1979 Cincinnati Reds season

1979 Cincinnati Reds
1979 NL West Champions
Major league affiliations
Location
1979 information
Owner(s) Louis Nippert
General manager(s) Dick Wagner
Manager(s) John McNamara
Local television WLWT
(Ray Lane, Bill Brown)
Local radio WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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The 1979 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds winning the National League West under their first-year manager John McNamara, with a record of 90-71, 1½ games better than the Houston Astros. However, the Reds lost the National League Championship Series to the eventual World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates in three straight games. The Reds played their home games at Riverfront Stadium.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L GB Pct.
Cincinnati Reds 90 71 -- .559
Houston Astros 89 73 1.5 .549
Los Angeles Dodgers 79 83 11.5 .488
San Francisco Giants 71 91 19.5 .438
San Diego Padres 68 93 22 .422
Atlanta Braves 66 94 23.5 .413

Notable transactions

Roster

1979 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Blair, PaulPaul Blair 75 140 21 .150 2 15
Summers, ChampChamp Summers 27 60 12 .200 1 11
DeFreites, ArturoArturo DeFreites 23 34 7 .206 0 4

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bonham, BillBill Bonham 29 175.2 9 7 3.79 78

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bair, DougDoug Bair 65 11 7 16 4.29 86
Borbón, PedroPedro Borbón 30 2 2 2 3.43 23

National League Championship Series

Main article: 1979 National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 2, Riverfront Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Pittsburgh 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 0
Cincinnati 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
W: Grant Jackson (1-0)  L: Tom Hume (0-1)   SV: Don Robinson (1)
HRs: PIT – Phil Garner (1)   Willie Stargell (1)   CIN – George Foster (1)

Game 2

October 3, Riverfront Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 11 0
Cincinnati 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 0
W: Don Robinson (1-0)  L: Doug Bair (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: PIT – None   CIN – None

Game 3

October 5, Three Rivers Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 1
Pittsburgh 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 X 7 7 0
W: Bert Blyleven (1-0)  L: Mike LaCoss (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: CIN – Johnny Bench (1)   PHI – Willie Stargell (2)   Bill Madlock (1)

Farm system

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Nashville

Notes

  1. ^ Bill Bordley page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Paul Blair page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Champ Summers page at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Jeff Jones page at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Pedro Borbón page at Baseball-Reference

References

AL East
AL West
NL East
NL West
Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco
Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs • Based in Cincinnati, Ohio
Franchise
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Culture
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Retired Numbers
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Key Personnel
Owner: Robert Castellini · General Manager: Walt Jocketty · Manager: Dusty Baker
Championships (5)
1919 · 1940 · 1975 · 1976 · 1990
National League
Pennants (9)
1919 · 1939 · 1940 · 1961 · 1970 · 1972 · 1975 · 1976 · 1990
Other Titles
American Association Pennants: 1882 National League Central: 1995 · 2010 National League West: 1970 · 1972 · 1973 · 1975 · 1976 · 1979 · 1990
Minors
Louisville Bats (AAA) · Pensacola Blue Wahoos (AA) · Bakersfield Blaze (A) · Dayton Dragons (A) · Billings Mustangs (Rookie) · AZL Reds (Rookie) · DSL Reds (Rookie)  · VSL Reds (Rookie)
Media
Preceded by
Los Angeles Dodgers
1978		 NL West Championship Season
1979		 Succeeded by
Houston Astros
1980