⭐ Division Winner

1979 Cincinnati Reds

90-71 • 0.559 Win% • 1st in NL W

📊 Season Record

90 Wins
71 Losses
0.559 Win %
1st Rank
731 R 644 RA
Diff +87

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⚡ Quick Stats

731 Runs Scored
644 Runs Allowed
+87 Run Diff
2,356K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 NL Average

Batting Avg .263 1% above the 1979 league average (.260)
OBP .338 4% above the 1979 league average (.323)
SLG .336 3% above the 1979 league average (.325)
Team ERA 3.58 4% better than the 1979 league average (3.73)
Runs Scored 731 7% above the 1979 league average (682 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCinergy Field
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 2,356,933
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Avg per Game 29,461

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dave Collins 0.318 2 Ray Knight 0.318 3 Ken Griffey 0.316 4 George Foster 0.302 5 Dave Concepcion 0.281

Home Runs

1 George Foster 30 2 Johnny Bench 22 3 Dan Driessen 18 4 Dave Concepcion 16 5 Ray Knight 10

RBI

1 George Foster 98 2 Dave Concepcion 84 3 Johnny Bench 80 4 Ray Knight 79 5 Dan Driessen 75
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dave Concepcion 149 590 91 166 0 0 16 84 64 73 19 0.281
Ray Knight 150 551 64 175 0 0 10 79 38 57 4 0.318
Dan Driessen 150 515 72 129 0 0 18 75 62 77 11 0.250
Johnny Bench 130 464 73 128 0 0 22 80 67 73 4 0.276
George Foster 121 440 68 133 0 0 30 98 59 105 0 0.302
Joe Morgan 127 436 70 109 0 0 9 32 93 45 28 0.250
Dave Collins 122 396 59 126 0 0 3 35 27 48 16 0.318
Ken Griffey 95 380 62 120 0 0 8 32 36 39 12 0.316
Cesar Geronimo 123 356 38 85 0 0 4 38 37 56 1 0.239
Junior Kennedy 83 220 29 60 0 0 1 17 28 31 4 0.273
Hector Cruz 74 182 24 44 0 0 4 27 31 39 0 0.242
Paul Blair 75 140 7 21 0 0 2 15 11 27 0 0.150
Vic Correll 48 133 14 31 0 0 1 15 14 26 0 0.233
Rick Auerbach 62 100 17 21 0 0 1 12 14 19 0 0.210
Tom Seaver 33 76 3 12 0 0 2 8 1 29 0 0.158
Mike LaCoss 35 70 3 9 0 0 0 0 3 25 0 0.129
Champ Summers 27 60 10 12 0 0 1 11 13 15 0 0.200
Fred Norman 34 59 2 9 0 0 0 6 6 22 0 0.153
Bill Bonham 29 57 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 18 0 0.140
Harry Spilman 43 56 7 12 0 0 0 5 7 5 0 0.214
Tom Hume 57 46 1 8 0 0 0 4 1 17 0 0.174
Paul Moskau 21 37 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 13 0 0.081
Arturo DeFreites 23 34 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 16 0 0.206
Frank Pastore 30 25 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0.160
Ken Henderson 10 13 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.231
Doug Bair 65 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Mario Soto 25 7 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.571
Pedro Borbon 30 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Rafael Santo Domingo 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.167
Manny Sarmiento 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Ron Oester 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Sam Mejias 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Dave Tomlin 53 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Doug Capilla 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Charlie Leibrandt 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dave Tomlin 2.62 2 Tom Hume 2.76 3 Tom Seaver 3.14 4 Pedro Borbon 3.43 5 Mike LaCoss 3.50

Wins

1 Tom Seaver 16 2 Mike LaCoss 14 3 Doug Bair 11 4 Fred Norman 11 5 Tom Hume 10

Strikeouts

1 Tom Seaver 131 2 Fred Norman 95 3 Doug Bair 86 4 Tom Hume 80 5 Bill Bonham 78
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tom Seaver 16 6 3.14 32 32 0 215.0 61 131
Mike LaCoss 14 8 3.50 35 32 0 205.2 79 73
Fred Norman 11 13 3.64 34 31 0 195.1 57 95
Bill Bonham 9 7 3.79 29 29 0 175.2 60 78
Tom Hume 10 9 2.76 57 12 17 163.0 33 80
Paul Moskau 5 4 3.89 21 15 0 106.1 51 58
Frank Pastore 6 7 4.25 30 9 4 95.1 23 63
Doug Bair 11 7 4.29 65 0 16 94.1 51 86
Dave Tomlin 2 2 2.62 53 0 1 58.1 18 30
Pedro Borbon 2 2 3.43 30 0 2 44.2 8 23
Manny Sarmiento 0 4 4.66 23 1 0 38.2 7 23
Mario Soto 3 2 5.30 25 0 0 37.1 30 32
Doug Capilla 1 0 8.53 5 0 0 6.1 5 0
Charlie Leibrandt 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 4.1 2 1

🏆 Postseason Results

NL Championship
Lost to PIT 3-0

👥 Roster (35)

Rick Auerbach Doug Bair Johnny Bench Paul Blair Bill Bonham Pedro Borbon Doug Capilla Dave Collins Dave Concepcion Vic Correll Hector Cruz Arturo DeFreites +23 more

35 players

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