2021 Cincinnati Reds | ||
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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 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.
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.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
Team | W | L | Pct. |
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San Francisco Giants | 107 | 55 | .660 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 95 | 67 | .586 |
Atlanta Braves | 88 | 73 | .547 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.
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April: 12–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 4–8)
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May: 12–15 (Home: 4–8 Away: 8–7)
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June: 15–12 (Home: 7–7 Away: 8–5)
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July: 16–10 (Home: 7–6 Away: 9–4)
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August: 16–12 (Home: 10–4 Away: 6–8)
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September/October: 12–17 (Home: 8–7 Away: 4–10)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Reds team member |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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