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1997 Cincinnati Reds Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
76-86, Finished 3rd in NL Central
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Scored 651 runs, Allowed 764 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-93
Manager: Ray Knight (43-56) and Jack McKeon (33-30)
Ballpark: Cinergy Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,785,788 (9th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104
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1996 / 1998 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 DH PH PR Salary
Stan Belinda 30 R R 6' 3" 187 Aug 6, 1966 9 84 0 81 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $950,000.00
Ricky Bones 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 7, 1969 7 9 2 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $350,000.00
Aaron Boone 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 9, 1973 1st 16 11 16 13 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Bret Boone 28 R R 5' 10" 180 Apr 6, 1969 6 139 127 139 136 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $1,700,000.00
Jeff Branson 30 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 26, 1967 6 65 16 65 46 0 0 0 14 27 11 0 0 0 0 0 24 2 $550,000.00
Jeff Brantley 33 R R 5' 11" 190 Sep 5, 1963 10 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,800,000.00
Dave Burba 30 R R 6' 4" 240 Jul 7, 1966 8 30 27 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,100,000.00
Giovanni Carrara 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Mar 4, 1968 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hector Carrasco 27 R R 6' 2" 175 Oct 22, 1969 4 38 0 37 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Crowell 23 R L 6' 4" 220 May 14, 1974 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey Eischen 27 L L 6' 1" 190 May 25, 1970 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $215,000.00
Brook Fordyce 27 R R 6' 1" 185 May 7, 1970 3 47 24 47 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 3 $150,000.00
Curtis Goodwin 24 L L 5' 11" 180 Sep 30, 1972 3 85 64 85 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 41 1 71 0 17 2
Danny Graves 23 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 7, 1973 2 10 0 9 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $160,000.00
Willie Greene 25 L R 5' 11" 184 Sep 23, 1971 6 151 139 151 145 0 0 7 0 103 3 6 0 33 39 0 12 0 $300,000.00
Lenny Harris 32 L R 5' 10" 205 Oct 28, 1964 10 120 48 120 83 0 0 11 20 13 0 26 0 17 42 0 50 3 $650,000.00
Damian Jackson 23 R R 5' 10" 160 Aug 16, 1973 2 12 7 12 8 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Kevin Jarvis 27 L R 6' 2" 200 Aug 1, 1969 4 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $197,000.00
Mike Kelly 27 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 2, 1970 4 73 28 73 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 11 31 59 0 26 10 $175,000.00
Barry Larkin 33 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 28, 1964 12 73 65 73 63 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 $5,350,000.00 All-Star
Richie Lewis 31 R R 5' 6" 175 Jan 25, 1966 6 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pedro Martinez 28 L L 6' 2" 185 Nov 29, 1968 5 8 0 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $216,000.00
Kent Mercker 29 L L 6' 2" 195 Feb 1, 1968 9 31 25 31 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 $1,700,000.00
Mike Morgan 37 R R 6' 2" 215 Oct 8, 1959 17 31 29 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $500,000.00
Hal Morris 32 L L 6' 4" 215 Apr 9, 1965 10 96 84 96 89 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 $3,100,000.00
Jon Nunnally 25 L R 5' 10" 190 Nov 9, 1971 3 65 52 65 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 46 11 60 0 11 0 $190,000.00
Joe Oliver 31 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 24, 1965 9 111 95 111 108 0 106 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 $375,000.00
Eric Owens 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 3, 1971 3 27 12 27 20 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 8 1 18 0 8 1 $175,000.00
Terry Pendleton 36 B R 5' 9" 180 Jul 16, 1960 14 50 25 50 32 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 $350,000.00
Eduardo Perez 27 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 11, 1969 5 106 74 106 85 0 0 67 0 8 0 11 0 1 12 0 27 0 $180,000.00
Pokey Reese 24 R R 5' 11" 180 Jun 10, 1973 1st 128 97 128 125 0 0 0 8 8 110 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 $150,000.00
Mike Remlinger 31 L L 6' 0" 195 Mar 23, 1966 5 71 11 70 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $155,000.00
Felix Rodriguez 24 R R 6' 1" 170 Sep 9, 1972 2 26 1 24 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $175,000.00
Pete Rose 27 L R 6' 1" 180 Nov 16, 1969 1st 11 1 11 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Deion Sanders 29 L L 6' 1" 195 Aug 9, 1967 8 115 111 115 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 77 0 113 0 4 0 $1,200,000.00
Reggie Sanders 29 R R 6' 1" 186 Dec 1, 1967 7 86 84 86 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 85 0 1 0 $3,700,000.00
Pete Schourek 28 L L 6' 5" 205 May 10, 1969 7 19 17 19 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $2,640,000.00
Scott Service 30 R R 6' 6" 226 Feb 26, 1967 7 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Shaw 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 7, 1966 8 78 0 75 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $650,000.00
Ruben Sierra 31 B R 6' 1" 200 Oct 6, 1965 12 25 22 25 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 24 0 3 0 $6,700,000.00
John Smiley 32 L L 6' 4" 200 Mar 17, 1965 12 20 19 19 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,750,000.00
Chris Stynes 24 R R 5' 9" 170 Jan 19, 1973 3 49 49 49 49 0 0 0 8 3 0 38 0 0 38 0 0 0 $165,000.00
Scott Sullivan 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 13, 1971 3 59 0 56 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Jeff Tabaka 33 R L 6' 2" 195 Jan 17, 1964 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Taubensee 28 L R 6' 4" 205 Oct 31, 1968 7 108 61 108 78 0 64 7 0 0 0 6 0 5 11 3 38 0 $900,000.00
Ozzie Timmons 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 18, 1970 3 6 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
Brett Tomko 24 R R 6' 4" 215 Apr 7, 1973 1st 24 17 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $150,000.00
Pat Watkins 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 2, 1972 1st 17 5 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 3 0
Gabe White 25 L L 6' 2" 200 Nov 20, 1971 3 12 5 11 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Scott Winchester 24 R R 6' 2" 210 Apr 20, 1973 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 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 DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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