1951 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
BallparkCrosley Field
CityCincinnati
OwnersPowel Crosley, Jr.
General managersWarren Giles
ManagersLuke Sewell
TelevisionWCPO-TV
(Waite Hoyt)
RadioWCPO
(Waite Hoyt)
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The 1951 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 68–86, 28+1⁄2 games behind the New York Giants.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 98 59 0.624 — 50–28 48–31
Brooklyn Dodgers 97 60 0.618 1 49–29 48–31
St. Louis Cardinals 81 73 0.526 15½ 44–34 37–39
Boston Braves 76 78 0.494 20½ 42–35 34–43
Philadelphia Phillies 73 81 0.474 23½ 38–39 35–42
Cincinnati Reds 68 86 0.442 28½ 35–42 33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 64 90 0.416 32½ 32–45 32–45
Chicago Cubs 62 92 0.403 34½ 32–45 30–47

Record vs. opponents

1951 National League record

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


Notable transactions

Roster

1951 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 Dixie Howell 77 207 52 .251 2 18
1B Ted Kluszewski 154 607 157 .259 13 77
2B Connie Ryan 136 473 112 .237 16 53
SS Virgil Stallcup 121 428 103 .241 8 49
3B Grady Hatton 96 331 84 .254 4 37
OF Joe Adcock 113 395 96 .243 10 47
OF Johnny Wyrostek 142 537 167 .311 2 61
OF Lloyd Merriman 114 359 87 .242 5 36

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
Bobby Adams 125 403 107 .266 5 24
Bob Usher 114 303 63 .208 5 25
Johnny Pramesa 72 227 52 .229 6 22
Roy McMillan 85 199 42 .211 1 8
Hank Edwards 41 127 40 .315 3 20
Bob Scheffing 47 122 31 .254 2 14
Barney McCosky 25 50 16 .320 1 11
Wally Post 15 41 9 .220 1 7
Sammy Meeks 23 35 8 .229 0 2
Danny Litwhiler 12 29 8 .276 2 3
Hobie Landrith 4 13 5 .385 0 0
Ted Tappe 4 3 1 .333 0 0
Jim Bolger 2 0 0 ---- 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
Ken Raffensberger 42 248.2 16 17 3.44 81
Ewell Blackwell 38 232.2 16 15 3.44 120
Howie Fox 40 228.0 9 14 3.83 57
Willie Ramsdell 31 196.0 9 17 4.04 88

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
Herm Wehmeier 39 184.2 7 10 3.70 93
Harry Perkowski 35 102.0 3 6 2.82 56

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
Frank Smith 50 5 5 11 3.20 34
Bud Byerly 40 2 1 0 3.27 28
Eddie Erautt 30 0 0 0 5.72 20
Kent Peterson 9 1 1 0 6.52 5
Ed Blake 3 0 0 0 11.25 1
Jim Blackburn 2 0 0 0 17.18 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Tulsa Oilers Texas League Al Vincent
A Charleston Senators Central League Ernie White
A Columbia Reds Sally League Buddy Hancken
C Ogden Reds Pioneer League Cecil Scheffel
D Welch Miners Appalachian League Mike Blazo

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References

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

External links


1951 MLB season by team
Cincinnati Reds
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