1942 Cincinnati Reds season

1942 Cincinnati Reds
1942 Cincinnati Reds
League	National League
Ballpark	Crosley Field
City	Cincinnati
Owners	Powel Crosley, Jr.
General managers	Warren Giles
Managers	Bill McKechnie
Radio	WCPO; (Sam Balter); WSAI; (Roger Baker, Dick Bray); WKRC; (Waite Hoyt, Dick Nesbitt)

The 1942 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League with a record of 76–76, 29 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

Prior to 1942 season: Grant Dunlap was acquired from the Reds by the Cleveland Indians.^[1]

1942 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	6–16	13–9	5–16–1	8–12	14–8	7–12–1	6–16
Brooklyn	16–6	—	16–6	15–7	14–8–1	18–4	16–6	9–13
Chicago	9–13	6–16	—	13–9	9–13–1	14–8	11–11	6–16
Cincinnati	16–5–1	7–15	9–13	—	9–13	16–6	12–9–1	7–15
New York	12–8	8–14–1	13–9–1	13–9	—	17–5	15–7	7–15
Philadelphia	8–14	4–18	8–14	6–16	5–17	—	6–13	5–17
Pittsburgh	12–7–1	6–16	11–11	9–12–1	7–15	13–6	—	8–14–2
St. Louis	16–6	13–9	16–6	15–7	15–7	17–5	14–8–2	—

1942 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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	111	371	98	.264	12	43
1B	Frank McCormick	145	564	156	.277	13	89
2B	Lonny Frey	141	523	139	.266	2	39
SS	Eddie Joost	142	562	126	.224	6	41
3B	Bert Haas	154	585	140	.239	6	54
OF	Gee Walker	119	422	97	.230	5	50
OF	Max Marshall	131	530	135	.255	7	43
OF	Eric Tipton	63	207	46	.222	4	18

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
Ival Goodman	87	226	55	.243	0	15
Mike McCormick	40	135	32	.237	1	11
Rollie Hemsley	36	115	13	.113	0	7
Harry Craft	37	113	20	.177	0	6
Frankie Kelleher	38	110	20	.182	3	12
Dee Phillips	28	84	17	.202	0	6
Dick West	33	79	14	.177	1	8
Clyde Vollmer	12	43	4	.093	1	4
Al Lakeman	20	38	6	.158	0	2
Joe Abreu	9	28	6	.214	1	3
Jim Gleeson	9	20	4	.200	0	2
Hank Sauer	7	20	5	.250	2	4
Chuck Aleno	7	14	2	.143	0	0
Bobby Mattick	6	10	2	.200	0	0
Frank Secory	2	5	0	.000	0	1
Ernie Koy	3	2	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ray Starr	37	276.2	15	13	2.67	83
Bucky Walters	34	253.2	15	14	2.66	109
Johnny Vander Meer	33	244.0	18	12	2.43	186
Paul Derringer	29	208.2	10	11	3.06	68

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Elmer Riddle	29	158.1	7	11	3.69	78
Junior Thompson	29	101.2	4	7	3.36	35

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Joe Beggs	38	6	5	8	2.13	24
Clyde Shoun	34	1	3	0	2.23	32
Jim Turner	3	0	0	0	10.80	0
Ewell Blackwell	2	0	0	0	6.00	1
Whitey Moore	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Jewel Ens
A1	Birmingham Barons	Southern Association	Johnny Riddle
B	Columbia Reds	Sally League	Cap Crossley
C	Ogden Reds	Pioneer League	Bill McCorry
D	Cordele Reds	Georgia–Florida League	Frank O'Rourke

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Syracuse^[2]

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

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