1939 Cincinnati Reds Statistics

1938 Season 1940 Season

Record: 97-57-2, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-0) to New York Yankees

Manager: Bill McKechnie (97-57-2)

Ballpark: Crosley Field

Attendance: 981,443 (1st of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 95-59, 767 Runs, 595 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	Ernie Lombardi	31	130	494	450	43	129	26	2	20	85	0	0	35	19	.287	.342	.487	.829	119	219	24	3	6		19
2	1B	Frank McCormick	28	156	688	630	99	209	41	4	18	128	1	0	40	16	.332	.374	.495	.869	130	312	23	2	16		8
3	2B	Lonny Frey*	28	125	585	484	95	141	27	9	11	55	5	2	72	46	.291	.388	.452	.840	123	219	6	4	25		4
4	SS	Billy Myers	28	151	602	509	79	143	18	6	9	56	4	5	71	90	.281	.369	.393	.762	103	200	3	0	22		8
5	3B	Billy Werber	31	147	707	599	115	173	35	5	5	57	15	8	91	46	.289	.388	.389	.777	108	233	12	6	11		2
6	OF	Ival Goodman*	30	124	553	470	85	152	37	16	7	84	2	3	54	32	.323	.401	.515	.916	143	242	6	7	22		9
7	OF	Harry Craft	24	134	537	502	58	129	20	7	13	67	5	2	27	54	.257	.299	.402	.701	85	202	6	3	5		0
8	OF	Wally Berger	33	97	374	329	36	85	15	1	14	44	1	2	36	63	.258	.341	.438	.778	106	144	6	5	4		2
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	OF	Lee Gamble*	29	72	236	221	24	59	7	2	0	14	5	1	9	14	.267	.296	.317	.612	63	70	1	0	6		2
10	C	Willard Hershberger	29	63	195	174	23	60	9	2	0	32	1	0	9	4	.345	.384	.420	.803	114	73	6	2	10		0
11	OF	Nino Bongiovanni*	27	66	171	159	17	41	6	0	0	16	0	1	9	8	.258	.298	.296	.593	59	47	1	0	3		1
12	2B	Eddie Joost	23	42	165	143	23	36	6	3	0	14	1	2	12	15	.252	.310	.336	.645	72	48	4	0	10		0
13	OF	Frenchy Bordagaray	29	63	136	122	19	24	5	1	0	12	3	1	9	10	.197	.252	.254	.506	35	31	1	0	5		0
14	3B	Lew Riggs*	29	22	43	38	5	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	5	4	.158	.256	.184	.440	19	7	1	0	0		0
15	OF	Al Simmons	37	9	23	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.143	.217	.143	.360	-2	3	0	0	0		0
16	UT	Dick West	23	8	21	19	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	4	.211	.250	.211	.461	24	4	0	0	1		0
17	OF	Vince DiMaggio	26	8	16	14	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	.071	.188	.143	.330	-11	2	0	0	0		0
18		Les Scarsella*	25	16	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-24	2	1	0	1		0
19	OF	Bud Hafey	26	6	14	13	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	.154	.214	.231	.445	19	3	0	0	0		0
20	1B	Milt Galatzer*	32	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
21	C	Jimmie Wilson	38	4	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	78	1	0	0	1		0
22	SS	Nolen Richardson	36	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		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
23	P	Bucky Walters	30	40	131	120	16	39	8	1	1	16	1	0	5	12	.325	.357	.433	.790	110	52	2	1	5		0
24	P	Paul Derringer	32	38	128	110	10	23	3	0	0	17	0	0	1	11	.209	.216	.236	.453	21	26	6	0	17		0
25	P	Whitey Moore	27	42	70	61	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.098	.127	.115	.242	-35	7	1	0	7		0
26	P	Lee Grissom#	31	33	54	47	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	18	.085	.157	.128	.285	-23	6	0	2	3		0
27	P	Gene Thompson	22	42	51	48	3	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.229	.229	.250	.479	28	12	0	0	3		0
28	P	Johnny Vander Meer#	24	30	46	36	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	.111	.179	.139	.318	-14	5	0	0	7		0
29	P	Johnny Niggeling	35	10	16	13	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.154	.214	.154	.368	0	2	0	0	2		0
30	P	Milt Shoffner*	33	10	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.091	.167	.091	.258	-30	1	0	0	1		0
31	P	Hank Johnson	33	20	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	114	2	0	0	0		0
32	P	Peaches Davis*	34	20	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	78	1	0	0	0		0
33	P	Red Barrett	24	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
34	P	Jim Weaver	35	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
35	P	Art Jacobs*	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
36	P	Wes Livengood	28	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
37	P	Pete Naktenis*	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
38	P	Elmer Riddle	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.9	156	6106	5378	767	1493	269	60	98	714	46	27	500	538	.278	.343	.405	.748	99	2176	110	35	193		55
		Rank in 8 NL teams				2	2	2	2	3	2		4	2	3	5	2	2	2	2		2		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.8	156	5587	4922	724	1400	255	58	97	675	45	27	485	446	.284	.352	.419	.771	105	2062	101	32	148		55
		Pitcher Totals	29.2	156	519	456	43	93	14	2	1	39	1	0	15	92	.204	.234	.250	.484	29	114	9	3	45		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	Bucky Walters	30	27	11	.711	2.29	39	36	2	31	2	0	319.0	250	98	81	15	109	8	137	6	3	8	1283	170	3.43	1.125	7.1	0.4	3.1	3.9	1.26
2	SP	Paul Derringer	32	25	7	.781	2.93	38	35	1	28	5	0	301.0	321	115	98	15	35	6	128	3	0	2	1245	132	2.77	1.183	9.6	0.4	1.0	3.8	3.66
3	SP	Whitey Moore	27	13	12	.520	3.45	42	24	11	9	2	3	187.2	177	88	72	10	95	3	81	6	1	3	819	113	4.04	1.449	8.5	0.5	4.6	3.9	0.85
4	SP	Lee Grissom*	31	9	7	.563	4.10	33	21	5	3	0	0	153.2	145	77	70	14	56	1	53	1	0	4	648	95	4.20	1.308	8.5	0.8	3.3	3.1	0.95
5	SP	Johnny Vander Meer*	24	5	9	.357	4.67	30	21	4	8	0	0	129.0	128	76	67	7	95	2	102	2	2	3	593	83	3.97	1.729	8.9	0.5	6.6	7.1	1.07
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	RP	Gene Thompson	22	13	5	.722	2.54	42	11	19	5	3	2	152.1	130	51	43	6	55	6	87	3	0	1	625	153	3.11	1.214	7.7	0.4	3.2	5.1	1.58
7	RP	Johnny Niggeling	35	2	1	.667	5.80	10	5	1	2	1	0	40.1	51	28	26	2	13	1	20	2	0	0	185	67	3.36	1.587	11.4	0.4	2.9	4.5	1.54
8	RP	Hank Johnson	33	0	3	.000	2.01	20	0	15	0	0	1	31.1	30	10	7	1	13	0	10	0	0	1	133	195	3.61	1.372	8.6	0.3	3.7	2.9	0.77
9	RP	Peaches Davis	34	1	0	1.000	6.46	20	0	4	0	0	2	30.2	43	24	22	5	11	1	4	1	0	2	142	61	5.63	1.761	12.6	1.5	3.2	1.2	0.36
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
10		Milt Shoffner*	33	2	2	.500	3.35	10	3	2	0	0	0	37.2	43	18	14	3	11	3	6	2	0	1	167	117	4.35	1.434	10.3	0.7	2.6	1.4	0.55
11		Wes Livengood	28	0	0		9.53	5	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	9	6	6	3	3	0	4	0	0	0	28	44	9.65	2.118	14.3	4.8	4.8	6.4	1.33
12		Red Barrett	24	0	0		1.69	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	22	247	2.78	1.125	8.4	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.00
13		Pete Naktenis*	25	0	0		2.25	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	15	189	3.59	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	2.3
14		Jim Weaver	35	0	0		3.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	13	146	1.59	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
15		Elmer Riddle	24	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7		2.59	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
16		Art Jacobs*	36	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	60	5.59	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
17		Bud Hafey	26	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.1	97	57	.630	3.27	156	156	70	86	13	9	1403.2	1340	595	510	81	499	31	637	28	6	26	5931	119	3.56	1.310	8.6	0.5	3.2	4.1	1.28
		Rank in 8 NL teams		1	8		1				1	2	8	2	1	1	1	5	6		1
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