2021 Cincinnati Reds season

The 2021 Cincinnati Reds season was the 152nd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 19th at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

2021 Cincinnati Reds
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Great American Ball Park
City	Cincinnati, Ohio
Record	83–79 (.512)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Bob Castellini
General managers	Nick Krall
Managers	David Bell
Television	Bally Sports Ohio (John Sadak, Jeff Brantley, Barry Larkin, Chris Welsh, Jim Day(sideline), Brian Giesenschlag (host), Sam LeCure (host), Charle Walter (fill in host)
Radio	WLW (700 AM) Reds Radio Network (Tommy Thrall, Jeff Brantley, Chris Welsh)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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The first to be broadcast on the rebranded Bally Sports Ohio, it would also be memorable as the first for a new PBP television broadcaster for the Reds, John Sadak.

Offseason

Trades

• December 7, 2020: Traded reliever Raisel Iglesias to the Los Angeles Angels for reliever Noe Ramirez and a player to be named later, subsequently announced as Leo Rivas.^[1][2]

Signings

• February 8, 2021: Signed reliever Sean Doolittle a one-year, $1.5 million contract.^[3]

Regular season

Standings

National League Central

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NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	95	67	.586	—	45‍–‍36	50‍–‍31
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	5	45‍–‍36	45‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds	83	79	.512	12	44‍–‍37	39‍–‍42
Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	24	39‍–‍42	32‍–‍49
Pittsburgh Pirates	61	101	.377	34	37‍–‍44	24‍–‍57

National League Wildcard

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
San Francisco Giants	107	55	.660
Milwaukee Brewers	95	67	.586
Atlanta Braves	88	73	.547

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Los Angeles Dodgers	106	56	.654	+16
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	—
Cincinnati Reds	83	79	.512	7
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	.506	8
San Diego Padres	79	83	.488	11
New York Mets	77	85	.475	13
Colorado Rockies	74	87	.460	15½
Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	19
Miami Marlins	67	95	.414	23
Washington Nationals	65	97	.401	25
Pittsburgh Pirates	61	101	.377	29
Arizona Diamondbacks	52	110	.321	38

Record vs. opponents

2021 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	3–4	2–4	5–1	9–10	3–16	2–5	1–6	1–5	4–3	4–2	8–11	2–17	1–6	3–4	4–16
Atlanta	4–3	—	5–2	4–3	2–4	2–4	11–8	3–3	10–9	10–9	4–3	4–2	3–3	6–1	14–5	6–14
Chicago	4–2	2–5	—	8–11	3–3	4–3	1–5	4–15	4–3	2–5	14–5	5–1	1–6	9–10	4–3	6–14
Cincinnati	1–5	3–4	11–8	—	5–2	3–3	5–2	9–10	3–3	4–2	13–6	1–6	1–6	10–9	5–2	9–11
Colorado	10–9	4–2	3–3	2–5	—	6–13	4–2	2–5	2–5	5–2	4–2	11–8	4–15	3–4	4–2	10–10
Los Angeles	16–3	4–2	3–4	3–3	13–6	—	3–4	4–3	6–1	4–2	6–0	12–7	9–10	4–3	7–0	12–8
Miami	5–2	8–11	5–1	2–5	2–4	4–3	—	3–3	9–10	10–9	2–5	3–4	3–4	0–6	8–11	3–17
Milwaukee	6–1	3–3	15–4	10–9	5–2	3–4	3–3	—	4–2	2–5	14–5	5–2	4–3	8–11	5–1	8–12
New York	5–1	9–10	3–4	3–3	5–2	1–6	10–9	2–4	—	9–10	3–4	4–3	1–5	2–5	11–8	9–11
Philadelphia	3–4	9–10	5–2	2–4	2–5	2–4	9–10	5–2	10–9	—	4–3	4–2	2–4	4–3	13–6	8–12
Pittsburgh	2–4	3–4	5–14	6–13	2–4	0–6	5–2	5–14	4–3	3–4	—	3–4	4–3	7–12	2–4	10–10
San Diego	11–8	2–4	1–5	6–1	8–11	7–12	4–3	2–5	3–4	2–4	4–3	—	8–11	3–3	4–3	14–6
San Francisco	17–2	3–3	6–1	6–1	15–4	10–9	4–3	3–4	5–1	4–2	3–4	11–8	—	2–4	5–2	13–7
St. Louis	6–1	1–6	10–9	9–10	4–3	3–4	6–0	11–8	5–2	3–4	12–7	3–3	4–2	—	2–4	11–9
Washington	4–3	5–14	3–4	2–5	2–4	0–7	11–8	1–5	8–11	6–13	4–2	3–4	2–5	4–2	—	10–10

Game log

2021 Game Log: 83–79 (Home: 44–36; Away: 39–43)
April: 12–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 1 Cardinals 6–11 Gallegos (1–0) Castillo (0–1) — 12,695 0–1 L1 2 April 3 Cardinals 9–6 Mahle (1–0) Wainwright (0–1) — 12,213 1–1 W1 3 April 4 Cardinals 12–1 Hoffman (1–0) Martínez (0–1) — 11,629 2–1 W2 4 April 5 Pirates 5–3 Doolittle (1–0) Howard (1–1) Garrett (1) 9,097 3–1 W3 5 April 6 Pirates 14–1 Miley (1–0) Cahill (0–1) — 11,093 4–1 W4 6 April 7 Pirates 11–4 Castillo (1–1) Kuhl (0–1) — 11,463 5–1 W5 7 April 9 @ Diamondbacks 6–5 (10) Pérez (1–0) Young (0–2) Garrett (2) 19,385 6–1 W6 8 April 10 @ Diamondbacks 3–8 Smith (1–0) Hoffman (1–1) — 13,208 6–2 L1 9 April 11 @ Diamondbacks 0–7 Weaver (1–0) De León (0–1) — 10,981 6–3 L2 10 April 12 @ Giants 3–0 Miley (2–0) Sanchez (0–1) Sims (1) 3,662 7–3 W1 11 April 13 @ Giants 6–7 Peralta (2–0) Pérez (1–1) McGee (5) 3,673 7–4 L1 12 April 14 @ Giants 0–3 Cueto (2–0) Mahle (1–1) McGee (6) 6,409 7–5 L2 13 April 16 Indians 10–3 Hoffman (2–1) Allen (1–2) — 12,497 8–5 W1 14 April 17 Indians 3–2 (10) Doolittle (2–0) Pérez (0–1) — 12,598 9–5 W2 15 April 18 Indians 3–6 Bieber (2–1) Miley (2–1) Clase (4) 12,551 9–6 L1 — April 20 Diamondbacks Suspended (Rain, continuation date: April 21) 16 April 21 Diamondbacks 4–5 Bukauskas (1–0) Garrett (0–1) Crichton (2) 8,085 9–7 L2 17 April 21 Diamondbacks 5–8 (10) Clarke (1–0) Pérez (1–2) — 8,025 9–8 L3 18 April 22 Diamondbacks 11–14 (10) Smith (1–1) Sims (0–1) — 7,549 9–9 L4 19 April 23 @ Cardinals 4–5 Kim (1–0) Gray (0–1) Reyes (4) 13,196 9–10 L5 20 April 24 @ Cardinals 0–2 Gant (1–2) Miley (2–2) Gallegos (1) 13,176 9–11 L6 21 April 25 @ Cardinals 2–5 Flaherty (4–0) Castillo (1–2) Reyes (5) 13,348 9–12 L7 22 April 26 @ Dodgers 5–3 (10) Antone (1–0) Jansen (0–1) — 15,199 10–12 W1 23 April 27 @ Dodgers 6–5 Hendrix (1–0) Alexander (0–2) Doolittle (1) 15,306 11–12 W2 24 April 28 @ Dodgers 0–8 Kershaw (4–2) Gray (0–2) — 15,052 11–13 L1 25 April 30 Cubs 8–6 Miley (3–2) Arrieta (3–3) Antone (1) 16,090 12–13 W1
May: 12–15 (Home: 4–8 Away: 8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 26 May 1 Cubs 2–3 Brothers (1–0) Castillo (1–3) Kimbrel (5) 17,077 12–14 L1 27 May 2 Cubs 13–12 (10) Hendrix (2–0) Kimbrel (0–1) — 16,755 13–14 W1 28 May 4 White Sox 0–9 Cease (2–0) Hoffman (2–2) — 10,209 13–15 L1 29 May 5 White Sox 1–0 (10) Sims (1–1) Hendriks (1–1) — 10,247 14–15 W1 30 May 7 @ Indians 3–0 Miley (4–2) Clase (2–2) — 7,803 15–15 W2 31 May 8 @ Indians 2–9 Civale (5–0) Castillo (1–4) — 9,968 15–16 L1 — May 9 @ Indians Postponed (make-up date August 9) 32 May 10 @ Pirates 14–1 Mahle (2–1) Keller (2–4) — 4,065 16–16 W1 33 May 11 @ Pirates 2–7 Brubaker (3–2) Hoffman (2–3) — 4,049 16–17 L1 34 May 12 @ Pirates 5–1 (10) Sims (2–1) Underwood Jr. (1–2) — 4,515 17–17 W1 35 May 13 @ Rockies 8–13 Gonzalez (2–1) Castillo (1–5) — 13,647 17–18 L1 36 May 14 @ Rockies 6–9 Márquez (2–4) Miley (4–3) Bard (4) 20,232 17–19 L2 37 May 15 @ Rockies 6–5 (12) Sims (3–1) Santos (0–1) Hembree (1) 20,136 18–19 W1 38 May 16 @ Rockies 7–6 Doolittle (3–0) Givens (1–2) Antone (2) 15,541 19–19 W2 39 May 17 Giants 3–6 Webb (3–3) Gray (0–3) Rogers (5) 11,004 19–20 L1 40 May 18 Giants 2–4 DeSclafani (4–1) Castillo (1–6) McGee (11) 8,745 19–21 L2 41 May 19 Giants 0–4 Gausman (4–0) Miley (4–4) — 10,326 19–22 L3 42 May 20 Giants 4–19 Cueto (3–1) Mahle (2–2) — 11,656 19–23 L4 43 May 21 Brewers 9–4 Hoffman (3–3) Houser (3–5) — 17,234 20–23 W1 44 May 22 Brewers 3–4 Suter (3–2) Hembree (0–1) Hader (10) 17,611 20–24 L1 45 May 23 Brewers 4–9 Boxberger (1–1) Castillo (1–7) — 16,171 20–25 L2 46 May 25 @ Nationals 2–1 Mahle (3–2) Scherzer (4–3) Sims (2) 8,935 21–25 W1 — May 26 @ Nationals Suspended (Inclement weather, Continuation May 27) 47 May 27 @ Nationals 3–5 Voth (1–0) Hoffman (3–4) Hand (8) 7,343 21–26 L1 48 May 27 @ Nationals 3–0 (7) Gray (1–3) Strasburg (1–2) Sims (3) 9,020 22–26 W1 49 May 28 @ Cubs 0–1 Alzolay (3–4) Gutiérrez (0–1) Kimbrel (12) 18,478 22–27 L1 50 May 29 @ Cubs 2–10 Thompson (3–1) Castillo (1–8) — 24,275 22–28 L2 51 May 30 @ Cubs 5–1 Mahle (4–2) Arrieta (5–5) Antone (3) 24,824 23–28 W1 52 May 31 Phillies 11–1 Miley (5–4) Velasquez (2–1) — 17,878 24–28 W2
June: 15–12 (Home: 7–7 Away: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 53 June 1 Phillies 3–17 Nola (4–4) Gray (1–4) — 10,788 24–29 L1 -- June 2 Phillies Postponed (make-up date June 28) 54 June 3 @ Cardinals 4–2 Gutiérrez (1–1) Wainwright (3–5) Sims (4) 15,327 25–29 W1 55 June 4 @ Cardinals 6–4 Castillo (2–8) Kim (1–4) Feliz (1) 22,756 26–29 W2 56 June 5 @ Cardinals 5–2 Mahle (5–2) Helsley (3–4) Sims (5) 23,365 27–29 W3 57 June 6 @ Cardinals 8–7 Hembree (1–1) Reyes (3–2) Sims (6) 21,152 28–29 W4 58 June 8 Brewers 1–5 Houser (4–5) Hendrix (2–1) — 11,897 28–30 L1 59 June 9 Brewers 7–3 Gutiérrez (2–1) Anderson (2–4) — 11,862 29–30 W1 60 June 10 Brewers 2–7 Suter (7–3) Castillo (2–9) — 12,423 29–31 L1 61 June 11 Rockies 11–5 Mahle (6–2) Freeland (0–2) — 20,505 30–31 W1 62 June 12 Rockies 10–3 Miley (6–4) Márquez (4–6) — 23,765 31–31 W2 63 June 13 Rockies 6–2 Hendrix (3–1) Senzatela (2–7) — 18,268 32–31 W3 64 June 14 @ Brewers 10–2 Gutiérrez (3–1) Lauer (1–3) — 17,127 33–31 W4 65 June 15 @ Brewers 2–1 (10) Sims (4–1) Boxberger (2–2) Garrett (3) 16,584 34–31 W5 66 June 16 @ Brewers 2–1 Mahle (7–2) Peralta (6–2) Sims (7) 20,088 35–31 W6 67 June 17 @ Padres 4–6 Johnson (2–2) Garrett (0–2) — 40,362 35–32 L1 68 June 18 @ Padres 2–8 Paddack (4–5) Santillan (0–1) — 33,456 35–33 L2 69 June 19 @ Padres 5–7 Crismatt (2–1) Hembree (1–2) Melancon (20) 38,765 35–34 L3 70 June 20 @ Padres 2–3 Lamet (2–2) Castillo (2–10) Melancon (21) 38,004 35–35 L4 71 June 21 @ Twins 5–7 (12) Shoemaker (3–8) Hembree (1–3) — 17,530 35–36 L5 72 June 22 @ Twins 10–7 Antone (2–0) Robles (3–4) Garrett (4) 19,187 36–36 W1 73 June 24 Braves 5–3 Santillan (1–1) Chavez (0–1) Brach (1) 23,941 37–36 W2 74 June 25 Braves 2–3 Smyly (5–3) Gutiérrez (3–2) Smith (16) 30,231 37–37 L1 75 June 26 Braves 4–1 Castillo (3–10) Anderson (5–4) Garrett (5) 34,671 38–37 W1 76 June 27 Braves 0–4 Muller (1–1) Mahle (7–3) — 21,696 38–38 L1 77 June 28 Phillies 12–4 Hembree (2–3) Feliz (0–1) — 21,006 39–38 W1 78 June 29 Padres 4–5 Pagán (4–0) Santillan (1–1) Melancon (25) 16,332 39–39 L1 79 June 30 Padres 5–7 (6) Musgrove (5–6) Gutiérrez (3–3) Hill (1) 12,084 39–40 L2
July: 16–10 (Home: 7–6 Away: 9–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 80 July 1 Padres 5–4 Warren (1–0) Melancon (1–1) — 16,620 40–40 W1 81 July 2 Cubs 2–1 Osich (1–0) Mills (3–2) Hembree (2) 40,854 41–40 W2 82 July 3 Cubs 3–2 Hendrix (4–1) Alzolay (4–8) Hembree (3) 36,815 42–40 W3 83 July 4 Cubs 3–2 Warren (2–0) Winkler (1–1) Garrett (6) 29,340 43–40 W4 84 July 5 @ Royals 6–2 Gutiérrez (4–3) Minor (6–7) — 14,709 44–40 W5 85 July 6 @ Royals 6–7 Lovelady (2–0) Hembree (2–4) — 14,491 44–41 L1 86 July 7 @ Royals 5–2 Gray (2–4) Barlow (2–3) Hembree (4) 11,457 45–41 W1 87 July 8 @ Brewers 3–5 Williams (6–1) Brach (0–1) Hader (21) 22,948 45–42 L1 88 July 9 @ Brewers 2–0 Miley (7–4) Lauer (3–4) Hembree (5) 24,844 46–42 W1 89 July 10 @ Brewers 4–3 Osich (2–0) Hader (3–1) Hembree (6) 32,034 47–42 W2 90 July 11 @ Brewers 3–1 Hendrix (5–1) Hader (3–2) Osich (1) 32,135 48–42 W3 ASG July 13 AL @ NL 5–2 Ohtani (1–0) Burnes (0–1) Hendriks (1) 49,184 48–42 N/A 91 July 16 Brewers 6–11 Suter (9–4) Garrett (0–3) — 34,844 48–43 L1 92 July 17 Brewers 4–7 (11) Gustave (1–0) Doolittle (3–1) — 37,204 48–44 L2 93 July 18 Brewers 0–8 Burnes (5–4) Gray (2–5) — 29,001 48–45 L3 94 July 19 Mets 11–15 (11) Banda (1–0) García (0–1) May (3) 17,080 48–46 L4 95 July 20 Mets 4–3 Miley (8–4) Nogosek (0–1) Garrett (7) 19,096 49–46 W1 96 July 21 Mets 0–7 Stroman (7–8) Hoffman (3–5) — 19,896 49–47 L1 97 July 23 Cardinals 6–5 Brach (1–1) Gallegos (5–3) Hembree (7) 30,605 50–47 W1 98 July 24 Cardinals 5–3 Castillo (4–10) Woodford (2–2) Hembree (8) 33,489 51–47 W2 99 July 25 Cardinals 6–10 Helsley (5–4) Gray (2–6) — 21,947 51–48 L1 100 July 26 @ Cubs 5–6 Kimbrel (2–3) Hembree (2–5) — 29,215 51–49 L2 101 July 27 @ Cubs 7–4 Gutiérrez (5–3) Alzolay (4–11) — 28,153 52–49 W1 102 July 28 @ Cubs 8–2 Mahle (8–3) Davies (6–7) — 30,134 53–49 W2 103 July 29 @ Cubs 7–4 Castillo (5–10) Mills (4–4) — 32,793 54–49 W3 104 July 30 @ Mets 6–2 Gray (3–6) Castro (2–3) — 31,787 55–49 W4 105 July 31 @ Mets 4–5 (10) Díaz (4–4) Cessa (3–2) — 26,477 55–50 L1
August: 16–12 (Home: 10–4 Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 106 August 1 @ Mets 7–1 Gutiérrez (6–3) Stroman (7–10) — 23,443 56–50 W1 107 August 3 Twins 5–7 Coulombe (2–1) Hembree (2–6) Colomé (3) 18,396 56–51 L1 108 August 4 Twins 6–5 Castillo (6–10) Barnes (0–2) Lorenzen (1) 16,828 57–51 W1 109 August 5 Pirates 7–4 Gray (4–6) Crowe (3–6) Givens (1) 19,393 58–51 W2 110 August 6 Pirates 10–0 Miley (9–4) Brubaker (4–11) — 27,804 59–51 W3 111 August 7 Pirates 11–3 Gutiérrez (7–3) Keller (3–9) — 31,297 60–51 W4 112 August 8 Pirates 3–2 Mahle (9–3) Wilson (2–5) Givens (2) 23,740 61–51 W5 113 August 9 @ Indians 3–9 Garza (2–0) Castillo (6–11) — 10,708 61–52 L1 114 August 10 @ Braves 2–3 Smyly (8–3) Hembree (2–7) Smith (23) 24,432 61–53 L2 115 August 11 @ Braves 6–8 (11) Santana (3–0) Sims (4–2) — 23,375 61–54 L3 116 August 12 @ Braves 12–3 Gutiérrez (8–3) Muller (2–4) — 23,395 62–54 W1 117 August 13 @ Phillies 6–1 Mahle (10–3) Wheeler (10–7) — 26,074 63–54 W2 118 August 14 @ Phillies 1–6 Moore (2–3) Castillo (6–12) — 25,100 63–55 L1 119 August 15 @ Phillies 7–4 Sims (5–2) Nola (7–7) Givens (3) 28,544 64–55 W1 120 August 16 Cubs 14–5 Miley (10–4) Steele (2–2) — 15,404 65–55 W2 121 August 17 Cubs 1–2 Hendricks (14–5) Gutiérrez (8–4) Heuer (1) 13,989 65–56 L1 122 August 18 Cubs 1–7 Rodríguez (1–2) Mahle (10–4) — 16,922 65–57 L2 123 August 19 Marlins 6–1 Castillo (7–12) Neidert (1–2) — 11,581 66–57 W1 124 August 20 Marlins 5–3 Gray (5–6) Hernández (0–1) Givens (4) 19,106 67–57 W2 125 August 21 Marlins 7–4 Cessa (4–2) Bender (2–2) Lorenzen (2) 34,443 68–57 W3 126 August 22 Marlins 3–1 Gutiérrez (9–4) Alcántara (7–12) Lorenzen (3) 17,797 69–57 W4 127 August 24 @ Brewers 4–7 Strickland (3–1) Lorenzen (0–1) Hader (27) 24,819 69–58 L1 128 August 25 @ Brewers 1–4 Woodruff (8–7) Castillo (7–13) — 24,715 69–59 L2 129 August 26 @ Brewers 5–1 Gray (6–6) Anderson (4–8) — 28,656 70–59 W1 130 August 27 @ Marlins 6–0 Miley (11–4) Thompson (2–6) — 7,119 71–59 W2 131 August 28 @ Marlins 1–6 Alcántara (8–12) Gutiérrez (9–5) — 10,407 71–60 L1 132 August 29 @ Marlins 1–2 Luzardo (5–7) Mahle (10–5) Floro (7) 11,019 71–61 L2 133 August 30 Cardinals 1–3 Lester (5–6) Castillo (7–14) Gallegos (3) 10,773 71–62 L3 — August 31 Cardinals Postponed (make-up date September 1)
September/October: 12–17 (Home: 8–7 Away: 4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 134 September 1 (1) Cardinals 4–5 (7) Cabrera (3–5) Miley (11–5) Gallegos (4) 10,365 71–63 L4 135 September 1 (2) Cardinals 12–2 (7) Gray (7–6) Happ (8–7) — 10,892 72–63 W1 136 September 3 Tigers 5–15 Holland (3–2) Gutiérrez (9–6) — 19,430 72–64 L1 137 September 4 Tigers 7–4 Mahle (11–5) Boyd (3–8) Givens (5) 26,962 73–64 W1 138 September 5 Tigers 1–4 Ureña (3–8) Castillo (7–15) Soto (18) 23,083 73–65 L1 139 September 6 @ Cubs 3–4 Effross (2–0) Lorenzen (0–2) Morgan (2) 27,289 73–66 L2 140 September 7 @ Cubs 4–3 Miley (12–5) Sampson (0–2) Givens (6) 24,925 74–66 W1 141 September 8 @ Cubs 1–4 (10) Heuer (7–2) Brach (1–2) — 25,861 74–67 L1 142 September 10 @ Cardinals 4–2 Lorenzen (1–2) McFarland (3–1) Givens (7) 29,597 75–67 W1 143 September 11 @ Cardinals 4–6 Reyes (7–8) Sims (5–3) Gallegos (7) 33,404 75–68 L1 144 September 12 @ Cardinals 0–2 Happ (9–8) Gray (7–7) Gallegos (8) 32,872 75–69 L2 145 September 14 @ Pirates 5–6 Peters (1–2) Miley (12–6) Stratton (5) 8,896 75–70 L3 146 September 15 @ Pirates 4–5 Stratton (6–1) Givens (3–3) — 9,320 75–71 L4 147 September 16 @ Pirates 1–0 Mahle (12–5) Ponce (0–4) Givens (8) 9,102 76–71 W1 148 September 17 Dodgers 3–1 Castillo (8–15) Buehler (14–4) Lorenzen (4) 28,926 77–71 W2 149 September 18 Dodgers 1–5 Scherzer (15–4) Gray (7–8) Jansen (34) 29,861 77–72 L1 150 September 19 Dodgers 5–8 Kershaw (10–7) Miley (12–7) — 26,621 77–73 L2 151 September 20 Pirates 9–5 Cessa (5–2) Ponce (0–5) — 17,086 78–73 W1 152 September 21 Pirates 2–6 Keller (5–11) Mahle (12–6) — 9,475 78–74 L1 — September 22 Pirates Postponed (rain, makeup September 27) 153 September 23 Nationals 2–3 Corbin (9–15) Castillo (8–16) Finnegan (11) 11,836 78–75 L2 154 September 24 Nationals 8–7 (11) Warren (3–0) Thompson (1–2) — 16,021 79–75 W1 155 September 25 Nationals 7–6 Givens (4–3) Murphy (0–3) — 18,293 80–75 W2 156 September 26 Nationals 9–2 Mahle (13–6) Rogers (2–1) — 21,328 81–75 W3 157 September 27 Pirates 13–1 Sanmartín (1–0) Overton (0–1) — 11,055 82–75 W4 158 September 28 @ White Sox 1–7 López (4–3) O'Brien (0–1) — 25,242 82–76 L1 159 September 29 @ White Sox 1–6 Rodón (13–5) Gray (7–9) — 23,018 82–77 L2 160 October 1 @ Pirates 2–9 Stratton (7–1) Garrett (0–4) — 13,582 82–78 L3 161 October 2 @ Pirates 6–8 Mears (1–0) Santillan (1–3) Stratton (8) 22,910 82–79 L4 162 October 3 @ Pirates 6–3 Sanmartin (2–0) Ponce (0–6) — 13,011 83–79 W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Reds team member

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2021 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers 51 R. J. Alaniz 70 Tejay Antone 46 Cam Bedrosian 47 Brad Brach 58 Luis Castillo 85 Luis Cessa 87 José De León 63 Sean Doolittle 46 Michael Feliz 41 Carson Fulmer 52 Édgar García 50 Amir Garrett 48 Mychal Givens 75 Ashton Goudeau 54 Sonny Gray 53 Vladimir Gutiérrez 55 Heath Hembree 68 Ryan Hendrix 23 Jeff Hoffman 21 Michael Lorenzen 30 Tyler Mahle 22 Wade Miley 55 Dauri Moreta 57 Riley O'Brien 35 Josh Osich 43 Cionel Pérez 47 Sal Romano 52 Reiver Sanmartín 64 Tony Santillan 39 Lucas Sims 77 Art Warren 34 Justin Wilson		Catchers 16 Tucker Barnhart 37 Tyler Stephenson Infielders 38 José Barrero  0 Alex Blandino  3 Asdrúbal Cabrera 17 Kyle Farmer 27 Mike Freeman  6 Jonathan India 28 Alejo López  9 Mike Moustakas  7 Eugenio Suárez 19 Joey Votto		Outfielders  4 Shogo Akiyama 44 Aristides Aquino  2 Nicholas Castellanos 26 Delino DeShields Jr. 29 TJ Friedl 26 Scott Heineman 12 Tyler Naquin 34 Mark Payton 32 Max Schrock 15 Nick Senzel 33 Jesse Winker		Manager 25 David Bell Coaches 45 Freddie Benavides (bench) 90 Delino DeShields (first base/infield) 91 Jose Duarte (bullpen catcher) 56 J. R. House (third base/catching) 92 Nate Irving (bullpen catcher) 65 Eric Jagers (assistant pitching) 36 Derek Johnson (pitching) 62 Joe Mather (assistant hitting) 89 Cristian Perez (assistant bullpen/advance scouting) 61 Jeff Pickler (game planning/outfield) 60 Lee Tunnell (bullpen) 88 Rolando Valles (associate) 59 Alan Zinter (hitting)

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
Jonathan India	150	532	98	143	34	2	21	69	12	71	.269	.459
Nick Castellanos	138	531	95	164	38	1	34	100	3	41	.309	.576
Eugenio Suárez	145	505	71	100	23	0	31	79	0	56	.198	.428
Kyle Farmer	147	483	60	127	22	2	16	63	2	22	.263	.416
Joey Votto	129	448	73	119	23	1	36	99	1	77	.266	.563
Jesse Winker	110	423	77	129	32	1	24	71	1	53	.305	.556
Tyler Naquin	127	411	52	111	24	2	19	70	5	35	.270	.477
Tyler Stephenson	132	350	56	100	21	0	10	45	0	41	.286	.431
Tucker Barnhart	116	348	41	86	21	0	7	48	0	29	.247	.368
Mike Moustakas	62	183	21	38	12	0	6	22	0	18	.208	.372
Aristides Aquino	84	174	25	33	6	1	10	23	2	27	.190	.408
Shogo Akiyama	88	162	16	33	8	0	0	12	2	14	.204	.253
Max Schrock	53	125	19	36	7	2	3	14	1	8	.288	.448
Nick Senzel	36	111	18	28	4	0	1	8	2	12	.252	.315
Alex Blandino	43	70	9	14	4	0	0	5	1	8	.200	.257
Mike Freeman	37	59	6	11	0	0	0	3	1	5	.186	.186
José Barrero	21	50	4	10	4	1	0	3	1	3	.200	.320
Delino DeShields Jr.	25	47	4	12	5	0	1	6	2	9	.255	.426
TJ Friedl	14	31	9	9	1	0	1	2	0	4	.290	.419
Scott Heineman	19	30	5	3	0	0	2	3	0	3	.100	.300
Asdrubal Cabrera	20	26	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	.077	.077
Alejo López	14	23	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.261
Mark Payton	24	22	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.182	.182
Pitcher Totals	162	279	22	34	6	0	0	9	0	12	.122	.143
Team Totals	162	5423	786	1352	295	13	222	756	36	553	.249	.431

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	8	16	3.98	33	33	0	187.2	181	94	83	75	192
Tyler Mahle	13	6	3.75	33	33	0	180.0	158	78	75	64	210
Wade Miley	12	7	3.37	28	28	0	163.0	166	64	61	50	125
Sonny Gray	7	9	4.19	26	26	0	135.1	115	67	63	50	155
Vladimir Gutiérrez	9	6	4.74	22	22	0	114.0	115	61	60	46	88
Jeff Hoffman	3	5	4.56	31	11	0	73.0	70	41	37	45	79
Amir Garrett	0	4	6.04	63	0	7	47.2	46	34	32	29	61
Lucas Sims	5	3	4.40	47	0	7	47.0	34	26	23	18	76
Tony Santillan	1	3	2.91	26	4	0	43.1	34	15	14	21	56
Heath Hembree	2	7	6.38	45	0	8	42.1	32	33	30	19	68
Sean Doolittle	3	1	4.46	45	0	1	38.1	40	21	19	18	41
Tejay Antone	2	0	2.14	23	0	3	33.2	17	8	8	13	42
Ryan Hendrix	5	1	5.97	36	0	0	31.2	33	23	21	16	35
Brad Brach	1	2	6.30	35	0	1	30.0	30	26	21	18	33
Michael Lorenzen	1	2	5.59	27	0	4	29.0	26	18	18	14	21
Luis Cessa	2	1	2.05	24	0	0	26.1	24	7	6	2	23
Carson Fulmer	0	0	6.66	20	0	0	25.2	26	20	19	13	24
Cionel Pérez	1	2	6.38	25	0	0	24.0	21	21	17	20	25
Mychal Givens	1	1	4.22	23	0	8	21.1	18	11	10	13	20
Art Warren	3	0	1.29	26	0	0	21.0	11	3	3	8	34
Sal Romano	0	0	5.23	14	0	0	20.2	20	14	12	9	12
José De León	0	1	8.35	9	2	0	18.1	22	17	17	11	33
Justin Wilson	0	0	2.81	21	0	0	16.0	14	5	5	7	14
Josh Osich	2	0	5.02	17	0	1	14.1	15	9	8	5	9
Reiver Sanmartín	2	0	1.54	2	2	0	11.2	12	2	2	2	11
Ashton Goudeau	0	0	4.00	5	0	0	9.0	8	4	4	9	5
Michael Feliz	0	0	16.20	9	0	1	6.2	13	12	12	4	9
Cam Bedrosian	0	0	11.12	6	0	0	5.2	10	7	7	6	7
Édgar García	0	1	16.62	5	0	0	4.1	10	10	8	1	4
Alex Blandino	0	0	9.82	4	0	0	3.2	4	5	4	4	1
Dauri Moreta	0	0	2.45	4	0	0	3.2	2	1	1	1	4
R. J. Alaniz	0	0	3.38	3	0	0	2.2	1	1	1	3	3
Max Schrock	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	1
Riley O'Brien	0	1	13.50	1	1	0	1.1	2	2	2	3	2
Mike Freeman	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	83	79	4.40	162	162	41	1434.1	1330	760	702	617	1524

Source:

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Bats	Triple-A East	Pat Kelly
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Double-A South	Ricky Gutiérrez
High-A	Dayton Dragons	High-A Central	Jose Moreno
Low-A	Daytona Tortugas	Low-A Southeast	Gookie Dawkins
Rookie	ACL Reds	Arizona Complex League	Bryan LaHair
Foreign Rookie	DSL Reds	Dominican Summer League	Luis Saturria