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June 1, 1869. The Reds defeated the Mansfield Independents 48-14.
Union Grounds. The Union Terminal now stands where the Union Grounds once stood.
True . The National League was formed on February 2, 1876 in New York City. Other cities that were in the league were: Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, Hartford, Louisville, New York and Philadelphia. The Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs are the only teams stil playing in the National League.
False . The Reds won this World Series. However, the win was tainted because some of the White Sox players allegedly took bribes to lose the game. This Chicago team has been called the 'Black Sox' ever since.
Cincinnati Red Stockings.
Ernie Lombardi. Lombardi won the MVP in 1938.
Bill McKechnie. McKechnie won 100 games in 1940, as the Reds went on to become World Champs.
| Who recorded the only win in the 1970 World Series for the Reds?
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Clay Carroll. Clay picked up the win in game 4 in relief.
| What Red singled in the winning run with two outs, in the top of the 9th of game 7 in the 1975 World Series? | Cincinnati Reds
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Joe Morgan. Joe Morgan was one of the games heroes to help the Reds win the Series speculated as one of the best ever.
| In the 1970 World Series, who surrendered the Grand Slam to pitcher Dave Mcnally? | Cincinnati Reds
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Tony Cloninger. Tony gave up the Grand Salami in the 6th inning of game 3.
Tom Lawless. Tom Lawless was shipped to Montreal so Pete could come back home and break the hits record as a Red ,where he belonged.
Tommy Helms. Tommy hit a HR in the 2nd game in Riverfront.
Chris Sabo. Chris led the championship year with 25 dingers.
| How many times did Pete Rose hit switch-hit HR's in a game (from both sides of the plate)? | Cincinnati Reds
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2. Pete did it twice in his Hall of Fame Career.
20. Tom won 20 games in his rookie season in 1985, and lost the ROTY award to Vince Coleman.
1982. The Reds sunk to last for the first time ever in 1982 with a record of 61-101.
44. Tony was canned after 44 games in 1993 and was replaced by Davey Johnson.
0. Joe went hitless in 7 at-bats vs Phillies' pitching, but did walk 6 times and scored 2 runs while stealing 2 bases.
Don Werner. Don Werner caught Tom's "amazin'" game on June 16, 1978.
6. Bench-'70,'72
Rose-'73
Morgan-'75,'76
Foster-'77
5. Concepcion won in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, and 1979.
| Who was the pitcher who threw the wild pitch in the 9th inning for the game-winning series-clinching run, scored by George Foster in the 1972 NLCS vs the Pirates? | Cincinnati Reds Brain Teasers
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Bob Moose. Moose uncorked the wild pitch, and Foster raced home with the winning run for a dramatic 4-3 win.
Tony and Eduardo Perez. Father Tony, hit the red seats with a grand slam on August 8, 1970. His son Eduardo hit a homer vs San Diego on July 19, 1998.
t. They played their first game on June 1, 1869. It took until June 14, 1870 for their first lose.
130. The Red Stockings fell in extra innings to the Brooklyn Atlantics 8-7, before 10,000 spectators in New York.
| After joining the National League as a charter member in 1876, why were the Red Stockings kicked out of the league in 1880 (They joined the American Association in 1882)? | Cincinnati Reds History
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They sold beer during games. Guess the National League didn't like icy cold beverages. The Red Stockings were welcomed back to the National League in 1890 for good.
| On September 4, 1999, the Reds hit how many home runs in a 22-3 pounding of the Phillies in Philadelphia? | Cincinnati Reds History
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9. The Reds set two records that day:
The Reds were the 1st team in the National League to hit 9 HRs in one game, and they set another record by becoming the 1st team in the Major League to have 8 players hit dingers!
The other team threw the series. Of course, the Reds played the infamous 'Black Sox', but Ed Roush said the Reds could've and would've beat the Sox in a fair game.
Crosley Field. The new field seated 20,000 fans, and was the premier ballpark of it's era.
| A Reds pitcher once dueled into extra innings against the Chicago Cubs in a battle of 'No-Hitters' in 1917? | Cincinnati Reds History
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t. Cincinnati's Fred Toney and Chicago's Fred 'Hippo' Vaughn threw goose-eggs through nine innings, but in extras, the Reds broke up Vaughn's no-no, and won 1-0, on May 2.
It was the 1st night game ever. On an artificially lighted field, the Reds beat the Phillies 2-1.
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