1939 Cincinnati Reds season
1939 Cincinnati Reds | ||
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1939 National League Champions | ||
Ballpark | Crosley Field | |
City | Cincinnati | |
Owners | Powel Crosley, Jr. | |
Managers | Bill McKechnie | |
Radio | WSAI (Roger Baker, Dick Bray) WCPO (Harry Hartman) | |
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The 1939 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the National League, winning the pennant by 4½ games over the St. Louis Cardinals with a record of 97–57. The team went on to the 1939 World Series, which it lost in four straight games to the New York Yankees.
Regular season
During the season, Paul Derringer and Bucky Walters became the last pitchers to win at least 25 games in one season for the Reds in the 20th century.[1]
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 97 | 57 | 0.630 | — | 55–25 | 42–32 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 61 | 0.601 | 4½ | 51–27 | 41–34 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 12½ | 51–27 | 33–42 |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 13 | 44–34 | 40–36 |
New York Giants | 77 | 74 | 0.510 | 18½ | 41–33 | 36–41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 68 | 85 | 0.444 | 28½ | 35–42 | 33–43 |
Boston Bees | 63 | 88 | 0.417 | 32½ | 37–35 | 26–53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 45 | 106 | 0.298 | 50½ | 29–44 | 16–62 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 10–11 | 13–8 | 9–12 | 9–13 | |||||
Brooklyn | 12–10–1 | — | 11–11–2 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 17–4–1 | 13–9 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | 11–11–2 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 16–6 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 19–3 | 16–6 | 11–11–2 | |||||
New York | 11–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 14–7 | 11–11 | 9–12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–13 | 4–17–1 | 10–12 | 3–19 | 7–14 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 12–9 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 11–11–2 | 12–9 | 17–5 | 14–8 | — |
Notable transactions
- August 19, 1939: Milt Shoffner was selected off waivers by the Reds from the Boston Bees.[2]
- August 31, 1939: Al Simmons was purchased by the Reds from the Boston Bees.[3]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches |
Player stats
Batting
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 |
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C | Ernie Lombardi | 130 | 450 | 129 | .287 | 20 | 85 |
1B | Frank McCormick | 156 | 630 | 209 | .332 | 18 | 128 |
2B | Lonny Frey | 125 | 484 | 141 | .291 | 11 | 55 |
SS | Billy Myers | 151 | 509 | 143 | .281 | 9 | 56 |
3B | Billy Werber | 147 | 599 | 173 | .289 | 5 | 57 |
OF | Ival Goodman | 124 | 470 | 152 | .323 | 7 | 84 |
OF | Harry Craft | 134 | 502 | 129 | .257 | 13 | 67 |
OF | Wally Berger | 97 | 329 | 85 | .258 | 14 | 44 |
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 |
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Lee Gamble | 72 | 221 | 59 | .267 | 0 | 14 |
Willard Hershberger | 63 | 174 | 60 | .345 | 0 | 32 |
Nino Bongiovanni | 27 | 159 | 41 | .258 | 0 | 16 |
Eddie Joost | 23 | 143 | 36 | .252 | 0 | 14 |
Frenchy Bordagaray | 63 | 122 | 24 | .197 | 0 | 12 |
Lew Riggs | 22 | 38 | 6 | .158 | 0 | 1 |
Al Simmons | 9 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Dick West | 8 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 4 |
Vince DiMaggio | 8 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 2 |
Les Scarsella | 16 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Bud Hafey | 6 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
Milt Galatzer | 3 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmie Wilson | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Nolen Richardson | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
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 |
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Bucky Walters | 39 | 319 | 27 | 11 | 2.29 | 137 |
Paul Derringer | 38 | 301 | 25 | 7 | 2.93 | 128 |
Whitey Moore | 42 | 187.2 | 13 | 12 | 3.45 | 81 |
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 |
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Lee Grissom | 33 | 153.2 | 9 | 7 | 4.10 | 53 |
Junior Thompson | 42 | 152.1 | 13 | 5 | 2.54 | 87 |
Johnny Vander Meer | 30 | 129 | 5 | 9 | 4.67 | 102 |
Johnny Niggeling | 10 | 40.1 | 2 | 1 | 5.80 | 20 |
Milt Shoffner | 10 | 37.2 | 2 | 2 | 3.35 | 6 |
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 |
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Hank Johnson | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2.01 | 10 |
Peaches Davis | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6.26 | 4 |
Wes Livengood | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.93 | 4 |
Jim Weaver | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 |
Pete Naktenis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1 |
Red Barrett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 1 |
Elmer Riddle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Art Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 |
1939 World Series
Game 1
October 4, 1939, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Cincinnati (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
W: Red Ruffing (1–0) L: Paul Derringer (0–1) |
Game 2
October 5, 1939, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Cincinnati (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 4 | 9 | 0 |
W: Monte Pearson (1–0) L: Bucky Walters (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: : NYY – Babe Dahlgren (1) |
Game 3
October 7, 1939, at Crosley Field in Cincinnati
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
Cincinnati (N) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
W: Bump Hadley (1–0) L: Junior Thompson (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Charlie Keller (1, 2), Joe DiMaggio (1), Bill Dickey (1) |
Game 4
October 8, 1939, at Crosley Field in Cincinnati
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
Cincinnati (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
W: Johnny Murphy (1–0) L: Bucky Walters (0–2) | |||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Charlie Keller (3), Bill Dickey (2) |
Farm system
Notes
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Milt Shoffner page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References