1981 Cincinnati Reds

Lineups and Defense

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982

First Half: 35-21, Finished 2nd
Second Half: 31-21, Finished 2nd
Overall: 66-42, Finished 1st in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John McNamara (66-42)
Scored 464 runs, Allowed 440 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-51

Ballparks: Riverfront Stadium · 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 Lineups and Defense

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

Most Common Lineups

27 Games C. Nolan 1B. Driessen 2B. Oester 3B. Knight SS. Concepcion LF. Foster CF. Griffey RF. Collins P. Pitcher	16 Games C. Nolan 1B. Bench 2B. Oester 3B. Knight SS. Concepcion LF. Foster CF. Griffey RF. Collins P. Pitcher	15 Games C. O'Berry 1B. Driessen 2B. Oester 3B. Knight SS. Concepcion LF. Foster CF. Griffey RF. Collins P. Pitcher	9 Games C. O'Berry 1B. Bench 2B. Oester 3B. Knight SS. Concepcion LF. Foster CF. Griffey RF. Collins P. Pitcher	6 Games C. Bench 1B. Driessen 2B. Oester 3B. Knight SS. Concepcion LF. Foster CF. Griffey RF. Collins P. Pitcher	5 Games C. Nolan 1B. Bench 2B. Oester 3B. Knight SS. Concepcion LF. Foster CF. Griffey RF. Householder P. Pitcher

27 Games
C. Nolan
1B. Driessen
2B. Oester
3B. Knight
SS. Concepcion
LF. Foster
CF. Griffey
RF. Collins
P. Pitcher

16 Games
C. Nolan
1B. Bench
2B. Oester
3B. Knight
SS. Concepcion
LF. Foster
CF. Griffey
RF. Collins
P. Pitcher

15 Games
C. O'Berry
1B. Driessen
2B. Oester
3B. Knight
SS. Concepcion
LF. Foster
CF. Griffey
RF. Collins
P. Pitcher

9 Games
C. O'Berry
1B. Bench
2B. Oester
3B. Knight
SS. Concepcion
LF. Foster
CF. Griffey
RF. Collins
P. Pitcher

6 Games
C. Bench
1B. Driessen
2B. Oester
3B. Knight
SS. Concepcion
LF. Foster
CF. Griffey
RF. Collins
P. Pitcher

5 Games
C. Nolan
1B. Bench
2B. Oester
3B. Knight
SS. Concepcion
LF. Foster
CF. Griffey
RF. Householder
P. Pitcher

29 total lineups (56 when including pitchers)

1980 / 1982 Lineups and Defense

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