Baseball Teams - National League Central
Cincinnati Reds
| Team's name: Cincinnatti Reds League: National League Division: Central  Location: Cincinnatti, Ohio Nickname: The Reds, The Redlegs Mascot: Gapper Team Colours: Red and white Joined the League: 1890 Team's President: Robert Castellini Baseball Manager: Dusty Baker Baseball Field: Great American Ball Park Current Capacity: 42,059 First Year of Baseball: 1869 League Titles: NL Pennants: 1919, ’39, ’40, ’61, ’70, ’72, ’75, ’76, ’90 AA Pennants: 1882 Central Div: 1995 West Div: 1970, ’72, ’73, ’75, ’76, ’79, ’90 World Series: 1919, ’40, ’75, ’76, ’90 |
The Cincinnati Reds are based in Ohio and are members of the Central Division of the National League. The franchise was first established in 1866 as an amateur club and was originally called the Cincinnati Red Stockings, or the Reds for short. In 1876, the team became one of the National League’s charter members.
It would take decades for the Reds to find professional success, but finally, in 1919, the team would claim its first World Series title against the Chicago White Sox. Rumors abounded that some Reds players had “thrown” the series, but the franchise continues to claim the title. The not-so-sweet victory was also a short one; the Depression bankrupted the team, and the Reds would not see a title for at least twenty years, until the late 1930s. The team managed a NL pennant in 1939. The Reds were able to defend their pennant the next year, and then went on to capture the World Series for the second time, defeating the Detroit Tigers.
During the same decade, Cincinnati pitcher Johnny Vander Meer became the only pitcher in major league history to throw back-to-back no hitters.
In the next decades, the Reds would slide back to second division – the team was primarily composed of aging veterans and unready fledglings. In the 1960s, the team’s farming system began to pay off, and in the 1970s the team returned to respectability. In 1970, the team moved from its traditional stadium, Crosley Field, to the new Riverfront Stadium. The Reds gained the pennant that year but lost to the Orioles in the World Series. The rest of the decade brought much of the same success – with the exception of 1971, the team’s only losing season for the entire decade.
The Reds won the World Series twice in a row, with a powerful lineup that dominated first the Boston Red Sox in 1975 and then the New York Yankees in 1976.
The next few decades saw the Reds’ success rise and fall – the team would again claim the NL pennant and the World Series in 1990 – but the 2000s have proven a turbulent decade for the team. Manager Jack McKeon was fired in 2000 after a change in team ownership, and for years afterward the team would compile one losing record after another.
In 2003, the Riverfront Stadium was closed, and the Great American Ball Park opened its doors. The change drew crowds, but with strong hitting and poor pitching, the Reds continued with sub .500 seasons.
In 2007, manager Jerry Narron was fired and eventually replaced by the current manager, Dusty Baker. 2008 brought a return to the same old, and the Reds finished the season at 74-88 with a winning percentage of .457, leaving them fifth in their division. The team has failed to claim a winning season since 1999.
Some hope that the farming system, revamped by Wayne Krivsky, will bring the Reds back to their feet.
Cincinnati Reds 2010 Roster
| Pitchers | |||||||
| NO. | NAME | POS | BAT | THW | AGE | HT | WT |
| 81 | Jon Adkins | RP | L | R | 32 | 6-1 | 204 |
| 79 | Jose Arredondo | SP | R | R | 26 | 6-0 | 175 |
| 61 | Bronson Arroyo | SP | R | R | 33 | 6-4 | 194 |
| 34 | Homer Bailey | SP | R | R | 23 | 6-3 | 210 |
| 45 | Bill Bray | RP | L | L | 26 | 6-3 | 221 |
| 51 | Jared Burton | RP | R | R | 28 | 6-5 | 228 |
| 54 | Aroldis Chapman | SP | L | L | 22 | 6-4 | 185 |
| 48 | Francisco Cordero | RP | R | R | 34 | 6-3 | 238 |
| 47 | Johnny Cueto | SP | R | R | 24 | 5-10 | 211 |
| 65 | Enerio Del Rosario | RP | R | R | 24 | 6-2 | 165 |
| 46 | Carlos Fisher | RP | R | R | 27 | 6-4 | 225 |
| 39 | Aaron Harang | SP | R | R | 31 | 6-7 | 261 |
| 52 | Danny Herrera | RP | L | L | 25 | 5-6 | 165 |
| 76 | Mike Leake | SP | R | R | 22 | 6-1 | 190 |
| 63 | Sam LeCure | SP | R | R | 25 | 6-1 | 205 |
| 62 | Justin Lehr | SP | R | R | 32 | 6-2 | 205 |
| 57 | Mike Lincoln | RP | R | R | 34 | 6-2 | 208 |
| 56 | Matt Maloney | SP | L | L | 26 | 6-4 | 220 |
| 40 | Nick Masset | RP | R | R | 27 | 6-4 | 235 |
| 66 | Logan Ondrusek | RP | R | R | 25 | 6-7 | 207 |
| 33 | Micah Owings | SP | R | R | 27 | 6-5 | 230 |
| 53 | Arthur Rhodes | RP | L | L | 40 | 6-2 | 220 |
| 69 | Alexander Smit | SP | L | L | 24 | 6-3 | 217 |
| 67 | Jordan Smith | SP | R | R | 24 | 6-4 | 220 |
| 68 | Philippe Valiquette | RP | L | L | 23 | 6-1 | 205 |
| 50 | Pedro Viola | RP | R | L | 26 | 6-1 | 185 |
| 36 | Edinson Volquez DL | SP | R | R | 26 | 6-0 | 210 |
| 16 | Sean Watson | P | R | R | 24 | 6-2 | 215 |
| 38 | Kip Wells | RP | R | R | 32 | 6-3 | 205 |
| 71 | Travis Wood | SP | R | L | 23 | 5-11 | 163 |
| Catchers | |||||||
| NO. | NAME | POS | BAT | THW | AGE | HT | WT |
| 26 | Wilkin Castillo | C | B | R | 25 | 6-0 | 200 |
| 75 | Chris Denove | C | R | R | 27 | 6-1 | 214 |
| 29 | Ryan Hanigan | C | R | R | 29 | 6-0 | 201 |
| 55 | Ramon Hernandez | C | R | R | 33 | 6-0 | 225 |
| 78 | Devin Mesoraco | C | R | R | 21 | 6-1 | 220 |
| 37 | Corky Miller | C | R | R | 33 | 6-1 | 245 |
| 74 | Brandon Yarbrough | C | L | R | 25 | 6-2 | 180 |
| Infielders | |||||||
| NO. | NAME | POS | BAT | THW | AGE | HT | WT |
| 77 | Yonder Alonso | 1B | L | R | 22 | 6-2 | 215 |
| 16 | Chris Burke | 2B | R | R | 30 | 5-11 | 195 |
| 2 | Orlando Cabrera | SS | R | R | 35 | 5-9 | 185 |
| 43 | Miguel Cairo | 2B | R | R | 35 | 6-1 | 224 |
| 73 | Zack Cozart | SS | R | R | 24 | 6-0 | 196 |
| 64 | Juan Francisco | 3B | L | R | 22 | 6-2 | 180 |
| 70 | Todd Frazier | SS | R | R | 24 | 6-3 | 220 |
| 7 | Paul Janish | SS | R | R | 27 | 6-2 | 193 |
| 3 | Aaron Miles | 2B | B | R | 33 | 5-8 | 180 |
| 4 | Brandon Phillips | 2B | R | R | 28 | 6-0 | 200 |
| 27 | Scott Rolen | 3B | R | R | 34 | 6-4 | 250 |
| 15 | Drew Sutton | SS | B | R | 26 | 6-3 | 200 |
| 60 | Chris Valaika | SS | R | R | 24 | 6-0 | 215 |
| 19 | Joey Votto | 1B | L | R | 26 | 6-3 | 229 |
| Outfielders | |||||||
| NO. | NAME | POS | BAT | THW | AGE | HT | WT |
| 58 | Josh Anderson | CF | L | R | 27 | 6-2 | 195 |
| 25 | Wladimir Balentien | LF | R | R | 25 | 6-2 | 218 |
| 32 | Jay Bruce | RF | L | L | 22 | 6-3 | 225 |
| 21 | Chris Dickerson | LF | L | L | 27 | 6-3 | 228 |
| 80 | Danny Dorn | LF | L | L | 25 | 6-2 | 205 |
| 31 | Jonny Gomes | LF | R | R | 29 | 6-1 | 225 |
| 28 | Chris Heisey | CF | R | R | 25 | 6-0 | 215 |
| 17 | Laynce Nix | LF | L | L | 29 | 6-1 | 220 |
| 6 | Drew Stubbs | CF | R | R | 25 | 6-4 | 205 |
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