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1978 Cincinnati Reds

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

92-69, Finished 2nd in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sparky Anderson (92-69)
Scored 710 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-78

Ballparks: Riverfront Stadium · Attendance: 2,532,497 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103

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1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Rick Auerbach 28 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 15, 1950 8 63 10 63 39 0 0 0 11 3 26 0 0 0 0 17 13 1.0 $
Doug Bair 28 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 22, 1949 3 70 0 70 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
Johnny Bench HOF 30 R R 6' 1" 197 Dec 7, 1947 12 120 107 120 111 0 107 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12 0 4.3 $400,000 All-Star
Bill Bonham 29 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 1, 1948 8 23 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Pedro Borbon 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 2, 1946 10 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Doug Capilla 26 L L 5' 11" 160 Jan 7, 1952 3 7 3 7 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.7 $
Dave Collins 25 B L 5' 11" 175 Oct 20, 1952 4 102 9 102 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 5 24 74 12 -0.5 $
Dave Concepcion 30 R R 6' 2" 155 Jun 17, 1948 9 153 150 153 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.6 $200,000 All-Star
Vic Correll 32 R R 5' 10" 185 Feb 5, 1946 6 52 28 52 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 $
Arturo DeFreites 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 26, 1953 1st 9 6 9 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.1 $
Dan Driessen 26 L R 5' 11" 187 Jul 29, 1951 6 153 142 153 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1.9 $
Dan Dumoulin 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 20, 1953 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
George Foster 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 1, 1948 10 158 157 158 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 11 0 165 1 0 4.7 $166,667 All-Star
Cesar Geronimo 30 L L 6' 0" 165 Mar 11, 1948 10 122 85 122 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 115 12 4 -0.1 $
Mike Grace 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 14, 1956 1st 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Ken Griffey 28 L L 5' 11" 190 Apr 10, 1950 6 158 150 158 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 142 155 7 0 2.0 $166,667
Ken Henderson 32 B R 6' 2" 180 Jun 15, 1946 14 64 33 64 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 10 40 30 0 -1.1 $
Tom Hume 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 29, 1953 2 43 23 43 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3 $
Junior Kennedy 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 9, 1950 2 89 42 89 74 0 0 0 70 5 0 0 0 0 0 16 3 1.1 $
Ray Knight 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 28, 1952 3 83 8 83 68 0 0 1 4 60 1 2 0 1 3 20 2 -0.5 $
Mike LaCoss 22 R R 6' 5" 185 May 30, 1956 1st 17 15 17 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.7 $
Mike Lum 32 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 27, 1945 12 86 33 86 50 0 0 7 0 0 0 10 26 9 45 42 1 0.9 $
Joe Morgan HOF 34 L R 5' 7" 160 Sep 19, 1943 16 132 120 132 123 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1.5 $400,000 All-Star
Paul Moskau 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 20, 1953 2 29 25 29 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.6 $
Dale Murray 28 R R 6' 4" 205 Feb 2, 1950 5 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Fred Norman 35 B L 5' 8" 155 Aug 20, 1942 14 36 31 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Ron Oester 22 B R 6' 2" 185 May 5, 1956 1st 6 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Pete Rose 37 B R 5' 11" 192 Apr 14, 1941 16 159 159 159 159 0 0 2 0 156 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 3.1 $375,000 All-Star
Manny Sarmiento 22 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1956 3 64 4 64 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.8 $
Tom Seaver HOF 33 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 17, 1944 12 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 $ All-Star
Mario Soto 21 R R 6' 0" 174 Jul 12, 1956 2 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Harry Spilman 23 L R 6' 1" 180 Jul 18, 1954 1st 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 $
Champ Summers 32 L R 6' 2" 205 Jun 15, 1946 5 13 11 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 1 0 0.0 $
Dave Tomlin 29 L L 6' 2" 180 Jun 22, 1949 7 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.8 $
Don Werner 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 8, 1953 4 50 37 50 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.6 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Johnny Bench

Don Werner

Joe Morgan

Vic Correll

Harry Spilman

Dave Concepcion

Pete Rose

George Foster

Ron Oester

Mike Grace

Ken Henderson

Cesar Geronimo

Mike Lum

Dan Driessen

Rick Auerbach

Ray Knight

Junior Kennedy

Champ Summers

Dave Collins

Ken Griffey

Paul Moskau

Fred Norman

Pedro Borbon

Mario Soto

Dale Murray
Dave Tomlin

Doug Bair

Tom Seaver

Bill Bonham

Dave Tomlin

Doug Capilla

Manny Sarmiento

Tom Hume

Dan Dumoulin

Mike LaCoss

Harry Spilman

Arturo DeFreites

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers