1949 Cincinnati Reds season

March 2026 November 2013 Cincinnati Reds 1949 National League Crosley Field Cincinnati Powel Crosley Jr. Warren Giles Bucky Walters, Luke Sewell WLWT/WCPO-TV(Waite Hoyt) WCPO(Waite Hoyt) The 1949 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the National League with a record of 62–92, 35 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents CIN Notable transactions June 15, 1949: Frank Baumholtz and Hank Sauer were traded by the Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Peanuts Lowrey and Harry Walker.Peanuts Lowrey page at Baseball Reference Roster 1949 Cincinnati Reds Roster Pitchers 47 Ewell Blackwell 48 Ken Burkhart 32 Walker Cress 17,39 Jess Dobernic 33,34 Eddie Erautt 40 Frank Fanovich 43 Howie Fox 41 Harry Gumbert 39 Dixie Howell 37 Buddy Lively 35 Harry Perkowski 30 Kent Peterson 36 Ken Raffensberger 32,33 Johnny Vander Meer 31 Herm Wehmeier Catchers  7 Walker Cooper  6 Dixie Howell  7 Ray Mueller  8 Johnny Pramesa Infielders 12 Bobby Adams 11 Jimmy Bloodworth 14 Claude Corbitt 15 Grady Hatton 18 Ted Kluszewski 17 Chuck Kress 14 Sammy Meeks 10 Virgil Stallcup Outfielders 21 Frank Baumholtz 28 Danny Litwhiler 21 Peanuts Lowrey 20 Lloyd Merriman 29 Wally Post 29 Hank Sauer 29 Harry Walker 22 Johnny Wyrostek Manager  2 Luke Sewell  1 Bucky Walters Coaches  3 Tony Cuccinello  4 Phil Page  2 Luke Sewell 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 Walker Cooper 82 307 86 .280 16 62 1B Ted Kluszewski 136 531 164 .309 8 68 2B Jimmy Bloodworth 134 452 118 .261 9 59 SS Virgil Stallcup 141 575 146 .254 3 45 3B Grady Hatton 137 537 141 .263 11 69 OF Harry Walker 86 314 100 .318 1 23 OF Peanuts Lowrey 89 309 85 .275 2 25 OF Johnny Wyrostek 134 474 118 .249 9 46 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 102 292 85 .291 11 48 Lloyd Merriman 103 287 66 .230 4 26 Bobby Adams 107 277 70 .253 0 25 Dixie Howell Dixie Howell (catcher) 64 172 42 .244 2 18 Hank Sauer 42 152 36 .237 4 16 Ray Mueller 32 106 29 .274 1 13 Claude Corbitt 44 94 17 .181 0 3 Frank Baumholtz 27 81 19 .235 1 8 Sammy Meeks 16 36 11 .306 2 6 Chuck Kress 27 29 6 .207 0 3 Johnny Pramesa 17 25 6 .240 1 2 Wally Post 6 8 2 .250 0 1 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 41 284.0 18 17 3.39 103 Howie Fox 38 215.0 6 19 3.98 60 Herm Wehmeier 33 213.1 11 12 4.68 80 Johnny Vander Meer 28 159.2 5 10 4.90 76 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 Eddie Erautt 39 112.2 4 11 3.36 43 Buddy Lively 31 103.1 4 6 3.92 30 Kent Peterson baseball 30 66.1 4 5 6.24 28 Harry Perkowski 5 23.2 1 1 4.56 3 Dixie Howell 5 13.1 0 1 8.10 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 Ewell Blackwell 30 5 5 1 4.23 55 Frank Fanovich 29 0 2 0 5.40 27 Harry Gumbert 29 4 3 2 5.53 12 Jess Dobernic 14 0 0 0 9.78 6 Ken Burkhart 11 0 0 1 3.18 8 Walker Cress 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Jewel Ens AA Tulsa Oilers Texas League Al Vincent A Charleston Senators Central League Joe Beggs A Columbia Reds Sally League Gee Walker B Sunbury Reds Interstate League Joe Buzas C Rockford Rox Central Association Bob Dill and Fred Lietz C Tyler Trojans East Texas League Carl McNabb and Mel Hicks C Ogden Reds Pioneer League Herm Schulte D Muncie Reds Ohio–Indiana League Mike Blazo D Lockport Reds PONY League Cecil Scheffel LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: TulsaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes References 1949 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference Category:Cincinnati Reds seasons Cincinnati Reds season Cincinnati Reds