1974

Replay Won Lost Pct Actual Won Lost Pct Record 102 61 0.626 Record 98 64 0.605 Home Record 49 33 0.598 Home Record 50 31 0.617 Away Record 53 28 0.654 Away Record 48 33 0.593

Last 10 7 3 0.700 Last 10 6 4 0.600 One Games 35 26 0.574 One Run Games 22 27 0.449 Blowouts (5+) 25 14 0.641 Blowouts (5+) 28 17 0.622 15 7 0.682 Shutouts 11 8 0.579 Extra 18 8 0.692 Extra Innings 8 8 0.500 Longest Streak Longest Streak 11 4 7 4

Vs. Atlanta 11 8 0.579 Vs. Atlanta 11 7 0.611 Vs. San Francisco 15 3 0.833 Vs. San Francisco 11 7 0.611 Vs. 6 12 0.333 Vs. Los Angeles 6 12 0.333 Vs. San Diego 16 2 0.889 Vs. San Diego 12 6 0.667 Vs. Houston 14 4 0.778 Vs. Houston 14 4 0.778 Vs. St. Louis 6 6 0.500 Vs. St. Louis 6 6 0.500 Vs. Pittsburgh 5 7 0.417 Vs. Pittsburgh 8 4 0.667 Vs. Chicago 7 5 0.583 Vs. Chicago 7 5 0.583 Vs. New York 9 3 0.750 Vs. New York 9 3 0.750 Vs. Philadelphia 9 3 0.750 Vs. Philadelphia 8 4 0.667 Vs. Montreal 4 8 0.333 Vs. Montreal 6 6 0.500 Vs. NL West 62 29 0.681 Vs. NL West 54 36 0.600 Vs. NL East 40 32 0.556 Vs. NL East 44 28 0.611

The Cincinnati Reds cruised to 102 wins in the replay. The Reds exactly matched their actual wins against six of their eleven opponents. The Reds played 163 games in the replay. In actual play, game 143 was called due to rain and was recorded a 1-1 tie after 5 innings.

The replay games were often than those in actual play. There were 24% more one-run games in the replay (61 vs.49) versus actual play and 13% fewer blowouts (39 vs. 45). The replay produced ten additional extra- games versus actual play. The additional extra-inning games in the replay resulted in 3.5% more for Reds . Season at a Glance

The Reds tracked their actual win/loss sequence very closely during the replay. The Reds won four more games in the replay versus actual play, mainly by dominating the and which together accounted for eight additional wins versus actual play.

The Reds team batting average was .236 in the replay versus .260 in actual play. Reds team replay ERA was 3.10 versus 3.41 actual.

The Reds scored 745 runs in the replay versus 776 in actual play. Reds replay home runs were 136, one more than actual play. Reds posted 716 RBI’s in the replay versus 714 in actual play. In the replay, the Reds scored in 28% of innings batted, identical to actual play.

Joe Morgan was the only player with over 100 plate appearances that bested his actual average. Morgan broke a three- way tie for the team lead in game 162.

Winning Percentage by Game

Replay Actual 1.000

0.900 Replay Win Percentage .626 0.800

0.700

0.600

0.500 Actual Win Percentage .605 0.400

0.300

0.200

0.100

0.000 1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106 113 120 127 134 141 148 155

Game 1: Atlanta (Morton) at Cincinnati (Billingham)

The Reds jump to an early 3-0 lead aided by back-to-back triples by and . The Braves manufacture four runs from five singles and a walk to edge the Reds in their 1974 debut.

Atlanta 000 004 000 - 4 Cincinnati 102 000 000 - 3

Games APBA 1974 At Bats APBA 1974 Rose 163 163 Rose 665 652 Bench 159 160 Bench 627 621 Perez 157 158 Concepcion 609 594 Concepcion 155 160 Perez 596 596 Morgan 152 149 Morgan 520 512

Runs APBA 1974 Hits APBA 1974 Rose 113 110 Rose 174 185 Morgan 113 107 Morgan 165 150 Bench 93 108 Bench 163 174 Concepcion 66 70 Concepcion 157 167 Perez 66 81 Driessen 126 132

Doubles APBA 1974 Triples APBA 1974 Bench 48 38 Morgan 9 3 Rose 36 45 Geronimo 8 8 Morgan 25 31 Rose 7 7 Concepcion 25 25 Driessen 4 6 Driessen 18 23 Griffey 4 5

Home Runs APBA 1974 Runs Batted In APBA 1974 Morgan 27 22 Bench 111 129 Perez 26 28 Perez 110 101 Bench 26 33 Morgan 83 67 Foster 17 7 Concepcion 79 82 Concepcion 15 14 Geronimo 61 54

Stolen Bases APBA 1974 APBA 1974 Morgan 64 58 Bench 5 4

Concepcion 52 41 Geronimo 4 5 Bench 12 5 Griffey 4 4 Griffey 11 9 Driessen 4 5 Driessen 11 10

Hit by Pitch APBA 1974 Power/Speed APBA 1974 Concepcion 4 6 Morgan 38.0 31.9 Rose 3 5 Concepcion 23.3 20.9 Gagliano 2 0 Bench 16.4 8.7 Rettenmund 1 2 Driessen 8.6 8.2 Geronimo 8.0 7.9

Game 28: Houston (Osteen) at Cincinnati (Norman)

Houston 000 101 001 - 3 Cincinnati 000 100 201 - 4

The Astronomicals take a 2-1 lead into the seventh inning. Joe Morgan homers in the seventh inning to put the Reds in the lead. Astro firstbaseman retaliates with a home run and another lead change. Phil Gagliano, pinch-hitting for Reds closer Pedro Borbon, draws a walk in the bottom of the ninth inning. Ed Armbrister, pinch-running for the slow Gagliano, is driven in by to end the game.

Walks APBA 1974 APBA 1974 Morgan 115 120 Perez 117 112 Rose 95 106 Bench 92 90 Bench 75 80 Geronimo 90 96 Perez 58 61 Morgan 84 69 Driessen 47 48 Concepcion 76 79

Sacrifice Hits APBA 1974 Reached on APBA 1974

Perez 13 8 Bench 25 12 Geronimo 11 8 Concepcion 21 9 Billingham 10 11 Perez 19 7 Concepcion 10 9 Driessen 15 11 Gullett 10 11 Morgan 11 10

Batting Average APBA 1974 On Base Percentage APBA 1974 Morgan .317 .293 Morgan .437 .427 Driessen .264 .281 Rose .353 .385 Rose .262 .284 Bench .336 .363 Bench .260 .280 Driessen .326 .347 Concepcion .258 .281 Geronimo .294 .345

Slugging Percentage APBA 1974 Plate Appearances APBA 1974 Morgan .556 .494 Rose 771 771

Bench .470 .507 Bench 708 708 Perez .374 .460 Perez 667 667 Concepcion .373 .397 Concepcion 653 653 Geronimo .372 .395 Morgan 641 641

On Base + Slugging APBA 1974 Isolated Power APBA 1974 Morgan .993 .921 Morgan .238 .201 Bench .807 .870 Bench .211 .227 Foster .744 .749 Perez .164 .195 Rose .690 .773 Geronimo .117 .114 Driessen .689 .747 Concepcion .115 .116

Sacrifice Hits APBA 1974 Reached on Error APBA 1974

Perez 13 8 Bench 25 12 Geronimo 11 8 Concepcion 21 9 Billingham 10 11 Perez 19 7 Concepcion 10 9 Driessen 15 11 Gullett 10 11 Morgan 11 10

Total Bases APBA 1974 Home Run Pct APBA 1974 Bench 295 315 Foster 5.2% 2.2% Morgan 289 253 Morgan 4.2% 3.4% Concepcion 227 236 Perez 3.9% 4.2% Rose 224 253 Bench 3.7% 4.7% Perez 223 274 Rettenmund 2.3% 2.4%

Extra Base Pct APBA 1974 Hits for Extra Bases APBA 1974 Bench 10.9% 10.3% Bench 47.2% 42.0%

Foster 10.2% 8.0% Foster 47.1% 34.2% Morgan 9.5% 8.7% Morgan 37.0% 37.3% Perez 6.6% 8.7% Perez 35.2% 36.7% Geronimo 6.2% 6.0% Rettenmund 31.0% 26.7%

Strikeout Percentage APBA 1974 Walk Percentage APBA 1974 Perez 17.5% 16.8% Morgan 17.9% 18.7% Geronimo 17.3% 18.1% Rose 12.3% 13.7% Foster 17.3% 16.6% Rettenmund 12.3% 14.7% Griffey 15.5% 16.8% Bench 10.6% 11.3% Morgan 13.1% 10.8% Driessen 8.9% 9.2%

Ground into DP’s APBA 1974 At Bats/Home Run APBA 1974 Concepcion 19 20 Foster 17.5 39.4

Perez 16 17 Morgan 19.3 23.3 Bench 12 13 Perez 22.9 21.3 Driessen 10 9 Bench 24.1 18.8 Geronimo 7 8 Rettenmund 37.0 34.7

Game 30: San Francisco (D’Acquisto) at Cincinnati (Gullett)

The Reds enter the ninth inning up 2-1 and put closer on the mound. The Giants rally for three runs in the ninth initiated by a walk by and two stolen bases. Joe Morgan homers to the bottom of the ninth. reaches on error and is eventually sacrificed home by to force extra innings. Both teams score in the 14th inning, with Dave Concepcion homering with one out. holds the Giants in the 15th and Tony Perez knocks in Pete Rose with a to end the Titanic struggle. San Francisco 000 100 003 000 010 - 5 Cincinnati 010 010 002 000 011 - 6

Appearances APBA 1974 Games Started APBA 1974 Borbon 60 73 Gullett 35 35 C.Carroll 42 57 Billingham 35 35 Billingham 37 36 Kirby 35 35 Kirby 36 36 Norman 26 26 Gullett 36 36 T.Carroll 13 13

Innings Pitched APBA 1974 Wins APBA 1974 Gullett 243 243 Kirby 20 12 Kirby 231 231 Gullett 16 17 Billingham 212 212 Norman 13 13 Norman 186 186 Billingham 12 19 Borbon 139 139 C.Carroll 10 12

Losses APBA 1974 Saves APBA 1974 Billingham 15 11 Borbon 12 14 Norman 9 12 C.Carroll 8 6 Gullett 7 11 Hall 5 1 T.Carroll 6 3 McEnaney 3 2 C.Carroll 6 5 (3) tied with 2

Earned Run Average APBA 1974 Walks APBA 1974 Borbon 1.75 3.24 Gullett 91 88 Kirby 2.34 3.28 Kirby 80 91 C.Carroll 2.59 2.15 Norman 78 68 Gullett 2.70 3.04 Billingham 63 64 Nelson 3.32 3.38 T.Carroll 48 44

Strikeouts APBA 1974 Home Runs Allowed APBA 1974 Gullett 177 183 Gullett 21 22 Kirby 135 160 Norman 17 15

Norman 133 141 Borbon 12 11 Billingham 101 103 C.Carroll 10 3 Borbon 57 53 (2) tied with 9

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS APBA Team Batting 163 5,702 745 1,348 245 39 136 716 165 26 1974 163 5,535 776 1,437 271 35 135 714 146 49

BB SO HBP SAC GDP ROE PA BA OBP SLG OPS ISO APBA Team Batting 622 976 10 99 126 140 6,460 .236 .307 .365 .671 .128 1974 693 940 30 121 114 80 6,373 .260 .343 .394 .737 .134

Game 37: Cincinnati (Nelson) at Los Angeles (Rau)

Cincinnati 200 120 100 – 6 The Reds take a 6-5 lead into the ninth aided by two Joe Morgan Los Angeles 100 040 002 – 7 home runs. Pinch-hitting doubles in to tie the game and singles in Mota for the two-out ninth inning win.

TB HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI APBA Team Batting 2,079 2.1% 15.1% 9.6% 6.5% 31.2% 1.57 5.8 41.9 8.0 1974 2,183 2.1% 14.8% 10.9% 6.9% 31.0% 1.36 5.9 41.0 7.8

Don Gullett B(X)

Lefthander, Gullett struckout

6.6 batters per nine innings,

best among Reds starters

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS TB APBA Batting 163 384 24 41 4 0 0 20 0 0 45 1974 163 397 24 58 2 0 0 27 0 1 60

BB SO HBP SAC GDP ROE PA BA OBP SLG OPS ISO APBA Pitcher Batting 21 134 0 42 4 17 447 .107 .153 .117 .270 .010 1974 18 147 0 47 7 4 462 .146 .183 .151 .334 .005

Game 58: Philadelphia (Schueler) at Cincinnati (Gullett)

Philly thirdbaseman ties the game with a home run in the top of the eighth inning. Pete Rose singles in with two out in the bottom of the ninth to preserve the early Reds lead.

Philadelphia 000 002 110 - 4 Cincinnati 010 102 001 - 5

APP GS GF CG SHO W L SV PCT ERA APBA Team Pitching 393 163 138 25 12 102 61 34 .626 3.10 1974 419 163 129 34 9 98 64 27 .605 3.41

IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP BK WP APBA Team Pitching 1,518.0 1,253 596 523 108 548 864 24 6 16 1974 1,466.0 1,364 631 556 126 536 875 17 9 53

'. Donald Edward "Don" John Eugene "Jack" GULLETT '. BILLINGHAM (F) Grade B Pitcher (2) (X) Grade C Pitcher (2) (Z)

G GS IP W L SV ERA BB SO HR G GS IP W L SV ERA BB SO HR 36 35 243 17 11 0 3.04 88 183 22 36 35 212 19 11 0 3.94 64 103 16

Most Games Started: Gullett, Billingham, Kirby, Norman: Combined for 61-36 record versus 61-43 in actual play.

'. Clayton Laws, Jr. "Clay" Fredie Norman "Fred" KIRBY '. NORMAN (F) Grade B Pitcher (1) (Y) (F) Grade B Pitcher (1) (X)

G GS IP W L SV ERA BB SO HR G GS IP W L SV ERA BB SO HR 36 35 230 12 9 0 3.28 91 160 15 35 26 186 13 12 0 3.14 68 141 15

BF WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W HR% SO% BB% SO-BB% APBA Team Pitching 6,288 1.186 7.4 0.6 3.2 5.1 1.58 1.7% 13.7% 8.7% 5.0% 1974 6,190 1.296 8.4 0.8 3.3 5.4 1.63 2.0% 14.1% 8.7% 5.5%

RUNS SCORED INNING COMP # 0 ANY 1 5+ MOST TOT AVG AVG9 %0 %ANY 1 APBA 163 110 53 21 4 5 114 0.70 6.29 67% 33% 1 1974 163 105 58 24 2 7 118 0.72 6.52 64% 36% 2 APBA 163 123 40 24 0 4 63 0.39 3.48 75% 25% 2 1974 163 118 45 25 5 6 88 0.54 4.86 72% 28% 3 APBA 163 119 44 23 3 6 87 0.53 4.80 73% 27% 3 1974 163 119 44 22 2 9 85 0.52 4.69 73% 27% 4 APBA 163 113 50 29 2 5 84 0.52 4.64 69% 31% 4 1974 163 119 44 26 0 4 74 0.45 4.09 73% 27% 5 APBA 163 119 44 22 0 4 73 0.45 4.03 73% 27% 5 1974 163 116 47 18 3 6 94 0.58 5.19 71% 29% 6 APBA 163 115 48 25 1 5 84 0.52 4.64 71% 29% 6 1974 162 120 42 18 1 5 81 0.50 4.50 74% 26% 7 APBA 163 116 47 30 0 4 77 0.47 4.25 71% 29% 7 1974 162 109 53 29 2 7 96 0.59 5.33 67% 33% 8 APBA 163 122 41 19 3 6 83 0.51 4.58 75% 25% 8 1974 162 122 40 20 0 4 71 0.44 3.94 75% 25% 9 APBA 128 99 29 19 1 6 47 0.37 3.30 77% 23% 9 1974 119 90 29 16 2 6 55 0.46 4.16 76% 24% 10 APBA 26 17 9 5 0 4 17 0.65 5.88 65% 35% 10 1974 16 11 5 3 0 3 9 0.56 5.06 69% 31% 11 APBA 17 13 4 3 0 2 5 0.29 2.65 76% 24% 11 1974 8 7 1 1 0 1 1 0.13 1.13 88% 13% 12 APBA 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 12 1974 5 2 3 2 0 2 4 0.80 7.20 40% 60% 13 APBA 8 6 2 2 0 1 2 0.25 2.25 75% 25% 13 1974 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 14 APBA 6 4 2 1 0 2 3 0.50 4.50 67% 33% 14 1974 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 15 APBA 5 2 3 2 0 3 5 1.00 9.00 40% 60% 15 1974 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 APBA 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 16 1974 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 APBA 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0.50 4.50 50% 50% 17 1974 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 APBA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 18 1974 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total APBA 1,509 1092 417 226 14 6 745 0.49 4.44 72% 28% Total 1974 1,452 1,041 411 204 17 9 776 0.53 4.81 72% 28%

By Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 APBA 114 63 87 84 73 84 77 83 47

Runs 1974 118 88 85 74 94 81 96 71 55

By Inning 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TOT APBA 17 5 0 2 3 5 0 1 0 745

Runs 1974 9 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 776

Game 60: Philadelphia (Ruthven) at Cincinnati (C.Carroll)

On the mound for time this year as a starter, Reds Clay Carroll holds the Phillies scoreless after seven innings. Philly firstbaseman Willie Montanez homers in Mike Schmidt to tie the game and force eventual extra innings. Philadelphia strikes first in extras to take the lead. Joe Morgan ties the game by reaching on error, forcing Eddie Armbrister home. Then with two out, Tony Perez launches one deep to walk off with a 6-3 Reds extra inning victory.

Philadelphia 000 000 020 1 - 3 Cincinnati 000 000 200 4- 6

Game 24: St. Louis (McGlothen) at Cincinnati (Norman)

After relinquishing the lead in the third inning, St. Louis regains the lead in the ninth inning only to have the Reds tie the game in the bottom of the ninth with Pete Rose singling home Terry Crowley. Reds stopper Rawley Eastwick walks in the eleventh inning. Brock steals second and is singled home by Mike Tyson to produce a Cardinal win.

St. Louis Cardinals AB R H BI SB BB SO Cincinnati Reds AB R H BI SB BB SO Brock 5 3 4 3 1 Rose 5 2 2 2 1 1 Tyson 5 2 2 3 1 Morgan 5 2 2 2 1 1 2 Smith 2 1 1 1 3 Bench 6 3 1 1 1 Simmons 6 1 1 1 1 Perez 5 1 1 1 1 Torre 4 2 2 1 1 Driessen 3 1 2 2 1 Reitz 4 1 Foster 4 2 McBride 4 1 1 1 1 1 Griffey 5 1 Alvarado 4 1 Concepcion 5 1 1 1 McGlothen 2 1 1 Norman 1 1 Sizemore 1 Gagliano 1 Hunt 1 Crowley 1 1 1 Cruz 1 Freed 1 Totals 38 9 12 9 4 7 4 Totals 42 8 11 8 3 4 9

TEAM FIELDING RATING - 2 TEAM FIELDING RATING - 2 2B Brock, Torre HR Simmons CS Brock, Torre 2B Bench, Crowley 3B Driessen HR Morgan (4) DP Simmons SH Smith, Reitz, Alvarado, Sizemore DP Driessen SH Foster, Norman ER Torre, Garman RE Norman, Freed

St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER HR BB SO BF Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER HR BB SO BF McGlothen 5 6 6 5 1 2 5 23 Norman 6 7 6 6 6 2 30 Folkers 2 2 1 1 7 Borbon 1 1 3 Hrabosky 3 3 1 1 2 2 14 C.Carroll 2 2 2 2 1 1 8 Garman 1 2 4 Eastwick 2 2 1 1 1 1 8 Totals 11 11 8 7 1 4 9 48 Totals 11 12 9 9 1 7 4 49

WP Hrabosky SV Garman LP Eastwick (1-1) WP Norman

GAME 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 - 9 12 2 6 Cincinnati Reds 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 8 11 0 7

Key Opponents

Los Angeles Dodger and Cincinnati native led the All-Stars in four offensive categories. Ralph Garr, who led the NL in batting average displayed his versatility.

Opponent Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG Garr ATL 19 64 3 19 3 2 5 3 1 5 .297 .303 .406 Aaron ATL 16 48 4 10 1 3 6 7 .208 .296 .271 Madlock CHI 11 43 9 17 3 2 11 1 4 4 .395 .440 .558 Monday CHI 12 52 11 20 2 1 7 15 1 7 8 .385 .458 .865 Williams CHI 11 39 8 7 1 1 5 6 5 .179 .289 .282 Gross HOU 15 62 5 17 3 1 2 2 8 6 .274 .352 .355 Watson HOU 16 58 5 14 2 1 7 5 8 .241 .302 .328 Cedeno HOU 17 55 5 13 5 1 7 10 9 .236 .358 .327 Buckner LAD 16 73 8 23 5 11 5 4 .315 .315 .384 Wynn LAD 17 63 17 19 2 9 17 2 17 7 .302 .450 .762 Garvey LAD 18 74 8 21 3 1 2 8 4 8 .284 .321 .432 Lopes LAD 15 63 12 17 2 1 5 9 11 7 .270 .378 .349 Davis MON 11 46 7 14 2 1 5 4 5 .304 .298 .413 Bailey MON 12 43 4 7 1 3 1 9 12 .163 .315 .233 Jones NYM 11 32 1 5 1 3 9 7 .156 .357 .250 Staub NYM 12 47 2 7 1 4 6 7 .149 .255 .213 Milner NYM 12 49 1 5 2 2 1 5 9 .102 .185 .143

Louis Clark "Lou" Michael Jack "Mike" Ralph Allen "Road Runner II" '. BROCK '. SCHMIDT '. GARR (F) (2) (F) Thirdbaseman (4) (F) Outfielder (1) G AB R H HR G AB R H HR G AB R H HR 153 635 105 194 3 162 568 108 160 36 143 606 87 214 11 RBI SB BA SLG OBP RBI SB BA SLG OBP RBI SB BA SLG OBP 48 118 .306 .381 .368 116 23 .282 .546 .395 54 26 .353 .503 .383

11- 0-1 31- 11-5 51- 11-4 11- 4 31- 9 51- 9 11- 0-1 31- 8-2 51- 7-2 12- 25-11 32- 26-11 52- 27-11 12- 25 32- 26 52- 27 12- 25-6 32- 26-6 52- 27-6 13- 14*6 33- 8-2 53- 15-6 13- 14 33- 5 53- 20 13- 40-2 33- 0-1 53- 15-2 14- 30-6 34- 31-6 54- 32-6 14- 30 34- 31 54- 32 14- 30-6 34- 31-6 54- 32-6 15- 11-2 35- 9-6 55- 9-2 15- 11 35- 14 55- 8 15- 11-1 35- 8-2 55- 7-1 16- 28-6 36- 33-6 56- 13-6 16- 28 36- 33 56- 13 16- 28-6 36- 33-6 56- 13-6 21- 30-6 41- 24-6 61- 40-6 21- 13 41- 28 61- 22 21- 30-4 41- 24-6 61- 9-2 22- 8-2 42- 14*6 62- 26-6 22- 5 42- 14 62- 39 22- 7-1 42- 8-2 62- 26-2 23- 12-6 43- 29-6 63- 31-6 23- 12 43- 29 63- 13 23- 12-5 43- 29-6 63- 31-6 24- 13-6 44- 8-2 64- 13-6 24- 13 44- 8 64- 14 24- 13-6 44- 7-1 64- 9-2 25- 11-2 45- 14*6 65- 35-11 25- 10 45- 14 65- 35 25- 10-2 45- 14-2 65- 35-8 26- 29-6 46- 13-6 66- 0-1 26- 13 46- 13 66- 1 26- 27-6 46- 29-6 66- 0-1 J-1 J-0 J-1

Key Opponents

In the replay, the Reds most underplayed the Pirates. The Reds were 5-7 versus the Pirates in the replay versus 8-4 in actual play. made a big difference for the Pirates, socking six home runs in only 31 at-bats.

Opponent Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG Schmidt PHI 12 47 7 14 4 2 4 11 2 7 10 .298 .389 .723 Bowa PHI 12 53 5 10 1 6 3 3 4 .189 .232 .208 Cash PHI 12 54 5 9 1 3 3 .167 .224 .185 Stargell PIT 9 31 14 15 2 1 6 14 1 6 6 .484 .579 1.194 Oliver PIT 12 49 9 15 3 1 1 4 1 2 6 .306 .327 .469 Zisk PIT 11 39 4 9 1 2 6 1 7 7 .231 .362 .410 Grubb SDP 16 52 5 19 1 2 1 5 6 4 .365 .441 .519 Winfield SDP 15 48 2 11 3 1 3 8 .229 .275 .292 McCovey SDP 16 52 9 9 2 3 6 6 10 .173 .259 .385 Maddox SFG 16 46 4 11 1 1 2 1 10 .239 .255 .326 Bonds SFG 16 60 8 13 4 6 7 13 9 .217 .351 .417 Matthews SFG 18 74 5 16 1 1 5 3 4 12 .216 .266 .257 McBride STL 12 47 7 19 5 5 2 3 .404 .431 .404 Brock STL 11 47 12 16 3 1 7 5 8 .340 .404 .404 Smith STL 12 39 10 11 2 1 2 8 1 16 3 .282 .482 .538 Simmons STL 12 50 8 10 1 3 8 5 5 .200 .273 .400

Game 48: Pittsburgh (Kison) at Cincinnati (Norman)

Wille Stargell batted 3 for 4 with three home runs, four runs scored, a and a walk in this back-and-forth affair that ended in the eleventh inning on a Pirate Bob Robertson single against Reds reliever, Clay Carroll, B(A*)(Z). Stargell’s third homer, given up by , tied the game in the

ninth inning.

Pittsburgh 203 001 001 01 - 8 Cincinnati 100 300 300 00 - 7

Scoring Margin

15

10

5

0 1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106 113 120 127 134 141 148 155 162 -5

-10

-15

R H HR BB SO HBP PA SO/W W% PYTH CINCINNATI 745 1,348 136 622 976 10 6,460 1.57 .626 .610 OPPONENTS 596 1,253 108 548 864 24 6,288 1.58 .374 .390 DIFFERENCE 149 95 28 74 112 (14) 172 -0.01

Overall, the Reds were very efficient at the plate, outscoring opponents (+25%), while only outhitting them by 8%.

The Reds hit an extra home run versus 135 long balls in actual play, yet gave up 18 fewer home runs to opponents compared to actual play.

The Pythagorean statistic predicted a slightly lower winning percentage based on the difference in runs scored versus their opponents throughout the season. This highlights the fact that the Reds came through with game-winning production at opportune times.

Game 46: Pittsburgh (Rooker) at Cincinnati (Billingham)

The Reds jumped out to a comfortable 8-0 lead. The Pirates chipped away and entered the ninth inning down 8-7. Rennie Stennent grounded out to begin the ninth inning. Art Howe drew a walk from Reds closer, Clay Carroll. Carroll retired with a fly out. And with two out, Willie Stargell homered off Carroll for a 9-8 Pirate comeback win.

Pittsburgh Pirates AB R H BI SB BB SO Cincinnati Reds AB R H BI SB BB SO Stennett 5 Rose 5 2 2 1 Hebner 1 Morgan 4 1 1 2 1 1 Howe 2 3 1 2 Bench 3 2 1 Oliver 5 2 2 Perez 3 1 1 2 Stargell 5 2 3 4 1 Concepcion 4 1 1 Zisk 4 1 2 1 1 Rettenmund 2 2 1 2 Robertson 4 1 2 3 1 Foster 3 1 1 Sanguillen 4 1 1 Driessen 1 1 2 Taveras 4 1 Chaney 3 1 Clines 1 Billingham 2 1 1 1 Hernandez 1 1 Darcy 1 1 Kirkpatrick 1 1 Knight 1 Giusti 1 1 Totals 37 9 11 9 0 4 6 Totals 32 8 8 8 0 7 4

TEAM FIELDING RATING - 3 TEAM FIELDING RATING - 1 2B Stargell, Robertson HR Stargell, Robertson 2B Driessen, Chaney 3B Morgan DP Foster RE Stargell SH Foster ER Darcy

Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER HR BB SO BF Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER HR BB SO BF Rooker 2 2 5 5 4 2 11 Billingham 5.2 7 4 4 1 2 3 25 Hernandez 4 5 3 3 1 2 18 Darcy 2.1 3 3 2 1 3 11 Giusti 3 1 2 8 C.Carroll 1 1 2 2 1 1 5 Totals 9 8 8 8 0 7 4 37 Totals 9 11 9 8 2 4 6 41

WP Giusti LP C.Carroll (0-2)

GAME 46 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 - 9 11 0 5 Cincinnati Reds 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 8 8 1 5

Game 101: San Francisco (Barr) at Cincinnati (Gullett)

Both starters pitched nine innings of ball. Giant, Bobby Bonds homered in the top of the eleventh. The Reds answered with an RBI by Cesar Geronimo. With two out in the bottom of the fifteenth, Johnny Bench walked off with the game winning home run.

San Francisco Giants AB R H BI SB BB SO Cincinnati Reds AB R H BI SB BB SO Bonds 6 1 1 1 1 Geronimo 7 1 2 1 3 Speier 6 Rose 5 2 Maddox 6 1 2 Morgan 5 1 1 2 2 Ontiveros 4 2 Bench 7 1 1 3 1 Matthews 6 2 Perez 6 2 Arnold 6 3 Driessen 5 1 1 1 Miller 6 1 1 Concepcion 5 1 Rudolph 5 3 1 Griffey 6 1 1 3 Barr 2 1 Gullett 2 Kingman 1 1 Gagliano 1 Rader 1 1 Foster 1 Goodson 1 Crowley 1 Rettenmund 1 Totals 50 1 6 1 0 3 12 Totals 52 4 8 4 2 5 9

TEAM FIELDING RATING - 2 TEAM FIELDING RATING - Start-1, End-2 HR Bonds SH Barr 2B Geronimo, Perez HR Bench (16) HP Concepcion

S.Francisco Giants IP H R ER HR BB SO BF Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER HR BB SO BF Barr 9 1 1 7 29 Gullett 9 2 3 7 32 Sosa 3 4 1 1 2 2 15 Borbon 2 2 1 1 1 2 8 Moffitt 2 2 9 C.Carroll 2 1 1 7 Williams 0.2 3 3 3 1 5 Norman 2 1 2 7 Totals 14.2 8 4 4 1 5 9 58 Totals 15 6 1 1 1 3 12 54

LP Williams HP Moffitt WP Norman (8-7)

GAME 101 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 R H E LOB San Francisco Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0 8 Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 - 4 8 0 10

Hitting Streaks

Cesar Geronimo and Joe Morgan most improved their actual play hitting streaks

Longest Hitting Streaks Consecutive Official Games Played* 18 16 Replay 14 1974 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Hall King Rose Kirby Perez Darcy Freed Kosco Baney Bench Foster Knight Griffey Gullett Nelson Osburn Borbon Chaney Morgan Crowley Norman T.Carroll C.Carroll Driessen Eastwick Kennedy Gagliano Plummer McQueen Geronimo McEnaney Billingham Armbrister Concepcion Rettenmund

*A hitting streak is the number of consecutive official games in which a player appears and gets at least one base hit. A streak is not necessarily ended when a player has at least 1 and no hits. A streak shall not be terminated if all official plate appearances result in a , , defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. The streak shall terminate if the player has a sacrifice fly and no hit.

Game 64: Atlanta (Morton) at Cincinnati (Billingham)

Carl Morton and each held their opponents scoreless through nine innings. The Braves broke the ice in the tenth inning to take the lead. Johnny Bench drew a walk in the bottom of the tenth and with two out, Cesar Geronimo walked off with the game winning homer. Atlanta IP H R BB KO HR BF Atlanta 000 000 000 1 - 1 Morton B(Z) 9 5 0 4 7 0 37 Cincinnati 000 000 000 2 - 2 House A*(Y)(Z) 1 1 2 1 0 1 4

Cincinnati Billingham C(Z) 9 3 0 2 3 0 33 Borbon B*(ZZ) 1 2 1 1 0 0 6

Final Batting G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO HBP SAC ROE BA OBP SLG Rose 163 771 665 113 174 36 7 0 51 2 1 95 75 3 8 9 .262 .353 .337 1974 163 771 652 110 185 45 7 3 51 2 4 106 54 5 7 11 .284 .385 .388 Pete Rose batted lead-off most of the year. Rose rolled short in hits, doubles and homers and struck out 39% more than actual play.

Final Batting G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO HBP SAC ROE BA OBP SLG Perez 157 667 596 66 125 16 2 26 110 0 2 58 117 0 13 19 .210 .274 .374 1974 158 667 596 81 158 28 2 28 101 1 3 61 112 2 8 7 .265 .331 .460 Tony Perez lagged his batting average considerably, but measured well in triples, home runs and RBI’s.

Final Batting G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO HBP SAC ROE BA OBP SLG Concepcion 155 653 609 66 157 25 0 15 79 52 1 30 76 4 10 21 .258 .292 .373 1974 160 653 594 70 167 25 1 14 82 41 6 44 79 6 9 9 .281 .335 .397 Dave Concepcion stole 27% more bases than actual play and drew 32% less walks.

'. Peter Edward "Pete" '. Antanasio Rigal "Tony" '. David Ismael Bonitez "Dave" ROSE PEREZ CONCEPCION (F) Oufielder (3) (S) Firstbaseman (3) (F) Shortstop (9) (OF-1) G AB R H HR G AB R H HR G AB R H HR 163 652 110 185 3 158 596 81 158 28 160 594 70 167 14 RBI SB BA SLG OBP RBI SB BA SLG OBP RBI SB BA SLG OBP 51 2 .284 .388 .385 101 1 .265 .460 .331 82 41 .281 .397 .335

11- 0-2 31- 9-6 51- 9-6 11- 5 31- 9 51- 9 11- 0-1 31- 9-4 51- 8-1 12- 25-7 32- 26-7 52- 27-7 12- 25 32- 26 52- 27 12- 25-7 32- 26-7 52- 27-7 13- 14-6 33- 0-2 53- 15-6 13- 14 33- 6 53- 20 13- 14-6 33- 0-1 53- 18-6 14- 30-6 34- 31-6 54- 32-6 14- 30 34- 31 54- 32 14- 30-7 34- 31-7 54- 32-7 15- 8-6 35- 14-6 55- 8-5 15- 8 35- 37 55- 8 15- 11-1 35- 9-5 55- 8-1 16- 28-6 36- 33-6 56- 13-6 16- 28 36- 14 56- 34 16- 28-11 36- 33-6 56- 13-6 21- 31-6 41- 24-8 61- 40-6 21- 30 41- 24 61- 24 21- 32-6 41- 24-11 61- 24-6 22- 7-2 42- 14-6 62- 26-6 22- 7 42- 41 62- 13 22- 8-1 42- 22-6 62- 26-6 23- 12-6 43- 29-7 63- 31-6 23- 12 43- 29 63- 32 23- 12-6 43- 29-11 63- 31-6 24- 27-6 44- 7-2 64- 14-6 24- 13 44- 8 64- 13 24- 13-6 44- 8-1 64- 39-6 25- 8-6 45- 14-6 65- 35-8 25- 8 45- 14 65- 35 25- 11-1 45- 14-6 65- 35-11 26- 29-6 46- 13-6 66- 0-1 26- 13 46- 13 66- 1 26- 24-6 46- 13-6 66- 0-1 J-0 J-0 J-0

Games 93: Cincinnati (Gullett) at St. Louis (Forsch)

Reds starter walked seven Cardinals through six innings, yet held them to one run. The Cards tied the game 2-2 in the eighth inning, tacking Pedro Borbon with four consecutive singles. With two-out in the top of the tenth inning, Johnny Bench took deep for the game winning home run, his fourteenth (14) of the season. Cincinnati 000 101 000 1 - 3 St. Louis 000 001 010 0 - 2

Final Batting G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO HBP SAC ROE BA OBP SLG Bench 159 708 627 93 163 48 3 26 111 12 5 75 92 0 6 25 .260 .336 .470 1974 160 708 621 108 174 38 2 33 129 5 4 80 90 3 4 12 .280 .363 .507

Johnny Bench hit four additional extra base hits in the replay versus actual play. Bench improved his doubles by 26%, yet lagged his home run total by 21%. Bench was also surprising on the basepaths.

Johnny Lee "John" '. BENCH (9) (3B-3) (1B-2) G AB R H HR 160 621 108 174 33 RBI SB BA SLG OBP 129 5 .280 .507 .363

11- 0-1 31- 9-6 51- 9-5 12- 25-11 32- 26-11 52- 27-11 13- 14-6 33- 0-1 53- 18-6 14- 30-6 34- 31-6 54- 32-6 15- 8-1 35- 14-6 55- 8-1 16- 28-6 36- 33-6 56- 13-6 21- 30-6 41- 24-7 61- 36-6 22- 0-1 42- 14-6 62- 26-6 23- 12-6 43- 29-6 63- 30-6 24- 13-6 44- 7-1 64- 38-6 25- 8-2 45- 14-6 65- 35-7 26- 13-6 46- 13-6 66- 1-1 J-0

Game 113: Cincinnati (Billingham) at Los Angeles (Messersmith)

Ace Dodger starter (A,X) held the Reds to one run thru ten innings. Pinch hitter Manny Mota drove in against Fred Norman in the twelfth inning. The Reds grounded into five (5) double plays in the game.

Cincinnati 000 001 000 000 - 1 Los Angeles 000 001 000 001 - 2

Final Batting G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO HBP SAC ROE BA OBP SLG Morgan 152 641 520 113 165 25 9 27 83 64 0 115 84 0 6 11 .317 .437 .556 1974 149 641 512 107 150 31 3 22 67 58 12 120 69 3 6 10 .293 .427 .494 Joe Morgan surpassed most of his actual offensive categories and was never gunned down on the basepaths the entire year.

'. Joe Leonard MORGAN (F) Secondbaseman (8)

G AB R H HR 149 512 107 150 22

RBI SB BA SLG OBP 67 58 .293 .494 .427

11- 4 31- 9 51- 10 12- 25 32- 26 52- 27 13- 14* 33- 6 53- 19 14- 30 34- 31 54- 32 15- 11 35- 36 55- 9 16- 28 36- 14 56- 34 21- 32 41- 28 61- 13 22- 8 42- 14 62- 14 23- 12 43- 29 63- 31 24- 13 44- 8 64- 14 25- 11 45- 14* 65- 35 26- 29 46- 13 66- 1 J-1

Games 152 and 153: Cincinnati at San Francisco

The Reds dominated the Giants throughout the season winning 15 of their 18 contests.

Clay Kirby registered his 20th victory of the season in Game 152 powered by home runs from Tony Perez, , Joe Morgan and Dave Concepcion.

Perez followed up with a in Game 153 to erase the Giants 4-2 lead after six innings.

Cincinnati Reds – Non-pitchers – Final Batting Statistics

Final Batting G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO HBP SAC ROE BA OBP SLG Geronimo 117 520 478 55 122 16 8 8 61 8 4 31 90 0 11 2 .255 .294 .372 1974 150 530 474 73 133 17 8 7 54 9 5 46 96 2 8 3 .281 .345 .395 Driessen 131 530 477 64 126 18 4 7 52 11 4 47 57 0 6 15 .264 .326 .363 1974 150 523 470 63 132 23 6 7 56 10 5 48 62 1 4 11 .281 .347 .400 Foster 94 324 298 40 70 16 0 17 57 0 0 22 56 0 4 4 .235 .284 .460 1974 106 314 276 31 73 18 0 7 41 3 2 30 52 4 4 5 .264 .343 .406 Griffey 87 264 241 22 58 7 4 1 25 11 4 21 41 0 2 1 .241 .299 .315 1974 88 256 227 24 57 9 5 2 19 9 4 27 43 1 1 3 .251 .333 .361 Rettenmund 82 260 222 32 42 7 0 6 22 5 1 32 33 1 5 2 .189 .288 .302 1974 80 252 208 30 45 6 0 6 28 5 1 37 39 2 5 0 .216 .337 .332 Chaney 67 172 148 11 21 6 2 1 12 0 2 20 44 0 4 1 .142 .238 .230 1974 117 164 135 27 27 6 1 2 16 1 2 26 33 0 3 1 .200 .327 .304 Crowley 61 149 139 10 31 13 0 0 9 0 0 6 15 0 4 6 .223 .248 .317 1974 84 140 125 11 30 12 0 1 20 1 0 10 16 1 4 3 .240 .293 .360 Plummer 40 143 129 16 28 6 0 1 11 0 2 10 25 0 4 2 .217 .266 .287 1974 50 129 120 7 27 7 0 2 10 1 0 6 21 0 3 1 .225 .258 .333 Gagliano 50 51 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 8 2 0 0 .029 .333 .029 1974 46 46 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 7 0 0 0 .065 .370 .065 Kosco 21 53 44 7 11 2 0 1 8 0 0 8 12 0 1 2 .250 .358 .364 1974 33 45 37 3 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 7 8 0 1 0 .189 .311 .243 Kennedy 14 30 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 .000 .100 .000 1974 22 25 19 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 .158 .360 .158 King 21 32 22 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 0 1 .136 .406 .136 1974 20 20 17 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 .176 .300 .235 Knight 12 18 16 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 .188 .278 .188 1974 14 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .182 .250 .273 Armbrister 14 12 12 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1974 9 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 Freed 9 15 13 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .308 .400 .308 1974 6 7 6 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .429 .833

Games 158: Houston (Richard) at Cincinnati (Billingham)

George Foster launched his sixteenth (16) home run of the year, a game-winner, in the eighth inning. Foster only managed 7 home runs during the season in actual play.

Houston 000 010 020 - 3 Cincinnati 000 001 03X - 4

Cincinnati – Pitchers – Final Batting Statistics

Final Batting G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO HBP SAC ROE BA OBP SLG Gullett 36 86 71 4 12 4 0 0 7 0 0 5 20 0 10 1 .169 .198 .225 1974 39 97 80 8 19 2 0 0 10 0 1 6 19 0 11 2 .238 .287 .263 Kirby 36 83 71 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 28 0 7 5 .028 .084 .028 1974 36 88 74 4 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 36 0 8 0 .095 .163 .095 Billingham 37 75 62 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 27 0 10 4 .081 .107 .081 1974 36 79 67 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 31 0 11 1 .075 .088 .075 Norman 35 64 55 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 21 0 7 2 .127 .141 .127 1974 35 70 61 3 8 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 20 0 7 0 .131 .159 .131 Nelson 18 32 27 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 0 3 1 .148 .188 .148 1974 14 32 28 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 7 0 2 0 .179 .233 .179 T.Carroll 17 26 23 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 2 1 .174 .192 .174 1974 16 29 26 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 2 0 .154 .185 .154 Borbon 60 22 21 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 .143 .136 .143 1974 73 27 26 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 .192 .192 .192 C.Carroll 42 19 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 .000 .105 .000 1974 57 18 18 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 Hall 32 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 40 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 .000 .000 .000 Baney 21 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 .167 .250 .167 1974 22 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 Darcy 6 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .200 .167 .200 1974 6 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .333 Osburn 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1974 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 McQueen 13 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1974 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 Eastwick 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 McEnaney 19 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Game 120: New York (Koosman) at Cincinnati (T.Carroll)

George Foster homered to walk off with the Reds win after 15 scoreless innings. The Reds grounded into six (6) double plays in the last seven innings yet still prevailed.

New York Mets AB R H BI SB BB SO Cincinnati Reds AB R H BI SB BB SO Harrelson 6 1 1 1 Rose 4 1 3 3 Millan 7 1 1 Morgan 7 1 2 Milner 5 1 2 Bench 7 2 1 1 Staub 7 Perez 7 3 Kranepool 7 2 1 Concepcion 7 Boswell 6 1 Foster 6 1 1 1 1 Grote 7 2 Rettenmund 4 2 Hahn 7 1 Plummer 6 1 Koosman 2 1 T.Carroll 3 1 Jones 1 1 Crowley 1 Ayala 1 Griffey 1 Garrett 1 Chaney 1 Totals 57 1 8 1 0 4 3 Totals 54 2 10 2 0 6 5

TEAM FIELDING RATING - 2 TEAM FIELDING RATING -2

2B Millan DP Millan, Boswell SH Koosman 2B Bench HR Foster (10) RE Boswell DP Bench 2, Concepcion 3, Plummer ER Bench

New York Mets IP H R ER HR BB SO BF Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER HR BB SO BF Koosman 8 4 1 1 3 3 31 T.Carroll 10 7 1 1 3 3 39 Miller 3 2 1 10 Borbon 3 1 10 Aker 3 2 1 1 10 C.Carroll 2 1 7 Apodaca 2.2 2 1 1 1 2 9 Hall 2 6 Totals 16.2 10 2 2 1 6 5 60 Totals 17 8 1 1 0 4 3 62

LP Apodaca WP Hall (1-1)

GAME 120 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 R H E LOB New York Mets 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 10 Cincinnati Reds 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 8

Cincinnati Reds – Final Pitching Statistics

Final Pitching G GS IP W L SV ERA BB SO HR Grade Gullett 36 35 243.0 16 7 0 2.70 91 177 21 B (X) Don Gullett was dependable as the 1974 36 35 243.0 17 11 0 3.04 88 183 22 Reds most active starter. Kirby 36 35 230.2 20 5 0 2.34 80 135 9 B (Y) 1974 36 35 230.2 12 9 0 3.28 91 160 15 was stellar and consistent throughout the year. Billingham 37 35 212.1 12 15 0 3.60 63 101 9 C (Z) 1974 36 35 212.1 19 11 0 3.94 64 103 16 Norman 35 26 186.1 13 9 2 3.67 78 133 17 B (X) 1974 35 26 186.1 13 12 0 3.14 68 141 15 Nelson 18 12 89.1 6 3 2 3.32 44 42 6 C

1974 14 12 85.1 4 4 1 3.38 35 42 7 T.Carroll 17 13 78.1 5 6 0 5.17 48 38 5 C (W) 1974 16 13 78.1 4 3 0 3.68 44 37 11 Borbon 60 0 139.0 8 5 12 1.75 13 57 12 B* (ZZ) Pedro Borbon’s (ZZ) proved 1974 73 0 139.0 10 7 14 3.24 32 53 11 invaluable. C.Carroll 42 3 100.2 10 6 8 2.59 27 38 10 B(A*) (Z) 1974 57 3 100.2 12 5 6 2.15 30 46 3 Clay Carroll’s deference to the Hall 32 1 74.0 2 1 5 3.16 34 49 5 D(C*) (X)(W) longball inflated his ERA. 1974 40 1 64.0 3 1 1 4.08 30 48 9 Baney 21 1 46.0 0 0 0 4.89 14 21 6 D 1974 22 1 41.0 1 0 1 5.49 17 12 4 Darcy 6 2 21.0 1 1 0 2.57 14 22 1 C(C*) (XY) 1974 6 2 17.0 1 0 0 3.71 8 14 2

Osburn 8 0 13.1 1 0 0 10.80 11 10 3 D* (W) 1974 6 0 9.0 0 0 0 8.00 4 4 2 McQueen 13 0 22.0 1 0 0 4.09 9 6 0 D* (R)(W) 1974 10 0 15.0 0 0 0 5.40 11 5 4 Eastwick 13 0 23.1 4 1 2 1.16 6 18 1 B* (XY)(Z) 1974 8 0 17.2 0 0 2 2.04 5 14 1 McEnaney 19 0 38.2 3 2 3 2.09 16 17 3 C 1974 24 0 27.0 2 1 2 4.33 9 13 4

Righthander “Petey” Borbon appeared in 37% of the replay games versus 45% in actual play.

His replay WHIP was 0.784 vs 1.187 actual.

1974 – versus

The Oakland Athletics battled the Los Angeles Dodgers and won the World Series in six games, 4-2. In actual play, the A’s beat the Dodgers in five games, 4-1.

Oakland won the first two games on the road. Los Angeles struck back by winning their first two games on the road to tie the series 2-2.

In game five, Oakland came back from a 7-3 deficit to take the lead in the series 3-2.

Oakland ace (25-12) pitched eight scoreless innings to cement the championship for the A’s in game six.

Oakland centerfielder Bill North was the MVP, batting .440 with a double, two triples, a home run, six RBI’s and three stolen bases.

Bill Buckner and Jim Wynn led the charge for the Dodgers.

Replay G1 123456789RHE Oakland 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 Oakland leads Series 1-0 Game 1: (B,Z) and (B*X,Z) combined for the shutout.

Replay G2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE Oakland 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 6 9 1 Los Angeles 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 2 Oakland leads Series 2-0 Game 2: A two-run homer by in the 4th inning put the A’s on top.

Replay G3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE Los Angeles 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 10 0 Oakland 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 1 Oakland leads Series 2-1 Game 3: Rick Auerbach’s pinch-hit, three-run homer with two out in the ninth inning sealed the win for the Dodgers.

Replay G4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE Los Angeles 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 7 2 Oakland 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 Series tied 2-2

Game 4: Dodger ace Andy Messersmith (20-6) pitched a two-hit affair to tie the Series.

Replay G5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE Los Angeles 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 9 13 2 Oakland 0 0 3 0 1 1 6 0 X 11 15 2 Oakland leads Series 3-2 Game 5: Oakland seventh inning come-from-behind rally enabled by six consecutive hits.

Replay G6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE Oakland 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 7 1 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 Oakland wins Series 4-2 Game 6: Catfish Hunter (A,Z) hurls eight innings of shutout ball to lock down the Series trophy.

1974 World Series Statistics – Oakland Athletics (4-2)

Oakland G PA AB RH 2B 3B HR BI TB SB CS BB SO DP HP SH RE PO A ER BA OBP SLG North 6 27 25 4 11 1 2 1 6 19 3 2 4 1 19 .440 .481 .760 Campaneris 6 27 24 4 7 1 1 2 10 1 3 5 1 8 25 4 .292 .370 .417 Bando 6 26 23 1 1 1 2 3 5 1 9 13 .043 .154 .087 Rudi 6 26 23 4 6 2 1 4 11 3 5 28 1 .261 .346 .478 Jackson 6 26 19 5 4 1 1 4 9 1 6 2 1 11 2 .211 .385 .474 Fosse 6 25 22 4 5 1 2 1 4 13 2 4 1 2 30 2 .227 .280 .591 Green 6 24 23 2 3 1 2 4 1 5 1 2 8 15 .130 .167 .174 Tenace 6 18 14 2 3 2 5 9 4 1 2 38 5 .214 .389 .643 C.Washington 4 11 11 2 2 1 1 3 2 4 .182 .182 .273 Hunter 2 6 6 3 2 3 .000 .000 .000 Holtzman 2 4 4 3 3 .000 .000 .000 Blue 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 .333 .333 .333 J.Alou 2 2 2 .000 .000 .000 Manguel 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 .500 .500 1.000 Fingers 4 1 1 1 .000 .000 .000 Odom 2 1 1 2 2 .000 .000 .000 H.Washington 1 Linblad 2

Totals 6 229 203 29 44 9 6 6 29 83 5 0 24 37 3 0 2 8 162 75 5 .217 .297 .409

Oakland G IP HR ER HR BB SO HP WP BK BF W L SV GS GF CG ERA WHIP H9 Hunter 2 15 1/3 10 5 4 2 2 10 58 1 2 2.35 0.78 5.9 Holtzman 2 13 10 4 4 2 4 7 52 1 1 2 2.77 1.08 6.9 Blue 2 11 9 7 6 1 4 4 47 1 2 4.91 1.18 7.4 Fingers 4 9 12 7 7 1 2 2 41 1 1 1 3 7.00 1.56 12.0 Odom 2 4 4 3 3 1 3 1 17 1 1 6.75 1.75 9.0 Linblad 2 1 2/3 1 6 2 0.00 0.60 5.4

Totals 6 54 46 26 24 7 15 24 0 0 0 221 4 2 2 6 6 0 4.00 1.13 7.7

Team Fielding 0.979

1974 World Series Statistics – Los Angeles Dodgers (2-4)

Los Angeles G PA AB RH 2B 3B HR BI TB SB CS BB SO DP HP SH RE PO A ER BA OBP SLG Lopes 6 27 26 6 7 2 1 4 12 3 1 3 11 18 .269 .296 .462 Buckner 6 25 24 5 8 2 1 1 3 15 1 1 2 16 2 .333 .360 .625 Garvey 6 25 24 2 6 2 5 10 1 1 2 51 1 1 .250 .240 .417 Cey 6 25 24 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 8 14 .083 .120 .083 Russell 6 25 24 2 4 1 1 5 1 1 1 7 23 3 .167 .200 .208 Ferguson 6 25 21 3 5 1 2 3 12 4 2 2 13 .238 .360 .571 Wynn 6 25 20 4 5 1 1 2 6 14 1 4 6 1 17 .250 .360 .700 Yeager 6 19 17 1 7 2 1 9 2 4 1 35 .412 .474 .529 Messersmith 2 5 5 1 1 1 .000 .000 .000 Sutton 2 5 2 1 2 1 .000 .200 .000 Crawford 1 4 4 1 1 2 .250 .250 .250 Downing 2 4 4 1 .000 .000 .000 Auerbach 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 .333 .333 1.333 Mota 2 2 2 .000 .000 .000 Marshall 4 1 1 1 1 1 .000 .000 .000 McMullen 1 1 1 .000 .000 .000 Zahn 2 1 Brewer 1 Hough 1 1 Paciorek 1 Totals 6 221 202 26 46 9 4 7 26 84 5 2 15 24 2 0 4 6 159 63 5 .228 .276 .416

Los Angeles G IP HR ER HR BB SO HP WP BK BF WL SV GS GF CG ERA WHIP H9 Messersmith 2 17 7 4 4 3 8 9 68 1 1 2 1 2.12 0.88 3.7 Downing 2 12 8 5 5 1 8 10 52 1 1 2 3.75 1.33 6.0 Sutton 2 11 1/3 14 9 9 1 4 10 54 1 2 7.15 1.59 11.1 Marshall 4 7 10 8 7 2 3 33 1 2 9.00 1.71 12.9 Zahn 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 1 3.00 0.67 3.0 Brewer 2 2 1 1 3 7 1 2 0.00 1.00 4.5 Hough 1 2/3 3 2 2 1 5 27.00 4.50 40.5 Totals 6 53 44 29 28 6 24 37 0 0 0 229 2 4 1 6 5 1 4.75 1.28 7.5

Team Fielding 0.978

Game 132: Montreal (Blair) at Cincinnati (Kirby) Expos catcher homered off of Jack Billingham in the 18th inning to end a Titanic struggle. Ron Fairly homered in his 5th RBI of the game in the ninth inning to put Montreal up 8-5. But Tony Perez homered in the 9th inning to force extra innings.

Montreal Expos AB R H BI SB BB SO Cincinnati Reds AB R H BI SB BB SO Hunt 9 2 4 1 Rose 8 1 1 1 Lintz 8 1 1 1 2 1 Morgan 4 1 1 2 5 Davis 10 1 3 1 1 1 Bench 8 2 1 1 1 2 Jorgensen 5 1 4 1 Perez 9 2 2 2 2 Fairly 6 1 3 5 3 1 Driessen 8 1 4 2 1 1 Singleton 9 1 2 1 2 Geronimo 9 1 2 1 Bailey 4 1 2 4 1 Concepcion 9 1 3 1 1 2 Foote 9 1 3 3 1 Foster 8 2 1 2 Blair 2 1 1 1 Kirby 2 2 Northrup 1 1 Kennedy 1 1 Taylor 1 Hall 1 Breeden 1 Kosco 1 Mangual 1 1 Borbon 1 Frias 1 Griffey 1 Crowley 1 1 Totals 67 10 18 10 2 15 11 Totals 70 8 17 8 4 8 13

TEAM FIELDING RATING - 3 TEAM FIELDING RATING -1 2B Hunt, Foote HR Fairly, Foote HP Bailey 2B Bench, Perez, Driessen, Geronimo, Concepcion, Crowley DP Hunt RE Fairly ER Lintz HR Perez (21) DP Geronimo SH Rose RE Bench ER Morgan

Montreal Expos IP H R ER HR BB SO BF Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER HR BB SO BF Blair 7.0 6 2 2 2 7 29 Kirby 6.2 5 4 4 9 4 32 Taylor 1.1 5 6 5 1 1 11 C.Carroll 0.1 2 2 Walker 2.2 2 3 2 12 Hall 1.1 4 4 4 1 1 9 Montague 2.0 1 6 Norman 1.2 3 1 7 Murray 2.0 2 1 9 Borbon 4.0 2 1 4 15 Carrithers 3.0 2 1 3 12 T.Carroll 3.0 1 3 1 13 Billingham 1.0 1 2 2 1 2 5 Totals 18.0 17 8 7 1 8 13 79 Totals 18.0 18 10 10 2 15 11 83

WP Carrithers WD Blair LP Billingham (9-13)

GAME 132 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 R H E LOB Montreal Expos 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 18 1 21 Cincinnati Reds 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 17 1 16

1974 All-Star Game – , Pittsburgh, PA – 7/23/74

The Nationals came out swinging in the first inning aided by back-to-back doubles by and . The Americans battled back in the seventh inning courtesy of a three-run shot by . Chief-closer shut out the Americans in the last two innings to book the .

American League AB R H BI SB BB SO AB R H BI SB BB SO Carew 2 1 1 Rose 1 2 Grich 3 1 1 R.Smith 3 1 2 Campaneris 4 1 1 1 Morgan 2 1 1 1 1 R.Jackson 4 1 1 Cash 2 1 1 Allen 1 1 Aaron 2 Yastrzemski 2 2 2 4 Cedeno 3 1 1 1 Murcer 2 Bench 4 1 1 2 1 Hendrick 2 1 1 2 1 Grote 1 1 Burroughs 2 Wynn 2 1 1 1 Rudi 2 1 Grubb 1 B.Robinson 3 1 Garvey 4 1 1 3 Chalk 1 Cey 2 1 1 Munson 4 1 Schmidt 2 Kaline 1 Bowa 2 1 Mayberry 1 Kessinger 1 1 Fingers 1 1 Messersmith 1 Brock 1 Garr 1 Marshall 1 1 Totals 33 6 7 6 0 5 5 Totals 35 7 11 7 2 5 2

TEAM FIELDING RATING - Start-2, End-1 TEAM FIELDING RATING - 1 2B Campaneris, B.Robinson 2B R.Smith, Wynn, Garvey, Cey, Bowa 3B R.Smith HR Hendrick, Yastrzemski HB F.Robinson HR Bench ER McGlothen SH Grich RE Grich

American League IP HR ER HR BB SO BF National League IP HR ER HR BB SO BF G.Perry 2 3 4 4 4 1 13 Messersmith 3 1 2 1 12 Tiant 2 1 7 K.Brett 1 3 Hunter 2 5 3 3 1 1 12 Matlack 1 1 1 4 Fingers 2 2 1 8 McGlothen 2 5 6 3 2 1 1 13 Marshall 2 1 1 2 7 Totals 8 11 7 7 1 5 2 40 Totals 9 7 6 3 2 5 5 39

LP G.Perry WP Messersmith SV Marshall HBP McGlothen WD Matlack 1974 - Actual 1974 All Star Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB R H E American League 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 - 6 7 0 6 2 4 1 National League 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 X - 7 11 1 9 7 10 1

Replay Notes

All games were played with cards and dice. Score was kept on paper and statistics were compiled via Excel.

Starting lineups were derived from Baseball-reference.com.

Plate appearances for hitters and innings pitched for pitchers were monitored throughout the season to best reflect reality.

Player cards were created for non-carded players via Steve’s APBA Card Computer at https://www.compuducksports.com/cardcomp/

First Roll: April 30, 2020 Ralph Garr, Atlanta 46-29, Groundout, versus Jack Billingham C(Z), Cincinnati

Last Roll: July 7, 2020 , Atlanta 24-30, Fly Out, versus Tom Hall D(C*)(X)(W), Cincinnati

Total Replay Plate Appearances: 12,748 versus 12,563 actual

Days to Complete Replay: 68

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