This Date In Reds History (8/20/14): Past Lineups

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10 years ago (2004), a 2-0 win at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix.

Cincinnati
Ryan Freel rf
Barry Larkin ss
D'Angelo Jimenez 2b
Adam Dunn lf
Wily Mo Peña cf
Jason LaRue c
Juan Castro 1b
Felipe Lopez ss
Luke Hudson p

Arizona
Quinton McCracken lf
Alex Cintron ss
Danny Bautista rf
Shea Hillenbrand 1b
Chad Tracy 3b
Scott Hairston 2b
Luis Terrero cf
Juan Brito c
Randy Johnson p


WP: Luke Hudson (1-1)
LP: Randy Johnson (12-11)
Sv: Joe Valentine (1)
HR: None.

Luke Hudson, Ryan Wagner, and Joe Valentine combined on a six-hit shutout with 7 K's for the Reds. Randy Johnson, Mike Koplove, Shane Nance, and Brian Bruney combined on a five-hitter with 16 K's for the Diamondbacks.

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Five years ago (2009), a 2-1 win in 10 innings at Great American Ball Park vs. the Giants.

San Francisco
Eugenio Velez 2b
Juan Uribe ss
Nate Schierholtz rf
Pablo Sandoval 3b
Randy Winn lf
Ryan Garko 1b
Aaron Rowand cf
Eli Whiteside c
Matt Cain p

Cincinnati
Chris Dickerson rf
Drew Stubbs cf
Joey Votto 1b
Brandon Phillips 2b
Laynce Nix lf
Adam Rosales 3b
Paul Janish ss
Craig Tatum c
Aaron Harang p


WP: Francisco Cordero (2-3)
LP: Bob Howry (1-6)
HR: CIN - Laynce Nix (10), Drew Stubbs (1).

Reds CF Drew Stubbs hit his first major-league home run in this game, a towering shot high off the left-field foul pole to win the game in the bottom of the tenth inning. Brandon Phillips left the game in the third inning with a hand injury. Drew Sutton pinch-hit for Phillips, and remainied in the game at 2B. I was at this game. I won Skyline cheese coneys for my entire row by winning the "shell game" on the scoreboard.

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45 years ago (1969), a 2-1 loss at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

Cincinnati
Pete Rose rf
Bobby Tolan cf
Alex Johnson lf
Tony Perez 3b
Johnny Bench c
Lee May 1b
Jimmy Stewart 2b
Woody Woodward ss
Gary Nolan p

St. Louis
Lou Brock lf
Curt Flood cf
Vada Pinson rf
Joe Torre 1b
Tim McCarver c
Mike Shannon 3b
Phil Gagliano 2b
Dal Maxvill ss
Chuck Taylor p


WP: Chuck Taylor (6-1)
LP: Gary Nolan (3-5)
HR: CIN - Tony Perez (30).

Chuck Taylor pitched a complete-game two-hitter with 6 K's to get the win for the Cardinals. The only hits for the Reds were a leadoff single by Pete Rose in the first inning, and a leadoff homer by Tony Perez inthe seventh.

Was Chuck Taylor a shoe salesman in the off season?

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95 years ago (1919), a 10-3 win at Braves Field in Boston.

Cincinnati
Morrie Rath 2b
Jake Daubert 1b
Hainie Groh 3b
Edd Roush cf
Greasy Neale rf
Larry Kopf ss
Sherry Magee lf
Ivey Wingo c
Dutch Ruether p

Boston Braves
Charlie Pick 3b
Johnny Rawlings 2b
Ray Powell rf
Jim Thorpe cf
Walter Holke 1b
Les Mann lf
Rabbit Maranville ss
Hank Gowdy c
Red Causey p


WP: Dutch Ruether (15-4)
LP: Red Causey (10-4)
HR: CIN - Edd Roush (3).

Dutch Ruether pitched a complete-game six-hitter to get the win for the Reds. Yes, that is THE Jim Thorpe in CF for the Braves, perhaps the most famous athlete in the world at the time.

I think Jim Thorpe has to be the name of the day. Thorpe is considered one of the greatest athletes of all time. He won the Decathalon and Pentathalon in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. The King of Sweden pronounced him the greatest athlete in the world. He was voted the greatest athlete of the first 50 years of the 20th century by the AP in 1953. In 1977, he was also named the greatest American football player of all time. Those medals he won in the 1912 Olympics were taken away when it was found out he had played minor league baseball for pay. They were reinstated later on but not until after his death. Thorpe did play major league baseball from 1913 to 1919. He didn't play this sport as well as others. The curve ball, by his own admission, did him in. He played in only 298 games and hit just .252. He did play for a short time with the Reds in 1917. He was loaned to them as a favor to Reds manager Christy Mathewson. Thorpe was a Native American Indian who grew up on an Indian reservation in Oklahoma. He was the grandson of the famous Chippewa warrior,Black Hawk. Thorpe fought alcoholism most of his life and died,probably penniless, at age 65. His death certificate listed his occupation as simply "Athlete".

http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/5ce7670a

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