1946 Cincinnati Reds season

1946 Cincinnati Reds
League	National League
Ballpark	Crosley Field
City	Cincinnati
Owners	Powel Crosley, Jr.
General managers	Warren Giles
Managers	Bill McKechnie, Hank Gowdy
Radio	WCPO (Waite Hoyt)
Seasons

The 1946 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 67–87, 30 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	98	58	.628	—	49‍–‍29	49‍–‍29
Brooklyn Dodgers	96	60	.615	2	56‍–‍22	40‍–‍38
Chicago Cubs	82	71	.536	14½	44‍–‍33	38‍–‍38
Boston Braves	81	72	.529	15½	45‍–‍31	36‍–‍41
Philadelphia Phillies	69	85	.448	28	41‍–‍36	28‍–‍49
Cincinnati Reds	67	87	.435	30	35‍–‍42	32‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates	63	91	.409	34	37‍–‍40	26‍–‍51
New York Giants	61	93	.396	36	38‍–‍39	23‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1946 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	5–17	12–9–1	15–7	13–9	14–8	15–7	7–15
Brooklyn	17–5	—	11–11	14–8–1	15–7	17–5	14–8	8–16
Chicago	9–12–1	11–11	—	13–9	17–5	12–10	12–10–1	8–14
Cincinnati	7–15	8–14–1	9–13	—	14–8	8–14–1	13–9	8–14
New York	9–13	7–15	5–17	8–14	—	12–10	10–12	10–12
Philadelphia	8–14	5–17	10–12	14–8–1	10–12	—	14–8	8–14
Pittsburgh	7–15	8–14	10–12–1	9–13	12–10	8–14	—	9–13
St. Louis	15–7	16–8	14–8	14–8	12–10	14–8	13–9	—

Roster

1946 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers 35 Nate Andrews 43 Joe Beggs 47 Ewell Blackwell 42 George Burpo 38 Frank Dasso 37 Howie Fox 41 Harry Gumbert 40 Johnny Hetki 34 Ed Heusser 32 Clayton Lambert 38,44 Bob Malloy 36 Clyde Shoun 33 Johnny Vander Meer 31 Bucky Walters		Catchers  4 Al Lakeman  5 Ray Lamanno  7 Ray Mueller Infielders 12 Bobby Adams 14 Claude Corbitt 11 Lonny Frey 18 Bert Haas 15 Grady Hatton 13 Eddie Miller 17 Eddie Shokes 16 Benny Zientara		Outfielders 20 Dain Clay 28 Garland Lawing 22 Al Libke 27 Eddie Lukon 23 Mike McCormick 21 Howie Moss 19 Bob Usher 28,46 Clyde Vollmer 24 Max West Other batters 21,23 Lonnie Goldstein		Manager  1 Bill McKechnie Coaches  3 Hank Gowdy  6 Gee Walker  2 Jimmie Wilson

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 Mueller	114	378	96	.254	8	48
1B	Bert Haas	140	535	141	.264	3	50
2B	Bobby Adams	94	311	76	.244	4	24
SS	Eddie Miller	91	299	58	.194	6	36
3B	Grady Hatton	116	436	118	.271	14	69
OF	Al Libke	124	431	109	.253	5	42
OF	Eddie Lukon	102	312	78	.250	12	34
OF	Dain Clay	121	435	99	.228	2	22

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
Lonny Frey	111	333	82	.246	3	24
Benny Zientara	78	280	81	.289	0	16
Claude Corbitt	82	274	68	.248	1	16
Ray Lamanno	85	239	58	.243	1	30
Max West	72	202	43	.213	5	18
Bob Usher	92	152	31	.204	1	14
Eddie Shokes	31	83	10	.120	0	5
Mike McCormick	23	74	16	.216	0	5
Al Lakeman	23	30	4	.133	0	4
Howie Moss	7	26	5	.192	0	1
Clyde Vollmer	9	22	4	.182	0	1
Lonnie Goldstein	6	5	0	.000	0	0
Garland Lawing	3	3	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
Johnny Vander Meer	29	204.1	10	12	3.17	94
Ewell Blackwell	33	194.1	9	13	2.45	100
Joe Beggs	28	190.0	12	10	2.32	38
Ed Heusser	29	167.2	7	14	3.22	47
Bucky Walters	22	151.1	10	7	2.56	60
Nate Andrews	7	43.1	2	4	3.95	13
Al Libke	1	5.0	0	0	3.60	2

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
Johnny Hetki	32	126.1	6	6	2.99	41
Harry Gumbert	36	119.0	6	8	3.25	44
Clyde Shoun	27	79.0	1	6	4.10	20
Clayton Lambert	23	52.2	2	2	4.27	20

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
Bob Malloy	27	2	5	2	2.75	24
Howie Fox	4	0	0	0	18.00	1
George Burpo	2	0	0	0	15.43	1
Frank Dasso	2	0	0	0	27.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Jewel Ens
A	Columbia Reds	Sally League	Keith Molesworth
C	Ogden Reds	Pioneer League	Jim Keesey
D	Middletown Rockets	Ohio State League	Mike Blazo

References

• 1946 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference