1951 Cincinnati Reds season



































1951 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) Luke Sewell
Local television
WCPO-TV
(Waite Hoyt)
Local radio
WCPO
(Waite Hoyt)
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The 1951 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 68–86, 28½ games behind the New York Giants.




Contents






  • 1 Offseason


  • 2 Regular season


    • 2.1 Season standings


    • 2.2 Record vs. opponents


    • 2.3 Notable transactions


    • 2.4 Roster




  • 3 Player stats


    • 3.1 Batting


      • 3.1.1 Starters by position


      • 3.1.2 Other batters




    • 3.2 Pitching


      • 3.2.1 Starting pitchers


      • 3.2.2 Other pitchers


      • 3.2.3 Relief pitchers






  • 4 Farm system


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Offseason


  • Prior to 1951 season: Bobby Durnbaugh was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.[1]


Regular season



Season standings






















































































National League

W

L

Pct.

GB

Home

Road

New York Giants
98 59
0.624

50–28
48–31

Brooklyn Dodgers
97 60
0.618
1
49–29
48–31

St. Louis Cardinals
81 73
0.526
15½
44–34
37–39

Boston Braves
76 78
0.494
20½
42–35
34–43

Philadelphia Phillies
73 81
0.474
23½
38–39
35–42

Cincinnati Reds
68 86
0.442
28½
35–42
33–44

Pittsburgh Pirates
64 90
0.416
32½
32–45
32–45

Chicago Cubs
62 92
0.403
34½
32–45
30–47




Record vs. opponents








































































































1951 National League Records


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team
BOS
BR
CHC
CIN
NYG
PHI
PIT
STL

Boston
10–12–1 10–12 10–12 8–14 12–10 13–9 13–9

Brooklyn
12–10–1 14–8 14–8 14–11 15–7 10–12 18–4

Chicago
12–10 8–14 10–12 7–15 7–15 9–13 9–13–1

Cincinnati
12–10 8–14 12–10 5–17 11–11 12–10–1 8–14

New York
14–8 11–14 15–7 17–5 16–6 14–8 11–11

Philadelphia
10–12 7–15 15–7 11–11 6–16 15–7 9–13

Pittsburgh
9–13 12–10 13–9 10–12–1 8–14 7–15 5–17

St. Louis
9–13 4–18 13–9–1 14–8 11–11 13–9 17–5




Notable transactions


  • June 1951: Bob Nieman was selected off waivers from the Reds by the Oklahoma City Indians.[2]


Roster














1951 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers


  • 33 Jim Blackburn


  • 47 Ewell Blackwell


  • 45 Ed Blake


  • 38 Bud Byerly


  • 34 Eddie Erautt


  • 43 Howie Fox


  • 35 Harry Perkowski


  • 30 Kent Peterson


  • 36 Ken Raffensberger


  • 40 Willie Ramsdell


  • 32 Frank Smith


  • 31 Herm Wehmeier




Catchers


  •  5 Dixie Howell


  •  8 Hobie Landrith


  •  9 Johnny Pramesa


  •  7 Bob Scheffing


Infielders




  • 12 Bobby Adams


  • 15 Grady Hatton


  • 18 Ted Kluszewski


  • 11 Roy McMillan


  • 14 Sammy Meeks


  • 16 Connie Ryan


  • 10 Virgil Stallcup




Outfielders


  • 21 Joe Adcock


  • 25 Hank Edwards


  • 52 Danny Litwhiler


  • 26 Barney McCosky


  • 20 Lloyd Merriman


  • 25 Wally Post


  • 24 Bob Usher


  • 22 Johnny Wyrostek


Other batters




  • 30 Jim Bolger


  • 26 Ted Tappe




Manager

  • 50 Luke Sewell

Coaches




  • 51 Tony Cuccinello


  • 52 Danny Litwhiler


  • 53 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 Dixie Howell 77 207 52 .251 2 18


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
Danny Litwhiler 12 29 8 .276 2 3
Jim Bolger 2 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
Ewell Blackwell 38 232.2 16 15 3.44 120


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


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
Kent Peterson 9 1 1 0 6.52 5
Jim Blackburn 2 0 0 0 17.18 1


Farm system








































Level
Team
League
Manager

AA

Tulsa Oilers

Texas League

Al Vincent

A

Charleston Senators

Central League

Ernie White

A

Columbia Reds

Sally League

Buddy Hancken

C

Ogden Reds

Pioneer League

Cecil Scheffel

D

Welch Miners

Appalachian League

Mike Blazo

[3]



References





  1. ^ Bobby Durnbaugh page at Baseball-Reference


  2. ^ Bob Nieman page at Baseball-Reference


  3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007




External links


  • 1951 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference











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