1947 Cincinnati Reds 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.

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. 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.

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	94	60	.610	—	52‍–‍25	42‍–‍35
St. Louis Cardinals	89	65	.578	5	46‍–‍31	43‍–‍34
Boston Braves	86	68	.558	8	50‍–‍27	36‍–‍41
New York Giants	81	73	.526	13	45‍–‍31	36‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds	73	81	.474	21	42‍–‍35	31‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs	69	85	.448	25	36‍–‍43	33‍–‍42
Philadelphia Phillies	62	92	.403	32	38‍–‍38	24‍–‍54
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	92	.403	32	32‍–‍45	30‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1947 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BSN	BRO	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

1947 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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	Ray Lamanno	118	413	106	.257	5	50
1B	Babe Young	95	364	103	.283	14	79
2B	Benny Zientara	117	418	108	.258	2	24
SS	Eddie Miller	151	545	146	.268	19	87
3B	Grady Hatton	146	524	147	.281	16	77
OF	Bert Haas	135	482	138	.286	3	67
OF	Augie Galan	124	392	123	.314	6	61
OF	Frank 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
Bobby Adams	81	217	59	.272	4	20
Eddie Lukon	86	200	41	.205	11	33
Ray Mueller	71	192	48	.250	6	33
Tommy Tatum	69	176	48	.273	1	16
Clyde Vollmer	78	155	34	.219	1	13
Kermit Wahl	39	81	14	.173	1	4
Chuck Kress	11	27	4	.148	0	0
Bob Usher	9	22	4	.182	1	1
Hugh Poland	16	18	6	.333	0	2
Ted Kluszewski	9	10	1	.100	0	2
Al Lakeman	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Virgil 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
Ewell Blackwell	33	273.0	22	8	2.47	193
Johnny Vander Meer	30	186.0	9	14	4.40	79
Bucky Walters	20	122.0	8	8	5.75	43
Ken Raffensberger	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
Kent Peterson	37	152.1	6	13	4.25	78
Buddy Lively	38	123.0	4	7	4.68	52
Eddie Erautt	36	119.0	4	9	5.07	43
Joe Beggs	11	32.1	0	3	5.29	11
Elmer Riddle	16	30.1	1	0	8.31	8
Harry Perkowski	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
Harry Gumbert	46	10	10	10	3.89	43
Johnny Hetki	37	3	4	0	5.81	33
Clyde Shoun	10	0	0	0	5.02	7
Clayton Lambert	3	0	0	0	15.88	1
Ken Polivka	2	0	0	0	3.00	1
Mike Schultz	1	0	0	0	4.50	0
Bob Malloy	1	0	0	0	18.00	1
Herm Wehmeier	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

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

Notes

Virgil Stallcup page at Baseball Reference
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
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 127
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

1947 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Negro American League

Negro National League

Cincinnati Reds

Established in 1882
Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; Tinker Field; Estadio Sixto Escobar; Plant Field; Al Lopez Field; Plant City Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Goodyear Ballpark

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Bob Castellini
President of Baseball Operations: Nick Krall
General Manager: Brad Meador
Manager: Freddie Benavides (interim)

World Series Championships (5)

National League pennants (9)

AA pennants (1)

1882

Division titles (10)

National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minor league affiliates

Louisville Bats (Triple-A)
Chattanooga Lookouts (Double-A)
Dayton Dragons (High-A)
Daytona Tortugas (Single-A)
ACL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Reds (Rookie)

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