Reds attendance lowest mark in Great American Ball Park history

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• Game log
• Wade Miley would like to talk about the 2021 Ohio Cup and his no-hitter
• Reds set record-low attendance in Great American Ball Park history during 100-loss season
• Cincinnati Reds employ the opener strategy for the first time in the David Bell era
• The birth of the Reds and the American Association (1881–

Griffey became just the sixth player in Major League history join the 600-home run club. The Reds rebuilding process continued and the club endured a last-place finish in the NL Central standings while losing 94 games. While the pitching staff - loaded with young arms and saddled by veteran injuries - sputtered and needed 16 different starters to get through the season, the lineup and defense performed strongly. Six different players hit 20 or more home runs and the club had four NL Gold Glove finalists and a first-time winner in catcher Tucker Barnhart. Shortstop Zack Cozart was a NL All-Star for the first time after he was elected as a starter during a breakout season. Joey Votto turned in the best season of his 10-year career while starting all 162 games.

The season also marked the highly anticipated arrival of Cuban Aroldis Chapman, who garnered attention while regularly throwing over 100 mph. The Reds' enjoyable run ended faster than they hoped as they were swept in three games by the Phillies in the NL Division Series. The 1981 team fielded a strong lineup, with only Concepción, Foster and Griffey retaining their spots from the 1975–76 heyday. After Johnny Bench was able to play only a few games as catcher each year after 1980 due to ongoing injuries, Joe Nolan took over as starting catcher. Morgan and Geronimo had been replaced at second base and center field by Ron Oester and Dave Collins, respectively.

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At home, the Reds wore white caps with the red bill with the oval "C" in red, white sleeveless jerseys with red pinstripes, with the oval "C-REDS" logo in black with red lettering on the left breast and the number in red on the right. The gray away uniform included a gray cap with the red oval "C" and a red bill. Their gray away uniforms, which also included a sleeveless jersey, bore "CINCINNATI" in an arched block style across with the number below on the left. In 1964, players' last names were placed on the back of each set of uniforms, below the numbers. Along with the logo, the Reds' uniforms have been changed many different times throughout their history. Following their departure from being called the "Redlegs" in 1956, the Reds made a groundbreaking change to their uniforms with the use of sleeveless jerseys, seen only once before in the Major Leagues by the Chicago Cubs.

Please note that players may not be in the uniform of the correct team in these images. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, since no spectators were allowed at MLB games, the Reds offered fans the opportunity to purchase paper cutouts of their own photographs in the stands at Great American Ball Park. The promotion raised over $300,000 for the fund, more than the fund's traditional events such as Redsfest, the Redlegs Run, an annual golf outing and the Fox Sports Ohio Telethon.

Wade Miley would like to talk about the 2021 Ohio Cup and his no-hitter

Votto was only player in the Major Leagues to produce at least 26 homers and 100 RBIs while hitting at least .300 with an OBP of .400 and a slugging percentage of .500. A waiver claim - Cincinnati native Scooter Gennett - emerged as the surprise of the season with 27 homers - including a stunning June 6 game vs. the Cardinals where he became the first Reds player to hit four home runs in one game. On the mound, rookie starter Luis Castillo jumped from Double-A and was the best of the rotation with a 3.12 ERA in 15 big league starts. Early hopes of a successful 2018 campaign dwindled early as the team started 3-15 before manager Bryan Price was replaced by Bench Coach Jim Riggleman for the remainder of the season. At times the team showed sparks of the team that they could be, but with a record in one-run games and a slow second half of the season the team posted a record. Even in a down year for the Reds, the team sent three players to the All-Star Game with Joey Votto, Scooter Gennett and Eugenio Suarez heading to D.C.

They use five different meteorological services and well as Major League Baseball’s. There was a similar forecast July 4, but it was dry by shortly after the game would have started. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. The primary logo in the center of the illustration depicts the handlebar mustache and old-style square cap worn by the Reds' most traditional mascot, Mr. Redlegs. His perfectly round head sits on top of the Reds' classic oval-shaped "C." The crossed bats represent a traditional baseball design, while the addition of deep red creates dimension to the Reds' colors of red and black.

Reds set record-low attendance in Great American Ball Park history during 100-loss season

The Reds made an early decision to postpone that day’s game because of the forecast. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. MLB Scores Yesterday's MLB Games, Scores from any date in Major League history, MLB Probable Pitchers, Baseball-Reference Stream Finder, ... The Reds Community Fund, founded in 2001, is focused on the youth of the Greater Cincinnati area with the goal of improving the lives of participants by leveraging the traditions of the Reds. The fund sponsors the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities program with a goal of 30–50 young people graduating high school and attending college annually.

In the 1975 season, Cincinnati clinched the NL West with 108 victories before sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates in three games to win the NL pennant. They went on to face the Boston Red Sox in the World Series, splitting the first four games and taking Game 5. After a three-day rain delay, the two teams met in Game 6, considered by many to be the best World Series game ever. The Reds were ahead 6–3 with five outs left when the Red Sox tied the game on former Red Bernie Carbo's three-run home run, his second pinch-hit, three-run homer in the series. After a few close calls both ways, Carlton Fisk hit a dramatic 12th-inning home run off the foul pole in left field to give the Red Sox a 7–6 win and force a decisive game 7. Cincinnati prevailed the next day when Morgan's RBI single won Game 7 and gave the Reds their first championship in 35 years.

Sept. 11 - All games are postponed due to terrorist acts in New York , Washington D.C. Nov. 15, 1995 – Barry Larkin wins the 1995 NL MVP after setting a club record for shortstops with a .319 batting average (min. 400 at-bats) and a modern club record of 51 stolen bases. Sept. 11, 1985 – Pete Rose becomes baseball’s all-time hits leader with a single off San Diego’s Eric Show for career hit No. 4,192. Rose leads the Reds to a 6-4 win over the Cubs and goes 2-for-4 with two RBI. The Reds drew 1,387,947 fans across 79 home dates this season, averaging 17,569 fans per game. It was their lowest total attendance in a season since 1984 at Riverfront Stadium (1.276 million) and a drop of more than a million fans from 2015.

The Reds ended the season at 79–83, and won the 2012 NL Central Division Title. On September 28, Homer Bailey threw a 1–0 no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates, marking the first Reds no-hitter since Tom Browning's perfect game in 1988. Finishing with a 97–65 record, the Reds earned the second seed in the Division Series and a matchup with the eventual World Series champion, the San Francisco Giants. After taking a 2–0 lead with road victories at AT&T Park, they headed home looking to win the series.

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Johnson and Schott had never gotten along, and she did not approve of Johnson living with his fiancée before they were married. In contrast, Knight, along with his wife, professional golfer Nancy Lopez, were friends of Schott. The team took a dive under Knight, who was unable to complete two full seasons as manager and was subjected to complaints in the press about his strict managerial style. In 1979, Pete Rose added further fuel to the Big Red Machine, being part of the rivalry when he signed with the Phillies and helped them win their first World Series in 1980.

However, players are required to supply their gloves and shoes themselves. Many players enter into sponsorship arrangements with shoe manufacturers, but until the mid-1980s, the Reds had a strict rule requiring players to wear only plain black shoes with no prominent logo. Reds players decried what they considered to be the boring color choice, as well as the denial of the opportunity to earn more money through shoe contracts. In 1985, a compromise was struck in which players could paint red marks on their black shoes and were allowed to wear all-red shoes the following year. The tipping point came in 1967, with the appointment of Bob Howsam as general manager. That same year, the Reds avoided a move to San Diego when the city of Cincinnati and Hamilton County agreed to build a state-of-the-art, downtown stadium on the edge of the Ohio River.

Although a number of free agents were signed before 2005, the Reds were quickly in last place, and manager Dave Miley was forced out in the 2005 midseason and replaced by Jerry Narron. Like many other small-market clubs, the Reds dispatched some of their veteran players and began entrusting their future to a young nucleus that included Adam Dunn and Austin Kearns. On the field, manager Lou Piniella wanted outfielder Paul O'Neill to be a power hitter to fill the void Eric Davis left when he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Tim Belcher. The Reds returned to winning after a losing season in 1991, but 90 wins was only enough for second place behind the division-winning Atlanta Braves. Before the season ended, Piniella got into an altercation with reliever Rob Dibble. In the offseason, Paul O'Neill was traded to the New York Yankees for outfielder Roberto Kelly, who was a disappointment for the Reds over the next couple of years, while O'Neill led a downtrodden Yankees franchise to a return to glory.