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1939 Cincinnati Reds (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938/1940) 97-57, Finished 1st in National League View League Standings and Leaders Won NL Pennant Scored 767 runs, Allowed 595 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-59 Managed by Bill McKechnie Ballpark: Crosley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 981,443 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 98   (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 100   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Lost World Series (4-0) to New York Yankees BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 Stats (1938/1940) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Ernie Lombardi      31  130  450   43  129  26  2  20   85  35   19  .287  .342  .487   0      24   3   6          120
1B  Frank McCormick     28  156  630   99  209  41  4  18  128  40   16  .332  .374  .495   1      23   2  16          131
2B *Lonny Frey          28  125  484   95  141  27  9  11   55  72   46  .291  .388  .452   5       6   4  25          124
3B  Billy Werber        31  147  599  115  173  35  5   5   57  91   46  .289  .388  .389  15      12   6  11          108
SS  Billy Myers         28  151  509   79  143  18  6   9   56  71   90  .281  .369  .393   4       3   0  22          104
OF  Harry Craft         24  134  502   58  129  20  7  13   67  27   54  .257  .299  .402   5       6   3   5           86
OF *Ival Goodman        30  124  470   85  152  37 16   7   84  54   32  .323  .401  .515   2       6   7  22          144
OF  Wally Berger        33   97  329   36   85  15  1  14   44  36   63  .258  .341  .438   1       6   5   4          107
   *Lee Gamble          29   72  221   24   59   7  2   0   14   9   14  .267  .296  .317   5       1   0   6           64
    Willard Hershberger 29   63  174   23   60   9  2   0   32   9    4  .345  .384  .420   1       6   2  10          115
   *Nino Bongiovanni    27   66  159   17   41   6  0   0   16   9    8  .258  .298  .296   0       1   0   3           59
    Eddie Joost         23   42  143   23   36   6  3   0   14  12   15  .252  .310  .336   1       4   0  10           73
    Frenchy Bordagaray  29   63  122   19   24   5  1   0   12   9   10  .197  .252  .254   3       1   0   5           36
   *Lew Riggs           29   22   38    5    6   1  0   0    1   5    4  .158  .256  .184   1       1   0   0           19
    Al Simmons          37    9   21    0    3   0  0   0    1   2    3  .143  .217  .143   0       0   0   0           -2
    Dick West           23    8   19    1    4   0  0   0    4   1    4  .211  .250  .211   0       0   0   1           24
    Vince DiMaggio      26    8   14    1    1   1  0   0    2   2   10  .071  .188  .143   0       0   0   0          -10
   *Les Scarsella       25   16   14    0    2   0  0   0    2   0    2  .143  .143  .143   0       1   0   1          -23
    Bud Hafey           26    6   13    1    2   1  0   0    1   1    4  .154  .214  .231   1       0   0   0           19
   *Milt Galatzer       32    3    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Nolen Richardson    36    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Jimmie Wilson       38    4    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0       0   0   1           79

    Bucky Walters       30   40  120   16   39   8  1   1   16   5   12  .325  .357  .433   1       2   1   5          111
    Paul Derringer      32   38  110   10   23   3  0   0   17   1   11  .209  .216  .236   0       6   0  17           21
    Whitey Moore        27   42   61    4    6   1  0   0    2   2   13  .098  .127  .115   0       1   0   7          -35
    Junior Thompson     22   42   48    3   11   1  0   0    1   0   11  .229  .229  .250   0       0   0   3           28
   #Lee Grissom         31   33   47    5    4   0  1   0    1   2   18  .085  .157  .128   0       0   2   3          -23
   #Johnny Vander Meer  24   30   36    1    4   1  0   0    1   3   10  .111  .179  .139   0       0   0   7          -14
    Johnny Niggeling    35   10   13    3    2   0  0   0    1   1    5  .154  .214  .154   0       0   0   2            0
   *Milt Shoffner       33   10   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    8  .091  .167  .091   0       0   0   1          -29
    Hank Johnson        33   20    5    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    2  .400  .400  .400   0       0   0   0          115
   *Peaches Davis       34   20    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0       0   0   0           79
    Red Barrett         24    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Jim Weaver          35    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  156 5378  767 1493 269 60  98  714 500  538  .278  .339  .405  46     110  35 193          106
    Rank among 8 NL teams          2    2    2   2  3   2        3    4     2     2     2   4                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bucky Walters       30  39   2.29  27  11  0  36   2  31   2  319.0  250   98   81  15  109  137 1283   8   6  3     168
SP  Paul Derringer      32  38   2.93  25   7  0  35   1  28   5  301.0  321  115   98  15   35  128 1245   2   3  0     131
SP  Whitey Moore        27  42   3.45  13  12  3  24  11   9   2  187.7  177   88   72  10   95   81  819   3   6  1     111
SP *Lee Grissom         31  33   4.10   9   7  0  21   5   3   0  153.7  145   77   70  14   56   53  648   4   1  0      94
SP *Johnny Vander Meer  24  30   4.67   5   9  0  21   4   8   0  129.0  128   76   67   7   95  102  593   3   2  2      82

RP  Junior Thompson     22  42   2.54  13   5  2  11  19   5   3  152.3  130   51   43   6   55   87  625   1   3  0     151
RP  Peaches Davis       34  20   6.46   1   0  2   0   4   0   0   30.7   43   24   22   5   11    4  142   2   1  0      59
RP  Hank Johnson        33  20   2.01   0   3  1   0  15   0   0   31.3   30   10    7   1   13   10  133   1   0  0     191
RP *Milt Shoffner       33  10   3.35   2   2  0   3   2   0   0   37.7   43   18   14   3   11    6  167   1   2  0     115

    Johnny Niggeling    35  10   5.80   2   1  0   5   1   2   1   40.3   51   28   26   2   13   20  185   0   2  0      66
    Wes Livengood       28   5   9.53   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    5.7    9    6    6   3    3    4   28   0   0  0      40
    Red Barrett         24   2   1.69   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.3    5    1    1   0    1    1   22   0   0  0     227
   *Pete Naktenis       25   3   2.25   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    2    1    1   0    0    1   15   1   2  0     171
    Jim Weaver          35   3   3.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.0    3    1    1   0    1    3   13   0   0  0     128
    Elmer Riddle        24   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    1    0    0   0    0    0    7   0   0  0        
   *Art Jacobs          36   1   9.00   0   0  1   0   1   0   0    1.0    2    1    1   0    1    0    6   0   0  0      43
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9 156   3.27  97  57  9 156  70  86  13 1403.0 1340  595  510  81  499  637 5931  26  28  6     117
    Rank among 8 NL teams           1   1   8  8           1   2      2    1    1        5    6    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- ELombardi 120 536 63 10 7 .984 15 WHershberge 60 204 21 3 2 .987 3 DWest 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 JWilson 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 742 84 13 9 .985 19 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 10.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FMcCormick 156 1518 100 7 153 .996 10.37 MGalatzer 2 11 0 0 0 1.000 5.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1529 100 7 153 .996 10.45 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .968 5.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LFrey 124 324 412 18 83 .976 5.94 EJoost 32 88 89 8 20 .957 5.53 FBordagaray 2 7 6 1 1 .929 6.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 419 507 27 104 .972 5.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .942 2.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWerber 147 165 308 34 32 .933 3.22 LRiggs 11 6 16 1 1 .957 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 171 324 35 33 .934 3.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .953 5.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMyers 151 309 512 42 110 .951 5.44 EJoost 6 6 12 4 3 .818 3.00 NRichardson 1 4 3 0 1 1.000 7.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 319 527 46 114 .948 5.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .975 2.17 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- HCraft 134 300 13 6 4 .981 2.34 0 134 0 IGoodman 123 246 16 5 4 .981 2.13 0 0 123 WBerger 95 158 6 5 0 .970 1.73 66 29 0 LGamble 56 87 5 1 0 .989 1.64 55 1 0 FBordagaray 43 60 1 0 1 1.000 1.42 21 3 19 NBongiovann 39 89 1 1 1 .989 2.31 6 1 32 VDiMaggio 7 11 1 0 1 1.000 1.71 3 3 1 ASimmons 5 14 1 1 0 .937 3.00 5 0 0 DWest 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 5 0 0 BHafey 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 4 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 981 44 19 11 .982 2.19 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWalters 39 16 77 2 10 .979 2.62 PDerringer 38 11 48 3 1 .952 1.76 WMoore 42 9 32 1 0 .976 1.97 LGrissom 33 2 24 1 3 .963 1.52 JThompson 42 3 25 3 0 .903 1.65 JVander Mee 30 5 16 3 5 .875 1.47 JNiggeling 10 1 6 2 2 .778 1.56 MShoffner 10 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.91 HJohnson 20 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.58 PDavis 20 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.93 WLivengood 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.58 RBarrett 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.70 PNaktenis 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 JWeaver 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 ERiddle 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 AJacobs 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 50 251 15 21 .953 1.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average McCormick .332 On-base % Goodman .401 Slugging % Goodman .515 OPS Goodman .916 Games McCormick 156 At Bats McCormick 630 Plate Appearances (approx.) Werber 707 Runs Werber 115 Hits McCormick 209 Total Bases McCormick 312 Doubles McCormick 41 Triples Goodman 16 Home Runs Lombardi 20 RBI McCormick 128 Bases on Balls Werber 91 Strikeouts Myers 90 Stolen Bases Werber 15 Singles McCormick 146 Adjusted OPS+ Goodman 144 Runs Created McCormick 116 Adjusted Batting Runs Goodman 30 Batting Wins Goodman 2.9 Extra-Base Hits McCormick 63 Times on Base Werber 270 Offensive Win% Goodman .704 Hit By Pitch Goodman 7 Sac. Hits Frey 25 Grounded into Double Plays Lombardi 24 Power/Speed Number Werber 7.5 At Bats per Strikeout McCormick 39.4 At Bats per Home Run Lombardi 22.5 Outs McCormick 460

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Walters 2.29 Wins Walters 27 Won-Loss % Derringer .781 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Walters 1.125 Hits Allowed/9IP Walters 7.05 Bases on Balls/9IP Derringer 1.05 Strikeouts/9IP Moore 3.88 Games Moore and Thompson 42 Saves Moore 3 Innings Walters 319.0 Strikeouts Walters 137 Games Started Walters 36 Comp. Games Walters 31 Shutouts Derringer 5 Home Runs Allow. Derringer and Walters 15 Bases On Balls Allow. Walters 109 Hits Allowed Derringer 321 SO to Walk Derringer 3.66 Losses Moore 12 Earned Runs Allow. Derringer 98 Wild Pitches Walters 8 Hit Batsmen Moore and Walters 6 Batters Faced Walters 1283 Games Finished Thompson 19 Adjusted ERA+ Walters 168

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Paul Derringer (Starting P)
Lonny Frey (Starting 2B)
Ival Goodman (Starting RF)
Ernie Lombardi (Starting C)
Frank McCormick (Starting 1B)
Johnny Vander Meer
Bucky Walters

1938/1940

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