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1974-03 1321 -1107. 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. 1988- Jerry Sloan 823 - 440. Riverfront Stadium was demolished in 2002, paving the way for the Great American Ball Park. 1981-88 Frank Layden 277 - 294. In 1999 they won 96 games, but lost to the New York Mets in a one game playoff. 1979-81 Tom Nissalke 60 - 124. By 1995 the Reds were in the NLCS again, but lost to the Atlanta Braves.

1977-79 Elgin Baylor 86 - 134. 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. 1974-77 Bill Van Breda Koff 74 - 100. They started off 35-12 and maintained their lead throughout the year. 1974-75 Elgin Baylor 0 - 1. In 1990 the Reds under new manager Lou Pinella shocked baseball by leading the NL West from wire-to-wire. 1974-75 Scotty Robertson 1 - 14. 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.

Years Coach 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. Injured Reserve (as of April 21, 2005)
. From 1985 to 1989 the Reds finished second 4 times. Bench
. By the end of 1984, Pete Rose was hired to be the Reds player-manager. Starters
. In 1984 Dave Parker & Tony Pérez were in Cincinnati uniforms.

While the season proved disappointing on the whole, the team has seen promising performances in some of its young players, especially Bell, Giricek, Keith McLeod, and Okur. In 1984 the Reds began to move up, depending on trades and some minor leaguers. However, a series of injuries caused the team's performance to sharply decline. Johnny Bench retired in 1983. The 2004-05 season began well for the Jazz, as it won six of its first seven games behind strong performances from Boozer and Kirilenko. 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. Under a realignment plan that went into effect in 2004, the Jazz were transferred to the new Northwest Division with the Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Seattle SuperSonics. The Reds did manage to win the 1979 NL West behind the pitching of Tom Seaver.

In the 2004 offseason, with the free agent signings of Carlos Boozer and Mehmet Okur, the franchise was expected to again contend in the West. By 1979 Tony Pérez, Don Gullett, Pete Rose, Sparky Anderson, Gary Nolan, and others had left the Reds. Jerry Sloan finished second in the voting for the NBA Coach of the Year Award, losing to Hubie Brown of the Memphis Grizzlies. The last four years of the '70s brought turmoil and change. Led by Kirilenko, the team remained in the playoff race to the end of the season, missing out by just one game to the Denver Nuggets. The Reds became the first NL team in 50 years to win back-to-back World Series championships. In particular, Andrei Kirilenko demonstrated tremendous versatility on both offense and defense, and earned a spot in the all-star game. The New York Yankees never really caught up to the Reds, who won the series in four straight.

The team featured several unheralded players who emerged into key contributors, including Andrei Kirilenko, Raja Bell, Matt Harpring, Gordan Giricek, Carlos Arroyo and Raúl López. The Reds won the NL title from the Philadelphia Phillies, winning Game 3 in their last at-bat. Instead they greatly exceeded most analysts' expectations. In 1976, the Reds swept throughout the NL West and proceeded to go 9-0 in the playoffs. In the 2003–04 season, the Jazz were expected to be one of the weakest teams in the league. Joe Morgan's RBI single in Game 7 gave the Reds their first championship in 35 years. After that, the team declined in the standings, although they continued to make the playoffs until 2003, after which Stockton retired and Malone moved to the Los Angeles Lakers. 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.

The Jazz won Western Conference titles in 1997 and 1998, but were defeated by the Chicago Bulls both times, each in six games. 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. Though the Jazz were consistently strong in the league's regular season, earning 19 consecutive playoff appearances (1984–2003), the franchise failed to win a league championship over that time while. Game 6 is still one of the most memorable games played. He retired in 2000. Splitting the first four games, the Reds took Game 5. Hornacek was one of the best three-point and free throw shooters in the league. In the World Series, the Boston Red Sox were the opponents.

Malone went on to score the second most points in NBA history (behind only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), and received MVP awards in 1997 and 1999. They swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in three games to win the NL pennant. Stockton and Malone developed a remarkable rapport with each other, running pick-and-roll plays with great success. "Stockton to Malone" was a common refrain, as Stockton regularly found ways to pass the ball to Malone in good scoring position. Other good players of the era included Mark Eaton, Adrian Dantley, Jeff Malone, and later Jeff Hornacek and Bryon Russell. In 1975, the Reds won 108 games and won the NL West. Malone finished his career second in the record books for career points scored and would be recognized as one of the top power forwards in league history. The Reds won 98 games in 1974 but finished second. The Jazz became one of the most successful teams throughout the late 1980's and throughout the 1990's. Stockton eventually set NBA records for the most career steals and assists, and would be recognized as one of the top point guards in league history. The Reds won a third NL West crown in 1973 but lost the NL pennant to the New York Mets.

However, the pair flourished under the guidance of Frank Layden and later Jerry Sloan. Six of the seven games were won by one run, but the A's won in seven. In 1985 the team drafted Karl Malone from Louisiana Tech. 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. That spring, the Jazz drafted John Stockton from Gonzaga. 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. In Utah, the team continued to languish toward the bottom of the standings until the 1983-1984 season, when it won the Midwest Division title and advanced to the second round of the playoffs. 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.

Although the team nickname was not fitting for Salt Lake City – known more as a center for Mormon culture than as a mecca for jazz music; the franchise decided to keep it. The Reds breezed through the 1970 season, won the NL West and captured the NL pennant. After five losing seasons in New Orleans, they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1979. Gary Nolan, Jim Merritt, and Jim McGlothlin led a pitching staff which also contained veteran Tony Cloninger and youngsters Wayne Simpson and Don Gullett. Though Maravich was viewed as one of the NBA's most entertaining and talented players, the Jazz were continually a losing team. Johnny Bench, Lee May, Tony Pérez, Pete Rose and Bobby Tolan were the early Red Machine offensive leaders. The franchise proved unsuccessful, both on the court and financially, even after the addition of "Pistol" Pete Maravich as the star player. The Reds began the season winning 70 of their first 100 games.

In 1974 the Jazz franchise began in New Orleans. Riverfront Stadium, a 52,000 seat multi-purpose venue on the shores of the Ohio River opened its doors.
. Together with general manager Bob Howsam, the Reds began the 1970s with a bang. The Utah Jazz are a National Basketball Association team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1970, little known George "Sparky" Anderson was hired to manage the Reds. PG - #24 Raúl López (Spain). In its place, a new stadium, and a new Reds dynasty.

F - #47 Andrei Kirilenko (Андрей Кириленко) (Russia). The Reds' final game at Crosley Field, home to over 4500 baseball games, was played on June 24, 1970. PF - #5 Carlos Boozer (Duke). All this set up for a fantastic run known as the Big Red Machine. SG - #3 Kirk Snyder (Nevada). 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. PG - #2 Randy Livingston (LSU). In 1964, they lost the pennant by one game.

PF - #44 Ben Handgloten (Western Michigan). They won 98 games in 1962 (paced by Purkey's 23) but finished 3rd. PG - #6 Howard Eisley (Boston College). The rest of the 1960s were successful on the field, but didn't produce any championships. C - #22 Curtis Borchard (Stanford). 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. SG - #19 Raja Bell (FIU). The Reds captured the 1961 NL pennant, holding off the Los Angeles Dodgers & the San Francisco Giants.

PF - #43 Kris Humphries (Minnesota). Pitchers Joey Jay, Jim O'Toole and Bob Purkey led the staff. C - #13 Mehmet Okur (Turkey). By 1961, Robinson was joined by Vada Pinson, Wally Post, Gordy Coleman and Gene Freese. SG - #10 Gordan Girićek (Croatia). Led by NL Rookie of the Year Frank Robinson, the Reds hit 221 HR to tie the NL record. PG - #25 Keith McLeod (Bowling Green). By 1956, the Reds began the most successful portion of their clubs history.

C - #31 Jarron Collins (Stanford). The rest of the offense was a collection of over-the-hill players & not-ready-for-prime time youngsters. SF - #15 Matt Harpring (Georgia Tech). Ted Kluszewski was the NL home run leader in 1954. 53 Mark Eaton. Ewell "The Whip" Blackwell was the main pitching stalwart before arm problems cut short his career. 35 Darrell Griffith. 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.

14 Jeff Hornacek. Throughout the remainder of the 1940s and the early 1950s, Cincinnati finished mostly in the second division. 12 John Stockton. World War II and age finally caught up with the Reds. 7 Pete Maravich. 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. 1 Frank Layden. The Reds were swept by the New York Yankees in four straight.

Thurl Bailey. By 1939 they were National League champions. Darrell Griffith. By 1938 the Reds were out of the second division finishing fourth. John Stockton. 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. Mark Eaton. The offense came around in the late 1930s.

Jeff Hornacek. Thanks to Vander Meer, Paul Derringer, and shortstop-turned-pitcher Bucky Walters, the Reds had a solid pitching staff. Karl Malone. Johnny Vander Meer became the only pitcher in major league history to throw back-to-back no-hitters in 1938. Jeff Malone. Crosley Field (formerly Redland Field) became the host of the first night game in 1935. Adrian Dantley. The Reds throughout the 1930s became a team of "firsts".

Walt Bellamy - only played one game with the Jazz. McPhail began to develop the Reds' minor league system and expanded the Reds' base. Pete Maravich. had also started WLW radio and the Crosley Broadcasting Company in Cincinnati and was doing quite well as a civic leader. 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. Powell Crosley Jr., a electronics magnate who with his brother Lewis M.

By 1931 the team was bankrupt, thanks to the Great Depression, and Redland Field was in a state of disrepair. Eppa Rixey, Dolf Luque and Pete Donahoe were pitching stars; the offense never quite lived up to the pitching. In the remainder of the 1920s and early 1930s the Reds were second division dwellers for most of those years. By 1920, the "Black Sox" scandal put an asterisk by the Reds first championship.

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. 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. The 1918 team finished 4th, and then new manager Pat Moran led the Reds to a NL pennant in 1919. By the late 1910s the Reds began to come out of the second division.

In 1912 Redland Field, built on the corner of Findlay and Western on the city's west side opened for the Reds. In 1911, Bob Bescher stole 81 bases which is still a team record. Seymour's .377 average in 1905 was the first individual batting crown won by a Red. 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. 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. When the American Association, a rival league, began play in 1882, it included a team from Cincinnati, which was also called the Red Stockings. (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.

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

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. Pitching saves: Jeff Brantley, 44 (1996). Pitching ERA: Harry McCormick, 1.52 (1882).

Pitching strikeouts: Mario Soto, 274 (1982). Pitching wins: Will White, 43 (1883). Strikeouts: Adam Dunn, 195 (2004) [MLB record]. Walks: Joe Morgan, 132 (1975).

Hitting streak: Pete Rose, 44 games (1978). Stolen bases: Hugh Nicol, 138 (1887). Total bases: George Foster, 388 (1977). Extra-Base hits: Frank Robinson, 92 (1962).

Triples: John Reilly, 26 (1890). Doubles: Frank Robinson and Pete Rose, 51 (1962 and 1978). Singles: Pete Rose, 181 (1973). Hits: Pete Rose, 230 (1973).

Runs: Bid McPhee, 134 (1886). Runs batted in: George Foster, 149 (1977). Home runs: George Foster, 52 (1977). Batting average: Cy Seymour, .377 (1905).

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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