Pre-WWII Cincinnati Reds

[muskiesfan]

Darren- Thanks man! It's nice to be in on a vintage board. I have 2 incoming, I'll post names once I have them in hand. I never like to count a card until I actually have it.

Jon- Thank you. As new cards come in, I will make sure to use the pick-up thread as well.

[Leon]

Welcome to the board, Joe. Glad to have you posting. My only 19th Century card in my collection is a Reds one...........

[muskiesfan]

Thank you for the welcome, Leon. That is a gorgeous card. I would love to have something like that in my Reds collection. Very nice.

[Fred]

Joe,

Bid McPhee (N172) and tight budget are usually not used in the same sentence. The Mullane (N172) isn't that bad. I'm not sure what you're going to do for Will White.

Can you provide the entire list of players on your "All Reds" team? It sounds like a fun project.

Along the way you may get side tracked and really like a particular card set and start collecting your "All Reds" team and "that" card set. It's just a natural hazard of collecting card board. Good luck with the endeavor.

[peterose4hof]

Joe, I too am a lifelong Reds fan and I have been collecting Reds pre & post-war cards for many years now. I think your project sounds like an awesome idea.

Would you mind sharing your list of the Reds all-time greats? How did you narrow it down? What was your criteria for the list?

[muskiesfan]

Fred- True enough. I found a couple of McPhee prices and I may never own that one. I appreciate all of the information. This site has such a wealth of knowledge when it comes to vintage that I am sure it will be a great resource.

Chris- Very cool. I am excited about the project. I used a few different things. I used OPS+ for position players and ERA+ for pitchers. I looked at WAR and OBP. Then I just looked over their stats as a whole. Players had to have a minimum of 5 years with Cincinnati.

Here is the list I made:

C- Ernie Lombardi (1932-1942)
1B- Frank McCormick (1934-1945)
2B- Bid McPhee (1882-1899)
SS- Tommy Corcoran (1897-1906)
3B- Heinie Groh (1913-1921)
LF- Bob Bescher (1908-1913)
CF- Edd Roush (1917-1926)
RF- Ival Goodman (1935-1942)

Starting Pitchers
Eppa Rixey (LH) (1921-1933)
Adolfo Luque (RH) (1918-1929)
Bucky Walters (RH) (1938-1948)
Noodles Hahn (LH) (1899-1905)
Tony Mullane (RH) (1886-1893)

Pitchers
Paul Derringer (RH) (1933-1942)
Pete Donohue (RH) (1921-1930)
Johnny Vander Meer (LH) (1937-1949)
Red Lucas (RH) (1926-1933)
Will White (RH) (1882-1886)
Bob Ewing (RH) (1902-1909)
Frank Dwyer (RH) (1892-1899)

Bench
C- Bubbles Hargrave (1921-1928)
1B- John Reilly (1883-1891)
2B/SS- Hughie Critz (1924-1930)
2B/SS- Lonny Frey (1938-1946)
3B- Arlie Latham (1890-1895)
LF- Rube Bressler (1917-1927)
CF- Cy Seymour (1902-1906)
RF- Curt Walker (1924-1930)


The years are the years they played for Cincinnati. I'm sure that there are others who would have a different list and that's fine, but this is what I came up with and I think its a solid list.

[fkw]

Originally Posted by Leon

Welcome to the board, Joe. Glad to have you posting. My only 19th Century card in my collection is a Reds one...........

Welcome


1869-1942 Reds.... Leon's team card would be the earliest Reds, here is the latest Reds Team

[muskiesfan]

Thank you, Frank. That is a very nice card as well.

[teetwoohsix]

Hi Joe-

Just want to say welcome and good luck with your project !!!

Sincerely, Clayton

[Robextend]

Sounds like a great project...keep us posted!

[smtjoy]

Welcome aboard and very cool project, looking forward to your progress!