1979_Cincinnati_Reds_season

1979 Cincinnati Reds
1979 Cincinnati Reds
National League West Champions
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Riverfront Stadium
City	Cincinnati
Record	90–71 (.559)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Louis Nippert
General managers	Dick Wagner
Managers	John McNamara
Television	WLWT; (Ray Lane, Bill Brown)
Radio	WLW; (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)

1979 Cincinnati Reds season

Major League Baseball team season

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.

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However, the Reds lost the NLCS 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 began divisional play in 1969. It would be Cincinnati's last postseason appearance until 1990.

The Reds played their home games at Riverfront Stadium.

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v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1979 National League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Johnny Bench	130	464	128	.276	22	80
1B	Dan Driessen	150	515	129	.250	18	75
2B	Joe Morgan	127	436	109	.250	9	32
3B	Ray Knight	150	551	175	.318	10	79
SS	Dave Concepción	149	590	166	.281	16	84
LF	George Foster	121	440	133	.302	30	98
CF	César Gerónimo	123	356	85	.239	4	38
RF	Ken Griffey	95	380	120	.316	8	32

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tom Seaver	32	215.0	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

1979_Cincinnati_Reds_season

1979 Cincinnati Reds season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

National League Championship Series

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Farm system

Notes

References

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tom Hume	57	163.0	10	9	2.76	80
Paul Moskau	21	106.0	5	4	3.89	58
Frank Pastore	30	95.1	6	7	4.25	63

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
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)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Roy Majtyka
AA	Nashville Sounds	Southern League	George Scherger
A	Tampa Tarpons	Florida State League	Mike Compton
A	Greensboro Hornets	Western Carolinas League	Jim Lett
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Greg Riddoch
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Jim Hoff