1989 Cincinnati Reds season explained

Cincinnati Reds
Season:1989
League:National League
Division:West
Ballpark:Riverfront Stadium
City:Cincinnati
Record:75–87 (.463)
Divisional Place:5th
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)

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.

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.

Regular season

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
PitchersCatchersInfieldersOutfieldersOther battersManagerCoaches (Pitching) (Third Base) (Bench) (First Base) (Hitting)

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 102 287 64 .223 3 23
1B 161 628 154 .245 17 76
2B 109 305 75 .246 1 14
SS 97 325 111 .342 4 36
3B 82 304 79 .260 6 29
LF 106 236 62 .263 8 30
CF 131 462 130 .281 34 101
RF 117 428 118 .276 15 74

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
97 340 83 .244 12 34
107 315 83 .263 7 34
115 251 63 .251 3 13
61 188 42 .223 2 11
45 174 43 .247 3 13
49 151 41 .272 3 23
44 133 29 .218 2 9
43 132 27 .205 1 8
53 125 21 .168 2 11
76 118 25 .212 3 13
78 106 25 .236 0 7
40 98 17 .173 1 7
17 39 8 .205 0 0
16 30 5 .167 0 4
6 11 3 .273 0 2
8 7 1 .143 0 0
5 3 0 .000 0 0

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
37 249.2 15 12 3.39 118
40 220.2 9 13 3.83 102
20 115.2 6 11 5.60 70
19 111.0 7 6 2.84 86
14 89.2 2 7 3.71 64
15 83.1 5 3 3.35 36

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
23 100.1 4 9 4.49 66
9 42.2 2 3 4.64 23
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
60 4 8 32 3.12 60
74 10 5 2 2.09 141
69 8 3 0 2.93 98
42 2 2 1 3.75 57
37 0 3 1 5.02 31
17 0 1 0 3.96 14
15 0 0 1 6.43 14
7 1 1 0 4.15 0
3 0 0 0 12.46 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Skeeter Barnes Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mahleri01.shtml Rick Mahler Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Web site: Rolando Roomes Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/esaskni01.shtml
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/trillma01.shtml Manny Trillo Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Web site: Joel Youngblood Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/griffke01.shtml Ken Griffey Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/esaskni01.shtml
  9. Web site: Randy St. Claire Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
  10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/learyti01.shtml Tim Leary Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  11. News: Thursday, August 3, 1989 12:35, Riverfront Stadium. Baseball-Reference.com. July 21, 2010.
  12. News: The Big Inning Reds Get Record 16 Hits, Score 14 Runs in the First. Los Angeles Times. August 4, 1989. July 21, 2010.
  13. http://www.dowdreport.com/exhibits.html DowdReport.com - John M. Dowd
  14. Web site: Archived copy . www.baseball1.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060107085029/http://www.baseball1.com/bb-data/rose/agreement.html . 7 January 2006 . dead.
  15. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007