2019 Cincinnati Reds season

The 2019 Cincinnati Reds season was the milestone 150th (Sequicentennial) season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 17th at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The Reds were eliminated from playoff contention on September 16 after a loss to the Chicago Cubs.^[1]

2019 Cincinnati Reds
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Great American Ball Park
City	Cincinnati, Ohio
Record	75–87 (.463)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Bob Castellini
President of baseball operations	Dick Williams
General managers	Nick Krall
Managers	David Bell
Television	Fox Sports Ohio (Thom Brennaman, Chris Welsh, George Grande, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Jeff Piecoro)
Radio	WLW (700 AM) Reds Radio Network (Marty Brennaman, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Thom Brennaman, Chris Welsh, Tommy Thrall (fill - in), Doug Flynn (fill-in), Sam LeCure (fill-in), Danny Graves (fill-in),
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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Offseason

Coaching Staff

• October 21, 2018: Cincinnati native and former third baseman David Bell was hired as the 63rd manager in franchise history.^[2] The contract spans three years with a club option for a fourth.^[2]
• November 2, 2018: Derek Johnson named pitching coach. Johnson was previously the pitching coach for the Milwaukee Brewers from 2016 to 2018.^[3]
• November 6, 2018: Turner Ward named hitting coach. Ward was previously the hitting coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2016 to 2018.^[4]

Trades

• November 12, 2018: Traded reliever Tanner Rainey to the Washington Nationals for right-handed pitcher Tanner Roark.^[5]
• December 21, 2018: Traded right-handed pitcher Homer Bailey and two minor leaguers, Jeter Downs, and Josiah Gray to the Dodgers for outfielders Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig, left-handed pitcher Alex Wood, catcher/infielder Kyle Farmer and cash considerations. The Dodgers subsequently released Bailey the same day.^[6]
• December 30, 2018: Traded left-handed reliever Robby Scott to the Arizona Diamondbacks for cash. Scott was claimed off waivers on December 10, but was then designated for assignment on December 21, following the trade with the Dodgers.^[7]
• January 21, 2019: Traded minor league second baseman Shed Long and a competitive balance draft pick in the 2019 MLB draft to the New York Yankees for starting pitcher Sonny Gray and minor league left-handed pitcher Reiver Sanmartin. Long was then traded to the Seattle Mariners. Gray signed a three-year, $30.5 million contract extension through 2022, with a $12 million club option for 2023.^[8]

Signings

• January 10, 2019: Signed backup catcher Curt Casali to a one-year, $950,000 contract, avoiding arbitration.^[9]
• January 11, 2019: Signed six players to one-year contracts, avoiding arbitration, starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani, $2.125 million; second baseman Scooter Gennett, $9.775 million; right-handed pitcher Michael Lorenzen, $1.95 million; shortstop José Peraza, $2.775 million; outfielder Yasiel Puig, $9.7 million; starting pitcher Tanner Roark, $10 million.^[10]
• February 11, 2019: Signed free-agent reliever Zach Duke to a one-year, $2 million contract. This will be Duke's second stint with the Reds after pitching with the team during the 2013 season.^[11]
• February 13, 2019: Pitcher Alex Wood won his arbitration case over the club and will earn $9.65 million on a one-year contract in 2019.^[12]

Standings

National League Central

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NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	91	71	.562	—	50‍–‍31	41‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers	89	73	.549	2	49‍–‍32	40‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs	84	78	.519	7	51‍–‍30	33‍–‍48
Cincinnati Reds	75	87	.463	16	41‍–‍40	34‍–‍47
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	93	.426	22	35‍–‍46	34‍–‍47

National League Wildcard

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	106	56	.654
Atlanta Braves	97	65	.599
St. Louis Cardinals	91	71	.562

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Washington Nationals	93	69	.574	+4
Milwaukee Brewers	89	73	.549	—
New York Mets	86	76	.531	3
Arizona Diamondbacks	85	77	.525	4
Chicago Cubs	84	78	.519	5
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	.500	8
San Francisco Giants	77	85	.475	12
Cincinnati Reds	75	87	.463	14
Colorado Rockies	71	91	.438	18
San Diego Padres	70	92	.432	19
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	93	.426	20
Miami Marlins	57	105	.352	32

Record vs. opponents

2019 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2019
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	4–3	2–4	3–3	9–10	8–11	3–4	2–5	2–5	4–2	6–1	11–8	10–9	3–3	4–3	14–6
Atlanta	3–4	—	5–2	3–4	3–3	2–4	15–4	3–3	11–8	9–10	5–2	5–2	5–2	4–2	11–8	13–7
Chicago	4–2	2–5	—	8–11	3–3	3–4	6–1	9–10	5–2	2–5	11–8	4–3	4–2	9–10	2–4	12–8
Cincinnati	3–3	4–3	11–8	—	3–3	1–5	6–1	8–11	3–4	3–4	7–12	5–2	4–3	7–12	1–5	9–11
Colorado	10–9	3–3	3–3	3–3	—	4–15	5–2	5–2	2–4	3–4	2–5	11–8	7–12	2–5	3–4	8–12
Los Angeles	11–8	4–2	4–3	5–1	15–4	—	5–1	4–3	5–2	5–2	6–0	13–6	12–7	3–4	4–3	10–10
Miami	4–3	4–15	1–6	1–6	2–5	1–5	—	2–5	6–13	10–9	3–3	4–2	3–3	3–4	4–15	9–11
Milwaukee	5–2	3–3	10–9	11–8	2–5	3–4	5–2	—	5–1	4–3	15–4	3–4	2–4	9–10	4–2	8–12
New York	5–2	8–11	2–5	4–3	4–2	2–5	13–6	1–5	—	7–12	5–1	3–3	3–4	2–5	12–7	15–5
Philadelphia	2–4	10–9	5–2	4–3	4–3	2–5	9–10	3–4	12–7	—	4–2	3–3	3–4	4–2	5–14	11–9
Pittsburgh	1–6	2–5	8–11	12–7	5–2	0–6	3–3	4–15	1–5	2–4	—	6–1	5–2	5–14	3–4	12–8
San Diego	8–11	2–5	3–4	2–5	8–11	6–13	2–4	4–3	3–3	3–3	1–6	—	9–10	4–2	4–3	11–9
San Francisco	9–10	2–5	2–4	3–4	12–7	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–3	4–3	2–5	10–9	—	3–4	1–5	11–9
St. Louis	3–3	2–4	10–9	12–7	5–2	4–3	4–3	10–9	5–2	2–4	14–5	2–4	4–3	—	5–2	9–11
Washington	3–4	8–11	4–2	5–1	4–3	3–4	15–4	2–4	7–12	14–5	4–3	3–4	5–1	2–5	—	14–6

Regular Season Summary

Opening Day starting lineup

Position	Name
LF	Jesse Winker
1B	Joey Votto
RF	Yasiel Puig
3B	Eugenio Suárez
CF	Scott Schebler
SS	José Peraza
C	Tucker Barnhart
2B	José Iglesias
P	Luis Castillo

March

• March 28: The Reds rallied from 2–1 deficit to defeat the Pirates on Opening Day in front of a crowd of 44,049, the largest for a regular-season game in Great American Ballpark history.^[13]

April

• April 13: The Reds played for the first time in 16 years (excluding Canada) outside the United States as they played in Monterrey, Mexico against the Cardinals. The Reds won 5–2.
• April 17: In the 8th inning, Joey Votto popped up to Dodgers first baseman Cody Bellinger in foul territory, Votto's first career pop out to first in 6,827 career plate appearances.^[14]
• April 18: Joey Votto hits his first career leadoff home run and number 271 as a member of the Cincinnati Reds, moving him into fourth place on the Reds franchise all-time home run list.^[15]

May

• May 2: Luis Castillo was named N.L. Pitcher of the Month for the month of April. In 43.1 innings, Castillo had an ERA of 1.43 and struck out 42 batters while going 3–1.^[16]
• May 3: Derek Dietrich became the first major league second baseman to hit a pair of three-run homers in the first three innings of a game since Reds Hall of Famer Joe Morgan on Aug. 19, 1974, according to STATS.^[17]
• May 5: Eugenio Suárez, Jesse Winker and Derek Dietrich hit back-to-back-to-back home runs off Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija on three-consecutive pitches in the first inning. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last time a team homered on three consecutive pitches was the Dodgers on June 12, 2007, against the Mets.^[18]
• May 28: Derek Dietrich hit three home runs and had 6 RBIs in a win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The three home runs gave Dietrich 7 home runs versus the Pirates this season and also marked his last six hits all being home runs.^[19]

June

• June 21: Derek Dietrich became the first player in the modern era (since 1900) to be hit three times by a pitch in one game according to the Elias Sports Bureau.^[20]
• June 30: Luis Castillo was named to the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star team, the first Reds starting pitcher since 2014 to make the All-Star team. This is Castillo's first All-Star selection.^[21]

July

• July 7: Sonny Gray was named as a replacement to the MLB All-Star team, replacing Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer. This is Gray's second All-Star selection.^[22]
• July 9: Luis Castillo pitched a scoreless fourth inning with two strikeouts for the National League, who lost to the American League 4–3 in the All-Star Game.^[23]
• July 13: Against the Colorado Rockies, the Reds, according to Elias Sports, became the first Major League team in the modern era to ever collect five triples and at least three home runs in one game.^[24]
• July 30: Reds trade Yasiel Puig to the Cleveland Indians as part of a three-team trade with the San Diego Padres and in exchange receive Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer. As part of the deal, the Reds send top prospect Taylor Trammell to the Padres.^[25]
• July 31: Reds traded starting pitcher Tanner Roark and sent cash to the Oakland Athletics for minor league outfielder Jameson Hannah.^[26] The Reds also traded second baseman Scooter Gennett to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later.^[27]

August

• August 10: Rookie Aristides Aquino hit three home runs against the Chicago Cubs to match Trevor Story's record for most home run's in a players first 10 games with seven.^[28]
• August 12: Aristides Aquino hit his 8th home run becoming the first player to ever hit eight home runs in his first 12 career games.^[29]
• August 17: Aristides Aquino hit is 11th home run becoming the first player since 1900 to have 11 home runs in his first 17 games, according to the Elias Sport Bureau.^[30]
• August 18: Kevin Gausman threw an immaculate inning, striking out all three batters on nine pitches, the 6th such feat in Reds history. This was the second time Gausman had thrown an immaculate inning, with the first coming on April 23, 2018.^[31]
• August 28: Aristides Aquino hit his 13th home run of his career becoming the first player in the modern era to hit 13 home runs in his first 100 career plate appearances.^[32]
• August 29: Aristides Aquino hit his 14th home run in August, breaking the National League rookie record for home runs in a month set by Cody Bellinger in June 2017.^[33]

September

• September 2: Aristides Aquino hit his 15th career home run, becoming the fastest player to hit that mark in MLB history. Aqunio needed just 122 plate appearances, 13 fewer than the record set by Rhys Hoskins in 2017.^[34]
• September 3: Aristides Aquino is named the National League Player of the Month & National League Rookie of the Month for the month of August. In August, Aqunio hit .320/.391/.767 with 14 home runs, and 33 runs scored. The 14 homers tied Hall of Famer Frank Robinson (August 1962) and Greg Vaughn (September 1999) for Cincinnati's franchise record by any player—rookie or veteran—in a calendar month. Aquino's 14 round-trippers also set an NL record for rookies in any calendar month.^[35][36]
• September 4: Michael Lorenzen became the second player in baseball history to hit a homer, earn the win as the pitcher and play in the field in the same game when the Reds defeated the Phillies, 8–5. The other player to achieve the feat was Babe Ruth on June 13, 1921.^[37]
• September 4: The four home runs hit in the Reds 8–5 victory over the Phillies were by players who weren't in the starting lineup: Logan Morrison and Jay Bruce for the Phillies and Michael Lorenzen and José Iglesias for the Reds. It was the first time since 1900 in which four players who weren't in the starting lineup for either team entered the game and hit a home run, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.^[38]
• September 18: Eugenio Suárez hit his 48th home run of the season, the most ever by a Venezuelan player, breaking the previous mark of 47 set by Andrés Galarraga in 1996.^[39]
• September 25: Eugenio Suárez hit his 49th home run of the season, which moved him ahead of Mike Schmidt and Adrián Beltré for the modern NL record by a third baseman.^[40]
• September 26: Marty Brennaman broadcasts his final game as the voice of the Reds on radio network 700 WLW. Brennaman has been the voice of the Reds for the past 46 seasons and is just one of eight major league broadcasters to cover one team for 46 seasons.^[41][42]
• September 30: Eugenio Suárez is named the National League Player of the Month for the month of September. Suárez recorded a .337/.455/.747 slash line with 10 homers and 18 RBIs over 25 games in September. He is the second straight Reds player to win Player of the Month honors after Aristides Aquino was Player of the Month in August.^[43]

Game log

2019 Game Log: 75–87 (Home: 41–40; Away: 34–47)
March/April: 12–17 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 March 28 Pirates 5–3 Duke (1–0) Taillon (0–1) Hernandez (1) 44,049 1–0 W1 — March 30 Pirates Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: May 27) 2 March 31 Pirates 0–5 Williams (1–0) Gray (0–1) — 18,737 1–1 L1 3 April 1 Brewers 3–4 Wilson (1–0) Iglesias (0–1) Hader (3) 7,799 1–2 L2 4 April 2 Brewers 3–4 Chacín (2–0) Duke (1–1) Hader (4) 10,195 1–3 L3 5 April 3 Brewers 0–1 Peralta (1–0) Castillo (0–1) Wilson (1) 13,349 1–4 L4 6 April 4 @ Pirates 0–2 Kingham (1–0) Hernandez (0–1) Vázquez (1) 8,523 1–5 L5 7 April 5 @ Pirates 0–2 Musgrove (1–0) Gray (0–2) Vázquez (2) 12,497 1–6 L6 8 April 6 @ Pirates 5–6 (10) Liriano (1–0) Iglesias (0–2) — 15,798 1–7 L7 9 April 7 @ Pirates 5–7 Archer (1–0) DeSclafani (0–1) Rodríguez (1) 14,750 1–8 L8 10 April 9 Marlins 14–0 Castillo (1–1) Ureña (0–3) — 10,058 2–8 W1 11 April 10 Marlins 2–1 Garrett (1–0) Steckenrider (0–2) Iglesias (1) 11,375 3–8 W2 12 April 11 Marlins 5–0 Stephenson (1–0) López (1–2) — 11,192 4–8 W3 13 April 13 Cardinals* 5–2 Hughes (1–0) Wainwright (1–1) Iglesias (2) 16,886 5–8 W4 14 April 14 Cardinals* 5–9 Gant (3–0) Garrett (1–1) Hicks (3) 16,793 5–9 L1 15 April 15 @ Dodgers 3–4 Jansen (1–0) Iglesias (0–3) — 52,974 5–10 L2 16 April 16 @ Dodgers 1–6 Maeda (3–1) Mahle (0–1) — 45,406 5–11 L3 17 April 17 @ Dodgers 2–3 Buehler (2–0) Gray (0–3) Jansen (3) 42,691 5–12 L4 18 April 18 @ Padres 4–1 Roark (1–0) Paddack (0–1) Iglesias (3) 26,577 6–12 W1 19 April 19 @ Padres 3–2 (11) Hughes (2–0) Stammen (2–1) Lorenzen (1) 33,442 7–12 W2 20 April 20 @ Padres 4–2 Castillo (2–1) Lauer (2–3) Iglesias (4) 37,137 8–12 W3 21 April 21 @ Padres 3–4 Lucchesi (3–2) Mahle (0–2) Yates (10) 25,932 8–13 L1 22 April 23 Braves 7–6 Stephenson (2–0) Gausman (1–2) Iglesias (5) 12,789 9–13 W1 23 April 24 Braves 3–1 Soroka (1–1) Roark (1–1) Minter (3) 12,949 9–14 L1 24 April 25 Braves 4–2 Castillo (3–1) Teherán (2–3) Iglesias (6) 14,792 10–14 W1 25 April 26 @ Cardinals 12–1 DeSclafani (1–1) Mikolas (2–2) — 45,087 11–14 W2 26 April 27 @ Cardinals 3–6 Hudson (2–1) Mahle (0–3) Hicks (8) 44,197 11–15 L1 27 April 28 @ Cardinals 2–5 Flaherty (3–1) Gray (0–4) Gant (2) 45,701 11–16 L2 28 April 29 @ Mets 5–4 Iglesias (1–3) Díaz (0–1) — 20,766 12–16 W1 29 April 30 @ Mets 3–4 (10) Gagnon (1–0) Iglesias (1–4) — 20,836 12–17 L1 *April 13 and 14 games played in Monterrey, Mexico
May: 15–13 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 30 May 1 @ Mets 1–0 Duke (2–1) Díaz (0–2) Lorenzen (2) 22,119 13–17 W1 31 May 2 @ Mets 0–1 Syndergaard (2–3) Mahle (0–4) — 21,445 13–18 L1 32 May 3 Giants 11–12 (11) Moronta (1–2) Hughes (2–1) Smith (8) 23,478 13–19 L2 33 May 4 Giants 9–2 Roark (2–1) Rodríguez (3–4) — 24,104 14–19 W1 34 May 5 Giants 5–6 Watson (1–0) Iglesias (1–5) Smith (9) 23,654 14–20 L1 35 May 6 Giants 12–4 DeSclafani (2–1) Pomeranz (1–4) — 19,476 15–20 W1 36 May 7 @ Athletics 0–2 Fiers (3–3) Mahle (0–4) — 11,794 15–21 L1 37 May 8 @ Athletics 4–5 (13) Hendriks (1–0) Stephenson (2–1) — 9,096 15–22 L2 38 May 9 @ Athletics 3–0 Roark (3–1) Bassitt (1–1) Iglesias (7) 19,694 16–22 W1 39 May 10 @ Giants 7–0 Castillo (4–1) Rodríguez (3–5) — 32,191 17–22 W2 40 May 11 @ Giants 5–4 Garrett (2–1) Moronta (1–3) Iglesias (8) 32,829 18–22 W3 41 May 12 @ Giants 5–6 Watson (2–0) Hernandez (0–2) Smith (10) 35,824 18–23 L1 42 May 14 Cubs 1–3 Hendricks (3–4) Roark (3–2) Cishek (3) 16,853 18–24 L2 43 May 15 Cubs 6–5 (10) Garrett (3–1) Brach (3–1) — 17,101 19–24 W1 44 May 16 Cubs 4–2 Castillo (5–1) Quintana (4–3) Iglesias (9) 18,739 20–24 W2 45 May 17 Dodgers 0–6 Hill (1–1) DeSclafani (2–2) — 27,456 20–25 L1 46 May 18 Dodgers 4–0 Mahle (1–5) Buehler (4–1) — 31,156 21–25 W1 47 May 19 Dodgers 3–8 Ryu (6–1) Roark (3–3) — 31,016 21–26 L1 48 May 21 @ Brewers 3–0 Gray (1–4) González (2–1) Iglesias (10) 36,829 22–26 W1 49 May 22 @ Brewers 9–11 Guerra (2–0) Peralta (0–1) Hader (12) 35,330 22–27 L1 50 May 24 @ Cubs 6-5 Hernandez (1-2) Cishek (1-2) Iglesias (11) 35,266 23-27 W1 51 May 25 @ Cubs 6-8 Maples (1-0) Hughes (2-2) Chatwood (1) 40,929 23-28 L1 52 May 26 @ Cubs 10–2 Roark (4–3) Quintana (4–4) — 40,884 24–28 W1 53 May 27 Pirates 5–8 Crick (2–1) Hernandez (1–3) Vázquez (14) 20,569 24–29 L1 54 May 27 Pirates 8–1 Gray (2–4) Keller (0–1) — 27,489 25–29 W1 55 May 28 Pirates 11–6 Sims (1–0) Lyles (5–2) — 13,824 26–29 W2 56 May 29 Pirates 2–7 Brault (2–1) DeSclafani (2–3) — 15,252 26–30 L1 57 May 31 Nationals 9–3 Mahle (2–5) Corbin (5–3) — 24,358 27–30 W1
June: 11–13 (Home: 6–5; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 58 June 1 Nationals 2–5 Rainey (1–1) Roark (4–4) Doolittle (11) 27,748 27–31 L1 59 June 2 Nationals 1–4 Scherzer (3–5) Gray (2–5) Doolittle (12) 22,801 27–32 L2 60 June 4 @ Cardinals 4–1 Castillo (6–1) Cabrera (0–1) Iglesias (12) 40,649 28–32 W1 — June 5 @ Cardinals Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: August 31) 61 June 6 @ Cardinals 1–3 Gant (5–0) Lorenzen (0–1) Hicks (12) 44,654 28–33 L1 62 June 7 @ Phillies 2–4 Eflin (6–5) Mahle (2–6) Neris (13) 32,058 28–34 L2 63 June 8 @ Phillies 1–4 Pivetta (4–1) Roark (4–5) — 44,357 28–35 L3 64 June 9 @ Phillies 4–3 Duke (3–1) Álvarez (0–2) Iglesias (13) 42,324 29–35 W1 65 June 11 @ Indians 1–2 (10) Hand (3–2) Iglesias (1–6) — 24,101 29–36 L1 66 June 12 @ Indians 7–2 DeSclafani (3–3) Plesac (1–2) — 24,045 30–36 W1 67 June 14 Rangers 1–7 Martin (1–0) Mahle (2–7) Smyly (1) 30,090 30–37 L1 68 June 15 Rangers 3–4 Minor (6–4) Roark (4–6) Kelley (8) 25,693 30–38 L2 69 June 16 Rangers 11–3 Gray (3–5) Jurado (4–3) — 24,079 31–38 W1 70 June 17 Astros 3–2 Castillo (7–1) Miley (6–4) Lorenzen (3) 22,745 32–38 W2 71 June 18 Astros 4–3 DeSclafani (4–3) Verlander (9–3) Lorenzen (4) 25,347 33–38 W3 72 June 19 Astros 3–2 Bowman (1–0) Osuna (3–1) — 24,777 34–38 W4 73 June 20 @ Brewers 7–1 Roark (5–6) Nelson (0–2) — 28,898 35–38 W5 74 June 21 @ Brewers 11–7 Hernandez (2–3) Anderson (3–2) — 38,289 36–38 W6 75 June 22 @ Brewers 5–6 Albers (4–2) Castillo (7–2) Hader (18) 43,971 36–39 L1 76 June 23 @ Brewers 5–7 Woodruff (9–2) DeSclafani (4–4) — 41,237 36–40 L2 77 June 25 @ Angels 1–5 Heaney (1–1) Mahle (2–8) — 37,260 36–41 L3 78 June 26 @ Angels 1–5 Bedrosian (3–3) Iglesias (1–7) — 35,272 36–42 L4 79 June 28 Cubs 6–3 Gray (4–5) Hamels (6–3) Lorenzen (5) 36,919 37–42 W1 80 June 29 Cubs 0–6 Quintana (5–7) Castillo (7–3) — 41,360 37–43 L1 81 June 30 Cubs 8–6 DeSclafani (5–4) Lester (7–6) Iglesias (14) 31,165 38–43 W1
July: 12–13 (Home: 8–8; Away: 4–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 82 July 1 Brewers 6–8 Claudio (2–2) Hernandez (2–4) Jeffress (1) 16,186 38–44 L1 83 July 2 Brewers 5–4 (11) Iglesias (2–7) Burnes (1–4) — 15,105 39–44 W1 84 July 3 Brewers 3–0 Gray (5–5) Chacín (3–9) Iglesias (15) 22,685 40–44 W2 85 July 4 Brewers 1–0 Castillo (8–3) Woodruff (10–3) Iglesias (16) 20,885 41–44 W3 86 July 6 Indians 2–7 Bieber (8–3) Lorenzen (0–2) — 36,504 41–45 L1 87 July 7 Indians 1–11 Bauer (8–6) Mahle (2–9) — 27,041 41–46 L2 88 July 12 @ Rockies 2–3 Díaz (2–2) Hernandez (2–5) Davis (13) 41,368 41–47 L3 89 July 13 @ Rockies 17–9 Hughes (3–2) Bettis (1–5) — 43,650 42–47 W1 90 July 14 @ Rockies 9–10 Senzatela (8–6) Mahle (2–10) Davis (14) 40,624 42–48 L1 91 July 15 @ Cubs 6–3 Castillo (9–3) Cishek (2–5) Iglesias (17) 36,935 43–48 W1 92 July 16 @ Cubs 3–4 (10) Cishek (3–5) Iglesias (2–8) — 39,788 43–49 L1 93 July 17 @ Cubs 2–5 Darvish (3–4) Gray (5–6) Kimbrel (4) 37,260 43–50 L2 94 July 18 Cardinals 4–7 Hudson (9–4) Stephenson (2–2) Miller (2) 32,359 43–51 L3 95 July 19 Cardinals 11–12 Wacha (6–4) Hughes (3–3) Martínez (7) 37,652 43–52 L4 96 July 20 Cardinals 3–2 Garrett (4–1) Mikolas (6–10) Lorenzen (6) 38,427 44–52 W1 97 July 21 Cardinals 1–3 Gallegos (2–1) DeSclafani (5–5) Martínez (8) 28,763 44–53 L1 98 July 22 @ Brewers 6–5 Peralta (1–1) Jeffress (3–3) Hughes (1) 26,235 45–53 W1 99 July 23 @ Brewers 14–6 Roark (6–6) Davies (8–3) Romano (1) 33,512 46–53 W2 100 July 24 @ Brewers 4–5 Albers (5–3) Sims (1–1) Peralta (1) 39,682 46–54 L1 101 July 26 Rockies 2–12 Márquez (10–5) Castillo (9–4) — 23,045 46–55 L2 102 July 27 Rockies 3–1 DeSclafani (6–5) Gonzalez (0–3) Iglesias (18) 25,115 47–55 W1 103 July 28 Rockies 3–2 Sims (2–1) McGee (0–2) Iglesias (19) 19,649 48–55 W2 104 July 29 Pirates 11–6 Gray (6–6) McRae (0–3) — 15,944 49–55 W3 105 July 30 Pirates 4–11 Musgrove (8–9) Roark (6–7) — 18,786 49–56 L1 106 July 31 Pirates 4–1 Castillo (10–4) Agrazal (2–2) Iglesias (20) 20,886 50–56 W1
August: 13–16 (Home: 8–5; Away: 5–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 107 August 1 @ Braves 1–4 (7) Fried (12–4) DeSclafani (6–6) — 28,677 50–57 L1 108 August 2 @ Braves 5–2 Wood (1–0) Gausman (3–7) Iglesias (21) 37,743 51–57 W1 109 August 3 @ Braves 4–5 (10) Jackson (6–2) Hughes (3–4) — 42,085 51–58 L1 110 August 4 @ Braves 6–4 (10) Stephenson (3–2) Greene (0–3) Hernandez (2) 33,083 52–58 W1 111 August 5 Angels 7–4 Castillo (11–4) Cole (1–3) Iglesias (22) 21,895 53–58 W2 112 August 6 Angels 8–4 DeSclafani (7–6) Suárez (2–3) — 19,288 54–58 W3 113 August 8 Cubs 5–12 Chatwood (5–1) Gausman (3–8) — 20,111 54–59 L1 114 August 9 Cubs 5–2 Bauer (10–8) Darvish (4–6) Iglesias (23) 31,569 55–59 W1 115 August 10 Cubs 10–1 Gray (7–6) Hendricks (8–9) Romano (2) 39,866 56–59 W2 116 August 11 Cubs 3–6 Phelps (1–0) Lorenzen (0–3) Strop (10) 31,929 56–60 L1 117 August 12 @ Nationals 6–7 Fedde (3–2) DeSclafani (7–7) Doolittle (27) 22,394 56–61 L2 118 August 13 @ Nationals 1–3 Ross (3–3) Wood (1–1) Hudson (3) 30,130 56–62 L3 119 August 14 @ Nationals 7–17 Strasburg (15–5) Bauer (10–9) Guerra (2) 23,596 56–63 L4 120 August 15 Cardinals 2–1 Gray (8–6) Wacha (6–6) Iglesias (24) 14,891 57–63 W1 121 August 16 Cardinals 4–13 Wainwright (9–8) Castillo (11–5) — 24,118 57–64 L1 122 August 17 Cardinals 6–1 DeSclafani (8–7) Mikolas (7–13) — 37,698 58–64 W1 123 August 18 Cardinals 4–5 Flaherty (7–6) Wood (1–2) Martínez (14) 21,525 58–65 L1 124 August 19 Padres 2–3 Perdomo (2–3) Bauer (10–10) Yates (36) 10,176 58–66 L2 125 August 20 Padres 3–2 Gray (9–6) Quantrill (6–4) Iglesias (25) 12,468 59–66 W1 126 August 21 Padres 4–2 Castillo (12–5) Yardley (0–1) Iglesias (26) 13,397 60–66 W2 127 August 23 @ Pirates 2–3 Vázquez (4–1) Iglesias (2–9) — 20,091 60–67 L1 128 August 24 @ Pirates 0–14 Williams (6–6) Wood (1–3) — 26,776 60–68 L2 129 August 25 @ Pirates 8–9 Agrazal (3–3) Bauer (10–11) Vázquez (23) 22,349 60–69 L3 130 August 26 @ Marlins 6–3 Gray (10–6) López (5–6) — 5,297 61–69 W1 131 August 27 @ Marlins 8–5 Castillo (13–5) Smith (8–8) Iglesias (27) 6,169 62–69 W2 132 August 28 @ Marlins 5–0 DeSclafani (9–7) Alcántara (4–12) — 6,409 63–69 W3 133 August 29 @ Marlins 3–4 (12) Kinley (3–1) Iglesias (2–10) — 6,466 63–70 L1 — August 30 @ Cardinals Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: September 1) 134 August 31 (1) @ Cardinals 6–10 Hudson (14–6) Bauer (10–12) — 44,738 63–71 L2 135 August 31 (2) @ Cardinals 2–3 Gant (10–0) Iglesias (2–11) — 42,074 63–72 L3
September: 12–15 (Home: 4–9; Away: 8–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 136 September 1 (1) @ Cardinals 3–4 Martínez (4–2) Lorenzen (0–4) — 43,692 63–73 L4 137 September 1 (2) @ Cardinals 5–3 Castillo (14–5) Ponce de Leon (1–2) Iglesias (28) 38,665 64–73 W1 138 September 2 Phillies 1–7 Smyly (3–6) DeSclafani (9–8) — 19,631 64–74 L1 139 September 3 Phillies 2–6 Vincent (1–2) Garrett (4–2) — 11,452 64–75 L2 140 September 4 Phillies 8–5 Lorenzen (1–4) Álvarez (3–4) Iglesias (29) 13,448 65–75 W1 141 September 5 Phillies 4–3 (11) Bowman (2–0) Vincent (1–3) — 13,230 66–75 W2 142 September 6 Diamondbacks 5–7 Ginkel (1–0) Mahle (2–11) Bradley (13) 19,048 66–76 L1 143 September 7 Diamondbacks 0–2 Young (7–3) Castillo (14–6) Sherfy (1) 34,804 66–77 L2 144 September 8 Diamondbacks 4–3 Iglesias (3–11) López (2–6) — 19,717 67–77 W1 145 September 10 @ Mariners 3–4 Altavilla (1–0) Garrett (4–3) Bass (3) 12,230 67–78 L1 146 September 11 @ Mariners 3–5 Gonzales (15–11) Gray (10–7) Bass (4) 10,152 67–79 L2 147 September 12 @ Mariners 11–5 Romano (1–0) Altavilla (1–1) — 15,564 68–79 W1 148 September 13 @ Diamondbacks 4–3 Castillo (15–6) Leake (11–11) Iglesias (30) 35,158 69–79 W2 149 September 14 @ Diamondbacks 0–1 Kelly (11–14) DeSclafani (9–9) Bradley (14) 35,151 69–80 L1 150 September 15 @ Diamondbacks 3–1 Bauer (11–12) Gallen (3–6) Iglesias (31) 25,193 70–80 W1 151 September 16 @ Cubs 2–8 Mills (1–0) Gausman (3–9) — 33,753 70–81 L1 152 September 17 @ Cubs 4–2 Gray (11–7) Darvish (6–7) Iglesias (32) 34,267 71–81 W1 153 September 18 @ Cubs 3–2 (10) Garrett (5–3) Norwood (0–1) Iglesias (33) 36,578 72–81 W2 154 September 20 Mets 1–8 deGrom (10–8) Castillo (15–7) — 20,576 72–82 L1 155 September 21 Mets 3–2 Kuhnel (1–0) Wilson (4–2) Iglesias (34) 30,487 73–82 W1 156 September 22 Mets 3–6 Brach (5–4) Bauer (11–13) Wilson (4) 21,335 73–83 L1 157 September 24 Brewers 2–4 Suter (4–0) Gray (11–8) Hader (36) 14,778 73–84 L2 158 September 25 Brewers 2–9 Lyles (12–8) Mahle (2–12) — 16,530 73–85 L3 159 September 26 Brewers 3–5 Anderson (8–4) Castillo (15–8) Hader (37) 27,774 73–86 L4 160 September 27 @ Pirates 5–6 Ríos (1–0) Iglesias (3–12) — 18,544 73–87 L5 161 September 28 @ Pirates 4–2 (12) Alaniz (1–0) McRae (0–4) — 21,084 74–87 W1 162 September 29 @ Pirates 3–1 Mahle (3–12) Williams (7–9) Lorenzen (7) 23,617 75–87 W2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Reds team member

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Eugenio Suárez	159	575	87	156	22	2	49	103	3	70	.271	.572
Joey Votto	142	525	79	137	32	1	15	47	5	76	.261	.411
José Iglesias	146	504	62	145	21	3	11	59	6	20	.288	.407
Jose Peraza	141	376	37	90	18	2	6	33	7	17	.239	.346
Nick Senzel	104	375	55	96	20	4	12	42	14	30	.256	.427
Yasiel Puig	100	373	51	94	15	1	22	61	14	23	.252	.475
Jesse Winker	113	338	51	91	17	2	16	38	0	38	.269	.473
Tucker Barnhart	114	316	32	73	14	0	11	40	1	44	.231	.380
Derek Dietrich	113	251	41	47	8	2	19	43	1	28	.187	.462
Phil Ervin	94	236	30	64	11	7	7	23	4	18	.271	.466
Josh VanMeter	95	228	33	54	13	1	8	23	9	29	.237	.408
Curt Casali	84	207	24	52	9	0	8	32	0	25	.251	.411
Aristides Aquino	56	205	31	53	8	0	19	47	7	16	.259	.576
Kyle Farmer	97	183	22	42	6	0	9	27	4	10	.230	.410
Freddy Galvis	32	107	12	25	4	0	5	16	0	7	.234	.411
Scott Schebler	30	81	11	10	2	0	2	7	0	14	.123	.222
Scooter Gennett	21	69	4	15	3	0	0	5	0	1	.217	.261
Matt Kemp	20	60	4	12	2	0	1	5	0	1	.200	.283
Michael Lorenzen	100	48	6	10	2	0	1	6	5	5	.208	.313
Brian O'Grady	28	42	4	8	2	1	2	3	0	4	.190	.429
Alex Blandino	23	36	6	9	1	0	1	3	0	10	.250	.361
Ryan Lavarnway	5	18	4	5	2	0	2	7	0	1	.278	.722
Juan Graterol	6	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.222
Christian Colón	8	6	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500
Pitcher Totals	162	321	19	43	5	1	2	13	5	10	.134	.174
Team Totals	162	5450	701	1328	235	27	227	679	80	492	.244	.422

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Luis Castillo	15	8	3.40	32	32	0	190.2	139	76	72	79	226
Sonny Gray	11	8	2.87	31	31	0	175.1	122	59	56	68	205
Anthony DeSclafani	9	9	3.89	31	31	0	166.2	151	77	72	49	167
Tyler Mahle	3	12	5.14	25	25	0	129.2	136	82	74	34	129
Tanner Roark	6	7	4.24	21	21	0	110.1	119	55	52	38	108
Michael Lorenzen	1	4	2.92	73	0	7	83.1	68	29	27	28	85
Raisel Iglesias	3	12	4.16	68	0	34	67.0	61	31	31	21	89
Robert Stephenson	3	2	3.76	57	0	0	64.2	43	30	27	24	81
Trevor Bauer	2	5	6.39	10	10	0	56.1	57	42	40	19	68
Amir Garrett	5	3	3.21	69	0	0	56.0	44	22	20	35	78
Jared Hughes	3	4	4.10	47	0	1	48.1	41	27	22	19	34
Lucas Sims	2	1	4.60	24	4	0	43.0	31	22	22	19	57
David Hernandez	2	5	8.02	47	0	2	42.2	53	39	38	20	53
Alex Wood	1	3	5.80	7	7	0	35.2	41	25	23	9	30
Wandy Peralta	1	1	6.09	39	0	0	34.0	36	23	23	15	27
Matt Bowman	2	0	3.66	27	0	0	32.0	27	15	13	13	25
Zach Duke	3	1	5.01	30	0	0	23.1	21	13	13	18	18
Kevin Gausman	0	2	4.03	15	1	0	22.1	21	11	10	5	29
Sal Romano	1	0	7.71	12	0	2	16.1	22	14	14	8	16
R. J. Alaniz	1	0	5.40	8	0	0	11.2	8	7	7	4	7
Joel Kuhnel	1	0	4.66	11	0	0	9.2	8	5	5	5	9
Jimmy Herget	0	0	4.26	5	0	0	6.1	8	3	3	3	0
Cody Reed	0	0	1.42	3	0	0	6.1	6	1	1	1	7
Keury Mella	0	0	7.36	2	0	0	3.2	5	3	3	2	4
José Peraza	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0
Kyle Farmer	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	75	87	4.18	162	162	46	1438.0	1270	711	668	536	1552

Source:

Roster

2019 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers 32 R. J. Alaniz 27 Trevor Bauer 67 Matt Bowman 58 Luis Castillo 28 Anthony DeSclafani 32 Zach Duke 50 Amir Garrett 46 Kevin Gausman 54 Sonny Gray 49 Jimmy Herget 37 David Hernandez 48 Jared Hughes 26 Raisel Iglesias 66 Joel Kuhnel 21 Michael Lorenzen 30 Tyler Mahle 63 Keury Mella 53 Wandy Peralta 23 Cody Reed 35 Tanner Roark 47 Sal Romano 39 Lucas Sims 55 Robert Stephenson 40 Alex Wood		Catchers 16 Tucker Barnhart 12 Curt Casali 68 Juan Graterol 59 Ryan Lavarnway Infielders  2 Alex Blandino 29 Christian Colón 22 Derek Dietrich 52 Kyle Farmer  3 Freddy Galvis  3 Scooter Gennett  4 José Iglesias  9 José Peraza  7 Eugenio Suárez 19 Joey Votto		Outfielders 44 Aristides Aquino  6 Phillip Ervin 27 Matt Kemp 34 Brian O'Grady 66 Yasiel Puig 43 Scott Schebler 15 Nick Senzel 17 Josh VanMeter 33 Jesse Winker		Manager 25 David Bell Coaches 45 Freddie Benavides (bench) 91 Yusuf Carter (coach) 65 Caleb Cotham (assistant pitching) 90 Delino DeShields (first base/infield) 64 Donnie Ecker (assistant hitting) 56 J. R. House (third base/catching) 92 Lee Irving (bullpen catcher) 36 Derek Johnson (pitching) 89 Cristian Perez (assistant bullpen/advance scouting) 61 Jeff Pickler (game planning/outfield) 60 Lee Tunnell (bullpen) 88 Rolando Valles (associate) 31 Turner Ward (hitting)

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Luis Castillo	National League Pitcher of the Month (April)	May 2, 2019	[16]
Aristides Aquino	National League Player of the Month & National League Rookie of the Month (August)	September 3, 2019	[36][35]
Eugenio Suárez	National League Player of the Month (September)	September 30, 2019	[43]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Bats	International League	Jody Davis
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Pat Kelly
A	Daytona Tortugas	Florida State League	Ricky Gutierrez
A	Dayton Dragons	Midwest League	Luis Bolivar
A-Rookie Advanced	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Ray Martinez
A-Rookie Advanced	Greeneville Reds	Appalachian League	Gookie Dawkins
Rookie	AZL Reds	Arizona League
Rookie	DSL Reds	Dominican Summer League