1947 Cincinnati Reds season explained

Cincinnati Reds
Season:	1947
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Crosley Field
City:	Cincinnati
Owners:	Powel Crosley, Jr.
General Managers:	Warren Giles
Managers:	Johnny Neun
Radio:	WCPO (Waite Hoyt)

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] Laughter, racial slurs and debris were hurled at Robinson by the fans. Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese put his hand on Robinson's shoulder to hush the crowd.^[3]

Roster

1947 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		118	413	106	.257	5	50
1B		95	364	103	.283	14	79
2B		117	418	108	.258	2	24
SS		151	545	146	.268	19	87
3B		146	524	147	.281	16	77
OF		135	482	138	.286	3	67
OF		124	392	123	.314	6	61
OF		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
	81	217	59	.272	4	20
	86	200	41	.205	11	33
	71	192	48	.250	6	33
	69	176	48	.273	1	16
	78	155	34	.219	1	13
	39	81	14	.173	1	4
	11	27	4	.148	0	0
	9	22	4	.182	1	1
	16	18	6	.333	0	2
	9	10	1	.100	0	2
	2	2	0	.000	0	0
	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
	33	273.0	22	8	2.47	193
	30	186.0	9	14	4.40	79
	20	122.0	8	8	5.75	43
	19	106.2	6	5	4.13	38

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
	37	152.1	6	13	4.25	78
	38	123.0	4	7	4.68	52
	36	119.0	4	9	5.07	43
	11	32.1	0	3	5.29	11
	16	30.1	1	0	8.31	8
	3	7.1	0	0	3.68	2

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
	46	10	10	10	3.89	43
	37	3	4	0	5.81	33
	10	0	0	0	5.02	7
	3	0	0	0	15.88	1
	2	0	0	0	3.00	1
	1	0	0	0	4.50	0
	1	0	0	0	18.00	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Syracuse^[4]

References

• 1947 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stallvi01.shtml 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,
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