1939 Cincinnati Reds Stats, Awards, and Rosters

Record: 97–57 (.630), 1st place in National League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Al Simmons 9 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 .143 .217 .143 .360
Billy Werber 147 610 115 173 35 5 5 57 91 46 15 0 .284 .382 .382 .764
Billy Myers 151 531 79 143 18 6 9 56 71 90 4 0 .269 .355 .377 .732
Bucky Walters 40 125 16 39 8 1 1 16 5 12 1 0 .312 .344 .416 .760
Bud Hafey 6 13 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 .154 .214 .231 .445
Dick West 8 20 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 .200 .238 .200 .438
Eddie Joost 42 153 23 36 6 3 0 14 12 15 1 0 .235 .291 .314 .605
Ernie Lombardi 130 456 43 129 26 2 20 85 35 19 0 0 .283 .338 .480 .818
Frank McCormick 156 646 99 209 41 4 18 128 40 16 1 0 .324 .365 .483 .848
Frenchy Bordagaray 63 127 19 24 5 1 0 12 9 10 3 0 .189 .243 .244 .487
Gene Thompson 42 51 3 11 1 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 .216 .216 .235 .451
Hank Johnson 20 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Harry Craft 134 507 58 129 20 7 13 67 27 54 5 0 .254 .296 .398 .695
Ival Goodman 124 492 85 152 37 16 7 84 54 32 2 0 .309 .385 .492 .877
Jim Weaver 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jimmie Wilson 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Johnny Niggeling 10 15 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 .133 .187 .133 .321
Johnny Vander Meer 30 43 1 4 1 0 0 1 3 10 0 0 .093 .152 .116 .268
Lee Gamble 72 227 24 59 7 2 0 14 9 14 5 0 .260 .288 .308 .597
Lee Grissom 33 50 5 4 0 1 0 1 2 18 0 0 .080 .148 .120 .268
Les Scarsella 16 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 .133 .133 .133 .267
Lew Riggs 22 38 5 6 1 0 0 1 5 4 1 0 .158 .256 .184 .440
Lonny Frey 125 509 95 141 27 9 11 55 72 46 5 0 .277 .371 .430 .801
Milt Galatzer 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Milt Shoffner 10 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 .083 .154 .083 .237
Nino Bongiovanni 66 162 17 41 6 0 0 16 9 8 0 0 .253 .292 .290 .583
Nolen Richardson 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Paul Derringer 38 127 10 23 3 0 0 17 1 11 0 0 .181 .187 .205 .392
Peaches Davis 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Red Barrett 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Vince Dimaggio 8 14 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 10 0 0 .071 .187 .143 .330
Wally Berger 97 333 36 85 15 1 14 44 36 63 1 0 .255 .337 .432 .769
Whitey Moore 42 68 4 6 1 0 0 2 2 13 0 0 .088 .114 .103 .217
Willard Hershberger 63 184 23 60 9 2 0 32 9 4 1 0 .326 .364 .397 .761
– 154 5,571 767 1,493 269 60 98 714 500 538 46 0 .268 .332 .391 .723

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Art Jacobs 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 3.00
Bucky Walters 39 319.0 27 11 0 0 0 250 98 81 109 6 137 36 0 31 2 2.29 1.13
Elmer Riddle 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50
Gene Thompson 42 152.1 13 5 2 0 0 130 51 43 55 3 87 11 0 5 3 2.54 1.21
Hank Johnson 20 31.1 0 3 1 0 0 30 10 7 13 0 10 0 0 0 0 2.01 1.37
Jim Weaver 3 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.33
Johnny Niggeling 10 40.1 2 1 0 0 0 51 28 26 13 2 20 5 0 2 1 5.80 1.59
Johnny Vander Meer 30 129.0 5 9 0 0 0 128 76 67 95 2 102 21 0 8 0 4.67 1.73
Lee Grissom 33 153.2 9 7 0 0 0 145 77 70 56 1 53 21 0 3 0 4.10 1.31
Milt Shoffner 10 37.2 2 2 0 0 0 43 18 14 11 2 6 3 0 0 0 3.35 1.43
Paul Derringer 38 301.0 25 7 0 0 0 321 115 98 35 3 128 35 0 28 5 2.93 1.18
Peaches Davis 20 30.2 1 0 2 0 0 43 24 22 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 6.46 1.76
Pete Naktenis 3 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.25 0.50
Red Barrett 2 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.69 1.13
Wes Livengood 5 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 6 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 9.53 2.12
Whitey Moore 42 187.2 13 12 3 0 0 177 88 72 95 6 81 24 0 9 2 3.45 1.45
– 154 1403.2 97 57 9 0 0 1,340 595 510 499 28 637 156 0 86 13 3.27 1.31

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Art Jacobs P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Bucky Walters P 39 16 77 2 95 10 - - - .979 2.38
Elmer Riddle P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Gene Thompson P 42 3 25 3 31 0 - - - .903 0.67
Hank Johnson P 20 0 2 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.10
Jim Weaver P 3 0 2 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.67
Johnny Niggeling P 10 1 6 2 9 2 - - - .778 0.70
Johnny Vander Meer P 30 5 16 3 24 5 - - - .875 0.70
Lee Grissom P 33 2 24 1 27 3 - - - .963 0.79
Milt Shoffner P 10 1 7 0 8 0 - - - 1.000 0.80
Paul Derringer P 38 11 48 3 62 1 - - - .952 1.55
Peaches Davis P 20 2 8 0 10 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Pete Naktenis P 3 0 2 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.67
Red Barrett P 2 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Wes Livengood P 5 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.20
Whitey Moore P 42 9 32 1 42 0 - - - .976 0.98
Dick West C 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .0 1.000 2.00
Ernie Lombardi C 120 536 63 10 609 7 0 0 .0 .984 4.99
Jimmie Wilson C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .000 0.00
Willard Hershberger C 60 204 21 3 228 2 0 0 .0 .987 3.75
Frank McCormick 1B 156 1,518 100 7 1,625 153 - - - .996 10.37
Milt Galatzer 1B 2 11 0 0 11 0 - - - 1.000 5.50
Eddie Joost 2B 32 88 89 8 185 20 - - - .957 5.53
Frenchy Bordagaray 2B 2 7 6 1 14 1 - - - .929 6.50
Lonny Frey 2B 124 324 412 18 754 83 - - - .976 5.94
Billy Werber 3B 147 165 308 34 507 32 - - - .933 3.22
Lew Riggs 3B 11 6 16 1 23 1 - - - .957 2.00
Billy Myers SS 151 309 512 42 863 110 - - - .951 5.44
Eddie Joost SS 6 6 12 4 22 3 - - - .818 3.00
Nolen Richardson SS 1 4 3 0 7 1 - - - 1.000 7.00
Al Simmons LF 5 14 1 1 16 0 - - - .937 3.00
Bud Hafey LF 4 7 0 0 7 0 - - - 1.000 1.75
Dick West LF 5 9 0 0 9 0 - - - 1.000 1.80
Frenchy Bordagaray LF 43 60 1 0 61 1 - - - 1.000 1.42
Lee Gamble LF 56 87 5 1 93 0 - - - .989 1.64
Wally Berger LF 95 158 6 5 169 0 - - - .970 1.73
Harry Craft CF 134 300 13 6 319 4 - - - .981 2.34
Vince Dimaggio CF 7 11 1 0 12 1 - - - 1.000 1.71
Ival Goodman RF 123 246 16 5 267 4 - - - .981 2.13
Nino Bongiovanni RF 39 89 1 1 91 1 - - - .989 2.31
– 154 4,211 1,837 162 6,210 445 0 0 .0 .974 3.72

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Al Simmons 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Billy Werber 4 16 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 .250 .333 .250 .583
Billy Myers 4 12 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 .333 .429 .500 .929
Bucky Walters 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ernie Lombardi 4 14 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .214 .267 .214 .481
Frank McCormick 4 16 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .375 .375 .437 .812
Frenchy Bordagaray 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Gene Thompson 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Harry Craft 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
Ival Goodman 4 15 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 .333 .375 .400 .775
Lee Gamble 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Lee Grissom 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Lonny Frey 4 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .000 .056 .000 .056
Nino Bongiovanni 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Paul Derringer 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Wally Berger 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Whitey Moore 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Willard Hershberger 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
– 4 135 8 27 3 1 0 8 6 22 1 1 .200 .239 .237 .476

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Bucky Walters 2 11.0 0 2 0 0 0 13 9 6 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 4.91 1.27
Gene Thompson 1 4.2 0 1 0 0 0 5 7 7 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 13.50 1.93
Lee Grissom 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.75
Paul Derringer 2 15.1 0 1 0 0 0 9 4 4 3 0 9 2 0 1 0 2.35 0.78
Whitey Moore 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
– 154 35.1 0 4 0 0 0 27 20 17 9 0 20 4 0 2 0 4.33 1.02

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Bucky Walters P 2 0 3 0 3 1 - - - 1.000 1.50
Gene Thompson P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Lee Grissom P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Paul Derringer P 2 2 0 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Whitey Moore P 1 0 2 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 2.00
Ernie Lombardi C 4 22 1 1 24 0 0 0 .0 .958 5.75
Willard Hershberger C 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .0 1.000 0.50
Frank McCormick 1B 4 32 2 0 34 1 - - - 1.000 8.50
Lonny Frey 2B 4 8 10 0 18 0 - - - 1.000 4.50
Billy Werber 3B 4 3 6 0 9 0 - - - 1.000 2.25
Billy Myers SS 4 9 9 2 20 1 - - - .900 4.50
Al Simmons LF 1 3 0 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 3.00
Wally Berger LF 4 5 0 0 5 0 - - - 1.000 1.25
Harry Craft CF 4 7 1 0 8 0 - - - 1.000 2.00
Wally Berger CF 1 3 0 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 3.00
Ival Goodman RF 4 11 2 1 14 0 - - - .929 3.25
– 4 106 36 4 146 3 0 0 .0 .973 2.22

Awards

Player Award Stats
Bucky Walters Most Valuable Player (P) 27–11, 137 SO, 2.29 ERA
Paul Derringer All-Star (P) 25–7, 128 SO, 2.93 ERA
Johnny Vander Meer All-Star (P) 5–9, 102 SO, 4.67 ERA
Bucky Walters All-Star (P) 27–11, 137 SO, 2.29 ERA
Ernie Lombardi All-Star (C) .283–20–85
Frank McCormick All-Star (1B) .324–18–128, 1 SB
Lonny Frey All-Star (2B) .277–11–55, 5 SB
Ival Goodman All-Star (RF) .309–7–84, 2 SB