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Cincinnati Reds

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National League Central Division baseball team, playing in Cincinnati, OH. Founded 1881 as the Cincinnati Red Stockings, an independent professional team; aligned with the American Association (AA) 1882-89; joined the National League (NL) in 1890 as the Cincinnati Reds. Also played as the Cincinnati Redlegs (1953–1958).

AA champions in 1882; NL champions in 1919, 1939, 1940, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, and 1990. World Series winners in 1919, 1940, 1975, 1976, and 1990.

Official Website:
http://www.cincinnatireds.com/

Location:
Cincinnati, OH

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joe Adcock
Baseball
30-Oct-1927 3-May-1999 Milwaukee Braves First Baseman
Sparky Anderson
Baseball
22-Feb-1934 4-Nov-2010 Reds and Tigers manager
Dusty Baker
Baseball
15-Jun-1949   Ex-Manager, Cincinnati Reds
Buddy Bell
Baseball
27-Aug-1951   Manager, Kansas City Royals, 2005-07
Johnny Bench
Baseball
7-Dec-1947   Hall of Fame catcher
Jim Bottomley
Baseball
23-Apr-1900 11-Dec-1959 St. Louis Cardinal, Hall-of-Famer
Mordecai Brown
Baseball
19-Oct-1876 14-Feb-1948 Three Finger Brown
Vince Coleman
Baseball
22-Sep-1960   St. Louis Cardinal, base stealer
Mike Cuellar
Baseball
8-May-1937 2-Apr-2010 1969 Cy Young Award Winner
Kiki Cuyler
Baseball
30-Aug-1898 11-Feb-1950 MLB Hall of Famer
Eric Davis
Baseball
29-May-1962   Former Cincinnati Reds Outfielder
Rob Dibble
Baseball
24-Jan-1964   Sportscaster, former Cincinnati Reds pitcher
Leo Durocher
Baseball
27-Jul-1905 7-Oct-1991 Leo the Lip
Jim Edmonds
Baseball
27-Jun-1970   Gold Glove centerfielder
Curt Flood
Baseball
18-Jan-1938 20-Jan-1997 Tried to topple MLB's antitrust exemption
Terry Francona
Baseball
22-Apr-1959   Manager, Cleveland Indians
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Baseball
21-Nov-1969   All-Star outfielder
Harvey Haddix
Baseball
18-Sep-1925 8-Jan-1994 MLB pitcher
August Herrmann
Baseball
3-May-1859 25-Apr-1931 Early 20th-Century baseball executive
Rogers Hornsby
Baseball
27-Apr-1896 5-Jan-1963 The Raj
Miller Huggins
Baseball
27-Mar-1879 25-Sep-1929 Yankees Manager, 1918-29
Clint Hurdle
Baseball
30-Jul-1957   Manager, Pittsburgh Pirates
Darrell Johnson
Baseball
25-Aug-1928 3-May-2004 Red Sox, Mariners manager
Davey Johnson
Baseball
30-Jan-1943   Manager, Washington Nationals
Jim Konstanty
Baseball
2-Mar-1917 11-Jun-1976 National League 1950 MVP
Cory Lidle
Baseball
22-Mar-1972 11-Oct-2006 Yankees pitcher flew his plane into a high rise
Carl H. Lindner
Business
22-Apr-1919 17-Oct-2011 Cincinnati billionaire
Billy Martin
Baseball
16-May-1928 25-Dec-1989 NY Yankees manager, fired 5 times
Christy Mathewson
Baseball
12-Aug-1880 7-Oct-1925 Pitched 37 winning games in 1908
Jack McKeon
Baseball
23-Nov-1930   Former Manager, Florida Marlins
John McLaren
Baseball
29-Sep-1951   Former Manager, Seattle Mariners
Joe Morgan
Baseball
19-Sep-1943   National League MVP, 1975-76
Greasy Neale
Football
5-Nov-1891 2-Nov-1973 NFL Hall of Fame Coach
Don Newcombe
Baseball
14-Jun-1926   First African-American pitcher in MLB
Dave Parker
Baseball
9-Jun-1951   Pittsburgh Pirate, 1978 National League MVP
Frank Pastore
Radio Personality
21-Aug-1957 17-Dec-2012 Talk radio host, former MLB pitcher
Tony Pérez
Baseball
14-May-1942   Big Dog, MLB Hall-of-Famer
Lou Piniella
Baseball
28-Aug-1943   Manager, Chicago Cubs
Frank Robinson
Baseball
31-Aug-1935   MVP for both AL and NL
Pete Rose
Baseball
14-Apr-1941   Cincinnati Reds
Amos Rusie
Baseball
30-May-1871 6-Dec-1942 The Hoosier Thunderbolt
Deion Sanders
Football
9-Aug-1967   Played in both NFL and MLB
Marge Schott
Baseball
18-Aug-1928 2-Mar-2004 Owner, Cincinnati Reds
Tom Seaver
Baseball
17-Nov-1944   Three-time Cy Young Award winner
Ruben Sierra
Baseball
6-Oct-1965   El Caballo
Al Simmons
Baseball
22-May-1902 26-May-1956 Lifetime batting average .334
Lee Smith
Baseball
4-Dec-1957   Former MLB relief pitcher
Jim Thorpe
Football
28-May-1887 28-Mar-1953 Olympics and football
Dazzy Vance
Baseball
4-Mar-1891 16-Feb-1961 Brooklyn Robins pitcher, Hall-of-Famer
Johnny Vander Meer
Baseball
2-Nov-1914 6-Oct-1997 Pitched two consecutive no-hitters
David Wells
Baseball
20-May-1963   MLB pitcher, wrote Perfect I'm Not
Dontrelle Willis
Baseball
12-Jan-1982   Cincinnati Reds pitcher
Don Zimmer
Baseball
17-Jan-1931 4-Jun-2014 Red Sox, Padres, Cubs, manager




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