1951 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 57-105
Finish: 7th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 716
Runs Allowed: 949
Exp W-L: 61-101
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,424,192
Manager: Freddy Wills

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 5th in the NL
AA: 69-68, 5th in the NL
A: 59-78, 8th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Gus Bell 22 152 607 88 166 28 9 16 91 4 1 44 53 .273 .323 .428 .751 78.2 9.1 3.0
SS  Jerry Coleman 26 154 548 68 134 21 6 7 59 27 13 75 43 .245 .334 .343 .677 66.5 5.9 5.2
3B *Ralph Hodgin 35 149 549 57 168 22 1 7 80 0 0 23 70 .306 .335 .388 .723 63.3 7.0 4.9
CF *Cal Abrams 27 133 432 74 114 14 3 12 65 8 4 90 95 .264 .388 .394 .781 72.9 10.1 2.9
C *Hal Peck 34 134 425 56 125 23 3 4 52 4 2 33 32 .294 .344 .391 .735 51.7 6.1 0.6
SS  Creepy Crespi 33 129 427 36 113 11 1 2 43 3 0 23 64 .265 .302 .309 .612 38.6 2.0 6.3
CF  Willie Mays 20 101 360 66 100 9 3 17 58 28 5 64 36 .278 .386 .461 .847 67.8 10.4 1.4
LF  George Case 35 120 344 45 89 8 1 9 37 5 4 18 61 .259 .296 .366 .662 36.0 2.6 2.1
1B *Dale Long 25 97 320 56 99 21 6 18 57 0 0 39 44 .309 .385 .581 .966 64.7 11.3 1.5
LF *Thurman Tucker 33 133 297 35 69 13 1 0 23 16 4 37 19 .232 .317 .283 .600 27.8 1.3 1.3
1B *Max West 34 102 280 35 67 14 2 15 51 1 0 18 54 .239 .282 .464 .747 37.8 4.0 1.2
CF  Felix Mackiewicz 33 75 108 15 26 5 2 1 8 1 0 18 18 .241 .346 .352 .698 14.9 1.8 0.5
2B  Bill Sommers 28 61 102 9 24 3 0 0 7 1 0 13 13 .235 .328 .265 .592 10.1 0.7 1.0
SS  Dario Lodigiani 35 74 91 13 17 5 0 0 9 0 0 20 12 .187 .327 .242 .569 8.6 0.0 1.2
C  Red Wilson 22 31 94 6 22 6 0 0 11 0 0 12 6 .234 .321 .298 .619 9.6 0.6 0.1
P *Willard Nixon 23 37 85 9 23 1 1 0 7 0 0 3 17 .271 .292 .306 .598 8.1 0.1 0.0
3B  Dick Williams 22 26 85 8 12 2 0 2 7 0 0 4 14 .141 .187 .235 .422 3.0 0.0 1.1
C  Del Crandall 21 22 75 7 20 0 0 2 10 0 0 2 7 .267 .282 .347 .629 7.2 0.3 0.1
P #Ted Gray 26 26 52 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 13 .096 .113 .154 .267 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Turley 20 26 51 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 .118 .118 .118 .235 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Poholsky 21 32 48 6 12 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 13 .250 .260 .271 .531 3.7 0.0 0.0
P  Butch Wensloff 35 68 45 5 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .200 .217 .222 .440 1.6 0.0 0.0
2B *Babe Barna 36 23 35 7 8 3 0 1 4 0 0 5 5 .229 .325 .400 .725 4.5 0.5 0.2
RF *Charlie Mead 30 20 35 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .143 .167 .171 .338 -0.1 0.0 0.3
P *Windy McCall 25 44 25 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .080 .179 .080 .259 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Vern Bickford 30 53 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .067 .067 .067 .133 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Beazley 33 35 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Klippstein 23 6 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Wilson 29 29 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P *Whitey Ford 22 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6 0.1 0.0
P  Max Lanier 35 26 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Dan Bankhead 31 65 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Bokelmann 24 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.1 2199 5581 716 1442 214 40 113 690 98 35 549 741 .258 .324 .372 .696 672.1 73.8 34.8
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 6 7 7 2 6 6 2 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Willard Nixon 23 16 14 .533 37 36 0 249.3 267 123 14 111 106 4.44 18.6
 Butch Wensloff 35 6 12 .333 68 17 0 186.3 185 107 24 108 105 5.17 9.1
*Ted Gray 26 7 15 .318 26 26 0 174.7 158 100 29 97 150 5.15 7.4
 Tom Poholsky 21 10 10 .500 32 18 0 152.0 181 78 21 51 75 4.62 11.3
 Bob Turley 20 2 16 .111 26 26 0 150.3 154 129 22 135 108 7.72 0.0
*Windy McCall 25 1 10 .091 44 14 4 122.7 146 83 17 61 56 6.09 2.7
 Vern Bickford 30 4 9 .308 53 13 0 85.3 86 67 13 79 32 7.07 0.0
 Dan Bankhead 31 3 9 .250 65 2 11 77.3 75 54 13 74 58 6.28 2.5
 Johnny Beazley 33 1 2 .333 35 1 0 62.3 68 28 3 41 12 4.04 4.2
*Max Lanier 35 1 3 .250 26 1 0 48.3 57 27 6 30 23 5.03 2.5
 Jim Wilson 29 2 0 1.000 29 0 0 46.0 58 36 4 31 25 7.04 0.3
 Johnny Klippstein 23 1 4 .200 6 6 0 29.3 38 25 4 21 14 7.67 0.0
 Dick Bokelmann 24 0 1 .000 14 0 1 26.7 33 14 3 23 7 4.73 1.1
*Whitey Ford 22 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 11.7 13 5 2 5 7 3.86 1.3
 Phil Paine 21 2 0 1.000 7 0 3 5.7 6 2 0 5 1 3.18 1.4
Team Totals 26.5 57 105 .352 470 162 19 1427.9 1525 878 175 872 779 5.53 62.5
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 6 7 8 6 6 7 8 2 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 30.0
H.Peck 837.3 93 105 474 35 5 0 .990 18.2
R.Wilson 238.7 27 27 134 5 0 0 1.000 0.0
T.Tucker 195.0 23 23 119 5 2 0 .984 13.3
D.Crandall 157.0 19 19 84 4 0 0 1.000 25.0
Team Total 1428.0 162 174 811 49 7 0 .992 15.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.01
D.Long 774.3 89 96 884 90 9 95 .991 11.32
M.West 582.7 68 73 660 59 8 74 .989 11.11
H.Peck 38.0 2 11 51 2 0 5 1.000 12.55
C.Mead 25.0 2 6 19 0 0 3 1.000 6.84
B.Barna 8.0 1 1 5 1 2 0 .750 6.75
Team Total 1428.0 162 187 1619 152 19 177 .989 11.16
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.28
J.Coleman 1218.3 143 150 307 552 17 136 .981 6.35
D.Lodigiani 76.0 6 27 13 26 3 4 .929 4.62
B.Sommers 47.7 5 9 7 16 1 2 .958 4.34
T.Tucker 41.0 5 5 15 13 1 4 .966 6.15
C.Mead 22.0 2 5 5 8 0 3 1.000 5.32
B.Barna 18.0 1 3 6 6 0 4 1.000 6.00
C.Crespi 5.0 0 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1428.0 162 202 354 625 22 154 .978 6.17
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.99
R.Hodgin 1100.3 125 132 73 253 17 22 .950 2.67
D.Williams 115.0 14 14 5 34 2 5 .951 3.05
B.Sommers 107.0 13 14 7 28 0 8 1.000 2.94
D.Lodigiani 63.7 7 13 4 13 1 4 .944 2.40
C.Mead 19.0 2 3 2 2 1 0 .800 1.89
C.Crespi 13.0 0 7 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.46
B.Barna 9.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
M.West 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1428.0 162 185 93 336 21 40 .953 2.70
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.51
C.Crespi 982.3 114 118 176 434 12 80 .981 5.59
D.Williams 100.0 12 12 17 37 5 12 .915 4.86
D.Lodigiani 95.3 8 23 12 53 0 6 1.000 6.14
R.Hodgin 95.0 11 11 21 19 2 5 .952 3.79
T.Tucker 61.0 7 7 16 22 1 10 .974 5.61
B.Sommers 40.0 5 5 11 15 1 3 .963 5.85
B.Barna 23.3 2 5 4 7 0 1 1.000 4.24
C.Mead 22.0 2 4 11 7 0 4 1.000 7.36
J.Coleman 9.0 1 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1428.0 162 187 269 599 21 121 .976 5.47
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
W.Mays 823.3 94 96 169 2 17 0 .910 1.87
C.Abrams 371.3 41 45 79 3 0 0 1.000 1.99
T.Tucker 99.0 12 14 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.18
F.Mackiewicz 85.3 11 12 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.21
G.Bell 36.0 3 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
H.Peck 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Case 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Hodgin 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.West 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1428.0 162 178 304 7 17 0 .948 1.96
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.49
G.Case 688.0 77 85 194 3 7 0 .966 2.58
C.Abrams 602.3 69 79 170 6 2 0 .989 2.63
T.Tucker 63.7 7 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
F.Mackiewicz 39.0 5 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Bell 10.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
R.Hodgin 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
W.Mays 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Barna 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
M.West 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.0 162 187 401 9 9 0 .979 2.58
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.98
G.Bell 1249.7 142 145 274 7 6 3 .979 2.02
T.Tucker 108.0 13 14 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
F.Mackiewicz 44.0 5 6 11 1 0 1 1.000 2.45
H.Peck 17.0 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
G.Case 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
C.Abrams 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Barna 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.0 162 173 318 8 6 4 .982 2.05
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.27
W.Nixon 249.3 36 37 23 44 1 5 .985 2.42
B.Wensloff 186.3 17 68 13 36 1 2 .980 2.37
T.Gray 174.7 26 26 10 30 0 3 1.000 2.06
T.Poholsky 152.0 18 32 11 23 1 2 .971 2.01
B.Turley 150.3 26 26 19 24 1 0 .977 2.57
W.McCall 122.7 14 44 5 13 1 1 .947 1.32
V.Bickford 85.3 13 53 4 16 0 0 1.000 2.11
D.Bankhead 77.3 2 65 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.51
J.Beazley 62.3 1 35 4 25 0 3 1.000 4.19
M.Lanier 48.3 1 26 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.49
J.Wilson 46.0 0 29 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.96
J.Klippstein 29.3 6 6 0 9 1 2 .900 2.76
D.Bokelmann 26.7 0 14 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.03
W.Ford 11.7 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.77
P.Paine 5.7 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.9 162 470 100 247 6 19 .983 2.19
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hodgin .306
On-Base Pct Abrams .388
Slugging Pct Bell .428
OPS Abrams .781
XR Bell 78.2
Games Coleman 154
At-Bats Bell 607
Runs Bell 88
Hits Hodgin 168
Total Bases Bell 260
Singles Hodgin 138
Doubles Bell 28
Triples Bell 9
Homeruns Long 18
RBIs Bell 91
Stolen Bases Mays 28
Caught Stealing Coleman 13
Walks Abrams 90
Strikeouts Abrams 95
ERA Nixon 4.44
Wins Nixon 16
Losses Turley 16
Winning Pct Nixon .533
Saves Bankhead 11
Games Pitched Wensloff 68
Games Started Nixon 36
Complete Games Nixon 6
Shutouts Gray, Wensloff 1
Innings Pitched Nixon 249.3
Hits Allowed Nixon 267
Homeruns Allowed Gray 29
Strikeouts Gray 150
Walks Allowed Turley 135
Walks per 9IP Nixon 4.0
Hits per 9IP Gray 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Gray 7.7
WHiP Gray 1.46
OAVG Gray .240
OOBP Gray .339
OSLG Nixon .372
OOPS Nixon .720
Team All-Stars
Gus Bell
Player Salaries
Harry Brecheen $ 6,250,000
Max Lanier $ 6,000,000
Butch Wensloff $ 4,000,000
Ralph Hodgin $ 3,400,000
Ted Gray $ 3,228,571
George Case $ 2,500,000
Creepy Crespi $ 1,500,000
Dario Lodigiani $ 370,000
Thurman Tucker $ 364,286
Dan Bankhead $ 350,000
Babe Barna $ 350,000
Johnny Beazley $ 350,000
Felix Mackiewicz $ 350,000
Jim Wilson $ 350,000
Gus Bell $ 300,000
Vern Bickford $ 300,000
Dick Bokelmann $ 300,000
Dick Williams $ 300,000
Jerry Coleman $ 300,000
Del Crandall $ 300,000
Max West $ 300,000
Dale Long $ 300,000
Bob Turley $ 300,000
Tom Poholsky $ 300,000
Johnny Klippstein $ 300,000
Cal Abrams $ 300,000
Bill Sommers $ 300,000
Red Wilson $ 300,000
Willie Mays $ 300,000
Windy McCall $ 300,000
Charlie Mead $ 300,000
Willard Nixon $ 300,000
Phil Paine $ 300,000
Hal Peck $ 300,000
Whitey Ford $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Ray Sanders Tampa Bay Del Crandall
Creepy Crespi
Dario Lodigiani
George Case
2/1 Traded Ralph Lapointe
$13,500,000
Tampa Bay Johnny Beazley
Harry Brecheen
Max Lanier
3/3 Traded Jim Hearn
Bob Harris
Detroit Everett Fagan