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This Day in Reds History: The Reds Make the First Trade of Reserved Clause Players

November 15, 1886: The Cincinnati Reds completed the first trade of "reserved" players in Major League history when they traded catcher Jack Boyle and $350 to the St. Louis Browns for outfielder Hugh Nicol. T... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Changing of the Guard Day; Joaquin Andujar Traded

October 25, 1884: The owner of the Cincinnati Red Stockings, Aaron Stern, sells the team to minority stockholder, George Herancourt, as reported by "Redleg Journal" authors Greg Rhodes and John Snyder. Heranc... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Numbers

September 23, 1893: Elton "Ice Box" Chamberlin fires a seven-inning no-hitter (shortened by darkness) as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Boston Beaneaters, 7-0. Chamberlin was a star pitcher who bridged th... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: The Wahoo Debut Sweep

September 10, 1899: The Cincinnati Reds win a split double-header, beating the hapless Cleveland Spiders in the first game, 10-2, and then beating the local rivals Louisville Colonels, 8-7, in the second game,... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Reds Best Outfield Ever?

July 16, 1902: The Reds sign outfielders Cy Seymour, Mike Donlin, and Joe Kelley, late of the American League's Baltimore Orioles, to join Sam Crawford and Dummy Hoy and give the Reds possiby the best collecti... Read More...

The 99th Percentile or “How About this Line-up?”

On his pay site, baseball historian Bill James has written about a new study where he uncovers the best 26 seasons in baseball history by position. He's calling it "The 99th Percentile," named in deference to ... Read More...

Redleg Trade Review: Ten Worst Reds Trades

Summarizing the Redleg Trade Review series, today I'll list my ten worst Reds trades ever. You can search all the trades that were reviewed by going to the Redleg Nation search engine at the upper right corner... Read More...

Redleg Trade Review: 1903-06 Reds

Following the bad trade of Christy Mathewson, the Reds decided to deal away more talent. The five position players listed below are all rated in the top 60 (or higher) for their positions by baseball historian... Read More...

Late May Trades

The last few days of May have marked the anniversaries of three major Cincinnati Reds trades: the acquisition of Hall of Famer Jake Beckley, and two players that were major contributors to two Cincinnati Reds W... Read More...

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