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1979 Cincinnati Reds (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
90-71, Finished 1st in NL Western Division
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Scored 731 runs, Allowed 644 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-71
Managed by John McNamara

Ballpark: Riverfront Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,356,933 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason:  Lost NL Championship Series (3-0) to Pittsburgh Pirates

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 Stats / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups (1978/1980) / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Lineups are the starting lineups for that game.

Explanation

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Game C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF SP DH
1.Wed,4/4 vs SFG L (5-11)# Bench Driessen Morgan Auerbach Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Seaver  
2.Fri,4/6 vs SFG L (2-7) Bench Driessen Morgan Auerbach Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Hume  
3.Sat,4/7 vs SFG L (2-4)# Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Bonham  
4.Sun,4/8 vs SFG W (7-6) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey LaCoss  
5.Mon,4/9 at ATL W (9-4)# Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Seaver  
6.Tue,4/10 at ATL L (4-6) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Norman  
7.Wed,4/11 at ATL W (9-5) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Hume  
8.Fri,4/13 at SDP W (4-2)# Bench Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Bonham  
9.Sat,4/14 at SDP L (2-3) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Seaver  
10.Sun,4/15 at SDP L (3-6)# Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Norman  
11.Sun,4/15 at SDP W (7-5)# Correll Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey LaCoss  
12.Tue,4/17 vs ATL W (7-4)# Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Summers Hume  
13.Thu,4/19 vs ATL W (2-0) Correll Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Seaver  
14.Fri,4/20 at STL W (10-3)# Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Norman  
15.Sat,4/21 at STL W (4-1) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey LaCoss  
16.Sun,4/22 at STL L (3-4) Correll Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Hume  
17.Tue,4/24 vs PIT L (2-9) Correll Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Pastore  
18.Wed,4/25 vs PIT L (2-3) Correll Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Norman  
19.Fri,4/27 vs STL W (4-3) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey LaCoss  
20.Sat,4/28 vs STL L (1-12) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Hume  
21.Sun,4/29 vs STL W (5-1)# Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Seaver  
22.Tue,5/1 vs CHC L (1-5)# Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Norman  
23.Wed,5/2 vs CHC W (4-1) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Griffey Summers LaCoss  
24.Fri,5/4 vs HOU W (6-5) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Griffey Summers Seaver  
25.Sat,5/5 vs HOU W (6-2) Bench Summers Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Hume  
26.Sun,5/6 vs HOU W (17-5) Bench Summers Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Bonham  
27.Sun,5/6 vs HOU L (2-8)# Correll DeFreitas Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Griffey Summers Norman  
28.Tue,5/8 at CHC W (8-7)# Bench DeFreitas Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Griffey Summers LaCoss  
29.Wed,5/9 at CHC W (7-4) Bench Summers Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Moskau  
30.Thu,5/10 at CHC L (8-9) Bench Summers Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Hume  
31.Fri,5/11 at PIT W (8-4) Bench Summers Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Bonham  
32.Sat,5/12 at PIT L (2-3) Correll Summers Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Norman  
33.Sun,5/13 at PIT W (7-3)# Bench DeFreitas Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Blair Griffey LaCoss  
34.Mon,5/14 vs SDP W (7-4) Bench Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Griffey Summers Moskau  
35.Tue,5/15 vs SDP L (1-2) Bench Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Griffey Summers Hume  
36.Wed,5/16 vs SDP W (7-0) Correll Driessen Kennedy Knight Auerbach Foster Griffey Summers Bonham  
37.Fri,5/18 vs LAD W (7-6) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey LaCoss  
38.Sat,5/19 vs LAD W (5-4) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Summers Geronimo Griffey Moskau  
39.Sun,5/20 vs LAD L (4-6) Bench Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Summers Geronimo Griffey Seaver  
40.Tue,5/22 at SFG L (2-12) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Summers Geronimo Griffey Bonham  
41.Wed,5/23 at SFG W (5-0)# Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Collins Blair Griffey LaCoss  
42.Thu,5/24 at SFG L (1-2)# Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Collins Blair Griffey Moskau  
43.Fri,5/25 at LAD L (6-17) Bench Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Collins Geronimo Griffey Seaver  
44.Sat,5/26 at LAD W (3-1) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Collins Geronimo Griffey Norman  
45.Sun,5/27 at LAD L (7-8) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Collins Geronimo Griffey Bonham  
46.Mon,5/28 at LAD W (3-2)# Correll Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Blair Griffey LaCoss  
47.Tue,5/29 at HOU L (1-2)# Bench Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Henderson Blair Griffey Moskau  
48.Wed,5/30 at HOU L (3-6) Bench Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Collins Geronimo Griffey Seaver  
49.Thu,5/31 at HOU L (0-3) Bench Driessen Kennedy Knight Auerbach Collins Geronimo Griffey Norman  
50.Fri,6/1 vs PHI W (4-2)# Bench DeFreitas Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Blair Griffey Bonham  
51.Sat,6/2 vs PHI W (4-2)# Bench Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Blair Griffey LaCoss  
52.Sun,6/3 vs PHI L (4-6) Correll Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Moskau  
53.Sun,6/3 vs PHI W (12-2) Bench Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Collins Hume  
54.Mon,6/4 vs NYM L (2-6) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Seaver  
55.Tue,6/5 vs NYM W (6-1)# Bench Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Norman  
56.Wed,6/6 vs NYM L (3-5)# Correll Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Blair Griffey Bonham  
57.Fri,6/8 vs MON W (3-2) Bench Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey LaCoss  
58.Sat,6/9 vs MON W (7-1)# Bench Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Blair Griffey Seaver  
59.Sun,6/10 vs MON W (3-2) Correll Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Moskau  
60.Mon,6/11 at NYM L (2-3)# Bench Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Blair Griffey Norman  
61.Tue,6/12 at NYM L (6-12)# Correll Driessen Kennedy Knight Concepcion Foster Blair Collins Bonham  
62.Wed,6/13 at NYM W (4-1) Correll Driessen Kennedy Auerbach Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey LaCoss  
63.Fri,6/15 at PHI W (6-3) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Collins Seaver  
64.Sat,6/16 at PHI L (3-4)# Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Blair Collins Moskau  
65.Sun,6/17 at PHI L (3-9)# Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Blair Griffey Norman  
66.Mon,6/18 at MON W (3-2) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Bonham  
67.Tue,6/19 at MON L (2-3)# Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Blair Griffey LaCoss  
68.Wed,6/20 at MON L (4-5) Bench Driessen Morgan Auerbach Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Seaver  
69.Fri,6/22 vs SFG L (2-3)# Correll Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Blair Collins Moskau  
70.Sat,6/23 vs SFG L (2-5)# Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Blair Collins Norman  
71.Sun,6/24 vs SFG W (8-7)# Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Blair Griffey Bonham  
72.Mon,6/25 at HOU W (2-1) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Seaver  
73.Mon,6/25 at HOU L (0-4)# Correll Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Blair Collins LaCoss  
74.Tue,6/26 at HOU L (5-6) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Moskau  
75.Wed,6/27 at LAD W (9-1)# Bench DeFreitas Morgan Auerbach Concepcion Foster Blair Griffey Norman  
76.Thu,6/28 at LAD W (2-1) Bench Driessen Morgan Auerbach Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Hume  
77.Fri,6/29 at SFG L (4-6)# Bench Driessen Morgan Auerbach Concepcion Foster Blair Griffey Bonham  
78.Sat,6/30 at SFG W (2-0) Correll Driessen Morgan Spilman Concepcion Foster Geronimo Griffey Seaver  
79.Sun,7/1 at SFG L (1-2)# Bench Driessen Morgan Auerbach Concepcion Foster Blair Griffey LaCoss  
80.Sun,7/1 at SFG L (3-7)# Correll Driessen Kennedy Auerbach Concepcion Foster Cruz Griffey Moskau  
81.Tue,7/3 vs HOU L (2-3) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Cruz Geronimo Griffey Norman  
82.Wed,7/4 vs HOU L (2-3) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Cruz Geronimo Griffey Bonham  
83.Thu,7/5 vs HOU W (5-4) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Auerbach Cruz Geronimo Griffey Seaver  
84.Fri,7/6 vs PIT W (2-1) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Auerbach Cruz Geronimo Griffey LaCoss  
85.Sat,7/7 vs PIT W (6-2) Correll Driessen Morgan Knight Kennedy Cruz Geronimo Griffey Moskau  
86.Sun,7/8 vs PIT W (4-2)# Bench Driessen Kennedy Knight Auerbach Cruz Blair Griffey Norman  
87.Sun,7/8 vs PIT L (1-2) Correll Driessen Morgan Knight Kennedy Cruz Geronimo Griffey Hume  
88.Mon,7/9 vs STL L (3-6) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Cruz Geronimo Griffey Bonham  
89.Tue,7/10 vs STL W (4-2) Bench Driessen Morgan Knight Concepcion Foster Geronimo Collins Seaver  
90.Wed,7/11 vs STL W (6-1) Bench Driessen Morgan Spilman Kennedy Foster Geronimo Collins LaCoss  
91.Thu,7/12 vs CHC L (8-10)# Correll Driessen Morgan Knight Kennedy Foster Geronimo Collins Moskau