1982 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1982 Cincinnati Reds season was the 113th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 13th and 12th full season at Riverfront Stadium. The Reds finished in sixth place in the National League West, with a record of 61 wins and 101 losses, 28 games behind the Atlanta Braves. The Reds played their home games at Riverfront Stadium. John McNamara managed the club to a 34–58 start before being replaced in late July by Russ Nixon, who compiled a 27–43 record the rest of the year. 1982 was the first time that the Reds finished in last place since 1937, as well as their first losing season since 1971, the team's first full season at Riverfront. It was also the first 100-loss season in franchise history. They would not have another 100-loss season until 40 years later in 2022.

Offseason

November 4, 1981: Ken Griffey was traded by the Reds to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Brian Ryder. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Freddie Toliver to the Reds on December 9.
December 11, 1981: Scott Brown was traded by the Reds to the Kansas City Royals for Clint Hurdle.
December 18, 1981: Ray Knight was traded by the Reds to the Houston Astros for César Cedeño.
January 12, 1982: Randy Myers was drafted by the Reds in the 3rd round of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.
February 9, 1982: Paul Moskau was traded by the Reds to the Baltimore Orioles for a player to be named later. The Orioles completed the deal by sending Wayne Krenchicki to the Reds on February 16.
February 10, 1982: George Foster was traded by the Reds to the New York Mets for Alex Treviño, Jim Kern, and Greg A. Harris.

Regular season

Notable transactions

March 26, 1982: Joe Nolan was traded by the Reds to the Baltimore Orioles for Dallas Williams and Brooks Carey.

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
C		120	355	89	.251	1	33
1B		149	516	139	.269	17	57
2B	Ron Oester	151	549	143	.260	9	47
SS	Dave Concepción	147	572	164	.287	5	53
3B	Johnny Bench	119	399	103	.258	13	38
LF	Eddie Milner	113	407	109	.268	4	31
CF		138	492	142	.289	8	57
RF	Paul Householder	138	417	88	.211	9	34

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
Duane Walker	86	239	52	.218	5	22
Mike Vail	78	189	48	.254	4	29
	94	187	53	.283	2	21
Larry Biittner	97	184	57	.310	2	24
Tom Lawless	49	165	35	.212	0	4
Dave Van Gorder	51	137	25	.182	0	7
Rafael Landestoy	73	111	21	.189	1	9
Gary Redus	20	83	18	.217	1	7
Germán Barranca	46	51	13	.255	0	2
Mike O'Berry	21	45	10	.222	0	3
	19	34	7	.206	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
Mario Soto	35	257.2	14	13	2.79	274
	34	222.1	9	18	3.36	157
Frank Pastore	31	188.1	8	13	3.97	94
Tom Seaver	21	111.1	5	13	5.50	62

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
Bob Shirley	41	152.2	8	13	3.60	89
Charlie Leibrandt	36	107.2	5	7	5.10	34
Greg A. Harris	34	91.1	2	6	4.83	67
Bill Scherrer	5	17.1	0	1	2.60	7

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
Tom Hume	46	2	6	17	3.11	22
Joe Price	59	3	4	3	2.85	71
	50	3	5	2	2.84	43
Brad Lesley	28	0	2	4	2.58	29
Ben Hayes	26	2	0	2	1.97	38
Joe Edelen	9	0	0	0	8.80	11

Farm system

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