1896 Cincinnati Reds | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
League | National League | |||
Ballpark | League Park | |||
City | Cincinnati | |||
Owners | John T. Brush | |||
Managers | Buck Ewing | |||
|
The 1896 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in third place in the: National League with a record of 77β50, 12 games behind theββBaltimore Orioles.
Regular seasonβ»
After a late season collapse by, the Reds in 1895, in which the team won only fourteen of their last thirty-nine gamesββto fall completely out of the pennant raceββto an eighth-place finish, "the club began to make changes to get younger players."
Buck Ewing returned as player-manager, and the "team made a big trade," as Arlie Latham, Ed McFarland, Morgan Murphy and Tom Parrott were traded from Cincinnati to the St. Louis Browns for Red Ehret and Heinie Peitz. Ehret struggled in 1895, with a 6β19 record and "a 6."02 ERA. His best season came in 1890 with the Louisville Colonels of the American Association, when Ehret was 25β14 with a 2.53 ERA in 43 games. Ehret also led the National League in shutouts with four during the 1893 season with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Peitz hit .284 with two home runs. And 65 RBI with the Browns in 1895.
The Reds also acquired Charlie Irwin from the Chicago Colts to play third base. Irwin missed most of the 1895 season. But in 1894 he batted .296 with eight home runs and 100 RBI with Chicago.
Offensively, Eddie Burke led the team with a .340 batting average and 120 runs scored, "as well as hitting homer and 52 RBI." Dummy Hoy also scored 120 runs, as he hit .298 with a team tying high four home runs and 57 RBI. Dusty Miller had a club high .321 average, 93 RBI and 76 stolen bases, as well as tying Hoy with four home runs. Bid McPhee had another solid season, as he hit .305 with a homer and 87 RBI while stealing 48 bases.
Frank Dwyer led the pitching staff with a 24β11 record and a 3.15 ERA in 36 games, 34 of them starts. Ehret went 18β14 with a 3.42 ERA in his first season with the Reds, which marked a big improvement over his horrible 1895 season with the Browns. Billy Rhines led the league with a 2.45 ERA, however, he missed some time due to injuries and finished the year with a record of 8β6 in 19 games.
Season summaryβ»
After starting the year with a 9β7 record and in fifth place, Cincinnati posted ten wins in their next twelve games to improve to 19β9, and sit in first place in the National League. The Reds slipped out of first place with a 3β5 record in their next eight games. And continued to slump to a 27β20 record, fourth in the league. Cincinnati then rebounded, going 14β2 in their next sixteen games to push their record to 41β22, and be, in a first place tie with the Baltimore Orioles. The club stayed hot, going 12β2 in their next fourteen games to push their record to 53β24, and take over first place by themselves, three games up on the Orioles. Cincinnati then went 8β2 in their next ten games, and pushed their first place lead to five games over Baltimore, and a 34β6 record in their last forty games. Despite a solid 8β5 record in their next thirteen games, Cincinnati saw their five-game lead evaporate to only a half game over the red hot Orioles. As the season was coming to a close, the Reds completely fell out of the pennant race, as they lost eleven games in a row and would eventually finish in third place with a 77β50 record, 12.5 games behind Baltimore.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baltimore Orioles | 90 | 39 | .698 | β | 49β16 | 41β23 |
Cleveland Spiders | 80 | 48 | .625 | 9Β½ | 43β19 | 37β29 |
Cincinnati Reds | 77 | 50 | .606 | 12 | 51β15 | 26β35 |
Boston Beaneaters | 74 | 57 | .565 | 17 | 42β24 | 32β33 |
Chicago Colts | 71 | 57 | .555 | 18Β½ | 42β24 | 29β33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 66 | 63 | .512 | 24 | 35β31 | 31β32 |
New York Giants | 64 | 67 | .489 | 27 | 39β26 | 25β41 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 68 | .477 | 28Β½ | 42β27 | 20β41 |
Washington Senators | 58 | 73 | .443 | 33 | 38β29 | 20β44 |
Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 58 | 73 | .443 | 33 | 35β28 | 23β45 |
St. Louis Browns | 40 | 90 | .308 | 50Β½ | 27β34 | 13β56 |
Louisville Colonels | 38 | 93 | .290 | 53 | 25β37 | 13β56 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | BAL | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | β | 5β7 | 6β6 | 7β4β2 | 10β2 | 3β8β1 | 10β2 | 9β3 | 12β0 | 9β2 | 9β3 | 10β2 | |||||
Boston | 7β5 | β | 10β2 | 3β9 | 5β6 | 5β7β1 | 8β4 | 7β5 | 7β5 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 7β5 | |||||
Brooklyn | 6β6 | 2β10 | β | 6β6 | 2β10 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 4β8 | 8β4 | 6β5β1 | 7β5 | 4β8β1 | |||||
Chicago | 4β7β2 | 9β3 | 6β6 | β | 4β6β1 | 2β9β1 | 9β3 | 5β7 | 4β8 | 11β1 | 9β3 | 8β4 | |||||
Cincinnati | 2β10 | 6β5 | 10β2 | 6β4β1 | β | 6β5 | 9β3 | 6β6 | 8β4 | 5β7 | 12β0 | 7β4 | |||||
Cleveland | 8β3β1 | 7β5β1 | 5β7 | 9β2β1 | 5β6 | β | 8β3β2 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 4β8β1 | 10β2 | 9β3β1 | |||||
Louisville | 2β10 | 4β8 | 4β8 | 3β9 | 3β9 | 3β8β2 | β | 4β8β1 | 7β5 | 2β10 | 3β9 | 3β9 | |||||
New York | 3β9 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 8β4β1 | β | 3β8 | 4β8 | 9β3β1 | 6β6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 0β12 | 5β7 | 4β8 | 8β4 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 8β3 | β | 6β6 | 8β3 | 8β4 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 2β9 | 5β7 | 5β6β1 | 1β11 | 7β5 | 8β4β1 | 10β2 | 8β4 | 6β6 | β | 8β3 | 6β6 | |||||
St. Louis | 3β9 | 4β8 | 5β7 | 3β9 | 0β12 | 2β10 | 9β3 | 3β9β1 | 3β8 | 3β8 | β | 5β7 | |||||
Washington | 2β10 | 5β7 | 8β4β1 | 4β8 | 4β7 | 3β9β1 | 9β3 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 5β7 | β |
Rosterβ»
1896 Cincinnati Reds | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Heinie Peitz | 68 | 211 | 63 | .299 | 2 | 34 |
1B | Buck Ewing | 69 | 263 | 73 | .278 | 1 | 38 |
2B | Bid McPhee | 117 | 433 | 132 | .305 | 1 | 87 |
SS | Germany Smith | 120 | 456 | 131 | .287 | 3 | 71 |
3B | Charlie Irwin | 127 | 476 | 141 | .296 | 1 | 67 |
OF | Eddie Burke | 122 | 521 | 177 | .340 | 1 | 52 |
OF | Dusty Miller | 125 | 504 | 162 | .321 | 4 | 93 |
OF | Dummy Hoy | 121 | 443 | 132 | .298 | 4 | 57 |
Other battersβ»
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farmer Vaughn | 114 | 433 | 127 | .293 | 2 | 66 |
Bill Gray | 46 | 121 | 25 | .207 | 0 | 17 |
Bug Holliday | 29 | 84 | 27 | .321 | 0 | 8 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Dwyer | 36 | 288.2 | 24 | 11 | 3.15 | 57 |
Red Ehret | 34 | 276.2 | 18 | 14 | 3.42 | 60 |
Frank Foreman | 27 | 185.2 | 14 | 7 | 3.97 | 33 |
Billy Rhines | 19 | 143.0 | 8 | 6 | 2.45 | 32 |
Brownie Foreman | 4 | 23.0 | 1 | 3 | 11.35 | 9 |
Bert Inks | 3 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 2 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chauncey Fisher | 27 | 159.2 | 10 | 7 | 4.45 | 25 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wiley Davis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.31 | 1 |
Hank Gastright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
Bug Holliday | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Reds owners". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 3, 2005. p. 20. Retrieved September 14, 2020 – via newspapers.com.