1954 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 76-86
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 826
Runs Allowed: 917
Exp W-L: 73-89
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,288,161
Manager: Freddy Wills

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 2nd in the NL
AA: 82-55, 2nd in the NL
A: 74-63, 3rd in the NL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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  Willie Mays 23 156 588 113 173 31 10 35 120 31 15 77 62 .294 .374 .560 .934 113.9 22.0 3.2
SS  Ernie Banks 23 154 596 131 193 26 4 45 123 11 7 61 78 .324 .388 .607 .996 126.8 27.3 8.5
C  Charlie Silvera 29 141 573 75 160 9 2 6 64 0 0 64 47 .279 .352 .333 .686 70.0 9.5 4.1
1B *Dale Long 28 136 469 73 124 16 2 28 80 2 0 63 89 .264 .349 .486 .835 79.6 13.4 2.8
LF *Charlie Maxwell 27 144 457 74 118 20 2 24 78 12 5 77 83 .258 .361 .468 .829 80.2 13.9 1.9
3B  Jackie Robinson 35 151 471 80 132 35 7 9 69 5 2 58 35 .280 .358 .442 .799 70.5 12.2 2.9
RF *Dale Mitchell 32 125 416 51 114 19 5 6 49 3 3 37 6 .274 .331 .387 .718 52.6 7.5 1.5
3B  Dick Groat 23 122 406 49 107 26 3 1 33 0 0 24 12 .264 .301 .350 .651 39.4 3.4 3.2
C  Del Crandall 24 122 363 44 93 7 2 14 66 0 0 42 31 .256 .333 .402 .736 50.2 6.8 1.9
3B  Snuffy Stirnweiss 35 127 282 42 77 9 3 2 32 28 6 41 38 .273 .365 .348 .713 37.9 5.7 2.7
CF *Gus Bell 25 112 201 28 44 9 5 4 21 0 2 18 29 .219 .282 .373 .655 19.8 1.2 0.7
RF *Wally Moon 24 63 189 23 39 6 1 7 26 5 4 20 21 .206 .281 .360 .641 18.2 0.7 0.9
P  Roger Bowman 26 41 80 5 8 1 0 0 8 1 0 3 20 .100 .131 .113 .243 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Turley 23 41 76 3 11 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 24 .145 .167 .145 .311 0.4 0.0 0.0
SS  Jerry Coleman 29 62 67 9 18 0 0 0 9 2 1 10 3 .269 .354 .269 .623 7.3 0.5 0.3
P *Willard Nixon 26 25 71 9 16 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 11 .225 .225 .254 .479 3.2 0.0 0.0
P *Whitey Ford 25 39 65 3 11 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 14 .169 .194 .231 .425 2.2 0.0 0.0
C  Frank Mancuso 36 43 65 8 17 5 1 0 3 0 0 4 12 .262 .304 .369 .674 6.7 1.0 0.3
C  Harry Chiti 21 24 62 2 10 4 0 1 5 0 0 5 9 .161 .224 .274 .498 2.7 0.0 0.4
P  Tom Poholsky 24 22 47 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .128 .146 .149 .295 0.2 0.0 0.0
3B  Dick Williams 25 11 36 1 8 3 0 1 3 0 1 1 4 .222 .243 .389 .632 2.7 0.1 0.2
P  Red Embree 36 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .091 .000 .091 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P #Joey Jay 18 51 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .375 .429 .804 1.1 0.2 0.0
P  Mike Fornieles 22 65 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Brooks Lawrence 29 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Littlefield 28 77 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.5 0.2 0.0
P  Paul Giel 22 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Bokelmann 27 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 26.6 2130 5615 826 1482 234 47 183 805 101 46 612 648 .264 .335 .420 .755 783.8 125.6 35.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 3 4 2 4 1 4 4 1 8 5 1 3 5 3 4 4  
* - 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
*Roger Bowman 26 15 15 .500 41 41 0 277.3 239 127 27 109 184 4.12 18.9
 Bob Turley 23 12 15 .444 41 34 0 235.3 224 150 32 166 179 5.74 6.7
*Whitey Ford 25 12 14 .462 39 25 1 193.3 249 140 37 84 107 6.52 1.8
 Willard Nixon 26 12 9 .571 25 25 0 189.7 178 86 20 81 61 4.08 13.6
 Tom Poholsky 24 5 9 .357 22 22 0 150.3 160 85 27 38 94 5.09 4.7
*Dick Littlefield 28 5 8 .385 77 0 3 102.0 116 61 15 59 76 5.38 4.5
 Mike Fornieles 22 2 3 .400 65 0 3 83.0 92 51 9 37 28 5.53 3.4
 Joey Jay 18 2 3 .400 51 7 1 60.3 69 41 11 33 26 6.12 1.5
 Bud Byerly 33 6 4 .600 47 0 23 49.7 53 24 5 18 16 4.35 8.2
 Red Embree 36 0 1 .000 24 1 1 39.7 45 28 10 21 29 6.35 0.2
 Dick Bokelmann 27 4 2 .667 29 0 0 34.3 48 34 4 16 15 8.91 0.0
 Brooks Lawrence 29 0 2 .000 17 7 0 23.7 32 18 4 6 6 6.85 0.0
 Paul Giel 22 1 1 .500 6 0 0 13.0 12 2 1 4 6 1.38 2.0
 Phil Paine 24 0 0 .000 8 0 0 9.3 4 2 0 5 6 1.93 1.2
Team Totals 25.9 76 86 .469 492 162 32 1461.0 1521 849 202 677 833 5.23 66.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 1 5 3 7 8 8 4 5 8  
* - 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 .993 30.5
C.Silvera 1251.3 140 140 734 39 5 0 .994 22.2
H.Chiti 128.0 14 18 66 4 1 0 .986 12.5
F.Mancuso 78.7 8 11 46 7 1 0 .981 83.3
D.Crandall 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1461.0 162 170 846 50 7 0 .992 27.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.43
D.Long 1111.7 123 130 1270 113 7 128 .995 11.20
J.Robinson 211.0 24 26 239 16 3 19 .988 10.88
J.Coleman 70.7 8 8 82 6 1 8 .989 11.21
W.Moon 59.0 7 7 73 4 0 10 1.000 11.75
E.Banks 6.7 0 2 7 2 0 1 1.000 12.16
D.Groat 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1461.0 162 174 1674 141 11 167 .994 11.18
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.96
D.Groat 959.0 119 119 202 392 13 83 .979 5.57
S.Stirnweiss 251.3 22 48 65 103 7 24 .960 6.02
J.Robinson 227.3 21 37 65 93 3 23 .981 6.26
J.Coleman 20.3 0 15 6 8 0 1 1.000 6.20
D.Crandall 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 221 339 597 23 131 .976 5.77
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.85
D.Crandall 919.7 108 112 72 180 18 14 .933 2.47
S.Stirnweiss 266.3 27 43 13 61 1 5 .987 2.50
J.Robinson 191.3 20 27 13 52 2 5 .970 3.06
D.Williams 73.0 7 10 7 13 0 0 1.000 2.47
J.Coleman 8.7 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.04
H.Chiti 2.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 198 105 309 21 24 .952 2.55
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.24
E.Banks 1288.7 141 149 218 536 20 112 .974 5.27
S.Stirnweiss 162.3 20 22 25 64 0 12 1.000 4.93
J.Coleman 10.0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1461.0 162 173 243 603 20 124 .977 5.21
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.97
C.Maxwell 952.3 108 112 213 0 1 0 .995 2.01
J.Robinson 409.0 46 48 91 3 0 1 1.000 2.07
G.Bell 39.0 4 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
D.Mitchell 28.0 2 7 5 0 1 0 .833 1.61
W.Moon 23.0 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
W.Mays 8.7 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.04
D.Williams 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 182 323 4 2 1 .994 2.01
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.51
W.Mays 1331.3 147 148 368 5 3 2 .992 2.52
G.Bell 96.7 11 11 35 0 0 0 1.000 3.26
W.Moon 24.0 3 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Williams 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 163 414 5 3 2 .993 2.58
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
D.Mitchell 838.3 91 103 186 5 7 0 .965 2.05
W.Moon 312.7 37 39 72 1 1 0 .986 2.10
G.Bell 162.7 18 20 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
C.Maxwell 142.3 16 17 27 0 1 0 .964 1.71
W.Mays 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Chiti 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 183 323 6 9 0 .973 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.19
R.Bowman 277.3 41 41 20 52 0 6 1.000 2.34
B.Turley 235.3 34 41 17 45 1 8 .984 2.37
W.Ford 193.3 25 39 6 25 5 2 .861 1.44
W.Nixon 189.7 25 25 17 41 2 5 .967 2.75
T.Poholsky 150.3 22 22 10 23 1 1 .971 1.98
D.Littlefield 102.0 0 77 10 16 0 2 1.000 2.29
M.Fornieles 83.0 0 65 4 13 0 0 1.000 1.84
J.Jay 60.3 7 51 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.49
B.Byerly 49.7 0 47 6 10 0 2 1.000 2.90
R.Embree 39.7 1 24 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.82
D.Bokelmann 34.3 0 29 2 14 1 1 .941 4.19
B.Lawrence 23.7 7 17 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.42
P.Giel 13.0 0 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.08
P.Paine 9.3 0 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1461.0 162 492 98 267 10 27 .973 2.25
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Banks .324
On-Base Pct Banks .388
Slugging Pct Banks .607
OPS Banks .996
XR Banks 126.8
Games Mays 156
At-Bats Banks 596
Runs Banks 131
Hits Banks 193
Total Bases Banks 362
Singles Silvera 143
Doubles Robinson 35
Triples Mays 10
Homeruns Banks 45
RBIs Banks 123
Stolen Bases Mays 31
Caught Stealing Mays 15
Walks Maxwell, Mays 77
Strikeouts Long 89
ERA Nixon 4.08
Wins Bowman 15
Losses Bowman, Turley 15
Winning Pct Nixon .571
Saves Byerly 23
Games Pitched Littlefield 77
Games Started Bowman 41
Complete Games Nixon 6
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Bowman 277.3
Hits Allowed Ford 249
Homeruns Allowed Ford 37
Strikeouts Bowman 184
Walks Allowed Turley 166
Walks per 9IP Bowman 3.5
Hits per 9IP Bowman 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Turley 6.8
WHiP Bowman 1.25
OAVG Bowman .231
OOBP Bowman .309
OSLG Nixon .369
OOPS Bowman .683
Team All-Stars
Ernie Banks
Willie Mays
Player Salaries
Dale Mitchell $ 6,500,000
Jackie Robinson $ 4,070,000
Roger Bowman $ 3,721,429
Red Embree $ 3,330,000
Tom Poholsky $ 3,078,571
Snuffy Stirnweiss $ 3,000,000
Willard Nixon $ 2,821,429
Charlie Silvera $ 2,257,143
Charlie Maxwell $ 1,800,000
Bud Byerly $ 1,200,000
Frank Mancuso $ 700,000
Eddie Bockman $ 580,000
Vern Bickford $ 350,000
Gus Bell $ 350,000
Dan Bankhead $ 350,000
Jerry Coleman $ 350,000
Brooks Lawrence $ 300,000
Dick Bokelmann $ 300,000
Ernie Banks $ 300,000
Harry Chiti $ 300,000
Del Crandall $ 300,000
Whitey Ford $ 300,000
Mike Fornieles $ 300,000
Paul Giel $ 300,000
Joey Jay $ 300,000
Dick Williams $ 300,000
Dick Littlefield $ 300,000
Dale Long $ 300,000
Willie Mays $ 300,000
Wally Moon $ 300,000
Phil Paine $ 300,000
Bob Turley $ 300,000
Dick Groat $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/6 Signed     Frank Mancuso
2/8 Signed     Snuffy Stirnweiss
2/8 Signed     Dale Mitchell
2/11 Signed     Bud Byerly
3/3 Traded Bill Sommers
Hank Foiles
Montreal Roger Bowman
4/2 Traded Andy Carey
Windy Mccall
Montreal Dick Littlefield