1949 Cincinnati Reds Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 62-92
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 707,782, Avg. 11,469
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Manager: Bucky Walters (61-90)
Manager: Luke Sewell (1-2)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1949 Cincinnati Reds RosterTeam Record: 62-92
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 707,782, Avg. 11,469
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Manager: Bucky Walters (61-90)
Manager: Luke Sewell (1-2)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1949 Cincinnati Reds Results
The Cincinnati Reds of the National League ended the 1949 season with a record of 62 wins and 92 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.
The Reds plated 627 runs and allowed 770 runs. Walker Cooper paced Cincinnati with 16 home runs Grady Hatton drove in 69 runs. Ted Kluszewski topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .309. Ken Raffensberger led the team with 18 wins and a team-best 3.39 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Bucky Walters and Luke Sewell 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 | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Raffensberger | 18 | 17 | .514 | 3.39 | 41 | 38 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 284.0 | 289 | 129 | 107 | 23 | 80 | 0 | 103 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1190 |
| Herm Wehmeier | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.68 | 33 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 213.3 | 202 | 119 | 111 | 20 | 117 | 0 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 937 |
| Howie Fox | 6 | 19 | .240 | 3.98 | 38 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 215.0 | 221 | 120 | 95 | 13 | 77 | 0 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 928 |
| Ewell Blackwell | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.23 | 30 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76.7 | 80 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 335 |
| Johnny Vander Meer | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.90 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 159.7 | 172 | 92 | 87 | 12 | 85 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 712 |
| Harry Gumbert | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.53 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40.7 | 58 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 184 |
| Kent Peterson | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.24 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.3 | 66 | 54 | 46 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 309 |
| Buddy Lively | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.92 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 103.3 | 91 | 47 | 45 | 11 | 53 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 430 |
| Eddie Erautt | 4 | 11 | .267 | 3.36 | 39 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 112.7 | 99 | 53 | 42 | 9 | 61 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 481 |
| Harry Perkowski | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.56 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
| Walker Cress | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Ken Burkhart | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.3 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | |
| Jess Dobernic | 0 | 0 | 9.78 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 28 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 101 | |
| Dixie Howell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66 |
| Frank Fanovich | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.40 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.3 | 44 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 203 |
| Totals | 62 | 92 | .403 | 4.33 | 366 | 156 | 101 | 55 | 10 | 6 | 1401.7 | 1423 | 767 | 675 | 124 | 640 | 0 | 538 | 28 | 4 | 29 | 6106 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Kluszewski | 136 | 550 | 531 | 63 | 164 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 24 | .309 | .333 | .411 | .743 | 218 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Stallcup | 141 | 589 | 575 | 49 | 146 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 44 | .254 | .268 | .336 | .604 | 193 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Grady Hatton | 137 | 605 | 537 | 71 | 141 | 38 | 5 | 11 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 62 | 48 | .263 | .342 | .413 | .756 | 222 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Bloodworth | 134 | 484 | 452 | 40 | 118 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 36 | .261 | .304 | .385 | .689 | 174 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Wyrostek | 134 | 534 | 474 | 54 | 118 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 63 | .249 | .333 | .365 | .698 | 173 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Walker | 86 | 353 | 314 | 53 | 100 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 17 | .318 | .385 | .389 | .774 | 122 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Walker Cooper | 82 | 331 | 307 | 34 | 86 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 24 | .280 | .330 | .479 | .809 | 147 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Litwhiler | 102 | 336 | 292 | 35 | 85 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 42 | .291 | .384 | .473 | .857 | 138 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peanuts Lowrey | 89 | 354 | 309 | 48 | 85 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 11 | .275 | .354 | .359 | .714 | 111 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Adams | 107 | 308 | 277 | 32 | 70 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 36 | .253 | .317 | .325 | .642 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Merriman | 103 | 310 | 287 | 35 | 66 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 36 | .230 | .285 | .348 | .633 | 100 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dixie Howell | 64 | 183 | 172 | 17 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .244 | .286 | .326 | .611 | 56 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Sauer | 42 | 170 | 152 | 22 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19 | .237 | .318 | .355 | .673 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Mueller | 32 | 117 | 106 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .274 | .319 | .340 | .658 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Herm Wehmeier | 36 | 85 | 78 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .256 | .275 | .269 | .544 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Baumholtz | 27 | 91 | 81 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .235 | .295 | .407 | .703 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Fox | 41 | 79 | 72 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .236 | .247 | .278 | .524 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Corbitt | 44 | 105 | 94 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .181 | .252 | .191 | .444 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Raffensberger | 41 | 105 | 90 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | .178 | .204 | .256 | .460 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Meeks | 16 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .306 | .342 | .528 | .870 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Pramesa | 17 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .240 | .321 | .400 | .721 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Kress | 27 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .207 | .281 | .310 | .592 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ewell Blackwell | 30 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Erautt | 39 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .174 | .269 | .217 | .487 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Lively | 31 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .154 | .241 | .192 | .434 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Vander Meer | 33 | 66 | 52 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .077 | .172 | .077 | .249 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Perkowski | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Burkhart | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Post | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dixie Howell | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Peterson | 30 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Gumbert | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jess Dobernic | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Fanovich | 29 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walker Cress | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1907 | 5994 | 5469 | 627 | 1423 | 264 | 35 | 86 | 588 | 31 | 0 | 429 | 559 | .260 | .316 | .368 | .685 | 2015 | 116 | 20 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Walker | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hank Sauer | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Kress | 1B | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .974 | 4.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Kluszewski | 1B | 134 | 0 | 0.0 | 1140 | 65 | 14 | 109 | .989 | 8.993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Bloodworth | 1B | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 208 | 18 | 1 | 19 | .996 | 9.826 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sammy Meeks | 2B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 5.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Corbitt | 2B | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 7 | .953 | 3.588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Bloodworth | 2B | 92 | 0 | 0.0 | 229 | 234 | 9 | 56 | .981 | 5.033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Adams | 2B | 63 | 0 | 0.0 | 162 | 138 | 5 | 29 | .984 | 4.762 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Litwhiler | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grady Hatton | 3B | 136 | 0 | 0.0 | 143 | 290 | 11 | 29 | .975 | 3.184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Corbitt | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Bloodworth | 3B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Adams | 3B | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 2.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Pramesa | C | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 2.154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Mueller | C | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 110 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.032 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dixie Howell | C | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | 191 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 4.036 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walker Cooper | C | 77 | 0 | 0.0 | 316 | 43 | 8 | 3 | .978 | 4.662 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Wyrostek | OF | 129 | 0 | 0.0 | 293 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .971 | 2.349 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Walker | OF | 77 | 0 | 0.0 | 177 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .963 | 2.390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Sauer | OF | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 102 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .956 | 2.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Post | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Merriman | OF | 86 | 0 | 0.0 | 214 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .969 | 2.570 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peanuts Lowrey | OF | 78 | 0 | 0.0 | 202 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .995 | 2.679 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Litwhiler | OF | 82 | 0 | 0.0 | 143 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 1.817 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Baumholtz | OF | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 2.700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herm Wehmeier | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .944 | 1.030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Vander Meer | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 4 | .951 | 1.393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Raffensberger | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 1.146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kent Peterson | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Perkowski | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Lively | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .613 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dixie Howell | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Gumbert | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .517 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howie Fox | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 65 | 3 | 7 | .963 | 2.079 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Fanovich | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .345 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Erautt | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jess Dobernic | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walker Cress | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Burkhart | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ewell Blackwell | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .733 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Stallcup | SS | 141 | 0 | 0.0 | 256 | 437 | 27 | 87 | .963 | 4.915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sammy Meeks | SS | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Corbitt | SS | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 31 | 1 | 10 | .984 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1736 | 0 | 0.0 | 4206 | 1717 | 138 | 398 | .977 | 3.412 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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