1993 Cincinnati Reds season

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1993 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
  • National League (since 1890)
    • National League West (since 1969)
Location
  • Riverfront Stadium (since 1970)
  • Cincinnati (since 1882)
Results
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Marge Schott
General manager(s)Jim Bowden
Manager(s)Tony Pérez, Davey Johnson
Local televisionWLWT
(Marty Brennaman, George Grande, Chris Welsh)
SportsChannel Cincinnati
(Gordy Coleman, George Grande)
Local radioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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The 1993 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League West.

Offseason[]

  • November 3, 1992: Paul O'Neill and Joe DeBerry (minors) were traded by the Reds to the New York Yankees for Roberto Kelly.[1]
  • November 6, 1992: Greg Cadaret was purchased by the Reds from the New York Yankees.[2]
  • November 17, 1992: Norm Charlton was traded by the Reds to the Seattle Mariners for Kevin Mitchell.[3]
  • November 18, 1992: Scott Coolbaugh was released by the Reds.[4]
  • November 25, 1992: Gary Varsho was selected off waivers by the Reds from the Pittsburgh Pirates.[5]
  • December 1, 1992: John Smiley was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[6]
  • December 7, 1992: Willie Cañate was drafted by the Reds from the Cleveland Indians in the 1992 rule 5 draft.[7]
  • December 10, 1992: Troy Afenir was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[8]
  • December 10, 1992: Jeff Kaiser was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[9]
  • December 11, 1992: Juan Samuel was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[10]
  • January 13, 1993: Bill Doran was purchased from the Reds by the Milwaukee Brewers.[11]
  • January 19, 1993: Jeff Reardon was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[12]
  • January 22, 1993: Jamie Quirk was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[13]
  • February 1, 1993: Randy Milligan was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[14]
  • Before 1993 season: Steve Carter was acquired by the Reds from the Detroit Tigers.[15]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

  • v
  • t
NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 104 58 0.642 — 51–30 53–28
San Francisco Giants 103 59 0.636 1 50–31 53–28
Houston Astros 85 77 0.525 19 44–37 41–40
Los Angeles Dodgers 81 81 0.500 23 41–40 40–41
Cincinnati Reds 73 89 0.451 31 41–40 32–49
Colorado Rockies 67 95 0.414 37 39–42 28–53
San Diego Padres 61 101 0.377 43 34–47 27–54


Record vs. opponents[]

1993 National League Records
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  • t

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 7–5 10–3 13–0 7–5 8–5 8–5 7–5 9–3 6–6 7–5 9–4 7–6 6–6
Chicago 5–7 — 7–5 8–4 6–7 4–8 7–5 5–8–1 8–5 7–6 5–8 8–4 6–6 8–5
Cincinnati 3–10 5–7 — 9–4 7–5 6–7 5–8 4–8 6–6 4–8 8–4 9–4 2–11 5–7
Colorado 0–13 4–8 4–9 — 7–5 11–2 7–6 3–9 6–6 3–9 8–4 6–7 3–10 5–7
Florida 5–7 7–6 5–7 5–7 — 3–9 5–7 5–8 4–9 4–9 6–7 7–5 4–8 4–9
Houston 5–8 8–4 7–6 2–11 9–3 — 9–4 5–7 11–1 5–7 7–5 8–5 3–10 6–6
Los Angeles 5–8 5–7 8–5 6–7 7–5 4–9 — 6–6 8–4 2–10 8–4 9–4 7–6 6–6
Montreal 5–7 8–5–1 8–4 9–3 8–5 7–5 6–6 — 9–4 6–7 8–5 10–2 3–9 7–6
New York 3–9 5–8 6–6 6–6 9–4 1–11 4–8 4–9 — 3–10 4–9 5–7 4–8 5–8
Philadelphia 6-6 6–7 8–4 9–3 9–4 7–5 10–2 7–6 10–3 — 7–6 6–6 4–8 8–5
Pittsburgh 5–7 8–5 4–8 4–8 7–6 5–7 4–8 5–8 9–4 6–7 — 9–3 5–7 4–9
San Diego 4–9 4–8 4–9 7–6 5–7 5–8 4–9 2–10 7–5 6–6 3–9 — 3–10 7–5
San Francisco 6–7 6–6 11–2 10–3 8–4 10–3 6–7 9–3 8–4 8–4 7–5 10–3 — 4–8
St. Louis 6–6 5–8 7–5 7–5 9–4 6–6 6–6 6–7 8–5 5–8 9–4 5–7 8–4 —


Notable transactions[]

  • April 13, 1993: Willie Cañate was purchased from the Reds by the Toronto Blue Jays.[7]
  • April 23, 1993: Jeff Kaiser was selected off waivers from the Reds by the New York Mets.[9]
  • June 28, 1993: Scott Service was selected off waivers from the Reds by the Colorado Rockies.[16]
  • July 7, 1993: Scott Service was selected off waivers by the Reds from the Colorado Rockies.[16]
  • July 12, 1991: Steve Carter was traded by the Reds to the Houston Astros for Jack Daugherty.[17]
  • July 26, 1993: Greg Cadaret was released by the Reds.[2]
  • July 31, 1993: Tim Belcher was traded by the Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Johnny Ruffin and Jeff Pierce.[18]
  • August 17, 1993: Randy Milligan was traded by the Reds to the Cleveland Indians for Thomas Howard.[14]

Roster[]

1993 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  •  4 Dave Bristol (third base/hitting) (through May 23rd
  • 35 Don Gullett (pitching)
  •  2 Dave Miley (bench)
  •  3 Ron Oester (first base) (through May 23)
  • 37 Larry Rothschild (bullpen) (through May 23)
  •  3 Bobby Valentine (third base) (May 23rd-end of season)
  •  4 Ray Knight (hitting) (May 23-end of season)
  • 00 José Cardenal (first base/outfield) (first base coach from May 23-end of season)

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

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
2B Juan Samuel 103 261 60 .230 4 26
LF Kevin Mitchell 93 323 110 .341 19 64
CF Roberto Kelly 78 320 102 .319 9 35

Other batters[]

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
Randy Milligan 83 234 64 .274 6 29
Gary Varsho 77 95 22 .232 2 11
Jack Daugherty 46 59 13 .220 2 9
César Hernández 27 24 2 .083 0 1

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
José Rijo 36 257.1 14 9 2.48 227
Tim Belcher 22 137 9 6 4.47 101
Tom Browning 21 114 7 7 4.74 53
John Smiley 18 105.2 3 9 5.62 60
John Roper 16 80 2 5 5.63 54

Other pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bobby Ayala 43 98 7 10 5.60 65

Relief pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rob Dibble 45 1 4 19 6.48 49
Jeff Reardon 58 4 6 8 4.09 35
Greg Cadaret 34 2 1 1 4.96 23
Kevin Wickander 33 1 0 0 6.75 20
Scott Service 26 2 2 2 3.70 40
Johnny Ruffin 21 2 1 2 3.58 30
Mike Anderson 3 0 0 0 18.56 4
Jeff Kaiser 3 0 0 0 2.70 4

Awards and honors[]

  • Barry Larkin, Shortstop, Roberto Clemente Award

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Marc Bombard
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Pat Kelly
A Winston-Salem Spirits Carolina League Mark Berry
A Charleston Wheelers South Atlantic League Tom Nieto
Rookie Princeton Reds Appalachian League Tom Dunbar
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Donnie Scott

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Winston-Salem, Billings[19]

References[]

  1. ^ Roberto Kelly page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ a b Greg Cadaret page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Norm Charlton page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Scott Coolbaugh page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Gary Varsho page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ John Smiley page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ a b Willie Cañate page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Troy Afenir page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ a b Jeff Kaiser page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Juan Samuel page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Bill Doran page at Baseball-Reference
  12. ^ Jeff Reardon page at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ Jamie Quirk page at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ a b Randy Milligan page at Baseball Reference
  15. ^ Steve Carter page at Baseball-Reference
  16. ^ a b Scott Service page at Baseball Reference
  17. ^ Jack Daugherty page at Baseball Reference
  18. ^ Tim Belcher page at Baseball Reference
  19. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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