1979 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 102-60
Finish: 1st in NL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 778
Runs Allowed: 565
Exp W-L: 104-58
 
Ballpark: Riverfront Stadium
Attendance: 3,555,949
Manager: Jason Ortlepp

Statistics / Schedule

 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-1 over California Angels
Won NL League Series 4-2 over Philadelphia Phillies
Won Division Series 3-0 over Pittsburgh Pirates
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Rod Carew 33 162 668 96 218 33 14 4 81 50 36 50 30 .326 .378 .436 .814 102.2 23.8 4.0
DH  George Foster 30 162 611 113 177 36 4 47 164 12 6 73 83 .290 .368 .592 .961 122.8 36.8 5.0
RF #Miguel Dilone 24 159 620 103 187 22 1 6 60 92 14 48 80 .302 .350 .369 .720 91.8 22.5 4.5
SS  Paul Molitor 22 155 610 80 177 33 5 7 73 41 25 32 54 .290 .328 .395 .723 73.8 14.8 9.5
C #Butch Wynegar 23 157 557 77 144 20 1 11 75 11 4 75 45 .259 .345 .357 .702 72.4 16.2 5.6
LF  Dusty Baker 30 152 570 90 165 27 1 21 94 6 1 60 67 .289 .359 .451 .810 90.7 22.3 6.9
SS  Robin Yount 23 118 429 59 111 23 3 2 37 15 6 37 30 .259 .320 .340 .660 47.4 7.3 11.7
3B  Ron Cey 31 126 301 43 79 9 4 8 34 2 2 32 64 .262 .328 .399 .727 39.9 4.9 0.5
LF *Cesar Geronimo 31 112 162 28 40 1 1 5 22 10 2 12 18 .247 .299 .358 .657 17.8 2.5 0.9
P  Tom Seaver 34 41 116 7 16 2 0 0 8 2 4 2 49 .138 .153 .155 .308 -0.8 0.0 0.0
2B  Fred Stanley 31 84 111 10 20 4 0 0 18 0 2 18 16 .180 .292 .216 .509 7.7 0.8 2.3
P  Rawly Eastwick 28 42 109 12 24 2 0 0 14 2 2 2 44 .220 .230 .239 .469 5.5 0.0 0.0
P *Ken Brett 30 39 106 3 9 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 47 .085 .083 .094 .178 -3.3 0.0 0.0
DH #Bob Stinson 33 90 96 18 28 7 0 3 19 1 0 11 11 .292 .366 .458 .824 16.0 4.7 0.3
P  Paul Moskau 25 35 80 10 7 2 0 1 3 0 0 6 34 .088 .151 .150 .301 0.3 0.0 0.0
LF  Ed Armbrister 30 30 34 5 9 1 1 0 5 0 0 4 11 .265 .342 .353 .695 4.0 0.9 0.1
P  Jim Bibby 34 17 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.9 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Hume 26 33 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Manny Sarmiento 23 54 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Jeff Holly 26 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Pedro Borbon 32 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Johnson 28 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Caldwell 30 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.6 1876 5225 754 1411 223 35 115 712 247 104 462 708 .270 .330 .392 .723 683.9 157.7 51.2
  Rank among 12 NL teams 12 2 3 10 7 5 1 1 12 9 4 1 1 1 1 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Tom Seaver 34 30 10 .750 41 41 0 347.0 227 74 11 81 280 1.92 33.2
 Rawly Eastwick 28 17 13 .567 42 42 0 308.0 288 126 25 85 147 3.68 13.5
*Ken Brett 30 18 9 .667 39 39 0 292.7 226 94 36 70 145 2.89 18.4
 Paul Moskau 25 15 13 .536 35 35 0 249.0 237 108 15 86 148 3.90 8.3
 Jim Bibby 34 3 6 .333 17 11 0 64.7 78 48 6 32 34 6.68 0.0
 Manny Sarmiento 23 3 5 .375 54 0 34 51.0 39 18 2 24 32 3.18 8.1
 Tom Hume 26 6 1 .857 33 0 0 44.3 41 18 2 12 17 3.65 2.6
 Tom Johnson 28 4 3 .571 41 0 0 40.0 39 12 2 11 18 2.70 3.7
*Jeff Holly 26 4 3 .571 33 1 1 39.7 39 14 2 9 25 3.18 2.8
 Pedro Borbon 32 4 0 1.000 31 0 0 39.3 45 10 1 11 15 2.29 3.6
 Ron Reed 36 1 1 .500 20 0 0 18.7 13 5 0 7 8 2.41 2.1
*Mike Caldwell 30 0 0 .000 3 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.6
*Doug Capilla 27 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.1
Team Totals 29.2 105 64 .621 390 169 35 1499.3 1276 527 102 429 869 3.16 97.0
Rank among 12 NL teams 1 1 11 1 2 2 7 4 3 3 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 32.8
B.Wynegar 1398.7 155 157 833 65 11 1 .988 34.8
B.Stinson 57.0 7 7 32 4 0 0 1.000 50.0
C.Geronimo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1456.7 162 165 865 69 11 1 .988 35.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.78
R.Carew 1456.7 162 162 1722 130 6 134 .997 11.44
Team Total 1456.7 162 162 1722 130 6 134 .997 11.44
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.85
P.Molitor 1355.0 152 152 306 532 24 108 .972 5.57
F.Stanley 101.7 10 15 22 46 0 6 1.000 6.02
Team Total 1456.7 162 167 328 578 24 114 .974 5.60
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.18
R.Cey 707.7 78 104 48 152 11 14 .948 2.54
F.Stanley 71.7 3 21 6 27 0 2 1.000 4.14
B.Stinson 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
P.Molitor 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 783.3 81 127 55 180 11 16 .955 2.70
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 4.98
R.Yount 992.0 114 118 149 458 24 81 .962 5.51
F.Stanley 122.3 7 41 16 49 3 9 .956 4.78
M.Dilone 11.0 0 2 2 4 1 0 .857 4.91
B.Stinson 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
P.Molitor 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1131.3 121 165 169 511 28 90 .960 5.41
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 1.97
M.Dilone 1277.7 158 158 295 6 18 0 .944 2.12
C.Geronimo 166.0 3 75 33 0 2 0 .943 1.79
E.Armbrister 12.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
G.Foster 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 237 329 6 20 0 .944 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.62
D.Baker 1315.0 148 152 389 4 3 1 .992 2.69
C.Geronimo 58.0 7 10 21 0 0 0 1.000 3.26
E.Armbrister 27.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33
Team Total 1400.0 158 165 414 4 3 1 .993 2.69
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 1.98
G.Foster 1412.0 158 161 302 7 4 2 .987 1.97
C.Geronimo 35.7 4 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.51
E.Armbrister 7.7 0 4 2 0 1 0 .667 2.35
R.Cey 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 174 310 7 5 2 .984 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.01
T.Seaver 347.0 41 41 17 45 2 1 .969 1.61
R.Eastwick 308.0 42 42 14 40 1 2 .982 1.58
K.Brett 292.7 39 39 17 35 0 2 1.000 1.60
P.Moskau 249.0 35 35 20 38 2 3 .967 2.10
J.Bibby 64.7 11 17 3 8 2 0 .846 1.53
M.Sarmiento 51.0 0 54 7 5 0 0 1.000 2.12
T.Hume 44.3 0 33 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.64
T.Johnson 40.0 0 41 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.25
J.Holly 39.7 1 33 0 8 0 0 1.000 1.82
P.Borbon 39.3 0 31 6 5 0 0 1.000 2.52
R.Reed 18.7 0 20 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.45
M.Caldwell 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Capilla 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1499.3 169 390 90 205 7 10 .977 1.77
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Carew .326
On-Base Pct Carew .378
Slugging Pct Foster .592
OPS Foster .961
XR Foster 122.8
Games Carew, Foster 162
At-Bats Carew 668
Runs Foster 113
Hits Carew 218
Total Bases Foster 362
Singles Carew 167
Doubles Foster 36
Triples Carew 14
Homeruns Foster 47
RBIs Foster 164
Stolen Bases Dilone 92
Caught Stealing Carew 36
Walks Wynegar 75
Strikeouts Foster 83
ERA Seaver 1.92
Wins Seaver 30
Losses Eastwick, Moskau 13
Winning Pct Seaver .750
Saves Sarmiento 34
Games Pitched Sarmiento 54
Games Started Eastwick 42
Complete Games Seaver 29
Shutouts Seaver 9
Innings Pitched Seaver 347.0
Hits Allowed Eastwick 288
Homeruns Allowed Brett 36
Strikeouts Seaver 280
Walks Allowed Moskau 86
Walks per 9IP Seaver 2.1
Hits per 9IP Seaver 5.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Seaver 7.3
WHiP Seaver 0.89
OAVG Seaver .184
OOBP Seaver .239
OSLG Seaver .265
OOPS Seaver .504
Team All-Stars
Rod Carew
George Foster
Paul Molitor
Tom Seaver
Player Salaries
Tom Seaver $ 12,500,000
George Foster $ 7,000,000
Jim Bibby $ 7,000,000
Rod Carew $ 7,000,000
Ron Reed $ 6,840,000
Pedro Borbon $ 5,000,000
Ken Brett $ 4,500,000
Dusty Baker $ 4,040,000
Tom Johnson $ 2,500,000
Ron Cey $ 2,500,000
Mike Caldwell $ 2,280,000
Rawly Eastwick $ 2,100,000
Manny Sarmiento $ 2,050,000
Doug Capilla $ 1,537,500
Cesar Geronimo $ 1,485,000
Bob Stinson $ 1,485,000
Paul Moskau $ 1,283,750
Mike Cubbage $ 1,250,000
Robin Yount $ 1,025,000
Billy North $ 1,000,000
Gary Nolan $ 795,000
Fred Stanley $ 795,000
Butch Wynegar $ 412,000
Ed Armbrister $ 300,000
Miguel Dilone $ 300,000
Tom Hume $ 300,000
Paul Molitor $ 300,000
Jeff Holly $ 300,000
Rick Auerbach $ 221,000
 
Player Transactions
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