The Cincinnati Reds went 97-65 in 2012, a .599 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 669 runs and allowed 588, a run differential of +81. The offence ranked 21st of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.35 staff ERA was 4th of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 24th of 30 in MLB. Joey Votto led the position players at 5.6 WAR, and Johnny Cueto the rotation at a 2.78 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL Central, 9 games clear. They spent 126 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 11.5 games on September 12 and were as far as 5 games back on April 18. Their best month was July at 19-7, their worst March/April at 11-11. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from July 19 to July 29 and a 5-game losing streak from August 5 to August 9. They were 50-31 at home and 47-34 on the road, 31-21 in one-run games and 40-36 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 9-2 against the Giants on April 24; the heaviest defeat, 11-1 at the Cardinals on April 18.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
11
.500
87
90
-3
May
17
11
.607
114
94
+20
June
15
12
.556
127
110
+17
July
19
7
.731
116
85
+31
August
19
11
.633
142
122
+20
Sept/Oct
16
13
.552
83
87
-4
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
50-31
.617
Road
47-34
.580
One-run games
31-21
.596
Extra innings
7-7
.500
Within the division
49-30
.620
Against .500+ clubs
40-36
.526
Decided by 5+ runs
20-13
.606
Last 10
5-5
.500
2012 postseason
In October the Cincinnati Reds lost the NLDS to the Giants 3-2.
NLDS vs Giants2-3 L
Game 1, October 6 W 5-2 at Giants
Game 2, October 7 W 9-0 at Giants
Game 3, October 9 L 1-2 vs Giants
Game 4, October 10 L 3-8 vs Giants
Game 5, October 11 L 4-6 vs Giants
National League Central standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2012. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
28,978
28,754
16,577
42,956
Night
53
27,914
26,438
16,577
42,294
Day
28
30,993
31,325
17,317
42,956
Weekend
39
35,517
35,332
23,539
42,443
Weekday
42
22,907
21,412
16,577
42,956
On the road
81
30,784
32,547
12,077
53,570
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
25,823
May
12
27,509
Jun
15
31,166
Jul
12
30,281
Aug
15
33,042
Sep
15
25,386
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2012.
Regulation
2:56
148 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
3:44
14 of them
Longest
5:22
2012-09-10, 14 inn
Shortest
2:21
2012-08-15
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
3:00
2:57
2:21
5:22
Regulation
148
2:56
2:55
2:21
3:56
Extra innings
14
3:44
3:31
3:03
5:22
Home
81
3:01
3:00
2:21
5:22
Road
81
3:00
2:54
2:24
4:24
Day
56
3:00
2:57
2:22
4:13
Night
106
3:00
2:57
2:21
5:22
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:50
May
12
2:58
Jun
15
2:58
Jul
12
3:05
Aug
15
3:00
Sep
15
3:11
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 176 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Cincinnati Reds are 97-65, a .599 win rate, while their +81 run differential implies .559. That is about 6 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
