Reds Killers

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Not sure this is allowed, but there was a post on the old Red Guard forum talking about players who have hurt the Reds- but the lamentation from a few posters was that most of the players listed killed everyone else too.
So I went to Baseball reference and found out who had the highest bump to their OPS when playing the Reds versus their overall OPS. Interesting how many of these players ended up on the Reds at one time or another. 4 of the top ten that I remember playing for Cincy.

(Sorry about the formatting)

Player Games OPS V Reds Career OPS Difference
1 Manny Ramirez 29 1.359 0.996 0.363
2 Kevin Kouzmanoff 25 1.076 0.72 0.356
3 Matt Lawton 30 1.132 0.785 0.347
4 Sixto Lezcano 37 1.136 0.799 0.337
5 Paul Bako 46 0.921 0.623 0.298
6 Shin-Soo Choo 24 1.139 0.853 0.286
7 Dante Bichette 69 1.121 0.835 0.286
8 Brady Clark 62 1.02 0.744 0.276
9 Lyle Overbay 54 1.045 0.781 0.264
10 Felipe Lopez 37 0.983 0.724 0.259
11 Brad Wilkerson 28 1.048 0.79 0.258
12 Shane Andrews 41 0.976 0.719 0.257
13 Brian McCann 46 1.076 0.821 0.255
14 Xavier Nady 62 1.003 0.755 0.248
15 Andre Thornton 27 1.058 0.811 0.247
16 Barry Bonnell 36 0.958 0.712 0.246
17 Matt Stairs 61 1.077 0.832 0.245
18 Joe Koppe 38 0.891 0.648 0.243
19 Tom Glavine 51 0.695 0.454 0.241
20 Ray Durham 45 1.026 0.788 0.238

[Kilgore_Trout]

I'm not surprised to see Matt Lawton so high on the list. He always seemed to come through with a big hit whenever the Reds played the Indians, and I absolutely hated him for it. I had a friend who was a big Indians fan, and I specifically remember him coming to school one day with a Matt Lawton jersey on. This was in middle school.

Man, what ever happened to Kouzmanoff? The guy was stuck in San Diego, but he still had some power. I thought he'd be a solid third basemen for quite a while, but I haven't seen anything of him in a few seasons.

[Halfway between]

Surprised not to see Yadi on that list.

[CoachBombay]

The Reds do a pretty good job of killing themselves. Dont give all the credit to players on the other teams

[KYExtemper]

Surprised not to see Yadi on that list.

Me too. Of course, it seems that based off of that list the top three or so have played less than 30 games against the team, so possibly less statistical variance. I'll be glad not to see Yadi opposite of us until May after this latest series.

[Kai Slater]

Molina and other assorted Cards players along with a few Pirates, at least in the recent past.

[Don Votto]

Growing up, the biggest Reds Killers I remember were Mike Schmidt and Steve Garvey,
One is in the Hall of Fame, and the other should be in the Hall of Fame.

***keep in mind--this wasn't against, Elmer Dessens, Brett Tomko, and some of the assorted stiffs ran out over the past twenty years***

This done primarily against THE team of the 1970's.... and while the BRM pitching staff does not get any love... their starters, middle relievers, and closers were still pretty effective throughout most of Schmidt's and Garvey's careers.

Schmidt's numbers against the Reds (Who he pummeled better than ANY OTHER TEAM in the NL from 1972-1989)
and
Garvey's numbers against the Reds

NAME	GAMES	AVG	HR	RUNS	RBI	OPS
MIKE SCHMIDT	185	.292	55	133	142	1.010
STEVE GARVEY	266	.312	41	154	130	.843

I loved and hated both of these players, much like Molina. They were just great ballplayers to watch and to appreciate.

[scotly50]

Growing up, the biggest Reds Killers I remember were Mike Schmidt and Steve Garvey,
One is in the Hall of Fame, and the other should be in the Hall of Fame.

***keep in mind--this wasn't against, Elmer Dessens, Brett Tomko, and some of the assorted stiffs ran out over the past twenty years***

This done primarily against THE team of the 1970's.... and while the BRM pitching staff does not get any love... their starters, middle relievers, and closers were still pretty effective throughout most of Schmidt's and Garvey's careers.

Schmidt's numbers against the Reds (Who he pummeled better than ANY OTHER TEAM in the NL from 1972-1989)
and
Garvey's numbers against the Reds

NAME	GAMES	AVG	HR	RUNS	RBI	OPS
MIKE SCHMIDT	185	.292	55	133	142	1.010
STEVE GARVEY	266	.312	41	154	130	.843

I loved and hated both of these players, much like Molina. They were just great ballplayers to watch and to appreciate.

I remember those players like it was yesterday. I have become old.