1979 Cincinnati Reds Statistics and Roster

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1979 Cincinnati Reds (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
90-71, Finished 1st in NL Western Division
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Scored 731 runs, Allowed 644 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-71
Managed by John McNamara

Ballpark: Riverfront Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,356,933 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost NL Championship Series (3-0) to Pittsburgh Pirates

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Johnny Bench        31  130  464   73  128  19  0  22   80  67   73  .276  .364  .459   4   2  11   0   3   4   8  123
1B *Dan Driessen        27  150  515   72  129  24  3  18   75  62   77  .250  .330  .414  11   5   6   3   2   7  11  102
2B *Joe Morgan          35  127  436   70  109  26  1   9   32  93   45  .250  .379  .376  28   6   8   1   3   5  11  107
3B  Ray Knight          26  150  551   64  175  37  4  10   79  38   57  .318  .360  .454   4   4  20   3   4   8   4  120
SS  Dave Concepcion     31  149  590   91  166  25  3  16   84  64   73  .281  .348  .415  19   7  18   0   6   6   5  107
LF  George Foster       30  121  440   68  133  18  3  30   98  59  105  .302  .386  .561   0   2  11   3   0   3   7  155
CF *Cesar Geronimo      31  123  356   38   85  17  4   4   38  37   56  .239  .312  .343   1   1   8   2   3   2  11   79
RF *Ken Griffey         29   95  380   62  120  27  4   8   32  36   39  .316  .374  .471  12   5   7   1   0   3   3  129
   #Dave Collins        26  122  396   59  126  16  4   3   35  27   48  .318  .364  .402  16   9   6   2   3   1   2  109
    Junior Kennedy      28   83  220   29   60   7  0   1   17  28   31  .273  .355  .318   4   3   4   0   2   0   0   85
    Hector Cruz         26   74  182   24   44  10  2   4   27  31   39  .242  .350  .385   0   1   8   0   1   1   3  100
    Paul Blair          35   75  140    7   21   4  1   2   15  11   27  .150  .209  .236   0   0   4   0   2   2   3   21
    Vic Correll         33   48  133   14   31  12  0   1   15  14   26  .233  .309  .346   0   0   3   1   1   1   2   78
    Rick Auerbach       29   62  100   17   21   8  1   1   12  14   19  .210  .304  .340   0   1   1   0   1   1   1   75
   *Champ Summers       33   27   60   10   12   2  1   1   11  13   15  .200  .351  .317   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   84
   *Harry Spilman       24   43   56    7   12   3  0   0    5   7    5  .214  .323  .268   0   0   1   2   0   0   2   63
    Arturo DeFreitas    26   23   34    2    7   2  0   0    4   0   16  .206  .200  .265   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   26
   #Ken Henderson       33   10   13    1    3   1  0   0    2   0    2  .231  .231  .308   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   46
   #Rafael Santo Domingo23    7    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .167  .286  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   27
   #Ron Oester          23    6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Sam Mejias          27    7    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  173

    Tom Seaver          34   33   76    3   12   3  0   2    8   1   29  .158  .169  .276   0   0   2   0   4   0   0   19
    Mike LaCoss         23   35   70    3    9   1  0   0    0   3   25  .129  .164  .143   0   0   2   0   5   0   0  -15
   #Fred Norman         36   34   59    2    9   0  0   0    6   6   22  .153  .231  .153   0   0   3   0   6   0   0    7
    Bill Bonham         30   29   57    3    8   2  0   0    2   0   18  .140  .140  .175   0   0   1   0   6   0   0  -14
    Tom Hume            26   57   46    1    8   1  0   0    4   1   17  .174  .191  .196   0   0   0   0   1   0   0    6
    Paul Moskau         25   21   37    3    3   1  0   0    3   1   13  .081  .103  .108   0   0   1   0   6   1   0  -42
    Frank Pastore       21   30   25    2    4   0  0   0    1   0   10  .160  .160  .160   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -12
    Doug Bair           29   65    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Mario Soto          22   25    7    2    4   0  0   0    1   0    2  .571  .571  .571   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  213
    Pedro Borbon        32   30    6    2    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   82
    Manny Sarmiento     23   23    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Dave Tomlin         30   53    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  173
   *Doug Capilla        27    5    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  447
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.3  161 5477  731 1445 266 31 132  686 614  902  .264  .338  .396  99  47 128  19  62  46  73  107
    Rank among 12 NL teams         6    3    5   3 10   5        1    2     5     2     6  10  11                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Mike LaCoss         23  35   3.50  14   8  0  32   0   6   1  205.7  202   92   80  13   79   73  868   3   2  3   8 108
SP  Tom Seaver          34  32   3.14  16   6  0  32   0   9   5  215.0  187   85   75  16   61  131  868   4   0  0   6 120
SP *Fred Norman         36  34   3.64  11  13  0  31   0   5   0  195.3  193   86   79  14   57   95  817   2   0  1   4 104
SP  Bill Bonham         30  29   3.79   9   7  0  29   0   2   0  175.7  173   80   74  14   60   78  741   6   8  3   3 100
SP  Paul Moskau         25  21   3.89   5   4  0  15   1   1   0  106.3  107   53   46   9   51   58  470   6   0  0   3  97

CL  Tom Hume            26  57   2.76  10   9 17  12  33   2   0  163.0  162   54   50  12   33   80  669   2   0  0   9 137
RP  Doug Bair           29  65   4.29  11   7 16   0  42   0   0   94.3   93   47   45   7   51   86  430   3   3  0  12  88
RP *Dave Tomlin         30  53   2.62   2   2  1   0  17   0   0   58.3   59   29   17   3   18   30  244   2   1  0   5 144
RP  Pedro Borbon        32  30   3.43   2   2  2   0  18   0   0   44.7   48   17   17   2    8   23  188   0   0  0   4 110
RP  Mario Soto          22  25   5.30   3   2  0   0   7   0   0   37.3   33   25   22   2   30   32  169   0   1  0   2  71

    Frank Pastore       21  30   4.25   6   7  4   9  10   2   1   95.3  102   47   45   8   23   63  407   2   1  0   5  89
    Manny Sarmiento     23  23   4.66   0   4  0   1   5   0   0   38.7   47   21   20   2    7   23  164   0   1  0   2  81
   *Doug Capilla        27   5   8.53   1   0  0   0   0   0   0    6.3    7    6    6   1    5    0   32   0   1  0   0  44
   *Charlie Leibrandt   22   3   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.3    2    2    0   0    2    1   16   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.5 161   3.58  90  71 40 161 134  27  10 1440.0 1415  644  573 103  485  773 6083  30  18  7  63 105
    Rank among 12 NL teams          4   3  10  3           8   5     10    3    4        3    3   12

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JBench 1083 123 126 619 68 10 11 .986 5 21 70 45 VCorrell 357 38 47 221 19 2 1 .992 4 9 40 10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1440 161 161 840 87 12 12 .987 9 30 110 55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DDriessen 1221 138 143 1289 79 9 112 .993 10.08 HSpilman 64 5 12 62 2 0 3 1.000 8.96 DCollins 55 5 10 64 1 0 6 1.000 10.58 CSummers 48 6 6 41 5 1 4 .979 8.57 ADeFreitas 37 5 6 37 0 1 5 .974 8.93 JBench 14 2 2 13 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 161 161 1506 88 11 131 .993 9.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *5.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMorgan 1018 120 121 259 329 12 74 .980 5.20 JKennedy 414 41 59 95 144 5 28 .980 5.20 RAuerbach 8 0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 161 161 356 473 18 102 .979 5.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *2.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RKnight 1294 149 149 120 262 15 26 .962 2.66 RAuerbach 106 9 18 2 26 2 2 .933 2.38 HSpilman 30 3 4 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.30 JKennedy 10 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 161 161 124 299 17 28 .961 2.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DConcepcion 1297 148 148 284 495 27 102 .967 5.40 RAuerbach 93 8 16 27 28 2 5 .965 5.32 JKennedy 45 5 5 10 16 0 2 1.000 5.20 ROester 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 161 161 322 541 29 109 .967 5.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 *2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GFoster 999 116 116 217 9 4 1 .983 2.04 DCollins 290 32 46 61 1 1 0 .984 1.92 HCruz 87 9 13 19 1 2 0 .909 2.07 PBlair 31 0 18 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.70 CSummers 24 3 4 3 1 1 0 .800 1.50 KHenderson 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 161 161 308 12 8 1 .976 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGeronimo 894 96 118 296 11 2 2 .994 3.09 PBlair 326 37 55 103 1 1 0 .990 2.87 HCruz 159 21 23 43 3 0 1 1.000 2.59 KGriffey 50 7 8 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.06 SMejias 7 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 DCollins 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 161 161 460 15 3 3 .994 2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KGriffey 749 87 92 158 9 3 2 .982 2.00 DCollins 392 47 50 96 2 3 2 .970 2.25 HCruz 225 19 49 58 3 0 2 1.000 2.44 CSummers 64 8 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 PBlair 7 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14 ADeFreitas 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 KHenderson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 161 161 332 14 6 6 .983 2.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.33 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GFoster 999 116 116 214 7 4 1 .982 1.99 CGeronimo 894 96 118 291 11 2 2 .993 3.04 KGriffey 799 94 93 175 8 3 1 .984 2.06 DCollins 685 79 91 159 2 4 2 .976 2.11 HCruz 471 49 69 119 8 2 4 .984 2.42 PBlair 365 37 67 117 3 1 0 .992 2.96 CSummers 88 11 13 15 1 1 0 .941 1.64 KHenderson 8 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.07 SMejias 7 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 ADeFreitas 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1440 161 161 1094 40 17 10 .985 2.36 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TSeaver 215 32 32 22 26 2 2 .960 2.01 MLaCoss 205 32 35 15 34 2 4 .961 2.14 FNorman 195 31 34 4 26 3 1 .909 1.38 BBonham 175 29 29 9 31 4 0 .909 2.05 THume 163 12 57 6 27 2 1 .943 1.82 PMoskau 106 15 21 3 19 2 3 .917 1.86 FPastore 95 9 30 5 13 0 2 1.000 1.70 DBair 94 0 65 5 9 1 1 .933 1.34 DTomlin 58 0 53 4 10 3 1 .824 2.16 PBorbon 44 0 30 3 7 1 1 .909 2.01 MSarmiento 38 1 23 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.16 MSoto 37 0 25 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.72 DCapilla 6 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.86 CLeibrandt 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 1.000 2.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 161 161 79 210 20 17 .935 1.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Knight .318

On-base % Foster .386

Slugging % Foster .561

OPS Foster .947

Games Driessen and Knight 150

At Bats Concepcion 590

Plate Appearances (approx.) Concepcion 666

Runs Concepcion 91

Hits Knight 175

Total Bases Knight 250

Doubles Knight 37

Triples Collins, Geronimo, Griffey, and Knight 4

Home Runs Foster 30

RBI Foster 98

Bases on Balls Morgan 93

Strikeouts Foster 105

Stolen Bases Morgan 28

Singles Knight 124

Adjusted OPS+ Foster 155

Runs Created Foster 95

Adjusted Batting Runs Foster 33

Batting Wins Foster 3.3

Extra-Base Hits Foster and Knight 51

Times on Base Concepcion 230

Offensive Win% Foster .745

Hit By Pitch Driessen, Foster, and Knight 3

Sac. Hits Bonham, Concepcion, Moskau, and Norman 6

Sac. Flies Knight 8

Intentional Walks Driessen, Geronimo, and Morgan 11

Grounded into Double Plays Knight 20

Caught Stealing Collins 9

Power/Speed Number Concepcion 17.4

At Bats per Strikeout Knight and Morgan 9.7

At Bats per Home Run Foster 14.7

Outs Concepcion 461

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Hume 2.76

Wins Seaver 16

Won-Loss % Seaver .727

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Seaver 1.153

Hits Allowed/9IP Seaver 7.83

Bases on Balls/9IP Hume 1.82

Strikeouts/9IP Seaver 5.48

Games Bair 65

Saves Hume 17

Innings Seaver 215.0

Strikeouts Seaver 131

Games Started LaCoss and Seaver 32

Comp. Games Seaver 9

Shutouts Seaver 5

Home Runs Allow. Seaver 16

Bases On Balls Allow. LaCoss 79

Hits Allowed LaCoss 202

SO to Walk Hume 2.42

Losses Norman 13

Earned Runs Allow. LaCoss 80

Wild Pitches Bonham and Moskau 6

Hit Batsmen Bonham 8

Batters Faced LaCoss and Seaver 868

Games Finished Bair 42

Adjusted ERA+ Hume 137

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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Johnny Bench
Dave Concepcion
George Foster (Starting LF)
Mike LaCoss
Joe Morgan

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