1947 Cincinnati Reds season

1947 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Crosley Field (since 1934)
Cincinnati (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Powel Crosley, Jr.
General manager(s)	Warren Giles
Manager(s)	Johnny Neun
Local radio	WCPO (Waite Hoyt)
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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.

Offseason

November 1, 1946: Virgil Stallcup was drafted by the Reds from the Boston Red Sox in the 1946 rule 5 draft.^[1]

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	94	60	0.610	—	52–25	42–35
St. Louis Cardinals	89	65	0.578	5	46–31	43–34
Boston Braves	86	68	0.558	8	50–27	36–41
New York Giants	81	73	0.526	13	45–31	36–42
Cincinnati Reds	73	81	0.474	21	42–35	31–46
Chicago Cubs	69	85	0.448	25	36–43	33–42
Philadelphia Phillies	62	92	0.403	32	38–38	24–54
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	92	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	—	12–10	13–9	13–9	13–9	14–8	12–10	9–13
Brooklyn	10–12	—	15–7	15–7	14–8	14–8	15–7	11–11–1
Chicago	9–13	7–15	—	12–10	7–15	16–6–1	8–14	10–12
Cincinnati	9–13	7–15	10–12	—	13–9	13–9	13–9	8–14
New York	9–13	8–14	15–7	9–13	—	12–10	15–7–1	13–9
Philadelphia	8–14	8–14	6–16–1	9–13	10–12	—	13–9	8–14
Pittsburgh	10–12	7–15	14–8	9–13	7–15–1	9–13	—	6–16–1
St. Louis	13–9	11–11–1	12–10	14–8	9–13	14–8	16–6–1	—

Roster

1947 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

43 Joe Beggs

47 Ewell Blackwell

34 Eddie Erautt

41 Harry Gumbert

40 Johnny Hetki

32 Clayton Lambert

37 Buddy Lively

44 Bob Malloy

35 Harry Perkowski

38 Kent Peterson

42 Ken Polivka

36 Ken Raffensberger

48 Elmer Riddle

35 Mike Schultz

36 Clyde Shoun

33 Johnny Vander Meer

31 Bucky Walters

45 Herm Wehmeier

Catchers

5 Ray Lamanno

7 Ray Mueller

6 Hugh Poland

Infielders

12 Bobby Adams

15 Grady Hatton

20 Ted Kluszewski

17 Chuck Kress

13,14 Eddie Miller

10 Virgil Stallcup

19 Kermit Wahl

17 Babe Young

16 Benny Zientara

Outfielders

21 Frank Baumholtz

23 Augie Galan

18 Bert Haas

27 Eddie Lukon

24 Tommy Tatum

24 Bob Usher

25 Clyde Vollmer

Other batters

4 Al Lakeman

Manager

1 Johnny Neun

Coaches

2 George Kelly

3 Phil Page

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
C	Lamanno, RayRay Lamanno	118	413	106	.257	5	50
1B	Young, BabeBabe Young	95	364	103	.283	14	79
2B	Zientara, BennyBenny Zientara	117	418	108	.258	2	24
3B	Hatton, GradyGrady Hatton	146	524	147	.281	16	77
SS	Miller, EddieEddie Miller	151	545	146	.268	19	87
OF	Haas, BertBert Haas	135	482	138	.286	3	67
OF	Galan, AugieAugie Galan	124	392	123	.314	6	61
OF	Baumholtz, FrankFrank Baumholtz	151	643	182	.283	5	45

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
Lukon, EddieEddie Lukon	86	200	41	.205	11	33
Wahl, KermitKermit Wahl	39	81	14	.173	1	4
Poland, HughHugh Poland	16	18	6	.333	0	2
Stallcup, VirgilVirgil Stallcup	8	1	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
Blackwell, EwellEwell Blackwell	33	273	22	8	2.47	193

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
Peterson, KentKent Peterson	37	152.1	6	13	4.25	78
Lively, BuddyBuddy Lively	38	123	4	7	4.68	52
Erautt, EddieEddie Erautt	36	119	4	9	5.07	43
Beggs, JoeJoe Beggs	11	32.1	0	3	5.29	11

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
Gumbert, HarryHarry Gumbert	46	10	10	10	3.89	43
Lambert, ClaytonClayton Lambert	3	0	0	0	15.88	1
Schultz, MikeMike Schultz	1	0	0	0	4.50	0
Malloy, BobBob Malloy	1	0	0	0	18.00	1

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

Notes

↑ Virgil Stallcup page at Baseball Reference
↑ 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
↑ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 127
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

1947 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

1947 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1947 All-Star Game 1947 World Series

Cincinnati Reds

Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; Riverside Park; Tinker Field; Sixto Escobar Stadium; Plant Field; Al Lopez Field; Plant City Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Goodyear Ballpark

Culture

Rivalries

Cleveland Indians

Key personnel

Owner: Robert Castellini
President of Baseball Operations: Walt Jocketty
General Manager: Dick Williams
Manager: Bryan Price

World Series Championships (5)

National League pennants (9)

AA pennants (1)

1882

Division titles (10)

National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minors

Louisville Bats (AAA)
Pensacola Blue Wahoos (AA)
Daytona Tortugas (A Adv.)
Dayton Dragons (A)
Billings Mustangs (Rookie Adv.)
AZL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Rojos (Rookie)

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