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KEVIN @Shackeldaddy RHP SHACKELFORD 89 Age: 27 Ht.: 6-5 Wt.: 210 Bats: R Throws: R ML Service: 0.000 Born: 4/7/89 Birthplace: Charlotte, NC Resides: Nashville, TN Acquired: On September 10, 2014 as 1 of 2 players to be named (also, RHP ) in the August 31, 2014 trade that sent RHP to the Brewers. Contract: Signed through the 2017 and under team control through 2022. Non-Roster

2016 SEASON • In 35 relief apps at Class AA Pensacola and Class AAA Louisville combined to finish 2-2, 2.03 while converting 8 saves in 10 chances. • Began the season on Pensacola's disabled list with a strained right groin...was reinstated on 5/28. • On 6/28 was promoted to Louisville, where he spent the rest of the season. • Became the first Bats since in 2013 to begin a season with 10 consecutive scoreless apps (16.2ip). • On 6/30 vs Gwinnett made his Class AAA debut. • On 11/7 became a but 2 weeks later was re-signed to a minor league contract with an invitation to 2017 Major League camp.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2014: In 52 relief apps at Brevard County and Class AA Huntsville combined to finish 2-4, 3.69 and converted all 6 saves chances...in September was traded from Mil to Cin in the deal that send RHP Jonathan Broxton to the Brewers...2013: Following the season pitched for Surprise in the prestigious Fall League (11g, 1-1, 3.09).

PERSONAL: Graduated from Providence (NC) High School...caught for 2 seasons at Marshall University before he was converted to pitcher in 2010...follow on @Shackeldaddy.

SHACKELFORD’S CAREER TRANSACTIONS

-- Was selected by the Brewers in the 21st round of the June 2010 first-year player . Was signed by Dan Nellum. -- On 's disabled list, May 17-29, 2012. -- Was acquired by the Reds as 1 of 2 players to be named (also, RHP Barrett Astin) in the August 31, 2014 trade that sent RHP Jonathan Broxton to the Brewers, September 10, 2014. -- On Pensacola's disabled list with a sore right elbow, June 11-July 22, 2015. -- On Pensacola's disabled list with a strained right groin, April 7-May 27, 2016.

Career Pitching Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 10 AZL Brewers - R 1-2 5.40 13 6 1 0 0 40.0 33 25 24 6 16 25 3 0 11 Helena - R 3-5 4.15 15 8 0 0 0 65.0 74 34 30 8 10 31 5 0 12 Wisconsin - A 3-5 4.06 27 3 0 0 5 64.1 70 30 29 4 23 43 3 1 13 Brevard County - A 1-3 5.06 24 0 0 0 2 32.0 39 18 18 3 4 23 0 0 Huntsville - AA 1-1 0.92 20 0 0 0 6 29.1 23 6 3 1 7 25 2 1 14 Brevard County - A 0-0 0.87 12 0 0 0 5 20.2 19 2 2 0 4 16 1 0 Huntsville - AA 2-4 4.86 40 0 0 0 1 50.0 60 33 27 3 17 25 6 0 15 Pensacola - AA 2-4 3.72 35 0 0 0 3 38.2 45 19 16 1 17 25 5 0 16 Pensacola - AA 1-0 1.38 10 0 0 0 0 13.0 11 4 2 1 4 11 1 0 Louisville - AAA 1-2 2.30 25 0 0 0 8 31.1 25 8 8 1 13 20 3 1 Minor Totals 15-26 3.72 221 17 1 0 30 384.1 399 179 159 28 115 244 29 3

162 REDS MEDIA GUIDE JACKSON @jacko71422 RHP STEPHENS 62 Age: 22 Ht.: 6-2 Wt.: 220 Bats: R Throws: R ML Service: 0.000

Born: 5/11/94 Birthplace: Anniston, AL Resides: Oxford, AL REDS 2017 Acquired: Was selected in the 18th round of the 2012 first-year player draft. Was signed by Ben Jones. Contract: Signed through the 2017 season and under team control through 2022.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: In 2016 was an MiLB.com Organization All-Star and a mid-season Southern League All-Star...in 2015 was a State League All-Star...in 2017 attended his first Major League spring training camp.

2016 SEASON • In his first season at Class AA, for Pensacola was an MiLB.com Organization All-Star and a mid-season Southern League All-Star. • Among Southern League leaders ranked second in pitched, third in and seventh in ERA...averaged 7.71 strikeouts per 9 innings, fourth-best ratio in the SL. • Among all Reds farmhands ranked third in ERA and fifth in strikeouts. • On 11/18 was added to the Reds' 40-man roster.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2015: At Class A Daytona was a All-Star...ranked among the FSL leaders in wins (T1st), starts (T2nd), (3rd) and ERA (6th)...among all Reds minor league ranked second in wins and ninth in ERA...2012: In his first pro season tied for second in the Arizona League with 14 games finished.

PERSONAL: Graduated from Oxford (AL) High School...follow on Twitter @jacko71422.

STEPHENS’ CAREER TRANSACTIONS -- Was selected by the Reds in the 18th round of the June 2012 first-year player draft. Was signed by Ben Jones.

Career Pitching Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 12 AZL Reds - R 1-1 4.64 20 0 0 0 2 21.1 23 12 11 2 3 22 1 0 13 Dayton - A 3-7 4.59 14 6 0 0 1 64.2 79 39 33 6 18 55 1 1 14 Dayton - A 2-7 4.81 14 14 0 0 0 67.1 70 40 36 8 22 54 3 1 15 Daytona - A *12-7 2.97 26 26 0 0 0 145.1 157 56 48 11 30 97 5 1 16 Pensacola - AA 8-11 3.33 27 26 1 1 0 151.1 148 63 56 7 41 131 4 0 Minor Totals 26-33 3.68 101 72 1 1 3 450.0 477 210 184 34 114 359 14 3 * Tied for Florida State League lead

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ROBERT @robsteev44 RHP STEPHENSON 55 Age: 24 Ht.: 6-2 Wt.: 200 Bats: R Throws: R ML Service: 0.036 Born: 2/24/93 Birthplace: Martinez, CA Resides: Martinez, CA Acquired: Was selected in the first round (27th overall) of the June 2011 first-year player draft. Was signed by . Contract: Signed through the 2017 season and under team control through 2022.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: The 2011 first-round draft pick entered the 2017 season AMERICA’S rated by the fourth-best prospect in the organization and by TOP 10 REDS PROSPECTS MLBPipeline.com the 87th-best prospect in baseball in its preseason Top 100 1...... , IF list...for 3 consecutive years, from 2014-2016, was rated by BA the top prospect in the system...his has been rated the best of any Reds minor league 2...... , LHP pitcher...in 2015 led the organization in strikeouts, was 3...... , LHP Pitcher of the Week for 7/27-8/2 and following the season was rated the best 4. . Robert Stephenson, RHP pitching prospect in the IL...in 2014 was a Southern League All-Star, was on 5...... , OF the U.S. roster for the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at Min's and 6...... , OF following the season was rated by Baseball America the best pitching prospect in 7...... , OF the Southern League and the league's pitcher with the best ...in 2013 was 8...... , RHP the organization’s Minor League Pitcher of the Year, a All-Star 9. .... Vladimir Gutierrez, RHP and the Reds’ Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May...in 2014 and 2015 10...... , C attended Major League spring training camp as a non-roster invitee.

2016 SEASON • Spent most of the season at Louisville but in his Major League debut made 8 starts in 3 stints with the Reds. • Was 1 of 12 Reds players and 10 pitchers to make his Major League debut and 1 of a club-record 32 pitchers overall. • Louisville opposing batters just .228, fifth-best in the International League. • On 3/18 was optioned to Louisville but as the club’s final spring training roster move was promoted on , when RHP was disabled. • In the 10-6 win on 4/7 vs Phi became the first Reds to win his Major League debut since RHP Sam LeCure on 5/28/10 vs Hou...his first career victim was Obudel Herrera...after the game was optioned to Louisville. • Returned to Cin on 4/19, when scheduled starter Alfredo Simon was scratched with right biceps tendinitis, and earned the 4-3 win vs Col...became the first Reds pitcher to throw 7.0 innings in an appearance. • Became the first Reds pitcher to win his first 2 Major League starts since Larry Luebbers did it in 1993. • Didn't start again for the Reds until 9/5, when he suffered the 5-0 loss vs NYM. • Returned to Louisville following his second start on 4/19 and spent the rest of the season with the Bats until he was promoted again on 9/2. • Made 6 of his 8 starts in September (0-3, 7.56). • Following the season was rated by MLB.com the fifth-best prospect in the organization.

164 MEDIA GUIDE MINOR LEAGUES -SEASON CAREER HIGH STREAKS In 25 starts at Class AA Pensacola and Class 2015: Scoreless Streak By Game: None; Scoreless Streak By AAA Louisville combined to finish 8-11, 3.83 with 1 : 7.0, 4/19-9/5, 2016; Winning Streak: 2g, 4/7-4/19, ...led the organization in strikeouts 2016; Losing Streak: 3g, 9/5-9/27, 2016 (140)...was the International League's Pitcher of the Week for 7/27-8/2 (2gs, 1-0, 0.64, 14ip, 6h, 1er, 3bb, 15k)...from 8/16-8/26 was on Louisville's disabled list with a strained right forearm...entered the season rated the best prospect in the organization, and his fastball and both were rated the best of any Reds minor leaguer...following the season was rated by managers the best pitching prospect in the International League...was rated by Baseball America the 11th-best prospect in the IL and 12th-best prospect in the Southern League...was a non-roster invitee to spring training camp... on 11/19 was added to the 40-man roster...2014: In just his third professional season made all 27 apps at REDS 2017 Pensacola in his first extended action at Class AA...was a Southern League All-Star...led the SL in walks and strikeouts, tied for the league lead in home runs allowed and led starting pitchers by averaging 8.82 strikeouts per 9 innings...opponents hit just .224, tied for the best mark in the league...established a franchise record for strikeouts with 140 (136.2ip), third-most among all Reds farmhands...in the Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game in Minneapolis threw a scoreless eighth inning in the U.S. team's 3-2 win (1ip, 1h, 1k)...following the season was rated by Baseball America the best pitching prospect and fourth-best prospect overall in the Southern League and the pitcher with the best fastball in the SL...entered the season rated the best prospect in the organization...attended his first Major League spring training camp in just his third professional season...2013: Was the organization’s Minor League Pitcher of the Year, a Midwest League All-Star and the Reds’ Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May...in 22 starts at Class A Dayton and Bakersfield and Class AA Pensacola went 7-7, 2.99...ranked among the organization’s minor league leaders in ERA (2nd) and strikeouts (136, 3rd)...in 6 starts in May went 5-0, 1.96 (36.2ip, 46k)...was scheduled to start the Midwest League All-Star Game but was scratched with a hamstring injury...scoreboard speed guns often clocked his fastball at 100 miles per hour...on 5/30 vs South Bend retired the first 17 batters before allowing an infield single with 2 outs in the sixth inning...Baseball America ranked both his fastball and curveball the best in the organization...in the Midwest League, was rated the best pitching prospect and pitcher with the best fastball...following the season was ranked the Reds’ second-best player under age 25 (LHP , 1st)...2012: In his first professional season made 15 starts for Rookie Billings and Class A Dayton...combined to finish 3-4, 3.19 (65ip, 72k) while holding opponents to a .222 average...following the season was rated by Baseball America the second-best prospect in the organization...also was recognized by that publication as having the system’s best fastball and best curveball...named the Reds’ No. 3 prospect by MLB.com during the season.

PERSONAL: Attended Alhambra High School in Martinez, CA, where in 2011 he opened his senior season with consecutive no-hitters...in 13 apps that year went 7-2, 1.33 (64ip, 29h, 23bb, 132k) and was named the San Jose Mercury News’ Player of the Year...while at Alhambra High touched 97 miles per hour on the radar gun...held a 4.2 grade point average in high school...follow on Twitter @robsteev44.

STEPHENSON'S CAREER TRANSACTIONS

-- Was selected by the Reds in the first round (27th overall) of the June 2011 first-year player draft. Was signed by Rich Bordi. -- On Louisville's disabled list with a strained right forearm, August 16-26, 2015.

Career Pitching Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 12 Billings - R 1-0 2.05 7 7 0 0 0 30.2 22 11 7 2 8 37 7 0 Dayton - A 2-4 4.19 8 8 0 0 0 34.1 32 23 16 4 15 35 5 2 13 Dayton - A 5-3 2.57 14 14 0 0 0 77.0 56 30 22 5 20 96 10 2 Bakersfield - A 2-2 3.05 4 4 0 0 0 20.2 19 9 7 3 2 22 1 0 Pensacola - AA 0-2 4.86 4 4 0 0 0 16.2 17 10 9 2 13 18 1 0 14 Pensacola - AA 7-10 4.74 27 26 0 0 0 136.2 114 81 72 *18 *74 *140 9 0 15 Pensacola - AA 4-7 3.68 14 14 1 0 0 78.1 53 36 32 8 43 89 5 0 Louisville - AAA 4-4 4.04 11 11 0 0 0 55.2 51 25 25 2 27 51 5 0 16 Cincinnati 2-3 6.08 8 8 0 0 0 37.0 41 26 25 9 19 31 2 1 Louisville - AAA 8-9 4.41 24 24 1 0 0 136.2 115 72 67 17 71 120 5 0 Major Totals 2-3 6.08 8 8 0 0 0 37.0 41 26 25 9 19 31 2 1 Minor Totals 33-41 3.94 113 112 2 0 0 586.2 479 297 257 61 273 608 48 4 * Led Southern League

Career Hitting Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 16 Cincinnati .000 8 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 .000 .000 0

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DREW @DrewStoren RHP STOREN 31 Age: 29 Ht.: 6-1 Wt.: 195 Bats: S Throws: R ML Service: 6.140 Born: 8/11/87 Birthplace: Indianapolis, IN Resides: Indianapolis, IN Acquired: Was signed to a 1-year contract through the 2017 season, January 3, 2017. Contract: Signed through the 2017 season.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: The Indianapolis native SINGLE-SEASON CAREER HIGH STREAKS was the Nationals' No. 1 pick (10th overall) in the Scoreless Streak By Game: 22g, 8/7-9/25, 2014; Scoreless June 2009 first-year player draft...after making his Streak By Inning: 21.0, 4/7-5/23, 2011; Winning Streak: 3g, professional debut that summer played for Phoenix in 8/6-9/26, 2016; Losing Streak: 2g (3x), Last: 4/8-5/8, 2016 the prestigious , where he was an All-Star and a member of the All-Prospects Team...when traded to the Blue Jays in January 2016, his career strikeouts-to-walks ratio of 3.34 was the highest in Nationals history for a reliever...his 95 career saves for the Nationals ranks second on their all-time list (, 113)...in his junior and senior seasons at nearby Brownsburg (IN) High School was a teammate of Reds , who as a freshman and sophomore caught Storen.

2016 SEASON • In 57 relief apps for the Blue Jays and Mariners combined to finish 4-3, 5.23 with 3 saves in 4 opps (51.2ip, 56h, 13bb, 48k, 7hr). • In January was traded from Wsh to Tor for OF and a player to be named...on 7/24 was designated for assignment by the Jays, and 2 days later was traded to the Mariners for RHP Joaquin Benoit. • Posted a 10.13 ERA in 10 apps in April (8ip, 9er) and then a 4.33 ERA in his last 47 apps of the season. • In his Mariners debut on 7/27 at Pit allowed 4 earned runs in 1.1 innings, then recorded a 1.59 ERA in his last 18 apps of the year. • Earned his 3 saves, all for the Blue Jays, in a 4-3 win at Bos on 4/18, a 5-2 win vs LAD on 5/6 and 4-2 win vs NYY on 5/30. • His 3-game winning streak from 8/6-9/26, covering 12 apps (3-0, 2.08), was the longest of his career. • In August spent time on Sea's disabled list with right shoulder inflammation. • Following the season became a free agent...on 1/3/17 was signed by the Reds to a 1-year contract through the 2017 season.

2015: Posted 27 saves prior to the All-Star Game, third-most in the Major Leagues...in his first 38 apps of the season through 7/22 posted 29 saves and a 1.73 ERA...in his last 20 apps of the season beginning 7/29, following the 7/28 acquisition of , did not record a while posting a 6.75 ERA...that season-ending stretch included a 9.22 ERA in his final 15 apps...suffered a broken thumb the second week of September and missed the last 3 weeks of the season...made his last appearance on 9/9.

2014: In 65 relief apps posted a 1.12 ERA, the best among all qualifying relievers and the lowest ERA ever by a Nationals reliever...on 9/16 at Atl threw 7 pitches, all strikes, to save the 3-0 victory that clinched Wsh's NL East Division title...beginning 8/7, did not allow a in his last 23 apps of the season (20ip).

2012: Missed the first 89 games of the season while recovering from 4/11/12 surgery to remove bone spurs from his right elbow (Dr. Wiemi Douoguih).

2011: With 43 saves became just the second Nationals reliever to produce at least 40 in a season (Chad Cordero, 47, 2005)...ranked among NL relief pitching leaders in saves (T4th), wins (6, T5th) and save percentage (89.6, T6th).

2010: Made his Major League debut less than a calendar year after he was drafted...was the second player from the 2009 first-year player draft to reach the majors, following Reds starting pitcher ...made

166 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE his first career appearance on 5/17 at StL (0.2ip, 1k)...ranked among National League rookie pitchers in strikeouts (52, 4th), strikeouts per 9 innings (8.5, 5th), strikeouts-to-walks ratio (2.4, 5th), holds (10, 5th), batting average against (.241, 5th) and apps (54, 5th).

PERSONAL: Attended Brownsburg (IN) High School and Stanford University...in his career at Brownsburg High went 30-2, 1.55 and as a senior in 2007 finished 8-1, 0.89 while earning a spot on the Louisville Slugger All-America first team...was first team All-State as both a junior and senior, while pitching to current Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart...in 2006 was his state's nominee for Wendy's High School Heisman Award...as a rare draft-eligible college sophomore, pitched only 2 seasons at Stanford and twice was All-Pac 10 (59g, 12-4, 3.64, 15sv)...as a freshman was named a first team All-American by Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger... during the Cardinals' 2008 NCAA tournament run went 3-0 with 2 saves in 7 apps...his father, Mark, is a REDS 2017 long-time media personality in the Indianapolis area and has hosted a show on SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio...follow on Twitter @DrewStoren.

STOREN’S CAREER TRANSACTIONS

-- Was selected by the Yankees in the 34th round of the June 2007 first-year player draft. Did not sign. -- Was selected by the Nationals in the first round (10th overall) of the June 2009 first-year player draft. -- On disabled list following surgery to remove bone chips in his right elbow, March 26-July 18, 2012; was transferred to the 60-day DL, June 3; included rehabilitation assignments at Potomac, July 5-14, at Harrisburg, July 15-16 and at Potomac, July 17-18. -- Was acquired by the Blue Jays, with cash, for OF Ben Revere and a player to be named, January 8, 2016. -- Was acquired by the Mariners, along with cash, in exchange for RHP Joaquin Benoit, July 26, 2016. -- On disabled list with right shoulder inflammation, August 20-September 3, 2016; included a rehabilitation assignment at Tacoma, September 2-3. -- Was signed by the Reds to a 1-year Major League contract through the 2017 season, January 3, 2017.

Career Pitching

Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 09 Hagerstown - A 0-1 3.68 11 0 0 0 0 14.2 11 6 6 2 0 26 5 0 Potomac - A 1-0 1.80 7 0 0 0 2 10.0 7 2 2 0 2 11 2 0 Harrisburg - AA 1-0 0.00 10 0 0 0 9 12.1 3 0 0 0 6 12 0 0 10 Harrisburg - AA 0-0 0.96 7 0 0 0 4 9.1 5 1 1 1 1 11 0 0 Syracuse - AAA 0-0 1.23 6 0 0 0 0 7.1 7 1 1 0 2 4 0 0 Washington 4-4 3.58 54 0 0 0 5 55.1 48 24 22 3 22 52 3 0 11 Washington 6-3 2.75 73 0 0 0 43 75.1 57 24 23 8 20 74 2 0 12 #Harrisburg - AA 0-0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 #Potomac - A 1-0 3.00 5 1 0 0 0 6.0 4 3 2 1 1 8 1 0 Washington 3-1 2.37 37 0 0 0 4 30.1 22 8 8 0 8 24 1 0 13 Syracuse - AAA 0-0 5.68 6 1 0 0 0 6.1 7 5 4 1 0 11 0 0 Washington 4-2 4.52 68 0 0 0 3 61.2 65 34 31 7 19 58 2 0 14 Washington 2-1 *1.12 65 0 0 0 11 56.1 44 8 7 2 11 46 4 0 15 Washington 2-2 3.44 58 0 0 0 29 55.0 45 23 21 4 16 67 2 0 16 1-3 6.21 38 0 0 0 3 33.1 43 23 23 6 10 32 0 1 #Tacoma - AAA 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Seattle 3-0 3.44 19 0 0 0 0 18.1 13 7 7 1 3 16 0 0 Major Totals 25-16 3.31 412 0 0 0 98 385.2 337 151 142 31 109 369 14 1 AL Totals 4-3 5.23 57 0 0 0 3 51.2 56 30 30 7 13 48 0 1 NL Totals 21-13 3.02 355 0 0 0 95 334.0 281 121 112 24 96 321 14 0 Minor Totals 3-1 2.66 54 2 0 0 15 67.2 48 22 20 6 13 84 8 0 # Injury rehab, * Led National League relievers

Division Series Record Yr Club, Opponent W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 12 Wsh vs StL 1-1 9.00 4 0 0 0 1 4.0 3 4 4 0 3 6 0 0 14 Wsh vs SF 0-0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 1-1 8.44 6 0 0 0 1 5.1 7 5 5 0 3 7 0 0

Career Hitting

Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 10 Washington .500 54 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 1 Only career hit on 5/23/10 vs Bal, a sixth-inning single off in his first career ; Last career plate appearance on 7/9/10 vs SF (struck )

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EUGENIO INF SUAREZ 7 Age: 25 Ht.: 5-11 Wt.: 213 Bats: R Throws: R ML Service: 2.061 Born: 7/18/91 Birthplace: Puerto Ordaz, VZ Resides: Puerto Ordaz, VZ Acquired: From the Tigers, along with minor league RHP , in exchange for RHP Alfredo Simon, December 11, 2014. Contract: Signed through the 2017 season and under team control through 2020.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: First name is pronounced AY-you-hay-nee-oh...in 2015 led the Reds in starts at SS and in 2016 led the club in starts at 3B...in 2016 became only the 10th in franchise history to produce at least 20 HR in a season, joining (1961), (1965), Tony Perez (1967, 1969-1971), (1986), (1990-1991, 1993), (2002), Edwin Encarnacion (2008), (2010) and (2014-2015)...in 2012 and 2013 was an MiLB.com Tigers Organization All-Star...in 2012 was a Midwest League All-Star, West Michigan’s Player of the Year, MWL Player of the Week for 5/28-6/3 and the Tigers’ Minor League Player of the Month for June...also in 2012 won an MiLB.com .

2016 SEASON • Led the club in games played, at bats and 3-hit games (11)...ranked T2nd in the National League in games played. • Among National League third basemen ranked sixth in HR, seventh in RBI and T6th in extra-base hits. • Became only the 10th third baseman in franchise history to produce at least 20 home runs in a season, joining Gene Freese (1961), Deron Johnson (1965), Tony Perez (1967, 1969-1971), Buddy Bell (1986), Chris Sabo (1990-1991, 1993), Aaron Boone (2002), Edwin Encarnacion (2008), Scott Rolen (2010) and Todd Frazier (2014-2015). • Missed only 3 games all season (4/18 vs Col, 5/29 at Mil, 7/10 at Mia). • Made 149 starts at 3B, 1 start at SS (4/14 at Chi) and 1 start at DH (8/29 at LAA). • In his last 69 apps of the season beginning 7/19 hit .279 (67-240, 20 2b, 5hr, 28rbi, 5sb). • From 4/6-4/10 homered in 4 of his first 6 apps of the season (9rbi), the first Reds batter with 4 homers in the club’s first 6 games since had 4 HR in the first 6 games of the 2004 season. • Produced 4 homers over 5 apps from 4/6-4/10 and 3 homers over a 4-game stretch from 5/15-5/18. • In the 10-6 win on 4/7 vs Phi hit his first career (off Daniel Stumpf). • In the 11-4 win on 6/2 at Col established career highs with 2 homers and 10 and tied career highs with 3 hits and 4 RBI. • On 7/18 vs Atl celebrated his 25th birthday with a 2-run HR off . • In the 3-2 win on 9/2 vs StL produced the first walkoff hit of his career, an RBI-single off Seung Hwan Oh. • From 5/19-5/30 went 0-for-28, the longest hitless skid of his career and the longest by a Reds batter since Todd Frazier went 0-for-31 from 7/26-8/7, 2013...prior to that hitless stretch hit .313 during a season-high 7-game hit streak (3hr, 8rbi). • On 10/1 vs Chi snapped an 0-for-12 skid with his first HR since 8/30 at LAA, at 29 games his longest homerless drought of the season. • Reached base safely in all 22 spring training apps and overall hit safely in 20 apps.

2015: Led the club in starts at SS (95) and in starts batting seventh in the order (39)...began the season at Louisville but became the club’s starting on 6/11, the day after suffered a season-ending knee injury...although he didn’t make his season debut until 6/11, his 13 homers ranked T8th among Major League and T4th among NL shortstops...on 8/31 and 9/1 at Cubs homered in consecutive games for the only time in his Major League career...produced hitting streaks of 6, 5, 9, 8 and 7 games...produced 2 successful suicide squeeze bunts...in the 10-run sixth inning on 8/24 vs Det (12-5 win) produced a solo HR and a 2-run in the same inning had a 2-run HR and 2-run ...on 8/8 at Ari, his 2-run HR in the fourth inning off Robbie Ray snapped the Reds' 30-inning scoreless streak, their longest since 1989...reached base in 49 of his 57 apps for the Bats.

168 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE 2014: In his Major League debut made 85 apps for the Tigers, including 81g at SS and 2g at 3B...also made 54 minor league 2-HOMER GAMES (1) appearances for Class AA Erie and Class AAA Toledo...on 6/4 Date Pitcher was promoted from Toledo and made his Major League debut that 6/2/16 at Col...... C. Qualls, Gonzalez Germen day vs Tor as a defensive replacement at shortstop...on 6/7 vs Bos GRAND SLAMS (1) became the 23rd player in franchise history to produce a Date Pitcher for his first Major League hit (solo off )...became only 4/7/16 vs Phi...... Daniel Stumpf the fourth Tigers rookie to homer in 3 of his first 7 career starts ( 2009, Robert Fick 1998, Frank Doljack 1930)...on 6/14 vs Min finished a single shy of the cycle... following the season played for Caracas in the Venezuelan Winter League (17g, .250, 3 2b, 3 3b, 1hr, 6rbi). 2017 REDS 2017 MINOR LEAGUES 2013: On 5/2 was promoted from Class A Lakeland to Class AA Erie...2012: At Class A West Michigan was a Midwest League All-Star and the club’s Player of the Year...among MWL leaders ranked second in hits, T3rd in apps, fifth in walks and T5th in total bases (209)...led all league shortstops with 257 ...was Midwest League Player of the Week for 5/28-6/3 (7g, 18-28, .643, 4 2b, 1 3b, 3rbi)...was the organization’s Minor League Player of the Month for June (22g, .366, 11 2b, 1hr, 7rbi)...2010: Was the Tigers’ Venezuelan Summer League Player of the Year.

SUAREZ’ CAREER TRANSACTIONS

-- Was signed by the Tigers as a non-drafted free agent, CAREER FIELDING October 9, 2008. Was signed by Alejandro Rodriguez. Pos. Pct. G PO A E TC DP PB -- Was acquired by the Reds, along with minor league 3B .942 154 104 272 23 399 27 - RHP Jonathon Crawford, in exchange for RHP Alfredo SS .961 179 263 457 29 749 109 - Simon, December 11, 2014. Made 2 apps at SS in 2016, on 4/14 at Chi (start) & 5/31 at Col (7th, 8th)

Career Hitting Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 09 VSL Tigers - R .262 57 206 29 54 9 3 1 15 1 1 *15 17 32 8 4 .360 .350 14 10 VSL Tigers - R .311 61 225 32 70 12 2 1 18 4 2 7 23 44 8 6 .389 .396 12 11 GCL Tigers - R .341 12 44 11 15 7 0 2 9 1 0 2 3 4 2 0 .408 .636 5 Connecticut - A .250 58 204 37 51 11 5 5 24 3 0 4 18 43 9 5 .323 .426 19 12 West Michigan - A .288 135 511 82 147 34 5 6 67 5 7 15 65 116 21 9 .380 .409 18 13 Lakeland - A .311 25 103 17 32 6 2 1 12 0 1 4 14 25 2 3 .410 .437 10 Erie - AA .253 111 442 53 112 24 4 9 45 2 0 6 46 98 9 11 .332 .387 26 14 Erie - AA .284 42 155 26 44 14 1 6 29 0 0 0 15 38 7 2 .347 .503 7 Toledo - AAA .302 12 43 6 13 4 0 2 7 0 1 2 6 9 2 0 .404 .535 2 .242 85 244 33 59 9 1 4 23 5 1 5 22 67 3 2 .316 .336 10 15 Louisville - AAA .256 57 203 30 52 9 2 8 25 5 1 3 26 40 3 4 .348 .438 11 Cincinnati .280 97 372 42 104 19 2 13 48 4 2 3 17 94 4 1 .315 .446 19 16 Cincinnati .248 159 565 78 140 25 2 21 70 0 3 8 51 155 11 5 .317 .411 ^23 Major Totals .257 341 1181 153 303 53 5 38 141 9 6 16 90 316 18 8 .316 .406 52 AL Totals .242 85 244 33 59 9 1 4 23 5 1 5 22 67 3 2 .316 .336 10 Reds Totals .260 256 937 120 244 44 4 34 118 4 5 11 68 249 15 6 .316 .425 42 Minor Totals .276 570 2136 323 590 130 24 41 251 21 13 58 233 449 71 44 .361 .446 124 * Led Venezuelan Summer League, ^ Led Major League third basemen

Division Series Record

Yr Club, Opponent AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 14 Det vs Bal .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0

SINGLE-SEASON CAREER HIGH STREAKS : 9g, 7/19-7/28, 2015; Hitless Streak: 28ab, 5/19-5/30, 2016

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NICK @NTravieso21 RHP TRAVIESO 60 Age: 23 Ht.: 6-3 Wt.: 235 Bats: R Throws: R ML Service: 0.000 Born: 1/31/94 Birthplace: Pembroke Pines, FL Resides: Pembroke Pines, FL Acquired: Was selected in the first round (14th overall) of the June 2012 first-year player draft. Was signed by Tony Arias. Contract: Signed through the 2017 season and under team control through 2022.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Last name is pronounced trav-ee-ESS-oh...was BASEBALL AMERICA’S selected by the Reds in the first round (14th overall) of the June 2012 first-year TOP 10 REDS PROSPECTS player draft...entered the 2017 season rated by Baseball America the 17th-best 1...... Nick Senzel, IF prospect in the organization...in 2015 was a mid-season Florida State League All-Star, FSL Pitcher of the Week for 8/11-8/17 and was Arizona Fall League 2...... Cody Reed, LHP Pitcher of the Week for 10/26-11/1...in 2014 was the Reds' Minor League Pitcher 3...... Amir Garrett, LHP of the Year, the organization's Pitcher of the Month for August and a mid-season 4. . Robert Stephenson, RHP Midwest League All-Star...in 2017 participated in his third straight Major League 5...... Taylor Trammell, OF spring training camp, his first as a player on the 40-man roster...is Class A Dayton's 6...... Jesse Winker, OF all-time leader in career victories (21). 7...... Aristides Aquino, OF 8...... Sal Romano, RHP 2016 SEASON 9. .... Vladimir Gutierrez, RHP • In his first season above Class A made 23 starts for Class AA Pensacola, the 10...... Tyler Stephenson, C second-highest total on the staff (Jackson Stephens, 26gs). 17...... Nick Travieso, RHP • Among all Reds farmhands ranked 10th in ERA. • Was on the Blue Wahoos' disabled list twice, in April with a strained right groin and in July/August with a bruised right shoulder. • Entered the 2016 season rated the seventh-best prospect in the organization. • As a non-roster invitee attended his second Major League spring training camp and made 1 relief appearance before he was reassigned to minor league camp on 3/14. • On 11/18 was added to the Reds' 40-man roster.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2015: Spent the season at Class A Daytona...was a mid-season Florida State League All-Star, FSL Pitcher of the Week for 8/11-8/17 and was Arizona Fall League Pitcher of the Week for 10/26-11/1...from 6/20-8/1 was disabled with a fractured right wrist...in the clinching Game 2 of the first round of Florida State League beat Clearwater, 2-1 (7ip, 1r, 5k)...played for Peoria in the Arizona Fall League (5g, 4gs, 1-0, 2.05, 22ip, 19h, 3bb, 20k)...was AFL Pitcher of the Week for 10/26-11/1...entered the 2015 season rated the Reds' eighth-best prospect...as a non-roster invitee attended his first Major League spring training camp...2014: Was the organization's Minor League Pitcher of the Year...at Class A Dayton was a Midwest League All-Star...led all Reds minor league pitchers in wins (14) and ERA (3.03)...led the MWL in wins and while ranking second in innings pitched (142.2) and seventh in ERA...was the organization's Pitcher of the Month for August (6gs, 4-0, 1.56, 34.2ip, 19h, 13bb, 26k)...entered the season rated the eighth-best prospect in the organization... on 1/12/15 was invited to 2015 Major League spring training camp...2013: In his first full professional season made 17 starts at Class A Dayton...was rated by MLB.com the third-best prospect in the organization...2012: Following his first professional season was rated byBaseball America the fifth-best prospect in the organization.

PERSONAL: Graduated from Archbishop McCarthy High School in Ft. Lauderdale...as a senior, in 7 regular season starts compiled a 0.76era with 70 strikeouts and just 21 hits, 11 walks and 5 earned runs allowed in 46.1 innings while producing 2 complete games, 1 shutout and a 0.69 WHIP...follow on Twitter @NTravieso21.

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-- Was selected by the Reds in the first round (14th overall) of the June 2012 first-year player draft. Was signed by Tony Arias. -- On Daytona's disabled list with a fractured right wrist, June 20-August 1, 2015. -- On Pensacola's disabled list with a strained right groin, April 13-20, 2016. -- On Pensacola's suspended list, April 21-23, 2016. -- On Pensacola's disabled list with a bruised right shoulder, July 19-August 8, 2016.

Career Pitching REDS 2017 Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 12 AZL Reds - R 0-2 4.71 8 8 0 0 0 21.0 20 11 11 3 5 14 1 2 13 Dayton - A 7-4 4.63 17 17 0 0 0 81.2 83 47 42 7 27 61 8 1 14 Dayton - A *14-5 3.03 26 26 1 0 0 142.2 123 62 48 10 44 114 6 0 15 Daytona - A 6-6 2.70 19 19 0 0 0 93.1 82 40 28 4 30 76 7 1 16 Pensacola - AA 5-7 3.84 23 23 0 0 0 117.1 109 55 50 11 53 91 13 0 Minor Totals 32-24 3.53 93 93 1 0 0 456.0 417 215 179 35 159 356 35 4 * Led Midwest League

STUART @sturn26 C TURNER 74 Age: 25 Ht.: 6-2 Wt.: 220 Bats: R Throws: R ML Service: 0.000 Born: 12/27/91 Birthplace: Eunice, LA Resides: Eunice, LA Acquired: Was selected off the Twins’ Class AAA roster in the second round of the Major League phase of the , December 8, 2016. Contract: Signed through the 2017 season and under team control through 2022.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Is rated by Baseball America the best defensive catcher in the organization...is trying to become the first Reds catcher to skip Class AAA since Tucker Barnhart in 2014...in 2015 was a Twins MiLB. com Organization All-Star and their Minor League Player of the Week for 7/25-7/31...was Florida State League Player of the Week and Twins Minor League Player of the Week for 8/27-9/2, 2014...in 2017 participated his fourth consecutive Major League spring training camp, his first as a roster player.

2016 SEASON • Spent the season at Class AA Chattanooga, where he led the Lookouts with 97 apps behind the plate. • Produced 22 doubles and 41 RBI, both career highs. • Following the season was selected by the Reds in the second round of the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft. • For the third straight year was a non-roster invitee to Major League spring training camp. • Entered the season rated by MLB.com the Twins’ No. 18 prospect.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2015: Was a Twins MiLB.com Organization All-Star...attended Major League spring training as a non-roster invitee...spent the season at Class AA Chattanooga...led all Twins minor leaguers with 97 apps as a catcher... was the organization’s Minor League Player of the Week for 7/25-7/31 (5g, .471, 2 2b, 1 HR, 4 RBI)...in the bottom of the ninth inning of the 4-2 win on 5/8 vs Jackson hit a 2-run, walkoff HR...following the season

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played for Scottsdale in the prestigious Arizona Fall League...entered the season rated by Baseball America the Twins’ 16th-best prospect and their best defensive catcher...2014: Entered the season rated by Baseball America the best defensive catcher in the Twins’ system...was both Florida State League Player of the Week and Twins Minor League Player of the Week for 8/27-9/2 (4g, .462, 3 2b, 1 HR, 5 RBI)...in just his second professional season, was a non-roster invitee to Major League spring training camp...2013: Spent most of his first professional season at Rookie Elizabethton but also appeared in 1g for Class AA New Britain...on 8/11 at Burlington produced his first professional home run...following the season was rated byBaseball America the best defensive catcher in the Twins’ system.

PERSONAL: Graduated from Eunice (LA) High School, where he was a Louisville Slugger All-American in 2009...from 2008-2010 was All-District and All-State...lettered for 3 seasons in football and was All-District in 2009...attended junior college at LSU-Eunice, where he was named Easton Defensive Player of the Year, Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner and Academic All-American with a 4.0 GPA...transferred to the University of Mississippi for the 2013 season and was a Louisville Slugger/CollegeBaseballInsider.com first-team All- American (62g, .374, 15 2B, 5 HR, 51 RBI)...follow on Twitter @sturn26.

TURNER’S CAREER TRANSACTIONS

-- Was selected by the Twins in the third round of the June 2013 first-year player draft. Was signed by Allen Sandberg. -- Was selected by the Reds in the second round of the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft, December 8, 2016.

Career Hitting Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 13 Elizabethton - R .264 34 121 15 32 5 0 3 19 1 4 4 12 22 0 1 .340 .380 4 New Britain - AA .500 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 3 14 Fort Myers - A .249 93 325 49 81 16 2 7 40 1 2 5 31 61 7 0 .322 .375 7 15 Chattanooga - AA .223 98 327 40 73 13 1 4 37 0 3 4 45 69 5 2 .322 .306 7 16 Chattanooga - AA .239 97 322 40 77 22 0 6 41 1 5 7 35 72 5 3 .322 .363 4 Minor Totals .241 323 1099 145 265 56 3 20 137 3 14 20 123 225 17 6 .325 .352 25

ZACH @ZVincej INF VINCEJ 90 Age: 25 Ht.: 6-0 Wt.: 190 Bats: R Throws: R ML Service: 0.000 Born: 5/1/91 Birthplace: San Diego, CA Resides: Saugus, CA Acquired: Was selected in the 37th round of the 2012 first-year player draft. Was signed by Rex De La Nuez. Contract: Signed through the 2017 season and under team control through 2022. Non-Roster

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Last name is pronounced VINCE-ee...in 2016 received a Rawlings Minor League Gold Glove Award, was named to the Arizona Fall League’s All-Prospect Team and was Southern League Player of the Week for 7/25-7/31...in 2013 was a mid-season Midwest League All-Star...in 2017 was invited to his first Major League spring training camp.

172 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE 2016 SEASON ’S • Spent his second straight full season at Class AA Pensacola, where 2016 RAWLINGS GOLD GLOVE AWARDS he made 98 starts at shortstop and 7 starts at 2B...also made 1 1B...... Matt Skole, Nationals appearance at 3B. 2B...... Joey DeMichele, White Sox • Received a Rawlings Minor League Gold Glove Award as the best SS...... , REDS defensive shortstop in the minors...led all minor league shortstops 3B...... Carlos Rivero, Diamondbacks in (.991, 4e, 423tc). LF...... Charcer Burks, Cubs • Ranked eighth in the Southern League in batting average...was the CF...... Greg Allen, Indians SL’s Player of the Week for 7/25-7/31. RF...... , Tigers • Following the season played for Peoria in the prestigious Arizona C...... , Rangers Fall League, where he was named to the All-Prospect team (20g, REDS 2017 P...... James Naile, Athletics .352, 7 2b, 2 3b, 4hr, 18rbi, 1sb)...led the AFL in extra-base hits (13), total bases (48) and (.676) while ranking second in OPS (1.101), T2nd in HR and RBI and third in batting average...led AFL shortstops in putouts and tied for the lead in assists. • In the bottom of the ninth inning of a 5-3 Peoria win on 10/25 vs Scottsdale, erased a 3-1 deficit with a game-ending grand slam off Mets prospect Corey Taylor. • On 12/9 was invited to his first Major League spring training camp.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2013: At Class A Dayton was a mid-season Midwest League All-Star...reached base safely in 22 straight games from 6/1-6/27....2012: In his first professional season hit .336 with a .393 OBP and a .434 slugging percentage...from his first professional game on 7/19 through the remainder of the season ranked fifth among all Pioneer League hitters in batting...produced a 14g-hitting streak from 7/21-8/10.

PERSONAL: Graduated from Saugus (CA) High School...played at Pepperdine University, where as the nation’s top collegiate shortstop in 2012 he received the from the Collegiate Baseball Hall of Fame...also that season was named WCC Defensive Player of the Year and All-WCC first team... follow on Twitter @ZVincej.

VINCEJ’S CAREER TRANSACTIONS

-- Was selected by the Reds in the 37th round of the June 2012 first-year player draft. Was signed by Rex De La Nuez. -- On Dayton’s disabled list with a strained oblique, 6/28-7/21, 2013. -- On Pensacola’s disabled list with a bruised right wrist, 4/21-5/1, 2015.

Career Hitting Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 12 Billings - R .336 38 143 27 48 11 0 1 17 0 4 7 9 23 4 4 .393 .434 4 13 Dayton - A .263 104 377 51 99 17 5 3 31 2 4 6 36 72 13 7 .333 .358 14 14 Bakersfield - A .271 115 428 72 116 23 1 1 40 4 2 3 44 73 11 8 .342 .336 22 15 Pensacola - AA .241 90 286 39 69 10 0 5 22 2 3 4 44 48 7 7 .347 .329 6 16 Pensacola - AA .281 121 399 45 112 24 3 3 47 4 4 6 25 85 7 6 .329 .378 4 Minor Totals .272 468 1633 234 444 85 9 13 157 12 17 26 158 301 42 32 .342 .359 50

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JOEY 1B VOTTO 19 Age: 33 Ht.: 6-2 Wt.: 220 Bats: L Throws: R ML Service: 9.027 Born: 9/10/83 Birthplace: Toronto, Canada Resides: Toronto, Canada Acquired: Was selected by the Reds in the second round of the June 2002 first-year player draft. Was signed by John Castleberry. Contract: Signed a 10-year contract extension through the 2023 season, with a club option for 2024, April 4, 2012.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Is the 2010 National League Most Valuable Player and Aaron Award winner, a 4-time NL All-Star, a Sporting SINCE HIS DEBUT.... News NL All-Star and the only Reds ever to win a Rawlings Below are ’s rankings among Gold Glove Award...in the BBWAA’s MVP Award voting also finished all Major League hitters since his debut sixth in 2011, 14th in 2012, sixth in 2013, third in 2015 and seventh in on 9/4/07 vs NYM: 2016...5 times was voted by the local chapter of the Baseball Writers’ On-Base Percentage...... 425...... 1st Association of America the Award as the Reds’ Most Walks...... 862...... 1st Valuable Player...in March 2013 was voted by fans the Face of MLB... Batting Average...... 313...... 2nd his 1,240 career apps at first base are second-most in Reds history OPS...... 961...... 2nd at that position... made 1,255 apps at 1B from 1947- Average with RISP...... 332...... 2nd 1957...in the last 9 seasons led the Reds in batting average 7 times, in Slugging Percentage...... 536...... 4th doubles 6 times and in hits 5 times...in 2012 established the club record Doubles...... 310...... 8th for on-base percentage (.474)...in 2013 established club records for Hits...... 1,407...... 13th walks (135), of safely via hit, walk or HBP (316) Home Runs...... 221...... 16th and number of games in a season reaching base safely (146)...in 2015 RBI...... 730...... 17th Minimum 5,000 plate apps & 800pa with RISP broke his own records for walks (143) and for total times on base safely via hit, walk or HBP (319), set club records for total number of games reaching base at least twice (107) and number of consecutive games reaching base safely at least twice (15) and tied 's franchise record for number of consecutive games reaching base safely (48)...in the last 6 seasons led the NL in walks 4 times, including 3 consecutive seasons from 2011-2013...since 1900 is the only batter in Reds history and 1 of 9 players overall to lead the National League in walks for 3 straight seasons...in the last 7 seasons led the league in on-base percentage 5 times, from 2010-2013 and again in 2016...is the only and 1 of only 6 players in Major League history to lead his league in on-base percentage for 4 straight years...is the only Reds player and 1 of only 10 players in Major League history to lead his league in on-base percentage at least 5 times, joining (10) and Cooperstown Hall of Famers (12), (10), (9), (7), (6), (6), (5) and JOEY VOTTO’S HARDWARE (5)...is only the second player in Reds history to produce 30 NL Most Valuable Player doubles in 6 consecutive seasons (2008-2013; Pete Rose, 1965-70 & 1972-78) or 2010 30 doubles in any 8 seasons (Rose, 13)...is 1 of only 20 players in modern Major Award League history with a minimum of 4,500 at bats to hit at least .300 (.313) in his 2010 career with an on-base percentage of .400 (.425) and a slugging percentage of .500 National League All-Star (.536)...his .425 career on-base percentage is the 12th-highest in Major League 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 history, and his .961 career OPS is 18th-highest ever...his .31260 career batting All-Star average is third-highest among all active players ( .321, Ichiro 2010 Suzuki .31273)...among active players ranks first in career on-base percentage Rawlings Gold Glove Award (.425) and fourth in career OPS (.96061; Pujols .965, .963, Cabrera 2011 .96093)...6 times has received the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s Tip O’Neill Reds’ Most Valuable Player Award for his individual and team accomplishments (2010-2013, 2015-2016), 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016 sharing the award in 2011 with Brewers pitcher ...is the only player

174 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE to win that prestigious award more than 2 years in a row FIRST 10 YEARS and is 1 of only 2 players to win it more than 3 times (Larry Only 19 players in Major League history, through the Walker, 9 times)...in the Sporting News’ 2011 poll of baseball first 10 seasons of their careers, produced at least a executives was rated the fourth-best player in baseball .313 batting average, 221 HR, 730 RBI and a .961 OPS: behind , and Felix Hernandez... Player 10th Year BA HR RBI OPS in 2010 became the 10th Reds player and third Canadian to JOEY VOTTO 2016 .313 221 730 .961 win the Most Valuable Player Award...prior to Game 4 of the Albert Pujols 2010 .331 408 1230 1.050 2010 received from 2006 .333 286 996 1.023 the as the NL’s best hitter...in his native Vlad Guerrero 2005 .324 305 936 .977 Canada, was honored by 7 organizations for his 2010 MVP 2002 .316 310 1036 1.010 season...was ranked No. 1 in the Toronto Sun’s 2010 list of REDS 2017 2001 .325 314 975 .970 most influential Canadians in baseball...played for Canada in Frank Thomas 1999 .320 301 1040 1.013 the 2009 and hit .556 (second among 1961 .316 319 935 .975 all WBC players) with a 1.111 slugging percentage (third Ted Williams 1951 .347 323 1261 1.117 best)...also played for Canada in the 2013 WBC...3 times was Joe DiMaggio 1948 .330 303 1277 .987 the National League Player of the Week (9/21-9/27, 2009; 1948 .324 297 1096 .997 7/25-7/31, 2011; 5/13-5/19, 2013)...in 2008 finished second 1941 .325 249 1013 1.040 in the National League Rookie of the Year Award voting, 1937 .340 272 1041 .982 was a finalist for a Players Choice Award in the category 1935 .317 242 960 .966 of Outstanding NL Rookie, was a Major League 1934 .338 266 960 1.077 Rookie All-Star and was the Reds’ MVP...in September 2008 1933 .355 222 1276 .975 received the National League Rookie of the Month Award... Lou Gehrig 1932 .343 267 1144 1.084 in 2007 was a TOPPS Class AAA All-Star, Louisville's Most 1932 .313 229 979 .965 Valuable Player, the International League's Rookie of Ruth 1923 .346 238 753 1.184 Year and an IL All-Star...in May 2007 was Louisville’s Hitter of the Month and the organization’s Hitter of the Month...played in the 2006 Southern League All-Star Game and 2007 Triple-A All-Star Game...played for the World Team in MLB’s REDS’ WINNERS, BBWAA All-Star Futures Games in (2006) and (2007)... MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD in 2006 was the Southern League’s MVP and batting champion, TOPPS’ Player...... Year Southern League Player of the Year and the Reds organization’s minor Ernie Lombardi, C...... 1938 league Hitter of the Year...also was a Baseball America Minor League and , RHP...... 1939 Class AA All-Star and a TOPPS Class AA All-Star...in 2005 was selected Frank McCormick, 1B...... 1940 to play for in the IBAF XXXVI World Cup in Amsterdam, , OF...... 1961 Netherlands...in the minor leagues produced 5 career grand slams...in , C...... 1970 2007 became the 14th native Canadian to appear for the Reds (LHP Rheal Johnny Bench, C...... 1972 Cormier, RHP , RHP , OF Glen Gorbous, P Pete Rose, LF...... 1973 Bert Sincock, OF , P Clarence Currie, P , OF Nigel , 2B...... 1975 Wilson, P Rube Vickers, OF Andy Kyle, P , OF Tip O’Neill)... Joe Morgan, 2B...... 1976 graced the cover of the 8/30/10 issue of , the only Reds , LF...... 1977 player to do so since Ken Griffey Jr. on 6/14/04...on 3/17/13 made a guest , SS...... 1995 voice appearance on The Cleveland Show...fellow Major League players JOEY VOTTO, 1B...... 2010 , , and also were featured Votto was the third Canadian to win the MVP in the episode in which star of the show Cleveland pursues his life-long (Col’s in 1997, Min’s Justin dream of becoming a scout. Morneau in 2006).

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2016 SEASON BBWAA’S 2016 NL • Unanimously was voted by the local chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America the Ernie Lombardi Award as the Reds’ Most Valuable Player... MVP AWARD VOTING won the award for the fifth time. 1...... * , Chi • Finished seventh in the BBWAA's National League Most Valuable Player Award 2...... , Wsh voting...received MVP votes for the sixth time in the last 7 seasons and for the 3...... , LAD fifth time finished among the Top 10. 4...... , Chi • Was a finalist for the 2016 Hank Aaron Award, presented to the most 5...... , Col outstanding offensive performer in each league. 6...... , Atl • For the sixth time received the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s Tip O’Neill 7...... JOEY VOTTO, CIN Award for his individual and team accomplishments. 8...... Yoenis Cespedes, NY • Ranked among the National League leaders in almost every statistical category, 9...... , LAD including on-base percentage (.434, 1st), OPS (.985, 2nd), walks (T2nd), 10...... , Wsh 27 players received at least 1 vote, hitting (3rd), slugging percentage (.550, 6th), hits (8th), RBI (10th), runs (9th) * Received 29 of 30 first-place votes and total bases (306, 10th). • Became only the 10th player in Major League history to lead his league in on-base percentage at least 5 times, joining Barry Bonds (10) and Cooperstown Hall of Famers Ted Williams (12), Babe Ruth (10), Rogers Hornsby (9), Ty Cobb (7), Wade Boggs (6), Stan Musial (6), Lou Gehrig (5) and Carl Yastrzemski (5). • Hit .344 in night games, third-best in the NL and the highest night BA by a Reds batter since Pete Rose hit .362 in 1973. • After hitting .213 through May, his season batting average peaked at .327 after his fourth on 10/1 vs Chi (180-551, .3266787). • Beginning 6/1 led the Major Leagues in batting average (.378) and on-base percentage (.482) while ranking third in the majors and second in the National League in slugging percentage (.619; Freddie Freeman .641, Brian Dozier .631). • After the All-Star break led the Major Leagues in hitting (.408), on-base percentage (.490) and slugging percentage (.668)...became the first player to hit .400 over the second half of a season since Sea’s hit .429 in 2004. • Led the team in runs scored, hits, total bases, walks, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, BA with RISP (.356) and multi-hit games (48) and tied Brandon Phillips for the club lead in doubles. • Fell 1 HR and 3 RBI shy of his second 30-double, 30-homer, 100-RBI season...the other was his 2010 MVP season. • Fell 1 HR shy of becoming the first Reds player ever to hit .325 with 30 HR, a .430 on-base percentage and a .550 slugging percentage...this season he hit .326 with 29 HR, a .434 OBP and a .550 slugging percentage. • For the seventh time hit hit least .300 with an on-base percentage of at least .400. • Reached base 294 times, second-most in the Major Leagues (Mike Trout 300). • Produced at least 100 walks for the fourth time...only 2 other players in franchise history have more than one 100-walk season: Joe Morgan (6 times) and Adam Dunn (5). • Became only the second Reds player with at least 30 doubles in 8 different seasons (Pete Rose, 13 seasons). • Hit .229 in April, .200 in May, .319 in June, .419 in July, .394 in August and .389 in September/October. • On 8/31 at LAA, went 1-for-4 to finish hitting .394 for the month of August after hitting .419 in July...with 1 more hit or 2 fewer at bats he would have become the first Reds player and first Major League batter since 2010 to hit at least .400 in consecutive months...in 2010, hit .454 in June and .418 in July... in 1961 is the only Reds batter since 1900 to hit at least .400 in any 2 months of a season (.406 in May, .403 in September). • Hit safely in 61 of his 72 apps after the All-Star break (107-262, .408, 15hr, 55rbi, 1.158ops), including a career-high 17-game hitting streak to open the second half that was snapped on 8/4 vs StL (29-58, .500, 3 2b, 4hr, 12rbi, 17bb)...during the streak raised his season BA from .252 to .293...was the longest hitting streak by a Reds batter since Brandon Phillips' 22-game streak in 2007. • From 9/8-9/16 went 8g and 34 plate apps without reaching base by walk, his longest stretch since 4/23- 4/30, 2013 (8g, 34ab, 34pa)...hasn’t gone more than 8g without a walk since an 11-game stretch from 7/21-8/1, 2009 (41ab, 42pa). • Produced a 2-homer game on 6/27 vs Cubs and his fifth career walkoff HR on 6/7 vs StL (off Kevin Siegrist). • On 5/30 at Col hit his 200th career HR (solo off ). • On 6/18 at Hou made his only career appearance at DH. • On 9/10 at Pit celebrated his birthday going 4-for-5 with a double, home run and 2 runs scored, raising his batting average to what then was a season-high .318. • On 9/23 at Mil lined into a 3-3-6 , the first by a Reds batter since Edwin Encarnacion lined into a 6-4-3 triple play on 4/12/09 at Pit. • On 9/29 at StL singled off Alex Reyes for his 1,400th career hit...left that game after his third hit, when while sliding into second base he was hit on the chin by the throw from the outfield and required 7 stitches. • Has made 1,103 starts next to 2B Brandon Phillips, the most on the right side of the infield for any tandem in Reds history and the highest total by any active set of ...1B Frank McCormick & 2B rank second in Reds history with 774 starts together.

176 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS HITTING .400 1,000 HITS & 200 HOMERS On 8/31/16 at LAA, Joey Votto went 1-for-4 Listed below are the only 7 players in Reds to finish hitting.394 for the month of August history since 1900 with 1,000 hits & 200 HR. after hitting .419 in July...with 1 more hit Player H HR Years or 2 fewer at bats he would have become Johnny Bench* 2,048 389 1967-83 the first Reds player and first Major League Tony Perez* 1,934 287 1964-86 batter since 2010 to hit at least .400 in Frank Robinson* 1,673 324 1956-65 consecutive months...that list is below. Ted Kluszewski* 1,499 251 1947-57 Josh Hamilton...... June / July 2010...... 454 / .418 George Foster* 1,276 244 1971-81 ...... April / May 2008...... 422 / .417 1,116 233 2008-16 2017 REDS 2017 Ichiro Suzuki...... July / August 2004...... 432 / .463 Joey Votto 1,407 221 2007-16 Larry Walker...... June / July 2002...... 410 / .438 * Members of the Reds Hall of Fame Paul O’Neill...... April / May 1994...... 448 / .410 300 ...... July / August 1987...... 408 / .417 In 2013, Joey Votto reached base a club- ...... April / May 1983...... 449 / .438 record 316 times via hit, walk or HBP to ...... July / August 1980...... 494 / .430 lead the Major Leagues and in 2015 broke ...... April / ...... 423 / .448 his own record by leading the majors again Roy Cullenbine..... August / Sept. 1946...... 402 / .444 with 319...listed below are the only Reds Ted Williams...... July / August 1941...... 429 / .402 players to reach base safely 300 times in a Joey Votto...... July / August 2016...... 419 / .394 single season: Vada Pinson in 1961 is the only Reds batter since 1900 to hit at least .400 in any 2 months of a season Joey Votto, 2015..... 319 Pete Rose, 1976...... 307 (.406 in May, .403 in September). Courtesy Elias. Joey Votto, 2013..... 316 Pete Rose, 1973...... 301 Pete Rose, 1969...... 311 Shin-Soo Choo, ‘13....300 .320 & .430 Pete Rose, 1975...... 310 Joey Votto, 2011...... 299 Joey Votto in 2016 became only the second Joey Votto, 2016...... 294 Reds player ever to produce a .320 batting average and .430 OBP in a season. 300 TEAMMATES Player Year BA OBP Listed below are the sets of Major League Joey Votto 2016 .326 .434 teammates who reached base safely at Joe Morgan *1976 .320 .444 least 300 times in a season via hit, walk Joe Morgan *1975 .327 .466 or HBP: * National League’s Most Valuable Player 2013 Reds...... Joey Votto, Shin-Soo Choo 400 & .500 1999 Yankees...... Bernie Williams, Joey Votto in 2016 fell short in his bid to 1997 Astros...... , become only the third Major League player 1937 Tigers...... , Hank Greenberg ever to produce a .400 BA and .500 OBP 1931 Yankees...... Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth prior to or after the All-Star break. 1930 Yankees...... Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth Player Year, Half BA OBP 1930 Cubs..., , Hack Wilson Ted Williams 1941, 1st .405 .520 1928 Yankees...... Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth Ted Williams 1941, 2nd .406 .583 1927 Yankees...... Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth Ted Williams 1957, 2nd .453 .594 1923 Indians...... C. Jamieson, J. Sewell, T. Speaker Barry Bonds 2002, 2nd .404 .608 TAG TEAM Joey Votto 2016, 2nd .408 .490 In 2013, Joey Votto (146-162) and Shin-Soo .325 & 30 Choo (138-154) combined to reach base in Joey Votto in 2016 fell 1 HR shy of 284 of their 316 apps and finished first and becoming only the fourth Reds player ever second, respectively, in the National League to produce a .325 batting average and 30 in on-base percentage...listed below are HR in a season. the last sets of teammates to finish first and Player Year BA HR second in their leagues in OBP: Kevin Mitchell 1994 .326 30 Last, 2005:..... NYY’s Giambi (.440), Rodriguez (.421) Frank Robinson 1962 .342 39 Last NL, 1985:.. LA’s Guerrero (.422), Scioscia (.407) Ted Kluszewski 1954 .326 49 Last Reds, 1975:...... Morgan (.466), Rose (.406) Joey Votto 2016 .326 29 2013 Ranks:...... Votto (.435, 1st), Choo (.423, 2nd)

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Finished third in the BBWAA's National League Most Valuable Player 2015: BBWAA’S 2015 NL Award voting and was 1 of 3 finalists in the category of MVP AWARD VOTING Comeback Player of the Year...for the fourth time received the Ernie Lombardi Award as the Reds’ Most Valuable Player...for the fifth time in 6 seasons received 1...... * , Wsh the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s Tip O’Neill Award...fell 1 home run and 7 2...... , Ari walks shy of joining Barry Bonds (4x), Ted Williams (3x) and Babe Ruth (2x) as 3...... JOEY VOTTO, CIN the only players in Major League history to hit at least .300 with 30 home runs 4...... Anthony Rizzo, Chi and 150 walks...established modern franchise records for walks (143), number 5..... Andrew McCutchen, Pit of games reaching base at least twice (107) and total number of times reaching 6...... , Chi base via hit, walk or HBP (319)...he broke his own records, all set in 2013...from 7...... , LA 8/11-10/2 reached base safely via hit, walk or HBP in 48 consecutive games 8...... Nolan Arenado, Col (.357ba, .528obp), tying Pete Rose’s single-season modern franchise record 9...... , SF (6/12-8/2, 1978)... was the longest single-season streak in the Major Leagues 10...... , LA since reached safely in 52 straight in 2007 (6/20-8/25) and the longest 20 players received at least 1 vote * Received all 30 first-place votes in the NL since Barry Bonds' 58-game streak in 2003...from 7/10-7/28 reached base safely at least twice via hit, walk or hit by in 15 consecutive apps, also a single-season franchise record (.500ba, 4 2b, 4hr, 9rbi, 17bb, 2hbp, .833slg, .642obp)...the club’s previous single-season mark of 13 such games was shared by (1903), (1958), Pete Rose (1967) and Adam Dunn (2002)...after the All-Star break led the Major Leagues in hitting (.362), on-base percentage (.535) and walks (86) and ranked sixth in the majors in slugging percentage (.617)...the only other players since the advent of the All-Star Game to produce in either half of a season a .362 batting average, .535 on-base percentage and 1.152 OPS are Ted Williams (1941 post-ASG, .406ba, .583obp, 1.373ops) and Barry Bonds (2004 pre-ASG, .365ba, .628obp, 1.422ops)...for the season led the Major Leagues in walks...led the NL in walks for the fourth time in 5 seasons and came to within .002 of leading the league in on-base percentage for the fifth time in 6 years (.459, Bryce Harper .460)...overall ranked among the NL leaders in at least 16 statistical categories...led the club in apps, runs, walks, intentional walks (15), 2-hit games (42), 3-hit games (13) and multi-hit games (55)...also led the club batting both second (70g) and third (86) in the order...became only the third player in Reds history to produce at least 30 doubles in 7 seasons (Pete Rose, Vada Pinson)...overall reached safely in 144 of his 158 apps and fell 2g shy of his franchise record for number of games in a season reaching base (146, 2013)...reached base safely in at least 140g in a season for the third time (2011, 2013)...Rose (6x) and Frank Robinson are the only other Reds batters to reach base in 140g in any season...in addition to his 48- game on-base streak, from 5/20-6/25 put together a 32-game on-base streak that when snapped ranked as the longest streak in the majors (.310ba, .424obp)...his 34 multi-walk games were a career high...14 times walked at least 3 times in a game, with a high of 4 walks on 7/31 vs Pit...his 38 walks in August were a club record for a calendar month (32, Joe Morgan, July 1979) and the most by any Major League batter since SF’s Barry Bonds walked 40 times in September 2004...in the 11-2 win on 6/9 vs Phi produced his third career 3-homer game (4rbi, 4r), tying the club record he shares with 26 other players...is only the second Reds player (along with Johnny Bench) and 36th player in Major League history with at least three 3-homer games...also had a 2-homer game (4/10 vs StL)...on 5/24 at Cle hit his 250th career double (off )...on 7/4 vs Mil made his 900th career start next to 2B Brandon Phillips...on 7/25 at Col produced his 600th RBI (RBI-single off Chris Rusin)...on 9/21 at StL walked (off Jaime Garcia) for the 136th time, setting a new single-season club record...in the 11th inning on 10/2 at Pit was hit by an pitch to reach base for the 317th time, setting a new single-season club record...was ejected THE RIGHT STUFF 3 times (5/6 at Pit by HP , 8/2 vs Pit following a 1B Joey Votto & 2B Brandon Phillips have bench-clearing incident, 9/9 vs Pit by HP )...were made 1,103 starts together, the most on the fifth, sixth and seventh ejections of his career...served the right side of the infield for any tandem 1-game suspensions on 5/9/g1 at WSox (for 5/6 ejection) and in Reds history and the highest total by any 9/18 at Mil (for 9/9 ejection, reduced from 2g). active set of infielders...listed below are the Major League leaders, since 1900, for starts 2014: Missed 99 games with a distal quad strain in his left together at 1B and 2B for one team: knee...missed 23g from 5/16-6/9 and beginning 7/6 missed 1B & 2B, Team...... Games Started the last 76g of the season...in his absence the Reds went Jeff Bagwell & Craig Biggio, Astros...... 1,506 43-56 (11-12, 32-44)...despite his 2 stints on the disabled Lou Gehrig & , Yankees...... 1,425 list ranked second on the club in walks (47) behind Todd & , Phillies...... 1,134 Frazier (52)...in the first inning of the second game of the Joey Votto & Brandon Phillips, Reds...... ^1,103 year, following a rain delay of 2:40, doubled off StL's Michael & , Cubs...... 1,065 Wacha for his first hit of the season and 1,000th hit of his & , Senators...... 1,060 career...on 5/9 and 5/10 vs Col homered on consecutive Fred Merkle & , Giants...... 1,042 pitchers over 2g...in the 4-3 win on 5/9, batting fourth in the & , Dodgers...... 1,038 lineup for the first time since 8/10/09 at StL, produced his Frank McCormick & Lonney Frey, Reds...... *774 fourth career walkoff HR (solo off Boone Logan), then on the ^ Made 1,000th start together on 5/7 vs Mil first pitch of his next plate appearance the next night homered * Previous Reds record, List courtesy Elias Sports Bureau off ...on 6/15 at Mil recorded his 600th career

178 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE walk in his 935th appearance...since 1900, the only other players with 600 REDS’ ALL-TIME HOME RUNS walks and a career batting average as high as Votto's .312 mark through their first 935 apps are Ted Williams (.353, 856bb), Babe Ruth (.344, 724bb), 1. Johnny Bench...... 389 Frank Thomas (.327, 774bb) and (.316, 659bb)...on 4/12 2. Frank Robinson...... 324 vs TB made his ninth career start batting second in the order and his first 3. Tony Perez...... 287 start in that spot since 8/8/08 vs Hou...had batted third in the Reds' starting 4. Adam Dunn...... 270 lineup since 8/10/09 at StL, when he hit cleanup for the second of 2 straight 5. Ted Kluszewski...... 251 games...from 8/11/09 - 4/11/14 made 635 consecutive starts batting third. 6. George Foster...... 244 7. Jay Bruce...... 233 2013: Was named to his fourth straight All-Star team and finished sixth in 8. JOEY VOTTO...... 221 9. Ken Griffey Jr...... 210 the BBWAA’s Most Valuable Player Award voting...was a finalist for the REDS 2017 Louisville Slugger ...during spring training was voted 10. ...... 203 by fans the Face of Major League Baseball...for the third straight season 11. Barry Larkin...... 198 was rated by opposing managers the National League’s batter with the best 12. Brandon Phillips...... 191 strike zone judgment...established single-season club records for walks with 13. Vada Pinson...... 186 135 (132, Joe Morgan, 1975) and for times on base safely via hit, walk or 14. ...... 172 HBP with 316 (311, Pete Rose, 1969), both the highest totals in the Major 15. ...... 160 Leagues...his 135 walks are the most in the Major Leagues since Barry T16. Joe Morgan...... 152 Bonds established the all-time record with 232 walks in 2004...for the third Pete Rose...... 152 straight season led the National League in walks and for the fourth straight REDS’ ALL-TIME DOUBLES year led the NL in on-base percentage...since 1900 is the first batter in 1. Pete Rose...... 601 Reds history and the ninth player to lead the National League in walks for 3 2. Barry Larkin...... 441 straight seasons (Barry Bonds last, 2000-2004)...is the first Red and sixth 3. David Concepcion...... 389 player in Major League history to lead his league in on-base percentage for 4. Johnny Bench...... 381 4 straight years...is only the third batter in Reds history to record more than 5. Vada Pinson...... 342 100 walks in a season more than once (2011, 2013; Joe Morgan 6 times, 6. Tony Perez...... 339 Adam Dunn 5 times)...with his fifth walk on 9/23 vs NYM tied both the club 7. Frank Robinson...... 318 record for walks in a game (, 5/28/26 at StL & Johnny Bench, 8. Brandon Phillips...... 311 7/22/79 at Chi) and Morgan’s club record for walks in a season...reached 9. JOEY VOTTO...... 310 base safely in 146 of his 162 apps, including a season-high streak of 38g 10. Bid McPhee...... 303 (6/13-7/26)...from 9/23-9/25 vs NYM went hitless in 3 straight games for the only time all season and for the first time since 9/17-9/19, 2011...on 9/24 REDS’ ALL-TIME GAMES and 9/25 vs NYM, for the only time all season did not reach base safely in 2 1. Pete Rose...... 2,722 consecutive games...became the first Reds player to appear in 162g since 2. Dave Concepcion...... 2,488 Aaron Boone in 2002...made 161 starts, his only game out of the lineup on 3. Barry Larkin...... 2,180 6/14 vs Mil but pinch hit and walked...finished the season with 999 career 4. Johnny Bench...... 2,158 hits...his season-high 12-game hitting streak from 5/11-5/24 included 9 5. Tony Perez...... 1,948 multi-hit games (24-47, .511, 2 2b, 4hr, 10rbi, 16r)...was NL Player of the 6. Brandon Phillips...... 1,614 Week for 5/13-5/19, his third weekly award, 7. Vada Pinson...... 1,565 BBWAA’S 2013 NL after leading the majors in hitting (.583) and on- 8. Frank Robinson...... 1,502 MVP AWARD VOTING base percentage (.655)...since 1933, the only 2 9. ...... 1,480 1..... *Andrew McCutchen, Pit players in Major League history with at least 112 10. ...... 1,399 2...... Paul Goldschmidt, Ari hits and 71 walks prior to the All-Star break are 11. Roy McMillan...... 1,348 3...... , StL Votto (112h, 71bb in 2013) and Frank Thomas 12. Ted Kluszewski...... 1,339 4...... Matt Carpenter, StL (1994, 116h, 84bb)...on 4/25 at Wsh homered 13. ...... 1,276 5...... Freddie Freeman, Atl off Gio Gonzalez for the Reds’ only hit, the first 14. JOEY VOTTO...... 1,268 6...... JOEY VOTTO, CIN Reds player to homer in an opposing team’s 7...... Clayton Kershaw, LAD 1-hitter since Jerry Hairston Jr. homered off SD’s on 7/29/09...on 5/18 8...... Hanley Ramirez, LAD at Phi became only the fourth Reds player to reach base 6 times (4-4, 2bb) while 9...... Carlos Gomez, Mil hitting a homer (Frank Robinson, Pete Rose, )...produced his 500th 10...... Jay Bruce, Cin RBI on 7/20 vs Pit and his 150th HR on 8/2 vs StL (3-run off )...on 9/6 11...... , Atl and 9/7 vs LAD followed his season-high 0-for-13 skid by reaching base safely in 12...... Shin-Soo Choo, Cin each of 9 straight plate apps, a new career high (4 hits, 5 walks)...in the National 24 players received at least 1 vote, League’s 3-0 All-Star Game loss at went 0-for-2...in 2 starts at 1B and 1 * Received 28 of 30 first-place votes start at DH for Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic went 2-for-9 (5bb, 5r).

2012: Was named to his third All-Star team, finished 14th in the BBWAA’s Most Valuable Player voting and was a finalist for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award...missed 48g with a knee injury but still led the National League in on-base percentage (.474), walks (94, tied w/ ) and intentional walks (18)...established a club record for on-base percentage (.441, Joe Morgan, 1976)...fell 27 plate apps shy of qualifying for the league leaders but led the NL in on-base percentage pursuant to Rule 10.22(a)...became only the second player to lead the Reds in on-base percentage for 3 consecutive seasons (Joe Morgan, 1974-1976) and only the eighth player to lead the NL in 3 straight years (Morgan, Barry Bonds, , Elbie Fletcher, Arky Vaughn, Rogers Hornsby, )...for the second straight season was rated by opposing managers

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the National League’s best defensive first baseman and the batter with the best strike zone judgment...was rated the NL’s best hitter in 2012...from 7/17-9/3 was BBWAA’S 2012 NL on the disabled list following a pair of arthroscopic surgeries on his left knee... MVP AWARD VOTING suffered the injury on 6/29 at SF but appeared in 7 more Reds games and the 1...... * Buster Posey, SF All-Star Game before he went on the DL...on 7/17 had arthroscopic surgery to 10...... Jay Bruce, Cin repair the torn medial meniscus...on 8/11 he had a floating piece of cartilage 12...... , Cin removed in a 6-minute procedure...after he returned to the lineup on 9/5 reached 13...... Brandon Phillips, Cin base safely in 24 of his 25 apps (24-76, .316, 7rbi) and in that span led the Major 14...... JOEY VOTTO, CIN Leagues in on-base percentage (.505) and walks (28)...on 9/5 vs Phi, in his first 30...... , Cin plate appearance after surgery, singled off ...in 86 apps prior to 35 players received at least 1 vote * Received 27-32 first-place votes the injury hit .342 (36 2b, 14hr, 49rbi) and was leading the NL in doubles (36), walks (66), intentional walks (13), on-base percentage (.465), extra-base hits (50) and BA vs RHP (.360)... in 78 of his first 86 apps reached base safely via hit or walk, including a season-high streak of 28 straight from 4/15-5/17...prior to his injury appeared in 86 of the Reds’ 88g and missed only 3 starts (5/30 at Pit, 7/1 at SF, 7/2 at LA)...although he missed 48g still produced a career-high 44 doubles, which tied for second in the NL...before his injury was on pace for 66 doubles, 1 shy of the Major League record (67, Bos’ Earl Webb, 1931)...did establish the club record for doubles prior to the All-Star break (35)...from 4/8-4/28 went 19 apps between his first and second home runs, the second-longest drought of his career (20g, 4/29-5/21, 2011)... in the 9-6 win on 5/13 vs Wsh tied career highs with 4h, 4r and 3hr while establishing new career bests with 6rbi and 14tb...homered twice off Nationals starter and then hit a walkoff grand slam off Henry Rodriguez...in 28g from 5/19-6/18 went 44-for-98 with 12 doubles and 7 homers (.449ba, .786slg, .542obp, 22r)...became the first Reds player since Frank Robinson in 1961 to produce at least 44 hits and 19 extra- base hits over a span of as few as 100ab...during the NLDS vs SF produced a 3-hit game in Game 2 and 2-hit games in Games 4 and 5.

2011: Was a National League All-Star for the second straight season and became BBWAA’S 2011 NL the first Reds first baseman to win a Rawlings Gold Glove Award...finished sixth MVP AWARD VOTING in the league’s MVP voting...for the second straight year and third time in the last 1...... * , Mil 4 seasons was voted by the local chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association 2...... Matt Kemp, LAD of America the Ernie Lombardi Award as the Reds’ Most Valuable Player...for 3...... , Mil the second straight season received the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s Tip 4...... , Ari O’Neill Award for his individual and team accomplishments, sharing the award 5...... Albert Pujols, StL with Brewers pitcher John Axford...established a club single-season record for 6...... JOEY VOTTO, CIN assists by a first baseman (173) and was rated by opposing managers the best 26 players received at least 1 vote defensive first baseman in the National League...was the club’s nominee for the * Received 20-32 first-place votes Hank Award Award, presented annually to each league’s best hitter...led the National League in doubles (40), walks (110), on-base percentage (.416), BA on the road (.334) and BA with RISP (.383)...ranked among the NL leaders in games (161, T2nd), total bases (318, 4th), overall hitting (.309, 5th), extra-base hits (72, 5th), runs (101, T5th), multi-hit games (55, T5th), hits (185, 6th), RBI (103, 6th), intentional walks (15, T6th), BA vs LHP (.333, 7th), slugging (.531, 9th) and BA in day games (.312, 9th)...fell 11 points and 1 homer short in his attempt to become only the second player in Reds history to hit at least .320 with 30hr and 100rbi in more than 1 season (Frank Robinson, 1961 & 1962)...also was trying to become the first Reds batter to hit 2011 RAWLINGS GOLD GLOVE AWARDS .320 in 3 straight seasons since Cooperstown Hall of Famer Ernie National League Lombardi did it in 4 straight from 1935-38...established career highs 1B...... JOEY VOTTO, CIN in games, at bats, hits and doubles...became the first Reds batter with 2B...... Brandon Phillips, Cin consecutive 100-RBI seasons since Adam Dunn in 2004 and 2005... 3B...... Placido Polanco, Phi was NL Player of the Week for 7/25-7/31...reached base safely via hit, SS...... Troy Tulowitzki, Col walk or HBP in 145 of his 161 apps, including a season-high streak OF...... , Ari of 33g to begin the season (.345, 5hr, 18rbi, 29bb)...that streak was OF...... Matt Kemp, LAD snapped on 5/8 at Cubs, just 1g shy of the club’s modern record for OF...... Andre Ethier, LAD reaching base safely to begin a season (34g, , 1981)... C...... Yadier Molina, StL only 4 times all year went consecutive games without reaching base P...... Clayton Kershaw, LAD (6/17-6/18 vs Tor, 7/19-7/20 at Pit, 9/4 at StL & 9/5 at Chi, 9/18 vs Mil & 9/19 vs Hou)...had not failed to reach safely over any 3-game 1B...... Adrian Gonzalez, Bos span since 8/30 vs LAD and 8/31 vs Pit (DH), 2009...played in all but 2B...... , Bos 1g (5/9 at Hou) and missed just 3 starts, on 5/9 at Hou (Cin’s 35th 3B...... Adrian Beltre, Tex game), 7/25 vs NYM (102nd game, PH) and 8/23 at Fla (128th game, SS...... Erick Aybar, LAA PH/1B)...from 8/13-8/26 produced a season-high 11-game hitting OF...... , KC streak (16-32, .500, 6hr, 13rbi)...in the third inning on 6/25 at Bal hit OF...... , Bos his 100th career HR (3-run off ), then 2 innings later OF...... , Bal added another (2-run off Matusz) for his seventh career multi-homer C...... , Bal game...his second 2-homer game, in the 14-inning, 5-4 win on 8/28 P...... , Chi vs Wsh, included a walkoff solo HR off ...produced

180 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE the first of his 2 walkoff hits in the 10th inning of the 6-5 win 2010 NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP AWARD VOTING on 5/13 vs StL, an RBI-single off Jason Motte...from 7/26- 7/28 homered in 3 straight games for the second time in his Player Club 1st 2nd 3rd Pts career (9/3-9/5, 2008)...never in his career has homered in JOEY VOTTO REDS 31 1 443 4 straight games...in the sixth inning on 9/17 vs Mil drew Albert Pujols Cardinals 1 21 8 279 his 106th walk to establish a new single-season record for Carlos Gonzalez Rockies 7 13 240 players from Canada (, 105bb, 1919)...sent Adrian Gonzalez Padres 1 3 197 his batting gloves to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Troy Tulowitzki Rockies 2 132 Joey Votto was the 10th Reds player named MVP since the award’s inception in 1931, tying the A’s for third-most by any team and trailing 2010: Became the 10th Reds player and third Canadian only the Cardinals (13) and Yankees (12). In 2010, 27 players received votes. Cin’s Scott Rolen finished 14th with 26 points. to win the Most Valuable Player Award...was named to his REDS 2017 first All-Star team after receiving 13.7 million votes in the 2010 All-Star Game Final Vote...also was a Sporting News VOTTO’S 2010 AWARDS All-Star in voting of his peers...prior to Game 4 of the World National League’s Most Valuable Player Series received the Hank Aaron Award as the National National League’s Hank Aaron Award League’s best hitter...in his native Canada, was honored Ernie Lombardi Award, Reds MVP by 7 organizations for his outstanding 2010 season... National League All-Star was ranked No. 1 in the Toronto Sun’s 2010 list of most Sporting News All-Star influential Canadians in baseball...for the second time in 3 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s Tip O’Neill Award seasons unanimously was voted the Ernie Lombardi Award George Gross/Toronto Sun Sportsperson of Year as the Reds’ Most Valuable Player...also was a finalist for Lou Marsh Canadian Athlete of Year the MLBPA Players’ Choice Player of the Year Award and Ontario Sports Legends Hall of Fame Athlete of Year Major League Baseball Clutch Performer of the Year Award Postmedia News Canadian Male Athlete of Year Presented by Pepsi...led the Reds to the National League QMI Agency Canadian Male Athlete of Year Central Division championship while ranking among the Baseball Canada Wall of Excellence NL’s Top 3 in 11 statistical categories, in the Top 5 in 15 categories and among the Top 8 in 18 categories...led the Major Leagues in on-base percentage (.424) and hitting on the road (.349) and led the NL in slugging percentage (.600), hitting vs RHP (.347), RBI ratio (4.8ab) and OPS (1.024)...among NL batters in the prestigious categories ranked second in hitting and third in both homers and RBI...became only the third Reds player in the last 50 years to lead the National League in both on-base percentage (.424) and slugging percentage (.600), joining Frank Robinson in 1962 and Joe Morgan in 1976...led the Reds in hitting, runs, hits, total bases (328), doubles, homers, RBI, walks, slugging, on-base percentage, 2-hit games (36), 3-hit games (12, tied w/ Jay Bruce and Brandon Phillips) and multi-hit games (51)...is only the fourth player in Reds history to hit at least .320 with 37 HR and 113 RBI in a season, joining MVP George Foster in 1977, Frank Robinson in 1961 (MVP) & 1962 and Ted Kluszewski in 1954...is the first Reds first baseman to produce a 30-homer season since hit 39 in 1971, the first with 100rbi since Tony Perez had 109 in 1975 and the first to steal at least 16 bases since Dan Driessen had 19 in 1980...is the first Reds batter with at least 30hr and 100rbi in a season since Adam Dunn had 40hr and 106rbi in 2007...is the first Reds batter to lead the team in hitting, HR and RBI since Eric Davis in 1989...in his last 60 apps of the season hit .352 (76-216, 14hr, 49rbi) as the Reds battled for the division title...in April hit .275 (23g, 4hr, 12rbi)...in 127g the rest of the season hit .332 (33hr, 101rbi)...on 5/20 at Atl highlighted the Reds’ 8-run second inning with his first career grand slam (off )...from 5/15-7/3 reached base safely in a career-high 41 straight games, the longest such streak by a Reds batter since Pete Rose reached base safely in 48 straight games from 6/12-8/2, 1978 and the third-longest in the Major Leagues in 2010 (NYY’s 42g, Fla’s 42g)...during the 41-game streak hit .325 with .427 on-base and .592 slugging percentages (51-157, 11hr, 33rbi, 24bb, 4hbp)...that streak was snapped on 7/4 at Chi, when he was ejected in the top of the first inning by HP Angel Camps for arguing balls and strikes... the next day started another on-base streak that reached 10 consecutive games before it was snapped on 7/19 vs Wsh...on 8/15 vs Fla was ejected again, also in the first inning, by HP umpire D.J. Reyburn for arguing balls and strikes...on 8/8 at Chi scored a career-high 4 runs, tying with for the most by a Reds batter in a game in 2010...produced his 100th RBI of the season on a first-inning groundout on 9/9 at Col... in the 10-inning, 5-4 win vs Pit on 9/11 snapped an 0-for-10 skid with his first career walkoff HR (solo off )...graced the cover of the 8/30 issue of Sports BEST SEASONS IN REDS HISTORY Illustrated, the first Reds player to do so since Ken Griffey Only 4 players in Reds history produced in a single Jr. on 6/14/04...12 Reds players now have appeared solo 23 season at least a .320 average, 30 HR and 100 RBI: times on the Sports Illustrated cover, including Pete Rose Player Year BA HR RBI (8 times), Johnny Bench (3), Griffey Jr. (2), (2), JOEY VOTTO *2010 .324 37 113 Joe Morgan (1), George Foster (1), Eric Davis (1), Chris George Foster *1977 .320 52 149 Sabo (1), (1), (1) and Roy McMillan Frank Robinson 1962 .342 39 136 (1)...former owner also appeared on 1 cover... Frank Robinson *1961 .323 37 124 was the club’s nominee and a finalist for the , Ted Kluszewski 1954 .326 49 141 presented each year to the Major League player who best (Joey Votto 2016 .326 29 97) exemplifies the honor, courage and dedication of former Reds * National League’s Most Valuable Player .

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Led the club in hitting (.322), runs (82), total bases 2009: 31 - 33 - 103 (266), doubles (38), HR (25), walks (70), multi-hit games (44) Listed below are the only players in Reds and 4-hit games (4)...ranked among the National League history, since 1900, to produce in a season leaders in hitting (5th), on-base percentage (.414, 4th), at least 31 doubles, 33 HR and 103 RBI. slugging percentage (.567, 5th), hitting on the road (.335, Player Year 2B HR RBI 4th), hitting with RISP (.336, 8th), hitting at night (.323, 6th), 2016 31 33 103 hitting vs RHP (.319, 9th) and hitting vs LHP (.329, 8th)... JOEY VOTTO 2010 36 37 113 beginning 9/10 led all Major League hitters in batting average 1985 42 34 125 (.440), raising BA from a season-low .296...hit 16 doubles George Foster 1977 31 52 149 in September, a club record for a calendar month...was NL Johnny Bench 1974 38 33 129 Player of the Week for 9/21-9/27 after leading the majors 1970 35 45 148 in almost every statistical category...as part of that Player Lee May 1969 32 38 110 of the Week performance, from 9/22-9/26 became the first Tony Perez 1969 31 37 122 Major League player with 10 doubles over a 5-game span Frank Robinson 1965 33 33 113 since Pit’s did it in 1932...reached base via hit, 1962 51 39 136 walk or HBP in 113 of his 131 apps...became the first Reds 1961 32 37 124 player with at least 20 homers as a rookie and again in the 1959 31 36 125 following season since Hall of Famer Frank Robinson did Wally Post 1955 33 40 109 it in 1956 and 1957...from 5/30-6/22 missed 21g while on the disabled list with depression and anxiety related to the death of his father in August 2008...hit .357 in 38 apps before he went on the DL and .309 in 93 apps after he came off the DL...in the Reds’ 17g from 5/7-5/25 missed 12 starts with a respiratory infection and dizziness...left the SPORTING NEWS’ game on 5/29 at Mil with stress-related issues and the next day 2010 NATIONAL LEAGUE ALL-STAR TEAM went on the 15-day disabled list...didn’t play for the Reds again , Club until 6/23 in his hometown of Toronto...in the 7-5 win on 6/25 at C...... Brian McCann, Atl Tor made the first of his 4 starts batting cleanup (4-5, double, HR, 1B...... JOEY VOTTO, CIN 3rbi)...played in every inning of every game until he left in the sixth 2B...... Martin Prado, Atl inning of the 15-3 loss vs Mil on 5/6...didn’t start any of the next 3B...... , Wsh 4g because of the respiratory infection and dizziness, but entered SS...... Hanley Ramirez, Fla the game on 5/10 vs StL as a defensive replacement and in his OF...... Carlos Gonzalez, Col first plate appearance homered off Kyle McClellan...was ejected OF...... , StL twice, on 7/12 at NYM by HP umpire Bill Welke and on 7/27 vs OF...... Ryan Braun, Mil SD by 3B umpire Jerry Crawford, both times for arguing balls and SP...... Roy Halladay, Phi strikes...played for Canada in the World Baseball Classic and RP...... , SD hit .556 (second among all WBC players) with a 1.111 slugging In voting of players, coaches and managers percentage (third).

2008: In his first full Major League season finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year Award voting, 2008 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD VOTING was a finalist for a Players Choice Award in the category Player Club 1st 2nd 3rd Pts of Outstanding NL Rookie, was a TOPPS Major League Cubs 31 1 - 158 Rookie All-Star and in a unanimous vote of the local JOEY VOTTO REDS 1 21 8 76 chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America Braves - 6 16 34 received the Ernie Lombardi Award as the Reds’ Most Edinson Volquez Reds - 3 - 9 Valuable Player...led NL rookies in hitting (.297), hits Jay Bruce Reds - - 7 7 (156), HR (24), total bases (266), multi-hit games (42), Kosuke Fukudome Cubs - 1 1 4 Edinson Volquez was not a rookie in 2008. Joey Votto and Jay Bruce on-base percentage (.368) and slugging percentage became only the second pair of Reds rookies ever to finish in the Top (.506) and ranked second in RBI (84), runs scored (69), 5 in the BBWAA’s Award voting. In 1970, Bernie doubles (32) and extra-base hits (59)...among all NL Carbo finished in second place, behind Mtl’sCarl Morton, and Wayne batters ranked fourth with a .317ba in day games...ranked Simpson tied for fourth. eighth among all NL first basemen in fielding percentage 2008 TOPPS MAJOR LEAGUE (.991, 11e, 1197tc) and established a club record for first basemen with 136 assists (135, Frank McCormick, ROOKIE ALL-STAR TEAM 1944)...led the Reds in games (151), hitting, hits, total 1B...... JOEY VOTTO, CIN bases, doubles and RBI...became the first player in 2B...... Alexei Ramirez, WSox franchise history to produce at least 20 homers and 30 3B...... , TB doubles in his rookie season...also led the club with 18g SS...... Mike Aviles, KC of at least 3 hits, the most by any rookie in the Major OF...... Jay Bruce, Cin Leagues...hit 23 of his 24 homers as a first baseman, a OF...... , Min new franchise record for home runs by a rookie at that OF...... , Tex position (Ted Kluszewski, 12hr, 1948) and the second- C...... Geovany Soto, Cubs most by any rookie in Reds history (Frank Robinson, 38hr, P...... , Oak 1956)...his 84rbi were the third-most in Reds history by P...... , Wsh

182 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE a rookie (Frank McCormick, 106rbi, 1938 & , 100rbi, 1953)...after the All-Star break hit .321 (11hr, 44rbi)...in August led the RISPY BUSINESS club in hitting (.382) and RBI (18)...in September led the club in hitting Listed below are the Reds’ single-season (.309), HR (9) and RBI (20) and earned the National League’s Rookie leaders in batting average with runners in of the Month Award presented by ...beginning 7/30, in his last scoring position since 1974: 48g of the season hit .351 (11hr, 40rbi)...in his last 11g of the season Player ...... BA vs RISP...... Year hit .452 with 8 multi-hit games (5hr, 12rbi), raising BA from .283 to Ken Griffey Sr...... 409 ...... 1976 season-ending .297...finished the season with a 7-game hitting streak Pete Rose...... 409 ...... 1975 that tied his career high, including 5 multi-hit games (13-26, .500, 3hr, JOEY VOTTO...... 383 ...... 2011 7rbi)...led the club with 55 starts batting seventh in the order but also Joe Morgan...... 380 ...... 1976 JOEY VOTTO...... 370 ...... 2012 hit first (1g, 6/18 vs LAD), second (8gs), third (20gs), fourth (18gs), fifth REDS 2017 (17gs), sixth (18gs) and eighth (1gs, 7/23 vs SD)...from 8/9-8/15 was JOEY VOTTO...... 369 ...... 2010 on the bereavement list...in his 39 apps after he was reinstated from LHB VS LHP the bereavement list hit .343 (10hr, 31rbi)...twice produced 3 straight Listed below are the Reds’ single-season 3-hit games (5/25-5/28, 8/21-8/23)...produced a 3-homer game (5/7 leaders in batting average by LH batters vs Chi), a 2-homer game (9/19 vs Mil) and his first career pinch-hit HR vs LH pitchers since 1974: (5/18 vs Cle, off )...from 9/3-9/5 homered in 3 straight games... Player ...... BA vs LHP...... Year in the 9-2 win on 4/17 at Chi tied his career high with 5rbi on a 3-run Ken Griffey Sr...... 393 ...... 1976 double and 2-run HR off LHP ...from 6/24-6/26 returned to Sean Casey...... 335 ...... 2005 his native Toronto for a 3-game series with the Blue Jays and went JOEY VOTTO...... 333 ...... 2011 1-for-11...in the 7-2 win vs NYM on 7/19 produced his first career triple, JOEY VOTTO...... 331 ...... 2015 a 2-run shot off Aaron Heilmann that gave Cin its 5-run lead...on 5/3 JOEY VOTTO...... 329 ...... 2009 at Atl made his first career start batting cleanup. Ken Griffey Sr...... 327 ...... 1981 Sean Casey...... 320 ...... 2003 2007: Entered the season rated the third-best prospect in the organization by Baseball America and finished it in the Major REDS’ ALL-TIME HOME RUNS, FIRST BASE Leagues by hitting .321 (4hr, 17rbi) in 24 apps for the Reds...spent 249 Ted Kluszewski...... 1947-1957 the minor league season at Louisville, where in his first season at 218 JOEY VOTTO...... 2007-2016 Class AAA he was that club’s Most Valuable Player, the International 141 Tony Perez...... 1964-76, 1984-86 League's Rookie of the Year and a TOPPS All-Star...ranked among 139 Lee May...... 1965-1971 the International League leaders in HR (22, 4th), RBI (92, 2nd), hits Includes home runs hit only as a first baseman Courtesy Elias Sports Bureau (146, T5th), OBP (.382, 7th) and batting average (.294, T13th)...led all Reds minor leaguers in RBI and ranked third in HR and seventh STROLLIN’ in hitting...was voted to the IL's post-season All-Star team...played in Joey Votto is the only modern Reds batter the Triple-A All-Star Game and for the World Team in the SiriuxXM and 1 of 9 players ever to lead the National All-Star Futures Game...homered in the Futures Game...joined the League in walks for at least 3 straight Reds after Louisville's season ended...made 21 starts for Cin (15 at seasons (since 1900): 1B, 6 in LF)...hit safely in 18 of his 21 starts...made his first 12 starts Player Times Years at 1B...following season-ending injuries to Adam Dunn, Ken Griffey Barry Bonds...... 5...... 2000-2004 Jr. and Josh Hamilton made 6 of his last 9 starts in LF...in September ...... 5...... 1900-1904 tied for the club lead in doubles (7) and ranked second in HR (4) Barry Bonds...... 4...... 1994-1997 and RBI (17)...on 9/4 vs NYM made his Major League debut as a JOEY VOTTO...... 3...... 2011-2013 and struck out vs ...on 9/5 vs Mets made Mike Schmidt...... 3...... 1981-1983 his first career start, played 1B and produced his first career hit and ...... 3...... 1966-1968 RBI (solo HR off )...was 1 of 3 Reds rookies to produce ...... 3...... 1961-1963 a homer for his first career hit (Josh Hamilton, )...on ...... 3...... 1934-1936 9/14 at Mil recorded his first career ...in the season finale Mel Ott...... 3...... 1931-1933 on 9/30 vs the Cubs produced a double, home run and 5rbi...was 1 George Burns...... 3...... 1919-1921 of 10 Reds players to make his Major League debut during the 2007 campaign (OF Josh Hamilton, RHP , LHP Jon Coutlangus, ON BASE RHP Brad Salmon, RHP Homer Bailey, LHP , RHP Joey Votto is the only modern Reds batter Tom Shearn, RHP Marcus McBeth, C )...in May was and 1 of 6 players in Major League history Louisville’s Hitter of the Month and the organization’s Hitter of the to lead his league in on-base percentage Month (.402, 6hr, 21rbi)...was International League Batter of the for 4 straight years (since 1900): Week for 8/13-8/19 (.360, 5hr, 12rbi)...on 8/17 at Charlotte and 8/18 at Player, League...... Times...... Years Durham became just the second player in Louisville history to produce Rogers Hornsby, NL...... 6...... 1920-1925 consecutive 2-homer games...from 5/4-6/20 reached base safely in Wade Boggs, AL...... 5...... 1985-1989 42 consecutive games, second-longest streak in the IL...in a survey JOEY VOTTO, NL...... 4...... 2010-2013 of league managers was voted best batting prospect and the batter Ted Williams, AL...... 4...... 1946-1949 with the best strike zone judgment. Lou Gehrig, AL...... 4...... 1934-1937 Barry Bonds, NL...... 4...... 2001-2004

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MINOR LEAGUES 2006: At Class AA Chattanooga was the Southern League’s OH, CANADA Most Valuable Player and batting champion, TOPPS’ Southern Joey Votto on 5/30/15 vs Wsh made League Player of the Year and the Reds organization’s minor his 1,000th career appearance...below league Hitter of the Year...was a Baseball America Minor League is a list of players born in Canada with and Class AA All-Star and a TOPPS Class AA All-Star...was at least 1,000 Major League apps: the North Division’s starting first baseman in the Southern Larry Walker...... 1,988 League All-Star Game and played in Major League Baseball’s ...... 1,895 All-Star Futures Game in Pittsburgh...led the SL in hitting (.319), ...... 1,545 hits (162), doubles (46), on-base percentage (.408), slugging ...... 1,531 percentage (.547), extra-base hits (70), total bases (278), runs ...... 1,429 scored (85) and walks (78)...ranked second in the SL in homers Jack Graney...... 1,399 (22)...fell 1 double shy of the Southern League record...ranked ...... 1,383 among all Class AA leaders in doubles (T1st), extra-base hits ...... 1,280 (2nd), hits (3rd), total bases (3rd), walks (78, 3rd), hitting (6th), ...... 1,278 runs (7th) and homers (T9th)...ranked among all minor league JOEY VOTTO...... 1,268 batters in doubles (T1st), extra-base hits (T3rd), total bases (9th) ...... 1,213 and hits (T10th)...in June was the organization’s Minor League Frank O’Rourke...... 1,131 Player of the Month and TOPPS’ Southern League Player of ...... 1,093 the Month (.355, 8hr, 24rbi, 5sb)...was Southern League Player Tip O’Neill...... 1,054 of the Week for 6/12-6/18...following the season played for Bill P. Phillips...... 1,038 Leones del Escogido in the Dominican Winter League (11g, ...... 1,010 Courtesy Elias Sports Bureau .294, 1hr, 7rbi, 4sb)...2005: Spent the season with the Florida State League Reds in Sarasota, where in 124g he hit .256 and NORTHERN LIGHTS led the club in hits (119), doubles (23), HR (17) and RBI (83)... Joey Votto is 1 of 9 Canadian-born players to was selected to play for Team Canada in the IBAF XXXVI World hit 100 HR in the Major Leagues: Cup in Amsterdam, Netherlands...following the season played for Larry Walker...... 383 Jeff Heath...... 194 Mesa in the prestigious Arizona Fall League (10g, .250, 3rbi)...on Matt Stairs...... 265 Russell Martin...... 162 11/18 was added to the Reds’ 40-man roster...2004: In 135g at Justin Morneau..... 247 ...... 124 Class A Dayton and Class A Potomac combined to hit .301 with Jason Bay...... 222 ...... 108 19hr, 92rbi and 10 stolen bases...led all Reds minor leaguers in JOEY VOTTO...... 221 batting average and RBI and ranked T2nd in home runs...began Courtesy Elias Sports Bureau the season at Dayton, where twice he was named Midwest WALKING NORTH OF THE Player of the Week (4/26-5/2, 6/14-6/20)...in an 8-3 win Listed below are the only Canadian players at Clinton on 4/18 produced 2 homers, including a grand slam, ever with 100 walks during a single season: and a season-high 7rbi...on 8/10 was transferred to Potomac, Player...... Walks...... Year where he played his last 24g of the season...hit a grand slam in JOEY VOTTO...... 143...... 2015 the 5-4 win on 9/6 vs Winston-Salem...following the season was JOEY VOTTO...... 135...... 2013 named Best Player of the Florida Instructional League...2003: In JOEY VOTTO...... 110...... 2011 130g at Class A Dayton and Rookie Billings combined to hit .278 JOEY VOTTO...... 108...... 2016 with 7hr and 58rbi...began the season at Dayton...on 6/11 was Jack Graney...... 105...... 1919 transferred to Billings, where he received honorable mention for George Selkirk...... 103...... 1939 the Pioneer League’s post-season All-Star team...led the Pioneer Jason Bay...... 102...... 2006 League with a .452 on-base percentage...reached base in 63 of Jack Graney...... 102...... 1916 his 70 apps with the Mustangs...2002: In his first professional Courtesy Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame season hit .269 with 9hr and 33rbi in 50 apps for Gulf Coast League Reds...tied for the GCL lead with 25 extra-base hits...also ranked among the league leaders in home runs (2nd), slugging (.531, 4th) and total bases (93, 5th).

PERSONAL: In 2002 graduated from Richview Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...attended the same high school as Stephen Harper, who served as the Prime Minister of Canada from 2006-2015...grew up in the greater Toronto area of Etobicoke and in November 2014 was inducted into the Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame...is enshrined on Baseball Canada’s Wall of Excellence.

CAREER GAME In the 9-6 Reds win on 5/13/12 vs Wsh Joey Votto became the first player in Major League history to produce in the same game 3 home runs and a walkoff grand slam...in tying the club record for homers in a game - accomplished 33 times by 27 players - Votto became the fifth player in Reds history to produce more than one 3-homer game: Johnny Bench (3 times), Gus Bell (twice), Eric Davis (twice) and Aaron Boone (twice)...in that game Votto tied career highs with 4 hits, 4 runs and 3 HR while establishing new career bests with 6 RBI and 14 total bases...he homered twice off Nationals starter Edwin Jackson before hitting the grand slam off Henry Rodriguez...his 14 total bases were the most by a Reds batter since had 14tb on 5/19/99 at Col, fell 1 shy of the franchise’s single-game record held by (15tb, 7/6/49 vs Cubs) and tied the record for total bases in a game by a native of Canada (Larry Walker, 6/25/04 for Col at Cle)...the bat Votto used was sent to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

184 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE MULTI-HOMER GAMES (12) DOUBLE DIPPING Date Pitcher(s) In the day/night DH on 7/22/15 vs the Cubs 6/27/16 vs Chi...... Jake Arrieta, Joey Votto reached base safely 9 times 6/9/15 vs SD (*3)...... Harang 2, McGowan (4 1b, 1hr, 4bb)...he became the first Reds 4/10/15 vs StL...... player to reach base safely via hit, walk 5/13/12 vs Wsh (*3)...... Jackson 2, Rodriguez or HBP at least 9 times in 2g played on 8/28/11 vs Wsh...... Zimmermann, Balester the same day since Pete Rose did it in a 6/25/11 at Bal...... Brian Matusz traditional DH vs Hou on 7/2/76 (7h, 2bb)... 8/25/10 at SF...... Bumgarner, Ramirez Votto became the fifth Major League player 7/5/10 at NYM...... Pelfrey, Nieve in the last 20 seasons to reach base 9 times 2017 REDS 2017 6/13/10 vs KC...... Zack Greinke in 1 day during a : 5/23/09 vs Cle...... David Huff Joey Votto...... 7/22/15 vs Cubs...... 5h, 4bb 9/19/08 vs Mil...... Suppan, Parra Robinson Cano...... 10/2/10 at Bos...... 6h, 2bb, 1hbp 5/7/08 vs Chi (*3)..Lieber, Marshall, Gallagher ...... 8/18/06 at Bos...... 6h, 3bb * Tied club record ...... 6/28/03 at NYM...... 6h, 3bb, 1hbp In 2008 became the first Reds rookie with a 3-HR game ...... 7/23/96 vs NYM...... 7h, 1bb, 2hbp PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS (1) Courtesy Elias Sports Bureau Date Pitcher HOMER HAPPY 5/18/08 vs Cle...... Cliff Lee In the Reds' 11-2 win on 6/9/15 vs Phi Joey GRAND SLAM HOME RUNS (2) Votto produced his third career 3-homer Date Pitcher game, tying the club record he shares with 5/13/12 vs Wsh*...... Henry Rodriguez 26 other players (accomplished 34 times)... 5/20/10 at Atl...... Tommy Hanson Votto and Hall of Famer Johnny Bench are * Walkoff HR the only players in Reds history with three 3-HR games. WALKOFF HOME RUNS (5) Bench.....7/26/70 vs StL Votto...... 5/7/08 vs Cubs Date (Inning) Pitcher Bench...... 5/9/73 at Phi Votto...... 5/13/12 vs Wsh 6/7/16 vs StL (9th)...... Kevin Siegrist Bench...... 5/29/80 at SD Votto...... 6/9/15 vs Phi 5/9/14 vs Col (9th)...... Boone Logan 5/13/12 vs Wsh (9th)*...... Henry Rodriguez 8/28/11 vs Wsh (14th)...... Collin Balester 9/11/10 vs Pit (10th)...... Justin Thomas * Grand Slam

SINGLE-SEASON CAREER HIGH STREAKS Hitting Streak: 17g, 7/15-8/3, 2016; Hitless Streak: 19ab, 4/16-4/21, 2016

VOTTO'S CAREER TRANSACTIONS

-- Was selected by the Reds in the second round of CAREER FIELDING the June 2002 first-year player draft. Was signed by Pos. Pct. G PO A E TC DP PB John Castleberry. 1B .993 1240 9564 1128 76 10,768 939 - -- On disabled list with depression and anxiety, May LF .933 *6 14 0 1 15 0 - 30-June 22, 2009; included rehabilitation assignments * All in 2007, that season made his last 2gs and 6 of his last 9gs in LF at Sarasota, June 18-19 and Dayton, June 20-22. -- Was signed to a 3-year contract extension through 2013, avoiding arbitration, January 17, 2011. -- Was signed to a 10-year contract extension through 2023, with a club option for 2024, April 4, 2012. -- On disabled list with a torn meniscus in his left knee, July 17-September 3, 2012; included rehabilitation assignments at Dayton, August 28-31 and at Louisville, September 1-3. -- On disabled list with a distal quad strain in his left knee, May 21-June 9 and July 8-remainder of the season, 2014; included a rehab assignment at Louisville, June 8-9; was transferred to the 60-day DL, August 16; was reinstated from the 60-day DL, October 30.

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Career Hitting

Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 02 GCL Reds - R .269 50 175 29 47 13 3 9 33 0 5 1 21 45 7 2 .342 .531 13 03 Dayton - A .231 60 195 19 45 8 0 1 20 0 2 2 34 64 2 5 .348 .287 9 Billings - R .317 70 240 47 76 17 3 6 38 0 1 4 *56 80 4 0 .452 .488 12 04 Dayton - A .302 111 391 60 118 26 2 14 72 0 2 1 79 110 9 2 .419 .486 10 Potomac - A .298 24 84 11 25 7 0 5 20 0 0 1 11 21 1 1 .385 .560 0 05 Sarasota - A .256 124 464 64 119 23 2 17 83 1 9 3 52 122 4 5 .330 .425 8 06 Chattanooga - AA *.319 136 508 *85 *162 *46 2 22 77 0 3 1 *78 109 24 7 .408 .547 14 07 Louisville - AAA .294 133 496 74 146 21 2 22 92 0 9 5 70 110 17 10 .381 .478 13 Cincinnati .321 24 84 11 27 7 0 4 17 0 0 0 5 15 1 0 .360 .548 1 08 Cincinnati ^.297 151 526 69 ^156 32 3 ^24 84 0 0 2 59 102 7 5 .368 .506 11 09 Cincinnati .322 131 469 82 151 38 1 25 84 0 1 4 70 106 4 1 .414 .567 10 #Sarasota - A .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .000 0 #Dayton - A .429 2 7 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 .556 .857 0 10 Cincinnati .324 150 547 106 177 36 2 37 113 0 3 7 91 125 16 5 *.424 .600 5 11 Cincinnati .309 161 599 101 185 *40 3 29 103 0 6 4 *110 129 8 6 *.416 .531 6 12 Cincinnati .337 111 374 59 126 44 0 14 56 0 2 5 *94 85 5 3 *.474 .567 6 #Dayton - A .200 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 .444 .200 0 #Louisville - AAA .167 2 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .167 .667 1 13 Cincinnati .305 *162 581 101 177 30 3 24 73 0 6 4 *135 138 6 3 *.435 .491 14 14 Cincinnati .255 62 220 32 56 16 0 6 23 0 2 3 47 49 1 1 .390 .409 7 #Louisville - AAA .333 2 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 0 15 Cincinnati .314 158 545 95 171 33 2 29 80 0 2 5 *143 135 11 3 .459 .541 9 16 Cincinnati .326 158 556 101 181 34 2 29 97 0 8 5 108 120 8 1 *.434 .550 8 Major Totals .313 1268 4501 757 1407 310 16 221 730 0 32 39 862 1004 67 28 .425 .536 77 Minor Totals .289 718 2579 395 745 161 14 98 440 1 32 18 407 672 69 32 .385 .476 80 # Injury rehab, * Led league, ^ Led National League rookies, In 2011 also led the NL in road BA (.334) and BA with RISP (.383) Established franchise records with a .474 on-base percentage in 2012, 135 walks in 2013 and 143 walks in 2015

All-Star Record Yr Club, Site AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 10 NL, Anaheim .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 11 NL, Arizona .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 12 NL, Kansas City .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 13 NL, New York (NL) .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 All-Star Totals .000 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 0

Wild Card Record Yr Club, Opponent AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 13 Cin at Pit .000 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 0

Division Series Record

Yr Club, Opponent AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 10 Cin vs Phi .100 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .091 .100 0 12 Cin vs SF .389 5 18 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 .500 .389 0 Division Series Totals .286 8 28 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 7 0 0 .364 .286 0

World Baseball Classic Record Yr Country AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 09 Canada .556 2 9 2 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .600 1.111 0 13 Canada .222 3 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 .500 .222 1 WBC Totals .389 5 18 7 7 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 .542 .667 1 Among all 2009 WBC players ranked second in BA (.556) and third in slugging (1.111)

186 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE CHAD @ChadWallach29 C WALLACH 80 Age: 25 Ht.: 6-3 Wt.: 230 Bats: R Throws: R ML Service: 0.000

Born: 11/4/91 Birthplace: Yorba Linda, CA Resides: Yorba Linda, CA REDS 2017 Acquired: From the Marlins, along with RHP Anthony DeSclafani, in exchange for RHP Mat Latos, December 11, 2014. Contract: Signed through the 2017 season and under team control through 2022. Non-Roster

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: In 2017 participated in his third straight Major League spring training camp...in 2014 was a All-Star.

2016 SEASON • In his first season above Class A made 69 apps for Class AA Pensacola. • From 6/2-7/13 was on Pensacola's disabled list with a broken left hand. • Following the season played for Peoria in the prestigious Arizona Fall League (20g, .250, 4 2b, 3hr, 10rbi).

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2015: Spent the season at high Class A Daytona, where his career-high 106 apps included 53 starts at 1B and 46 starts behind the plate...from 6/29-7/5 was on the Tortugas' disabled list with a sprained right knee... following the season played for Peoria in the prestigious Arizona Fall League (9g, 4-30, .133, 1 2b, 1rbi)... was a non-roster invitee to Major League spring training camp....2014: Combined to hit .322 (7hr, 57rbi) in 97 apps for Class A Jupiter and Greensboro, where he was a South Atlantic League All-Star...following the season played for Salt River in the Arizona Fall League (16g, .192, 2 2b, 5rbi)...in December was acquired by the Reds in the Mat Latos trade...2013: In his first professional season made 43 apps for Batavia...signed his first contract on 6/11 and 10 days later made his pro debut.

PERSONAL: Attended Cal State-Fullerton...is the son of former Major Leaguer and brother of Matt and Brett...follow on Twitter @ChadWallach29.

WALLACH’S CAREER TRANSACTIONS

-- Was selected by the Marlins in the fifth round of the June 2013 first-year player draft. Was signed by Tim McDonnell. -- Was acquired by the Reds, along with RHP Anthony DeSclafani, in exchange for RHP Mat Latos, December 11, 2014. -- On Daytona's disabled list with a sprained right knee, June 29-July 5, 2015. -- On Pensacola's disabled list with a broken left hand, June 2-July 13, 2016.

Career Hitting

Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 13 Batavia - A .226 43 146 19 33 6 0 0 13 0 2 4 11 27 0 0 .294 .267 6 14 Jupiter - A .328 19 64 4 21 3 0 0 8 0 1 1 12 7 0 0 .436 .375 1 Greensboro - A .321 78 271 50 87 19 1 7 49 2 3 4 50 39 3 0 .430 .476 4 15 Daytona - A .246 106 370 41 91 28 1 3 32 1 3 7 39 77 2 3 .327 .351 8 16 Pensacola - AA .240 69 200 27 48 10 0 8 30 3 1 2 37 46 0 1 .363 .410 4 Minor Totals .266 315 1051 141 280 66 2 18 132 6 10 18 149 196 5 4 .364 .384 23

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JESSE @JTWinker23 OF WINKER 33 Age: 23 Ht.: 6-3 Wt.: 215 Bats: L Throws: L ML Service: 0.000 Born: 8/17/93 Birthplace: Buffalo, NY Resides: Orlando, FL Acquired: Was selected in the supplemental first round (49th overall) of the June 2012 first-year player draft. Was signed by Greg Zunino. Contract: Signed through the 2017 season and under team control through 2022.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Was the Reds' supplemental first-round pick in the June 2012 draft (49th overall as compensation for the loss of Type B free agent Ramon BASEBALL AMERICA’S Hernandez)...entered the 2017 season rated by Baseball America the sixth-best TOP 10 REDS PROSPECTS prospect in the organization and Reds minor league batter with the best plate 1...... Nick Senzel, IF discipline...in its 2017 preseason Top 100 list, was rated by MLBPipeline.com 2...... Cody Reed, LHP the 67th-best prospect in baseball...following the 2016 season participated in leadership training at West Point...in 2015 was the Reds' Minor League Hitter of 3...... Amir Garrett, LHP the Year...in 2014 was a All-Star, Arizona Fall League Rising 4. . Robert Stephenson, RHP Star/Top Prospect and AFL Player of the Week for 10/8-10/14...also in 2014, 5...... Taylor Trammell, OF started in LF for the U.S. team in the Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game and led 6...... Jesse Winker, OF the Arizona Fall League in hitting...in 2013 was Reds Minor League Hitter of 7...... Aristides Aquino, OF the Year, a Midwest League All-Star, Reds Minor League Player of the Month for May and Midwest Player of the Week for 5/13-5/20...in 2012 and 2013 was 8...... Sal Romano, RHP an Milb.com Organizational All-Star...in 2012 was a Topps Rookie All-Star...in 9. .... Vladimir Gutierrez, RHP 2017 participated in his third straight Major League spring training camp, his first 10...... Tyler Stephenson, C as a player on the 40-man roster.

2016 SEASON • In his first season above Class AA, for Class AAA Louisville ranked second in the International League in on-base percentage and seventh in batting average. • Struck out just once every 7.59 plate apps, the fourth-best ratio in the International League. • Including a rehab stint with the AZL Reds hit .308 overall, the third-highest average by any Reds minor league batter (Hernan Iribarren .327, .311). • From 6/17-7/12 was on Louisville's disabled list with a sprained right wrist. • Participated in his second straight Major League spring training camp as a non-roster invitee...in 7 exhibition apps overall hit .333 (1 2b, 2rbi) while making starts in LF (2gs) and RF (2gs). • Entered the season rated by MLB Pipeline the Reds' Position Player Prospect of the Year and by Baseball America the fifth-best prospect in the organization overall, the best hitter for average and the hitter with the best strike zone discipline. • Finished the season rated by MiLB.com the fourth-best prospect in the organization. • On 11/18 was added to the Reds' 40-man roster.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2015: Played at Pensacola in his first full season at Class AA and was named the organization's Minor League Hitter of the Year...at age 21 for most of the season, was one of the youngest position players in the Southern League...following the season was rated the organization's Position Player Prospect of the Year by MLB Pipeline and the 18th-best prospect in the Southern League by Baseball America...ranked among the organizational leaders in hitting (3rd, .282), HR (T2nd, 13) and RBI (3rd, 55)...tied for the league lead in intentional walks (4) and ranked among the SL leaders in OBP (5th, .390) and walks (4th, 74)...from 8/11- 8/15 homered in 5 consecutive games (5hr, 9rbi), tying teammate 's streak from earlier in the season (7/10-7/16, 5hr, 8rbi) and 1 shy of ’s Pensacola club record...entered the season rated the third-best prospect in the organization, best hitter for average and hitter with the best strike zone discipline... was a non-roster invitee to Major League spring training camp...2014: Was a California League All-Star, Arizona Fall League Rising Star/Top Prospect and the AFL's first Player of the Week award winner...started in LF for the U.S. team in the 2014 Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game...in just 74 apps at Class A Bakersfield

188 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE and Class AA Pensacola combined to hit .287 (20 2b, 15hr, 57rbi, 5sb)...over a full 144-game minor league season, his numbers project to 38 doubles, 29 homers and 110rbi...in April and May spent time on the disabled list with a concussion...didn't play after 7/17 because of a sprained ligament in his right wrist suffered in a car accident but came back to lead the Arizona Fall League in hitting (.338, 19g, 4 2b, 1 3b, 3hr, 18rbi, 1sb) and OPS (.999) while ranking second in on-base percentage (.440) and slugging percentage (.559)...was rated the ninth-best player in the AFL and the 12th-best player in the California League...entered the season rated the fourth-best prospect in the organization...2013: Was the organization's Minor League Hitter of the Year, a Midwest League All-Star, Reds Minor League Player of the Month for May and Midwest Player of the Week for 5/13-5/20...ranked among Reds farmhands in hitting (.281, 4th), HR (16, 5th) and RBI (76, 4th)...led Class A Dayton in runs (73), OPS (.841), HR (16) and walks (63)...was rated by Baseball America the system's best power hitting prospect and hitter with the best strike zone discipline...2012: In his first pro season led all Reds REDS 2017 farmhands in hitting (.338) and OBP (.443)...ranked among the Pioneer League leaders in OBP (T1st), batting (T2nd) and OPS (.943, 3rd)...was named an Organizational All-Star by MiLB.com and a Topps Rookie All-Star.

PERSONAL: Graduated from Olympia High School in Orlando...brother Joey was drafted by the Dodgers in 2011...follow on Twitter @JTWinker23.

WINKER'S CAREER TRANSACTIONS -- Was selected by the Reds in the supplemental first round of the June 2012 first-year player draft (49th overall as compensation for the loss of Type B free agent Ramon Hernandez). Was signed by Greg Zunino. -- On Dayton's disabled list, August 18-remainder of the season, 2013. -- On Bakersfield's disabled list with a concussion, April 25-May 6, 2014. -- On Pensacola's disabled list with a sprained ligament in his right wrist, July 22-rest of the season, 2014. -- On Louisville's disabled list with a sprained wright wrist, June 17-July 12, 2016; included a rehabilitation assignment at AZL Reds, July 6-12. Career Hitting Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 12 Billings - R .338 62 228 42 77 16 3 5 35 2 1 4 40 50 1 3 .443 .500 4 13 Dayton - A .281 112 417 73 117 18 5 16 76 0 2 4 63 75 6 1 .379 .463 2 14 Bakersfield - A .317 53 205 42 65 15 0 13 49 0 3 1 40 46 5 1 .426 .580 2 Pensacola - AA .208 21 77 15 16 5 0 2 8 0 1 0 14 22 0 0 .326 .351 0 15 Pensacola - AA .282 123 443 69 125 24 2 13 55 0 3 6 74 83 8 4 .390 .433 2 16 Louisville - AAA .303 106 380 39 115 22 0 3 45 0 5 4 59 59 0 0 .397 .384 1 #AZL Reds - R .462 4 13 6 6 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .533 .923 0 Minor Totals .296 481 1763 286 521 100 10 54 274 2 15 19 292 339 20 9 .398 .455 11 # Injury rehab

BLAKE RHP WOOD 36 Age: 31 Ht.: 6-5 Wt.: 233 Bats: R Throws: R ML Service: 4.131 Born: 8/8/85 Birthplace: , GA Resides: Suwanee, GA Acquired: Was signed by the Reds to a 1-year contract through the 2016 season, November 20, 2015. Contract: Signed a 1-year contract through the 2017 season, avoiding arbitration, January 13, 2017. Is under team control through 2018.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: In 2015 was a mid-season SINGLE-SEASON CAREER HIGH STREAKS International League All-Star...was Pitcher of the Scoreless Streak By Game: 8, 7/30-8/18, 2010; Scoreless Week in the Midwest League (8/20/07) and Texas Streak By Inning: 7.1, 7/30-8/18, 2010; Winning Streak: 5g, League (6/9/08, 9/1/08)...made each of his first 67 4/29-8/4, 2011; Losing Streak: 3g, 8/8-9/28, 2011 professional apps as a starting pitcher before a relief appearance on 8/18/09 while on a rehabilitation assignment...in 2008 led all Royals minor league pitchers in strikeouts.

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2016 SEASON • Led the staff with 70 apps and led Reds relievers with 6 wins and 76.2 innings pitched...all were career highs. • In the 8-3 loss on 5/20 vs Sea allowed a season-high 4 runs without retiring a batter (2h, 2bb)...his ERA in his other 69 apps was 3.52. • 3 times inherited the bases loaded and stranded all 9 baserunners (5/17 at Cle, 9/3 vs StL, 9/12 vs Mil). • From 7/23-8/22 collected at least 1 strikeout in a career-high 13 consecutive apps (13.2ip, 21k). • On Opening Day vs Phi pitched a scoreless ninth inning in his Reds debut and earned the 3-2 win on ’s 2-run, walkoff double...was his first victory since 8/4/11 for KC vs Bal. • On 5/1 at Pit, threw scoreless 10th and 11th innings and earned the victory after Scott Schebler’s RBI- double snapped the 5-5 tie. • In the 3-1 win on 6/14 at Atl recorded his second Major League save (other, 9-5 Royals win on 8/29/11 at Det)...was his only save of the season. • On 6/17 at Hou allowed his first home run (by ) since 8/8/11 for KC at TB (by ), snapping homerless streaks of 58 games and 63.2 innings...when snapped, by inning was the longest active homerless streak of any pitcher in the Major Leagues. • On 9/19 at Cubs allowed a home run to ...was the 242nd HR allowed by the Reds' staff, a new Major League single-season record (241, 1996 Tigers).

2014: Made his first Opening Day roster but made only 7 apps for the Indians, all from 4/2-4/19...was optioned to Class AAA Columbus on 4/21...on 6/2 was claimed off waivers by the Royals and was assigned to Class AAA Omaha...also spent time with KC's Class A Wilmington and Class AA Northwest Arksansas affiliates... in 34 apps overall at his 4 minor league stops went 2-2, 4.43.

2013: Spent the first half of the season on the Indians' 60-day disabled list while recovering from 5/25/12 right elbow surgery...was promoted to the Indians when September rosters expanded.

2012: Missed the season following "" surgery to repair the torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow (5/25/12, Dr. Lewis Yocum).

2011: Made a career-high 55 apps with the Royals...earned his first Major League save in a 9-5 Royals win at Det on 8/29.

2010: In his Major League debut made 51 relief apps...in a 4-0 loss vs Cle on 5/12 threw a scoreless inning in his first career appearance...earned his first career victory on 7/30 vs Bal (7-5 win).

MINOR LEAGUES 2015: Spent the season with the Pirates' Class AAA affiliate at Indianapolis, where he was a mid-season International League All-Star...led the IL in saves (29), games finished (46) and highest strikeouts/9 innings ratio among relievers (10.74)...ranked second in the league in apps (57)...following the season became a minor league free agent...on 11/20 was signed by the Reds to a 1-year Major League contract through the 2016 season...2008: Entered the season rated KC's fourth-best prospect...led all Royals minor league pitchers in strikeouts...led the in shutouts and tied for the league lead in complete games.

PERSONAL: In 2003 graduated from North Gwinnett (GA) High School, where he was an All-City selection... played 3 seasons at Tech, where as a sophomore in 2005 he was second-team All-ACC after finishing with a 10-1 record...in 2006 was a pre-season All-American and as a junior that year helped lead Georgia Tech to the .

WOOD'S CAREER TRANSACTIONS

-- Was selected by the Royals in the third round of the June 2006 first-year player draft. Was signed by Spencer Graham. -- On disabled list with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, March 26-remainder of the season, 2012; was transferred to the 60-day DL, May 22. -- Was claimed off waivers by the Indians, November 2, 2012. -- On 60-day disabled list following right elbow surgery, March 11-July 13, 2013; included rehab assignments at Akron, May 4-7; at Lake County, May 15-17; at Akron, May 18-24; at Lake County, June 14-17; at Akron, June 18-23; at Mahoning Valley, June 24-26; at Akron, June 27-July 3; at Columbus, July 4-12. -- Was claimed off waivers by the Royals, June 2, 2014. -- Was signed by the Pirates to a minor league contract, November 16, 2014. -- Was signed by the Reds to a 1-year contract through the 2016 season, November 20, 2015.

190 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE Career Pitching

Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 06 Idaho Falls - R 3-1 4.50 12 12 0 0 0 52.0 50 28 26 1 15 46 2 0 07 AZL Royals - R 0-0 0.00 4 4 0 0 0 9.2 9 2 0 0 0 15 0 0 Burlington - A 2-1 3.03 7 7 0 0 0 35.2 32 12 12 3 14 26 0 0 Wilmington - A 0-1 4.66 2 2 0 0 0 9.2 9 5 5 1 3 11 0 0 08 Wilmington - A 3-2 2.67 10 10 0 0 0 57.1 32 17 17 3 15 63 6 0 NW Arkansas - AA 5-7 5.30 18 18 2 2 0 86.2 96 55 51 7 32 76 11 0 09 AZL Royals - R 0-1 0.00 3 2 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 0 0 1 4 2 0

NW Arkansas - AA 2-8 5.83 17 13 1 0 0 78.2 92 52 51 8 28 49 7 0 REDS 2017 10 Omaha - AAA 2-1 2.16 12 0 0 0 5 16.2 12 5 4 0 7 12 1 0 Kansas City 1-3 5.07 51 0 0 0 0 49.2 54 29 28 6 22 31 3 0 11 Omaha - AAA 0-0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 Kansas City 5-3 3.75 55 0 0 0 1 69.2 66 30 29 5 32 62 2 0 12 Kansas City Injured, Did Not Pitch 13 Mahoning Valley - A 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Akron - AA 0-0 4.50 7 3 0 0 0 6.0 8 7 3 0 5 6 0 1 Lake County - A 0-0 0.00 3 3 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 Columbus - AAA 2-0 2.16 18 0 0 0 0 16.2 11 4 4 0 10 23 1 0 Cleveland 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 14 Cleveland 0-1 7.11 7 0 0 0 0 6.1 4 5 5 0 7 7 0 0 Columbus - AAA 0-0 1.13 9 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 3 1 0 11 7 1 0 Wilmington - A 2-1 0.93 5 0 0 0 0 9.2 4 1 1 1 2 10 0 1 NW Arkansas - AA 0-1 8.10 6 0 0 0 0 6.2 11 6 6 1 2 13 0 0 Omaha - AAA 0-0 6.38 14 0 0 0 0 18.1 18 14 13 2 16 21 7 0 15 Indianapolis - AAA 2-5 3.53 57 0 0 0 *29 58.2 52 26 23 2 25 70 11 0 16 Cincinnati 6-5 3.99 70 0 0 0 1 76.2 72 38 34 9 38 81 8 0 Major Totals 12-12 4.24 185 0 0 0 2 203.2 197 102 96 20 102 182 13 0 AL Totals 6-7 4.39 115 0 0 0 1 127.0 125 64 62 11 64 101 5 0 Reds Totals 6-5 3.99 70 0 0 0 1 76.2 72 38 34 9 38 81 8 0 Minor Totals 23-29 4.04 208 74 3 2 34 483.0 452 238 217 29 189 461 49 2 * Led International League Career Hitting

Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 16 Cincinnati .000 70 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 0 Career Totals .000 185 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 0 * Only career plate apps on 7/3/11 for KC at Col, 4/20/16 for Cin vs Col & 8/8/16 for Cin at StL

SHAWN C ZARRAGA 76 Age: 28 Ht.: 6-0 Wt.: 240 Bats: S Throws: R ML Service: 0.003 Born: 1/21/89 Birthplace: Oranjestad, Aruba Resides: Oranjestad, Aruba Acquired: Was signed to a minor league contract with an invitation to 2017 Major League spring training camp, November 25, 2016. Contract: Signed through the 2017 season and under team control through 2022. Non-Roster

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Would be the first player from Aruba to appear in a game for the Reds and only the sixth to play in the Major Leagues (RHP Calvin Maduro 1996-2002, OF Gene Kingsale 1996-2003, LHP Radhames Dykhoff 1998, RHP 1998-2009, IF 2013-2016)...in 2014 was a mid-season Southern League All-Star.

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2016 SEASON • In 46 apps at Class AA Tulsa and Class AAA Oklahoma City combined to hit .256. • Missed the first 2 months of the season with a concussion. • From 8/25-8/27, was on the Dodgers' roster for 3 days but did not play. • Following the season became a minor league free agent. • On 11/25 agreed to terms in a minor league contract with the Reds with an invitation to 2017 Major League spring training camp.

PERSONAL: Attended Trinity Christian Academy in Lake Worth, FL, where in 2006 he was named All-State and Palm Beach County Player of the Year after hitting .714 with 3 HR, 30 RBI and 12 stolen bases in 23 apps...was All-State as a freshman after hitting .569...also played soccer.

ZARRAGA’S CAREER TRANSACTIONS

-- Was selected by the Brewers in the 44th round of the June 2007 first-year player draft. Was signed by Charlie Sullivan. -- On Brevard County's disabled list, July 3-12 and August 13-19, 2011. -- On Brevard County's disabled list, May 26-September 2, 2012. -- On Huntsville's disabled list, August 5-15, 2013. -- Was acquired by the Dodgers in exchange for CF Matt Long and LHP Jarret Martin, December 17, 2014. -- On Tulsa's disabled list, April 29-May 7, 2015. -- On Oklahoma City's disabled list, July 28-August 11, 2015. -- On Oklahoma City's disabled list with a concussion, April 15-June 19, 2016. -- Was signed by the Reds to a minor league contract with an invitation to 2017 Major League spring training camp, November 25, 2016. Career Hitting Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 08 AZL Brewers - R .300 36 110 17 33 9 0 2 16 0 2 4 23 24 3 0 .432 .436 4 09 Helena - R .266 31 94 15 25 1 1 0 11 1 1 4 11 20 1 1 .364 .298 0 Wisconsin - A .152 21 46 1 7 1 0 0 7 0 3 0 10 14 0 0 .288 .174 0 10 Brevard County - A .281 74 249 31 70 13 0 3 28 0 2 10 31 61 4 0 .380 .369 2 11 Brevard County - A .272 69 235 22 64 9 1 4 35 7 1 3 16 31 9 2 .325 .370 4 12 Brevard County - A .292 28 96 11 28 6 1 2 18 0 1 6 9 6 2 1 .384 .438 5 13 Huntsville - AA .292 74 168 15 49 9 0 1 15 4 1 3 14 30 0 1 .355 .363 2 14 Nashville - AAA .213 17 47 1 10 2 0 0 7 1 2 2 5 7 0 0 .304 .255 0 Huntsville - AA .330 75 215 34 71 16 0 1 30 1 5 4 42 23 1 4 .440 .419 3 15 Tulsa - AA .277 44 119 6 33 6 0 0 9 0 0 0 14 19 0 1 .353 .328 0 Oklahoma City - AAA .303 18 66 8 20 5 0 1 9 1 1 0 4 11 0 0 .338 .424 0 16 Tulsa - AA .306 27 85 9 26 7 0 0 14 0 2 0 12 13 0 1 .384 .388 3 Oklahoma City - AAA .167 19 48 5 8 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 10 0 0 .226 .208 0 # (NL) .--- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- .--- 0 Minor Totals .281 533 1578 175 444 86 3 14 201 15 22 36 195 269 20 11 .369 .366 23 # On LAD's roster from 8/25-8/27, did not play

Career Pitching Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 10 Brevard County - A 0-0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

192 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE TWITTER HANDLES BIRTHDAYS January Adleman...... @ImYourTA Hudson...... @joehud4 4...... Alcantara...... @arismendy0529 4...... Iribarren...... @hiribarren2 7...... Tucker Barnhart Aquino...... @Aristide_Aquino Kivlehan...... @PatrickKivlehan 21...... Shawn Zarraga Astin...... @BarrettAstin17 Lorenzen...... @Lorenzen55 24...... Tony Renda Barnhart...... @Tucker_Barnhart 29...... Luetge...... @LucasLuetge 31...... Brantly...... @robbrantly Mahle...... @tylermahle 31...... Nick Travieso Brice...... @AustinBrice Mitchell...... @E_Mitchell51 February Chacin...... @alejchacin85 7...... Peraza...... @Jose_Peraza_9 13 ...... Ismael Guillon

Coleman...... LouisColeman31 Phillips...... @DatDudeBP 24...... REDS 2017 Davis...... @rookdavis24 Reed...... @C_Reed24 24 ...... Robert Stephenson 27...... Jumbo Diaz DeSclafani...... @ADeSclafani Renda...... @TRenda28 March Diaz...... @ElJumboDiaz Romano...... @salromano14 2...... Ariel Hernandez Dixon...... @_badix Routt...... @NRoutt36 3...... 17...... Duvall...... @ADuvall123 Schebler...... @scheb08 18...... Evan Mitchell Elizalde...... @tanoelizalde42 Shackelford...... @Shackeldaddy 24...... Ervin...... @Mr_MagicErvin Stephens...... @jacko71422 April 4...... Finnegan...... @bfinny29 Stephenson...... @robsteev44 7...... Garrett...... @Amir_Garrett Storen...... @DrewStoren 7...... Guillon...... @LosIsmael Travieso...... @NTravieso21 14...... 15...... Cody Reed Hamilton...... @BillyHamilton Turner...... @sturn26 18...... Anthony DeSclafani Herget...... @hergee20 Vincej...... @ZVincej 22...... Mack Jenkins Hernandez...... @Andrikson2392 Wallach...... @ChadWallach29 22...... Aristides Aquino 29...... Herrera...... @Dilson_H Winker...... @JTWinker23 30...... Jose Peraza May 1...... Zach Vincej 3...... Amir Garrett MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE TIME 3...... Homer Bailey 11...... Jackson Stephens Pitchers 21...... Adleman...... 0.155 Barnhart...... 2.075 June Arroyo...... 13.150 Brantly...... 1.134 19...... Astin...... 0.000 19...... Hudson...... 0.000 22...... Bailey...... 8.017 Mesoraco...... 5.028 24...... Alejandro Chacin Brice...... 0.042 Turner...... 0.000 28...... Brandon Phillips Castillo...... 0.000 29...... Hernan Iribarren Wallach...... 0.000 July Chacin...... 0.000 Zarraga...... 0.003 5...... Tony Cingrani Cingrani...... 3.088 14...... Coleman...... 4.018 15...... Infielders 18...... Eugenio Suarez Davis...... 0.000 Cozart...... 5.084 27...... DeSclafani...... 2.062 Dixon...... 0.000 August Diaz...... 2.020 2...... Dustin Hughes Herrera...... 0.119 2...... Feldman...... 10.091 Peraza...... 0.141 8...... Finnegan...... 1.107 11...... Garrett...... 0.000 Phillips...... 12.022 12...... Zack Cozart Renda...... 0.062 16...... Tony Jaramillo Guillon...... 0.000 17...... Jesse Winker Gutierrez...... 0.000 Suarez...... 2.061 28...... Nick Routt Herget...... 0.000 Vincej...... 0.000 September 4...... Adam Duvall Hernandez...... 0.000 Votto...... 9.027 9...... Billy Hamilton Iglesias...... 1.154 9...... Lorenzen...... 1.159 10...... Joey Votto Alcantara...... 0.145 12...... Mike Stefanski Luetge...... 2.015 18...... Vladimir Gutierrez Mahle...... 0.000 Aquino...... 0.000 29...... Mella...... 0.000 Duvall...... 1.096 October Elizalde...... 0.000 4...... Mitchell...... 0.000 6...... Scott Schebler Peralta...... 0.031 Ervin...... 0.000 12...... Sal Romano Reed...... 0.107 Guerrero...... 0.000 22...... Barrett Astin 29...... Arismendy Alcantara Romano...... 0.000 Hamilton...... 3.028 November Routt...... 0.000 Iribarren...... 0.078 4...... Shackelford...... 0.000 9...... Kivlehan...... 0.011 13...... Stephens...... 0.000 Schebler...... 0.132 20...... Sebastian Elizalde Stephenson...... 0.036 Winker...... 0.000 December Storen...... 6.140 11...... 12...... Travieso...... 0.000 22...... Wood...... 4.131 27......

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