Cincinnati Reds

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The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The current franchise started play in exhibition games in 1881 and then, in 1882, became a charter member of the American Association. (The A.A. was a 19th-century major baseball league.) The team has been based in Cincinnati for its entire history. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Sources tie the "ancestry" of the current franchise to 1869 with the creation of the first-ever professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, considered to be a separate franchise. In 1876, as the Cincinnati Reds, this franchise became a charter member of the National League, where they played through the 1879 season. ^[4] In 1880, another Cincinnati team, the Stars, played a single season in the National League. ^[5]

Championships[edit]

The team has had a total of 5 championship-winning seasons since the beginning of major-league baseball's modern World Series in 1903, winning the World Series in the following years. ^[6]

• 1990
• 1976
• 1975
• 1940
• 1919

They were also National League champions, but lost in the World Series, 4 times, in the following years.

• 1972
• 1970
• 1961
• 1939

Prior to the start of the modern World Series, the team did not win any National League titles. They won one American Association title, in 1882. ^[7] This occurred prior to the start of the 19th-century version of the World Series in which the National League and American Association pennant-winners played each other. ^[8]

Locations and Nicknames[edit]

The team has been based in Cincinnati, Ohio, since its inception in 1881 (1882 as a member of a major baseball league). They have played their home games at the following stadiums. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}

• 1882-1883: Bank Street Grounds
• 1884-1901: League Park
• 1902-1911: Palace of the Fans
• 1912 - June 1970: Crosley Field (originally named Redland Field, renamed to Crosley Field in 1934)
• June 1970 - 2002: Cinergy Field (originally named Riverfront Stadium, renamed to Cinergy Field in 1995 or 1996)
• 2003-present: Great American Ballpark

They have been known by two or three different nicknames. Sources disagree on whether they were called the Red Stockings or the Reds during their time in the American Association from 1882 to 1889, ^{[16] [17] [18] [19]} though, as mentioned earlier, the current franchise ties its ancestry to the Red Stockings team created in 1869.

• 1882-1889: Cincinnati Reds or Red Stockings
• 1890-1952 and 1959-present: Cincinnati Reds
• 1953-1958: Cincinnati Redlegs^[20]

Retired Numbers[edit]

The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them. For non-players, the person's role in the organization is also listed. ^{[21] [22]}

• (No number) Marty Brennaman (broadcaster)
• (No number) Waite Hoyt (broadcaster)
• (No number) Joe Nuxhall (broadcaster)
• 1 Fred Hutchinson (manager)
• 5 Johnny Bench
• 8 Joe Morgan
• 10 Sparky Anderson (manager)
• 11 Barry Larkin
• 13 Dave Concepcion
• 14 Pete Rose
• 18 Ted Kluszewski
• 20 Frank Robinson
• 24 Tony Perez
• 42 Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)

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