1947 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1947 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the National League with a record of 73–81, 21 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1947 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Powel Crosley, Jr.
General manager(s)Warren Giles
Manager(s)Johnny Neun
Local radioWCPO
(Waite Hoyt)
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Offseason

Regular season

  • May 13: Jackie Robinson played in his first game in Cincinnati. The Reds won the game 7–5 over Robinson and the Dodgers. In the loss, Robinson had a walk, a single, and a run.[2] Various racial slurs were hurled at Robinson by the fans. Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese put his hand on Robinson's shoulder to hush the crowd.[3]

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 9460 0.610 52–25 42–35
St. Louis Cardinals 8965 0.578 5 46–31 43–34
Boston Braves 8668 0.558 8 50–27 36–41
New York Giants 8173 0.526 13 45–31 36–42
Cincinnati Reds 7381 0.474 21 42–35 31–46
Chicago Cubs 6985 0.448 25 36–43 33–42
Philadelphia Phillies 6292 0.403 32 38–38 24–54
Pittsburgh Pirates 6292 0.403 32 32–45 30–47

Record vs. opponents

1947 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 12–1013–913–913–914–812–109–13
Brooklyn 10–1215–715–714–814–815–711–11–1
Chicago 9–137–1512–107–1516–6–18–1410–12
Cincinnati 9–137–1510–1213–913–913–98–14
New York 9–138–1415–79–1312–1015–7–113–9
Philadelphia 8–148–146–16–19–1310–1213–98–14
Pittsburgh 10–127–1514–89–137–15–19–136–16–1
St. Louis 13–911–11–112–1014–89–1314–816–6–1

Roster

1947 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CRay Lamanno118413106.257550
1BBabe Young95364103.2831479
2BBenny Zientara117418108.258224
3BGrady Hatton146524147.2811677
SSEddie Miller151545146.2681987
OFBert Haas135482138.286367
OFAugie Galan124392123.314661
OFFrank Baumholtz151643182.283545

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Eddie Lukon8620041.2051133
Kermit Wahl398114.17314
Hugh Poland16186.33302
Virgil Stallcup810.00000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ewell Blackwell332732282.47193

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kent Peterson37152.16134.2578
Buddy Lively38123474.6852
Eddie Erautt36119495.0743
Joe Beggs1132.1035.2911

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Harry Gumbert461010103.8943
Clayton Lambert300015.881
Mike Schultz10004.500
Bob Malloy100018.001

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Jewel Ens
A Columbia Reds Sally League Gee Walker
B Providence Chiefs New England League Buzz Boyle
C Rockford Rox Central Association Cyril Pfeifer
C Tyler Trojans Lone Star League Hack Miller
C Ogden Reds Pioneer League Pip Koehler
D Muncie Reds Ohio State League Mike Blazo
D Lockport Reds PONY League Cecil Scheffel

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Syracuse[4]

Notes

  1. Virgil Stallcup page at Baseball Reference
  2. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 125, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
  3. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 127
  4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References


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