1951 Cincinnati Reds Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 68-86
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 588,268, Avg. 9,306
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Manager: Luke Sewell (68-86)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1951 Cincinnati Reds RosterTeam Record: 68-86
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 588,268, Avg. 9,306
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Manager: Luke Sewell (68-86)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1951 Cincinnati Reds Results
The Cincinnati Reds of the National League ended the 1951 season with a record of 68 wins and 86 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.
The Reds tallied 559 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 667 runs. Connie Ryan paced Cincinnati with 16 home runs Ted Kluszewski accounted for 77 RBI. Johnny Wyrostek topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .311. Ewell Blackwell and Ken Raffensberger led the team with 16 wins each, while Ken Raffensberger and Ewell Blackwell earned a 3.44 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Luke Sewell coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewell Blackwell | 16 | 15 | .516 | 3.44 | 38 | 32 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 232.7 | 204 | 110 | 89 | 16 | 97 | 0 | 120 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 996 |
| Ken Raffensberger | 16 | 17 | .485 | 3.44 | 42 | 33 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 248.7 | 232 | 108 | 95 | 30 | 38 | 0 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1008 |
| Howie Fox | 9 | 14 | .391 | 3.83 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 228.0 | 239 | 105 | 97 | 15 | 69 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 958 |
| Willie Ramsdell | 9 | 17 | .346 | 4.04 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 196.0 | 204 | 103 | 88 | 18 | 70 | 0 | 88 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 857 |
| Herm Wehmeier | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.70 | 39 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 184.7 | 167 | 82 | 76 | 15 | 89 | 0 | 93 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 796 |
| Frank Smith | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.20 | 50 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 76.0 | 65 | 33 | 27 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 315 |
| Harry Perkowski | 3 | 6 | .333 | 2.82 | 35 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 102.0 | 96 | 42 | 32 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 435 |
| Bud Byerly | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.27 | 40 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 69 | 33 | 24 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 289 |
| Kent Peterson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.52 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
| Eddie Erautt | 0 | 0 | 5.72 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.3 | 50 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 188 | |
| Ed Blake | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | |
| Jim Blackburn | 0 | 0 | 17.18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Totals | 68 | 86 | .442 | 3.70 | 359 | 155 | 100 | 55 | 14 | 23 | 1390.7 | 1357 | 667 | 572 | 119 | 490 | 0 | 584 | 42 | 4 | 34 | 5938 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Wyrostek | 142 | 598 | 537 | 52 | 167 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 54 | .311 | .376 | .391 | .767 | 210 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Kluszewski | 154 | 644 | 607 | 74 | 157 | 35 | 2 | 13 | 77 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 33 | .259 | .301 | .387 | .688 | 235 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connie Ryan | 136 | 560 | 473 | 75 | 112 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 11 | 6 | 79 | 72 | .237 | .350 | .391 | .741 | 185 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Adams | 125 | 450 | 403 | 57 | 107 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 40 | .266 | .338 | .357 | .695 | 144 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Stallcup | 121 | 434 | 428 | 33 | 103 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 40 | .241 | .251 | .346 | .597 | 148 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Adcock | 113 | 422 | 395 | 40 | 96 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 29 | .243 | .288 | .380 | .668 | 150 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Merriman | 114 | 392 | 359 | 34 | 87 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 34 | .242 | .303 | .359 | .662 | 129 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Grady Hatton | 96 | 366 | 331 | 41 | 84 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 32 | .254 | .321 | .335 | .657 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Usher | 114 | 333 | 303 | 27 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 36 | .208 | .257 | .310 | .567 | 94 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Dixie Howell | 77 | 222 | 207 | 22 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 34 | .251 | .302 | .319 | .621 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Pramesa | 72 | 234 | 227 | 12 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .229 | .246 | .348 | .594 | 79 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy McMillan | 85 | 221 | 199 | 21 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 26 | .211 | .273 | .246 | .519 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Edwards | 41 | 140 | 127 | 14 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 17 | .315 | .379 | .472 | .851 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Scheffing | 47 | 139 | 122 | 9 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | .254 | .345 | .320 | .665 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ewell Blackwell | 39 | 89 | 82 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .293 | .333 | .390 | .724 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Herm Wehmeier | 46 | 62 | 59 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .288 | .300 | .322 | .622 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Barney McCosky | 25 | 55 | 50 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .320 | .370 | .460 | .830 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Raffensberger | 42 | 92 | 82 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | .122 | .163 | .146 | .309 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Post | 15 | 44 | 41 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .220 | .273 | .366 | .639 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Ramsdell | 31 | 65 | 58 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .155 | .183 | .172 | .356 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Litwhiler | 12 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .276 | .323 | .517 | .840 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Meeks | 23 | 35 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .229 | .229 | .229 | .457 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Fox | 40 | 80 | 70 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .114 | .139 | .186 | .325 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Hobie Landrith | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .385 | .429 | .462 | .890 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Tappe | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Perkowski | 37 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .040 | .040 | .040 | .080 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Peterson | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Smith | 50 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Byerly | 41 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Erautt | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Bolger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Blackburn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Blake | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1892 | 5775 | 5285 | 559 | 1309 | 215 | 33 | 88 | 528 | 44 | 40 | 415 | 577 | .248 | .304 | .351 | .655 | 1854 | 125 | 11 | 64 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connie Ryan | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Kluszewski | 1B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 1381 | 88 | 5 | 115 | .997 | 9.539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Connie Ryan | 2B | 121 | 0 | 0.0 | 332 | 344 | 21 | 73 | .970 | 5.587 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy McMillan | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Adams | 2B | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 112 | 93 | 9 | 25 | .958 | 4.881 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Connie Ryan | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sammy Meeks | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 3.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy McMillan | 3B | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 5 | .976 | 3.417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grady Hatton | 3B | 87 | 0 | 0.0 | 103 | 176 | 8 | 24 | .972 | 3.207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Adams | 3B | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | 72 | 122 | 9 | 8 | .956 | 3.233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Scheffing | C | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 150 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .976 | 3.976 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Pramesa | C | 63 | 0 | 0.0 | 241 | 27 | 9 | 4 | .968 | 4.254 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hobie Landrith | C | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dixie Howell | C | 73 | 0 | 0.0 | 275 | 28 | 4 | 5 | .987 | 4.151 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Wyrostek | OF | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 255 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .970 | 1.892 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Usher | OF | 98 | 0 | 0.0 | 218 | 9 | 6 | 4 | .974 | 2.316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Connie Ryan | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Post | OF | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 2.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Merriman | OF | 102 | 0 | 0.0 | 309 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .997 | 3.078 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barney McCosky | OF | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Litwhiler | OF | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grady Hatton | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Edwards | OF | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Adcock | OF | 107 | 0 | 0.0 | 221 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .983 | 2.140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Adams | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Herm Wehmeier | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 3 | .902 | .949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Smith | P | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Ramsdell | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 3 | .923 | 1.161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Raffensberger | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .923 | .857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kent Peterson | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Perkowski | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .657 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howie Fox | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 49 | 2 | 3 | .966 | 1.425 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Erautt | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .367 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Byerly | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Blake | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Blackburn | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ewell Blackwell | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 46 | 5 | 5 | .912 | 1.368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Stallcup | SS | 117 | 0 | 0.0 | 190 | 333 | 17 | 61 | .969 | 4.470 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sammy Meeks | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roy McMillan | SS | 54 | 0 | 0.0 | 78 | 132 | 8 | 23 | .963 | 3.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1709 | 0 | 0.0 | 4172 | 1677 | 140 | 377 | .977 | 3.422 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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