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1994

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1998

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1995

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1999

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Titles:

Top Reds Players of the Nineties

1990 - World champs (Beat the A's)

1995 - NL Central Champs (Beat Dodgers, Lost to Braves)

Pitchers:

Jose Rijo (29.69) - 50

Ballpark:

John Smiley (8.13) - 34

Riverfront Stadium / Cinergy Field

Jeff Brantley (6.71) - 27

Tom Browning (5.7) - 24

Team Name:

Pete Harnisch (8.34) - 22

Reds

Rob Dibble (4.55) - 21

Jeff Shaw (9.31) - 21

Owners:

Brett Tomko (4.5) - 19

Marge Schott (1990-1998)

Dave Burba (5.91) - 16

Carl Lindner (1998-1999)

Pete Schourek (3.97) - 16

Tim Belcher (3.58) - 14

General Managers:

Norm Charlton (6.03) - 12

Bob Quinn Sr (1990-1992)

Randy Myers (4.29) - 10

Jim Bowden (1993-1999)

Danny Graves (2.7) - 10

Greg Swindell (5.38) - 7

Managers:

Lou Piniella (1990-1992)

Catchers:

Tony Perez (1993)

Ed Taubensee (6.18) - 27

Davey Johnson (1993-1995)

Joe Oliver (3.12) - 26

Ray Knight (1996-1997)

Jack McKeon (1997-199)

First Basemen:

Hal Morris (12.65) - 62

Hall of Famers:

Sean Casey (4.92) - 11

Barry Larkin

Second Basemen:

Rookie of the Year:

Brett Boone (4.37) - 21

Scott Williamson (1999)

Bip Roberts (4.73) - 15

Pokey Reese (2.84) - 12

MVP

Mariano Duncan (2.65) - 10

Barry Larkin (1995)

ShortStop:

No Hitters:

Barry Larkin (52.59) - 127

None

Third Base:

Cy Young:

Chris Sabo (12.15) - 26

None

Willie Greene (3.7) - 15

Jeff Branson (0.7) - 11

Notable Events:

Aaron Boone (2.18) - 7

1990 - Cincinnati enters the decade coming off a seventy five win season in

Outfield:

1989. Despite the record, there is hope for the Reds. They are led by a

Reggie Sanders (21.47) - 58

couple of young Hall of Fame quality players in shortstop Barry Larkin, 26,

Eric Davis (7.49) - 24

and centerfielder Eric Davis, 28. There are also a couple of other very good

Kevin Mitchell (7.66) - 22

young position players in their lineup in outfielder Paul O'Neill, 27, and

Paul O'Neill (6.86) - 21

third baseman Chris Sabo, 28.

Deion Sanders (0.32) - 16

The pitching staff has talented young starters in righthander Jose Rijo, 25,

Dmitri Young (3.64) - 13

lefthander Danny Jackson, 27 and lefthander Tom Browning, 29.

Mike Cameron (5.52) - 13

Cincinnati also features one of the best bullpens in the majors led by righty

Ron Gant (3.34) - 10

Rob Dibble, 26, and lefties Norm Charlton and Randy Myers both 27.

Notable Events:

1990 - Hard hitting lefty first baseman Hal Morris, 25, is pilfered from the

Yankees in exchange for righthander Tim Leary.

1990 - Superstar outfielder Eric Davis makes a spectacular catch to save game

four of the World Series, but he suffers an inury on the play that causes kidney

1990 - In a huge trade, the Reds receive twenty seven year old lefthander

problems as a result. The injury is chronic and derails his train to the Hall of Fame

Randy Myers from the Mets in exchange for lefthander John Franco, 29,

one of the top closers in baseball. Franco was nearing free agency and it

1991 - Cincinnati drops 17 games in the standings. It's a weird roller coaster

was time to get something for him. Quality for quality in this one.

ride of a decade for the Reds as they yo-yo between ninety win seasons

and first and second place finishes and sub .500 seasons.

1990 - Cincinnati hires Lou Piniella as manager. Piniella is a manager

who moves the needle on any club he skippers.

1993 - Marge Schott is suspended for racial slurs

1990 - The Reds gain sixteen games in the standings and end up winning

1994 - The Reds are in 1st place when the baseball strike

the world title. They would drop down seventeen in 1991 and then yo-yo

prematurely ends their season

back up sixteen games in 1992 to finish second with ninety wins.

1995 - Cincinnati wins the Division behind manager Davey Johnson, beats

1990 - A dramatic difference between 1989 and 1990 is, the Reds score

LA in the playoffs but then loses the NLCS to the champion Braves.

sixty more runs than they did in 1989 and give up almost a hundred less.

Johnson is let go after the season

1990 - The main chunk of the improved run production comes from:

1996 - More psycho babble from Marge Schott as she gets upset that umpire

second baseman Mariano Duncan, 27, who had been obtained from

John McSherry's dying on the playing field during a Reds game ruined her day.

the Dodgers the previous season in exchange for Kal Daniels;

She follows that up by making pro-Hitler comments.

third baseman, Chris Sabo who catapulted from six to twenty six homers;

It's obvious, at this point, that this woman has to go.

and super sub Hal Morris who batted .340

1997 - Pete Rose is allowed into Cinergy Field to watch his son's

1990 - The other major reasons for the uptick in performance were on

debut for the Reds. Appropriately enough, he sits with Marge Schott.

the mound where twenty five year old righthander Jose Rijo doubled his

win total to fourteen and where the Redlegs developed a dominant bullpen

1998 - Marge Schott, under pressure, sells the club

called the Nasty Boys, led by Rob Dibble, Norm Charlton and Randy Myers

Marge may have been a dumpster fire, but the team was competitive in her tenure.

1990 - The 1990 pennant is won going wire to wire in 1st place, followed

1999 - The Reds blow a lead and lose the Division and then

by a beatdown of the favored Pirates in the NLCS and then a major upset

lose to the Mets in a one game playoff for the Wild Card

of the even more heavily favored A's in the World Series.

1998 - Adam Dunn, eighteen year old outfielder, is drafted in the second round

of the amateur free agent draft.