1948 Cincinnati Reds season
The 1948 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the National League with a record of 64–89, 27 games behind the Boston Braves. This season was the first wherein the Reds were broadcast on television all over Cincinnati via WLWT, with a television simulcast of the radio commentary from WCPO with Waite Hoyt in the booth.
Offseason
- Prior to 1948 season (exact date unknown)
- Hobie Landrith was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.
- Bob Nieman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1948 National League record Sources:
|
Team
|
BOS
|
BR
|
CHC
|
CIN
|
NYG
|
PHI
|
PIT
|
STL
|
Boston
|
— |
14–8 |
16–6–1 |
13–8 |
11–11 |
14–8 |
12–10 |
11–11
|
Brooklyn
|
8–14 |
— |
11–11 |
18–4 |
11–11–1 |
15–7 |
9–13 |
12–10
|
Chicago
|
6–16–1 |
11–11 |
— |
10–12 |
11–11 |
7–15 |
8–14 |
11–11
|
Cincinnati
|
8–13 |
4–18 |
12–10 |
— |
10–12 |
11–11 |
9–13 |
10–12
|
New York
|
11–11 |
11–11–1 |
11–11 |
12–10 |
— |
14–8 |
12–10 |
7–15
|
Philadelphia
|
8–14 |
7–15 |
15–7 |
11–11 |
8–14 |
— |
12–10–1 |
5–17
|
Pittsburgh
|
10–12 |
13–9 |
14–8 |
13–9 |
10–12 |
10–12–1 |
— |
13–9–1
|
St. Louis
|
11–11 |
10–12 |
11–11 |
12–10 |
15–7 |
17–5 |
9–13–1 |
—
|
Notable transactions
Roster
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
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lockport
Notes
- ^ Hobie Landrith page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Bob Nieman page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Kermit Wahl page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References