Los Angeles Clippers

One bright spot in otherwise disappointing season for Los Angeles was that forward Bobby Simmons won the 2004-05 NBA Most Improved Player award, after averaging 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists per game. In 2003, the father-son combo of manager Bob Boone and third baseman Aaron Boone was broken when Bob was relieved and the upset Aaron traded to the New York Yankees. The Clippers, while also missing the playoffs, ended with a better record than the Lakers (the first time since 1993) and have great hope for the future, with young rising stars such as Elton Brand, Corey Maggette and Shaun Livingston. Riverfront Stadium was demolished in 2002, paving the way for the Great American Ball Park. The Lakers, because of the trade of O'Neal to the Miami Heat, ended the season with a losing record and missed the playoffs. In 1999 they won 96 games, but lost to the New York Mets in a one game playoff. The 2004-2005 season, though, was the turning point for the relations between the two franchises. By 1995 the Reds were in the NLCS again, but lost to the Atlanta Braves.

With new head coach Mike Dunleavy, Sr., the Clippers finished at 28-54, a lot due to inexperience and injuries. Led by Chris Sabo, Barry Larkin, Eric Davis & Billy Hatcher in the field and by Jose Rijo, Tom Browning and the Nasty Boys of Rob Dibble, Norm Charlton and Randy Myers on the mound, the Reds took out the Pirates in the NLCS & swept the shocked Oakland Athletics in four straight. They, along with Richardson, made of one of the NBA best high-scoring trios, with a combined 58 points per game. They started off 35-12 and maintained their lead throughout the year. In the 2003-04 season, Los Angeles four key players to free agency (Miller, Odom, Olowokandi, and forward Eric Piatkowski--one of the longest-tenured players in Clippers history), while opting to retain Brand and Maggette with long-term contracts. In 1990 the Reds under new manager Lou Pinella shocked baseball by leading the NL West from wire-to-wire. Head coach Alvin Gentry was replaced by Dennis Johnson midway through the 2002-03 season. In 1989, Pete Rose was banned from baseball by Commissioner Bart Giamatti, who declared Rose guilty of "conduct detrimental to baseball." Controversy also swirled around Reds owner Marge Schott who was accused several times of ethnic and racial slurs.

However, with poor team chemistry and injuries (several players missed a combined 293 games), the Clippers finished with a very disappointing 27-55 record. Among the highlights, Pete Rose became the all-time hits leader, Tom Browning threw a perfect game, and Chris Sabo was the 1988 National League Rookie of the Year. The 2002 offseason brought more changes, as popular star Miles was traded to the Cavaliers in exchange for point guard Andre Miller, who led the NBA in assists in 2001-02 with 11 per game. Suddenly, with the good point guard they finally needed, along with another playmaking player at small forward with Lamar Odom, one of the league's best power forwards in Elton Brand, an emering center with Michael Olowokandi, and a very good supporting cast off the bench, the Clippers could actually make a serious run for the playoffs. From 1985 to 1989 the Reds finished second 4 times. The Clippers were virtually in the Western Conference playoff race, but a 3-10 finish in the final 13 games caused the Clippers to finish out of the playoffs once again, this time with a 39-43 record, finishing 5 games out of the final playoff position. By the end of 1984, Pete Rose was hired to be the Reds player-manager. Brand's hard work and accomplishments earned him a spot on the 2002 NBA Western Conference All-Star team, although he was a last-minute replacement for center Shaquille O'Neal of the Lakers. In 1984 Dave Parker & Tony Pérez were in Cincinnati uniforms.

At this point of his career, Brand had career averages of 20 points and 10 rebounds per games in just two seasons. In 1984 the Reds began to move up, depending on trades and some minor leaguers. To improve upon the previous season, the Clippers acquired high-scoring and rebounding power forward Elton Brand from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for the draft rights to Los Angeles-area native and high-schooler Tyson Chandler. Johnny Bench retired in 1983. The team became popular among fans with their high-flying style of basketball, and the Clippers did improve a bit with a 31-51 record and led the NBA in bench scoring with 37 points per game. In 1981 the Reds had the best overall record in baseball, but thanks to a mid-season players' strike, they finished second in the division in both of the half-seasons that were created; to commemorate this, a team photo was taken, accompanied by a banner that read "Baseball's Best Record 1981." By 1982 the Reds were a shell of the original Red Machine; they lost 100 games that year. Louis with the 3rd overall pick and Quentin Richardson, a guard/forward from DePaul University was taken at the 18th overall spot. The Reds did manage to win the 1979 NL West behind the pitching of Tom Seaver.

Making more moves, the Clippers two draft picks were childhood friends from Illinois, as they took high schooler Darius Miles from East St. By 1979 Tony Pérez, Don Gullett, Pete Rose, Sparky Anderson, Gary Nolan, and others had left the Reds. Reserve forward Derek Strong, along with other players and cash were sent to the Orlando Magic in exchange for second-year forward Corey Maggette and the draft rights to guard Keyon Dooling from the University of Missouri. The last four years of the '70s brought turmoil and change. The 2000-01 brought changes (as is the recurring theme with the Clippers), however these would be for the better. The Reds became the first NL team in 50 years to win back-to-back World Series championships. Abdul-Jabbar lasted only lasted about one season on the job. The New York Yankees never really caught up to the Reds, who won the series in four straight.

Johnson lasted with the Clippers until the 2002-03 season, when he took over as head coach in the middle of that season. The Reds won the NL title from the Philadelphia Phillies, winning Game 3 in their last at-bat. The team also hired Hall of Famer and former Laker great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as an assistant coach, to help tutor second-year center Michael Olowokandi, who was the #1 overall pick in the 1998 NBA Draft. In 1976, the Reds swept throughout the NL West and proceeded to go 9-0 in the playoffs. To help their young players out with their growing games, the team hired former All-Star (and Los Angeles native) Dennis Johnson, won three NBA championships with Seattle (1979) and Boston (1984 and 1986) as an assistant coach. Joe Morgan's RBI single in Game 7 gave the Reds their first championship in 35 years. The Clippers finished with a very dismal 15-67 record. After a few close-calls either way, Carlton Fisk hit one off the foul pole in left to give the Red Sox a 7-6 win.

It also in that first season at Staples Center that the Clippers drafted highly-touted, but oft-troubled, star forward Lamar Odom from the University of Rhode Island. The Reds were up 6-3 with 5 outs left when the Red Sox tied the game on former Red Bernie Carbo's three-run home run. Meanwhile, the Clippers struggled, consistently ending with losing records which were significantly worse than the Lakers' record. Game 6 is still one of the most memorable games played. In the following years, the Lakers dominated the NBA with the combination of Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, winning three championships. Splitting the first four games, the Reds took Game 5. That season, the Clippers were outshone by their in-city rivals, the Lakers, who won the NBA Championship. In the World Series, the Boston Red Sox were the opponents.

However, in 1999, the Clippers and Lakers both started to play in the Staples Center. They swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in three games to win the NL pennant. From 1994 - 1999, the Clippers played selected home games in the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, sharing the venue with a plethora of other water-themed teams including the Mighty Ducks (ice hockey) and the Splash (soccer). In 1975, the Reds won 108 games and won the NL West. In typical Clippers fashion, that team made the playoffs with a losing record (36-46) and were summarily swept in the first round by the eventual Western Conference Champion Utah Jazz, 3 games to none. The Reds won 98 games in 1974 but finished second. The Clippers continued to make frequent roster and coaching changes throughout the next several years, and making their last playoff appearance in 1997. The Reds won a third NL West crown in 1973 but lost the NL pennant to the New York Mets.

That 1993-94 season proved to one of the worst seasons in Los Angeles NBA history, whereas both the Clippers and Lakers went a combined 60-104 in the regular season, and missed the playoffs entirely. Six of the seven games were won by one run, but the A's won in seven. Brown left the Clippers to join the Indiana Pacers as their head coach, and Bob Weiss was brought in to replace him. The 1972 Reds won the NL West and defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in an exciting five-game playoff series; the Reds played the Oakland Athletics in the World Series. The Clippers returned to the playoffs again in the 1992-93 season (with a 41-41 regular season record), and again lost in five games in the first round, this time to the Houston Rockets. After the disastrous 1971 season (the only season of the '70s during which the Reds finished with a losing record) the Reds reloaded by trading Lee May and Tommy Helms for Joe Morgan, Jack Billingham, César Gerónimo, and Denis Menke. Due to the Los Angeles riots that took place in late April 1992, game 4 of their series was moved to the Anaheim Convention Center, and the Clippers won that game. By time the club got to the World Series, however, the Reds pitching staff had run out of gas and the veteran Baltimore Orioles beat the Reds in five.

The Clippers were in eliminated in the first round of the playoff by the Utah Jazz, 3 games to 2. The Reds breezed through the 1970 season, won the NL West and captured the NL pennant. He replaced head coach Mike Schuler, who at the point of his dismissal, posted a 22-25 record. Brown finished the season with a 23-12 mark, and the overall record for Los Angeles was 45-37. Gary Nolan, Jim Merritt, and Jim McGlothlin led a pitching staff which also contained veteran Tony Cloninger and youngsters Wayne Simpson and Don Gullett. Midway through the 1991-92 season, the Clippers made yet another coaching change, but this one worked out in their favor. Larry Brown, who was fired by the Spurs weeks before, was hired as the team's head coach in late January 1992. Johnny Bench, Lee May, Tony Pérez, Pete Rose and Bobby Tolan were the early Red Machine offensive leaders. That move, along with the 1987 draft of Ken Norman from the University of Illinois, the 1988 draftings of Kansas University forward Danny Manning and Charles Smith from the University of Pittsburgh, and the 1990 draft of Loy Vaught from the University of Michigan (currently still the franchise's all-time rebound leader), those players formed a nucleus that led the Clipper franchise to a playoff appearance in 1992, the first since 1976, when the team was still in Buffalo. The Reds began the season winning 70 of their first 100 games.

In the 1989-90 season, Baylor made a trade with the Cavaliers that brought in Ron Harper, a rising star guard, in exchange for forward Danny Ferry (who refused to play for the Clippers) and guard Reggie Williams. Riverfront Stadium, a 52,000 seat multi-purpose venue on the shores of the Ohio River opened its doors. That season also brought in Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor as the team's vice president and general manager of basketball operations, a post he currently holds to this day. Together with general manager Bob Howsam, the Reds began the 1970s with a bang. (The Worst? The Philadelphia 76ers went 9-73 in 1973) That particular season was filled with injuries to both Marques Johnson and guard Norm Nixon, who missed most, if not, the whole entire season. In 1970, little known George "Sparky" Anderson was hired to manage the Reds. The next seven seasons (1985-92), the Clippers were mired in futility, including a 12-70 record in the 1986-87 season, the third-worst single-season record in NBA history. In its place, a new stadium, and a new Reds dynasty.

The Clippers, under head coach Jim Lynam (and later Don Chaney), and new acquistions Marques Johnson, Junior Bridgeman, and Harvey Catchings (all acquired via trade from the Milwaukee Bucks), finished with a disappointing 31-51 record in the first season in the City of Angels. The Reds' final game at Crosley Field, home to over 4500 baseball games, was played on June 24, 1970. The Clippers were completely out-shadowed by their crosstown counterparts, who were in the midst of the championship run with future Hall of Famers, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and James Worthy. All this set up for a fantastic run known as the Big Red Machine. In 1984, the Clippers moved to Los Angeles, California, playing in the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena while the Lakers, with a better reputation, continued to play at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, a few miles south. The farm system produced players such as Jim Maloney (the Reds pitching ace of the 1960s), Pete Rose, Tony Pérez, Johnny Bench and Gary Nolan. The Clippers' poor play in their final years in San Diego resulted in poor attendance, in which the team would average nearly 4,500 fans per game, and Sterling lobbied the NBA to relocated the team to his native Los Angeles. In 1964, they lost the pennant by one game.

The purchase price was $20 million. They won 98 games in 1962 (paced by Purkey's 23) but finished 3rd. Sterling. The rest of the 1960s were successful on the field, but didn't produce any championships. The 1981-82 season brought more changes to the Clipper franchise as Irv Levin sold the team to Los Angeles-area real estate developer and attorney, Donald T. However for the Reds, 1961 was the year New York Yankee Roger Maris hit 61 HR and they took the Reds in 5 games in the World Series. Free was to traded to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for guard Phil Smith. The Reds captured the 1961 NL pennant, holding off the Los Angeles Dodgers & the San Francisco Giants.

Walton missed the entire season, once again due to chronic foot injuries. Pitchers Joey Jay, Jim O'Toole and Bob Purkey led the staff. Paul Silas replaced Shue the following season, finished with a 36-46 records, once again missing the postseason. By 1961, Robinson was joined by Vada Pinson, Wally Post, Gordy Coleman and Gene Freese. Free continued his great scoring, again finising second in league scoring, with a 30.2 PPG (Points Per Game). Led by NL Rookie of the Year Frank Robinson, the Reds hit 221 HR to tie the NL record. San Diego finished with a 37-45 season, despite the fact that many of their key players missed games due to injuries. By 1956, the Reds began the most successful portion of their clubs history.

Walton wasn't much of an impact unfortunately, due to missing 68 games because of foot injuries, which he also suffered in his final years in Portland. The rest of the offense was a collection of over-the-hill players & not-ready-for-prime time youngsters. The 1979-80 season wasn't much better, as the Clippers began to struggle, but not before they brought in San Diego native, center Bill Walton, who was two years removed from a NBA world championship with the Trail Blazers. Ted Kluszewski was the NL home run leader in 1954. Free finished second overall in NBA scoring average, with 28.8 per game, while George Gervin of the San Antonio Spurs had a 29.6 average. Ewell "The Whip" Blackwell was the main pitching stalwart before arm problems cut short his career. Free, who was acquired in the offseason from the Philadelphia 76ers. In 1944, Joe Nuxhall, age 15, pitching for the Reds on loan from Hamilton High School, became the youngest person ever to play in a major league game -- a record that still stands today.

Randy Smith had another solid season, averaging 20.5 points per game, finishing second behind World B. Throughout the remainder of the 1940s and the early 1950s, Cincinnati finished mostly in the second division. It was also in that first season in Southern California that long time announcer Ralph Lawler began his association with the club. World War II and age finally caught up with the Reds. However, that record wasn't good enough to advance them to the playoffs, finishing only a few games out of the final playoff spot. In 1940, they repeated as NL Champions and for the first time in 21 years, the Reds captured a World Series beating the Detroit Tigers 4 games to 3. In the team's first season in San Diego, the Clippers posted a winning record, going 43-39, under new head coach Gene Shue. The Reds were swept by the New York Yankees in four straight.

They moved to San Diego, California after the 1977-78 season, and became the San Diego Clippers. By 1939 they were National League champions. Following what would be the final season in western New York, the NBA owners voted 21-1 to let the Braves relocate. By 1938 the Reds were out of the second division finishing fourth. The deal was brokered by David Stern, an attorney for the NBA, who of course, later became the league's commissioner in 1984. Ernie Lombardi was named the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1938, First baseman Frank McCormick was the 1940 NL MVP. Other position players included Harry Craft, Lonny Frey, Ival Goodman and Lew Riggs. Levin was a California businessman, and wanted to own a NBA team in his native state. The offense came around in the late 1930s.

Because of the team's poor play in their final two years (30-52 in 1976-77 and 27-55 in 1977-78), along with rumors of the franchise relocating, John Y. Brown met with the then-owner of the Celtics, Irv Levin and negotiated a deal in which the owners would swap franchises, in which Brown would take control of the Celtics and Levin would get the Braves. Thanks to Vander Meer, Paul Derringer, and shortstop-turned-pitcher Bucky Walters, the Reds had a solid pitching staff. Brown renegotiated his lease on Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, to include a clause which if the Braves do not sell at least 4,500 season tickets, the Braves can be let go of their lease and be free to move to another city. Johnny Vander Meer became the only pitcher in major league history to throw back-to-back no-hitters in 1938. A big example of this was when the Braves sent McAdoo to the New York Knicks for players and cash midway through the 1976-77 season. Crosley Field (formerly Redland Field) became the host of the first night game in 1935. However, a provision in the transaction stipulated that if Brown sold a contract of any Braves players, then the money would go to Synder and the price of purchase would be reduced. The Reds throughout the 1930s became a team of "firsts".

Brown, in turn, sold a percentage of the team to another businessman, Harry Mangurian, who later went to own a portion of the Boston Celtics in the 1980s. McPhail began to develop the Reds' minor league system and expanded the Reds' base. Brown later acquired the remaining portion from Synder sometime in the 1976-77 season. had also started WLW radio and the Crosley Broadcasting Company in Cincinnati and was doing quite well as a civic leader. Brown, Jr., who had previously owned the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association. Crosly produced radios, refrigerators and other household items, bought the Reds out of bankruptcy in 1933 and hired Larry McPhail to be the General Manager. Powell Crosley Jr. In the summer of 1976, the team's founding owner Paul Synder intitally sold 50 percent of the franchise to businessman John Y. Powell Crosley Jr., a electronics magnate who with his brother Lewis M.

The Braves made two more trips to the playoffs in the 1974-75 and 1975-76 seasons, which would be their last in Buffalo. By 1931 the team was bankrupt, thanks to the Great Depression, and Redland Field was in a state of disrepair. The team finally made their first playoff appearance in 1973-74, where they faced the Boston Celtics and lost in six games in the first round. Eppa Rixey, Dolf Luque and Pete Donahoe were pitching stars; the offense never quite lived up to the pitching. The Braves' big move of that season was the drafting for forward/center Bob McAdoo, from the University of North Carolina. In the remainder of the 1920s and early 1930s the Reds were second division dwellers for most of those years. Jack Ramsay. By 1920, the "Black Sox" scandal put an asterisk by the Reds first championship.

The team didn't do much better in the 1972-73 season, as they went 21-61 under new head coach, Dr. The Reds finished ahead of John McGraw's New York Giants, and then won the world championship in 8 games over the Chicago White Sox. Schayes was replaced one game into the season with John McCarty as the team's head coach. The 1919 team had hitting stars led by Edd Roush and Heinie Groh while the pitching staff was led by Hod Eller and Harry "Slim" Sallee, a lefthander. Buffalo drafted center Elmore Smith from Kentucky State University, and local favorite Randy Smith, from Buffalo State University. The 1918 team finished 4th, and then new manager Pat Moran led the Reds to a NL pennant in 1919. The Braves repeated their 22-60 season in the following 1971-72 season, but did make good acquistions that would make the club better. By the late 1910s the Reds began to come out of the second division.

Kauffman, who averaged 4.3 points per game the previous year with the Chicago Bulls, led Buffalo in scoring with 20.4 points per game and earned a spot on the 1971 NBA Eastern Conference All-Star team. In 1912 Redland Field, built on the corner of Findlay and Western on the city's west side opened for the Reds. As typical of first-year expansion teams, the Braves finished with a 22-60 record, five games ahead of expansion-mate Cleveland, who finished their season at 15-67. In 1911, Bob Bescher stole 81 bases which is still a team record. The team's first head coach was Hall of Famer Dolph Schayes, the franchise's first star players were Bob Kauffman and Don May, who were acquired in the expansion draft. Seymour's .377 average in 1905 was the first individual batting crown won by a Red. The Braves, in their eight seasons in Buffalo, played their home games at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, sharing the arena with another new franchise, the Sabres of the National Hockey League, who also debuted in 1970. At the turn of the century, the Reds (shortened from the Red Stockings so not to be confused with the Boston AL entry, now shortened to Red Sox) had hitting stars like Sam Crawford and Cy Seymour.

. The Red Stockings wandered through the remainder of the 1890s signing local stars & aging veterans. They were one of three franchises that joined the NBA in the 1970-71 season, the others were the Portland Trail Blazers and Cleveland Cavaliers. By some accounts, the AA team switched leagues in 1890; by other accounts, the AA team folded the same year the new NL team started, and the new team simply signed many of the AA team's star players. The Buffalo Braves played their first NBA season in 1970. When the American Association, a rival league, began play in 1882, it included a team from Cincinnati, which was also called the Red Stockings. The Los Angeles Clippers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. (In 1871, Harry Wright took most of his best players to Boston, and founded the Boston Red Stockings, now known as the Atlanta Braves.) The Red Stockings were a charter member of the National League in 1876, but was expelled from the league later, in part for violating league rules by serving beer to fans at games.

Norm Nixon. Early stars for the Red Stockings included the Wrights, George and Harry. Mel Proctor. The Red Stockings won 130 games in a row between 1869 & 1870, before the Brooklyn Atlantics defeated the Red Stockings. Lee Kline. The original Cincinnati Red Stockings, baseball's first openly all-professional team, was founded in 1869. Michael Smith. They are in the Central Division of the National League.

Ralph Lawler. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Marko Jaric. Billings Mustangs
GCL Reds. Chris Wilcox. Sarasota Reds
Dayton Dragons. Bobby Simmons. Chattanooga Lookouts.

Corey Maggette. Louisville Bats. Shaun Livingston. National League
. Kerry Kittles. Pitching saves: Jeff Brantley, 44 (1996). Chris Kaman. Pitching ERA: Harry McCormick, 1.52 (1882).

Elton Brand. Pitching strikeouts: Mario Soto, 274 (1982). Dominique Wilkins. Pitching wins: Will White, 43 (1883). Loy Vaught. Strikeouts: Adam Dunn, 195 (2004) [MLB record]. Malik Sealy. Walks: Joe Morgan, 132 (1975).

Quentin Richardson. Hitting streak: Pete Rose, 44 games (1978). Eric Piatkowski. Stolen bases: Hugh Nicol, 138 (1887). Bo Outlaw. Total bases: George Foster, 388 (1977). Lamar Odom. Extra-Base hits: Frank Robinson, 92 (1962).

Norm Nixon. Triples: John Reilly, 26 (1890). Danny Manning. Doubles: Frank Robinson and Pete Rose, 51 (1962 and 1978). Mark Jackson. Singles: Pete Rose, 181 (1973). Ron Harper. Hits: Pete Rose, 230 (1973).

Free. Runs: Bid McPhee, 134 (1886). World B. Runs batted in: George Foster, 149 (1977). Randy Smith. Home runs: George Foster, 52 (1977). Bill Walton. Batting average: Cy Seymour, .377 (1905).

Bob McAdoo. Harry Wright (2005). George Wright (2005). Will White (2004). Billy Werber (1961).

Bucky Walters (1958). Johnny Vander Meer (1958). Johnny Temple (1965). Mario Soto (2001).

Cy Seymour (1998). Edd Roush (1960). Frank Robinson (1978). Eppa Rixey (1959).

Jose Rijo (2005). Bob Purkey (1974). Wally Post (1965). Vada Pinson (1977).

Tony Perez (1998). Jim O'Toole (1970). Joe Nuxhall (1968). Gary Nolan (1983).

Billy Myers (1966). Joe Morgan (1987). Bid McPhee (2002). Roy McMillan (1971).

Bill McKechnie (1967). Mike McCormick (1966). Frank McCormick (1958). Jim Maloney (1973).

Jerry Lynch (1987). Dolf Luque (1967). Red Lucas (1965). Ernie Lombardi (1958).

Brooks Lawrence (1976). Larry Kopf (1965). Ted Kluszewski (1962). Fred Hutchinson (1965).

Dummy Hoy (2003). Bob Howsam (2004). Tommy Helms (1979). Bubbles Hargrave (1962).

Noodles Hahn (1963). Don Gullett (2002). Heinie Groh (1963). Ken Griffey (2004).

Wayne Granger (1982). Ival Goodman (1959). Giles (1969). Warren C.

Lonny Frey (1961). George Foster (2003). Bob Ewing (2001). Pete Donohue (1964).

Paul Derringer (1958). Eric Davis (2005). Jake Daubert (1966). Hughie Critz (1962).

Sam Crawford (1968). Harry Craft (1963). Dave Concepcion (2000). Gordy Coleman (1972).

Clay Carroll (1980). Leo Cardenas (1981). Smoky Burgess (1975). Rube Bressler (1963).

Ewell Blackwell (1960). Jack Billingham (1984). Johnny Bench (1986). Gus Bell (1964).

Sparky Anderson (2000). 42 Jackie Robinson (retired throughout baseball). 24 Tony Pérez. 20 Frank Robinson.

18 Ted Kluszewski. 10 Sparky Anderson.   8 Joe Morgan.   5 Johnny Bench.

  1 Fred Hutchinson. 72 Mike Stefanski (bullpen catcher]]. 55 Mark Berry (third base). 41 Jerry Narron (bench).

47 Tom Hume (bullpen). 35 Don Gullett (pitching). 49 Chris Chambliss (hitting). 53 Randy Whisler (first base).

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