1979 CINCINNATI REDS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 90-71 .559
Result: 1st in National League - West Division
Manager(s): John McNamara
General Manager: Dick Wagner
Stadium: Riverfront Stadium
Attendance: 2,356,933
Playoffs: Lost NLCS (Pirates)

Cincinnati Reds affiliate history

Oldest Player: Fred Norman (36)
Youngest Player: Frank Pastore (21)
Longest Tenure: Johnny Bench (13)
Top Hitter: George Foster (15)
Top Pitcher: Tom Seaver (6)
Top Draft Pick: Dan Lamar (#20)

Roster Continuity: 89.46%

National League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Cincinnati	90	71	.559	--
Houston	89	73	.549	1.5
LA Dodgers	79	83	.488	11.5
SF Giants	71	91	.438	19.5
San Diego	68	93	.422	22.0
Atlanta	66	94	.412	23.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
13	Dave Concepcion	ss	57	31	UDFA: 1960	MLB	149	590	91	166	25	3	16	84	19	7	64	73	0	5	6	6	18	.281	.348	.415	764	245	666	461	92	5.4	.296
25	Ray Knight	3b-1b	29	26	1970-10-231	MLB	150	551	64	175	37	4	10	79	4	4	38	57	3	4	4	8	20	.318	.360	.454	814	250	604	412	96	6.3	.335
22	Dan Driessen	1b	51	27	UDFA: 1969	MLB	150	515	72	129	24	3	18	75	11	5	62	77	3	11	2	7	6	.250	.330	.414	744	213	589	406	79	5.3	.260
5	Johnny Bench	c	52	31	1965-2-36	MLB	130	464	73	128	19	0	22	80	4	2	67	73	0	8	3	4	11	.276	.364	.459	824	213	538	356	83	6.3	.284
15	George Foster	of	15	30	1968-3-55	MLB	121	440	68	133	18	3	30	98	0	2	59	105	3	7	0	3	11	.302	.386	.561	948	247	505	323	95	7.9	.334
8	Joe Morgan	2b	32	35	UDFA: 1963	MLB	127	436	70	109	26	1	9	32	28	6	93	45	1	11	3	5	8	.250	.379	.376	756	164	538	349	79	6.1	.258
29	Dave Collins	of	-	26	1972-1-9	MLB	122	396	59	126	16	4	3	35	16	9	27	48	2	2	3	1	6	.318	.364	.402	765	159	429	289	61	5.7	.355
30	Ken Griffey	of	-	29	1969-29-680	MLB	95	380	62	120	27	4	8	32	12	5	36	39	1	3	0	3	7	.316	.374	.471	845	179	420	275	75	7.3	.333
20	Cesar Geronimo	of	71	31	UDFA: 1967	MLB	123	356	38	85	17	4	4	38	1	1	37	56	2	11	3	2	8	.239	.312	.343	655	122	400	285	40	3.8	.272
26	Junior Kennedy	2b	-	28	1968-1-10	MLB	83	220	29	60	7	0	1	17	4	3	28	31	0	0	2	0	4	.273	.355	.318	673	70	250	169	27	4.3	.314
7	Hector Cruz	of-3b	-	26	1998-11-343	MLB	74	182	24	44	10	2	4	27	0	1	31	39	0	3	1	1	8	.242	.350	.385	735	70	215	149	25	4.5	.286
33	Paul Blair	of	-	35	UDFA: 1962	MLB	75	140	7	21	4	1	2	15	0	0	11	27	0	3	2	2	4	.150	.209	.236	445	33	155	127	4	0.8	.168
9	Vic Correll	c	-	33	1967-9-170	MLB	48	133	14	31	12	0	1	15	0	0	14	26	1	2	1	1	3	.233	.309	.346	655	46	150	107	15	3.8	.280
23	Rick Auerbach	ss	-	29	1969-7-145	MLB	62	100	17	21	8	1	1	12	0	1	14	19	0	1	1	1	1	.210	.304	.340	644	34	116	83	12	3.8	.247
41	Tom Seaver	p	-	34	1966-1-19	MLB	33	76	3	12	3	0	2	8	0	0	1	29	0	0	4	0	2	.158	.169	.276	445	21	81	70	0	0.1	.222
51	Mike LaCoss	p	-	23	1974-3-71	MLB	35	70	3	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	25	0	0	5	0	2	.129	.164	.143	307	10	78	68	-3	-1.2	.200
28	Champ Summers	of	-	33	UDFA: 1971	MLB	27	60	10	12	2	1	1	11	0	1	13	15	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.351	.317	668	19	74	50	7	3.9	.250
34	Fred Norman	p	-	36	UDFA: 1961	MLB	34	59	2	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	22	0	0	6	0	3	.153	.231	.153	383	9	71	59	-1	-0.6	.243
42	Bill Bonham	p	-	30	1968-31-695	MLB	29	57	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	0	0	6	0	1	.140	.140	.175	316	10	63	56	-2	-0.8	.205
12	Harry Spilman	1b	-	24	UDFA: 1974	MLB	43	56	7	12	3	0	0	5	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	0	1	.214	.323	.268	591	15	65	45	6	3.5	.235
47	Tom Hume	p	-	26	1972-1-16	MLB	57	46	1	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	17	0	0	1	0	0	.174	.191	.196	387	9	48	39	0	-0.3	.276
31	Paul Moskau	p	-	25	1975-3-70	MLB	21	37	3	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	13	0	0	6	1	1	.081	.103	.108	211	4	45	42	-3	-1.6	.120
21	Arturo DeFreitas	1b	-	26	UDFA: 1978	MLB	23	34	2	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	1	.206	.200	.265	465	9	35	29	0	0.0	.368
35	Frank Pastore	p	-	21	1975-2-46	MLB	30	25	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	2	0	1	.160	.160	.160	320	4	27	24	-1	-1.4	.267
16,19	Ken Henderson	of	-	33	1967-42-759	MLB	10	13	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.308	538	4	13	10	1	2.6	.273
40	Doug Bair	p	-	29	UDFA: 1971	MLB	65	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	8	8	-	-	.000
36	Mario Soto	p	-	22	UDFA: 1973	MLB	25	7	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	.571	1143	4	7	3	2	16.7	.800
34	Pedro Borbon	p	-	32	UDFA: 1966	MLB	30	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	2	6	4	1	4.2	.400
45	Manny Sarmiento	p	-	23	UDFA: 1972	MLB	23	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	7	-	-	.000
21	Rafael Santo Domingo	h	-	23	UDFA: 1978	MLB	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	452	1	7	5	0	0.2	.333
16	Ron Oester	2b	-	23	1974-9-214	MLB	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
28	Sam Mejias	of	-	27	UDFA: 1971	MLB	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	2	1	0	13.4	.500
37,43	Dave Tomlin	p	-	30	1967-29-553	MLB	53	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	2	1	0	9.9	1.000
44	Doug Capilla	p	-	27	1970-25-593	MLB	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	1	0	1	--	1.000
Totals: (34 players)							161	5477	731	1445	266	31	132	686	99	47	614	902	19	73	62	46	128	.264	.338	.396	734	2169	6218	4315	784	4.9	.292

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
41	Tom Seaver	6	34	1966-1-19	MLB	16	6	3.14	32	32	9	5	0	0	215.0	187	85	75	16	61	131	4	0	1.15	7.83	0.67	2.55	5.48	0.47	.266	0.93
51	Mike LaCoss	35	23	1974-3-71	MLB	14	8	3.50	35	32	6	1	0	0	205.2	202	92	80	13	79	73	3	3	1.37	8.84	0.57	3.46	3.19	1.08	.277	1.49
34	Fred Norman	51	36	UDFA: 1961	MLB	11	13	3.64	34	31	5	0	0	0	195.1	193	86	79	14	57	95	2	1	1.28	8.89	0.65	2.63	4.38	0.60	.280	1.04
42	Bill Bonham	68	30	1968-31-695	MLB	9	7	3.79	29	29	2	0	0	0	175.2	173	80	74	14	60	78	6	3	1.33	8.86	0.72	3.07	4.00	0.77	.279	1.16
47	Tom Hume	12	26	1972-1-16	MLB	10	9	2.76	57	12	2	0	33	17	163.0	162	54	50	12	33	80	2	0	1.20	8.94	0.66	1.82	4.42	0.41	.285	1.17
31	Paul Moskau	-	25	1975-3-70	MLB	5	4	3.89	21	15	1	0	1	0	106.1	107	53	46	9	51	58	6	0	1.49	9.06	0.76	4.32	4.91	0.88	.289	0.86
35	Frank Pastore	-	21	1975-2-46	MLB	6	7	4.25	30	9	2	1	10	4	95.1	102	47	45	8	23	63	2	0	1.31	9.63	0.76	2.17	5.95	0.37	.308	0.86
40	Doug Bair	39	29	UDFA: 1971	MLB	11	7	4.29	65	0	0	0	42	16	94.1	93	47	45	7	51	86	3	0	1.53	8.87	0.67	4.87	8.20	0.59	.319	0.71
37,43	Dave Tomlin	78	30	1967-29-553	MLB	2	2	2.62	53	0	0	0	17	1	58.1	59	29	17	3	18	30	2	0	1.32	9.10	0.46	2.78	4.63	0.60	.301	1.17
34	Pedro Borbon	57	32	UDFA: 1966	MLB	2	2	3.43	30	0	0	0	18	2	44.2	48	17	17	2	8	23	0	0	1.25	9.67	0.40	1.61	4.63	0.35	.311	1.38
45	Manny Sarmiento	-	23	UDFA: 1972	MLB	0	4	4.66	23	1	0	0	5	0	38.2	47	21	20	2	7	23	0	0	1.40	10.94	0.47	1.63	5.35	0.30	.357	0.65
36	Mario Soto	-	22	UDFA: 1973	MLB	3	2	5.30	25	0	0	0	7	0	37.1	33	25	22	2	30	32	0	0	1.69	7.96	0.48	7.23	7.71	0.94	.304	0.61
44	Doug Capilla	-	27	1970-25-593	MLB	1	0	8.53	5	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	7	6	6	1	5	0	0	0	1.89	9.95	1.42	7.11	0.00	--	--	0.90
44	Charlie Leibrandt	-	22	1978-9-225	MLB	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	0	4.1	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.92	4.15	0.00	4.15	2.08	2.00	.167	0.71
Totals: (34 players)						90	71	3.60	161	161	27	7	134	40	1,440	1415	644	576	132	485	773	30	7	1.43	8.84	0.64	3.03	4.83	0.63	.284

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Johnny Bench	C	126		619	68	10	11	.986	0.00
Vic Correll	C	47		221	19	2	1	.992	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dan Driessen	1B	143		1289	79	9	112	.993	0.00
Harry Spilman	1B	12		62	2	0	3	1.000	0.00
Dave Collins	1B	10		64	1	0	6	1.000	0.00
Arturo DeFreitas	1B	6		37	0	1	5	.974	0.00
Champ Summers	1B	6		41	5	1	4	.979	0.00
Johnny Bench	1B	2		13	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Morgan	2B	121		259	329	12	74	.980	0.00
Junior Kennedy	2B	59		95	144	5	28	.980	0.00
Rick Auerbach	2B	3		2	0	1	0	.667	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ray Knight	3B	149		120	262	15	26	.962	0.00
Rick Auerbach	3B	18		2	26	2	2	.933	0.00
Junior Kennedy	3B	4		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Harry Spilman	3B	4		2	9	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave Concepcion	SS	148		284	495	27	102	.967	0.00
Rick Auerbach	SS	16		27	28	2	5	.965	0.00
Junior Kennedy	SS	5		10	16	0	2	1.000	0.00
Ron Oester	SS	2		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cesar Geronimo	OF	118		291	11	2	2	.993	0.00
George Foster	OF	116		214	7	4	1	.982	0.00
Ken Griffey	OF	93		175	8	3	1	.984	0.00
Dave Collins	OF	91		159	2	4	2	.976	0.00
Hector Cruz	OF	69		119	8	2	4	.984	0.00
Paul Blair	OF	67		117	3	1	0	.992	0.00
Champ Summers	OF	13		15	1	1	0	.941	0.00
Sam Mejias	OF	5		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ken Henderson	OF	2		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Arturo DeFreitas	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Doug Bair	P	65	94	5	9	1	1	.933	1.34
Tom Hume	P	57	163	6	27	2	1	.943	1.82
Dave Tomlin	P	53	58	4	10	3	1	.824	2.17
Mike LaCoss	P	35	205	15	34	2	4	.961	2.15
Fred Norman	P	34	195	4	26	3	1	.909	1.38
Tom Seaver	P	32	215	22	26	2	2	.960	2.01
Pedro Borbon	P	30	44	3	7	1	1	.909	2.04
Frank Pastore	P	30	95	5	13	0	2	1.000	1.70
Bill Bonham	P	29	175	9	31	4	0	.909	2.05
Mario Soto	P	25	37	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.73
Manny Sarmiento	P	23	38	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.18
Paul Moskau	P	21	106	3	19	2	3	.917	1.87
Doug Capilla	P	5	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.95
Charlie Leibrandt	P	3	4	1	0	0	1	1.000	2.20

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