1941 Cincinnati Reds season explained

Cincinnati Reds
Season:	1941
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Crosley Field
City:	Cincinnati
Owners:	Powel Crosley, Jr.
General Managers:	Warren Giles
Managers:	Bill McKechnie
Radio:	WCPO (Harry Hartman) WSAI (Roger Baker, Dick Bray)

The 1941 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League with a record of 88–66, 12 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Offseason

• December 12, 1940: Milt Shoffner was traded by the Reds to the New York Giants for Wayne Ambler.^[1]
• Prior to 1941 season: Grant Dunlap was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.^[2]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• June 21, 1941: Jimmy Ripple was purchased from the Reds by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[3]

Roster

1941 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		117	398	105	.264	10	60
1B		154	603	162	.269	17	97
2B		146	543	138	.254	6	59
SS		152	537	136	.253	4	40
3B		109	418	100	.239	4	46
OF		110	369	106	.287	4	31
OF		119	413	103	.249	10	59
OF		102	301	70	.233	3	34

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
	67	204	51	.250	2	27
	67	172	37	.215	1	17
	54	169	41	.243	1	18
	55	164	42	.256	0	6
	42	149	40	.268	1	12
	38	102	22	.216	1	9
	23	86	23	.267	0	3
	20	60	11	.183	0	7
	9	33	10	.303	0	5
	9	21	6	.286	0	2
	4	12	2	.167	0	0
	10	10	3	.300	0	0
	2	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	0	0	----	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
	37	302.0	19	15	2.83	129
	29	228.1	12	14	3.31	76
	33	226.1	16	13	2.82	202
	33	216.2	19	4	2.24	80

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
	23	113.0	6	4	3.11	34
	27	109.0	6	6	4.87	46
	23	61.2	2	1	4.38	17
	7	34.0	3	2	2.65	11
	7	24.1	1	3	5.18	8

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
	37	4	3	5	3.79	19
	8	0	0	0	4.09	5
	2	0	1	0	8.10	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbia, Tucson, Ogden
Riverside franchise folded, June 29, 1941^[4]

External links

• 1941 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shoffmi01.shtml Milt Shoffner page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dunlagr01.shtml Grant Dunlap page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ripplji01.shtml Jimmy Ripple page at Baseball Reference
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007