1948 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
BallparkCrosley Field
CityCincinnati
OwnersPowel Crosley, Jr.
General managersWarren Giles
ManagersJohnny Neun, Bucky Walters
TelevisionWLWT
(Waite Hoyt)
RadioWCPO
(Waite Hoyt)
← 1947 Seasons 1949 →

The 1948 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the National League with a record of 64–89, 27 games behind the Boston Braves. This season was the first wherein the Reds were broadcast on television all over Cincinnati via WLWT, with a television simulcast of the radio commentary from WCPO with Waite Hoyt in the booth.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Braves 91 62 0.595 — 45–31 46–31
St. Louis Cardinals 85 69 0.552 6½ 44–33 41–36
Brooklyn Dodgers 84 70 0.545 7½ 36–41 48–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 83 71 0.539 8½ 47–31 36–40
New York Giants 78 76 0.506 13½ 37–40 41–36
Philadelphia Phillies 66 88 0.429 25½ 32–44 34–44
Cincinnati Reds 64 89 0.418 27 32–45 32–44
Chicago Cubs 64 90 0.416 27½ 35–42 29–48

Record vs. opponents

1948 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 14–8 16–6–1 13–8 11–11 14–8 12–10 11–11
Brooklyn 8–14 — 11–11 18–4 11–11–1 15–7 9–13 12–10
Chicago 6–16–1 11–11 — 10–12 11–11 7–15 8–14 11–11
Cincinnati 8–13 4–18 12–10 — 10–12 11–11 9–13 10–12
New York 11–11 11–11–1 11–11 12–10 — 14–8 12–10 7–15
Philadelphia 8–14 7–15 15–7 11–11 8–14 — 12–10–1 5–17
Pittsburgh 10–12 13–9 14–8 13–9 10–12 10–12–1 — 13–9–1
St. Louis 11–11 10–12 11–11 12–10 15–7 17–5 9–13–1 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1948 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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
C Ray Lamanno 127 385 93 .242 0 27
1B Ted Kluszewski 113 379 104 .274 12 57
2B Bobby Adams 87 262 78 .298 1 21
SS Virgil Stallcup 149 539 123 .228 3 65
3B Grady Hatton 133 458 110 .240 9 44
OF Frank Baumholtz 128 415 123 .296 4 30
OF Johnny Wyrostek 136 512 140 .273 17 76
OF Hank Sauer 145 530 138 .260 35 97

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
Danny Litwhiler 106 338 93 .275 14 44
Claude Corbitt 87 258 66 .256 0 18
Benny Zientara 74 187 35 .187 0 7
Babe Young 49 130 30 .231 1 12
Dewey Williams 48 95 16 .168 1 5
Augie Galan 54 77 22 .286 2 16
Howie Schultz 36 72 12 .167 2 9
Ray Mueller 14 34 7 .206 0 2
Steve Filipowicz 7 26 9 .346 0 3
Clyde Vollmer 7 9 1 .111 0 0
Marv Rickert 8 6 1 .167 0 0
Hugh Poland 3 3 1 .333 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
Johnny Vander Meer 33 232.0 17 14 3.41 120
Howie Fox 34 171.0 6 9 4.53 63
Herm Wehmeier 33 147.1 11 8 5.86 56
Ewell Blackwell 22 138.2 7 9 4.54 114
Bucky Walters 7 35.0 0 3 4.63 19

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
Ken Raffensberger 40 180.1 11 12 3.84 57
Kent Peterson 43 137.0 2 15 4.60 64
Tommy Hughes 12 27.0 0 4 9.00 7

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 Gumbert 61 10 8 17 3.47 25
Walker Cress 30 0 1 0 4.50 33
Ken Burkhart 16 0 3 0 6.91 14
Jim Blackburn 16 0 2 0 4.18 10
Buddy Lively 10 0 0 0 2.38 12
Johnny Hetki 3 0 1 0 9.45 3
Eddie Erautt 2 0 0 0 6.00 0
Ken Holcombe 2 0 0 0 7.71 2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Jewel Ens
AA Tulsa Oilers Texas League Al Vincent
A Columbia Reds Sally League Gee Walker
B Sunbury Reds Interstate League Joe Buzas
C Rockford Rox Central Association Cyril Pfeifer and Paul O'Dea
C Tyler Trojans Lone Star League Hack Miller
C Ogden Reds Pioneer League Pip Koehler and Bobby Mattick
D Ballinger Cats Longhorn League Bill Atwood
D Muncie Reds Ohio–Indiana League Mike Blazo
D Lockport Reds PONY League Cecil Scheffel

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lockport[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Hobie Landrith page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Bob Nieman page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Kermit Wahl page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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