1937 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 75-87
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 733
Runs Allowed: 777
Exp W-L: 77-85
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,590,786
Manager: Jeff Shippar

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 7th in the NL
AA: 68-69, 4th in the NL
A: 56-81, 8th 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
1B  Zeke Bonura 28 158 599 94 162 27 4 24 98 0 0 66 18 .270 .342 .449 .791 89.3 16.6 3.3
SS *Buddy Myer 33 147 548 86 177 32 7 2 50 0 0 81 21 .323 .410 .418 .827 88.1 20.1 5.2
CF  Pete Fox 28 151 574 63 169 34 10 7 77 2 0 26 31 .294 .324 .425 .749 71.6 13.4 2.6
RF *Bill Nicholson 22 149 525 76 148 25 9 17 77 0 0 68 85 .282 .364 .461 .825 84.6 17.5 2.3
C *Bill Delancey 25 144 463 76 145 24 2 17 79 0 1 83 34 .313 .418 .484 .901 91.1 20.8 3.4
CF *Wally Moses 26 144 496 62 151 21 6 9 70 5 1 36 26 .304 .352 .425 .777 67.2 13.4 2.7
2B  Les Mallon 31 129 421 49 94 8 3 3 42 1 0 23 40 .223 .261 .278 .539 29.4 0.2 2.0
CF  Bob Seeds 30 137 348 46 93 10 1 3 44 0 0 27 16 .267 .317 .328 .644 32.1 3.3 1.3
SS *Boob Fowler 36 113 328 36 78 6 4 2 33 0 0 13 52 .238 .269 .299 .568 23.2 1.2 2.6
2B  Hughie Critz 36 90 284 31 80 4 3 3 31 4 2 6 16 .282 .297 .349 .645 23.4 2.3 3.7
C *Gus Suhr 31 62 157 18 37 9 2 1 21 3 1 26 20 .236 .342 .338 .680 18.8 2.9 1.3
2B  Fresco Thompson 35 60 142 17 43 3 2 0 13 0 0 9 7 .303 .342 .352 .694 15.9 2.5 1.3
P  Bill Lee 27 42 107 8 21 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 18 .196 .216 .196 .412 4.8 0.0 0.0
CF *Jimmy Welsh 34 72 110 18 30 6 2 2 16 0 0 10 3 .273 .331 .418 .749 14.4 2.7 0.4
2B  Leo Norris 29 58 98 13 27 7 1 1 10 0 0 8 11 .276 .327 .398 .725 11.7 2.0 1.1
P *Lum Davenport 37 39 87 7 16 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 23 .184 .211 .207 .418 3.5 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Krakauskas 22 28 83 6 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 42 .133 .151 .145 .296 0.3 0.0 0.0
2B  Billy Jurges 29 18 60 9 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 6 .200 .273 .217 .489 3.9 0.0 0.3
P  Nate Andrews 23 20 51 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 14 .059 .059 .118 .176 -1.6 0.0 0.0
RF *Jimmy O'Connell 36 71 55 10 16 5 0 0 5 2 2 4 13 .291 .339 .382 .721 6.2 1.0 0.0
P  Ray Prim 30 22 43 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 .047 .064 .047 .110 -1.1 0.0 0.0
RF *Jimmy Ripple 27 27 28 2 6 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 1 .214 .258 .286 .544 2.2 0.0 0.1
P  Tommy Bridges 30 70 23 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 9 .217 .208 .261 .469 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Mel Harder 27 46 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.2 0.2 0.0
P *Chet Falk 32 72 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Winford 27 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 2104 5640 733 1530 226 57 92 705 17 7 500 512 .271 .330 .380 .710 681.9 120.1 33.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 3 6 8 3 4 3 8 1 3 1 6 4 6 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
 Bill Lee 27 13 19 .406 42 42 0 326.3 354 165 23 104 151 4.55 12.9
*Lum Davenport 37 14 18 .438 39 39 0 267.3 301 124 24 44 72 4.17 12.6
*Joe Krakauskas 22 11 15 .423 28 28 0 222.7 225 102 11 98 109 4.12 10.9
*Ray Prim 30 6 6 .500 22 22 0 160.0 161 53 4 22 68 2.98 12.4
 Nate Andrews 23 6 9 .400 20 20 0 149.7 179 69 8 32 36 4.15 6.3
 Tommy Bridges 30 7 8 .467 70 9 8 115.7 120 67 10 78 49 5.21 3.8
*Chet Falk 32 12 3 .800 72 0 3 84.7 86 35 3 39 18 3.72 9.0
 Mel Harder 27 3 6 .333 46 2 2 60.7 80 37 5 22 16 5.49 0.8
 Jim Winford 27 3 3 .500 35 0 3 37.3 45 16 2 21 13 3.86 2.6
 Ralph Judd 35 0 0 .000 21 0 4 20.3 32 14 1 10 6 6.20 0.0
Team Totals 29.0 75 87 .463 395 162 20 1444.6 1583 682 91 470 538 4.25 71.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5  
* - 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 .990 31.2
B.Delancey 1126.7 126 133 438 49 14 0 .972 33.3
G.Suhr 318.0 36 39 120 15 1 0 .993 28.6
Team Total 1444.7 162 172 558 64 15 0 .976 32.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.67
Z.Bonura 1323.7 148 158 1707 145 13 176 .993 12.59
G.Suhr 70.3 8 13 98 1 1 7 .990 12.67
B.Seeds 48.7 6 9 70 3 0 3 1.000 13.50
B.Delancey 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1444.7 162 181 1877 150 14 186 .993 12.63
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.50
H.Critz 643.3 76 83 189 318 5 65 .990 7.09
B.Myer 403.7 46 49 121 191 6 46 .981 6.96
F.Thompson 289.0 31 47 74 126 9 29 .957 6.23
L.Norris 107.7 9 25 30 59 1 12 .989 7.44
J.O'Connell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 205 414 694 21 152 .981 6.90
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 3.14
L.Mallon 1019.3 118 127 71 299 37 28 .909 3.27
B.Fowler 291.3 29 51 22 86 0 12 1.000 3.34
B.Jurges 127.0 15 18 6 31 1 3 .974 2.62
H.Critz 7.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1444.7 162 197 101 416 38 43 .932 3.22
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.64
B.Myer 825.7 93 94 146 377 23 69 .958 5.70
B.Fowler 503.0 59 62 78 227 14 45 .956 5.46
L.Norris 112.0 10 21 23 51 3 14 .961 5.95
L.Mallon 4.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1444.7 162 179 248 657 40 128 .958 5.64
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.88
P.Fox 962.3 111 115 204 4 1 0 .995 1.95
B.Seeds 447.7 49 58 98 1 2 0 .980 1.99
J.Ripple 34.7 2 14 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
Team Total 1444.7 162 187 309 5 3 0 .991 1.96
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.72
W.Moses 931.7 103 115 281 6 12 1 .960 2.77
P.Fox 295.3 34 35 83 0 5 0 .943 2.53
J.Welsh 126.7 16 19 41 0 1 0 .976 2.91
B.Seeds 73.0 8 11 19 0 1 0 .950 2.34
J.O'Connell 17.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
G.Suhr 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 185 426 6 19 1 .958 2.69
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.02
B.Nicholson 1226.7 136 147 266 7 9 0 .968 2.00
B.Seeds 113.0 14 16 23 0 2 0 .920 1.83
W.Moses 66.0 9 10 9 0 1 0 .900 1.23
J.O'Connell 19.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
J.Ripple 14.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
J.Welsh 6.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 183 305 7 12 0 .963 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.39
B.Lee 326.3 42 42 20 63 3 6 .965 2.29
L.Davenport 267.3 39 39 16 60 0 4 1.000 2.56
J.Krakauskas 222.7 28 28 20 43 0 2 1.000 2.55
R.Prim 160.0 22 22 7 27 0 4 1.000 1.91
N.Andrews 149.7 20 20 9 29 0 1 1.000 2.29
T.Bridges 115.7 9 70 7 20 0 1 1.000 2.10
C.Falk 84.7 0 72 3 18 0 2 1.000 2.23
M.Harder 60.7 2 46 6 21 0 1 1.000 4.01
J.Winford 37.3 0 35 1 7 1 0 .889 1.93
R.Judd 20.3 0 21 0 6 0 2 1.000 2.66
Team Total 1444.6 162 395 89 294 4 23 .990 2.39
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Myer .323
On-Base Pct Delancey .418
Slugging Pct Delancey .484
OPS Delancey .901
XR Delancey 91.1
Games Bonura 158
At-Bats Bonura 599
Runs Bonura 94
Hits Myer 177
Total Bases Bonura 269
Singles Myer 136
Doubles Fox 34
Triples Fox 10
Homeruns Bonura 24
RBIs Bonura 98
Stolen Bases Moses 5
Caught Stealing Critz, O'Connell 2
Walks Delancey 83
Strikeouts Nicholson 85
ERA Krakauskas 4.12
Wins Davenport 14
Losses Lee 19
Winning Pct Davenport .438
Saves Bridges 8
Games Pitched Falk 72
Games Started Lee 42
Complete Games Lee 13
Shutouts Krakauskas 2
Innings Pitched Lee 326.3
Hits Allowed Lee 354
Homeruns Allowed Davenport 24
Strikeouts Lee 151
Walks Allowed Lee 104
Walks per 9IP Davenport 1.5
Hits per 9IP Krakauskas 9.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Krakauskas 4.4
WHiP Davenport 1.29
OAVG Krakauskas .263
OOBP Davenport .309
OSLG Krakauskas .366
OOPS Krakauskas .704
Team All-Stars
Zeke Bonura
Lum Davenport
Bill Delancey
Pete Fox
Buddy Myer
Player Salaries
Buddy Myer $ 9,000,000
Pinky Higgins $ 5,012,037
Ray Prim $ 4,000,000
Zeke Bonura $ 3,364,286
Jimmy Welsh $ 3,000,000
Pete Fox $ 2,442,857
Mel Harder $ 2,135,714
Bill Delancey $ 1,971,429
Bob Seeds $ 1,800,000
Hughie Critz $ 1,000,000
Boob Fowler $ 1,000,000
Lum Davenport $ 940,000
Taylor Douthit $ 755,656
Chet Falk $ 713,000
Tommy Bridges $ 650,000
Bill Lee $ 571,429
Jimmy O'Connell $ 499,999
Ralph Judd $ 499,999
Billy Jurges $ 350,000
Les Mallon $ 350,000
Fresco Thompson $ 350,000
Nate Andrews $ 300,000
Jim Winford $ 300,000
Wally Moses $ 300,000
Bill Nicholson $ 300,000
Leo Norris $ 300,000
Jimmy Ripple $ 300,000
Gus Suhr $ 300,000
Joe Krakauskas $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Chet Falk
2/8 Signed     Jimmy Welsh
2/9 Signed     Fresco Thompson