1947 Cincinnati Reds season

1947 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Crosley Field (since 1934)
Cincinnati (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Powel Crosley, Jr.
General manager(s)	Warren Giles
Manager(s)	Johnny Neun
Local radio	WCPO (Waite Hoyt)
< Previous season     Next season  >

The 1947 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the National League with a record of 73–81, 21 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Offseason

• November 1, 1946: Virgil Stallcup was drafted by the Reds from the Boston Red Sox in the 1946 rule 5 draft.^[1]

Regular season

• May 13: Jackie Robinson played in his first game in Cincinnati. The Reds won the game 7–5 over Robinson and the Dodgers. In the loss, Robinson had a walk, a single, and a run.^[2] Various racial slurs were hurled at Robinson by the fans. Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese put his hand on Robinson's shoulder to hush the crowd.^[3]

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	94	60	0.610	—	52–25	42–35
St. Louis Cardinals	89	65	0.578	5	46–31	43–34
Boston Braves	86	68	0.558	8	50–27	36–41
New York Giants	81	73	0.526	13	45–31	36–42
Cincinnati Reds	73	81	0.474	21	42–35	31–46
Chicago Cubs	69	85	0.448	25	36–43	33–42
Philadelphia Phillies	62	92	0.403	32	38–38	24–54
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	92	0.403	32	32–45	30–47

Record vs. opponents

1947 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–10	13–9	13–9	13–9	14–8	12–10	9–13
Brooklyn	10–12	—	15–7	15–7	14–8	14–8	15–7	11–11–1
Chicago	9–13	7–15	—	12–10	7–15	16–6–1	8–14	10–12
Cincinnati	9–13	7–15	10–12	—	13–9	13–9	13–9	8–14
New York	9–13	8–14	15–7	9–13	—	12–10	15–7–1	13–9
Philadelphia	8–14	8–14	6–16–1	9–13	10–12	—	13–9	8–14
Pittsburgh	10–12	7–15	14–8	9–13	7–15–1	9–13	—	6–16–1
St. Louis	13–9	11–11–1	12–10	14–8	9–13	14–8	16–6–1	—

Roster

1947 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers 43 Joe Beggs 47 Ewell Blackwell 34 Eddie Erautt 41 Harry Gumbert 40 Johnny Hetki 32 Clayton Lambert 37 Buddy Lively 44 Bob Malloy 35 Harry Perkowski 38 Kent Peterson 42 Ken Polivka 36 Ken Raffensberger 48 Elmer Riddle 35 Mike Schultz 36 Clyde Shoun 33 Johnny Vander Meer 31 Bucky Walters 45 Herm Wehmeier		Catchers  5 Ray Lamanno  7 Ray Mueller  6 Hugh Poland Infielders 12 Bobby Adams 15 Grady Hatton 20 Ted Kluszewski 17 Chuck Kress 13,14 Eddie Miller 10 Virgil Stallcup 19 Kermit Wahl 17 Babe Young 16 Benny Zientara		Outfielders 21 Frank Baumholtz 23 Augie Galan 18 Bert Haas 27 Eddie Lukon 24 Tommy Tatum 24 Bob Usher 25 Clyde Vollmer Other batters  4 Al Lakeman		Manager  1 Johnny Neun 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	Lamanno, RayRay Lamanno	118	413	106	.257	5	50
1B	Young, BabeBabe Young	95	364	103	.283	14	79
2B	Zientara, BennyBenny Zientara	117	418	108	.258	2	24
3B	Hatton, GradyGrady Hatton	146	524	147	.281	16	77
SS	Miller, EddieEddie Miller	151	545	146	.268	19	87
OF	Haas, BertBert Haas	135	482	138	.286	3	67
OF	Galan, AugieAugie Galan	124	392	123	.314	6	61
OF	Baumholtz, FrankFrank Baumholtz	151	643	182	.283	5	45

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
Lukon, EddieEddie Lukon	86	200	41	.205	11	33
Wahl, KermitKermit Wahl	39	81	14	.173	1	4
Poland, HughHugh Poland	16	18	6	.333	0	2
Stallcup, VirgilVirgil Stallcup	8	1	0	.000	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
Blackwell, EwellEwell Blackwell	33	273	22	8	2.47	193

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
Peterson, KentKent Peterson	37	152.1	6	13	4.25	78
Lively, BuddyBuddy Lively	38	123	4	7	4.68	52
Erautt, EddieEddie Erautt	36	119	4	9	5.07	43
Beggs, JoeJoe Beggs	11	32.1	0	3	5.29	11

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
Gumbert, HarryHarry Gumbert	46	10	10	10	3.89	43
Lambert, ClaytonClayton Lambert	3	0	0	0	15.88	1
Schultz, MikeMike Schultz	1	0	0	0	4.50	0
Malloy, BobBob Malloy	1	0	0	0	18.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Jewel Ens
A	Columbia Reds	Sally League	Gee Walker
B	Providence Chiefs	New England League	Buzz Boyle
C	Rockford Rox	Central Association	Cyril Pfeifer
C	Tyler Trojans	Lone Star League	Hack Miller
C	Ogden Reds	Pioneer League	Pip Koehler
D	Muncie Reds	Ohio State League	Mike Blazo
D	Lockport Reds	PONY League	Cecil Scheffel

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Syracuse^[4]

Notes

1. Virgil Stallcup page at Baseball Reference
2. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 125, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
3. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 127
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

• 1947 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference