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1979 Cincinnati Reds  (1978)  (1980) 96-66, 1st in NL Western Division Scored 758 runs, Allowed 642 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .715 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 100 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 86-76   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 90-71 Manager(s): Alan Boodman Defeated New York Mets in Championship Series, 3 games to 2. Lost to Boston Red Sox in World Series, 4 games to 1.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos	Batting Splits     Pitching Splits
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 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  George Foster        30  131  474   98  154  26   3  36   87   0   0   46  117  .325  .392  .620  116   9.5  4(+1)e6    65  
 3B  Ray Knight           26  148  568   77  185  46   2  14   83   2   4   41   54  .326  .372  .488   94   6.2  2e17       46  
 SS  Dave Concepcion      31  155  603   79  165  23   5  23   94  12   4   52   72  .274  .329  .443   85   4.9  1e30        8  
 1B *Dan Driessen         27  148  504   73  133  23   3  22   75   7   1   62   71  .264  .343  .452   80   5.6  2e11       52  
 OF #Dave Collins         26  110  369   58  113  17   6   2   32  18   8   34   48  .306  .367  .401   55   5.4  4(+2)e8     3  
 OF *Ken Griffey          29  121  367   54  108  15   3   4   45  14   2   45   34  .294  .369  .384   54   5.3  3(0)e5    -92  
 C   John Stearns         27  141  510   55  120  28   1   7   50  12   5   50   60  .235  .308  .335   52   3.4  3(0)e8    -24  
 OF *Joe Simpson          27  104  234   32   68  13   0   7   22  11   2   16   26  .291  .335  .436   34   5.4  2(-1)e14  112  
 1B  Lee May              36   63  164   29   51  10   0  11   32   0   0    7   41  .311  .335  .573   31   7.2  4e30      200  
 OF *Cesar Geronimo       31  113  298   33   68   9   2   4   29   1   1   31   43  .228  .302  .312   28   3.2  2(-4)e3   -41  
 2B *Joe Morgan           35   76  247   37   50  14   1   1   23  10   1   46   22  .202  .327  .279   26   3.5  2e17     -150  
 2B  Junior Kennedy       28   73  213   28   50   8   0   1   21   3   0   27   28  .235  .320  .286   22   3.6  3e17      -67  
 C   Ron Pruitt           27   51  156   18   46   9   0   1   17   2   0   21   26  .295  .376  .372   21   5.0  4(+2)e3    32  
 OF  Charlie Spikes       28   26   54   11   21   2   0   5   16   0   0    2   16  .389  .421  .704   16  13.4  4(+2)e25  352  
 2B  Joe Strain           25   39  131   18   35  10   0   3   22   3   1    3   11  .267  .284  .412   15   4.0  3e16      119  
 OF  Lee Lacy             31   48  114   16   27   3   1   3   13   5   0   17   17  .237  .336  .360   15   4.5  5(-2)e9   -43  
 2B  Bobby Valentine      29   46   87    9   26   7   0   0   10   0   1   12    8  .299  .384  .379   12   5.2  4e21       21  
 OF *Tom Poquette         27   45   78   10   26   4   0   1    9   2   3    5    6  .333  .376  .423   12   5.9  2(-1)e16   62  
 1B  Arturo DeFreitas     26    4    7    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .571  .571  .714    2  25.7  4e28      821  
 3B *Harry Spilman        24    4   10    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .300  .417  .300    1   5.7  4e37      126  
 C   Bo Diaz              26    4   12    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .167  .167  .167    0    .9  3(-1)e16  -91  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           781                   14

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Milt Wilcox          29  16   5  .762  31  26   6   3   0   0   3  188.2  167   68   59  13   67  117  2.81   80   3.8  -90  
  P  Dave Frost           26  15   7  .682  31  30   7   1   0   0   4  221.2  185   84   80  14   70  130  3.25   80   3.2  -75  
  P  Mark Clear           23  14   9  .609  64   0   0  32   8   5   0   95.0   77   51   46  10   60   90  4.36   47   4.4   27  
  P  Mike LaCoss          23  13   7  .650  30  29   5   0   0   0   3  196.0  200   82   71  14   57   80  3.26   88   4.0  -30  
  P  Tom Seaver           34  11   6  .647  31  31   5   0   0   0   2  226.2  190   92   73  19   67  122  2.90   89   3.5  -18  
  P  Tom Hume             26   9   6  .600  57   8   0  25   4   2   0  132.1  134   51   47   8   24   70  3.20   58   3.9  -26  
  P  Dave Goltz           30   9  11  .450  29  26   1   0   0   0   1  179.2  193  103   99  16   54  115  4.96   93   4.6  -58  
  P  Frank Pastore        21   5   5  .500  30   7   2  15   2   2   1   86.0   80   31   29   7   18   59  3.03   31   3.3 -104  
  P *Joe Sambito          27   4   4  .500  65   0   0  51  26  10   0   82.2   75   43   43  21   27   68  4.68   41   4.5  128  
  P  Mario Soto           22   0   1  .000  13   0   0   4   0   2   0   18.1   16    8    7   1   11   18  3.44    8   3.7  -32  
  P  Paul Moskau          25   0   1  .000   1   1   0   0   0   0   0    2.2    7    6    6   1    1    1 20.25    6  22.4  722  
  P  Manny Sarmiento      23   0   1  .000   6   0   0   2   0   0   0   10.0   14    6    6   1    2    8  5.40    7   7.0  106  
  P *Phil Nastu           24   0   3  .000  10   4   0   3   0   0   0   27.1   29   17   16  11    6   18  5.27   18   6.0   98  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      652        -32

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- John Stearns 1178 128 138 798 76 10 4 .989 117 42 Ron Pruitt 261 31 32 168 16 1 0 .995 32 9 Bo Diaz 27 3 4 16 3 0 0 1.000 3 3 Bobby Valentine 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dan Driessen 1166 123 143 1132 103 7 112 .994 9.53 Lee May 279 37 38 298 24 6 25 .982 10.39 Arturo DeFreitas 9 1 1 12 1 0 1 1.000 13.00 Harry Spilman 8 1 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.62 Dave Collins 5 0 2 3 0 1 0 .750 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Morgan* 709 76 87 229 215 6 56 .987 5.63 Joe Strain* 525 55 62 170 154 5 36 .985 5.55 Junior Kennedy 420 47 51 114 105 2 29 .991 4.70 Bobby Valentine 99 13 15 37 29 1 6 .985 5.98 Lee Lacy 26 3 4 8 5 0 1 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ray Knight 1316 146 148 130 233 13 23 .965 2.48 Junior Kennedy 48 5 6 4 11 1 2 .938 2.81 Bobby Valentine 34 4 4 4 9 1 0 .929 3.44 Ron Pruitt 33 3 5 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.91 Harry Spilman 18 2 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.50 John Stearns 18 2 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Concepcion 1381 151 155 238 546 29 94 .964 5.11 Junior Kennedy 49 6 6 12 20 2 2 .941 5.88 Bobby Valentine 37 5 5 7 15 0 2 1.000 5.35 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Foster 1066 128 128 160 3 11 1 .937 1.38 Joe Simpson 236 16 57 46 2 3 0 .941 1.83 Ron Pruitt 43 5 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 Cesar Geronimo 38 3 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.66 Dave Collins 26 3 3 7 0 1 0 .875 2.45 Charlie Spikes 20 3 3 6 0 1 0 .857 2.70 Lee Lacy 19 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 Tom Poquette 15 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 Ken Griffey 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Bobby Valentine 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Collins 718 90 91 206 8 2 1 .991 2.68 Cesar Geronimo 693 67 101 239 13 0 1 1.000 3.27 Joe Simpson 44 4 9 12 0 1 0 .923 2.45 Ken Griffey 12 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Griffey 841 92 97 186 4 0 1 1.000 2.03 Joe Simpson 223 23 29 45 1 2 0 .958 1.86 Lee Lacy 181 23 23 40 1 0 0 1.000 2.04 Tom Poquette 115 11 19 29 0 1 0 .967 2.27 Charlie Spikes 72 9 11 19 0 1 0 .950 2.39 Ron Pruitt 15 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 Dave Collins 13 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 Cesar Geronimo 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1979 Draft

Round 1 (#16):	Mark Clear
Round 2 (#35):	Lee Lacy
Round 3 (#54):	Tom Poquette
Round 4 (#72):	Charlie Spikes
Round 5 (#87):	Bobby Valentine
Round 6 (#103):	Joe Simpson
Round 7 (#117):	Lee May

Transactions

• 1979-01: traded Doc Medich to CHA for Bo Diaz
• 1979-15: traded Joe Morgan, Paul Moskau to SFN for Joe Strain, Phil Nastu
• 1979 postseason: released Dave Frost, Lee May, Charlie Spikes

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