1948 Cincinnati Reds season

March 2026 November 2013 Cincinnati Reds 1948 National League Crosley Field Cincinnati Powel Crosley Jr. Warren Giles Johnny Neun, Bucky Walters WLWT(Waite Hoyt) WCPO(Waite Hoyt) 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 Prior to 1948 season (exact date unknown) Hobie Landrith was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.Hobie Landrith page at Baseball-Reference Bob Nieman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.Bob Nieman page at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents CIN Notable transactions September 29, 1948: The Reds traded a player to be named later and cash to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Jimmy Bloodworth. The Reds completed the deal by sending Kermit Wahl to the Dodgers before the 1949 season.Kermit Wahl page at Baseball Reference Roster 1948 Cincinnati Reds Roster Pitchers 44 Jim Blackburn 47 Ewell Blackwell 48 Ken Burkhart 32,44 Walker Cress 34 Eddie Erautt 43 Howie Fox 41 Harry Gumbert 40 Johnny Hetki 48 Ken Holcombe 32,44 Tommy Hughes 37 Buddy Lively 38 Kent Peterson 36 Ken Raffensberger 33 Johnny Vander Meer 31 Bucky Walters 45 Herm Wehmeier Catchers  5 Ray Lamanno  7 Ray Mueller 8,11 Dewey Williams Infielders 12 Bobby Adams 14 Claude Corbitt 15 Grady Hatton 18,20 Ted Kluszewski 19 Howie Schultz 10 Virgil Stallcup 17 Babe Young 16 Benny Zientara Outfielders 21 Frank Baumholtz 37 Steve Filipowicz 23 Augie Galan 28 Danny Litwhiler 29,45 Hank Sauer 25 Clyde Vollmer 22,27 Johnny Wyrostek Other batters  6 Hugh Poland 18,28 Marv Rickert Manager  1 Johnny Neun 31 Bucky Walters 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 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 Hugh Poland (baseball) 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 baseball 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 Jim Blackburn (baseball) 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 Minor League Baseball 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: LockportJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes References 1948 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference Category:Cincinnati Reds seasons Cincinnati Reds season Cincinnati Reds