National League Central · 2019
Cincinnati Reds
- Team WAR
- 27.7 14.4 bat / 13.4 pitch
- Win %
- .463 pyth .494
- Run diff
- -10 4.33 / 4.39 per g
- wRC+
- 95
- ERA
- 4.15 FIP 4.33
- Home runs
- 224
The Cincinnati Reds went 75-87 in 2019, a .463 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 701 runs and allowed 711, a run differential of -10. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.15 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 95 team wRC+ was 5% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. Eugenio Suárez led the position players at 5.5 WAR, and Sonny Gray the rotation at a 2.87 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,342 team hits
Batting
39 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Eugenio Suárez | 3B | 158 | 662 | 156 | 49 | 103 | 3 | .271 | .358 | .572 | .384 | 140 | 5.5 |
| Yasiel Puig | RF | 149 | 611 | 148 | 24 | 84 | 19 | .267 | .327 | .458 | .333 | 106 | 1.7 |
| Jesse Winker | LF | 113 | 384 | 91 | 16 | 38 | 0 | .269 | .357 | .473 | .354 | 120 | 1.7 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 144 | 530 | 145 | 11 | 59 | 6 | .288 | .318 | .407 | .308 | 89 | 1.5 |
| Joey Votto | 1B | 142 | 608 | 137 | 15 | 47 | 5 | .261 | .357 | .411 | .335 | 107 | 1.3 |
| Nick Senzel | CF | 101 | 414 | 96 | 12 | 42 | 14 | .256 | .315 | .427 | .317 | 95 | 1.3 |
| Aristides Aquino | RF | 56 | 225 | 53 | 19 | 47 | 7 | .259 | .316 | .576 | .363 | 126 | 1.3 |
| Tucker Barnhart | C | 114 | 364 | 73 | 11 | 40 | 1 | .231 | .328 | .380 | .304 | 86 | 1.2 |
| Derek Dietrich | 2B | 111 | 306 | 47 | 19 | 43 | 1 | .187 | .328 | .462 | .338 | 109 | 1.1 |
| Curt Casali | C | 81 | 236 | 52 | 8 | 32 | 0 | .251 | .331 | .411 | .319 | 96 | 1.0 |
| Phillip Ervin | LF | 92 | 260 | 64 | 7 | 23 | 4 | .271 | .331 | .466 | .337 | 109 | 0.8 |
| Josh VanMeter | LF | 93 | 260 | 54 | 8 | 23 | 9 | .237 | .327 | .408 | .319 | 97 | 0.5 |
| Alex Blandino | 2B | 21 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .420 | .361 | .357 | 122 | 0.3 |
| Ryan Lavarnway | C | 5 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .278 | .316 | .722 | .417 | 162 | 0.2 |
| Christian Colón | PH | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .625 | .500 | .510 | 224 | 0.1 |
| Kyle Farmer | 2B | 92 | 197 | 42 | 9 | 27 | 4 | .230 | .279 | .410 | .291 | 78 | 0.1 |
| Brian O'Grady | CF | 27 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .190 | .292 | .429 | .309 | 90 | 0.1 |
| R.J. Alaniz | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .872 | 468 | 0.0 |
| Joel Kuhnel | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Matt Bowman | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Robert Stephenson | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Keury Mella | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Cody Reed | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Sal Romano | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Jared Hughes | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Raisel Iglesias | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Michael Lorenzen | CF | 33 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | .208 | .283 | .313 | .265 | 60 | -0.1 |
| Alex Wood | P | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .194 | 12 | -0.1 |
| Juan Graterol | C | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .194 | 12 | -0.1 |
| Lucas Sims | P | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .109 | -45 | -0.1 |
| Trevor Bauer | P | 11 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .238 | .158 | .192 | 11 | -0.2 |
| Tanner Roark | P | 19 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .273 | .175 | -0 | -0.3 |
| José Peraza | 2B | 135 | 403 | 90 | 6 | 33 | 7 | .239 | .285 | .346 | .274 | 66 | -0.4 |
| Matt Kemp | LF | 20 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .200 | .210 | .283 | .209 | 22 | -0.4 |
| Scott Schebler | CF | 30 | 95 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .123 | .253 | .222 | .227 | 34 | -0.5 |
| Sonny Gray | P | 28 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .152 | .188 | .196 | .171 | -3 | -0.5 |
| Tyler Mahle | P | 22 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .088 | .114 | .118 | .105 | -47 | -0.6 |
| Anthony DeSclafani | P | 30 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .109 | .109 | .109 | .095 | -54 | -0.9 |
| Luis Castillo | P | 31 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .097 | .097 | .113 | .090 | -57 | -1.0 |
Pitching
24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Sonny Gray | 31 | 31 | 175.1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 205 | 2.87 | 3.42 | 1.08 | 10.5 | 3.6 |
| Luis Castillo | 32 | 32 | 190.2 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 226 | 3.40 | 3.70 | 1.14 | 10.7 | 3.4 |
| Anthony DeSclafani | 31 | 31 | 166.2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 167 | 3.89 | 4.43 | 1.20 | 9.0 | 1.7 |
| Tanner Roark | 31 | 31 | 165.1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 158 | 4.35 | 4.67 | 1.40 | 8.6 | 1.3 |
| Michael Lorenzen | 73 | 0 | 83.1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 85 | 2.92 | 3.66 | 1.15 | 9.2 | 1.1 |
| Tyler Mahle | 25 | 25 | 129.2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 129 | 5.14 | 4.66 | 1.31 | 9.0 | 1.0 |
| Robert Stephenson | 57 | 0 | 64.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 3.76 | 3.63 | 1.04 | 11.3 | 0.9 |
| Raisel Iglesias | 68 | 0 | 67.0 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 89 | 4.16 | 3.92 | 1.22 | 12.0 | 0.7 |
| Amir Garrett | 69 | 0 | 56.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 3.21 | 4.14 | 1.41 | 12.5 | 0.5 |
| Matt Bowman | 27 | 0 | 32.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3.66 | 3.68 | 1.25 | 7.0 | 0.4 |
| David Hernandez | 47 | 0 | 42.2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 8.02 | 4.34 | 1.71 | 11.2 | 0.3 |
| Lucas Sims | 24 | 4 | 43.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 4.60 | 4.45 | 1.16 | 11.9 | 0.3 |
| Cody Reed | 3 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.42 | 1.48 | 1.11 | 9.9 | 0.2 |
| Keury Mella | 2 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7.36 | 2.67 | 1.91 | 9.8 | 0.1 |
| Joel Kuhnel | 11 | 0 | 9.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4.66 | 4.25 | 1.34 | 8.4 | 0.1 |
| José Peraza | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.21 | 0.75 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Farmer | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.21 | 0.75 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| R.J. Alaniz | 12 | 0 | 15.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9.19 | 5.38 | 1.66 | 7.5 | -0.1 |
| Sal Romano | 12 | 0 | 16.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7.71 | 6.09 | 1.84 | 8.8 | -0.2 |
| Jared Hughes | 72 | 0 | 71.1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 4.04 | 5.29 | 1.18 | 6.8 | -0.2 |
| Jimmy Herget | 5 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 8.74 | 1.74 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Alex Wood | 7 | 7 | 35.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 5.80 | 6.38 | 1.40 | 7.6 | -0.4 |
| Zach Duke | 30 | 0 | 23.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5.01 | 6.47 | 1.67 | 6.9 | -0.4 |
| Wandy Peralta | 47 | 0 | 39.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5.67 | 6.57 | 1.41 | 7.3 | -0.7 |
Record versus run differential
Cincinnati Reds are 75-87, a .463 win rate, while their -10 run differential implies .494. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.