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1981 Cincinnati Reds Batting Orders
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982)
First Half: 35-21, Finished 2nd
Second Half: 31-21, Finished 2nd
Overall: 66-42, Finished 1st in NL West
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Scored 464 runs, Allowed 440 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-51
Manager: John McNamara (66-42)
Ballpark: Riverfront Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,093,730 (5th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100
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1980 / 1982 Batting Orders

Batting Orders are the starting batting orders for that game.

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Game (# = Opp. LHS) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1. Wed,4/8 vs PHI W (3-2)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-C Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B Seaver-P
2. Fri,4/10 at ATL L (3-5) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Bench-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Soto-P
3. Sat,4/11 at ATL W (3-2) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C LaCoss-P
4. Sun,4/12 at ATL L (2-3) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Pastore-P
5. Mon,4/13 at SDP W (7-1) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Bench-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Seaver-P
6. Tue,4/14 at SDP W (4-0)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Knight-3B Driessen-1B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Berenyi-P
7. Wed,4/15 at SDP W (10-1) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Soto-P
8. Fri,4/17 vs STL L (5-9) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C LaCoss-P
9. Sat,4/18 vs STL L (4-10)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-C Knight-3B Driessen-1B Oester-2B Seaver-P
10. Tue,4/21 vs ATL L (1-10) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Bench-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Soto-P
11. Wed,4/22 vs ATL L (3-7) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Kennedy-2B LaCoss-P
12. Thu,4/23 at HOU W (5-4) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Kennedy-2B O'Berry-C Seaver-P
13. Fri,4/24 at HOU W (3-0) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Bench-C Kennedy-2B Pastore-P
14. Sat,4/25 at HOU W (2-1) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Berenyi-P
15. Sun,4/26 at HOU L (0-1)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Knight-3B Driessen-1B Kennedy-2B O'Berry-C Soto-P
16. Tue,4/28 vs SDP W (11-2) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Seaver-P
17. Wed,4/29 vs SDP W (8-5)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Knight-3B Bench-C Driessen-1B Oester-2B Pastore-P
18. Thu,4/30 vs SDP W (4-3) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B LaCoss-P
19. Fri,5/1 at STL L (6-7) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Soto-P
20. Sat,5/2 at STL L (3-7)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Knight-3B Driessen-1B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Berenyi-P
21. Sun,5/3 at STL L (4-5) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Knight-3B Bench-1B Nolan-C Oester-2B Seaver-P
22. Wed,5/6 vs PIT W (9-8)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Pastore-P
23. Thu,5/7 vs PIT L (1-3) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Soto-P
24. Thu,5/7 vs PIT L (1-7) Collins-RF Mejias-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Biittner-1B Spilman-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C LaCoss-P
25. Fri,5/8 vs HOU W (4-0) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Nolan-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Seaver-P
26. Sat,5/9 vs HOU W (9-5) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Nolan-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Berenyi-P
27. Sun,5/10 vs HOU L (5-7) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Nolan-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Pastore-P
28. Mon,5/11 vs HOU L (0-5) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Nolan-C Knight-3B Oester-2B LaCoss-P
29. Tue,5/12 vs CHC W (2-1) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Nolan-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Soto-P
30. Wed,5/13 vs CHC W (8-3) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Nolan-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Seaver-P
31. Thu,5/14 vs CHC W (6-1) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Spilman-1B Nolan-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Berenyi-P
32. Fri,5/15 at PIT W (4-1) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Nolan-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Pastore-P
33. Sat,5/16 at PIT W (4-0)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C LaCoss-P
34. Sun,5/17 at PIT W (4-3) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Nolan-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Soto-P
35. Tue,5/19 at CHC W (5-0) Collins-RF Oester-SS Griffey-CF Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Kennedy-2B Seaver-P
36. Wed,5/20 at CHC W (10-7) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Berenyi-P
37. Thu,5/21 at CHC L (1-5) Griffey-CF Oester-2B Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Biittner-RF Knight-3B Driessen-1B Nolan-C Pastore-P
38. Fri,5/22 vs LAD L (2-4)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C LaCoss-P
39. Sat,5/23 vs LAD L (6-9)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Soto-P
40. Sun,5/24 vs LAD W (3-2) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Seaver-P
41. Sun,5/24 vs LAD L (3-10) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Berenyi-P
42. Mon,5/25 vs SFG W (6-3) Griffey-CF Oester-2B Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Biittner-RF Knight-3B Nolan-C Pastore-P
43. Wed,5/27 vs SFG W (3-2) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Soto-P
44. Thu,5/28 vs SFG W (7-4) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Berenyi-P
45. Fri,5/29 at LAD L (2-5) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B LaCoss-P
46. Sat,5/30 at LAD W (9-1) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Pastore-P
47. Sun,5/31 at LAD L (4-16)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Knight-3B Driessen-1B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Soto-P
48. Mon,6/1 at SFG W (8-5) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Nolan-C Knight-3B Driessen-1B Oester-2B Berenyi-P
49. Tue,6/2 at SFG L (7-15) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Nolan-C Knight-3B Driessen-1B Oester-2B LaCoss-P
50. Wed,6/3 at SFG W (6-2)# Collins-RF Oester-2B Griffey-CF Foster-LF Concepcion-SS Knight-3B Driessen-1B O'Berry-C Pastore-P
51. Fri,6/5 vs MON W (6-3) Collins-RF Oester-2B Griffey-CF Foster-LF Concepcion-SS Knight-3B Driessen-1B Nolan-C Soto-P
52. Sat,6/6 vs MON W (9-3) Collins-RF Oester-2B Griffey-CF Foster-LF Concepcion-SS Knight-3B Driessen-1B O'Berry-C Seaver-P
53. Sun,6/7 vs MON W (2-0) Collins-RF Oester-2B Driessen-1B Foster-LF Concepcion-SS Knight-3B Nolan-C Mejias-CF Berenyi-P
54. Tue,6/9 at NYM W (8-4) Collins-RF Oester-2B Griffey-CF Foster-LF Concepcion-SS Knight-3B Driessen-1B Nolan-C Pastore-P
55. Wed,6/10 at NYM W (2-0)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B Nolan-C Soto-P
56. Thu,6/11 at NYM W (5-2) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B Nolan-C Seaver-P
57. Mon,8/10 at LAD L (0-4)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Pastore-P
58. Tue,8/11 at LAD W (7-6)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B Nolan-C Soto-P
59. Wed,8/12 at LAD L (5-8) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B Nolan-C Seaver-P
60. Fri,8/14 vs SFG L (0-4) Collins-RF Oester-2B Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Mejias-CF Berenyi-P
61. Fri,8/14 vs SFG W (7-6) Collins-RF Oester-2B Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Mejias-CF O'Berry-C LaCoss-P
62. Sat,8/15 vs SFG L (2-5) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Pastore-P
63. Sun,8/16 vs SFG W (2-1) Collins-RF Oester-2B Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Mejias-CF Soto-P
64. Tue,8/18 vs PHI W (3-1)# Collins-RF Oester-2B Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Mejias-CF O'Berry-C Seaver-P
65. Wed,8/19 vs PHI W (6-3) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Berenyi-P
66. Fri,8/21 vs NYM W (2-0) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Soto-P
67. Sat,8/22 vs NYM L (4-7)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Pastore-P
68. Sun,8/23 vs NYM L (2-3) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Nolan-C Knight-3B Driessen-1B Oester-2B Seaver-P
69. Mon,8/24 vs NYM W (2-0) Collins-RF Oester-SS Griffey-CF Foster-LF Biittner-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Kennedy-2B Berenyi-P
70. Tue,8/25 at MON L (1-9) Driessen-1B Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Biittner-RF Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B LaCoss-P
71. Wed,8/26 at MON L (0-6) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Nolan-C Knight-3B Driessen-1B Oester-2B Soto-P
72. Thu,8/27 at MON L (0-12) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Knight-3B Driessen-1B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Pastore-P
73. Fri,8/28 at NYM W (5-2) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Seaver-P
74. Sat,8/29 at NYM L (2-3) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Berenyi-P
75. Sun,8/30 at NYM W (6-3) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Nolan-C Oester-2B Kennedy-3B Moskau-P
76. Mon,8/31 vs MON W (9-8) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Oester-2B Kennedy-3B O'Berry-C Soto-P
77. Tue,9/1 vs MON L (3-4) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Pastore-P
78. Wed,9/2 vs MON W (7-0) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Seaver-P
79. Thu,9/3 at PHI W (9-3)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Berenyi-P
80. Fri,9/4 at PHI L (6-7) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B LaCoss-P
81. Sat,9/5 at PHI L (4-5)# Collins-RF Householder-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Soto-P
82. Sun,9/6 at PHI W (5-4) Collins-RF Householder-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Pastore-P
83. Mon,9/7 vs SDP W (8-7)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Seaver-P
84. Tue,9/8 vs SDP L (1-6) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Berenyi-P
85. Wed,9/9 vs SDP W (5-4)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Kennedy-2B O'Berry-C Leibrandt-P
86. Fri,9/11 vs LAD W (3-2)# Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Soto-P
87. Sat,9/12 vs LAD W (6-5)# Householder-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Seaver-P
88. Sun,9/13 vs LAD L (2-4) Householder-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Pastore-P
89. Mon,9/14 at HOU W (4-2) Householder-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Berenyi-P
90. Tue,9/15 at HOU W (4-0) Householder-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Leibrandt-P
91. Wed,9/16 at SFG L (7-12) Householder-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Soto-P
92. Thu,9/17 at SFG W (1-0) Householder-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Seaver-P
93. Fri,9/18 at LAD W (5-4) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Pastore-P
94. Sat,9/19 at LAD W (7-3) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Berenyi-P
95. Sun,9/20 at LAD W (5-1) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Nolan-C Oester-2B Soto-P
96. Mon,9/21 at SDP L (0-6)# Collins-CF Griffey-RF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Kennedy-2B O'Berry-C Leibrandt-P
97. Tue,9/22 at SDP W (3-2) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Driessen-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Seaver-P
98. Wed,9/23 at SDP W (5-1) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Nolan-C Kennedy-3B Oester-2B Pastore-P
99. Fri,9/25 at ATL W (10-2) Householder-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Nolan-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Soto-P
100. Sat,9/26 at ATL W (2-0) Householder-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Nolan-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Berenyi-P
101. Sun,9/27 at ATL W (4-2) Householder-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Biittner-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Seaver-P
102. Mon,9/28 vs SFG L (0-4) Householder-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Nolan-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Pastore-P
103. Tue,9/29 vs SFG W (4-3)# Householder-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Leibrandt-P
104. Wed,9/30 vs HOU W (5-2) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Nolan-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Soto-P
105. Thu,10/1 vs HOU L (1-8) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Nolan-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Berenyi-P
106. Fri,10/2 vs ATL L (5-11) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Nolan-C Knight-3B Oester-2B Pastore-P
107. Sat,10/3 vs ATL L (3-4) Collins-RF Griffey-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Bench-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Seaver-P
108. Sun,10/4 vs ATL W (3-0) Collins-RF Householder-CF Concepcion-SS Foster-LF Biittner-1B Knight-3B Oester-2B O'Berry-C Soto-P
108 games 4 players 4 players 3 players 1 players 7 players 7 players 7 players 5 players 7 players
Most Common-games Collins-94
Householder-11
Griffey-2
Griffey-91
Oester-13
Householder-3
Concepcion-101
Griffey-6
Driessen-1
Foster-108
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Driessen-47
Bench-38
Knight-7
Knight-77
Nolan-17
Driessen-6
Oester-35
Nolan-33
Knight-20
Oester-53
O'Berry-39
Nolan-8
Soto-25
Seaver-23
Pastore-22

Most Common Batting Orders

17 Games

  1. Collins
  2. Griffey
  3. Concepcion
  4. Foster
  5. Driessen
  6. Knight
  7. Nolan
  8. Oester
  9. Pitcher

11 Games

  1. Collins
  2. Griffey
  3. Concepcion
  4. Foster
  5. Bench
  6. Nolan
  7. Knight
  8. Oester
  9. Pitcher

9 Games

  1. Collins
  2. Griffey
  3. Concepcion
  4. Foster
  5. Driessen
  6. Knight
  7. Oester
  8. O'Berry
  9. Pitcher

9 Games

  1. Collins
  2. Griffey
  3. Concepcion
  4. Foster
  5. Bench
  6. Knight
  7. Oester
  8. O'Berry
  9. Pitcher

4 Games

  1. Collins
  2. Griffey
  3. Concepcion
  4. Foster
  5. Bench
  6. Knight
  7. Nolan
  8. Oester
  9. Pitcher

4 Games

  1. Collins
  2. Griffey
  3. Concepcion
  4. Foster
  5. Driessen
  6. Knight
  7. Oester
  8. Nolan
  9. Pitcher

42 total batting orders (75 when including pitchers)


1980 / 1982 Batting Orders