George Hall and Ezra Sutton both have 3 triples

George Hall and Ezra Sutton again gang up on the hapless Reds 23-15

Jim McCormick finishes his first week in the NL by beating the Reds for the 3rd time

A new team is formed in Cincinnati after the demise of the previous Cincinnati Reds team

Jim McCormick picks off 4 Boston Unions in an 8-4 Cincinnati victory‚ one of his 21 UA wins. Earlier in the season he won 19 games for Cleveland (NL). He will lead the UA in winning percentage and in ERA and his combined won-loss record for the year is 40-25 (21-3 in UA)‚ just missing being a 20-game winner for two teams in the same season.

Bid McPhee hits a grand slam‚ off Paul Swartzel‚ and a 2-run homer to pace the Reds to an 11-3 win over visiting Kansas City. Bid will total 5 homers this year.

Wild Bill Hutchison wins his first of 41 games

Against first place (NL) Cincinnati‚ New York’s Mike Tiernan cycles for the 2nd time in his career. He did on August 25‚ 1888. It’s not enough as the Giants fall‚ 12-3. Bid McPhee has 3 triples for the Reds.

The first Sunday game in NL history features the hometown Cincinnati Reds defeating the St. Louis Browns 5-1. Bid McPhee contributes a HR.

Rookie Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bumpus Jones throws a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates

After a day off, Cincinnati starts matters off by scoring 14 runs in the first inning‚ then cruises to a 30-12 victory over Louisville. Farmer Vaughn and James “Bug” Holliday lead the attack with 9 hits‚ including 5 extra-base hits‚ between them. Piggy Ward‚ with 2 singles‚ 5 walks‚ and a hit by pitch goes into the record books as the only man in major league history to reach base 8 times in a 9-inning game. He has now reached base safely 12 straight times. Bid McPhee and Arlie Latham have a record 8 plate appearances. The Reds tally 19 singles‚ 4 doubles‚ 5 triples‚ and 3 homers off Bill “Dusty” Rhodes‚ pitching in his only ML season.

Reds 2B Bid McPhee makes 3 errors in one inning as Cincinnati loses the opener of 2 to Brooklyn‚ 10-9. Tom Parrott‚ scheduled to start game 1‚ doesn’t arrive until the 5th inning. He gets the start in game 2 (as noted by Rhodes and Snyder)‚ but walks off the mound in the 2nd inning after Arlie Latham criticises him for a lack of effort.

Sporting Life erroneously claims that “Bid McPhee will hardly discard the glove next season now that he is accustomed to wearing it.”

Veteran Cincinnati Reds 2B Bid McPhee opens the season wearing a glove for the first time‚ and survives several weeks of good-natured ribbing by opponents. He is the last to convert.

Baltimore’s Hughie Jennings knocks down Reds 3B Charlie Irwin before he can catch Bid McPhee’s throw. Jennings scores afterward to give the Orioles a controversial 6-5‚ 10-inning win over Cincinnati. Umpire Bob Emslie is escorted out of the ballpark by Cincinnati police.

Charley Radbourn dies in Bloomington, Illinois, at age of 42

Tim Hurst fires a beer bottle back at the fans

Today is Bid McPhee Day at Cincinnati. The Reds lose the game‚ but the veteran 2B‚ playing in his 16th season‚ receives a check for $1‚800.

Cincinnati Reds president John Brush dismisses criticism of his proposed league resolution

On the same day, Ted Breitenstein of the Cincinnati Reds and Jay Hughes of the Baltimore Orioles each pitch no-hit ball games.

Fire at League Park 1898

Cincinnati closes out the season with 16-1 and 19-3 home victories over the hapless Cleveland Spiders. Sam Crawford has 5 hits for the day for the Reds. The Spider starter for game 2‚ Jack Harper‚ is understandably ill and Cleveland starts 19-year-old Eddie Kolb in his place. He gives up all the runs. Kolb runs the cigar stand at the Gibson House‚ and he became acquainted with manager Quinn during the team’s visits to the hotel. When he heard last night of Harper’s illness he volunteered. This will be his only appearance in the majors‚ but he will play and manage in the minors after this. Bid McPhee‚ considered the best 2B of the 19th century‚ plays in both games‚ which ends his long career. Cleveland ?nishes deep in the cellar with 20 wins and 134 losses‚ 84 games out. They also conclude a 36 game road trip (1-35) after setting a mark earlier this year with a 50-game road trip.

Bid McPhee‚ 2B for the Reds for 18 years‚ retires. ending a career equaled in the 19th century only by Buck Ewing and Cap Anson. His lifetime record of 6‚545 putouts is still untopped. McPhee is the last position player to go gloveless.

National League bans umpire Tim Hurst, considered the most colorful cantankerous ump

Fire at League Park – 1900

Jerry Nops and teammate Frank Kitson pitch back to back one-hitters the first instance of back-to-back one-hitters in the 20th century

Noodles Hahn follows up his no-hitter with a 9-hitter and second straight shutout 

Tommy Corcoran uncovers a metal box being used by the Phillies in a sophisticated scheme to steal signs.

New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds swap future Hall of Famers Rusie and Mathewson

New York Giants bang out 31 hits against the Cincinnati Reds

George Davis leads the Giants to a 9 – 3 win over Cincinnati with four hits

Pittsburgh Pirates score in every inning, a major-league record of course, defeating the Reds, 11 – 2

Jimmy Sheckard becomes the first 20th-century player to hit grand slams in two consecutive games

two deaf-mute players face each other for the first time in major league history

Bid McPhee resigns as Reds manager and is replaced by interim manager Frank Bancroft.

Cy Seymour sets a major-league record by hitting four sacrifice flies in a 6 – 1 win over the Chicago

Christy Mathewson tosses his 7th shutout of the year

Sam Crawford is awarded to the Tigers

At the Polo Grounds‚ the largest baseball crowd ever (37‚223) cheers Iron Joe McGinnity‚ trying for his 14th straight win‚ against Cincinnati’s Jack Harper. The game ends in a 2 – 2 deadlock after 11 innings.

Alice Roosevelt attends Reds game meets future husband

Phil Lewis sets the error record with 5 at Short in 18 chances

Reds catcher Ed Phelps is knocked unconscious when he is struck by the back swing of Sam Mertes

At the Polo Grounds, Hooks Wiltse edges the Reds for a 4 – 3 Giants win. Christy Mathewson preserves the win with a scoreless 9th.

19th Century Chicago Cubs superstar Cap Anson is on the mound, delivering the traditional ceremonial “first ball” of the season

Honus Wagner gets hit No. 2,000 in the 8th against Jake Weimer of the Reds

Honus Wagner does it all today, smacking a home run and double, then breaking a 3 – 3 tie with an 8th-inning single

Joe McGinnity stops the Reds, 5 – 1 after being nearly traded to them sarlier in the day.

Cardinals trade for Roger Bresnahan will be the player-manager of the Cardinals for the next four years

Night game experiment 1909

President William Howard Taft attends two games in one day

horse-drawn carriages were no longer allowed at the Palace of the Fans

Art Fromme allow just one hit in pitching the Cincinnati Reds to a 1 – 0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates

Bill Klem punches Roger Bresnahan after he argues a call strike three to end the game

Giants establish a club mark, hitting four triples in one game

Christy Mathewson wins his 21st straight game against the Cincinnati Reds, 5 – 3

Frank Schulte becomes the first player to have more than 20 doubles, triples, and home runs in one season

Chicago Cubs’ famed double play combination of “Tinker to Evers to Chance” makes its final appearance together in a major league game

In a doubleheader at Cincinnati, Pittsburgh’s Owen Wilson hits two triples in the opener, including one in the 10th with a man on, then hits another in the nitecap. It’s his fifth straight game with a three-bagger. Wilson will hit an incredible 36 triples this season, a major league record.

 Joe Tinker is part of 8 player deal

Cincinnati Reds purchase pitcher Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown from the Chicago Cubs

Wearing White Sox uniforms, the Reds are defeated by the Cubs, 7-2, at Chicago’s West Side Park. Cincinnati forgot to pack uniforms and had to don those worn by their opponents’ crosstown rivals.

Buck Herzog and home plate umpire Charles Rigler fought on the field

Brooklyn Robins’ Frugal Proposal Rejected by National League

Bid McPhee smacks 4 hits‚ including a HR and a double‚ to support Gus Shallix’s one-hit pitching and give Cincinnati (AA) a 16-1 romp over Washington.

Chicago Cubs play their first game in Weeghman Park

Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates becomes the oldest player to hit an inside-the-park home run

The Reds acquire three future Hall of Famers when Christy Mathewson is traded to Cincinnati

Christy Mathewson, in his first game as the Reds manager, puts Edd Roush in CF, and the future star responds with a two-run triple and goes 3 for 5. But the Phils top Cincy, 6 – 4.

Reds player-manager Christy Mathewson, pitching his only game not in a Giant uniform, beats his long-time nemesis Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown and the Cubs, 10 – 8. In the 25 contests in which the two legends have faced one another, Matty, by winning the last decision, takes a 13-12 advantage in their final meeting.

Christy Mathewson faces Mordecai Brown of the Cubs in the career finale for each pitcher

Fred Toney pitches 10 inning no hitter

The Reds salvage a split with the Cards by pounding out 25 hits in the second game of a doubleheader to win 15 – 4. The Cards win the opener, 4 – 2, with SS Rogers Hornsby making 10 assists.

Fred Toney sets a record for fewest hits allowed in a twin bill

Rookie Jesse Haines makes his lone appearance for the Reds

Lee Magee will admit in court that he and Hal Chase bet on Boston to win the first game today‚ and he aided the bet with 2 errors and one base-running gaffe in the game

Christy Mathewson suspends first baseman Hal Chase

Edd Roush collects 5 hits including Walk Off hit to seal Reds Win

Edd Roush hits a grand slam‚ off Rube Marquard

Hod Eller pitches extra for the Red’s win over Philly

Lee Magee will confess that he and Hal Chase each bet $500 for their team but they still win

The Cincinnati Reds hire Pat Moran as their manager, replacing Christy Mathewson

Brooklyn Robins trade former MVP Jake Daubert to the Cincinnati Reds 

National League chief John Heydler dismisses charges against Cincinnati Reds star Hal Chase

Hod Eller throws a no-hitter, defeating St. Louis, 6-0

After 12 scoreless innings, Cincinnati scores 10 runs in the 13th inning to beat Al Mamaux and the Robins

Edd Roush sets a major league record for outfielders (later topped in the AL by Ben Chapman) by making 6 straight putouts

highly favored Chicago White Sox become the betting underdogs in 1919 World Series

Ray Schalk attacks Lefty Williams after game 2 of the World Series

Black Sox Commit three errors and lose game 5

Dickie Kerr of the Chicago White Sox overcomes errors by Swede Risberg and Happy Felsch to win the sixth game of the World Series, 5-4

Ed Cicotte wins Game 7 of the World Series 4 – 1

Cincinnati Reds wrap up the most tainted World Series in history by defeating the Chicago White Sox, 10-5

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1919

Confessions of Baseball: Lee Magee’s Admission in 1920

Edd Roush of the Cincinnati Reds falls asleep in center field during a long argument in the infield

The Century’s only Triple Header

Brooklyn trades Rube Marquard to the Reds for Dutch Ruether. The Robin’s southpaw fell in displeasure with the team after being arrested in a Cleveland hotel lobby before Game 4 for scalping World Series tickets worth $52.80 for $400 to a city police detective.

The Cincinnati Reds trade P Jimmy Ring and OF Greasy Neale to the Philadelphia Phillies for lefty Eppa Rixey

The Cincinnati Reds trade Heinie Groh to the New York Giants for George Burns, Mike Gonzalez and cash.

The Brooklyn Robins obtain shortstop Sam Crane from the Cincinnati Reds. Crane will play in three games and later be convicted of murder. He will be visited in prison by Connie Mack, who works for his parole and gives him a job.

Cincinnati Reds trade future Hall of Famer Rube Marquard and shortstop Larry Kopf

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis allows former New York Giants pitcher Rube Benton to return to the National League

Cincinnati Reds manager Pat Moran dies from Bright’s disease at the age of 48

Vance wins his 26th and pitches perfect inning

Marv Goodwin is killed in a plane he is piloting, Goodwin was one of the original spitballers who was “grandfathered.”

New York Yankees sell first baseman Wally Pipp to the Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds acquire catcher Val Picinich from the Boston Red Sox for cash.

Cardinals C Bob O’Farrell is named National League MVP

Giants send versatile George Kelly to the Reds for Edd Roush

Jack Scott  performs an ironman feat and becomes the last pitcher to go the distance in both ends of a doubleheader

Pirate teammates Lloyd and Paul Waner become the first pair of brothers to both homer in the same game

Garry Herrmann resigns as the president of the Reds

Cincinnati outfielder Evar Swanson breaks Hans Lobart’s record of 13.8 seconds set earlier in the year as he completes the 360-foot dash in 13.3 seconds

New York Yankees waive shortstop Leo Durocher

The Reds select Leo Durocher off waivers

Ken Ash, throwing just one pitch in relief of Larry Benton, is credited with a full inning of work when he induces Charlie Grimm to hit into a triple play in the Reds’ 6-5 victory over the Cubs at Redland Field. The 28 year-old right-hander from West Virginia, removed in the bottom of the frame for a pinch-hitter, will also be awarded the win as the result of Cincinnati taking the lead for good in that frame.

Hack Wilson retrives a lost RBI

The last major league bounced home run is hit by Dodger catcher Al Lopez at Ebbets Field as the NL joins the American League, which had enacted the rule change in 1929. The player who hits the ball over the wall on a bounce will now be awarded a ground-rule double.

Hack Wilson of the Chicago Cubs belts two home runs, giving him a National League record 56 for the season

Hack Wilson establish MLB RBI Record

Tony Cuccinello wakes up the last-place Reds by going 6 for 6as Cincy wins the first game of a doubleheader against Boston, 17 – 3

Pittsburgh Pirates sold infielder George Grantham to the Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds acquire Ernie Lombardi, Babe Herman, Wally Gilbert from the Brooklyn Dodger

Cincinnati Reds acquire future Hall of Famer Jim Bottomley from the St. Louis Cardinals

Branch Rickeys biggest mistake – trading away Paul Derringer

Sidney Weil quits as Cincinnati Reds president

Cincinnati Reds set sail from New York City to San Juan, Puerto Rico

The National League loans the Cincinnati Reds $50,000 at 4.5% interest

Reds president Larry MacPhail hires 26 year-old Red Barber to broadcast the team games on WSAL

On Opening Day at the newly-named Crosley Field, Reds’ announcer Red Barber calls his first play-by-play for a major league team. The 26 year-old future Hall of Fame broadcaster had never attended a major league game before today’s 6-0 loss to Chicago.

Dizzy Dean defeats Tony Freitas in a game in which each starting pitchers throws 17 innings

 Dizzy Dean becomes the first pitcher to reach 20 wins this season with a 2 – 0 shutout over the Reds.

Rip Collins sets the NL record for Homeruns by a switch hitter and Dizzy Dean wins his 30th clinching the pennant

St. Louis Cardinals sell minor league first baseman Johnny Mize to the Cincinnati Reds.

First night game in major league history is played at Crosley Field

Cardinal outfielder Joe “Ducky” Medwick hits for the cycle

Chicago Cubs release future Hall of Fame outfielder Kiki Cuyler

Kitty Burkegrabs Babe Herman’s bat as he comes to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning and bats vs Paul Dean

Babe Herman, who quit the Reds in a dispute over a bonus, rejoins the team on orders from Commissioner Landis.

Joe Medwick sets a still-standing National League record with his 64th double

Judge Landis declares Lee Handley and Johnny Peacock of the Cincinnati Reds free agents

Flood inundates Crosley Field

The Reds sell Babe Herman to the Tigers

Ernie Lombardi goes 6-for-6 and Alex Kampouris drives in eight runs in 21-10 blowout

Rookie Lou Fette is the winner over Johnny Vander Meer‚ making his first start in the majors

In Cincinnati, the Cardinals beat the Reds, 8-6,at Crosley Field for the latest finish in MLB history at 12:02 a.m

Johnny Vander Meer hurls the first of his record two consecutive no-hitters

Johnny Vander Meer pitches second consecutive no hitter

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Vander Meer continues his hitless innings streak

The Reds’ Lonny Frey collects eight hits in a doubleheader split with the Phillies

1939 Spring Training Game Audio New York Yankees vs Cincinnati Reds

At Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field, NBC televises the first major league game in history on experimental station W2XBS

Monte Pearson does not allow a base hit until one out in the 8th inning as he shuts out Cincinnati, 4 – 0. Babe Dahlgren hits a home run and a double as the Yankees take a 2-0 Series lead.

New York Yankees set a record by winning their fourth consecutive World Championship in 1939

The Bees are busy clearing their pitching staff. Jim Turner goes to the Reds for 1B Les Scarsella and cash‚ while Johnny Lanning is sent to Pittsburgh for P Jim Tobin and cash.

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1939

In a trade of pitchers, the Cincinnati Reds send Lee Grissom to the New York Yankees for Joe Beggs, who had to clear waivers from all seven American League teams. This is due to the new rule voted last month barring the AL pennant winner from any trades within the league. Beggs will go 12-3 for the Reds, while Grissom will be sold to the Brooklyn Dodgers on May 15th.

1940 Cincinnati Reds

Flooding of the Ohio River causes cancellation of game between the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals at Crosley Field

Picked up off the scrap heap by the Brooklyn Dodgers just months after being given his unconditional release by the Double-A Milwaukee Brewers, starting pitcher Tex Carleton throws a no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field. Aside from making Brooklyn GM Larry MacPhail look like a genius, the 3 – 0 masterpiece maintains both Carleton’s and the Dodgers’ perfect start to 1940: Carleton at 2-and-0 and the Dodgers at a record-tying 9-and-0.

With the Reds’ 2-1 victory over the Tigers in Game 7 of the Fall Classic, Bill McKechnie becomes the first manager to win a World Series with two different teams. The ‘Deacon’ also piloted the Pirates to a World Championship, beating Washington in seven games in the 1925 Fall Classic.

October 8 1940 Detroit Tigers at Cincinatti Reds World Series Radio Broadcast

Brooklyn Dodgers acquires pitcher Kirby Higbe from the Philadelphia Phillies for catcher Mickey Livingston, pitchers Bill Crouch and Vito Tamulis, and $100,000

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1940

Mel Ott hit his 400th career home run and collected his 1,500th career RBI

Cincinnati Reds selling popular catcher Ernie Lombardi to the Boston Braves

Paul Waner standing on first base, gestures to the official scorer, Jerry Moore of the Boston Globe, not to credit him with his 3000 hit

Chicago Cubs acquire veteran pitcher Paul Derringer from the Cincinnati Reds for cash

Joe Nuxhall signs a professional contract with the Cincinnati Reds

Joe Nuxhall becomes the youngest player to appear in the major leagues

Red Barrett of the Boston Braves throws only 58 pitches in shutting out the Cincinnati Red

With World War II travel restrictions still in effect, the Brooklyn Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York, with 15 players in camp.

The Reds and Dodgers play the longest scoreless tie game, 19 innings, at Ebbets Field

Bucky Harris highlights 4 New managers in spring training 

Cincinnati Reds’ hurler Ewell Blackwell no-hits the Boston Braves, 6-0. First baseman Babe Young hits two three-run homers to account for all of Cincinnati’s runs.

Cincinnati Reds hurler Ewell “The Whip” Blackwell comes within two outs of pitching his second straight no-hitter

The Reds sell Elmer Riddle to the Pirates.

The Pirates, wearing their black and gold color scheme for the first time, lose baseball’s traditional opener in Cincinnati

Philadelphia Phillies set a major league record by hitting five home runs in one inning

Sid Gordon of the New York Giants blasts two homers

Cincinnati Reds sell veteran pitcher Johnny Vander Meer to the Chicago Cubs

Hall of Famer Roy Campanella of the Brooklyn Dodgers hits three consecutive home runs

Willie Mays has his third homer in six days

Willie Mays steals the first of 338 bases. Then pitcher Willie Ramsdell picks him off second base.

Del Wilber’s Three Solo Homers Secure Phillies’ 3-0 Victory Over Cincinnati

Hodges sets franchise single season homerun mark

Bob Friend shuts out the Reds in Buc’s home opener

Dodgers plate 19 straight batters off the Reds

Cardinals set record for coming back after being down 11-0

The seventh-place Reds fire manager Luke Sewell, who will be replaced by the recently released skipper of the Browns, Rogers Hornsby

Martin Aarjan Jole, a Dutch player, gets a tryout with a Cincinnati Reds farm club, the Columbia Reds. The 22-year-old, reputed to be a power hitter, wrote to Rogers Hornsby, the new Reds manager, asking for a tryout.

Ty Cobb, Al Simmons, Dizzy Dean, Cy Young. Connie Mack, Big Ed Walsh, and Rogers Hornsby

Max Surkont sets strikeout record

The Cardinals hit out of turn for the second time in less than a month

Hank Aaron makes his major league debut for the Milwaukee Braves

The Dodgers score a National League-record 13 runs in the 8th off Cincinnati in Ebbets Field to win, 20 – 7

Reds’ slugger Ted Kluszewski goes deep off Warren Spahn in an eventual 9-7 victory over the Braves in the nightcap of a twin bill. The homer, the first baseman’s 44th overall, is the 34th round-tripper he has hit at Crosley Field, making it the most ever hit in one season by a National Leaguer in the same ballpark, an accomplishment which will stand until Sammy Sosa eclipses the mark in 1998 at Wrigley Field.

Dale Long goes 4 for 4 with 2 homers and 3 RBI as Pittsburgh defeats Cincinnati, 5 – 2

Sandy Koufax, in his second big league start, two-hits the Reds at Ebbets Field, 7-0. The 19 year-old bonus baby, displaying the dominance that he will feature during the 1960’s, goes the distance, striking out 14 Cincinnati batters.

The Cincinnati Redlegs send pitcher Jackie Collum to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for pitcher Brooks Lawrence and a prospect

Three future Hall of Famers make their major league debuts on April 17 – Don Drysdale, Frank Robinson and Luis Aparicio

Frank Robinson hits first career homerun

Brooklyn’s right fielder Carl Furillo is the first Dodger player to homer in Jersey City

Lew Burdette accused of spitball

Frank Robinson ties Wally Berger’s 1930 National League record for home runs by a rookie for home runs with his 38th in the Reds’ 11-5 victory over the Giants at Polo Grounds. A’s first baseman Mark McGwire will established the major league mark for freshman homers with 49 round-trippers in 1989.

Outfielder Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds is unanimously voted the National League Rookie of the Year

Cincinnati Reds secondbaseman Johnny Temple in a game against the Braves allows a groundball by Gus Bell hit him to prevent a double play.

Hoak sparks new rules about interferance

Cubs walk the line nine times

major leagues adopt a new rule that prohibits baserunners from interfering with batted balls in the field of play

Ford Frick replaces 3 Reds in ballet stuffing scheme

St. Louis Cardinals make one of their best trades ever, acquiring Curt Flood

The reds land their 5th pitcher of the month when they acquire Harvey Haddix from the Phillies for OF Wally Post

Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Ted Kluszewski

Vada Pinson connects on Grandslam in his second game

Clemente homerun seals Cincy fate

Reds farm out Vada Pinson‚ who was in Cincy starting lineup on Opening Day

Pirate Frank Thomas clouts three consecutive home runs in a 13 – 4 pasting of the Redlegs

Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates ties a modern day record by collecting three triples in a game

Pittsburgh Pirates acquire pitcher Harvey Haddix

Baltimore Orioles buy Whitey Lockman

Stan Musial at bat at Crosley Field

Joe Nuxhall fans 4 Braves in the 6th inning and Adcock wishes Vada Pinson a happy birthday by nabbing him at first base with a hidden ball trick.

Reds teammates Vada Pinson and Frank Robinson go 5 for 6 in the first game of a doubleheader as Cincinnati outlast the Phils, 15 – 13. The Reds trail, 11 – 3, after three innings, and score five in the 9th to win.

Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds hits three home runs in an 11-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals

The Cubs trade OF Lee Walls and Lou Jackson‚ and P Bill Henry to the Reds for slugger Frank Thomas.

The Reds send 2B Johnny Temple to the Indians for 2B Billy Martin, P Cal McLish, and 1B Gordy Coleman.

Believing that Chicago’s Jim Brewer is throwing at him, Reds 2B Billy Martin throws his bat toward the mound. Then, he advances to retrieve it from Brewer, who has picked it up. The two exchange words and Martin launches a hard overhand right that fractures the orbital bone of Brewer’s right eye. Both benches empty and Martin continues swinging, decking Frank Thomas. Brewer requires surgery and will be out of action for a month. The Cubs win, 5 – 3, on Ernie Banks’ homer. Martin will be fined $500 for the punch and Brewer and the Cubs will sue the combative infielder on August 22 for $1,000,000. Years later, when the courts award Brewer $100,000, Martin’s comment will be, “How can they ever collect it? I haven’t got that kind of money,”

Frank Robinson and Eddie Mathews exchange punches after Robbie slides in hard at third base

Eighteen-year-old OF Danny Murphy becomes the youngest Cub to hit a home run

Gabe Paul announces his decision to leave the Reds to become the general manager of the Colt .45’s

The Reds acquire pitchers Joey Jay  and 3B Gene Freese both players will help propel Cincy to the 1961 World Series

Billy Martin signs with the Reds

Cincinnati Reds trade Joe Nuxhall to the Kansas City Athletics 

The Milwaukee Braves set a major-league record with four consecutive home runs in the 7th inning against Cincinnati

Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock and Joe Torre of the Braves startle the Reds with a triple steal

Cincinnati wins its 16th straight game against Philadelphia as Joey Jay blanks the Phils, 5 – 0. It is the 13th loss in a row for the Quakers, their longest string of defeats since 1936; they’ve won just one in 19 games. Elio Chacon hits his first major league homer, off Don Ferrarese.

Giants set total base record

The Yankees win Game 3 of the World Series, beating the hometown Reds at Crosley Field, 3-2. The decisive blow is Roger Maris’ home run leading off in the top of the ninth inning off Cincinnati starter Bob Purkey.

Whitey Ford breaks Babe Ruth’s record for consecutive scoreless innings in World Series play

With the help of a pair of five-run innings at Crosley Field, the Yankees win the World Series, beating the Reds in Game 5, 13-5. Johnny Blanchard, a reserve player who will collect ten hits in 29 at-bats in five Fall Classics, hits two home runs and bats .400 en route to the Bronx Bombers’ 19th World Championship.

Wally Post Homers in game 5 1961 World

Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds is a near-unanimous selection as MVP

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1961

William DeWitt buys the Cincinnati Reds from the Crosley Foundation for $4.625 million.

Dodger Stadium debuts with a 6-3 lose to the Reds

New York Mets at Cincinnati Reds Radio Broadcast Baseball 4.25.1962

Frank Robinson steals home

Houston topples the Reds and Jay for the first time in 4 tries

Frank Thomas ties a National League with his 6th homerun in 3 games

The state of Ohio withdraws a suit against the Cincinnati Reds against team owner Bill DeWitt 

Pete Rose plays in his first spring training game

Pete Rose hits first triple

Bob Bruce tosses the first one-hitter in Colt 45 (Astros) history, a 2-0 blanking of the Reds

Jim Maloney ties NL strikeout record

Roberto Clemente’s laser to left center, midway through a 4 – 2 loss to Cincinnati, reaches the wall with such dispatch, and caroms back so quickly to centerfielder Vada Pinson, that Clemente, fleetest afoot of all the 1963 Pirates, is held to a 400-foot single. The same centerfield barrier then interrupts the flight of Clemente himself, in the midst of an attempt to thwart Johnny Edwards’ extra-base bid. Instead, Clemente runs into the fence, the ball is jarred loose, and Edwards has a leadoff triple which will lead to a crucial insurance run for Cincy.

Duke Snider hits 400th home run

Cincinnati Reds sell second baseman Don Blasingame to make room for Pete Rose

Warren Spahn wins his 340th game

At the Polo Grounds, Pete Rose hits the first pitch of the game from Jay Hook for a homer. It’s the only score as the Reds win, 1 – 0. Jim Maloney strikes out 13 Mets in the win.

Musial gets a Rocker in Cincinnati

In his last game, Stan Musial helps the Cardinals beat the Reds, 3-2 at Busch Stadium, getting two hits in his final three at-bats

Cincinnati Reds center fielder Vada Pinson is cleared of assault charges from Cincinnati sportswriter Earl Lawson 

Sandy Koufax first to strike out 3 of 9 pitchers twice

Ken Johnson loses despite no hitter

The Reds’ Pete Rose hits the only grand slam of his career served up by his future manager, Dallas Green.

Reds manager Fred Hutchinson enters a Cincinnati hospital for further cancer treatment. Dick Sisler takes the helm.

The Phillies start their slide as John Tsitouris shuts them down and Chico Ruiz steals home for the only run

The slumping Phils (90-63) drop their third in a row to the Reds, 6 – 4. Vada Pinson has two homers, good for four runs, to lead the Reds over the 1st-place Quakers. The Reds (86-66) trail by 3 1/2 games, with the Cards and Giants five back.

Reds starter Jim Maloney, who strikes out 18 batters, no-hits the Mets for ten innings, but loses 1-0

Jim Maloney of the Cincinnati Reds pitches a 10-inning no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs

Willie Mays Sets Giants Franchise Homerun Record

Cincinnati Reds trade outfielder Frank Robinson to the Baltimore Orioles

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Leo Cardenas hits four home runs in a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs

Art Shamsky hits 3 homeruns in game after entering in 8th

Los Angeles Dodgers become the first team in major league history to draw over two millions fans

The smallest crowd in the 46 year-old history of Chicago’s Wrigley Field watches the Cubs beat Cincinnati, 9-3. The 530 fans in attendance at the ballpark for the Wednesday afternoon contest see Billy Williams and Adolfo Phillips go deep in a game that takes only two hours and twenty-four minutes to complete.

Bill DeWitt sells the Cincinnati Reds to a group of Cincinnati investors for an estimated $7 million.

Cincinnati Reds hired 48-year-old Bob Howsam

Teddy Davidson Shot by his wife

Gary Nolan wins his debut

At Crosley Field‚ Don Pavletich belts a pinch grand slam in the bottom of the 9th to give the Reds an 8 – 4 win over Houston.

After retiring the first 19 Pirates he faces, Reds’ starter Jim Maloney is forced to leave the game when he hurts his ankle stepping in a hole in the Forbes Field turf. Billy McCool finishes the contest, giving up two hits in Cincinnati’s 4-0 victory over the Pirates.

Chico Ruiz, in the ninth inning of a Reds’ 3-2 loss to Philadelphia at Crosley Field, becomes the only major leaguer ever to pinch-hit for Johnny Bench. The 28 year-old Cuban infielder, with a runner on second, flies out to left field, standing in for the future Hall of Famer, who goes 0-for-3 in his first big league game.

The Reds collect only two hits, but it’s enough to beat Jim Bunning and the Phils, 1 – 0. Vada Pinson doubles in the 7th, and scores on a ground out and fly out.

Cincinnati’s Bob Lee walks Dick Groat with the bases loaded in the 21st inning to give the Giants a 1 – 0 victory at Crosley Field. Twenty scoreless innings tie the major league mark set by the Pirates and the Braves on August 1‚ 1918‚ a game Pittsburgh also won in the 21st‚ 2 – 0. Gaylord Perry‚ with 9 one-run losses during the season‚ pitches the first 16 innings of shutout ball‚ with Frank Linzy going the last 5. Mel Queen tosses 9 1/3 innings for the Reds.

Johnny Bench batting against the Cardinals at Crosley Field.

In a trade of outfielders, the St. Louis Cardinals send Alex Johnson to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Dick Simpson.

Cincinnati Reds trade catcher Johnny Edwards future major league skippers

1968 – Dave Giusti tosses a two-hitter in a nail-biting 1-0 shutout in Cincinnati. The first hit, with two out in the eighth, is questionable after Pete Rose’s bloop escapes Jim Wynn’s glove. Vada Pinson later gets a clean double. Rusty Staub singles home Ron Davisfor the only run. 

The Reds trade Milt Pappas in 7 player deal

Don Wilson strikes out 18 Cincinnati Reds to tie record

Reds right-hander George Culver, facing 34 batters, throws a no-hitter, beating the Phillies, 6-1

Chicago Cubs acquire veteran reliever Ted Abernathy from the Cincinnati Reds

Bill Singer gets first official save

Jim Maloney fires second no hitter

Don Wilson of the Houston Astros pitches his second career no-hitter

The Reds’ Jim Merritt allows two hits in shutting out the visiting Padres, 5 – 0.

Lee May hits four home runs in a doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves

The Reds win 19-17 after 10 run 5th.

Bobby Bonds becomes the 4th member of the 30/30 club

Reds fire Dave Bristol

Cincinnati Reds name George “Sparky” Anderson their manager

Wayne Simpson dazzles in debut

Atlanta Braves star Rico Carty Hitting Streak comes to an end at 31 games

Hank Aaron becomes the first major league player to reach 3000 hits and 500 homeruns

Astros erupt for seven runs in the bottom of the eighth to surprise the Reds, 10-7

last game ever played at Crosley Field

Pete Rose crashes into Ray Fosse to score go ahead run in 1970 All Star Game

Pittsburgh Pirates play their first game in Three Rivers Stadium

Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds hits three consecutive home runs off Steve Carlton

SUPER WALLOP Cincinnatis Tony Perez slams a grand slam over 500 feet

Tony Perez, Johnny Bench and Pete Rose.

In the first World Series game to be played on artificial turf, Boog Powell, Ellie Hendricks, and Brooks Robinson homer to power the Orioles past the Reds, 4-3. Baltimore’s offensive output in Game 1 of the Fall Classic overcomes Cincinnati’s 3-0 early lead at Riverfront Stadium.

Dave McNally is the first pitcher to hit a grandslam in the World Series

Baltimore Orioles defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 9-3, to capture the World Series.

Willie Stargell vs Johnny Bench

Johnny Bench wins the 1970 National League’s MVP Award

Major League Season Recap 1970

Bobby Tolan ruptures his Achilles tendon playing basketball

Ken Holtzman pitches 2nd hitter of career and scores games only run

Rick Wise – One Man show fires no hitter and hits 2 homeruns

At Wrigley Field, Ernie Banks hits the final home run of his career in the Cubs’ 5-4 loss to Cincinnati. Mr. Cub’s 512th round-tripper, tying him for seventh-place on the all-time list with Eddie Mathews, comes in the fourth frame off right-hander Jim McGlothlin, a two-out solo shot to left field that ties the score at 3-3.

Dick Allen homers off Ross Grimsley

Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves becomes the National League’s all-time leader in RBIs

Joe Morgan bashes an 11th-inning homer on his 28th birthday to torpedo the Reds, 5-4.

Multiple Hall of Famers traded November 29, 1971

In Caracas, Venezuela, the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates play the first of a three-game series.

Don Sutton beats the Reds 3-1 on opening day

In the Reds’ 4 – 3 win over the Giants, Pete Rose knocks in the winning run on an attempted intentional walk

Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves breaks Babe Ruth’s record for the most home runs with one team

Steve Carlton extends his streak to 15 consecutive victories when he beats Cincinnati 9-4 to win his 20th game of the season

October 9, 1972 – Johnny Bench is out at home after tagging up at third on Cesar Geronimo’s fly to left in the 4th inning of game 3 of the NLCS at Riverfront Stadium.

Bob Moose Wild Pitch gives Reds the NLCS Title

Gene Tenace hits home runs in his first two World Series at-bats

Joe Rudi makes a game saving catch in world series game 2

Jackie Robinson makes his final appearance at a ballpark prior to Game 2 of the World Series

Johnny Bench strikes out looking with a full count when a trick play dupes him

Oakland A’s stage a dramatic comeback to win Game Four of the World Series

Pete Rose hits home run on the first pitch of the game off Catfish Hunter 

Oakland A’s defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 3-2, to win their first World Series in Oakland

Johnny Bench wins his second NL MVP in the last three years

Major league teams pull off 12 trades involving 36 players – Including Hal McRae who becomes a star in Kansas City

Major League Season Recap 1972

Johnny Bench hits 3 homeruns off Steve Carlton for the second time

Manager Leo Durocher returns from a three-week hospital stay to watch Don Wilson toss a three-hitter over Cincinnati, 5-1

Pete Rose collects his 2000 hit

Bobby Bonds leads off with a home run his 22nd leadoff home run, breaking Lou Brock’s National League record.

Newly-acquired Fred Norman almost picks up his third shutout in three starts for the Reds, but gives up a two-out 9th inning homer to Ron Cey. The Reds still beat the Dodgers, 4 – 1.

The Reds, 11 games behind the Dodgers at the beginning of the day, stage two dramatic comebacks to snatch a doubleheader win from Los Angeles. Hal King’s clutch 3-run pinch home run with two outs wins the first game, 4 – 3, against Don Sutton, while Tony Perez’s 10th-inning hit wins the second, 3 – 2. This day will be looked upon as the turning point of the National League’s Western Division race.

After waiting three hours to begin the game due to rain, the Reds beat San Francisco at Riverfront Stadium, 6-3

Reds shortstop Dave Concepcion will miss the rest of the season after fracturing the fibula of his left leg sliding into third base

Willie Mays of the New York Mets hits the final home run of his Hall of Fame career

New York Mets defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 9-2, in the third game of the playoffs

New York Mets win their second National League pennant in five years

Houston trades pitcher Pat Darcy and cash to Cincinnati for infielder Denis Menke

Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth for All Time Homerun Record

Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits three batters during the first inning of a game against the Cincinnati Reds

Don Wilson is taken out after eight innings of no-hit ball

Hank Aaron, in his final at-bat for the Braves after spending 21 seasons with the team, homers off right-hander Rawly Eastwick in the 13-0 rout of Cincinnati at Atlanta Stadium. The Hammer’s last National League plate appearance yields his 3600th career hit, which is the Brewer-bound outfielder’s career 736th round-tripper.

Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson decides to switch Pete Rose from left field to third base

John Candelaria strikes out 14 Reds‚ but is knocked out of the box by Pete Rose’s 8th-inning HR

Boston’s Carlton Fisk and Cincinnati’s Ed Armbrister become involved in a controversial interference non call

Boston Red Sox Luis Tiant throws 163 pitches in winning his second game of the World Series against Cincinnati, 5 – 4, to even the Series after four games.

Tony Perez breaks an 0 for 15 slump with two home runs to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 6 – 2 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 of the World Series.

Carlton Fisk of the Boston Red Sox powers a dramatic 12th- inning home run to complete one of the most memorable games in World Series history.

Bernie Carbo delivers pinch hit homerun in game 6 of 1975 World Series

Joe Morgan drives in winning run to finish the 1975 World Series

Johnny Bench and Sparky celebrate 1975 World Series Championships

Houston acquires pitcher Joaquin Andujar from Cincinnati for two players to be named later

Joe Morgan wins the National League’s MVP Award

Major League Season Recap 1975

The Atlanta Braves send Valentine’s Day cards to their season-ticket holders and the media

In Game 1 of the World Series Dan Driessen becomes the first National League player to be used as a designated hitter in the Reds 5-1 win

Cincinnati win Game 2 of the World Series 4 – 3 on Tony Perez walk off

Cincinnati Reds take a commanding 3-0 in the World Series 

Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, completing a four-game sweep of the Yankees. It is the Reds’ second straight World Championship. 

Joe Morgan outpoints Cincinnati Reds teammate George Foster to win his second straight National League MVP Award. Morgan hit .320 with 27 home runs, 111 RBI, 113 runs, 60 stolen bases, and led the NL in slugging percentage (.576) and OPS (1.020). Foster finished with 29 home runs and led the league in RBI (121).

The Reds swap popular 1B Tony Perez and P Will McEnaney to the Expos for pitchers Woodie Fryman and Dale Murray.

Major League Season Recap 1976

New York Mets trade franchise pitcher Tom Seaver just moments before the trading deadline

Phillies beat the Reds in Grand Fashion

Willie McCovey becomes first player to hit 2 homers an in inning twice

Tom Seaver makes his first appearance in Shea Stadium as a member of the Reds

George Foster is named the 1977 National League MVP

The A’s and Reds announce a deal that will send P Vida Blue to Cincinnati for minor league OF Dave Revering and $1.75 million cash

Bowie Kuhn cancels Vida Blue trade for Dave Revering

Cincinnati Reds wear special green uniforms to commemorate St. Patrick’s Day

On opening day the Astros pull off the first triple play begun with a strikeout

Joe Morgan error first in 91 games

Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds collects the 3,000th hit

Tom Seaver hurls the first no-hitter of his brilliant career

Pete Rose extends his hitting streak to 37 games

Pete Rose’s third inning Shea Stadium single to left off Mets righty Craig Swan establishes a National League record for hits in consecutive games. The Reds infielder has hit safely in 38 games, breaking Tommy Holmes’ mark set as a member of the Boston Braves in 1945.

Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds collects his 300th career home run

Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds extends his hitting streak to 44 games

Cincinnati Reds star Pete Rose ends at 44 games

Joe Morgan first to reach 500 stole bases and 200 homeruns

Ken Henderson’s 3-run pinch homer in the 12th paces the Reds to a 6 – 3 win over the Cardinals

Cincinnati Reds fire long-time manager Sparky Anderson, who had led the team to five division titles, four pennants, and two World Championships.

After sixteen years with the Cincinnati Reds, Pete Rose signs a four-year, $3.2 million deal with the Phillies

Fireworks in Cincinnati as Ray Knight and Joaquin Andujar spark old flames

Cincinnati tops Houston lead NL West

In his first major league start, Charlie Leibrandt of the Cincinnati Reds shuts out the Atlanta Braves, 5 – 0, at Riverfront Stadium

Nolan Ryan ‘s first win as an Astro comes in an 8-0 victory over Cincinnati.

39-year-old Pete Rose steals second base, third, and home in one inning for the Phillies

Ray Knight becomes 11th player in NL Histroy to hit two home runs in one inning

Nolan Ryan strikes out Cesar Geronimo for his 3000th career strikeout

Jack Clark goes 5-9 with 2 homers and 4 RBI in a double header

Ron LeFlore steals his 62nd base, and reading the scoreboard stands off base and he is tagged out.

The Padres become the first team in baseball history to have three players to steal more than 50 bases in a season when both Jerry Mumphrey and Ozzie Smith swipe their 50th sack in a 5-3 extra-inning loss to Cincinnati. Fellow Friar Gene Richard, who will lead the club with 61 stolen bases, reached the milestone at the end of last month.

Larry Biittner becomes the first free agent ever signed by the Cincinnati Reds

Four-time Gold Glove Award winner Cesar Gerónimo is traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Kansas City Royals

Tom Seaver k’s Keith Hernandez to reach 3000 strikeout

New York Yankees sign outfielder-first baseman Dave Collins to a free agent contract.

New York Mets come to terms with slugging outfielder George Foster on a five-year deal

The Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds, 4 – 3, for their 13th straight victory to begin the season.

The Braves tie the major-league record with seven double plays in a 2 – 0, 14-inning win over Cincinnati. Mario Soto pitches 10 shutout innings for the Reds but gets no decision. The loss starts the Reds on a streak where they’ll lose 20 out of 23 games.

Nolan Ryan notches the 200th win of his career, a five-hitter for a 3-2 victory over Cincinnati. 

The Franchise comes home – Tom Seaver agrees to contract terms with the New York Mets

The Cincinnati Reds send pinch-hitter Mike Vail to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for pitcher Rich Gale.

Seattle Mariners select Cincinnati Reds minor league infielder Danny Tartabull 

Daryl Strawberry makes his debut

Nick Esasky’s 1st-inning grand slam propels the Reds to a 6 – 4 win

Johnny Bench Night

For the first time in ten years, the Mets lose on Opening Day, bowing to the Reds, 8-1

Eric Davis debuts with no uniform

Pete Rose returns to the Cincinnati lineup for the first time in six years, going 2-for-4, including a single in his first at-bat, in the team’s 6-4 victory over Chicago at Riverfront Stadium

Astros rebound from a 5-0 deficit to take a 10-7 victory in Cincinnati.

Pete Rose becomes the all time leader in runs scored

Jeffrey Leonard hits for the cycle

Pete Rose gets even with Ty Cobb all time hit record

Pete Rose passes Ty Cobb as all time hit leader

The Expos trade P Bill Gullickson and C Sal Butera to the Reds for 4 players

Rollie Fingers passes up an opportunity to return to the majors

Mario Soto ties the Major League record by surrendering Four home runs in an inning

Robby Thompson of the San Francisco Giants sets a major league record when he is caught stealing four times

Mets run out of position players

Pete Rose makes his final major league appearance, striking out as a pinch hitter against Goose Gossage

Greg Maddux wins his first big league game, taming the Reds, 11-3, at Wrigley Field

Eric Davis becomes the first National League player to hit three grand slams in a month

Eric Davis becomes the seventh and earliest player to join the 30-30 club

Reds trade for Danny Jackson who wins 23 games

 Cincinnati trades OF Dave Parker to the A’s for pitchers Jose Rijo and Tim Birtsas,

Eddie Milner suspended for season for cocaine use

Glenn Davis drives in five, including three on his fifth home run of the young season, to slam the Reds, 9-3

Orel Hershiser shuts out the Reds, 5 – 0, to become a 20-game winner for the first time.

Tom Browning of the Cincinnati Reds pitches the 14th perfect game in major league history

The Red Sox trade 1B-OF Todd Benzinger, P Jeff Sellers, and a player to be named later to the Reds for 1B Nick Esasky and P Rob Murphy.

Reds manager Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Peter Ueberroth and Commissioner-elect Bart Giamatti

Marge Schott settles a salary dispute with outfielder Kal Daniels by flipping a coin

Commissioner Peter Ueberroth announces that he has begun an investigation into the behavior of Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose

Cincinnati Reds sign Cincinnati native Kent Tekulve

Dodgers’ hurler Orel Hershiser’s scoreless-inning streak ends at 59

Tom Browning just misses becoming the first hurler in big league history to throw two perfect games when Dickie Thon’s leadoff double in the ninth breaks up the Cincinnati southpaw’s bid for perfection

Paul O’Niell kicks a mishandled ball into the infield

Reds set a record with 16 hits in the first inning

After fifteen months of recovery from cancer surgery to his arm, Dave Dravecky pitches one-hit baseball for seven innings, blanking the Reds to get the victory. The Giant bullpen holds on for a 4-3 win at Candlestick Park.

Cubs rookie OF Jerome Walton goes 0 for 4 ending his hitting streak at 30 consecutive games

Lou Piniella is named to replace Pete Rose as manager of the Cincinnati Reds.

Hal Morris chooses the Reds song for the year U Can’t Touch This

Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson breaks Roger Maris’ intentional walk record when he receives five intentional free passes from the Cincinnati Reds

Billy Hatcher ties a major-league record with four doubles to pace the Reds to an 8 – 1 win over the Cubs

Eric Davis becomes the 22nd player in Series history to hit a home run in his first World Series at-bat

In the first extra-inning World Series game since 1986, the underdog Cincinnati Reds beat the powerful Oakland Athletics, 5 – 4, in ten innings

Cincinnati Reds complete a stunning four-game sweep of the heavily-favored Oakland A’s

Major League Season Recap 1990

Leadoff hitter Bip Roberts ties the National league record with his 10th consecutive hit

Pedro Martinez makes his debut

Yankees acquire a key piece trading for Red’s Paul O’Neill and Joe DeBerry, a minor leaguer for Roberto Kelly

The Reds sign free agent OF Roberto Kelly to a three-year contract.

Marge Schott is suspended for one year and fined $25,000

Browning busted for pot

Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott returns to take over the day-to-day operations of the Reds following her nine-month suspension for using racial and ethnic epithets.

At Riverfront Stadium, in a game that is not embraced by the local fans or Cincinnati owner Marge Schott, the new season begins with the first Sunday night opener ever played in major league history. On a frigid Easter Sunday evening, the Cardinals beat the Reds in the controversial contest, 6-4, in front of the smallest opening day crowd in the ballpark’s 24-year history.

The Braves trade OF Deion Sanders to the Reds in exchange for OF Roberto Kelly and minor league P Roger Etheridge.

Gus Bell dies at the age of 66. As the patriarch of a three-generation baseball family

The Seattle Mariners trade second baseman Bret Boone and pitcher Erik Hanson to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for P Bobby Ayala and catcher Dan Wilson.

Longtime umpire John McSherry collapses and dies from a heart attack on Opening Day at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium

Houston batters Cincinnati, 13-5 Sean Berry has three hits and five RBIs

The Cincinnati Reds start an outfield against the Houston Astros for you movie buffs, that would be Young, Frank and Stynes

In the Reds’ 4 – 1 victory over Pirates, two sets of brothers appear in the same lineup for the first time in major league history

Greg Vaughn is first player traded after hitting 50 homeruns in a season

Marge Schott agrees to sell her controlling interest in the Reds

Rey Ordonez extends the major league record to 100 errorless games at shortstop and The New York Mets become the National League’s wild card team

Ken Griffey Jr., who wants to be nearer his family in Orlando, asks the Mariners to move him to a team that is closer to Florida

The Reds send four players – to obtain Seattle’s superstar Ken Griffey Jr. 

Ken Griffey, Jr. to hit 400 career home runs

Sparky Anderson & Dave Concepcion were inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame

After rejecting a trade to the Mets, 36 year-old Barry Larkin agrees to a three-year, $27 million contract extension to continue to play for the Reds

The Phillies defeat the Reds, 5 – 4, despite a grand slam by Cincinnati OF Alex Ochoa. Ochoa’s blast is the 142nd slam of the season, setting a new major league record. The Oakland A’s have hit 11, one shy of the record shared by the Braves (1997) and Indians (1999).

Ken Griffey Jr. pinch-hits his 40th home run. He is the first to reach the mark with a pinch hit.

The Milwaukee Brewers open Miller Park with a 5-4 Victory

Diamondbacks flamethrower Randy Johnson strikes out 20 Reds in Arizona’s 4 – 3 win over Cincinnati in 11 innings

Jose Rijo sees his first major league action in six years

The Reds defeat the Cardinals, 5 – 4 on Ken Griffey, Jr.’s 11th-inning inside-the-park home run

Making his first appearance in almost seven years, Jose Rijo allows one unearned run in five innings as the Cincinnati Reds defeat the Chicago Cubs, 5 – 3. It is Rijo’s first win since July 13, 1995.

Barry Bonds sets record with 400th 

The Reds and Padres reach an agreement to trade Ken Griffey, Jr. for Phil Nevin

Avoiding arbitration, the Reds give Danny Graves (7-3, 3.19, 32 saves) a three-year deal

Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs hits his 500th career home run off Cincinnati Reds pitcher Scott Sullivan 

The Phillies play their first game in Citizens Bank Park

After 19 years at shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds, Barry Larkin announces his retirement

The Boston Red Sox trade pitcher Bronson Arroyo to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for outfielder Wily Mo Peña

Ryan Freel Dirty T-shirt giveaway from the Reds

Tony La Russa becomes the winningest manager in franchise history when the Cardinals defeat Cincinnati at Busch Stadium, 8-5. The Redbird skipper surpasses Red Schoendienst, who compiled a 1,041-955 managerial record with St. Louis.

The Brewers become the third team in big league history to begin a game with three consecutive homers. In the Brew Crew’s 10-5 victory over the Reds, Rickie Weeks, J.J. Hardy, and Ryan Braun start the Great American Ball Park contest with a bang.

Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 200th home run as a member of the Cincinnati Reds. He becomes the fourth player in major league history to hit 300 for one team and 200 with another. Preceding him are Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and Jimmie Foxx.

Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 600th home run

Carlos Lee picks up his league-leading 100th RBI and the 1,000th RBI of his career

Chris Carpenter does it both ways in the Cardinals’ 13 – 0 trashing of the Red

Aroldis Chapman will not start the year in the Cincinnati Reds’ starting rotation

Edinson Volquez of the Reds is suspended for 50 games for failing a PED test

Starlin Castro sets RBI Record in his debut

Joey Votto of the Cincinnati Reds wins the 2010 National League Most Valuable Player Award

Joey Votto and the Reds agree to a three-year contract extension worth $38 million

Cincinnati Reds became the 5th franchise to win the 10,000 Games

Reds trade one of their most iconic players 2B Brandon Phillips

Scooter Gennett of the Reds has a night for the ages as he homers four times and drives in 10 runs in a 13 – 1 drubbing of the Cardinals

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