1948 Cincinnati Reds season

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.

1948 Cincinnati Reds
League	National League
Ballpark	Crosley Field
City	Cincinnati
Owners	Powel Crosley Jr.
General managers	Warren Giles
Managers	Johnny Neun, Bucky Walters
Television	WLWT (Waite Hoyt)
Radio	WCPO (Waite Hoyt)
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Offseason

• Prior to 1948 season (exact date unknown)
  • Hobie Landrith was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.^[1]
  • Bob Nieman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Braves	91	62	.595	—	45‍–‍31	46‍–‍31
St. Louis Cardinals	85	69	.552	6½	44‍–‍33	41‍–‍36
Brooklyn Dodgers	84	70	.545	7½	36‍–‍41	48‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates	83	71	.539	8½	47‍–‍31	36‍–‍40
New York Giants	78	76	.506	13½	37‍–‍40	41‍–‍36
Philadelphia Phillies	66	88	.429	25½	32‍–‍44	34‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds	64	89	.418	27	32‍–‍45	32‍–‍44
Chicago Cubs	64	90	.416	27½	35‍–‍42	29‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1948 National League record v t e Sources:
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

• 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.^[3]

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	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]