1939 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1939 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the National League, winning the pennant by 4½ games over the St. Louis Cardinals with a record of 97–57. The team went on to the 1939 World Series, which it lost in four straight games to the New York Yankees.

1939 Cincinnati Reds
1939 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Powel Crosley, Jr.
General manager(s)Warren Giles
Manager(s)Bill McKechnie
Local radioWSAI
(Roger Baker, Dick Bray)
WCPO
(Harry Hartman)
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Regular season

During the season, Paul Derringer and Bucky Walters became the last pitchers to win at least 25 games in one season for the Reds in the 20th century.[1]

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9757 0.630 — 55–25 42–32
St. Louis Cardinals 9261 0.601 4½ 51–27 41–34
Brooklyn Dodgers 8469 0.549 12½ 51–27 33–42
Chicago Cubs 8470 0.545 13 44–34 40–36
New York Giants 7774 0.510 18½ 41–33 36–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 6885 0.444 28½ 35–42 33–43
Boston Bees 6388 0.417 32½ 37–35 26–53
Philadelphia Phillies 45106 0.298 50½ 29–44 16–62

Record vs. opponents
1939 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —10–12–16–166–1610–1113–89–129–13
Brooklyn 12–10–1—11–11–210–1212–1017–4–113–99–13
Chicago 16–611–11–2—10–1211–1112–1014–810–12
Cincinnati 16–612–1012–10—11–1119–316–611–11–2
New York 11–1010–1211–1111–11—14–711–119–12
Philadelphia 8–134–17–110–123–197–14—8–145–17
Pittsburgh 12–99–138–146–1611–1114–8—8–14
St. Louis 13–913–912–1011–11–212–917–514–8—

Notable transactions
  • August 19, 1939: Milt Shoffner was selected off waivers by the Reds from the Boston Bees.[2]
  • August 31, 1939: Al Simmons was purchased by the Reds from the Boston Bees.[3]

Roster
1939 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CErnie Lombardi130450129.2872085
1BFrank McCormick156630209.33218128
2BLonny Frey125484141.2911155
SSBilly Myers151509143.281956
3BBilly Werber147599173.289557
OFIval Goodman124470152.323784
OFHarry Craft134502129.2571367
OFWally Berger9732985.2581444

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
Lee Gamble7222159.267014
Willard Hershberger6317460.345032
Nino Bongiovanni2715941.258016
Eddie Joost2314336.252014
Frenchy Bordagaray6312224.197012
Lew Riggs22386.15801
Al Simmons9213.14301
Dick West8194.21104
Vince DiMaggio8141.07102
Les Scarsella16142.14300
Bud Hafey6132.15401
Milt Galatzer350.00000
Jimmie Wilson431.33300
Nolen Richardson130.00000

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
Bucky Walters3931927112.29137
Paul Derringer383012572.93128
Whitey Moore42187.213123.4581

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
Lee Grissom33153.2974.1053
Junior Thompson42152.11352.5487
Johnny Vander Meer30129594.67102
Johnny Niggeling1040.1215.8020
Milt Shoffner1037.2223.356

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
Hank Johnson200312.0110
Peaches Davis201026.264
Wes Livengood50005.934
Jim Weaver30003.003
Pete Naktenis30002.251
Red Barrett20001.691
Elmer Riddle10000.000
Art Jacobs10019.001

1939 World Series
Main article: 1939 World Series

Game 1

October 4, 1939, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cincinnati (N) 000 100 000 140
New York (A) 000 010 001 260
W: Red Ruffing (1–0)  L: Paul Derringer (0–1)

Game 2

October 5, 1939, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cincinnati (N) 000 000 000 020
New York (A) 003 100 00x 490
W: Monte Pearson (1–0)  L: Bucky Walters (0–1)
HR: : NYY – Babe Dahlgren (1)

Game 3

October 7, 1939, at Crosley Field in Cincinnati

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 202 030 000 751
Cincinnati (N) 120 000 000 3100
W: Bump Hadley (1–0)   L: Junior Thompson (0–1)
HR: NYY – Charlie Keller (1, 2), Joe DiMaggio (1), Bill Dickey (1)

Game 4

October 8, 1939, at Crosley Field in Cincinnati

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
New York (A) 000 000 202 3 771
Cincinnati (N) 000 000 310 0 4114
W: Johnny Murphy (1–0)   L: Bucky Walters (0–2)
HR: NYY – Charlie Keller (3), Bill Dickey (2)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Indianapolis Indians American Association Ray Schalk and Wes Griffin
A1 Birmingham Barons Southern Association Dutch Zwilling
A Albany Senators Eastern League Rabbit Maranville
B Durham Bulls Piedmont League Oscar Roettger
B Columbia Reds Sally League Johnny Burnett
B Waterloo Red Hawks Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Cap Crossley
C El Dorado Lions Cotton States League Frank O'Rourke
C Helena Seaporters Cotton States League Buster Blakeney
C Erie Sailors Middle Atlantic League Jocko Munch
C Ogden Reds Pioneer League Bill McCorry
C Muskogee Reds Western Association Lester "Pat" Patterson
D Bassett Furniture Makers Bi-State League Walter Novak

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Notes
  1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. Milt Shoffner page at Baseball Reference
  3. Al Simmons 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

References


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