1938 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 93-69
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 875
Runs Allowed: 769
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,975,341
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 3rd in the NL
AA: 56-81, 8th in the NL
A: 71-66, 4th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 0-4 to Seattle (M) Mariners
Won NL League Series 4-3 over New York (G) Giants
 
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
SS *Buddy Myer 34 155 606 94 181 31 9 4 72 1 0 70 37 .299 .370 .399 .770 89.5 17.4 5.7
1B  Zeke Bonura 29 157 603 113 180 38 7 31 105 0 0 67 32 .299 .365 .539 .904 104.6 21.3 4.0
RF *Bill Nicholson 23 157 553 98 161 21 5 25 95 1 0 86 74 .291 .385 .483 .868 103.1 21.8 4.5
C *Bill Delancey 26 152 524 88 150 24 4 26 101 0 0 72 46 .286 .368 .496 .864 91.4 17.8 2.6
SS  Skeeter Newsome 27 155 549 77 167 26 4 6 77 0 0 25 19 .304 .333 .399 .732 65.2 10.9 7.9
SS  Pinky Higgins 29 145 468 72 126 27 1 8 73 0 0 55 35 .269 .346 .382 .728 60.2 9.9 2.8
CF  Pete Fox 29 145 464 64 147 23 10 4 67 0 0 23 26 .317 .347 .435 .782 59.4 10.7 3.2
CF *Wally Moses 27 114 368 60 121 20 6 7 56 6 2 42 11 .329 .397 .473 .870 63.0 13.7 2.7
RF *Jimmy Ripple 28 127 374 49 120 13 3 3 47 0 0 26 16 .321 .365 .396 .760 47.0 8.3 2.2
C *Gus Suhr 32 92 201 33 52 15 2 2 28 0 0 27 28 .259 .348 .383 .731 25.7 4.0 1.0
LF  Ernie Koy 28 98 211 37 74 19 9 2 48 0 0 14 29 .351 .392 .555 .947 37.8 9.0 1.3
P  Preacher Roe 23 41 111 5 18 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 33 .162 .184 .189 .373 2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Prim 31 42 106 2 19 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 21 .179 .187 .179 .366 1.5 0.0 0.0
2B  Les Mallon 32 83 109 13 34 5 1 1 14 0 0 5 10 .312 .339 .404 .743 14.2 2.6 0.7
2B  Leo Norris 30 82 107 12 27 9 1 2 16 0 2 6 5 .252 .298 .411 .709 11.0 1.3 1.3
RF *Art Parks 26 57 82 14 18 3 0 2 7 0 0 12 2 .220 .319 .329 .648 8.8 0.9 0.4
P  Nate Andrews 24 48 72 2 11 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 14 .153 .153 .153 .306 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Tommy Bridges 31 39 74 10 19 1 1 0 7 0 0 2 13 .257 .276 .297 .574 6.5 0.2 0.0
2B  Billy Jurges 30 42 65 6 7 2 0 0 5 0 1 2 11 .108 .134 .138 .273 -1.0 0.0 0.7
RF *Jimmy O'Connell 37 67 47 23 11 0 0 3 8 2 3 4 12 .234 .288 .426 .714 5.7 0.4 0.3
P *Joe Krakauskas 23 50 31 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .065 .094 .065 .158 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Lee 28 20 24 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Winford 28 38 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 .500 1.100 1.2 0.2 0.0
P  Mel Harder 28 66 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 2172 5755 875 1651 280 63 126 845 10 8 543 488 .287 .347 .423 .770 796.2 150.3 41.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 8 1 3 1 2 2 2 2 2  
* - 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 23 20 14 .588 41 41 0 333.0 321 119 23 64 143 3.22 27.6
*Ray Prim 31 20 11 .645 42 42 0 309.0 334 149 25 53 102 4.34 17.1
 Tommy Bridges 31 13 9 .591 39 35 1 246.7 259 118 17 102 130 4.31 14.5
 Nate Andrews 24 15 10 .600 48 27 0 232.3 290 125 16 62 57 4.84 9.6
*Joe Krakauskas 23 10 6 .625 50 11 15 128.0 137 64 14 76 62 4.50 8.1
 Bill Lee 28 6 6 .500 20 6 0 68.7 84 29 5 26 27 3.80 3.9
 Mel Harder 28 1 3 .250 66 0 5 56.3 71 24 3 27 18 3.83 4.0
*Chet Falk 33 6 5 .545 68 0 6 55.7 69 38 6 22 17 6.14 1.6
 Jim Winford 28 2 5 .286 38 0 1 44.7 48 28 3 27 21 5.64 0.8
Team Totals 27.7 93 69 .574 412 162 28 1474.3 1613 694 112 459 577 4.24 87.4
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 2 1 2 5 7 6 1 4 6  
* - 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 .989 32.9
B.Delancey 1209.7 129 148 512 40 9 1 .984 28.6
G.Suhr 264.7 33 35 112 11 3 0 .976 0.0
Team Total 1474.3 162 183 624 51 12 1 .983 24.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.35
Z.Bonura 1321.3 144 155 1636 113 9 149 .995 11.91
G.Suhr 139.0 16 25 169 15 0 9 1.000 11.91
A.Parks 7.0 1 1 9 1 1 0 .909 12.86
L.Mallon 6.0 1 1 5 1 1 2 .857 9.00
B.Delancey 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1474.3 162 183 1820 130 11 160 .994 11.90
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 6.53
B.Myer 1297.3 145 148 324 590 20 120 .979 6.34
L.Norris 133.7 13 22 41 52 4 14 .959 6.26
L.Mallon 31.3 3 9 8 11 1 1 .950 5.46
B.Jurges 10.0 1 3 0 4 0 1 1.000 3.60
S.Newsome 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1474.3 162 183 373 658 25 136 .976 6.29
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.94
P.Higgins 1164.3 135 140 97 290 19 27 .953 2.99
L.Mallon 226.0 20 56 12 62 3 6 .961 2.95
B.Jurges 79.0 7 20 4 11 1 3 .938 1.71
S.Newsome 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Parks 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
L.Norris 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Myer 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1474.3 162 221 114 366 23 36 .954 2.93
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.67
S.Newsome 1236.7 149 153 191 572 32 92 .960 5.55
L.Norris 116.3 4 45 20 50 1 10 .986 5.42
B.Jurges 85.7 9 16 11 37 1 5 .980 5.04
L.Mallon 17.7 0 8 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.06
B.Myer 16.0 0 6 4 9 0 0 1.000 7.31
J.O'Connell 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1474.3 162 230 229 671 34 107 .964 5.49
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.00
J.Ripple 704.3 87 95 171 1 4 0 .977 2.20
P.Fox 466.3 51 69 114 2 2 1 .983 2.24
E.Koy 232.0 16 54 47 5 0 0 1.000 2.02
A.Parks 71.7 8 14 19 1 2 1 .909 2.51
Team Total 1474.3 162 232 351 9 8 2 .978 2.20
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.55
W.Moses 798.7 86 104 228 5 14 4 .943 2.63
P.Fox 491.7 58 62 138 3 6 0 .959 2.58
E.Koy 142.7 14 25 47 1 1 0 .980 3.03
J.O'Connell 35.3 4 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.04
J.Ripple 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1474.3 162 202 423 9 21 4 .954 2.64
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.13
B.Nicholson 1295.7 143 151 334 17 9 1 .975 2.44
J.Ripple 59.7 7 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
A.Parks 53.0 7 8 15 0 1 0 .938 2.55
J.O'Connell 42.0 5 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.21
P.Fox 20.0 0 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
W.Moses 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Suhr 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1474.3 162 184 381 17 10 1 .975 2.43
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.40
P.Roe 333.0 41 41 16 61 1 5 .987 2.08
R.Prim 309.0 42 42 21 49 1 2 .986 2.04
T.Bridges 246.7 35 39 19 45 0 1 1.000 2.34
N.Andrews 232.3 27 48 14 45 0 1 1.000 2.29
J.Krakauskas 128.0 11 50 7 25 3 0 .914 2.25
B.Lee 68.7 6 20 6 8 2 1 .875 1.84
M.Harder 56.3 0 66 1 13 0 3 1.000 2.24
C.Falk 55.7 0 68 5 10 1 1 .938 2.43
J.Winford 44.7 0 38 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.02
Team Total 1474.3 162 412 92 263 8 14 .978 2.17
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Fox .309
On-Base Pct Nicholson .385
Slugging Pct Bonura .539
OPS Bonura .904
XR Bonura 104.6
Games Nicholson, Bonura 157
At-Bats Myer 606
Runs Bonura 113
Hits Myer 181
Total Bases Bonura 325
Singles Myer 137
Doubles Bonura 38
Triples Fox 10
Homeruns Bonura 31
RBIs Bonura 105
Stolen Bases Moses 6
Caught Stealing O'Connell 3
Walks Nicholson 86
Strikeouts Nicholson 74
ERA Roe 3.22
Wins Prim, Roe 20
Losses Roe 14
Winning Pct Prim .645
Saves Krakauskas 15
Games Pitched Falk 68
Games Started Prim 42
Complete Games Roe 19
Shutouts Roe 3
Innings Pitched Roe 333.0
Hits Allowed Prim 334
Homeruns Allowed Prim 25
Strikeouts Roe 143
Walks Allowed Bridges 102
Walks per 9IP Prim 1.5
Hits per 9IP Roe 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Bridges 4.7
WHiP Roe 1.16
OAVG Roe .251
OOBP Roe .286
OSLG Roe .358
OOPS Roe .644
Team All-Stars
Zeke Bonura
Joe Krakauskas
Bill Nicholson
Player Salaries
Buddy Myer $ 9,000,000
Pinky Higgins $ 5,012,037
Ray Prim $ 4,000,000
Bill Delancey $ 3,721,429
Zeke Bonura $ 3,364,286
Wally Moses $ 2,807,143
Pete Fox $ 2,442,857
Mel Harder $ 2,135,714
Chet Falk $ 713,000
Tommy Bridges $ 650,000
Jim Winford $ 642,857
Bill Lee $ 571,429
Jimmy O'Connell $ 499,999
Ralph Judd $ 499,999
Billy Jurges $ 350,000
Les Mallon $ 350,000
Ernie Koy $ 300,000
Nate Andrews $ 300,000
Skeeter Newsome $ 300,000
Bill Nicholson $ 300,000
Leo Norris $ 300,000
Art Parks $ 300,000
Jimmy Ripple $ 300,000
Preacher Roe $ 300,000
Gus Suhr $ 300,000
Joe Krakauskas $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
8/16 Signed     Bill Narleski