Birthdays: 1/12

[chicoruiz]

Reds:

Dontrelle Willis (30) -Gave the Reds 9 quality starts in 13 tries last year. First pitcher to have 20 wins and 20 base hits in the same season.

Reggie Taylor (35) -Played for the Reds in 2002-03. Very speedy guy, but you know the saying: you can't steal first base.

Others:

Ivan Nova (25) -Nova was actually selected in the 2008 Rule 5 draft by the Padres, but they returned him to the Yankees.

Casey Candaele -(51) -The "son" half of the only mother-son combination to play professional baseball. Spent one year with the Reds AAA Indianapolis club.

Randy Jones (62) -The only Cy Young award-winning starter to have a career losing record. In 1976 he was 16-3 at the All-Star break, a record no one since has matched.

Joe Hauser -Undistinguished big league career, but a feared minor-league slugger. First man to hit over 60 homers in a professional baseball season twice, and the only one to do it until McGwire and Sosa. Nicknamed "Unser Choe" by the German fans of the Minneapolis Millers.

[cumberlandreds]

Randy Jones was a Red Killer. The BRM could rarely figure out his slow pitches.

[oneupper]

Originally Posted by cumberlandreds

Randy Jones was a Red Killer. The BRM could rarely figure out his slow pitches.

IIRC, Pete Rose actually "switched" sides (i.e. hit lefty against lefty), to see if he could figure out Jones. I don't think it worked.

[Bob Borkowski]

Originally Posted by chicoruiz

Reds:
Dontrelle Willis (30) -Gave the Reds 9 quality starts in 13 tries last year. First pitcher to have 20 wins and 20 base hits in the same season.

On January 4, 2013 he signed a minor league contract with the Cubs.