11	12	1	0	0	92
Eddie Erautt	0	0		6.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	13
Ken Holcombe	0	0		7.71	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.3	3	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	10
Walker Cress	0	1	.000	4.50	30	2	13	1	0	0	60.0	60	32	30	2	42	33	1	0	0	266
Johnny Hetki	0	1	.000	9.45	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.7	8	7	7	0	3	3	0	0	1	33
Jim Blackburn	0	2	.000	4.18	16	0	5	0	0	0	32.3	38	18	15	1	14	10	0	0	0	144
Bucky Walters	0	3	.000	4.63	7	5	1	1	0	0	35.0	42	25	18	6	18	19	0	0	1	157
Ken Burkhart	0	3	.000	6.91	16	0	8	0	0	0	41.7	42	34	32	3	16	14	1	1	0	182
Tommy Hughes	0	4	.000	9.00	12	4	3	0	0	0	27.0	43	28	27	3	24	7	0	0	2	147
Totals	64	89	.418	4.47	364	153	113	40	8	20	1343.3	1410	750	667	104	572	599	18	2	20	5900

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Johnny Wyrostek	136	567	512	74	140	24	9	17	76	7	52	63	.273	.344	.455	.799	233	5	3	0
Hank Sauer	145	598	530	78	138	22	1	35	97	2	60	85	.260	.340	.504	.844	267	10	4	4
Frank Baumholtz	128	449	415	57	123	19	5	4	30	8	27	32	.296	.344	.395	.739	164	6	3	4
Virgil Stallcup	149	566	539	40	123	30	4	3	65	2	18	52	.228	.253	.315	.569	170	14	0	9
Grady Hatton	133	533	458	58	110	17	2	9	44	7	72	50	.240	.343	.345	.688	158	6	0	3
Ted Kluszewski	113	397	379	49	104	23	4	12	57	1	18	32	.274	.307	.451	.758	171	14	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	106	391	338	51	93	19	2	14	44	1	48	41	.275	.365	.467	.833	158	15	0	5
Ray Lamanno	127	439	385	31	93	12	0	0	27	2	48	32	.242	.329	.273	.601	105	15	2	4
Bobby Adams	87	295	262	33	78	20	3	1	21	6	25	23	.298	.361	.408	.770	107	5	1	7
Claude Corbitt	87	284	258	24	66	11	0	0	18	4	14	16	.256	.297	.298	.595	77	1	1	11
Benny Zientara	74	204	187	17	35	1	2	0	7	0	12	11	.187	.236	.214	.450	40	8	0	5
Babe Young	49	150	130	11	30	7	2	1	12	0	19	12	.231	.329	.338	.667	44	1	0	1
Augie Galan	54	106	77	18	22	3	2	2	16	0	26	4	.286	.471	.455	.926	35	2	1	2
Dewey Williams	48	108	95	9	16	2	0	1	5	0	10	18	.168	.248	.221	.469	21	1	0	3
Howie Fox	35	64	60	9	12	3	0	0	4	0	2	9	.200	.238	.250	.488	15	3	1	1
Howie Schultz	36	79	72	9	12	0	0	2	9	2	4	7	.167	.211	.250	.461	18	1	0	3
Ewell Blackwell	22	51	48	3	11	3	0	0	1	0	0	6	.229	.229	.292	.521	14	4	0	3
Johnny Vander Meer	41	89	78	6	11	2	0	1	2	0	7	21	.141	.212	.205	.417	16	1	0	4
Steve Filipowicz	7	28	26	0	9	0	1	0	3	0	2	1	.346	.393	.423	.816	11	0	0	0
Ray Mueller	14	38	34	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	4	3	.206	.289	.235	.525	8	1	0	0
Ken Raffensberger	40	67	62	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	27	.113	.141	.129	.270	8	2	0	3
Kent Peterson	43	38	36	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.139	.139	.139	.278	5	1	0	2
Herm Wehmeier	36	59	55	4	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	13	.091	.107	.109	.216	6	1	0	3
Walker Cress	31	10	8	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.500	.556	.500	1.056	4	0	0	1
Bucky Walters	7	15	15	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.267	.267	.267	.533	4	1	0	0
Ken Burkhart	16	10	9	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	.333	.400	.667	1.067	6	0	0	0
Hugh Poland	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Marv Rickert	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0
Tommy Hughes	12	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1	0	0
Clyde Vollmer	7	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	1	0	0
Harry Gumbert	61	27	25	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	9	.040	.077	.160	.237	4	1	0	1
Johnny Hetki	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0
Jim Blackburn	16	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0
Buddy Lively	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ken Holcombe	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Eddie Erautt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1888	5699	5127	588	1266	221	37	104	548	42	477	582	.247	.313	.365	.678	1873	121	16	79

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Babe Young	1B	31	261	21	2	31	.993	9.097	0
Howie Schultz	1B	26	156	5	3	14	.982	6.192	0
Hank Sauer	1B	12	89	8	1	4	.990	8.083	0
Ted Kluszewski	1B	98	833	65	9	60	.990	9.163	0
Benny Zientara	2B	60	143	140	3	32	.990	4.717	0
Grady Hatton	2B	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Claude Corbitt	2B	52	101	112	6	18	.973	4.096	0
Bobby Adams	2B	64	160	143	11	33	.965	4.734	0
Benny Zientara	3B	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Danny Litwhiler	3B	15	11	34	1	1	.978	3.000	0
Grady Hatton	3B	123	141	243	28	21	.932	3.122	0
Claude Corbitt	3B	16	20	29	1	4	.980	3.063	0
Bobby Adams	3B	7	7	12	0	1	1.000	2.714	0
Dewey Williams	C	47	137	11	6	1	.961	3.149	2
Ray Mueller	C	10	51	5	1	0	.982	5.600	0
Ray Lamanno	C	125	537	49	13	11	.978	4.688	8
Babe Young	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Johnny Wyrostek	OF	130	331	8	8	1	.977	2.608	0
Clyde Vollmer	OF	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Hank Sauer	OF	132	270	14	8	6	.973	2.152	0
Danny Litwhiler	OF	83	165	3	2	1	.988	2.024	0
Grady Hatton	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Augie Galan	OF	18	29	0	1	0	.967	1.611	0
Steve Filipowicz	OF	7	10	1	0	0	1.000	1.571	0
Frank Baumholtz	OF	110	216	11	3	2	.987	2.064	0
Herm Wehmeier	P	33	4	29	3	1	.917	1.000	0
Bucky Walters	P	7	1	11	0	0	1.000	1.714	0
Johnny Vander Meer	P	33	11	39	5	3	.909	1.515	0
Ken Raffensberger	P	40	4	28	3	0	.914	.800	0
Kent Peterson	P	43	8	24	1	2	.970	.744	0
Buddy Lively	P	10	1	1	0	1	1.000	.200	0
Tommy Hughes	P	12	2	4	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Ken Holcombe	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Johnny Hetki	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Harry Gumbert	P	61	4	40	1	3	.978	.721	0
Howie Fox	P	34	14	33	2	5	.959	1.382	0
Eddie Erautt	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Walker Cress	P	30	0	8	2	0	.800	.267	0
Ken Burkhart	P	16	4	6	1	0	.909	.625	0
Jim Blackburn	P	16	0	6	0	0	1.000	.375	0
Ewell Blackwell	P	22	7	40	1	2	.979	2.136	0
Benny Zientara	SS	2	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.500	0
Virgil Stallcup	SS	148	264	433	32	84	.956	4.709	0
Grady Hatton	SS	2	3	5	0	1	1.000	4.000	0
Claude Corbitt	SS	11	17	19	0	2	1.000	3.273	0
Totals		1703	4018	1644	158	345	.973	3.325	10

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