# 1946 Cincinnati Reds season

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

vteNational 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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

| 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 |