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Cincinnati Reds II |
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1875
- News reports surface that the Boston Red
Stockings are going to disband and see Harry
Wright return to Cincinnati to form a new club.
The reports prove to be false but a new club is
formed without Wright and will play in the
inaugural season (1876) of a new league called
National League. |
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1877 - At Avenue Grounds the
lowly Reds defeat the first place Boston Red
Caps by a score of 13-11. Pitcher Will White
maked his major league debut and got the loss.
White is the first known player to wear glasses
during games. |
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1878 - In Cincinnati, the
slumping Reds are nipped by the first place
Boston club by a score of 1-0. Despite the loss,
the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that "the
absence of the 'alogging' hits was made up by a
beautiful exhibition of field play". |
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Cincinnati Reds III |
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1884 - In Indianapolis, the Reds defeat
the Hoosiers, 17-5, behind
five Charley Jones hits and three triples. Jones
became the first Red to hit three triples in a
game. The victory would pull Cincinnati within
two games of first place. |
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1916 - The Reds trade Buck
Herzog and Red Killefer to the Giants for three
future Hall of Famers in pitcher Christy
Mathewson, center fielder Edd Roush and third
baseman Bill McKechnie. Roush would prove to be
the best part of this deal. Mathewson, who was
initially a Reds product in 1900 until they
traded the youngster to the Giants, was finished
as a pitcher but returned to Cincinnati as a
manager. Bill McKechnie was an average player
but would go on to be great manager with the
Pirates, Braves and Reds. But Roush improved the
club right then and their, spending most of his
career with the club. |
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1918 - At Redland Field,
Cincinnati defeated the Braves by a score of
8-3. It would be Hall of Fame pitcher Jesse
Haines major league debut. Unfortunately for
Cincinnati it would be his only game played in a
Reds uniform. Haines would reemerge in 1920 with
the Cardinals where he would spend 18 years
winning pennants and World Series titles. |
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1963 - The Reds edge the Giants
at Crosley Field by a score of 3-2. Both clubs
cancelled their batting practice because of a
total eclipse of the sun. |
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1970 - The Reds sweep the
Cardinals in a double header. Game one,
Cincinnati won by a score of 4-3. Game two, both
clubs went the distance going scoreless into
extra innings until Lee May hits a 10th inning
grand slam. Final score 4-0. |
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1982 - The Reds lose to the
Pirates at Riverfront Stadium by a score of 3-1.
The game was delayed in the 3rd inning when a
21-year-old woman deliberately jumped to her
death from the red seats. |
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2001 - The Reds trade
outfielder Michael Tucker to the Cubs for minor
league pitchers Chris Booker and Ben Shafer. |
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2003 - At Great American Ball
Park, the Reds lose to the Astros by a score of
6-3. Houston's Jeff Bagwell hits two homers.
Number 399 and number 400. |
