1948 Cincinnati Reds

64-89 • 0.418 Win% • 7th in NL

📊 Season Record

64 Wins
89 Losses
0.418 Win %
7th Rank
588 R 752 RA
Diff -164

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⚡ Quick Stats

588 Runs Scored
752 Runs Allowed
-164 Run Diff
833K Attendance

📈 vs. 1948 NL Average

Batting Avg .246 5% below the 1948 league average (.260)
OBP .311 6% below the 1948 league average (.330)
SLG .307 4% below the 1948 league average (.320)
Team ERA 4.47 13% worse than the 1948 league average (3.96)
Runs Scored 588 14% below the 1948 league average (686 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCrosley Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 833,358
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Avg per Game 10,822

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bobby Adams 0.298 2 Frank Baumholtz 0.296 3 Augie Galan 0.286 4 Danny Litwhiler 0.275 5 Ted Kluszewski 0.274

Home Runs

1 Hank Sauer 35 2 Johnny Wyrostek 17 3 Danny Litwhiler 14 4 Ted Kluszewski 12 5 Grady Hatton 9

RBI

1 Hank Sauer 97 2 Johnny Wyrostek 76 3 Virgil Stallcup 65 4 Ted Kluszewski 57 5 Grady Hatton 44
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Virgil Stallcup 149 539 40 123 0 0 3 65 18 52 2 0.228
Hank Sauer 145 530 78 138 0 0 35 97 60 85 2 0.260
Johnny Wyrostek 136 512 74 140 0 0 17 76 52 63 7 0.273
Grady Hatton 133 458 58 110 0 0 9 44 72 50 7 0.240
Frank Baumholtz 128 415 57 123 0 0 4 30 27 32 8 0.296
Ray Lamanno 127 385 31 93 0 0 0 27 48 32 2 0.242
Ted Kluszewski 113 379 49 104 0 0 12 57 18 32 1 0.274
Danny Litwhiler 106 338 51 93 0 0 14 44 48 41 1 0.275
Bobby Adams 87 262 33 78 0 0 1 21 25 23 6 0.298
Claude Corbitt 87 258 24 66 0 0 0 18 14 16 4 0.256
Benny Zientara 74 187 17 35 0 0 0 7 12 11 0 0.187
Babe Young 49 130 11 30 0 0 1 12 19 12 0 0.231
Dewey Williams 48 95 9 16 0 0 1 5 10 18 0 0.168
Johnny Vander Meer 41 78 6 11 0 0 1 2 7 21 0 0.141
Augie Galan 54 77 18 22 0 0 2 16 26 4 0 0.286
Howie Schultz 36 72 9 12 0 0 2 9 4 7 2 0.167
Ken Raffensberger 40 62 2 7 0 0 0 0 2 27 0 0.113
Howie Fox 35 60 9 12 0 0 0 4 2 9 0 0.200
Herm Wehmeier 36 55 4 5 0 0 0 2 1 13 0 0.091
Ewell Blackwell 22 48 3 11 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.229
Kent Peterson 43 36 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.139
Ray Mueller 14 34 2 7 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 0.206
Steve Filipowicz 7 26 0 9 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0.346
Harry Gumbert 61 25 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 9 0 0.040
Bucky Walters 7 15 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.267
Ken Burkhart 16 9 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0.333
Clyde Vollmer 7 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.111
Walker Cress 31 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.500
Tommy Hughes 12 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.143
Jim Blackburn 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Marv Rickert 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167
Hugh Poland 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Buddy Lively 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Johnny Hetki 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Eddie Erautt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Holcombe 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Johnny Vander Meer 3.41 2 Harry Gumbert 3.47 3 Ken Raffensberger 3.84 4 Jim Blackburn 4.18 5 Walker Cress 4.50

Wins

1 Johnny Vander Meer 17 2 Ken Raffensberger 11 3 Herm Wehmeier 11 4 Harry Gumbert 10 5 Ewell Blackwell 7

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Vander Meer 120 2 Ewell Blackwell 114 3 Kent Peterson 64 4 Howie Fox 63 5 Ken Raffensberger 57
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Johnny Vander Meer 17 14 3.41 33 33 0 232.0 124 120
Ken Raffensberger 11 12 3.84 40 24 0 180.1 37 57
Howie Fox 6 9 4.53 34 24 1 171.0 62 63
Herm Wehmeier 11 8 5.86 33 24 0 147.1 75 56
Ewell Blackwell 7 9 4.54 22 20 1 138.2 52 114
Kent Peterson 2 15 4.60 43 17 1 137.0 59 64
Harry Gumbert 10 8 3.47 61 0 17 106.1 34 25
Walker Cress 0 1 4.50 30 2 0 60.0 42 33
Ken Burkhart 0 3 6.91 16 0 0 41.2 16 14
Bucky Walters 0 3 4.63 7 5 0 35.0 18 19
Jim Blackburn 0 2 4.18 16 0 0 32.1 14 10
Tommy Hughes 0 4 9.00 12 4 0 27.0 24 7
Buddy Lively 0 0 2.38 10 0 0 22.2 11 12
Johnny Hetki 0 1 9.45 3 0 0 6.2 3 3
Eddie Erautt 0 0 6.00 2 0 0 3.0 1 0
Ken Holcombe 0 0 7.71 2 0 0 2.1 0 2

👥 Roster (36)

Bobby Adams Frank Baumholtz Jim Blackburn Ewell Blackwell Ken Burkhart Claude Corbitt Walker Cress Eddie Erautt Steve Filipowicz Howie Fox Augie Galan Harry Gumbert +24 more

36 players

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