1939 Cincinnati Reds

97-57 • 0.630 Win% • 1st in NL

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📊 Season Record

97 Wins

57 Losses

0.630 Win %

                        1st
                        Rank
                    

767 R 595 RA

Diff +172

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

767 Runs Scored

595 Runs Allowed

+172 Run Diff

981K Attendance

📈 vs. 1939 NL Average

Batting Avg .277 2% above the 1939 league average (.272)

OBP .339 2% above the 1939 league average (.332)

SLG .332 4% above the 1939 league average (.318)

Team ERA 3.27 17% better than the 1939 league average (3.92)

Runs Scored 767 12% above the 1939 league average (684 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCrosley Field

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Home Games 81

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Total Attendance 981,698

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Avg per Game 12,119

⚾ Batting Leaders

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Frank McCormick	156	630	99	209	18	128	40	16	1	0.332
Billy Werber	147	599	115	173	5	57	91	46	15	0.289
Billy Myers	151	509	79	143	9	56	71	90	4	0.281
Harry Craft	134	502	58	129	13	67	27	54	5	0.257
Lonny Frey	125	484	95	141	11	55	72	46	5	0.291
Ival Goodman	124	470	85	152	7	84	54	32	2	0.323
Ernie Lombardi	130	450	43	129	20	85	35	19	0	0.287
Wally Berger	97	329	36	85	14	44	36	63	1	0.258
Lee Gamble	72	221	24	59	0	14	9	14	5	0.267
Willard Hershberger	63	174	23	60	0	32	9	4	1	0.345
Nino Bongiovanni	66	159	17	41	0	16	9	8	0	0.258
Eddie Joost	42	143	23	36	0	14	12	15	1	0.252
Frenchy Bordagaray	63	122	19	24	0	12	9	10	3	0.197
Bucky Walters	40	120	16	39	1	16	5	12	1	0.325
Paul Derringer	38	110	10	23	0	17	1	11	0	0.209
Whitey Moore	42	61	4	6	0	2	2	13	0	0.098
Gene Thompson	42	48	3	11	0	1	0	11	0	0.229
Lee Grissom	33	47	5	4	0	1	2	18	0	0.085
Lew Riggs	22	38	5	6	0	1	5	4	1	0.158
Johnny Vander Meer	30	36	1	4	0	1	3	10	0	0.111
Al Simmons	9	21	0	3	0	1	2	3	0	0.143
Dick West	8	19	1	4	0	4	1	4	0	0.211
Vince DiMaggio	8	14	1	1	0	2	2	10	0	0.071
Les Scarsella	16	14	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0.143
Bud Hafey	6	13	1	2	0	1	1	4	1	0.154
Johnny Niggeling	10	13	3	2	0	1	1	5	0	0.154
Milt Shoffner	10	11	1	1	0	0	1	8	0	0.091
Milt Galatzer	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
Hank Johnson	20	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.400
Peaches Davis	20	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.333
Nolen Richardson	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jimmie Wilson	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.333
Red Barrett	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jim Weaver	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
Art Jacobs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Wes Livengood	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Pete Naktenis	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Elmer Riddle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Hank Johnson 2.01 2 Bucky Walters 2.29 3 Gene Thompson 2.54 4 Paul Derringer 2.93 5 Milt Shoffner 3.35

Wins

1 Bucky Walters 27 2 Paul Derringer 25 3 Whitey Moore 13 4 Gene Thompson 13 5 Lee Grissom 9

Strikeouts

1 Bucky Walters 137 2 Paul Derringer 128 3 Johnny Vander Meer 102 4 Gene Thompson 87 5 Whitey Moore 81

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	SO
Bucky Walters	27	11	2.29	39	36	0	319.0	109	137
Paul Derringer	25	7	2.93	38	35	0	301.0	35	128
Whitey Moore	13	12	3.45	42	24	3	187.2	95	81
Lee Grissom	9	7	4.10	33	21	0	153.2	56	53
Gene Thompson	13	5	2.54	42	11	2	152.1	55	87
Johnny Vander Meer	5	9	4.67	30	21	0	129.0	95	102
Johnny Niggeling	2	1	5.80	10	5	0	40.1	13	20
Milt Shoffner	2	2	3.35	10	3	0	37.2	11	6
Hank Johnson	0	3	2.01	20	0	1	31.1	13	10
Peaches Davis	1	0	6.46	20	0	2	30.2	11	4
Wes Livengood	0	0	9.53	5	0	0	5.2	3	4
Red Barrett	0	0	1.69	2	0	0	5.1	1	1
Pete Naktenis	0	0	2.25	3	0	0	4.0	0	1
Jim Weaver	0	0	3.00	3	0	0	3.0	1	3
Elmer Riddle	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	0
Art Jacobs	0	0	9.00	1	0	1	1.0	1	0

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series

Lost to NYA 4-0

👥 Roster (38)

Red Barrett Wally Berger Nino Bongiovanni Frenchy Bordagaray Harry Craft Peaches Davis Paul Derringer Vince DiMaggio Lonny Frey Milt Galatzer Lee Gamble Ival Goodman +26 more

38 players