National League Central · 2018
Cincinnati Reds
- Team WAR
- 22.4 20.1 bat / 2.4 pitch
- Win %
- .414 pyth .426
- Run diff
- -123 4.30 / 5.06 per g
- wRC+
- 97
- ERA
- 4.71 FIP 4.70
- Home runs
- 168
The Cincinnati Reds went 67-95 in 2018, a .414 winning percentage — 24th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 696 runs and allowed 819, a run differential of -123. The offence ranked 18th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.71 staff ERA was 24th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. Eugenio Suárez led the position players at 5.3 WAR, and Luis Castillo the rotation at a 4.30 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,393 team hits
Batting
40 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Eugenio Suárez | 3B | 142 | 606 | 149 | 34 | 104 | 1 | .283 | .366 | .526 | .380 | 138 | 5.3 |
| Scooter Gennett | 2B | 154 | 638 | 181 | 23 | 92 | 4 | .310 | .357 | .490 | .365 | 128 | 4.7 |
| Joey Votto | 1B | 144 | 623 | 143 | 12 | 67 | 2 | .284 | .417 | .419 | .374 | 134 | 3.6 |
| José Peraza | SS | 156 | 683 | 182 | 14 | 58 | 23 | .288 | .326 | .416 | .322 | 99 | 3.5 |
| Tucker Barnhart | C | 134 | 522 | 114 | 10 | 46 | 0 | .248 | .328 | .372 | .311 | 92 | 2.2 |
| Jesse Winker | RF | 88 | 334 | 84 | 7 | 43 | 0 | .299 | .405 | .431 | .369 | 131 | 2.0 |
| Scott Schebler | RF | 106 | 430 | 97 | 17 | 49 | 4 | .255 | .337 | .439 | .340 | 111 | 1.7 |
| Curt Casali | C | 51 | 156 | 41 | 4 | 16 | 0 | .293 | .355 | .450 | .350 | 118 | 1.1 |
| Billy Hamilton | CF | 150 | 556 | 119 | 4 | 29 | 34 | .236 | .299 | .327 | .282 | 72 | 0.7 |
| Phillip Ervin | LF | 75 | 247 | 55 | 7 | 31 | 6 | .252 | .324 | .404 | .318 | 97 | 0.6 |
| Michael Lorenzen | P | 28 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .290 | .333 | .710 | .435 | 175 | 0.4 |
| Mason Williams | RF | 49 | 132 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .293 | .331 | .398 | .318 | 96 | 0.2 |
| Dilson Herrera | 2B | 51 | 97 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | .184 | .268 | .414 | .298 | 83 | 0.1 |
| Alex Blandino | 2B | 65 | 147 | 30 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .234 | .324 | .289 | .281 | 72 | 0.0 |
| Robert Stephenson | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .235 | 41 | -0.0 |
| Jackson Stephens | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .235 | 41 | -0.0 |
| Kevin Shackelford | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Austin Brice | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| David Hernandez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Aristides Aquino | RF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Amir Garrett | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Keury Mella | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Wandy Peralta | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Raisel Iglesias | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Blake Trahan | SS | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .188 | 10 | -0.1 |
| Dylan Floro | P | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Gabriel Guerrero | CF | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .211 | 25 | -0.1 |
| Tony Cruz | C | 9 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .308 | .195 | 14 | -0.1 |
| Phil Gosselin | 3B | 17 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .125 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 30 | -0.2 |
| Brandon Finnegan | P | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.2 |
| Cliff Pennington | 3B | 16 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .265 | .138 | .207 | 22 | -0.2 |
| Cody Reed | P | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .059 | -77 | -0.2 |
| Tyler Mahle | P | 18 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .161 | .138 | .143 | -20 | -0.4 |
| Homer Bailey | P | 19 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .148 | .115 | .124 | -33 | -0.4 |
| Brandon Dixon | 1B | 61 | 124 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 0 | .178 | .218 | .356 | .249 | 50 | -0.4 |
| Anthony DeSclafani | P | 20 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .214 | .153 | -14 | -0.5 |
| Adam Duvall | LF | 136 | 427 | 75 | 15 | 61 | 2 | .195 | .274 | .365 | .280 | 71 | -0.5 |
| Sal Romano | P | 21 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .083 | .060 | -76 | -0.7 |
| Luis Castillo | P | 30 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .102 | .131 | .119 | .116 | -39 | -0.9 |
| Matt Harvey | P | 29 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .075 | .109 | .075 | .090 | -56 | -0.9 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Luis Castillo | 31 | 31 | 169.2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 165 | 4.30 | 4.32 | 1.22 | 8.8 | 1.4 |
| Jared Hughes | 72 | 0 | 78.2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 59 | 1.94 | 3.27 | 1.02 | 6.8 | 1.2 |
| David Hernandez | 57 | 0 | 64.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 2.53 | 3.38 | 0.98 | 9.1 | 0.9 |
| Matt Harvey | 32 | 28 | 155.0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 131 | 4.94 | 4.57 | 1.30 | 7.6 | 0.7 |
| Amir Garrett | 66 | 0 | 63.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 4.29 | 3.89 | 1.29 | 10.1 | 0.5 |
| Michael Lorenzen | 45 | 3 | 81.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 3.11 | 4.16 | 1.38 | 6.0 | 0.4 |
| Cody Reed | 17 | 7 | 43.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 3.98 | 3.90 | 1.40 | 8.8 | 0.4 |
| Raisel Iglesias | 66 | 0 | 72.0 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 80 | 2.38 | 4.23 | 1.07 | 10.0 | 0.3 |
| Anthony DeSclafani | 21 | 21 | 115.0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 108 | 4.93 | 4.83 | 1.29 | 8.5 | 0.3 |
| Kyle Crockett | 15 | 0 | 9.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5.79 | 2.84 | 1.93 | 10.6 | 0.2 |
| Kevin Shackelford | 5 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.88 | 3.29 | 2.13 | 7.9 | 0.1 |
| Alex Blandino | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | -0.84 | 1.00 | 18.0 | 0.1 |
| Brandon Dixon | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.66 | 0.00 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| Wandy Peralta | 59 | 0 | 45.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 5.36 | 4.55 | 1.96 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| Phillip Ervin | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Matt Wisler | 18 | 3 | 40.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4.28 | 4.69 | 1.20 | 7.2 | -0.0 |
| Cliff Pennington | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 7.16 | 3.00 | 9.0 | -0.0 |
| Sal Romano | 39 | 25 | 145.2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 105 | 5.31 | 4.95 | 1.43 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Jesús Reyes | 5 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.18 | 6.34 | 1.06 | 3.2 | -0.1 |
| Robert Stephenson | 4 | 3 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9.26 | 6.59 | 2.49 | 8.5 | -0.2 |
| Tyler Mahle | 23 | 23 | 112.0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 110 | 4.98 | 5.25 | 1.59 | 8.8 | -0.3 |
| Jackson Stephens | 29 | 0 | 38.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 4.93 | 5.22 | 1.70 | 7.7 | -0.3 |
| Kevin Quackenbush | 10 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11.00 | 7.94 | 2.11 | 7.0 | -0.3 |
| Brandon Finnegan | 5 | 5 | 20.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7.40 | 7.13 | 2.03 | 6.1 | -0.5 |
| Austin Brice | 33 | 0 | 37.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 5.79 | 5.87 | 1.39 | 7.7 | -0.5 |
| Keury Mella | 4 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8.68 | 9.91 | 2.25 | 7.7 | -0.6 |
| Homer Bailey | 20 | 20 | 106.1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 75 | 6.09 | 5.55 | 1.64 | 6.3 | -0.6 |
| Tanner Rainey | 8 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24.43 | 13.73 | 3.57 | 9.0 | -0.7 |
| Zack Weiss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
Record versus run differential
Cincinnati Reds are 67-95, a .414 win rate, while their -123 run differential implies .426. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.