1993 Cincinnati Reds season explained

Cincinnati Reds
Season:	1993
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Riverfront Stadium
City:	Cincinnati
Record:	73–89 (.451)
Divisional Place:	5th
Owners:	Marge Schott
General Managers:	Jim Bowden
Television:	WLWT (Marty Brennaman, George Grande, Chris Welsh) SportsChannel Cincinnati (Gordy Coleman, George Grande)
Radio:	WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)

The 1993 Cincinnati Reds season was the team's last as members of the National League West, finishing in fifth place. The team introduced new uniforms, being the last in MLB to abandon the 1970s/80s pullover jersey/beltless pants combo; the new look reintroduced sleeveless vests and a pinstriped cap; this look would hold until 1998.^[1] ^[2]

Major League Baseball's executive council decided to prevent owner Marge Schott from exercising day-to-day oversight of the Reds during the 1993 season, while still leaving major financial decisions to her. This was a response to several November 1992 accounts of Schott racially and ethnically slurring players and business associates, and praising the early efforts of Adolf Hitler.

Offseason

November 3, 1992: Paul O'Neill and Joe DeBerry (minors) were traded by the Reds to the New York Yankees for Roberto Kelly.^[3]
November 6, 1992: Greg Cadaret was purchased by the Reds from the New York Yankees.^[4]
November 17, 1992: Norm Charlton was traded by the Reds to the Seattle Mariners for Kevin Mitchell.^[5]
November 18, 1992: Scott Coolbaugh was released by the Reds.^[6]
November 25, 1992: Gary Varsho was selected off waivers by the Reds from the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[7]
December 1, 1992: John Smiley was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[8]
December 7, 1992: Willie Cañate was drafted by the Reds from the Cleveland Indians in the 1992 rule 5 draft.^[9]
December 10, 1992: Troy Afenir was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[10]
December 10, 1992: Jeff Kaiser was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[11]
December 11, 1992: Juan Samuel was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[12]
January 13, 1993: Bill Doran was purchased from the Reds by the Milwaukee Brewers.^[13]
January 19, 1993: Jeff Reardon was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[14]
January 22, 1993: Jamie Quirk was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[15]
February 1, 1993: Randy Milligan was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[16]
Before 1993 season: Steve Carter was acquired by the Reds from the Detroit Tigers.^[17]

Regular season

Notable transactions

April 13, 1993: Willie Cañate was purchased from the Reds by the Toronto Blue Jays.^[9]
April 23, 1993: Jeff Kaiser was selected off waivers from the Reds by the New York Mets.^[11]
June 28, 1993: Scott Service was selected off waivers from the Reds by the Colorado Rockies.^[18]
July 7, 1993: Scott Service was selected off waivers by the Reds from the Colorado Rockies.^[18]
July 12, 1991: Steve Carter was traded by the Reds to the Houston Astros for Jack Daugherty.^[19]
July 26, 1993: Greg Cadaret was released by the Reds.^[4]
July 31, 1993: Tim Belcher was traded by the Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Johnny Ruffin and Jeff Pierce.^[20]
August 17, 1993: Randy Milligan was traded by the Reds to the Cleveland Indians for Thomas Howard.^[16]

Roster

1993 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	139	482	115	.239	14	75
1B	101	379	120	.317	7	49
2B	103	261	60	.230	4	26
SS	100	384	121	.315	8	51
3B	148	552	143	.259	21	82
LF	93	323	110	.341	19	64
CF	78	320	102	.319	9	35
RF	138	496	136	.274	20	83

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
125	381	92	.241	3	22
83	292	70	.240	1	18
103	272	73	.268	6	23
83	234	64	.274	6	29
38	141	39	.277	4	13
31	98	22	.224	3	12
77	95	22	.232	2	11
36	76	17	.224	0	8
25	63	16	.254	2	12
40	60	14	.233	0	5
46	59	13	.220	2	9
35	59	11	.186	1	2
15	50	8	.160	2	5
11	27	7	.259	1	3
27	24	2	.083	0	1
7	15	1	.067	0	0
10	12	2	.167	0	0
3	6	1	.167	0	0
3	4	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	257.1	14	9	2.48	227
31	164.1	10	15	5.26	94
22	137.0	9	6	4.47	101
21	114.0	7	7	4.74	53
18	105.2	3	9	5.62	60
16	80.0	2	5	5.63	54
14	77.1	2	5	4.54	38

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
45	1	4	19	6.48	49
58	4	6	8	4.09	35
37	2	1	2	3.49	24
34	2	1	1	4.96	23
33	1	0	0	6.75	20
26	2	2	2	3.70	40
21	2	1	2	3.58	30
19	3	0	0	5.65	23
18	0	2	0	3.74	14
17	2	2	0	1.75	16
9	0	3	0	4.41	17
6	0	0	0	12.46	3
4	0	0	0	18.00	0
3	0	0	0	18.56	4
3	0	1	0	3.86	2
3	0	0	0	2.70	4

Awards and honors

Barry Larkin, Shortstop, Roberto Clemente Award

Farm system

References

Notes and References

Web site: Uniforms History Cincinnati Reds . mlb.com . MLB . May 18, 2023.
Web site: Red pants, squatchees and cig pockets: Reviewing the finer points of the Reds' 15 throwback uniforms . Rosencrans . C. Trent . November 9, 2018 . theathletic.com . The Athletic . May 18, 2023.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellyro01.shtml Roberto Kelly page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cadargr01.shtml Greg Cadaret page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/charlno01.shtml Norm Charlton page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coolbsc01.shtml Scott Coolbaugh page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/varshga01.shtml Gary Varsho page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smilejo01.shtml John Smiley page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/canatwi01.shtml Willie Cañate page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/afenitr01.shtml Troy Afenir page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kaiseje01.shtml Jeff Kaiser page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/samueju01.shtml Juan Samuel page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/doranbi02.shtml Bill Doran page at Baseball-Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/reardje01.shtml Jeff Reardon page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/q/quirkja01.shtml Jamie Quirk page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/millira01.shtml Randy Milligan page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartest01.shtml Steve Carter page at Baseball-Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/servisc01.shtml Scott Service page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/daughja01.shtml Jack Daugherty page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/belchti01.shtml Tim Belcher page at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007