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Great Pitching Staffs and Intentional Walks

12/14/2010

Baseball-reference.com's blog has a couple of interesting tidbits of statistical information today that are Reds related. With the Phillies' signing Cliff Lee, they decided to research for starting rotations t... Read More...

Reds Cy Young Bridesmaids

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11/26/2010

No Cincinnati Reds pitcher has ever won a Cy Young Award. The Award was initiated in 1956 and was only awarded to one player per year through 1966 (when it was expanded to the current format of one award per l... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Forgotten Heroes

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09/24/2010

September 24, 1924: Reds starting pitcher Carl Mays wins his 20th game of the season as the Reds defeat the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-6. Oh, wait...may be this happened on September 20th....baseball-reference.... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Pitching Mastery

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09/01/2010

September 1: the day that rosters expand in baseball and a day of Reds pitching feats (not feets): September 1, 1924: Reds pitchers Carl Mays and Rube Benton both pitch complete game shutouts as the Reds swe... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Triples and 1st Place

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06/27/2010

June 27, 1926: The Cincinnati Reds break loose for 18 hits, including five triples, and turn a triple play, while starting pitcher Pete Donohue fires a six-hitter as the Reds blitz the Pittsburgh Pirates, 16-0... Read More...

Flour from the Sky, Winning 20, Clutch Perez, and 1st Place

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09/04/2009

From Baseball-Reference.com...on this day in Reds history... On September 4, 1971, one of the weirdest and most frightful moments in Reds history occurred when a ten pound sack of flour drops from an airplane ... Read More...

Reds Pitchers at the Plate

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05/18/2009

Using baseball-reference.com, I looked up the best hitting RedsÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ pitchers. This goes back through 1901. It's fairly consistent; the best hitters show up on both career and seasonal lists, as do the wors... Read More...

Hod Eller

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05/15/2009

We were discussing Reds no-hitters a few weeks ago and a question arose about Hod Eller's shortened career. Eller was an ace for the Reds 1919 World Series championship team. In his third professional season,... Read More...

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