1919 Cincinnati Reds season

1919 Cincinnati Reds
1919 World Series Champions 1919 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Redland Field (since 1912)
Cincinnati, Ohio (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Garry Herrmann
Manager(s)	Pat Moran
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The 1919 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The Reds won the National League pennant, then went on to win the 1919 World Series. The team's accomplishments were overshadowed by the subsequent Black Sox scandal, when it was discovered that their American League opponents, the Chicago White Sox had tried to lose the series.

Regular season

Despite winning 96 games in the regular season, the Reds had six regulars who batted .276 or lower. The Reds' offensive star was Edd Roush, who won the NL batting title with a .321 average. Heinie Groh hit .310 and finished fourth.

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	96	44	0.686	—	51–19	45–25
New York Giants	87	53	0.621	9	46–23	41–30
Chicago Cubs	75	65	0.536	21	40–31	35–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	71	68	0.511	24½	39–31	32–37
Brooklyn Robins	69	71	0.493	27	36–34	33–37
Boston Braves	57	82	0.410	38½	29–38	28–44
St. Louis Cardinals	54	83	0.394	40½	34–35	20–48
Philadelphia Phillies	47	90	0.343	47½	26–44	21–46

Record vs. opponents

1919 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	7–13	7–13	4–16	6–14	15–5	8–11	10–10–1
Brooklyn	13–7	—	9–11	7–13	8–12	12–8–1	9–11	11–9
Chicago	13–7	11–9	—	8–12	6–14	13–7	11–9	13–7
Cincinnati	16–4	13–7	12–8	—	12–8	15–5	14–6	14–6
New York	14–6	12–8	14–6	8–12	—	14–6	11–9	14–6
Philadelphia	5–15	8–12–1	7–13	5–15	6–14	—	6–14	10–7
Pittsburgh	11–8	11–9	9–11	6–14	9–11	14–6	—	11–9
St. Louis	10–10–1	9–11	7–13	6–14	6–14	7–10	9–11	—

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	Ivey Wingo	76	245	67	.273	0	27
1B	Jake Daubert	140	537	148	.276	2	44
2B	Morrie Rath	138	537	142	.264	1	29
3B	Heinie Groh	122	448	139	.310	5	63
SS	Larry Kopf	135	503	136	.270	0	58
OF	Edd Roush	133	504	162	.321	4	71
OF	Greasy Neale	139	500	121	.242	1	54
OF	Rube Bressler	61	165	34	.206	2	17

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
Bill Rariden	74	218	47	.216	1	24
Sherry Magee	56	163	35	.215	0	21
Pat Duncan	31	90	22	.244	2	17
Manuel Cueto	29	88	22	.250	0	4
Hank Schreiber	19	58	13	.224	0	4
Jimmy Smith	28	40	11	.275	1	10
Billy Zitzmann	2	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
Hod Eller	38	248.1	19	9	2.39	137
Dutch Ruether	33	242.2	19	6	1.82	78
Ray Fisher	26	174.1	14	5	2.17	41

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
Jimmy Ring	32	183	10	9	2.26	61
Rube Bressler	13	41.2	2	4	3.46	13
Ed Gerner	5	17	1	0	3.18	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
Roy Mitchell	7	0	1	1	2.32	10
Mike Regan	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

1919 World Series

Main article: 1919 World Series

Game 1

October 1, 1919 at Redland Field in Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (A)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
Cincinnati (N)	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	1	x	9	14	1
W: Walter "Dutch" Reuther (1–0)   L: Eddie Cicotte (0–1)

Game 2

October 2, 1919 at Redland Field in Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	1
Cincinnati (N)	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	x	4	4	3
W: Harry "Slim" Sallee (1–0)   L: Lefty Williams (0–1)

Game 3

October 3, 1919 at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Chicago (A)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	x	3	7	0
W: Dickey Kerr (1–0)  L: Ray Fisher (0–1)

Game 4

October 4, 1919 at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati (N)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	2
Chicago (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
W: Jimmy Ring (1–0)  L: Eddie Cicotte (0–2)

Game 5

October 6, 1919 at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati (N)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	5	4	0
Chicago (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
W: Hod Eller (1–0)  L: Lefty Williams (0–2)

Game 6

October 7, 1919 at Redland Field in Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Chicago (A)	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	5	10	3
Cincinnati (N)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	0
W: Dickey Kerr (2–0)   L: Jimmy Ring (1–1)

Game 7

October 8, 1919 at Redland Field in Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (A)	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	10	1
Cincinnati (N)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	4
W: Eddie Cicotte (1–2)   L: Harry "Slim" Sallee (1–1)

Game 8

October 9, 1919 at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati (N)	4	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	10	16	2
Chicago (A)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	10	1
W: Hod Eller (2–0)  L: Lefty Williams (0–3)
HR: CHI – Joe Jackson (1)

References

• 1919 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference