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
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 Catchers
Infielders Outfielders 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 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 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 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 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 11 0 0 1 3.18 8 Walker Cress 3 0 0 0 0.00 0
Farm system
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