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- On May
2nd 1876 at Cincinnati's Avenue Grounds,
White Stockings second baseman Ross
Barnes hit the first home run in
National League history. Reds pitcher
Cherokee Fisher served it up. |
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- Three players from the original
Cincinnati Red Stockings returned to
play for the first National League Reds
club. Charlie Sweasy, Charlie Gould and
Cal McVey. |
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- On September 6th 1877, the Reds Bobby
Mitchell becomes the first left handed
major league pitcher to start a game. |
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- The Cincinnati Reds nearly won the
pennant during the 1878 season. The Reds
finished four games behind Boston for
the league championship. |
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- On May 1st 1880, the Cincinnati Reds
took on the Chicago White Stockings in
what would become the first major league
game that was decided in "sudden death".
Prior to 1880 an inning had to be
completed even after the winning run was
scored. The winning run in this game was
a walk-off home run by former Red Mike
Kelly. |
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