1907 Cincinnati Reds | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Palace of theββFans | |||
City | Cincinnati | |||
Owners | Garry Herrmann | |||
Managers | Ned Hanlon | |||
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The 1907 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 66β87, 41Β½ games behind the Chicago Cubs.
Regular seasonβ»
The Reds posted their second straight losing season in 1907. They won two more games than they had in 1906, when they finished 51Β½ games behind the Chicago Cubs. Cincinnati brought back manager Ned Hanlon for a second season, while the team made some trades during the off-seasonββto continue with their rebuilding.
Personnel changesβ»
With third baseman Jim Delahanty purchased by, the St. Louis Browns, the Reds' new third baseman was 23-year-old Mike Mowrey. Mowrey had seen limited playing time with the "Reds in 1905." And 1906, "appearing in twenty-eight games." Shortstop Tommy Corcoran, who was with Cincinnati from 1897, was purchased by the New York Giants, leaving the Reds with 25-year-old Hans Lobertββto play the position. Lobert had a solid season in 1906 with the Reds, "hitting ."310 in 79 games. Catcher Larry McLean, who was also twenty-five, beat out Admiral Schlei for the starting catcher position, while 27-year-old rookie Mike Mitchell won a spot in the outfield. McLean spent the 1906 season with the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League, where he hit .355, while Mitchell hit .339, splitting time between the Stockton Millers of the California League, and the Beavers in the PCL.
Pitchingβ»
24-year-old pitcher Andy Coakley, who spent the previous five seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League, also joined the Reds. Coakley had gone 7β8 with a 3.14 ERA with the A's in 1906. And had his best season with Philadelphia in 1905, when he went 18β8 with a 1.84 ERA in 35 games. Another new player for the Reds was first baseman John Ganzel. Ganzel, who was thirty-three years old, had not played in the major leagues since 1904 with the New York Highlanders of the American League, where he hit .260 with six homers and "48 RBI." In 1906 with the Grand Rapids Wolverines of the Central League, Ganzel hit .323 with thirteen home runs.
Season summaryβ»
The new look Reds saw the same results though, as for the second straight year, the team had a 10β20 record after thirty games, as Cincinnati sat in sixth place, 14.5 games behind the Cubs. During game on May 8, Big Jeff Pfeffer of the Boston Doves threw a no-hitter against the Reds.
The team played better ball over the next few weeks, going 18β14 in their next thirty-two games, however, they still sat in fifth place with a 28β34 record, 19 game behind the Cubs. A slump of 5β17 during the next twenty-two games saw the Reds sink to seventh place, 29.5 games behind the Cubs with a 33β51 record. Cincinnati then played just under .500 baseball for the rest of the year, going 33β36 in their last sixty-nine games, to finish the season with a 66β87 record, good for sixth place for the second straight season, as they were 41.5 games behind the pennant winning Cubs.
Mitchell had a solid rookie season, leading Cincinnati with a .292 batting average with a team high 163 hits. Mitchell also hit three homers, and drove in 47 runners. McLean batted .289 with no homers and 54 RBI, while Ganzel hit .254 with two home runs and a team best 64 RBI.
On the mound, Bob Ewing had a great year, despite posting record of 17β19, as he led the staff with a 1.73 ERA in 41 games, starting 37 of them, while throwing 32 complete games. Coakley tied Ewing in wins, as he was 17β16, while posting a 2.34 ERA in 37 games.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 107 | 45 | .704 | β | 54β19 | 53β26 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 91 | 63 | .591 | 17 | 47β29 | 44β34 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 64 | .565 | 21Β½ | 45β30 | 38β34 |
New York Giants | 82 | 71 | .536 | 25Β½ | 45β30 | 37β41 |
Brooklyn Superbas | 65 | 83 | .439 | 40 | 37β38 | 28β45 |
Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 87 | .431 | 41Β½ | 43β36 | 23β51 |
Boston Doves | 58 | 90 | .392 | 47 | 31β42 | 27β48 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 52 | 101 | .340 | 55Β½ | 31β47 | 21β54 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | β | 12β7β2 | 5β17 | 9β13 | 9β13 | 8β11β1 | 9β13β1 | 6β16 | |||||
Brooklyn | 7β12β2 | β | 5β15β1 | 15β7β1 | 10β12β1 | 8β13 | 6β16 | 14β8 | |||||
Chicago | 17β5 | 15β5β1 | β | 17β5 | 16β6 | 14β8 | 12β10β1 | 16β6β1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13β9 | 7β15β1 | 5β17 | β | 9β13β1 | 8β13 | 10β12β1 | 14β8 | |||||
New York | 13β9 | 12β10β1 | 6β16 | 13β9β1 | β | 11β10 | 10β12 | 17β5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11β8β1 | 13β8 | 8β14 | 13β8 | 10β11 | β | 14β8 | 14β7β1 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13β9β1 | 16β6 | 10β12β1 | 12β10β1 | 12β10 | 8β14 | β | 20β2 | |||||
St. Louis | 16β6 | 8β14 | 6β16β1 | 8β14 | 5β17 | 7β14β1 | 2β20 | β |
Rosterβ»
1907 Cincinnati Reds | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders
Other batters |
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 |
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C | Larry McLean | 113 | 374 | 108 | .289 | 0 | 54 |
1B | John Ganzel | 145 | 531 | 135 | .254 | 2 | 64 |
2B | Miller Huggins | 156 | 561 | 139 | .248 | 1 | 31 |
SS | Hans Lobert | 148 | 537 | 132 | .246 | 1 | 41 |
3B | Mike Mowrey | 138 | 448 | 113 | .252 | 1 | 44 |
OF | Art Kruger | 100 | 317 | 74 | .233 | 0 | 28 |
OF | Fred Odwell | 94 | 274 | 74 | .270 | 0 | 24 |
OF | Mike Mitchell | 148 | 558 | 163 | .292 | 3 | 47 |
Other battersβ»
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 |
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Lefty Davis | 73 | 266 | 61 | .229 | 1 | 25 |
John Kane | 79 | 262 | 65 | .248 | 3 | 19 |
Admiral Schlei | 84 | 246 | 67 | .272 | 0 | 27 |
Dode Paskert | 16 | 50 | 14 | .280 | 1 | 8 |
Mike O'Neill | 9 | 29 | 2 | .069 | 0 | 2 |
Chick Autry | 7 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Wolter | 4 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
Bill McCarthy | 3 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Lamer | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Tiemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Ewing | 41 | 332.2 | 17 | 19 | 1.73 | 147 |
Andy Coakley | 37 | 265.1 | 17 | 16 | 2.34 | 89 |
Jake Weimer | 29 | 209.0 | 11 | 14 | 2.41 | 67 |
Roy Hitt | 21 | 153.1 | 6 | 10 | 3.40 | 63 |
Bob Spade | 3 | 27.0 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 | 7 |
Billy Campbell | 3 | 21.0 | 3 | 0 | 2.14 | 4 |
Cotton Minahan | 2 | 14.0 | 0 | 2 | 1.29 | 4 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Del Mason | 25 | 146.0 | 5 | 12 | 3.14 | 45 |
Fred Smith | 18 | 85.1 | 2 | 7 | 2.85 | 19 |
Charley Hall | 11 | 68.0 | 4 | 2 | 2.51 | 25 |
Bill Essick | 3 | 21.2 | 0 | 2 | 2.91 | 7 |
Frank Leary | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.13 | 4 |