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1951 Cincinnati Reds  (1950)  (1952) 67-87, 7th in National League Scored 541 runs, Allowed 687 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-95 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .689 Park Factor: Batting - 93 / Pitching - 94 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 63-91   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 68-86 Manager(s): John Storer

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Duke Snider          24  154  594   78  141  16  12  26   84  11   1   71  105  .237  .319  .436   77   4.3  2(-2)e5   -73  
 OF *Johnny Wyrostek      31  149  548   59  163  25   1   9   44   6   7   50   76  .297  .358  .396   74   4.9  2(-1)e9   -13  
 2B  Connie Ryan          31  144  503   66  128  14   7  15   43   9   2   59   85  .254  .330  .400   69   4.7  3e26      -11  
 1B *Ted Kluszewski       26  154  602   66  152  38   0  11   66   2   2   39   44  .252  .298  .370   67   4.0  4e5       -20  
 3B  Bobby Adams          29  128  390   42  103  14   3   4   30   0   2   41   53  .264  .333  .346   44   3.9  3e25      -16  
 C   Andy Seminick        30  114  306   38   58  10   1  10   46   4   3   64  107  .190  .325  .327   37   3.8  1(-1)e7   -92  
 OF  Bob Kennedy          30  119  338   31   85   9   1   6   27   1   0   32   41  .251  .317  .337   37   3.8  2(-2)e8   -49  
 SS  Ray Boone            27  128  400   41   81  11   0  15   44   0   1   41   36  .202  .278  .342   35   2.9  4e33      -10  
 3B *Grady Hatton         28  116  354   28   81  10   0   2   23   0   1   28   37  .229  .290  .274   26   2.5  2e25      -93  
 OF  Bob Usher            26   94  268   17   57  11   2   3   26   0   0   12   42  .213  .244  .302   19   2.4  2(0)e9    -21  
 SS  Virgil Stallcup      29   94  212   16   50   4   0   3   20   1   0    5   27  .236  .250  .297   16   2.7  3e22      -50  
 C   Bob Scheffing        37   42  147   11   38   3   0   1    6   0   0   22   15  .259  .359  .299   16   3.8  3(+2)e7    34  
 C   Ed Fitzgerald        27   29   94   10   27   8   1   0   12   0   0    6   12  .287  .320  .394   10   3.8  3(+1)e8   140  
 OF  Danny Litwhiler      34   30   29    6    8   1   0   4    7   0   0    4    5  .276  .364  .724    6   7.8  3(-2)e21  248  
 PH  Steve Bilko          22   28   23    5    6   0   0   2    5   0   0    5    7  .261  .393  .522    4   7.1            245  
 2B  Jimmy Bloodworth     33   30   40    3    9   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    9  .225  .273  .225    2   2.4  3e20      155  
 OF *Harry Walker         32   13   24    1    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    3  .208  .310  .250    2   3.1  2(0)e7   -143  
 3B  Sammy Meeks          28   11   12    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .333  .385  .333    1   5.5  4e38      261  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           552                  -28

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Ewell Blackwell      28  12  14  .462  35  35   3   0   0   0   1  244.1  230   99   84  13  105  151  3.09  108   4.0  -20  
  P *Ken Raffensberger    33  12  16  .429  37  37   5   0   0   0   3  262.1  249  108   92  28   47   99  3.16  104   3.5  -45  
  P  Bud Byerly           31   9   2  .818  48   0   0  16   2   2   0   64.2   73   35   32   4   30   41  4.45   39   5.6   -5  
  P  Frank Hiller         30   9   6  .600  26  24   2   1   0   0   2  156.1  175   69   62  13   25   60  3.57   74   4.3 -112  
  P  Sheldon Jones        29   6   9  .400  67   0   0  47  19   6   0  100.0  105   40   39   4   33   57  3.51   45   4.1  -78  
  P  Howie Fox            30   6  19  .240  35  35   3   0   0   0   1  220.2  267  139  120  19   84   63  4.89  135   5.4   23  
  P  Phil Paine           21   4   3  .571  27   0   0   4   1   2   0   25.1   32   16   16   1   16   18  5.68   18   6.8   64  
  P *Chet Nichols         20   4  12  .250  24  23   1   0   0   0   1  127.0  153   81   76   7   56   75  5.39   73   5.2   89  
  P *Bob Schultz          27   3   4  .429  56   0   0  25   2   0   0   74.1   75   42   40   7   47   29  4.84   44   5.3  -17  
  P *Jocko Thompson       34   2   2  .500  61   0   0  39   7   4   0   78.0   65   32   28   7   46   63  3.23   36   4.2  -11  
  P  Eddie Erautt         26   0   0  .000  21   0   0   5   2   1   0   20.0   36   19   18   4   15   13  8.10   26  12.8  151  
  P  Bob Miller           25   0   0  .000  10   0   0   3   1   1   0   11.1   15    7    6   1    5    6  4.76    7   6.0  -76  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      715        -15

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Andy Seminick 815 88 108 448 51 3 5 .994 32 23 Bob Scheffing 345 40 41 205 24 3 3 .987 23 12 Ed Fitzgerald 225 26 28 129 15 5 2 .966 11 8 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ted Kluszewski 1384 154 154 1389 102 7 140 .995 9.69 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Connie Ryan 1256 140 143 315 406 22 105 .970 5.17 Jimmy Bloodworth 71 7 12 26 22 4 9 .923 6.11 Bobby Adams 58 7 8 13 15 2 2 .933 4.34 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Grady Hatton 770 82 100 123 208 15 22 .957 3.87 Bobby Adams 597 70 74 82 181 10 16 .963 3.97 Connie Ryan 10 1 2 4 3 0 0 1.000 6.30 Sammy Meeks 8 1 2 3 1 1 0 .800 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ray Boone 875 105 106 190 294 25 66 .951 4.98 Virgil Stallcup 509 49 88 105 153 6 28 .977 4.56 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Usher 628 71 74 151 6 4 1 .975 2.25 Bob Kennedy 320 33 44 73 5 4 0 .951 2.19 Johnny Wyrostek 228 25 28 61 3 1 1 .985 2.53 Bobby Adams 143 18 18 40 0 2 0 .952 2.52 Harry Walker 47 6 7 12 0 1 0 .923 2.30 Danny Litwhiler 15 1 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 Grady Hatton 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Duke Snider 1382 154 154 367 29 4 1 .990 2.58 Danny Litwhiler 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bob Usher 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Wyrostek 938 105 108 223 10 0 1 1.000 2.24 Bob Kennedy 442 49 51 118 3 1 1 .992 2.47 Grady Hatton 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Danny Litwhiler 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1951 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Sheldon Jones
Round 3 (#37):	Jocko Thompson
Round 4 (#50):	Bud Byerly
Round 5 (#62):	Eddie Erautt
Round 6 (#69):	Bob Usher
Round 7 (#75):	Bob Schultz
Round 8 (#80):	Jimmy Bloodworth
Round 9 (#83):	Phil Paine

Transactions

• 1951-01: traded Roy Smalley to CHN for Frank Hiller
• 1951-01: acquired Harry Walker as a free agent
• 1951 postseason: released Steve Bilko, Jocko Thompson

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