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1997 Cincinnati Reds

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

76-86, Finished 3rd in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ray Knight (43-56) and Jack McKeon (33-30)
Scored 651 runs, Allowed 764 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-93

Ballparks: Cinergy Field · 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 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 DH PH PR WAR Salary
Stan Belinda 30 R R 6' 3" 185 Aug 6, 1966 9 84 0 81 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $950,000
Ricky Bones 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 7, 1969 7 9 2 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $350,000
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 -0.8 $
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 -1.4 $1,700,000
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 -0.7 $550,000
Jeff Brantley 33 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 5, 1963 10 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $2,800,000
Dave Burba 30 R R 6' 4" 220 Jul 7, 1966 8 30 27 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $2,100,000
Giovanni Carrara 29 R R 6' 2" 225 Mar 4, 1968 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Hector Carrasco 27 R R 6' 2" 235 Oct 22, 1969 4 38 0 37 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Jim Crowell 23 L 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 -0.5 $
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 -0.1 $215,000
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 -1.0 $150,000
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 74 0 17 2 0.1 $
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 -0.5 $160,000
Willie Greene 25 L R 5' 11" 180 Sep 23, 1971 6 151 139 151 145 0 0 7 0 103 3 6 0 33 39 0 12 0 1.1 $300,000
Lenny Harris 32 L R 5' 10" 195 Oct 28, 1964 10 120 48 120 83 0 0 11 20 13 0 26 0 17 43 0 50 3 0.2 $650,000
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 0.1 $
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 -0.5 $197,000
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 1 26 10 0.8 $175,000
Barry Larkin 33 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 28, 1964 12 73 65 73 63 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 3.1 $5,350,000 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 -0.2 $
Pedro Martinez 28 L L 6' 2" 155 Nov 29, 1968 5 8 0 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $216,000
Kent Mercker 29 L L 6' 1" 175 Feb 1, 1968 9 31 25 31 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2.5 $1,700,000
Mike Morgan 37 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 8, 1959 17 31 30 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $500,000
Hal Morris 32 L L 6' 3" 200 Apr 9, 1965 10 96 84 96 89 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -1.0 $3,100,000
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 71 0 11 0 1.8 $190,000
Joe Oliver 31 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 24, 1965 9 111 95 111 108 0 106 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.3 $375,000
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 -0.1 $175,000
Terry Pendleton 36 B R 5' 9" 178 Jul 16, 1960 14 50 25 50 32 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 -0.3 $350,000
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 1 27 0 -0.2 $180,000
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 -1.1 $150,000
Mike Remlinger 31 L L 6' 0" 195 Mar 23, 1966 5 71 12 70 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.2 $155,000
Felix Rodriguez 24 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 5, 1972 2 26 1 24 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $175,000
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 -0.4 $
Deion Sanders 29 L L 6' 1" 195 Aug 9, 1967 8 115 111 115 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 77 0 114 0 4 0 -0.3 $1,200,000
Reggie Sanders 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 1, 1967 7 86 84 86 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 85 0 1 0 1.5 $3,700,000
Pete Schourek 28 L L 6' 5" 195 May 10, 1969 7 19 17 19 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.5 $2,640,000
Scott Service 30 R R 6' 6" 230 Feb 26, 1967 7 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jeff Shaw 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 7, 1966 8 78 0 75 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 $650,000
Ruben Sierra 31 B R 6' 1" 175 Oct 6, 1965 12 25 22 25 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 24 0 3 0 0.0 $6,700,000
John Smiley 32 L L 6' 4" 180 Mar 17, 1965 12 20 20 19 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $3,750,000
Chris Stynes 24 R R 5' 9" 175 Jan 19, 1973 3 49 49 49 49 0 0 0 8 3 0 38 0 0 38 0 0 0 2.2 $165,000
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 1.5 $150,000
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 0.0 $
Ed 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 -0.2 $900,000
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 0.0 $
Brett Tomko 24 R R 6' 4" 220 Apr 7, 1973 1st 24 19 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.7 $150,000
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 -0.2 $
Gabe White 25 L L 6' 2" 200 Nov 20, 1971 3 12 6 11 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $150,000
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 -0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Curtis Goodwin

Pokey Reese

Damian Jackson

Brook Fordyce

Joe Oliver

Terry Pendleton

Ed Taubensee

Barry Larkin

Willie Greene
Damian Jackson

Pete Rose

Mike Kelly

Reggie Sanders

Aaron Boone

Eric Owens

Jeff Branson
Chris Stynes

Deion Sanders

Jon Nunnally
Ruben Sierra

Hal Morris

Lenny Harris

Bret Boone

Ozzie Timmons

Danny Graves
Kevin Jarvis

Dave Burba

Mike Morgan

Stan Belinda

Kent Mercker

Eduardo Perez

Ricky Bones
Brett Tomko

Jeff Shaw

Mike Remlinger

Pat Watkins

Jeff Brantley

Pete Schourek

Gabe White

Joey Eischen

Jim Crowell
Scott Service

Jeff Tabaka

Scott Winchester

Pedro Martinez

Scott Sullivan

John Smiley

Hector Carrasco
Richie Lewis

Giovanni Carrara

Felix Rodriguez

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers