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1978 Cincinnati Reds Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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

Ballpark: Riverfront Stadium (ballparks.com) · 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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 23 74 12
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 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
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
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
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
George Foster 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 1, 1948 10 158 157 158 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 11 0 157 1 0 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
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
Ken Griffey 28 L L 5' 11" 190 Apr 10, 1950 6 158 150 158 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 142 154 7 0
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 38 30 0
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
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
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
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
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 43 42 1
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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played