1979 Cincinnati Reds | |
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1979 NL West Champions | |
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Record | 90–71 (.559) |
Divisional place | 1st |
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Owner(s) | Louis Nippert |
General manager(s) | Dick Wagner |
Manager(s) | John McNamara |
Local television | WLWT (Ray Lane, Bill Brown) |
Local radio | WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall) |
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The 1979 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds winning the National League West under their first-year manager John McNamara, with a record of 90-71, 1½ games better than the Houston Astros. It was a year of great change for the Reds, who lost long-time star Pete Rose to the Philadelphia Phillies, who signed Rose as an unrestricted free agent. Also, long-time manager and future Hall of Famer Sparky Anderson was fired by new general manager Dick Wagner when Anderson refused to make changes in his coaching staff. McNamara guided the Reds to its first West Division title in three years. Wagner replaced long-time GM Bob Howsam, who retired after running the Reds for 12 years. Through some good drafts and several key trades, Howsam built a team that won six division titles, and played in four World Series, winning two, during the 1970s.
However, the Reds lost the National League Championship Series to the eventual World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates in three straight games. It was the first time in four tries the Pirates had upended the Reds in a league championship series since Major League Baseball went to divisions in 1969. It would be Cincinnati's last postseason appearance until 1990.
The Reds played their home games at Riverfront Stadium.
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 90 | 71 | 0.559 | — | 48–32 | 42–39 |
Houston Astros | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | 1½ | 52–29 | 37–44 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 11½ | 46–35 | 33–48 |
San Francisco Giants | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 19½ | 38–43 | 33–48 |
San Diego Padres | 68 | 93 | 0.422 | 22 | 39–42 | 29–51 |
Atlanta Braves | 66 | 94 | 0.412 | 23½ | 34–45 | 32–49 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 4–8 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 1–9 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 4–8 | |||||
Chicago | 8–4 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 8–10 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–6 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 11–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–7 | 6–12 | 8–4 | |||||
Houston | 11–7 | 6–6 | 10–8 | — | 10–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 14–4 | 7–11 | 6–6 | |||||
Los Angeles | 6–12 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 8–10 | — | 6–6 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 14–4 | 6–6 | |||||
Montreal | 9–1 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 15–3 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 | |||||
New York | 8–4 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 3–15 | — | 5–13 | 8–10–1 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 7–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5-7 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–11 | 13–5 | — | 8–10 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 7–11–1 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 12–6 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 11–7 | 10–8–1 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 | 9–3 | 11–7 | |||||
San Diego | 12–6 | 3–9 | 7–10 | 4–14 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 7–11 | 4–8 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 10–8 | — | 5–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–4 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 11–7–1 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Johnny Bench | 120 | 393 | 102 | .260 | 23 | 73 |
1B | Dan Driessen | 153 | 524 | 131 | .250 | 16 | 70 |
2B | Joe Morgan | 132 | 441 | 104 | .236 | 13 | 75 |
3B | Ray Knight | 159 | 655 | 198 | .302 | 7 | 52 |
SS | Dave Concepción | 153 | 565 | 170 | .301 | 6 | 67 |
LF | George Foster | 158 | 604 | 170 | .281 | 40 | 120 |
CF | César Gerónimo | 122 | 296 | 67 | .226 | 5 | 27 |
RF | Ken Griffey | 158 | 614 | 177 | .288 | 10 | 63 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Dave Collins | 122 | 396 | 126 | .318 | 3 | 35 |
Junior Kennedy | 83 | 220 | 60 | .273 | 1 | 17 |
Héctor Cruz | 74 | 182 | 44 | .242 | 4 | 27 |
Paul Blair | 75 | 140 | 21 | .150 | 2 | 15 |
Rick Auerbach | 62 | 100 | 21 | .210 | 1 | 12 |
Champ Summers | 27 | 60 | 12 | .200 | 1 | 11 |
Harry Spilman | 43 | 56 | 12 | .214 | 0 | 5 |
Arturo DeFreites | 23 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 4 |
Ken Henderson | 10 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 2 |
Rafael Santo Domingo | 7 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Oester | 6 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Mejias | 7 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tom Seaver | 32 | 215 | 16 | 6 | 3.14 | 131 |
Mike LaCoss | 35 | 205.2 | 14 | 8 | 3.50 | 73 |
Fred Norman | 34 | 195.1 | 11 | 13 | 3.64 | 95 |
Bill Bonham | 29 | 175.2 | 9 | 7 | 3.79 | 78 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tom Hume | 57 | 163 | 10 | 9 | 2.76 | 80 |
Paul Moskau | 21 | 106 | 5 | 4 | 3.89 | 58 |
Frank Pastore | 30 | 95.1 | 6 | 7 | 4.25 | 63 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Doug Bair | 65 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 4.29 | 86 |
Dave Tomlin | 53 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.62 | 30 |
Pedro Borbón | 30 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.43 | 23 |
Mario Soto | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.30 | 32 |
Manny Sarmiento | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.66 | 23 |
Doug Capilla | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.53 | 0 |
Charlie Leibrandt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Main article: 1979 National League Championship Series |
October 2, Riverfront Stadium
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |
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Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | |
Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
W: Grant Jackson (1-0) L: Tom Hume (0-1) SV: Don Robinson (1) | |||||||||||||||
HRs: PIT – Phil Garner (1) Willie Stargell (1) CIN – George Foster (1) |
October 3, Riverfront Stadium
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||
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Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
Cincinnati | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
W: Don Robinson (1-0) L: Doug Bair (0-1) SV: None | |||||||||||||||
HRs: PIT – None CIN – None |
October 5, Three Rivers Stadium
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
W: Bert Blyleven (1-0) L: Mike LaCoss (0-1) SV: None | |||||||||||||
HRs: CIN – Johnny Bench (1) PIT – Willie Stargell (2) Bill Madlock (1) |
See also: Minor League Baseball |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Nashville