National League Central · 2015
Cincinnati Reds
- Team WAR
- 27.0 18.5 bat / 8.4 pitch
- Win %
- .395 pyth .426
- Run diff
- -114 3.95 / 4.65 per g
- wRC+
- 92
- ERA
- 4.36 FIP 4.24
- Home runs
- 172
The Cincinnati Reds went 64-98 in 2015, a .395 winning percentage — the second worst record in baseball. They scored 640 runs and allowed 754, a run differential of -114. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.36 staff ERA was 26th of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 24th of 30 in MLB. Joey Votto led the position players at 7.8 WAR, and Johnny Cueto the rotation at a 3.44 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,421 team hits
Batting
42 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Joey Votto | 1B | 158 | 695 | 171 | 29 | 80 | 11 | .314 | .459 | .541 | .434 | 176 | 7.8 |
| Todd Frazier | 3B | 157 | 678 | 158 | 35 | 89 | 13 | .255 | .309 | .498 | .346 | 117 | 4.3 |
| Brandon Phillips | 2B | 148 | 623 | 173 | 12 | 70 | 23 | .294 | .328 | .395 | .318 | 97 | 2.8 |
| Eugenio Suárez | SS | 96 | 398 | 104 | 13 | 48 | 4 | .280 | .315 | .446 | .331 | 107 | 2.4 |
| Brayan Peña | C | 107 | 367 | 91 | 0 | 18 | 2 | .273 | .334 | .324 | .297 | 84 | 1.4 |
| Marlon Byrd | LF | 134 | 544 | 125 | 23 | 73 | 2 | .247 | .290 | .453 | .320 | 99 | 1.3 |
| Zack Cozart | SS | 53 | 214 | 50 | 9 | 28 | 3 | .258 | .310 | .459 | .332 | 107 | 1.2 |
| Jay Bruce | RF | 157 | 649 | 131 | 26 | 87 | 9 | .226 | .294 | .434 | .313 | 94 | 1.2 |
| Tucker Barnhart | C | 79 | 274 | 61 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .252 | .324 | .326 | .287 | 76 | 0.8 |
| Iván De Jesús Jr. | 2B | 74 | 222 | 49 | 4 | 28 | 0 | .244 | .311 | .373 | .305 | 89 | 0.4 |
| Ramón Cabrera | C | 13 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .367 | .367 | .500 | .376 | 137 | 0.3 |
| Adam Duvall | LF | 26 | 72 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .219 | .306 | .484 | .340 | 113 | 0.3 |
| Billy Hamilton | CF | 113 | 454 | 93 | 4 | 28 | 57 | .226 | .274 | .289 | .254 | 54 | 0.2 |
| Chris Dominguez | PH | 13 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .522 | .332 | 107 | 0.1 |
| David Holmberg | P | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .364 | .125 | .276 | 69 | 0.0 |
| Josh A. Smith | P | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .444 | .279 | 71 | -0.0 |
| Jason Bourgeois | CF | 65 | 212 | 47 | 3 | 14 | 3 | .240 | .294 | .332 | .281 | 72 | -0.0 |
| Jon Moscot | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .220 | 31 | -0.0 |
| Donovan Hand | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.0 |
| Aroldis Chapman | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.0 |
| Collin Balester | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.0 |
| Sam LeCure | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.0 |
| Burke Badenhop | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.0 |
| Kyle Waldrop | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.0 |
| Pedro Villarreal | P | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .213 | 26 | -0.0 |
| Tony Cingrani | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.0 |
| Dylan Axelrod | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.1 |
| Michael Lorenzen | P | 24 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .250 | .270 | .306 | .254 | 54 | -0.1 |
| Homer Bailey | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.1 |
| Jason Marquis | P | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .190 | 10 | -0.1 |
| Brandon Finnegan | P | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.1 |
| Devin Mesoraco | C | 23 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .178 | .275 | .244 | .245 | 48 | -0.1 |
| Skip Schumaker | LF | 131 | 268 | 59 | 1 | 21 | 2 | .242 | .306 | .336 | .286 | 76 | -0.2 |
| John Lamb | P | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .063 | .063 | .125 | .080 | -65 | -0.3 |
| Keyvius Sampson | P | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.4 |
| Johnny Cueto | P | 17 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .184 | .162 | .158 | -11 | -0.4 |
| Ryan LaMarre | CF | 15 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .080 | .080 | .080 | .070 | -71 | -0.4 |
| Raisel Iglesias | P | 15 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .133 | .084 | -62 | -0.5 |
| Anthony DeSclafani | P | 30 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .155 | .194 | .172 | .169 | -4 | -0.6 |
| Kristopher Negrón | SS | 38 | 107 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .140 | .238 | .161 | .199 | 16 | -0.6 |
| Mike Leake | P | 31 | 73 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .116 | .116 | .246 | .154 | -14 | -0.7 |
| Brennan Boesch | PH | 50 | 94 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .146 | .191 | .202 | .181 | 4 | -0.8 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Johnny Cueto | 32 | 32 | 212.0 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 176 | 3.44 | 3.53 | 1.13 | 7.5 | 3.3 |
| Anthony DeSclafani | 31 | 31 | 184.2 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 151 | 4.05 | 3.67 | 1.35 | 7.4 | 2.6 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 65 | 0 | 66.1 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 116 | 1.63 | 1.94 | 1.15 | 15.7 | 1.9 |
| Mike Leake | 30 | 30 | 192.0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 119 | 3.70 | 4.20 | 1.16 | 5.6 | 1.5 |
| Raisel Iglesias | 18 | 16 | 95.1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 104 | 4.15 | 3.55 | 1.14 | 9.8 | 1.4 |
| Ryan Mattheus | 58 | 0 | 56.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 4.02 | 3.58 | 1.52 | 5.9 | 0.5 |
| Burke Badenhop | 68 | 0 | 66.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 3.93 | 3.74 | 1.37 | 4.9 | 0.5 |
| Manny Parra | 40 | 0 | 32.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3.90 | 3.07 | 1.18 | 6.4 | 0.5 |
| Jumbo Diaz | 61 | 0 | 60.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 4.18 | 3.80 | 1.26 | 10.4 | 0.4 |
| John Lamb | 10 | 10 | 49.2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 58 | 5.80 | 4.16 | 1.55 | 10.5 | 0.4 |
| Sam LeCure | 19 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3.15 | 3.98 | 1.15 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Donovan Hand | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 3.13 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Keyvius Sampson | 13 | 12 | 52.1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 6.54 | 4.76 | 1.78 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| Pedro Villarreal | 29 | 0 | 50.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 3.42 | 4.43 | 1.38 | 5.2 | -0.0 |
| Tony Cingrani | 35 | 1 | 33.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 5.67 | 4.48 | 1.68 | 10.5 | -0.0 |
| J.J. Hoover | 67 | 0 | 64.1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 2.94 | 4.47 | 1.17 | 7.3 | -0.0 |
| Jon Moscot | 3 | 3 | 11.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4.63 | 5.62 | 1.37 | 4.6 | -0.1 |
| Kevin Gregg | 11 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 10.13 | 5.57 | 1.69 | 11.8 | -0.1 |
| Jason Marquis | 9 | 9 | 47.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 6.46 | 5.27 | 1.65 | 7.0 | -0.2 |
| Homer Bailey | 2 | 2 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.56 | 7.10 | 1.76 | 2.4 | -0.3 |
| Carlos Contreras | 22 | 0 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4.82 | 5.42 | 1.50 | 6.1 | -0.3 |
| Nate Adcock | 13 | 0 | 18.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6.00 | 6.02 | 1.50 | 6.5 | -0.3 |
| Josh A. Smith | 9 | 7 | 32.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 6.89 | 5.67 | 1.93 | 8.3 | -0.4 |
| Collin Balester | 15 | 0 | 15.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7.47 | 6.64 | 1.91 | 7.5 | -0.4 |
| Dylan Axelrod | 6 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7.30 | 8.40 | 1.54 | 8.8 | -0.6 |
| Michael Lorenzen | 27 | 21 | 113.1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 83 | 5.40 | 5.40 | 1.66 | 6.6 | -0.9 |
| David Holmberg | 6 | 6 | 28.1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7.62 | 8.57 | 1.84 | 4.8 | -1.2 |
Record versus run differential
Cincinnati Reds are 64-98, a .395 win rate, while their -114 run differential implies .426. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.