1989 Cincinnati Reds season

The Cincinnati Reds' 1989 season was one of the most turbulent in the team's history. The season was defined by allegations of gambling by Pete Rose. Before the end of the season, Rose was banned from baseball by commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.

1989 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record75–87 (.463)
Divisional place5th
Other information
OwnersMarge Schott
General managersMurray Cook
ManagersPete Rose, Tommy Helms
Local televisionWLWT
(Jay Randolph, Johnny Bench, Thom Brennaman)
Local radioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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Offseason
  • November 5, 1988: Skeeter Barnes was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[1]
  • December 2, 1988: Rick Mahler signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[2]
  • December 8, 1988: Rolando Roomes was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Lloyd McClendon.[3]
  • December 21, 1988: Manny Trillo signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[4]
  • December 21, 1988: Joel Youngblood was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[5]
  • December 21, 1988: Ken Griffey, Sr. was released by the Cincinnati Reds.[6]
  • March 28, 1989: Randy St. Claire was released by the Cincinnati Reds.[7]
  • March 30, 1989: Kent Tekulve signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
  • March 30, 1989: Ken Griffey, Sr. signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[6]

Ohio Cup

The first Ohio Cup, which was an annual pre-season baseball game was played in 1989. The single-game cup was played at Cooper Stadium (then home of the AAA International League Columbus Clippers) in Columbus, Ohio, and was staged just days before the start of each new Major League Baseball season.

No. Year Winner Runner-up Score Venue Date Attendance
11989IndiansReds1-0Cooper StadiumApril 215,978

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9270 0.568 — 53–28 39–42
San Diego Padres 8973 0.549 3 46–35 43–38
Houston Astros 8676 0.531 6 47–35 39–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 7783 0.481 14 44–37 33–46
Cincinnati Reds 7587 0.463 17 38–43 37–44
Atlanta Braves 6397 0.394 28 33–46 30–51

Record vs. opponents
1989 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–78–108–106–106–62–108–44–87–116–123–9
Chicago 7–5—7–55–77–510–810–810–812–68–46–611–7
Cincinnati 10–85–7—8–108–104–84–84–87–59–98–108–4
Houston 10–87–510–8—10–84–86–69–37–58–108–107–5
Los Angeles 10–65–710–88–10—7–55–76–67–56–1210–83–9
Montreal 6–68–108–48–45–7—9–99–911–75–77–55–13
New York 10–28–108–46–67–59–9—12–69–95–73–910–8
Philadelphia 4–88–108–43–96–69–96–12—10–82–104–87–11
Pittsburgh 8–46–125–75–75–77–119–98–10—3–95–713–5
San Diego 11–74–89–910–812–67–57–510–29–3—8–102–10
San Francisco 12–66–610–810–88–105–79–38–47–510–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–37–114–85–79–313–58–1011–75–1310–25–7—

Notable transactions
  • May 25, 1989: Manny Trillo was released by the Cincinnati Reds.[4]
  • July 18, 1989: Tim Leary was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Mariano Duncan to the Cincinnati Reds for Kal Daniels and Lenny Harris.[8]

Notable games
  • On August 3, 1989, at Riverfront Stadium against the Houston Astros, the Reds set or tied several team, National League, and major league records by scoring 14 runs on 16 hits in the first inning.[9][10] The bottom of the first inning lasted 38 minutes, and the first eight consecutive batters reached base.[10] The Reds won the game 18-2.[9]

Pete Rose: Permanent Ineligibility

Amid reports that he had bet on baseball, Rose was questioned in February 1989 by outgoing commissioner Peter Ueberroth and his replacement, Bart Giamatti. Rose denied the allegations and Ueberroth dropped the investigation. However, after Giamatti became Commissioner, three days later, lawyer John Dowd was retained to investigate these charges against Rose. A Sports Illustrated cover story published on March 21, 1989, gave the public their first detailed report of the allegations that Rose had placed bets on baseball games.

Dowd interviewed many of Rose's associates, including alleged bookies and bet runners. He delivered a summary of his findings to the Commissioner in May, a document which became known as the Dowd Report. In it, Dowd documented Rose's alleged gambling activities in 1985 and 1986 and compiled a day-by-day account of Rose's alleged betting on baseball games in 1987. The Dowd Report documented his alleged bets on 52 Reds games in 1987, where Rose wagered a minimum of $10,000 a day. Others involved in the allegations claim that number was actually $2,000 a day.

According to the Dowd Report itself, "no evidence was discovered that Rose bet against the Reds."[11] This is in contrast to the case of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and his teammates in the Black Sox Scandal, who were accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series.

Rose continued to deny all of the accusations against him and refused to appear at a hearing with Giamatti on the matter. He filed a lawsuit alleging that the Commissioner had prejudged the case and could not provide a fair hearing. A Cincinnati judge issued a temporary restraining order to delay the hearing, but Giamatti fought to have the case moved to Federal Court. The Commissioner prevailed in that effort, after which he and Rose entered settlement negotiations.

On August 24, 1989, Rose voluntarily accepted a permanent place on baseball's ineligible list.[12] Rose accepted that there was a factual reason for the ban; in return, Major League Baseball agreed to make no formal finding with regard to the gambling allegations. According to baseball's rules, Rose could reapply for reinstatement. Rose, with a 412-373 record, was replaced as Reds manager by Tommy Helms. Rose began therapy with a psychiatrist for treatment of a gambling addiction.

Roster
1989 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJeff Reed10228764.223323
1BTodd Benzinger161628154.2451776
2BRon Oester10930575.246114
SSBarry Larkin97325111.342436
3BChris Sabo8230479.260629
LFKen Griffey10623662.263830
CFEric Davis131462130.28134101
RFPaul O'Neill117428118.2761574

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Luis Quiñones9734083.2441234
Rolando Roomes10731583.263734
Herm Winningham11525163.251313
Lenny Harris6118842.223211
Mariano Duncan4517443.247313
Joe Oliver4915141.272323
Kal Daniels4413329.21829
Bo Díaz4313227.20518
Jeff Richardson5312521.168211
Joel Youngblood7611825.212313
Dave Collins7810625.23607
Scotti Madison409817.17317
Manny Trillo17398.20500
Marty Brown16305.16704
Terry McGriff6113.27302
Van Snider871.14300
Skeeter Barnes530.00000

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Browning37249.215123.39118
Rick Mahler40220.29133.83102
Danny Jackson20115.26115.6070
José Rijo19111.0762.8486
Tim Leary1489.2273.7164
Ron Robinson1583.1533.3536

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Scott Scudder23100.1494.4966
Jack Armstrong942.2234.6423
Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Franco6048323.1260
Rob Dibble7410522.09141
Norm Charlton698302.9398
Tim Birtsas422213.7557
Kent Tekulve370315.0231
Mike Roesler170103.9614
Bob Sebra150016.4314
Rosario Rodríguez71104.150
Mike Griffin300012.461

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Nashville Sounds American Association Frank Lucchesi
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Jim Tracy
A Cedar Rapids Reds Midwest League Gary Denbo
A Greensboro Hornets South Atlantic League Dave Miley
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Sam Mejías
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Dave Keller

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References
  1. "Skeeter Barnes Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  2. Rick Mahler Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. "Rolando Roomes Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  4. Manny Trillo Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. "Joel Youngblood Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  6. Ken Griffey Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  7. "Randy St. Claire Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  8. Tim Leary Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  9. "Thursday, August 3, 1989 12:35, Riverfront Stadium". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  10. "The Big Inning Reds Get Record 16 Hits, Score 14 Runs in the First". Los Angeles Times. August 4, 1989. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  11. DowdReport.com - John M. Dowd
  12. "Archived copy". www.baseball1.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2006. Retrieved January 17, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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