Top Ten Cincinnati Reds Players
Best Reds player of all time. Too bad he makes poor decisions from time to time.
So what if he gambled? You can't argue with his numbers.
Pete Rose is Cincinnati. To keep him out of the HOF is absolutely crazy.
No player ever owned his position like Bench. His 1976 World Series performance was legendary. He was also a great ambassador for the team.
Johnny is my idol because I am a softball catcher. I love the Reds and catching. Everyone I know is wishing the best of luck to the Reds.
What a great ball player! He has been my hero since I saw him at spring training when I was 12 years old!
Maybe not the "Greatest SS of All Time," but I wouldn't have a worry in the world with #11 playing SS with it all on the line!
I was wrong, you're right. I looked at the stats, and his ten years with the Reds clearly included better years than his six years with the Orioles. He made a Triple Crown (for whatever that's worth) in his first year with the Orioles at age 30, but he had three consecutive great years in his mid-20s.
I guess I'm guilty of being nostalgic about my own childhood years when Frank was part of a dominant Orioles team.
George Kenneth Griffey Jr. nicknamed "Junior" and "The Kid", is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 22 years in Major League Baseball. Arguably the greatest player ever, but he had his share of injuries with the Reds. That is why he is not higher on the list.
Probably one of the best "team" players of all time. Great at keeping the newer players on an even keel.
Heart of the Big Red Machine. From 1967 through 1977, he had eleven straight years of 90+ RBIs. This was unheard of in the '60s and '70s. Not Mays, Aaron, McCovey, Killebrew, Mantle, Robinson, or Jackson accomplished this.
Heart of the Big Red Machine. Ninety-plus RBIs from 1967 through 1977. No other player of his era did this - not Mays, Aaron, McCovey, Killebrew, Mantle, Robinson, or Jackson. Eleven straight years of 90+ RBIs was unheard of in the '60s and '70s.
Already one of the best pure hitters in Reds history, and he's still cementing his legacy. He should already be in the top ten.
One of the greatest guarantees to take first base with each plate appearance. No. 11 all-time in OBP and one of the greatest all-around hitters in Reds history.
If Votto is still wearing a Reds uniform in 2021, he will be near the top of this list.
One of the greatest Reds of all time and the man with home run power that led the Reds to the 1976 world championship season. In that World Series, he hit .429, and he and Johnny Bench dominated the New York Yankees.
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Best jumping, play-making shortstop ever!
Could do it all. Nobody played at such a high level of defense while hitting homers and stealing bases. His reckless abandon shortened his amazing career.
Jim was a terrific pitcher in the 1960s with two 20-game win seasons (1963: 25-7 and 1965: 20-9), two no-hitters, and a place in the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. Sadly, injuries prevented him from pitching much beginning in 1970, the year that The Big Red Machine began a great decade.
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Gene Alley, Pittsburgh shortstop, told me that Maloney was as good as anybody in the '60s - Koufax, Gibson, or any others. He batted against all of them, so I take his word on it. If healthy and pitching in the '70s, Maloney would be in the Hall of Fame.
One of the Reds' greatest pitchers ever. In 1935, he won 22 games for a team that won only 68 games. He played in the All-Star Game six times. Also, in 1935, he was the winning pitcher in MLB's first-ever night game, beating the Phillies 2-1.
He was the Reds' good luck charm and played very well during the 1930s. This paid off in 1939 when his Reds made it to the World Series. One year later, he was 20-12 with 115 strikeouts as the Reds returned to the World Series. In that event, he won two games, including Game 7, which clinched the Reds' first world championship since 1919. Derringer is a Reds Hall of Famer.
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What an arm! He could catch a ball anywhere in the outfield and throw the batter out at any base. Wow!