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1981 Cincinnati Reds

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Doug Bair 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 22, 1949 6 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
German Barranca 24 L R 6' 0" 160 Oct 19, 1956 3 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0.0 $
Johnny Bench HOF 33 R R 6' 1" 197 Dec 7, 1947 15 52 44 52 45 0 7 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1.0 $400,000
Bruce Berenyi 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 21, 1954 2 21 20 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Larry Biittner 35 L L 6' 2" 205 Jul 27, 1945 12 42 7 42 11 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 34 0 -0.6 $
Scott Brown 24 R R 6' 2" 220 Aug 30, 1956 1st 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Dave Collins 28 B L 5' 11" 175 Oct 20, 1952 7 95 94 95 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 93 96 1 0 1.7 $267,500
Geoff Combe 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 1, 1956 2 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Dave Concepcion 33 R R 6' 2" 155 Jun 17, 1948 12 106 106 106 106 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $200,000 All-Star
Dan Driessen 29 L R 5' 11" 187 Jul 29, 1951 9 82 66 82 74 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0.3 $
Joe Edelen 25 R R 6' 0" 165 Sep 16, 1955 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Neil Fiala 24 L R 6' 1" 185 Aug 24, 1956 1st 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
George Foster 32 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 1, 1948 13 108 108 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 108 0 0 3.6 $ All-Star
Ken Griffey 31 L L 5' 11" 190 Apr 10, 1950 9 101 99 101 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 2 100 2 0 2.5 $700,000
Paul Householder 22 B R 6' 0" 180 Sep 4, 1958 2 23 14 23 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 13 20 4 1 0.4 $
Tom Hume 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 29, 1953 5 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $225,000
Junior Kennedy 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 9, 1950 5 27 11 27 21 0 0 0 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 $
Ray Knight 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 28, 1952 6 106 104 106 105 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.8 $
Mike LaCoss 25 R R 6' 5" 185 May 30, 1956 4 20 13 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9 $
Rafael Landestoy 28 B R 5' 10" 165 May 28, 1953 5 12 0 12 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0.0 $
Charlie Leibrandt 24 R L 6' 3" 195 Oct 4, 1956 3 7 4 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Sam Mejias 29 R R 6' 0" 170 May 9, 1952 6 66 6 66 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 43 59 9 4 -0.4 $
Eddie Milner 26 L L 5' 11" 173 May 21, 1955 2 8 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 3 4 0.0 $
Paul Moskau 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 20, 1953 5 27 1 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $90,000
Joe Nolan 30 L R 5' 11" 175 May 12, 1951 7 81 62 81 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1.1 $
Mike O'Berry 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Apr 20, 1954 3 55 39 55 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 $
Ron Oester 25 B R 6' 2" 185 May 5, 1956 4 105 102 105 105 0 0 0 103 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.7 $
Frank Pastore 23 R R 6' 2" 188 Aug 21, 1957 3 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Joe Price 24 R L 6' 4" 220 Nov 29, 1956 2 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Tom Seaver HOF 36 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 17, 1944 15 23 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $375,000 All-Star
Mario Soto 24 R R 6' 0" 174 Jul 12, 1956 5 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Harry Spilman 26 L R 6' 1" 180 Jul 18, 1954 4 23 2 23 5 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 -0.3 $
Mike Vail 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 10, 1951 7 31 0 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 28 0 -0.4 $175,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Johnny Bench

Rafael Landestoy

Mike O'Berry

German Barranca
Harry Spilman

Dave Concepcion

George Foster

Ron Oester

Joe Nolan

Neil Fiala

Eddie Milner

Paul Householder

Dan Driessen

Mike Vail

Ray Knight

Junior Kennedy

Sam Mejias

Dave Collins

Ken Griffey

Paul Moskau

Larry Biittner

Frank Pastore

Mario Soto

Geoff Combe

Bruce Berenyi

Doug Bair
Joe Edelen

Tom Seaver

Scott Brown

Charlie Leibrandt

Tom Hume

Joe Price

Mike LaCoss

Scott Brown

1980 / 1982 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers