# 1942 Cincinnati Reds season

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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 106 | 48 | .688 | — | 60‍–‍17 | 46‍–‍31 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 104 | 50 | .675 | 2 | 57‍–‍22 | 47‍–‍28 |
| New York Giants | 85 | 67 | .559 | 20 | 47‍–‍31 | 38‍–‍36 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 76 | .500 | 29 | 38‍–‍39 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 66 | 81 | .449 | 36½ | 41‍–‍34 | 25‍–‍47 |
| Chicago Cubs | 68 | 86 | .442 | 38 | 36‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Boston Braves | 59 | 89 | .399 | 44 | 33‍–‍36 | 26‍–‍53 |
| Philadelphia Phils | 42 | 109 | .278 | 62½ | 23‍–‍51 | 19‍–‍58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1942 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### 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
| 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 |

#### 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 |
| 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 |

### 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 |
| 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 |

#### 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 |
| Elmer Riddle | 29 | 158.1 | 7 | 11 | 3.69 | 78 |
| Junior Thompson | 29 | 101.2 | 4 | 7 | 3.36 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| 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 |

## Farm system

| 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