1939 Cincinnati Reds Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 97–57 (.630), 1st place in National League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1939 Al Simmons 9 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 .143 .217 .143 .360
1939 Billy Myers 151 531 79 143 18 6 9 56 71 90 4 0 .269 .355 .377 .732
1939 Billy Werber 147 610 115 173 35 5 5 57 91 46 15 0 .284 .382 .382 .764
1939 Bucky Walters 40 125 16 39 8 1 1 16 5 12 1 0 .312 .344 .416 .760
1939 Bud Hafey 6 13 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 .154 .214 .231 .445
1939 Dick West 8 20 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 .200 .238 .200 .438
1939 Eddie Joost 42 153 23 36 6 3 0 14 12 15 1 0 .235 .291 .314 .605
1939 Ernie Lombardi 130 456 43 129 26 2 20 85 35 19 0 0 .283 .338 .480 .818
1939 Frank McCormick 156 646 99 209 41 4 18 128 40 16 1 0 .324 .365 .483 .848
1939 Frenchy Bordagaray 63 127 19 24 5 1 0 12 9 10 3 0 .189 .243 .244 .487
1939 Gene Thompson 42 51 3 11 1 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 .216 .216 .235 .451
1939 Hank Johnson 20 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
1939 Harry Craft 134 507 58 129 20 7 13 67 27 54 5 0 .254 .296 .398 .695
1939 Ival Goodman 124 492 85 152 37 16 7 84 54 32 2 0 .309 .385 .492 .877
1939 Jim Weaver 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Jimmie Wilson 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1939 Johnny Vander Meer 30 43 1 4 1 0 0 1 3 10 0 0 .093 .152 .116 .268
1939 Johnny Niggeling 10 15 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 .133 .187 .133 .321
1939 Lee Gamble 72 227 24 59 7 2 0 14 9 14 5 0 .260 .288 .308 .597
1939 Lee Grissom 33 50 5 4 0 1 0 1 2 18 0 0 .080 .148 .120 .268
1939 Les Scarsella 16 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 .133 .133 .133 .267
1939 Lew Riggs 22 38 5 6 1 0 0 1 5 4 1 0 .158 .256 .184 .440
1939 Lonny Frey 125 509 95 141 27 9 11 55 72 46 5 0 .277 .371 .430 .801
1939 Milt Shoffner 10 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 .083 .154 .083 .237
1939 Milt Galatzer 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Nino Bongiovanni 66 162 17 41 6 0 0 16 9 8 0 0 .253 .292 .290 .583
1939 Nolen Richardson 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Paul Derringer 38 127 10 23 3 0 0 17 1 11 0 0 .181 .187 .205 .392
1939 Peaches Davis 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1939 Red Barrett 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Vince Dimaggio 8 14 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 10 0 0 .071 .187 .143 .330
1939 Wally Berger 97 333 36 85 15 1 14 44 36 63 1 0 .255 .337 .432 .769
1939 Whitey Moore 42 68 4 6 1 0 0 2 2 13 0 0 .088 .114 .103 .217
1939 Willard Hershberger 63 184 23 60 9 2 0 32 9 4 1 0 .326 .364 .397 .761
– – 154 5,571 767 1,493 269 60 98 714 500 538 46 0 .268 .332 .391 .723

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1939 Art Jacobs 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 3.00
1939 Bucky Walters 39 319.0 27 11 0 0 0 250 98 81 109 6 137 36 0 31 2 2.29 1.13
1939 Elmer Riddle 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50
1939 Gene Thompson 42 152.1 13 5 2 0 0 130 51 43 55 3 87 11 0 5 3 2.54 1.21
1939 Hank Johnson 20 31.1 0 3 1 0 0 30 10 7 13 0 10 0 0 0 0 2.01 1.37
1939 Jim Weaver 3 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.33
1939 Johnny Vander Meer 30 129.0 5 9 0 0 0 128 76 67 95 2 102 21 0 8 0 4.67 1.73
1939 Johnny Niggeling 10 40.1 2 1 0 0 0 51 28 26 13 2 20 5 0 2 1 5.80 1.59
1939 Lee Grissom 33 153.2 9 7 0 0 0 145 77 70 56 1 53 21 0 3 0 4.10 1.31
1939 Milt Shoffner 10 37.2 2 2 0 0 0 43 18 14 11 2 6 3 0 0 0 3.35 1.43
1939 Paul Derringer 38 301.0 25 7 0 0 0 321 115 98 35 3 128 35 0 28 5 2.93 1.18
1939 Peaches Davis 20 30.2 1 0 2 0 0 43 24 22 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 6.46 1.76
1939 Pete Naktenis 3 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.25 0.50
1939 Red Barrett 2 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.69 1.13
1939 Wes Livengood 5 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 6 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 9.53 2.12
1939 Whitey Moore 42 187.2 13 12 3 0 0 177 88 72 95 6 81 24 0 9 2 3.45 1.45
– – 154 1,403.2 97 57 9 0 0 1,340 595 510 499 28 637 156 0 86 13 3.27 1.31

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1939 Art Jacobs P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1939 Bucky Walters P 39 16 77 2 95 10 .979 2.38
1939 Elmer Riddle P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1939 Gene Thompson P 42 3 25 3 31 0 .903 0.67
1939 Hank Johnson P 20 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.10
1939 Jim Weaver P 3 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1939 Johnny Vander Meer P 30 5 16 3 24 5 .875 0.70
1939 Johnny Niggeling P 10 1 6 2 9 2 .778 0.70
1939 Lee Grissom P 33 2 24 1 27 3 .963 0.79
1939 Milt Shoffner P 10 1 7 0 8 0 1.000 0.80
1939 Paul Derringer P 38 11 48 3 62 1 .952 1.55
1939 Peaches Davis P 20 2 8 0 10 0 1.000 0.50
1939 Pete Naktenis P 3 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1939 Red Barrett P 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1939 Wes Livengood P 5 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.20
1939 Whitey Moore P 42 9 32 1 42 0 .976 0.98
1939 Dick West C 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 2.00
1939 Ernie Lombardi C 120 536 63 10 609 7 0 0 0.0% .984 4.99
1939 Jimmie Wilson C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% .000 0.00
1939 Willard Hershberger C 60 204 21 3 228 2 0 0 0.0% .987 3.75
1939 Frank McCormick 1B 156 1,518 100 7 1,625 153 .996 10.37
1939 Milt Galatzer 1B 2 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 5.50
1939 Eddie Joost 2B 32 88 89 8 185 20 .957 5.53
1939 Frenchy Bordagaray 2B 2 7 6 1 14 1 .929 6.50
1939 Lonny Frey 2B 124 324 412 18 754 83 .976 5.94
1939 Billy Werber 3B 147 165 308 34 507 32 .933 3.22
1939 Lew Riggs 3B 11 6 16 1 23 1 .957 2.00
1939 Billy Myers SS 151 309 512 42 863 110 .951 5.44
1939 Eddie Joost SS 6 6 12 4 22 3 .818 3.00
1939 Nolen Richardson SS 1 4 3 0 7 1 1.000 7.00
1939 Al Simmons LF 5 14 1 1 16 0 .937 3.00
1939 Bud Hafey LF 4 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 1.75
1939 Dick West LF 5 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 1.80
1939 Frenchy Bordagaray LF 43 60 1 0 61 1 1.000 1.42
1939 Lee Gamble LF 56 87 5 1 93 0 .989 1.64
1939 Wally Berger LF 95 158 6 5 169 0 .970 1.73
1939 Harry Craft CF 134 300 13 6 319 4 .981 2.34
1939 Vince Dimaggio CF 7 11 1 0 12 1 1.000 1.71
1939 Ival Goodman RF 123 246 16 5 267 4 .981 2.13
1939 Nino Bongiovanni RF 39 89 1 1 91 1 .989 2.31
– – 154 4,211 1,837 162 6,210 445 0 0 .974 39.27

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1939 Al Simmons 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
1939 Billy Myers 4 12 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 .333 .429 .500 .929
1939 Billy Werber 4 16 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 .250 .333 .250 .583
1939 Bucky Walters 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Ernie Lombardi 4 14 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .214 .267 .214 .481
1939 Frank McCormick 4 16 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .375 .375 .437 .812
1939 Frenchy Bordagaray 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Gene Thompson 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1939 Harry Craft 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
1939 Ival Goodman 4 15 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 .333 .375 .400 .775
1939 Lee Gamble 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Lee Grissom 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Lonny Frey 4 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .000 .056 .000 .056
1939 Nino Bongiovanni 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Paul Derringer 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1939 Wally Berger 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Whitey Moore 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Willard Hershberger 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
– – 4 135 8 27 3 1 0 8 6 22 1 1 .200 .239 .237 .476

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1939 Bucky Walters 2 11.0 0 2 0 0 0 13 9 6 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 4.91 1.27
1939 Gene Thompson 1 4.2 0 1 0 0 0 5 7 7 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 13.50 1.93
1939 Lee Grissom 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.75
1939 Paul Derringer 2 15.1 0 1 0 0 0 9 4 4 3 0 9 2 0 1 0 2.35 0.78
1939 Whitey Moore 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
– – 8 35.1 0 4 0 0 0 27 20 17 9 0 20 4 0 2 0 4.33 1.02

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1939 Bucky Walters P 2 0 3 0 3 1 1.000 1.50
1939 Gene Thompson P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1939 Lee Grissom P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1939 Paul Derringer P 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1939 Whitey Moore P 1 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1939 Ernie Lombardi C 4 22 1 1 24 0 0 0 0.0% .958 5.75
1939 Willard Hershberger C 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 0.50
1939 Frank McCormick 1B 4 32 2 0 34 1 1.000 8.50
1939 Lonny Frey 2B 4 8 10 0 18 0 1.000 4.50
1939 Billy Werber 3B 4 3 6 0 9 0 1.000 2.25
1939 Billy Myers SS 4 9 9 2 20 1 .900 4.50
1939 Al Simmons LF 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1939 Wally Berger LF 4 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 1.25
1939 Harry Craft CF 4 7 1 0 8 0 1.000 2.00
1939 Wally Berger CF 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1939 Ival Goodman RF 4 11 2 1 14 0 .929 3.25
– – 4 106 36 4 146 3 0 0 .973 35.50

Awards

Player Award Stats
Bucky Walters Most Valuable Player (P) 27–11, 137 SO, 2.29 ERA
Johnny Vander Meer All-Star (P) 5–9, 102 SO, 4.67 ERA
Bucky Walters All-Star (P) 27–11, 137 SO, 2.29 ERA
Paul Derringer All-Star (P) 25–7, 128 SO, 2.93 ERA
Ernie Lombardi All-Star (C) .283–20–85
Frank McCormick All-Star (1B) .324–18–128, 1 SB
Lonny Frey All-Star (2B) .277–11–55, 5 SB
Ival Goodman All-Star (RF) .309–7–84, 2 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1939 Cincinnati Reds

Who had the most hits on the 1939 Cincinnati Reds?

Frank McCormick led the 1939 Cincinnati Reds with 209 hits in 156 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1939 Cincinnati Reds?

Frank McCormick led the 1939 Cincinnati Reds with a .324 batting average in 156 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1939 Cincinnati Reds?

Ernie Lombardi led the 1939 Cincinnati Reds with 20 home runs in 130 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1939 Cincinnati Reds?

Ival Goodman led the 1939 Cincinnati Reds with a .385 on-base percentage (OBP) in 124 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1939 Cincinnati Reds?

Ival Goodman led the 1939 Cincinnati Reds with a .492 slugging percentage in 124 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1939 Cincinnati Reds?

Billy Werber led the 1939 Cincinnati Reds with 15 stolen bases in 147 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1939 Cincinnati Reds?

Bucky Walters had a 2.29 earned-run average (ERA) in 39 games, the lowest on the 1939 Cincinnati Reds.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1939 Cincinnati Reds?

Bucky Walters had a 1.13 WHIP in 39 games, the lowest on the 1939 Cincinnati Reds.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1939 Cincinnati Reds?

Bucky Walters led the 1939 Cincinnati Reds with 137 strikeouts in 39 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1939 Cincinnati Reds?

Bucky Walters led the 1939 Cincinnati Reds with 27 wins in 39 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1939 Cincinnati Reds?

Whitey Moore led the 1939 Cincinnati Reds with 3 saves in 42 games.