1947 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 104-58
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 921
Runs Allowed: 654
Exp W-L: 106-56
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 2,421,470
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 2nd in the NL
AA: 57-80, 8th in the NL
A: 56-81, 8th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-1 over Detroit Tigers
Won NL League Series 4-1 over New York (N) 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
2B  Pee Wee Reese 28 152 579 115 185 21 2 10 52 19 7 121 57 .320 .437 .415 .852 110.2 21.5 6.9
3B  Sid Gordon 29 153 581 109 177 17 3 29 119 0 0 69 26 .305 .378 .494 .872 103.1 18.3 4.4
CF *Stan Spence 32 127 423 84 128 23 4 14 83 0 0 69 18 .303 .399 .475 .874 75.2 14.0 3.8
C *Bill Delancey 35 123 391 80 125 30 1 17 87 1 0 53 37 .320 .398 .532 .930 76.0 15.0 2.6
2B  Lou Stringer 30 123 396 76 117 23 2 14 62 0 0 47 55 .295 .370 .470 .840 64.5 11.3 3.4
LF  Vince Dimaggio 34 141 367 60 95 26 3 20 79 0 0 59 70 .259 .356 .510 .865 65.7 11.0 3.3
SS  Vern Stephens 26 101 371 61 100 16 1 15 70 0 0 46 34 .270 .348 .439 .787 55.4 8.5 4.3
LF *Jeff Heath 32 118 346 71 112 26 4 14 77 0 0 52 35 .324 .410 .543 .954 68.6 14.0 2.4
RF *Bill Nicholson 32 101 309 53 92 13 1 17 63 0 0 67 54 .298 .421 .511 .932 64.2 12.5 2.9
C *Paul Gillespie 26 83 294 38 80 4 1 7 33 1 0 24 27 .272 .330 .364 .694 33.4 3.4 5.7
RF  Sam Chapman 31 117 276 35 70 11 3 7 39 0 0 35 57 .254 .337 .391 .728 35.5 4.6 2.0
C  Clyde McCullough 30 89 277 42 59 11 2 12 32 0 0 29 33 .213 .285 .397 .682 32.0 2.7 5.5
1B  Joe Marty 33 61 175 14 38 4 1 7 22 0 0 24 27 .217 .310 .371 .681 19.4 1.2 1.4
P *Earl Johnson 28 41 104 8 17 3 0 0 10 0 1 3 36 .163 .183 .192 .376 2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Max Lanier 31 41 103 8 27 1 0 0 12 0 0 2 11 .262 .283 .272 .555 8.2 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Brecheen 32 39 113 7 14 3 1 0 3 0 0 2 16 .124 .139 .168 .307 0.2 0.0 0.0
3B  Don Lang 32 55 100 15 32 8 1 2 17 0 0 11 12 .320 .387 .480 .867 15.9 2.9 0.7
CF  Wally Westlake 26 27 93 10 19 1 0 5 14 0 0 7 15 .204 .260 .376 .636 9.6 0.8 0.6
P  Frank Barrett 33 53 80 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 31 .113 .123 .125 .248 -2.0 0.0 0.0
SS *Moon Mullen 30 29 74 11 22 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 3 .297 .325 .365 .690 7.6 0.7 0.9
SS  Moe Franklin 33 19 58 5 16 4 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 .276 .300 .397 .697 6.4 0.8 0.9
C  Steve Souchock 28 25 39 9 11 3 1 2 5 0 0 1 7 .282 .293 .564 .857 6.7 1.1 0.5
P  Fred Martin 32 93 22 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .318 .318 .364 .682 2.3 0.4 0.0
LF *Thurman Tucker 29 6 8 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .500 .875 1.3 0.4 0.1
P  Jim Hearn 26 38 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Cy Buker 28 78 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Johnny Gee 31 68 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
C  Hal Spindel 34 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 2103 5600 921 1556 253 31 194 894 21 9 727 672 .278 .360 .438 .798 859.6 145.1 52.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 1 2 5 6 1 1 6 1 1 8 2 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
*Earl Johnson 28 25 9 .735 41 41 0 301.3 260 87 5 101 107 2.60 29.2
*Max Lanier 31 19 10 .655 41 41 0 291.3 267 120 21 135 138 3.71 21.3
*Harry Brecheen 32 20 10 .667 39 39 0 284.3 281 119 31 77 108 3.77 19.1
 Frank Barrett 33 14 11 .560 53 33 3 233.3 209 95 14 135 110 3.66 15.8
 Fred Martin 32 10 6 .625 93 6 17 140.7 150 72 9 65 48 4.61 10.4
 Cy Buker 28 13 2 .867 78 1 8 91.7 78 34 6 52 49 3.34 11.5
*Johnny Gee 31 2 3 .400 68 0 6 63.7 63 38 8 20 20 5.37 3.2
 Jim Hearn 26 1 6 .143 37 1 9 43.0 41 20 2 21 12 4.19 3.9
*Mickey Haefner 34 0 0 .000 5 0 1 5.0 11 7 4 1 5 12.60 0.0
 Hal Spindel 34 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.3
 Bill Nicholson 32 0 1 .000 1 0 0 1.0 4 4 0 3 1 36.00 0.0
Team Totals 31.0 104 58 .642 457 162 45 1456.3 1364 596 100 610 599 3.68 114.7
Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 4 1  
* - 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 31.3
C.McCullough 689.0 79 80 285 28 2 1 .994 37.0
P.Gillespie 670.3 74 77 307 24 2 1 .994 40.9
B.Delancey 58.7 5 16 28 3 0 0 1.000 20.0
S.Souchock 33.3 4 7 14 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
H.Spindel 5.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1456.3 162 181 636 56 4 2 .994 38.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.32
B.Delancey 827.3 93 102 1014 70 8 89 .993 11.79
L.Stringer 396.7 44 55 496 36 3 47 .994 12.07
S.Chapman 154.7 18 20 195 13 1 13 .995 12.10
S.Souchock 32.0 3 6 36 2 0 4 1.000 10.69
D.Lang 26.0 3 6 32 1 0 4 1.000 11.42
P.Gillespie 16.0 1 3 18 0 1 0 .947 10.13
J.Marty 3.7 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.84
Team Total 1456.3 162 195 1795 122 13 157 .993 11.85
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.15
P.Reese 862.0 95 99 195 366 7 81 .988 5.86
L.Stringer 501.3 56 58 111 211 6 40 .982 5.78
M.Mullen 60.0 7 9 12 22 3 5 .919 5.10
M.Franklin 33.0 4 5 9 14 0 2 1.000 6.27
Team Total 1456.3 162 171 327 613 16 128 .983 5.81
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.05
S.Gordon 1302.7 144 150 93 338 20 27 .956 2.98
D.Lang 114.7 14 15 11 37 3 5 .941 3.77
M.Mullen 39.0 4 8 1 15 0 2 1.000 3.69
Team Total 1456.3 162 173 105 390 23 34 .956 3.06
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 5.54
V.Stephens 867.0 95 101 137 359 25 65 .952 5.15
P.Reese 443.0 49 52 74 194 9 35 .968 5.44
M.Franklin 81.3 10 11 26 37 1 8 .984 6.97
M.Mullen 64.0 8 8 12 31 0 9 1.000 6.05
J.Marty 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.3 162 173 249 621 35 117 .961 5.38
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.02
J.Heath 713.0 78 89 172 4 8 0 .957 2.22
J.Marty 417.3 51 53 100 1 1 1 .990 2.18
S.Spence 177.3 17 30 36 2 0 1 1.000 1.93
W.Westlake 49.0 7 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
D.Lang 36.0 3 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25
V.Dimaggio 29.0 3 6 11 0 1 0 .917 3.41
S.Chapman 26.7 2 12 10 1 0 0 1.000 3.71
S.Souchock 8.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1456.3 162 208 343 8 10 2 .972 2.17
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.59
V.Dimaggio 691.7 78 94 194 5 7 3 .966 2.59
S.Spence 682.7 79 86 220 2 0 1 1.000 2.93
S.Chapman 23.3 2 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
T.Tucker 20.0 2 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.05
J.Heath 17.7 0 7 8 1 1 0 .900 4.59
J.Marty 10.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
S.Souchock 10.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
W.Westlake 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.3 162 203 443 8 8 4 .983 2.79
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.13
B.Nicholson 793.0 89 96 199 7 3 3 .986 2.34
S.Chapman 367.7 43 48 93 2 1 0 .990 2.33
W.Westlake 160.7 18 20 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.07
V.Dimaggio 73.7 7 15 29 0 0 0 1.000 3.54
S.Spence 25.0 3 3 6 0 1 0 .857 2.16
J.Heath 20.3 1 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
S.Souchock 13.0 1 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46
C.McCullough 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Marty 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.3 162 198 372 10 5 3 .987 2.36
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.33
E.Johnson 301.3 41 41 8 49 1 4 .983 1.70
M.Lanier 291.3 41 41 14 43 1 5 .983 1.76
H.Brecheen 284.3 39 39 16 57 0 3 1.000 2.31
F.Barrett 233.3 33 53 16 44 0 3 1.000 2.31
F.Martin 140.7 6 93 9 26 0 1 1.000 2.24
C.Buker 91.7 1 78 6 16 1 0 .957 2.16
J.Gee 63.7 0 68 8 8 0 1 1.000 2.26
J.Hearn 43.0 1 37 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.09
M.Haefner 5.0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
H.Spindel 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Nicholson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.3 162 457 80 251 3 18 .991 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Reese .320
On-Base Pct Reese .437
Slugging Pct Gordon .494
OPS Gordon .872
XR Reese 110.2
Games Gordon 153
At-Bats Gordon 581
Runs Reese 115
Hits Reese 185
Total Bases Gordon 287
Singles Reese 152
Doubles Delancey 30
Triples Spence, Heath 4
Homeruns Gordon 29
RBIs Gordon 119
Stolen Bases Reese 19
Caught Stealing Reese 7
Walks Reese 121
Strikeouts Dimaggio 70
ERA Johnson 2.60
Wins Johnson 25
Losses Barrett 11
Winning Pct Johnson .735
Saves Martin 17
Games Pitched Martin 93
Games Started Johnson, Lanier 41
Complete Games Johnson 7
Shutouts Johnson 2
Innings Pitched Johnson 301.3
Hits Allowed Brecheen 281
Homeruns Allowed Brecheen 31
Strikeouts Lanier 138
Walks Allowed Barrett, Lanier 135
Walks per 9IP Brecheen 2.4
Hits per 9IP Johnson 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Lanier 4.3
WHiP Johnson 1.20
OAVG Johnson .236
OOBP Johnson .300
OSLG Johnson .303
OOPS Johnson .603
Team All-Stars
Frank Barrett
Cy Buker
Bill Delancey
Sid Gordon
Earl Johnson
Lou Stringer
Player Salaries
Earl Johnson $ 7,500,000
Max Lanier $ 6,000,000
Sid Gordon $ 5,300,000
Harry Brecheen $ 5,000,000
Vince Dimaggio $ 4,950,000
Jeff Heath $ 4,900,000
Bill Delancey $ 4,500,000
Vern Stephens $ 4,300,000
Stan Spence $ 4,300,000
Pee Wee Reese $ 3,800,000
Bill Nicholson $ 3,700,000
Lou Stringer $ 3,500,000
Frank Barrett $ 3,400,000
Sam Chapman $ 2,250,000
Johnny Gee $ 1,600,000
Paul Gillespie $ 1,400,000
Clyde McCullough $ 1,265,000
Don Lang $ 1,200,000
Lou Novikoff $ 1,135,000
Joe Marty $ 350,000
Moe Franklin $ 350,000
Wally Westlake $ 300,000
Fred Martin $ 300,000
Jim Hearn $ 300,000
Moon Mullen $ 300,000
Cy Buker $ 300,000
Steve Souchock $ 300,000
Thurman Tucker $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded George Fallon
$350,000
Round Draft Pick.
San Diego Johnny Gee
2/3 Traded Clayton Lambert
$7,650,000
Tampa Bay Sam Chapman
3/3 Released Jack Wallaesa    
3/3 Released Jim Konstanty    
3/3 Released Elmer Singleton    
10/19 Released Mickey Haefner    
10/19 Released Hal Spindel