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1979 Cincinnati Reds Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
90-71, Finished 1st in NL West
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Scored 731 runs, Allowed 644 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-71
Manager: John McNamara (90-71)
Ballpark: Riverfront Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,356,933 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
Postseason:  Lost NL Championship Series (3-0) to Pittsburgh Pirates
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1978 / 1980 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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 29 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 15, 1950 9 62 17 62 36 0 0 0 3 18 16 0 0 0 0 28 5
Doug Bair 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 22, 1949 4 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Bench HOF 31 R R 6' 1" 208 Dec 7, 1947 13 130 125 130 128 0 126 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 All-Star
Paul Blair 35 R R 6' 0" 171 Feb 1, 1944 16 75 37 75 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 55 4 67 9 7
Bill Bonham 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 1, 1948 9 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pedro Borbon 32 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 2, 1946 11 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Capilla 27 L L 5' 8" 175 Jan 7, 1952 4 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Collins 26 B L 5' 11" 175 Oct 20, 1952 5 122 84 122 99 0 0 10 0 0 0 46 3 50 91 30 2
Dave Concepcion 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Jun 17, 1948 10 149 148 149 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 1 0 All-Star
Vic Correll 33 R R 5' 10" 185 Feb 5, 1946 7 48 38 48 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hector Cruz 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 2, 1953 6 74 49 74 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 23 49 68 9 3
Arturo DeFreitas 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 26, 1953 2 23 5 23 7 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 0
Dan Driessen 27 L R 5' 11" 190 Jul 29, 1951 7 150 138 150 143 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
George Foster 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 1, 1948 11 121 116 121 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 116 5 0 All-Star
Cesar Geronimo 31 L L 6' 2" 170 Mar 11, 1948 11 123 96 123 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 0 118 10 3
Ken Griffey 29 L L 6' 0" 200 Apr 10, 1950 7 95 94 95 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 92 94 1 0
Ken Henderson 33 B R 6' 2" 180 Jun 15, 1946 15 10 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 0
Tom Hume 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 29, 1953 3 57 12 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Junior Kennedy 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 9, 1950 3 83 46 83 68 0 0 0 59 4 5 0 0 0 0 20 2
Ray Knight 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 28, 1952 4 150 149 150 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mike LaCoss 23 R R 6' 4" 190 May 30, 1956 2 35 32 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Charlie Leibrandt 22 R L 6' 3" 200 Oct 4, 1956 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Mejias 27 R R 6' 0" 170 May 9, 1952 4 7 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 1 2
Joe Morgan HOF 35 L R 5' 7" 160 Sep 19, 1943 17 127 120 127 121 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 All-Star
Paul Moskau 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Dec 20, 1953 3 21 15 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Norman 36 B L 5' 8" 160 Aug 20, 1942 15 34 31 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Oester 23 B R 6' 2" 190 May 5, 1956 2 6 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
Frank Pastore 21 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 21, 1957 1st 30 9 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rafael Santo Domingo 23 B R Nov 24, 1955 1st 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Manny Sarmiento 23 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1956 4 23 1 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Seaver HOF 34 R R 6' 1" 206 Nov 17, 1944 13 33 32 33 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mario Soto 22 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 12, 1956 3 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Spilman 24 L R 6' 1" 190 Jul 18, 1954 2 43 8 43 16 0 0 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 28 2
Champ Summers 33 L R 6' 2" 205 Jun 15, 1946 6 27 17 27 19 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 9 13 10 0
Dave Tomlin 30 L L 6' 3" 185 Jun 22, 1949 8 53 0 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1978 / 1980 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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