1939 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 60-102
Finish: 7th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 557
Runs Allowed: 713
Exp W-L: 63-99
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,597,628
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 7th in the NL
AA: 65-72, 7th in the NL
A: 65-72, 5th 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
SS  Skeeter Newsome 28 157 613 63 169 15 5 3 40 0 0 27 43 .276 .305 .331 .636 52.8 3.8 7.8
C *Bill Delancey 27 149 505 81 143 26 4 22 78 0 1 81 53 .283 .383 .481 .864 90.6 15.2 2.8
RF *Bill Nicholson 24 152 479 77 124 24 5 15 71 2 1 74 87 .259 .358 .424 .782 72.7 10.8 3.4
RF *Art Parks 27 133 442 43 119 20 0 4 40 1 0 41 18 .269 .329 .342 .671 49.3 5.6 2.5
3B  Red Barkley 25 126 388 43 89 21 0 1 23 1 1 45 80 .229 .310 .291 .602 35.9 2.8 4.7
CF *Mel Almada 26 120 338 32 79 19 4 4 35 0 0 24 21 .234 .285 .349 .634 32.4 2.6 1.8
CF *Hal Epps 25 98 335 31 79 13 3 0 27 0 0 25 24 .236 .287 .293 .579 24.4 0.3 2.8
2B  Leo Norris 31 129 288 30 79 7 3 7 25 0 0 17 29 .274 .313 .392 .705 33.9 4.1 2.7
CF  Kiddo Davis 37 111 267 24 70 12 0 1 31 0 0 18 25 .262 .308 .318 .626 23.5 1.8 1.8
SS  George Fallon 24 85 253 21 64 10 1 1 19 1 0 13 24 .253 .294 .312 .606 20.5 1.0 3.5
LF  Harry Craft 24 63 160 23 34 4 0 2 20 0 0 7 9 .213 .259 .275 .534 9.4 0.0 1.2
SS  Dick Bartell 31 44 130 17 32 6 2 0 5 1 0 24 27 .246 .368 .323 .691 16.9 2.4 1.6
2B  Billy Jurges 31 79 148 4 33 2 1 0 11 0 0 5 30 .223 .248 .250 .498 7.2 0.0 1.6
1B *Harlin Pool 31 48 145 10 42 8 2 0 15 0 2 6 9 .290 .318 .372 .690 14.0 1.4 0.7
CF  Tom Oliver 36 68 140 5 32 3 2 0 17 0 0 8 15 .229 .278 .279 .557 10.5 0.2 1.1
P  Preacher Roe 24 43 111 5 16 4 1 0 5 0 0 1 31 .144 .152 .198 .350 1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Dobson 22 33 77 2 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 27 .169 .220 .182 .401 3.2 0.0 0.0
C  Joe Glenn 30 43 88 11 24 1 1 1 11 0 0 5 14 .273 .312 .341 .653 8.5 0.8 0.6
P *Joe Krakauskas 24 49 74 3 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 23 .203 .203 .230 .432 3.2 0.0 0.0
1B *Lou Gehrig 36 26 84 6 22 5 0 2 16 0 0 6 21 .262 .308 .393 .701 10.7 1.4 0.5
CF *Sam West 34 22 84 8 12 7 1 0 3 0 0 6 18 .143 .200 .250 .450 3.1 0.0 0.7
2B  Stu Clarke 33 24 72 3 11 3 0 1 7 0 0 6 13 .153 .218 .236 .454 2.5 0.0 1.1
P  Nate Andrews 25 32 56 1 8 3 0 0 12 0 0 4 16 .143 .194 .196 .390 2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Barrett 25 25 54 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 22 .148 .164 .167 .330 0.4 0.0 0.0
2B #Billy Rogell 34 53 52 4 10 4 0 1 12 0 0 4 2 .192 .246 .327 .573 4.4 0.1 0.6
C  Hal Spindel 26 18 51 1 16 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .314 .327 .392 .719 5.3 0.7 0.3
LF *Red Nonnenkamp 28 9 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .158 .200 .158 .358 -0.7 0.0 0.1
C  Moe Berg 37 6 20 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .250 .250 .450 .700 2.3 0.2 0.1
P  Herm Holshouser 32 28 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .182 .167 .182 .348 0.6 0.0 0.0
C *Johnny Moore 37 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Chet Falk 34 9 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750 1.1 0.1 0.0
P  Tommy Bridges 32 55 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .200 .250 .450 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Gordon Rhodes 31 71 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.5 0.5 0.0
P *Fred Archer 29 64 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Winford 29 32 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Parmelee 32 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2210 5513 557 1361 226 35 66 539 6 5 456 702 .247 .305 .336 .641 544.6 55.7 44.0
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 8 8 8 7 5 8 8 1 4 8 8 7 8 8 8  
* - 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
*Preacher Roe 24 17 19 .472 43 43 0 317.7 361 154 25 67 135 4.36 14.5
 Joe Dobson 22 9 22 .290 33 33 0 246.0 275 117 14 52 82 4.28 11.5
*Joe Krakauskas 24 11 16 .407 49 31 0 240.0 265 131 20 118 135 4.91 8.1
 Nate Andrews 25 10 8 .556 32 22 0 182.3 180 72 13 62 38 3.55 13.1
 Frank Barrett 25 4 15 .211 25 25 0 161.7 173 79 15 54 59 4.40 5.8
 Tommy Bridges 32 2 6 .250 55 3 7 71.7 61 24 7 38 33 3.01 7.2
 Gordon Rhodes 31 2 1 .667 71 0 3 52.3 50 15 5 15 24 2.58 6.5
*Fred Archer 29 0 6 .000 64 5 5 48.7 57 19 3 15 7 3.51 3.7
 Jim Winford 29 0 2 .000 32 0 2 39.7 34 20 4 24 15 4.54 1.7
 Herm Holshouser 32 1 2 .333 28 0 0 33.0 38 13 3 15 13 3.55 1.7
*Chet Falk 34 0 3 .000 9 0 1 24.3 26 9 3 6 9 3.33 1.6
 George Caster 31 1 0 1.000 13 0 0 11.0 7 1 0 3 5 0.82 1.9
 Woody Rich 23 1 2 .333 10 0 2 9.7 7 3 1 4 2 2.80 1.5
 Roy Parmelee 32 2 0 1.000 3 0 0 3.7 1 0 0 1 4 0.00 1.1
 Joe Cascarella 32 0 0 .000 4 0 1 2.0 1 1 0 1 0 4.50 0.4
 Art Parks 27 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.3 60 102 .370 472 162 21 1444.6 1537 659 114 475 561 4.11 80.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 6 7 6 4 8 4 5 6 4  
* - 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 .991 35.4
B.Delancey 1123.7 126 132 463 41 8 3 .984 29.3
J.Glenn 148.3 16 19 58 9 0 0 1.000 33.3
H.Spindel 112.7 13 15 46 3 0 0 1.000 0.0
M.Berg 41.7 5 5 13 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Moore 18.0 2 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1444.3 162 173 589 55 8 3 .988 28.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.19
M.Almada 718.0 85 87 903 65 4 87 .996 12.13
H.Pool 313.0 37 41 396 28 4 30 .991 12.19
L.Gehrig 211.7 25 26 273 17 5 27 .983 12.33
L.Norris 109.7 13 13 124 13 2 14 .986 11.24
J.Glenn 52.3 2 19 67 10 0 7 1.000 13.24
B.Delancey 28.7 0 14 36 5 0 9 1.000 12.88
S.West 5.0 0 3 5 2 0 0 1.000 12.60
D.Bartell 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1439.3 162 203 1805 140 15 174 .992 12.16
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.24
R.Barkley 630.7 79 81 149 254 8 51 .981 5.75
L.Norris 441.3 45 74 118 209 5 58 .985 6.67
D.Bartell 332.4 38 42 86 151 4 35 .983 6.42
B.Jurges 50.3 4 11 12 26 1 5 .974 6.80
B.Rogell 22.0 0 8 4 14 0 2 1.000 7.36
S.Newsome 6.7 0 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 8.11
G.Fallon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1484.4 166 220 371 658 18 151 .983 6.24
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 3.16
S.Newsome 882.3 98 102 80 249 5 23 .985 3.36
R.Barkley 208.0 26 27 16 57 1 6 .986 3.16
S.Clarke 198.7 24 24 14 55 0 6 1.000 3.13
B.Jurges 147.7 14 33 11 32 3 2 .935 2.62
B.Rogell 6.7 0 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.41
T.Oliver 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.3 162 190 121 397 9 37 .983 3.23
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.46
G.Fallon 641.7 83 84 91 290 11 50 .972 5.34
S.Newsome 435.3 50 52 68 203 4 34 .985 5.60
R.Barkley 152.0 17 24 31 70 3 15 .971 5.98
B.Jurges 127.0 12 23 24 56 3 16 .964 5.67
L.Norris 41.0 0 18 10 9 2 2 .905 4.17
B.Rogell 40.3 0 23 10 21 2 10 .939 6.92
D.Bartell 4.4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.09
M.Berg 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Almada 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1443.7 162 227 236 650 25 128 .973 5.52
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.03
A.Parks 987.3 109 125 212 8 5 3 .978 2.01
H.Craft 330.7 43 45 82 4 0 1 1.000 2.34
R.Nonnenkamp 53.0 7 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
T.Oliver 42.3 1 21 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
M.Almada 21.0 2 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
J.Glenn 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Pool 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.West 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Moore 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Jurges 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.0 162 213 317 12 5 4 .985 2.05
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.67
H.Epps 703.0 89 90 217 6 4 3 .982 2.85
K.Davis 512.7 47 91 142 4 4 1 .973 2.56
S.West 164.7 20 20 51 0 0 0 1.000 2.79
H.Craft 31.0 3 7 11 0 1 0 .917 3.19
M.Almada 28.0 3 6 8 0 1 0 .889 2.57
T.Oliver 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1444.3 162 217 430 10 10 4 .978 2.74
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.07
B.Nicholson 1113.7 121 142 279 10 10 5 .967 2.34
T.Oliver 282.7 35 37 72 5 1 3 .987 2.45
M.Almada 22.0 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
J.Glenn 9.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
A.Parks 8.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Epps 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Pool 0.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.2 162 190 356 15 11 8 .971 2.31
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.28
P.Roe 317.7 43 43 24 44 0 2 1.000 1.93
J.Dobson 246.0 33 33 11 33 1 1 .978 1.61
J.Krakauskas 240.0 31 49 7 62 1 5 .986 2.59
N.Andrews 182.3 22 32 10 30 1 3 .976 1.97
F.Barrett 161.7 25 25 13 33 1 4 .979 2.56
T.Bridges 71.7 3 55 7 10 1 0 .944 2.14
G.Rhodes 52.3 0 71 4 9 1 1 .929 2.24
F.Archer 48.7 5 64 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.66
J.Winford 39.7 0 32 4 6 1 1 .909 2.27
H.Holshouser 33.0 0 28 3 9 0 0 1.000 3.27
C.Falk 24.3 0 9 0 4 1 0 .800 1.48
G.Caster 11.0 0 13 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
W.Rich 9.7 0 10 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.80
R.Parmelee 3.7 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.92
J.Cascarella 2.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
A.Parks 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.6 162 472 92 248 8 17 .977 2.12
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Delancey .283
On-Base Pct Delancey .383
Slugging Pct Delancey .481
OPS Delancey .864
XR Delancey 90.6
Games Newsome 157
At-Bats Newsome 613
Runs Delancey 81
Hits Newsome 169
Total Bases Delancey 243
Singles Newsome 146
Doubles Delancey 26
Triples Newsome, Nicholson 5
Homeruns Delancey 22
RBIs Delancey 78
Stolen Bases Nicholson 2
Caught Stealing Pool 2
Walks Delancey 81
Strikeouts Nicholson 87
ERA Andrews 3.55
Wins Roe 17
Losses Dobson 22
Winning Pct Andrews .556
Saves Bridges 7
Games Pitched Rhodes 71
Games Started Roe 43
Complete Games Roe 12
Shutouts Andrews, Dobson 2
Innings Pitched Roe 317.7
Hits Allowed Roe 361
Homeruns Allowed Roe 25
Strikeouts Krakauskas, Roe 135
Walks Allowed Krakauskas 118
Walks per 9IP Roe 1.9
Hits per 9IP Andrews 8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Krakauskas 5.1
WHiP Andrews 1.33
OAVG Andrews .262
OOBP Roe .319
OSLG Andrews .367
OOPS Andrews .689
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Bill Delancey $ 4,200,000
Kiddo Davis $ 1,029,103
Chet Falk $ 713,000
Tommy Bridges $ 650,000
Billy Rogell $ 550,000
Moe Berg $ 500,000
Stu Clarke $ 489,334
Tom Oliver $ 351,301
Gordon Rhodes $ 350,000
Billy Jurges $ 350,000
Herm Holshouser $ 350,000
Frank Barrett $ 300,000
Red Barkley $ 300,000
Joe Dobson $ 300,000
Harry Craft $ 300,000
Fred Archer $ 300,000
Nate Andrews $ 300,000
Joe Cascarella $ 300,000
Hal Epps $ 300,000
Mel Almada $ 300,000
Joe Glenn $ 300,000
Hal Spindel $ 300,000
Joe Krakauskas $ 300,000
Skeeter Newsome $ 300,000
Bill Nicholson $ 300,000
Red Nonnenkamp $ 300,000
Leo Norris $ 300,000
Art Parks $ 300,000
Woody Rich $ 300,000
Preacher Roe $ 300,000
George Fallon $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Ernie Koy
Zeke Bonura
Wally Moses
Minnesota Tommy Henrich
Lou Gehrig
Sam West
2/1 Traded Ray Prim
Mel Harder
New York (G) Harley Boss
2/1 Traded Tommy Henrich
Gus Suhr
Boston (A) Emmett Nelson
2/3 Traded Pete Fox
Bill Lee
Brooklyn Fabian Kowalik
2/3 Signed     Dick Bartell
2/4 Signed     Moe Berg
2/5 Signed     Kiddo Davis
2/5 Signed     Tom Oliver
2/6 Signed     Stu Clarke
2/9 Signed     Harlin Pool
2/9 Signed     Johnny Moore
2/13 Traded Buddy Myer Oakland Pete Sivess
2/14 Signed     Jack Saltzgaver
2/17 Signed     Gordon Rhodes
2/23 Signed     Doc Gautreau
3/2 Signed     Joe Cascarella
3/3 Released Lindsay Brown    
3/3 Released Gus Dugas    
3/3 Released Henry Coppola    
3/3 Released Bill Kerksieck    
3/3 Released Fabian Kowalik    
3/3 Released Emmett Nelson    
3/3 Released Harley Boss    
4/2 Traded Jimmy Ripple
Pinky Higgins
New York (G) Red Barkley
6/1 Traded Jim Winford Oakland Joe Glenn
Round Draft Pick.
6/1 Traded Dick Bartell Detroit Frank Barrett
Herm Holshouser
Roy Parmelee
Oral Hildebrand
Billy Rogell
6/1 Released Oral Hildebrand    
6/1 Released George Caster    
6/1 Released Jack Saltzgaver    
7/1 Traded Harlin Pool Boston (N) Al Yeargin
Round Draft Pick.
7/1 Released Carl Doyle    
7/1 Released Al Yeargin    
7/1 Released Johnny Moore    
7/1 Released Doc Gautreau    
10/3 Released Lou Gehrig    
10/3 Released Sam West    
10/3 Released Roy Parmelee