2021 Reds compared vs other Reds teams

Things about the 2021 Reds you can tell people at random times

(Excluding 19th Century stats)

• The 2021 Reds hold the MLB record for HBP with 105

• The 2021 Reds had 55 players get an AB, that's the second most ever for them (57-2003)

• The 2021 Reds used 35 pitchers, that's a franchise record

• The 2021 Reds scored 786 runs, the 11th best in franchise history

• The 2021 Reds gave up 760 runs, the 28th most in franchise history

• The 2021 Reds run differential was +26, 59th best in franchise history, tied with the 1959 team, which started out with Mayo Smith as the manager, who was canned in favor of Fred Hutchinson, bonus call out to that year as showing up in Jim Bronsan's The Long Season.

• The 2021 Reds drew 1,505,024 people to the games, 46th best in franchise history, sandwiched by 1971 (1,501,122) and 1972 (1,611,459)

• The 2021 Reds pitchers AND batters had an average age of 28.9, that's the 35th oldest batters age in team history and the 39th for the pitchers.

The 2021 Reds have a lot in common with these two Reds teams

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Year    W    L      W-L%  pythW-L%    Finish    GB    R      RA    RD    Attendance
1987    84    78    .519    .518    2nd of 6    6    783    752    31    2,185,205
2021    83    79    .512    .515    3rd of 5    12  786    760    26    1,505,024
1968    83    79    .512    .511    4th of 10    14  690    673    17    733,354

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It took 35 pitchers and we had how many effective ones? 7, 8?

So much for quality in quantity. Wasn’t that Branch Rickey’s belief for a starting farm system.

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Originally Posted by SomeCallMeTim

It took 35 pitchers and we had how many effective ones? 7, 8?

So much for quality in quantity. Wasn’t that Branch Rickey’s belief for starting farm system.

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Last years shortened season and no ML had a LOT to do with this

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Tm        .        .        #P
Baltimore                42
Mets                        42
Arizona                        41
Tampa                        41
Cubs                        40
LAA                        40
LAD                        39
Milwaukee                38
Pittsburgh                38
Seattle                        38
Toronto                        38
Boston                        37
Cincinnati                35
Minnesota                35
Philadelphia                35
Miami                        34
San                        34
San                        34
Washington                33
StL                        32
Texas                        32
Houston                        31
Atlanta                        30
KC                        30
Yankees                        30
League                        30
Detroit                        29
Oakland                        27
CWS                        26
Colorado                26
Cleveland                24

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I think I’ll go with the HBP stat at the water cooler.

The only amazing stat to me is that the Reds set a HBP record two years removed from playing against Clint Hurdle.