1989 Cincinnati Reds season

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1989  Cincinnati Reds
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Riverfront Stadium
City Cincinnati
Record75–87 (.463)
Divisional place5th
Owners Marge Schott
General managers Murray Cook
Managers Pete Rose, Tommy Helms
Television WLWT
(Jay Randolph, Johnny Bench, Thom Brennaman)
Radio WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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The Cincinnati Reds' 1989 season was one of the most turbulent in the team's history. The season was defined by allegations of gambling by Pete Rose. Before the end of the season, Rose was banned from baseball by commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.

Contents

Offseason

Ohio Cup

The first Ohio Cup , which was an annual pre-season baseball game was played in 1989. The single-game cup was played at Cooper Stadium (then home of the AAA International League Columbus Clippers) in Columbus, Ohio, and was staged just days before the start of each new Major League Baseball season.

No.YearWinnerRunner-upScoreVenueDateAttendance
11989 Indians Reds 1-0 Cooper Stadium April 215,978

Regular season

Season standings

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 92700.568—53–2839–42
San Diego Padres 89730.549346–3543–38
Houston Astros 86760.531647–3539–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 77830.4811444–3733–46
Cincinnati Reds 75870.4631738–4337–44
Atlanta Braves 63970.3942833–4630–51

Record vs. opponents

1989 National League record

Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta —5–78–108–106–106–62–108–44–87–116–123–9
Chicago 7–5—7–55–77–510–810–810–812–68–46–611–7
Cincinnati 10–85–7—8–108–104–84–84–87–59–98–108–4
Houston 10–87–510–8—10–84–86–69–37–58–108–107–5
Los Angeles 10–65–710–88–10—7–55–76–67–56–1210–83–9
Montreal 6–68–108–48–45–7—9–99–911–75–77–55–13
New York 10–28–108–46–67–59–9—12–69–95–73–910–8
Philadelphia 4–88–108–43–96–69–96–12—10–82–104–87–11
Pittsburgh 8–46–125–75–75–77–119–98–10—3–95–713–5
San Diego 11–74–89–910–812–67–57–510–29–3—8–102–10
San Francisco 12–66–610–810–88–105–79–38–47–510–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–37–114–85–79–313–58–1011–75–1310–25–7—

Notable transactions

Notable games

Pete Rose: Permanent Ineligibility

Amid reports that he had bet on baseball, Rose was questioned in February 1989 by outgoing commissioner Peter Ueberroth and his replacement, Bart Giamatti. Rose denied the allegations and Ueberroth dropped the investigation. However, after Giamatti became Commissioner, three days later, lawyer John Dowd was retained to investigate these charges against Rose. A Sports Illustrated cover story published on March 21, 1989, gave the public their first detailed report of the allegations that Rose had placed bets on baseball games.

Dowd interviewed many of Rose's associates, including alleged bookies and bet runners. He delivered a summary of his findings to the Commissioner in May, a document which became known as the Dowd Report. In it, Dowd documented Rose's alleged gambling activities in 1985 and 1986 and compiled a day-by-day account of Rose's alleged betting on baseball games in 1987. The Dowd Report documented his alleged bets on 52 Reds games in 1987, where Rose wagered a minimum of $10,000 a day. Others involved in the allegations claim that number was actually $2,000 a day.

According to the Dowd Report itself, "no evidence was discovered that Rose bet against the Reds." [13] This is in contrast to the case of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and his teammates in the Black Sox Scandal, who were accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series.

Rose continued to deny all of the accusations against him and refused to appear at a hearing with Giamatti on the matter. He filed a lawsuit alleging that the Commissioner had prejudged the case and could not provide a fair hearing. A Cincinnati judge issued a temporary restraining order to delay the hearing, but Giamatti fought to have the case moved to Federal Court. The Commissioner prevailed in that effort, after which he and Rose entered settlement negotiations.

On August 24, 1989, Rose voluntarily accepted a permanent place on baseball's ineligible list. [14] Rose accepted that there was a factual reason for the ban; in return, Major League Baseball agreed to make no formal finding with regard to the gambling allegations. According to baseball's rules, Rose could reapply for reinstatement. Rose, with a 412-373 record, was replaced as Reds manager by Tommy Helms. Rose began therapy with a psychiatrist for treatment of a gambling addiction.

Roster

1989 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Jeff Reed 10228764.223323
1B Todd Benzinger 161628154.2451776
2B Ron Oester 10930575.246114
SS Barry Larkin 97325111.342436
3B Chris Sabo 8230479.260629
LF Ken Griffey 10623662.263830
CF Eric Davis 131462130.28134101
RF Paul O'Neill 117428118.2761574

Other batters

Note: G = Games played, AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Luis Quiñones 9734083.2441234
Rolando Roomes 10731583.263734
Herm Winningham 11525163.251313
Lenny Harris 6118842.223211
Mariano Duncan 4517443.247313
Joe Oliver 4915141.272323
Kal Daniels 4413329.21829
Bo Díaz 4313227.20518
Jeff Richardson 5312521.168211
Joel Youngblood 7611825.212313
Dave Collins 7810625.23607
Scotti Madison 409817.17317
Manny Trillo 17398.20500
Marty Brown 16305.16704
Terry McGriff 6113.27302
Van Snider 871.14300
Skeeter Barnes 530.00000

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tom Browning 37249.215123.39118
Rick Mahler 40220.29133.83102
Danny Jackson 20115.26115.6070
José Rijo 19111.0762.8486
Tim Leary 1489.2273.7164
Ron Robinson 1583.1533.3536

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Scott Scudder 23100.1494.4966
Jack Armstrong 942.2234.6423
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
John Franco 6048323.1260
Rob Dibble 7410522.09141
Norm Charlton 698302.9398
Tim Birtsas 422213.7557
Kent Tekulve 370315.0231
Mike Roesler 170103.9614
Bob Sebra 150016.4314
Rosario Rodríguez 71104.150
Mike Griffin 300012.461

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Nashville Sounds American Association Frank Lucchesi
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Jim Tracy
A Cedar Rapids Reds Midwest League Gary Denbo
A Greensboro Hornets South Atlantic League Dave Miley
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Sam Mejías
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Dave Keller

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