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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1974 / 1976
108-54, Finished 1st in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sparky Anderson (108-54)
Scored 840 runs, Allowed 586 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 107-55
Ballparks: Riverfront Stadium · Attendance: 2,315,603 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101
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Won World Series (4-3) over Boston Red Sox Won NL Championship Series (3-0) over Pittsburgh Pirates |
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| Season Summary | 108-54, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 111 | last on Sunday, Sep 28, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 124 | last on Sep 28, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 20.5 | last on Monday, Sep 8, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 5.5 | last on Saturday, May 17, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 54 | last on Sunday, Sep 28 |
| Most Games under .500 | 2 | last on Thursday, Apr 17 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 10 | Friday, Jul 4 to Sunday, Jul 13 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 6 | Sunday, May 11 to Friday, May 16 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 11 | Friday, Jun 13, Sunday, Jul 20 and Tuesday, Sep 9 |
| Most Runs Scored | 18 | Friday, Jun 13 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 15 | Tuesday, Jul 1 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 5 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 8 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Monday, Apr 7 | boxscore | CIN | LAD | W | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Darcy | Hough | 3:23 | D | 52,526 | + | ||
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 9 | boxscore | CIN | LAD | W | 4 | 3 | 2-0 | 1 | up 0.5 | Borbon | Marshall | 2:40 | N | 15,554 | ++ | |||
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 10 | boxscore | CIN | LAD | W | 7 | 6 | 3-0 | 1 | up 1.0 | Carroll | Hough | 2:43 | N | 20,550 | +++ | |||
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 11 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SDP | L | 2 | 5 | 3-1 | 1 | up 1.0 | Spillner | Norman | 2:29 | N | 13,818 | - | ||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 12 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SDP | L | 2 | 3 | 3-2 | 1 | Tied | McIntosh | Nolan | Greif | 2:13 | N | 17,881 | -- | |
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 13 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SDP | W | 10 | 0 | 4-2 | 1 | up 0.5 | Gullett | Freisleben | 2:44 | D | 17,622 | + | ||
| 7 | 7 | Monday, Apr 14 | boxscore | CIN | @ | LAD | L | 2 | 5 | 4-3 | 1 | Tied | Rau | Billingham | Marshall | 2:22 | N | 45,502 | - | |
| 8 | 8 | Tuesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | CIN | @ | LAD | L | 1 | 3 | 4-4 | 2 | 1.0 | Sutton | Kirby | 2:05 | N | 31,663 | -- | ||
| 9 | 9 | Wednesday, Apr 16 | boxscore | CIN | @ | LAD | L | 6 | 7 | 4-5 | 5 | 1.0 | Marshall | Carroll | 3:06 | N | 36,578 | --- | ||
| 10 | 10 | Thursday, Apr 17 | boxscore | CIN | @ | LAD | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4-6 | 5 | 2.0 | Marshall | Carroll | 3:01 | D | 27,835 | ---- | |
| 11 | 11 | Friday, Apr 18 | boxscore | CIN | HOU | W | 5 | 2 | 5-6 | 5 | 1.5 | Gullett | Griffin | 2:03 | N | 36,485 | + | |||
| 12 | 12 | Saturday, Apr 19 | boxscore | CIN | HOU | W | 9 | 8 | 6-6 | 3 | 1.5 | Carroll | Forsch | 2:45 | D | 17,178 | ++ | |||
| 13 | 13 | Sunday, Apr 20 | boxscore | CIN | HOU | W | 5 | 3 | 7-6 | 5 | 1.0 | Carroll | Scherman | 2:38 | D | 0 | +++ | |||
| 14 | 14 | Sunday, Apr 20 | boxscore | CIN | HOU | L | 6 | 7 | 7-7 | 5 | 1.0 | Richard | Kirby | Granger | 2:38 | D | 35,150 | - | ||
| 15 | 15 | Monday, Apr 21 | boxscore | CIN | SFG | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7-8 | 5 | 2.0 | Lavelle | Borbon | 2:37 | N | 12,397 | -- | ||
| 16 | 16 | Tuesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | CIN | SFG | W | 5 | 4 | 8-8 | 5 | 2.0 | Kirby | Williams | 2:20 | D | 14,235 | + | |||
| 17 | 17 | Wednesday, Apr 23 | boxscore | CIN | @ | ATL | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8-9 | 5 | 3.0 | Reed | Gullett | 2:25 | N | 7,234 | - | |
| 18 | 18 | Thursday, Apr 24 | boxscore | CIN | @ | ATL | W | 11 | 3 | 9-9 | 5 | 2.0 | Billingham | Niekro | 2:40 | N | 8,266 | + | ||
| 19 | 19 | Friday, Apr 25 | boxscore | CIN | @ | HOU | L | 4 | 6 | 9-10 | 5 | 3.0 | Dierker | Darcy | Forsch | 2:39 | N | 11,162 | - | |
| 20 | 20 | Saturday, Apr 26 | boxscore | CIN | @ | HOU | W | 9 | 3 | 10-10 | 4 | 2.0 | Norman | Griffin | 2:32 | N | 14,889 | + | ||
| 21 | 21 | Sunday, Apr 27 | boxscore | CIN | @ | HOU | W | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11-10 | 4 | 1.5 | Borbon | Konieczny | 2:14 | D | 11,140 | ++ | |
| 22 | 22 | Tuesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SFG | L | 3 | 4 | 11-11 | 3 | 3.0 | Moffitt | Carroll | 2:57 | N | 4,609 | - | ||
| 23 | 23 | Wednesday, Apr 30 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SFG | W | 4 | 1 | 12-11 | 2 | 3.0 | Billingham | Barr | McEnaney | 2:16 | D | 4,340 | + | |
| 24 | 24 | Friday, May 2 | boxscore | CIN | ATL | L | 5 | 6 | 12-12 | 3 | 4.0 | Gentry | Kirby | House | 2:21 | N | 21,061 | - | ||
| 25 | 25 | Saturday, May 3 | boxscore | CIN | ATL | W | 6 | 1 | 13-12 | 2 | 3.0 | Nolan | Harrison | 2:09 | N | 27,091 | + | |||
| 26 | 26 | Sunday, May 4 | boxscore | CIN | ATL | W | 3 | 2 | 14-12 | 2 | 2.0 | Gullett | Niekro | Borbon | 2:18 | D | 51,030 | ++ | ||
| 27 | 27 | Tuesday, May 6 | boxscore | CIN | SDP | W | 7 | 3 | 15-12 | 2 | 2.5 | Billingham | Siebert | 2:31 | N | 11,933 | +++ | |||
| 28 | 28 | Wednesday, May 7 | boxscore | CIN | SDP | W | 10 | 2 | 16-12 | 2 | 2.5 | Norman | Spillner | Carroll | 2:29 | D | 16,931 | ++++ | ||
| 29 | 29 | Thursday, May 8 | boxscore | CIN | SDP | L | 0 | 3 | 16-13 | 2 | 3.0 | Jones | Nolan | 1:39 | N | 14,192 | - | |||
| 30 | 30 | Friday, May 9 | boxscore | CIN | @ | NYM | W | 4 | 3 | 17-13 | 2 | 2.0 | Gullett | Tate | Carroll | 2:34 | N | 21,731 | + | |
| 31 | 31 | Saturday, May 10 | boxscore | CIN | @ | NYM | W | 7 | 1 | 18-13 | 2 | 2.0 | Kirby | Webb | McEnaney | 2:30 | D | 21,405 | ++ | |
| 32 | 32 | Sunday, May 11 | boxscore | CIN | @ | NYM | L | 2 | 3 | 18-14 | 2 | 3.0 | Seaver | Billingham | 2:00 | D | 26,237 | - | ||
| 33 | 33 | Tuesday, May 13 | boxscore | CIN | @ | PHI | L | 0 | 4 | 18-15 | 2 | 4.5 | Underwood | Nolan | 2:12 | N | 11,634 | -- | ||
| 34 | 34 | Wednesday, May 14 | boxscore | CIN | @ | PHI | L | 0 | 4 | 18-16 | 2 | 4.5 | Carlton | Darcy | 2:16 | N | 30,908 | --- | ||
| 35 | 35 | Thursday, May 15 | boxscore | CIN | @ | PHI | L | 3 | 6 | 18-17 | 3 | 5.5 | McGraw | Gullett | 2:20 | N | 0 | ---- | ||
| 36 | 36 | Thursday, May 15 | boxscore | CIN | @ | PHI | L | 3 | 5 | 18-18 | 3 | 5.5 | Garber | Carroll | McGraw | 2:37 | N | 24,038 | ----- | |
| 37 | 37 | Friday, May 16 | boxscore | CIN | @ | MON | L | 2 | 4 | 18-19 | 3 | 5.5 | Blair | Billingham | Taylor | 2:17 | N | 11,136 | ------ | |
| 38 | 38 | Saturday, May 17 | boxscore | CIN | @ | MON | W | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19-19 | 2 | 5.5 | McEnaney | Montague | 3:00 | D | 18,142 | + | |
| 39 | 39 | Sunday, May 18 | boxscore | CIN | @ | MON | W | 6 | 1 | 20-19 | 2 | 4.5 | Nolan | McNally | 2:04 | D | 16,130 | ++ | ||
| 40 | 40 | Tuesday, May 20 | boxscore | CIN | NYM | L | 2 | 6 | 20-20 | 2 | 5.0 | Koosman | Gullett | Apodaca | 2:39 | N | 16,845 | - | ||
| 41 | 41 | Wednesday, May 21 | boxscore | CIN | NYM | W | 11 | 4 | 21-20 | 2 | 5.0 | Billingham | Seaver | 2:22 | N | 16,072 | + | |||
| 42 | 42 | Friday, May 23 | boxscore | CIN | PHI | W | 5 | 2 | 22-20 | 2 | 4.5 | Nolan | Christenson | Carroll | 2:05 | N | 36,197 | ++ | ||
| 43 | 43 | Saturday, May 24 | boxscore | CIN | PHI | W | 3 | 2 | 11 | 23-20 | 2 | 3.5 | Carroll | McGraw | 3:20 | N | 36,165 | +++ | ||
| 44 | 44 | Sunday, May 25 | boxscore | CIN | PHI | W | 4 | 3 | 24-20 | 2 | 3.5 | Kirby | Lonborg | Eastwick | 2:29 | D | 25,726 | ++++ | ||
| 45 | 45 | Monday, May 26 | boxscore | CIN | MON | W | 4 | 3 | 25-20 | 2 | 2.0 | Carroll | Fryman | McEnaney | 2:31 | D | 0 | +++++ | ||
| 46 | 46 | Monday, May 26 | boxscore | CIN | MON | W | 5 | 4 | 26-20 | 2 | 2.0 | Gullett | Renko | Eastwick | 2:24 | D | 25,034 | ++++++ | ||
| 47 | 47 | Wednesday, May 28 | boxscore | CIN | MON | W | 6 | 0 | 27-20 | 2 | 1.5 | Nolan | Blair | 2:00 | N | 16,480 | +++++++ | |||
| 48 | 48 | Friday, May 30 | boxscore | CIN | @ | STL | L | 4 | 5 | 27-21 | 2 | 2.5 | Hrabosky | Eastwick | 2:19 | N | 21,930 | - | ||
| 49 | 49 | Saturday, May 31 | boxscore | CIN | @ | STL | W | 6 | 0 | 28-21 | 2 | 1.5 | Gullett | Gibson | 2:09 | N | 28,475 | + | ||
| 50 | 50 | Sunday, Jun 1 | boxscore | CIN | @ | STL | W | 5 | 1 | 29-21 | 2 | 0.5 | Billingham | Forsch | 2:02 | D | 25,231 | ++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Tuesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | CIN | @ | PIT | W | 8 | 4 | 30-21 | 1 | Tied | Nolan | Moose | 2:26 | N | 9,438 | +++ | ||
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, Jun 4 | boxscore | CIN | @ | PIT | L | 1 | 2 | 30-22 | 2 | 1.0 | Reuss | Norman | Hernandez | 2:25 | N | 13,754 | - | |
| 53 | 53 | Friday, Jun 6 | boxscore | CIN | CHC | W | 5 | 1 | 31-22 | 2 | 1.0 | Gullett | Bonham | 2:35 | N | 38,030 | + | |||
| 54 | 54 | Saturday, Jun 7 | boxscore | CIN | CHC | W | 8 | 1 | 32-22 | 1 | Tied | Billingham | Burris | 2:28 | N | 47,340 | ++ | |||
| 55 | 55 | Sunday, Jun 8 | boxscore | CIN | CHC | W | 2 | 1 | 33-22 | 1 | up 1.5 | Nolan | Reuschel | 2:01 | D | 0 | +++ | |||
| 56 | 56 | Sunday, Jun 8 | boxscore | CIN | CHC | W | 8 | 5 | 34-22 | 1 | up 1.5 | Borbon | Zahn | McEnaney | 2:47 | D | 50,311 | ++++ | ||
| 57 | 57 | Monday, Jun 9 | boxscore | CIN | PIT | L | 2 | 9 | 34-23 | 1 | up 0.5 | Reuss | Norman | 2:08 | N | 22,555 | - | |||
| 58 | 58 | Tuesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | CIN | PIT | L | 5 | 9 | 34-24 | 1 | up 0.5 | McDowell | Darcy | Hernandez | 2:45 | N | 19,107 | -- | ||
| 59 | 59 | Wednesday, Jun 11 | boxscore | CIN | STL | W | 3 | 1 | 35-24 | 1 | up 1.5 | Gullett | Forsch | 2:11 | N | 22,103 | + | |||
| 60 | 60 | Thursday, Jun 12 | boxscore | CIN | STL | W | 10 | 1 | 36-24 | 1 | up 2.5 | Nolan | McGlothen | 2:19 | N | 24,512 | ++ | |||
| 61 | 61 | Friday, Jun 13 | boxscore | CIN | @ | CHC | W | 18 | 11 | 37-24 | 1 | up 3.5 | Borbon | Zamora | 3:15 | D | 17,488 | +++ | ||
| 62 | 62 | Saturday, Jun 14 | boxscore | CIN | @ | CHC | W | 11 | 3 | 38-24 | 1 | up 3.5 | Kirby | Stone | 2:24 | D | 28,134 | ++++ | ||
| 63 | 63 | Sunday, Jun 15 | boxscore | CIN | @ | CHC | L | 3 | 4 | 38-25 | 1 | up 3.5 | Bonham | Darcy | Zamora | 2:33 | D | 18,575 | - | |
| 64 | 64 | Monday, Jun 16 | boxscore | CIN | ATL | W | 9 | 2 | 39-25 | 1 | up 3.5 | Gullett | Niekro | 2:24 | N | 20,642 | + | |||
| 65 | 65 | Tuesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | CIN | ATL | L | 1 | 5 | 39-26 | 1 | up 2.5 | Morton | Nolan | 1:58 | N | 22,133 | - | |||
| 66 | 66 | Wednesday, Jun 18 | boxscore | CIN | ATL | W | 6 | 1 | 40-26 | 1 | up 2.5 | Billingham | Odom | McEnaney | 2:28 | D | 30,333 | + | ||
| 67 | 67 | Friday, Jun 20 | boxscore | CIN | @ | HOU | W | 7 | 3 | 41-26 | 1 | up 3.0 | Carroll | Konieczny | 2:23 | N | 19,357 | ++ | ||
| 68 | 68 | Saturday, Jun 21 | boxscore | CIN | @ | HOU | W | 7 | 6 | 14 | 42-26 | 1 | up 3.0 | Norman | Niekro | 3:55 | N | 24,317 | +++ | |
| 69 | 69 | Sunday, Jun 22 | boxscore | CIN | @ | HOU | L | 4 | 8 | 42-27 | 1 | up 2.0 | Dierker | Nolan | 2:16 | D | 18,871 | - | ||
| 70 | 70 | Monday, Jun 23 | boxscore | CIN | @ | ATL | W | 8 | 4 | 43-27 | 1 | up 3.0 | Billingham | Easterly | 2:25 | N | 8,537 | + | ||
| 71 | 71 | Tuesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | CIN | @ | ATL | W | 3 | 0 | 44-27 | 1 | up 3.0 | Darcy | Niekro | Borbon | 2:13 | N | 9,148 | ++ | |
| 72 | 72 | Wednesday, Jun 25 | boxscore | CIN | @ | ATL | W | 2 | 0 | 45-27 | 1 | up 4.0 | Carroll | Morton | McEnaney | 2:00 | N | 8,117 | +++ | |
| 73 | 73 | Friday, Jun 27 | boxscore | CIN | SDP | W | 5 | 2 | 11 | 46-27 | 1 | up 5.5 | McEnaney | Frisella | 3:06 | N | 31,076 | ++++ | ||
| 74 | 74 | Saturday, Jun 28 | boxscore | CIN | SDP | W | 6 | 4 | 10 | 47-27 | 1 | up 6.5 | McEnaney | Tomlin | 2:37 | N | 48,747 | +++++ | ||
| 75 | 75 | Sunday, Jun 29 | boxscore | CIN | SDP | W | 4 | 1 | 48-27 | 1 | up 7.0 | Billingham | Jones | McEnaney | 1:56 | D | 0 | ++++++ | ||
| 76 | 76 | Sunday, Jun 29 | boxscore | CIN | SDP | L | 3 | 4 | 48-28 | 1 | up 7.0 | Strom | Darcy | 2:33 | D | 46,060 | - | |||
| 77 | 77 | Monday, Jun 30 | boxscore | CIN | HOU | W | 9 | 6 | 12 | 49-28 | 1 | up 7.0 | Kirby | Niekro | 3:30 | N | 22,708 | + | ||
| 78 | 78 | Tuesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | CIN | HOU | W | 8 | 7 | 15 | 50-28 | 1 | up 8.0 | Darcy | Niekro | 4:21 | N | 22,707 | ++ | ||
| 79 | 79 | Wednesday, Jul 2 | boxscore | CIN | HOU | W | 4 | 3 | 51-28 | 1 | up 8.0 | Eastwick | Dierker | 1:54 | N | 23,080 | +++ | |||
| 80 | 80 | Thursday, Jul 3 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SDP | L | 1 | 2 | 51-29 | 1 | up 7.0 | Jones | McEnaney | 1:42 | N | 15,145 | - | ||
| 81 | 81 | Friday, Jul 4 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SDP | W | 7 | 6 | 52-29 | 1 | up 8.0 | Billingham | Folkers | McEnaney | 3:02 | N | 47,076 | + | |
| 82 | 82 | Saturday, Jul 5 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SDP | W | 6 | 3 | 53-29 | 1 | up 8.0 | Norman | Strom | Eastwick | 2:56 | N | 49,618 | ++ | |
| 83 | 83 | Sunday, Jul 6 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SDP | W | 13 | 2 | 54-29 | 1 | up 8.0 | Kirby | McIntosh | Borbon | 3:05 | D | 16,932 | +++ | |
| 84 | 84 | Monday, Jul 7 | boxscore | CIN | PHI | W | 7 | 3 | 55-29 | 1 | up 8.5 | Darcy | Carlton | 2:30 | N | 25,096 | ++++ | |||
| 85 | 85 | Tuesday, Jul 8 | boxscore | CIN | PHI | W | 2 | 1 | 56-29 | 1 | up 8.5 | Nolan | Underwood | Eastwick | 2:14 | N | 28,479 | +++++ | ||
| 86 | 86 | Wednesday, Jul 9 | boxscore | CIN | PHI | W | 9 | 7 | 57-29 | 1 | up 9.5 | Borbon | Garber | 2:25 | N | 28,789 | ++++++ | |||
| 87 | 87 | Friday, Jul 11 | boxscore | CIN | NYM | W | 4 | 3 | 58-29 | 1 | up10.5 | Norman | Matlack | McEnaney | 2:25 | N | 0 | +++++++ | ||
| 88 | 88 | Friday, Jul 11 | boxscore | CIN | NYM | W | 4 | 1 | 59-29 | 1 | up10.5 | Kirby | Tate | McEnaney | 2:07 | N | 48,213 | ++++++++ | ||
| 89 | 89 | Saturday, Jul 12 | boxscore | CIN | NYM | W | 3 | 2 | 60-29 | 1 | up11.5 | Carroll | Koosman | Eastwick | 2:06 | N | 47,183 | +++++++++ | ||
| 90 | 90 | Sunday, Jul 13 | boxscore | CIN | NYM | W | 5 | 3 | 61-29 | 1 | up12.5 | McEnaney | Seaver | Eastwick | 2:23 | D | 42,180 | ++++++++++ | ||
| 91 | 91 | Thursday, Jul 17 | boxscore | CIN | @ | MON | L | 0 | 3 | 61-30 | 1 | up12.5 | Rogers | Billingham | Murray | 2:02 | N | 20,024 | - | |
| 92 | 92 | Friday, Jul 18 | boxscore | CIN | @ | MON | W | 10 | 3 | 62-30 | 1 | up12.5 | Nolan | Blair | Eastwick | 2:15 | N | 17,158 | + | |
| 93 | 93 | Saturday, Jul 19 | boxscore | CIN | @ | MON | L | 2 | 4 | 62-31 | 1 | up12.5 | Murray | Borbon | 2:19 | D | 15,188 | - | ||
| 94 | 94 | Sunday, Jul 20 | boxscore | CIN | @ | PHI | L | 4 | 11 | 62-32 | 1 | up11.5 | Underwood | Kirby | Garber | 2:51 | D | 44,134 | -- | |
| 95 | 95 | Monday, Jul 21 | boxscore | CIN | @ | PHI | W | 10 | 4 | 63-32 | 1 | up12.5 | Darcy | Schueler | 2:48 | N | 43,698 | + | ||
| 96 | 96 | Tuesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | CIN | @ | NYM | L | 1 | 3 | 63-33 | 1 | up12.5 | Koosman | Billingham | 2:06 | N | 32,759 | - | ||
| 97 | 97 | Wednesday, Jul 23 | boxscore | CIN | @ | NYM | L | 2 | 5 | 63-34 | 1 | up12.5 | Matlack | Nolan | 2:14 | N | 34,649 | -- | ||
| 98 | 98 | Thursday, Jul 24 | boxscore | CIN | @ | NYM | W | 2 | 1 | 64-34 | 1 | up12.5 | Norman | Seaver | Eastwick | 2:47 | D | 41,423 | + | |
| 99 | 99 | Friday, Jul 25 | boxscore | CIN | LAD | L | 3 | 4 | 64-35 | 1 | up12.5 | Messersmith | Carroll | Marshall | 2:33 | N | 0 | - | ||
| 100 | 100 | Friday, Jul 25 | boxscore | CIN | LAD | W | 6 | 3 | 65-35 | 1 | up12.5 | Darcy | Marshall | Borbon | 2:06 | N | 51,087 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Saturday, Jul 26 | boxscore | CIN | LAD | W | 5 | 3 | 66-35 | 1 | up13.5 | Billingham | Rau | Eastwick | 2:33 | D | 50,236 | ++ | ||
| 102 | 102 | Sunday, Jul 27 | boxscore | CIN | LAD | L | 3 | 5 | 66-36 | 1 | up12.5 | Sutton | Carroll | Marshall | 2:38 | D | 50,609 | - | ||
| 103 | 103 | Monday, Jul 28 | boxscore | CIN | SFG | W | 8 | 4 | 67-36 | 1 | up13.5 | Borbon | Halicki | 2:36 | N | 28,044 | + | |||
| 104 | 104 | Tuesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | CIN | SFG | L | 2 | 4 | 67-37 | 1 | up13.5 | Barr | Eastwick | 2:35 | N | 28,637 | - | |||
| 105 | 105 | Wednesday, Jul 30 | boxscore | CIN | SFG | W | 6 | 1 | 68-37 | 1 | up13.5 | Darcy | Falcone | 2:03 | N | 28,658 | + | |||
| 106 | 106 | Thursday, Jul 31 | boxscore | CIN | SFG | W | 11 | 6 | 69-37 | 1 | up14.5 | Kirby | Montefusco | Carroll | 2:48 | N | 31,620 | ++ | ||
| 107 | 107 | Friday, Aug 1 | boxscore | CIN | @ | LAD | L | 3 | 5 | 10 | 69-38 | 1 | up13.5 | Hough | Borbon | 2:45 | N | 50,331 | - | |
| 108 | 108 | Saturday, Aug 2 | boxscore | CIN | @ | LAD | W | 1 | 0 | 70-38 | 1 | up14.5 | Carroll | Messersmith | Carroll | 2:34 | N | 52,015 | + | |
| 109 | 109 | Sunday, Aug 3 | boxscore | CIN | @ | LAD | W | 3 | 1 | 71-38 | 1 | up15.5 | Darcy | Rau | Eastwick | 2:15 | D | 51,667 | ++ | |
| 110 | 110 | Monday, Aug 4 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SFG | W | 7 | 5 | 72-38 | 1 | up15.5 | Carroll | Caldwell | Eastwick | 2:53 | N | 13,561 | +++ | |
| 111 | 111 | Tuesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SFG | W | 6 | 3 | 73-38 | 1 | up15.5 | Borbon | Halicki | McEnaney | 2:30 | N | 8,812 | ++++ | |
| 112 | 112 | Wednesday, Aug 6 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SFG | W | 12 | 5 | 74-38 | 1 | up16.5 | Billingham | Barr | 2:38 | D | 14,389 | +++++ | ||
| 113 | 113 | Friday, Aug 8 | boxscore | CIN | MON | L | 7 | 8 | 74-39 | 1 | up15.5 | Fryman | Borbon | 2:56 | N | 44,030 | - | |||
| 114 | 114 | Saturday, Aug 9 | boxscore | CIN | MON | W | 9 | 1 | 75-39 | 1 | up15.5 | Nolan | Blair | Carroll | 2:38 | N | 40,295 | + | ||
| 115 | 115 | Sunday, Aug 10 | boxscore | CIN | MON | W | 11 | 3 | 76-39 | 1 | up15.5 | Norman | Carrithers | Eastwick | 2:39 | D | 30,660 | ++ | ||
| 116 | 116 | Monday, Aug 11 | boxscore | CIN | CHC | W | 9 | 3 | 77-39 | 1 | up15.5 | Billingham | Reuschel | 2:35 | N | 27,725 | +++ | |||
| 117 | 117 | Tuesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | CIN | CHC | W | 12 | 8 | 78-39 | 1 | up15.5 | Eastwick | Knowles | 2:53 | N | 31,550 | ++++ | |||
| 118 | 118 | Thursday, Aug 14 | boxscore | CIN | PIT | W | 6 | 1 | 79-39 | 1 | up15.5 | Nolan | Reuss | 1:54 | N | 40,062 | +++++ | |||
| 119 | 119 | Friday, Aug 15 | boxscore | CIN | PIT | W | 8 | 3 | 80-39 | 1 | up16.5 | Norman | Rooker | 2:20 | N | 45,003 | ++++++ | |||
| 120 | 120 | Saturday, Aug 16 | boxscore | CIN | PIT | W | 5 | 3 | 81-39 | 1 | up17.5 | Billingham | Candelaria | Eastwick | 2:15 | N | 51,286 | +++++++ | ||
| 121 | 121 | Sunday, Aug 17 | boxscore | CIN | PIT | W | 3 | 1 | 82-39 | 1 | up17.5 | Darcy | Kison | Eastwick | 1:56 | D | 50,121 | ++++++++ | ||
| 122 | 122 | Monday, Aug 18 | boxscore | CIN | @ | STL | W | 3 | 2 | 83-39 | 1 | up17.5 | Gullett | Forsch | Eastwick | 2:47 | N | 35,937 | +++++++++ | |
| 123 | 123 | Tuesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | CIN | @ | STL | L | 1 | 2 | 83-40 | 1 | up16.5 | McGlothen | Nolan | 1:56 | N | 34,977 | - | ||
| 124 | 124 | Wednesday, Aug 20 | boxscore | CIN | @ | STL | L | 0 | 4 | 83-41 | 1 | up16.0 | Reed | Norman | 1:52 | N | 37,164 | -- | ||
| 125 | 125 | Friday, Aug 22 | boxscore | CIN | @ | PIT | L | 2 | 7 | 83-42 | 1 | up16.0 | Demery | Billingham | 2:41 | N | 0 | --- | ||
| 126 | 126 | Friday, Aug 22 | boxscore | CIN | @ | PIT | L | 2 | 4 | 83-43 | 1 | up16.0 | Candelaria | McEnaney | Giusti | 2:04 | N | 46,576 | ---- | |
| 127 | 127 | Saturday, Aug 23 | boxscore | CIN | @ | PIT | W | 12 | 7 | 84-43 | 1 | up16.5 | Kirby | Kison | Eastwick | 3:21 | D | 32,068 | + | |
| 128 | 128 | Sunday, Aug 24 | boxscore | CIN | @ | PIT | L | 1 | 5 | 84-44 | 1 | up16.5 | Reuss | Nolan | 1:53 | D | 35,598 | - | ||
| 129 | 129 | Monday, Aug 25 | boxscore | CIN | @ | CHC | W | 11 | 4 | 85-44 | 1 | up17.5 | Norman | Reuschel | Carroll | 2:47 | D | 12,267 | + | |
| 130 | 130 | Tuesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | CIN | @ | CHC | W | 6 | 5 | 86-44 | 1 | up17.5 | Eastwick | Stone | McEnaney | 2:45 | D | 19,045 | ++ | |
| 131 | 131 | Wednesday, Aug 27 | boxscore | CIN | @ | CHC | W | 6 | 5 | 87-44 | 1 | up17.5 | Borbon | Bonham | Eastwick | 2:39 | D | 17,744 | +++ | |
| 132 | 132 | Thursday, Aug 28 | boxscore | CIN | STL | W | 4 | 0 | 88-44 | 1 | up18.5 | Gullett | Garman | 2:15 | N | 30,345 | ++++ | |||
| 133 | 133 | Friday, Aug 29 | boxscore | CIN | STL | W | 6 | 2 | 89-44 | 1 | up19.5 | Nolan | McGlothen | McEnaney | 2:14 | N | 33,290 | +++++ | ||
| 134 | 134 | Saturday, Aug 30 | boxscore | CIN | STL | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 90-44 | 1 | up19.5 | Eastwick | Garman | 2:32 | N | 45,064 | ++++++ | ||
| 135 | 135 | Sunday, Aug 31 | boxscore | CIN | STL | L | 3 | 5 | 90-45 | 1 | up18.5 | Rasmussen | Billingham | Curtis | 2:22 | D | 43,470 | - | ||
| 136 | 136 | Monday, Sep 1 | boxscore | CIN | SDP | L | 1 | 2 | 90-46 | 1 | up17.5 | Jones | Borbon | 2:09 | N | 17,022 | -- | |||
| 137 | 137 | Tuesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | CIN | SDP | W | 10 | 4 | 91-46 | 1 | up18.5 | Gullett | Spillner | 2:18 | N | 14,240 | + | |||
| 138 | 138 | Wednesday, Sep 3 | boxscore | CIN | LAD | W | 13 | 2 | 92-46 | 1 | up19.5 | Nolan | Messersmith | 2:36 | N | 27,881 | ++ | |||
| 139 | 139 | Thursday, Sep 4 | boxscore | CIN | LAD | L | 2 | 3 | 92-47 | 1 | up18.5 | Rau | Kirby | 2:14 | N | 29,512 | - | |||
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 5 | boxscore | CIN | SFG | W | 4 | 3 | 93-47 | 1 | up18.5 | Eastwick | Heaverlo | 2:25 | N | 24,022 | + | |||
| 141 | 141 | Saturday, Sep 6 | boxscore | CIN | SFG | W | 3 | 2 | 94-47 | 1 | up19.5 | Billingham | Halicki | McEnaney | 2:01 | N | 37,015 | ++ | ||
| 142 | 142 | Sunday, Sep 7 | boxscore | CIN | SFG | W | 8 | 4 | 95-47 | 1 | up20.5 | Gullett | Falcone | 2:30 | D | 34,415 | +++ | |||
| 143 | 143 | Monday, Sep 8 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SDP | W | 3 | 2 | 96-47 | 1 | up20.5 | Carroll | Greif | Eastwick | 2:08 | N | 27,267 | ++++ | |
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SDP | L | 2 | 11 | 96-48 | 1 | up19.5 | Folkers | Kirby | 2:04 | N | 12,444 | - | ||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 10 | boxscore | CIN | @ | LAD | L | 2 | 3 | 96-49 | 1 | up18.5 | Hooton | Eastwick | 2:25 | N | 27,432 | -- | ||
| 146 | 146 | Thursday, Sep 11 | boxscore | CIN | @ | LAD | L | 2 | 5 | 96-50 | 1 | up17.5 | Rhoden | Billingham | 2:16 | N | 27,640 | --- | ||
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 12 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SFG | W | 6 | 3 | 97-50 | 1 | up18.5 | Norman | Montefusco | Eastwick | 2:36 | N | 5,614 | + | |
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 13 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SFG | L | 2 | 9 | 97-51 | 1 | up17.5 | Barr | Gullett | 2:25 | D | 5,453 | - | ||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 14 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SFG | L | 2 | 4 | 97-52 | 1 | up17.0 | Heaverlo | Nolan | 2:26 | D | 0 | -- | ||
| 150 | 150 | Sunday, Sep 14 | boxscore | CIN | @ | SFG | W | 8 | 3 | 98-52 | 1 | up17.0 | Darcy | Minton | 2:04 | D | 16,997 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 16 | boxscore | CIN | HOU | L | 1 | 5 | 98-53 | 1 | up15.5 | Dierker | Billingham | 2:22 | N | 16,025 | - | |||
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 17 | boxscore | CIN | HOU | W | 10 | 1 | 99-53 | 1 | up15.5 | Norman | Stanton | 2:40 | N | 13,508 | + | |||
| 153 | 153 | Thursday, Sep 18 | boxscore | CIN | @ | ATL | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 100-53 | 1 | up16.0 | Borbon | Torrealba | 2:57 | N | 3,123 | ++ | |
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 19 | boxscore | CIN | @ | ATL | W | 7 | 6 | 101-53 | 1 | up17.0 | Darcy | LaCorte | McEnaney | 2:44 | N | 4,290 | +++ | |
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 20 | boxscore | CIN | @ | ATL | W | 9 | 2 | 102-53 | 1 | up17.0 | Nolan | Easterly | 2:29 | N | 7,094 | ++++ | ||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 21 | boxscore | CIN | @ | ATL | W | 3 | 0 | 103-53 | 1 | up18.0 | Gullett | Niekro | Eastwick | 1:51 | D | 6,858 | +++++ | |
| 157 | 157 | Monday, Sep 22 | boxscore | CIN | @ | HOU | L | 1 | 5 | 103-54 | 1 | up18.0 | Niekro | Billingham | Siebert | 2:12 | N | 6,422 | - | |
| 158 | 158 | Tuesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | CIN | @ | HOU | W | 5 | 3 | 104-54 | 1 | up19.0 | Norman | Cosgrove | Eastwick | 1:59 | N | 7,712 | + | |
| 159 | 159 | Wednesday, Sep 24 | boxscore | CIN | @ | HOU | W | 6 | 4 | 105-54 | 1 | up19.0 | Kirby | Dierker | Eastwick | 2:18 | N | 10,237 | ++ | |
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Sep 26 | boxscore | CIN | ATL | W | 12 | 5 | 106-54 | 1 | up19.0 | Nolan | Niekro | Borbon | 2:28 | N | 18,720 | +++ | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Sep 27 | boxscore | CIN | ATL | W | 7 | 6 | 107-54 | 1 | up19.0 | Gullett | Odom | Darcy | 3:03 | D | 27,105 | ++++ | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Sep 28 | boxscore | CIN | ATL | W | 7 | 6 | 108-54 | 1 | up20.0 | McEnaney | Dal Canton | 2:25 | D | 44,130 | +++++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |
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