# 1947 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1947 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the National League with a record of 73–81, 21 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.

## Offseason

* November 1, 1946: Virgil Stallcup was drafted by the Reds from the Boston Red Sox in the 1946 rule 5 draft.

## Regular season

* May 13: Jackie Robinson played in his first game in Cincinnati. The Reds won the game 7–5 over Robinson and the Dodgers. In the loss, Robinson had a walk, a single, and a run. Laughter, racial slurs and debris were hurled at Robinson by the fans. Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese put his hand on Robinson's shoulder to hush the crowd.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 94 | 60 | .610 | — | 52‍–‍25 | 42‍–‍35 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 89 | 65 | .578 | 5 | 46‍–‍31 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Boston Braves | 86 | 68 | .558 | 8 | 50‍–‍27 | 36‍–‍41 |
| New York Giants | 81 | 73 | .526 | 13 | 45‍–‍31 | 36‍–‍42 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 73 | 81 | .474 | 21 | 42‍–‍35 | 31‍–‍46 |
| Chicago Cubs | 69 | 85 | .448 | 25 | 36‍–‍43 | 33‍–‍42 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 92 | .403 | 32 | 38‍–‍38 | 24‍–‍54 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 62 | 92 | .403 | 32 | 32‍–‍45 | 30‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1947 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BSN | BRO | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 12–10 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 9–13 |
| Brooklyn | 10–12 | — | 15–7 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 11–11–1 |
| Chicago | 9–13 | 7–15 | — | 12–10 | 7–15 | 16–6–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 |
| Cincinnati | 9–13 | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 8–14 |
| New York | 9–13 | 8–14 | 15–7 | 9–13 | — | 12–10 | 15–7–1 | 13–9 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 8–14 | 6–16–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 | — | 13–9 | 8–14 |
| Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 7–15 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 7–15–1 | 9–13 | — | 6–16–1 |
| St. Louis | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | — |

### 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 | 118 | 413 | 106 | .257 | 5 | 50 |
| 1B | Babe Young | 95 | 364 | 103 | .283 | 14 | 79 |
| 2B | Benny Zientara | 117 | 418 | 108 | .258 | 2 | 24 |
| SS | Eddie Miller | 151 | 545 | 146 | .268 | 19 | 87 |
| 3B | Grady Hatton | 146 | 524 | 147 | .281 | 16 | 77 |
| OF | Bert Haas | 135 | 482 | 138 | .286 | 3 | 67 |
| OF | Augie Galan | 124 | 392 | 123 | .314 | 6 | 61 |
| OF | Frank Baumholtz | 151 | 643 | 182 | .283 | 5 | 45 |

#### 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 |
| Bobby Adams | 81 | 217 | 59 | .272 | 4 | 20 |
| Eddie Lukon | 86 | 200 | 41 | .205 | 11 | 33 |
| Ray Mueller | 71 | 192 | 48 | .250 | 6 | 33 |
| Tommy Tatum | 69 | 176 | 48 | .273 | 1 | 16 |
| Clyde Vollmer | 78 | 155 | 34 | .219 | 1 | 13 |
| Kermit Wahl | 39 | 81 | 14 | .173 | 1 | 4 |
| Chuck Kress | 11 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Usher | 9 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 1 | 1 |
| Hugh Poland | 16 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
| Ted Kluszewski | 9 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 2 |
| Al Lakeman | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Stallcup | 8 | 1 | 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 |
| Ewell Blackwell | 33 | 273.0 | 22 | 8 | 2.47 | 193 |
| Johnny Vander Meer | 30 | 186.0 | 9 | 14 | 4.40 | 79 |
| Bucky Walters | 20 | 122.0 | 8 | 8 | 5.75 | 43 |
| Ken Raffensberger | 19 | 106.2 | 6 | 5 | 4.13 | 38 |

#### 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 |
| Kent Peterson | 37 | 152.1 | 6 | 13 | 4.25 | 78 |
| Buddy Lively | 38 | 123.0 | 4 | 7 | 4.68 | 52 |
| Eddie Erautt | 36 | 119.0 | 4 | 9 | 5.07 | 43 |
| Joe Beggs | 11 | 32.1 | 0 | 3 | 5.29 | 11 |
| Elmer Riddle | 16 | 30.1 | 1 | 0 | 8.31 | 8 |
| Harry Perkowski | 3 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Harry Gumbert | 46 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3.89 | 43 |
| Johnny Hetki | 37 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5.81 | 33 |
| Clyde Shoun | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.02 | 7 |
| Clayton Lambert | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.88 | 1 |
| Ken Polivka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 |
| Mike Schultz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
| Bob Malloy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
| Herm Wehmeier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse Chiefs | International League | Jewel Ens |
| A | Columbia Reds | Sally League | Gee Walker |
| B | Providence Chiefs | New England League | Buzz Boyle |
| C | Rockford Rox | Central Association | Cyril Pfeifer |
| C | Tyler Trojans | Lone Star League | Hack Miller |
| C | Ogden Reds | Pioneer League | Pip Koehler |
| D | Muncie Reds | Ohio State League | Mike Blazo |
| D | Lockport Reds | PONY League | Cecil Scheffel |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Syracuse