National League Central · 2020

Cincinnati Reds 2020

31-293rd in the NL CentralGreat American Ball ParkNational League Central National League

Team WAR: 13.4
Win %: .517
Run diff: 0
wRC+: 92
ERA: 3.87
Home runs: 89

The Cincinnati Reds went 31-29 in 2020, a .517 winning percentage — 14th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 243 runs and allowed 243, a run differential of +0. The offence ranked 27th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.87 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. Jesse Winker led the position players at 1.5 WAR, and Luis Castillo the rotation at a 3.21 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished 3rd in the NL Central, 3 games back. They spent 1 of 66 days in first place and were as far as 6.5 games back on August 13. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 16-9, their worst August at 13-15. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from September 13 to September 18 and a 4-game losing streak from July 25 to July 28. They were 16-14 at home and 15-15 on the road, 7-8 in one-run games and 13-17 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 8-1 against the Pirates on August 14; the heaviest defeat, 16-2 against the Cardinals on September 1.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	2	5	.286	39	40	-1
August	13	15	.464	101	115	-14
Sept/Oct	16	9	.640	103	88	+15

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	16-14	.533
Road	15-15	.500
One-run games	7-8	.467
Extra innings	2-0	1.000
Within the division	21-19	.525
Against .500+ clubs	13-17	.433
Decided by 5+ runs	12-7	.632
Last 10	7-3	.700

National League Central standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

National League Central, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Chicago Cubs	34	26	.567	—	265	240	+25	12.4
St. Louis Cardinals	30	28	.517	3	240	229	+11	8.4
Cincinnati Reds	31	29	.517	3	243	243	0	13.4
Milwaukee Brewers	29	31	.483	5	247	264	-17	11.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	19	41	.317	15	219	298	-79	1.9

2020 Cincinnati Reds roster

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.

Catchers 3

Curt CasaliC · 31 G · 0.8 WAR
Tucker BarnhartC · 37 G · 0.3 WAR
Tyler StephensonC · 8 G · 0.3 WAR

Infielders 8

Eugenio Suárez3B · 57 G · 1.0 WAR
Joey Votto1B · 54 G · 0.8 WAR
Mike Moustakas2B · 44 G · 0.7 WAR
Freddy GalvisSS · 47 G · 0.4 WAR
Kyle FarmerSS · 25 G · 0.2 WAR
Christian Colón2B · 9 G · -0.3 WAR
Josh VanMeter2B · 23 G · -0.3 WAR
José BarreroSS · 23 G · -0.5 WAR

Outfielders 8

Nick CastellanosRF · 60 G · 0.6 WAR
Shogo AkiyamaLF · 52 G · 0.5 WAR
Michael LorenzenCF · 2 G · 0.0 WAR
Aristides AquinoLF · 20 G · -0.0 WAR
Nick SenzelCF · 23 G · -0.1 WAR
Mark PaytonLF · 8 G · -0.1 WAR
Travis JankowskiCF · 12 G · -0.2 WAR
Phillip ErvinRF · 34 G · -0.4 WAR

Designated hitters 2

Jesse WinkerDH · 54 G · 1.5 WAR
Matt DavidsonDH · 20 G · -0.1 WAR

Starting pitchers 6

Luis Castillo12 GS · 2.4 WAR
Trevor Bauer11 GS · 2.3 WAR
Sonny Gray11 GS · 1.7 WAR
Tyler Mahle9 GS · 0.9 WAR
Wade Miley4 GS · 0.1 WAR
Anthony DeSclafani7 GS · -0.2 WAR

Relief pitchers 15

Raisel Iglesias22 G · 0.8 WAR
Tejay Antone13 G · 0.6 WAR
Michael Lorenzen18 G · 0.5 WAR
Lucas Sims20 G · 0.4 WAR
Tyler Thornburg7 G · 0.2 WAR
Amir Garrett21 G · 0.2 WAR
Sal Romano2 G · 0.0 WAR
Jesse Biddle1 G · 0.0 WAR
Cody Reed11 G · -0.1 WAR
Nate Jones21 G · -0.1 WAR
Pedro Strop4 G · -0.1 WAR
Matt Davidson3 G · -0.1 WAR
Joel Kuhnel3 G · -0.2 WAR
José De León5 G · -0.2 WAR
Robert Stephenson10 G · -0.8 WAR

Batting

21 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Jesse Winker	DH	54	183	38	12	23	1	.255	.388	.544	.398	147	1.5
Eugenio Suárez	3B	57	231	40	15	38	2	.202	.312	.470	.334	104	1.0
Curt Casali	C	31	93	17	6	8	2	.224	.366	.500	.375	132	0.8
Joey Votto	1B	54	223	42	11	22	0	.226	.354	.446	.350	115	0.8
Mike Moustakas	2B	44	163	32	8	27	1	.230	.331	.468	.342	110	0.7
Nick Castellanos	RF	60	242	49	14	34	0	.225	.298	.486	.331	102	0.6
Shogo Akiyama	LF	52	183	38	0	9	7	.245	.357	.297	.308	87	0.5
Freddy Galvis	SS	47	159	31	7	16	1	.220	.308	.404	.313	91	0.4
Tucker Barnhart	C	37	110	20	5	13	0	.204	.291	.388	.298	81	0.3
Tyler Stephenson	C	8	20	5	2	6	0	.294	.400	.647	.438	173	0.3
Kyle Farmer	SS	25	70	17	0	4	1	.266	.329	.313	.292	77	0.2
Michael Lorenzen	CF	2	1	0	0	0	0	—	1.000	—	.752	379	0.0
Aristides Aquino	LF	20	56	8	2	8	1	.170	.304	.319	.288	75	-0.0
Matt Davidson	DH	20	47	7	3	11	0	.163	.234	.395	.269	62	-0.1
Nick Senzel	CF	23	78	13	2	8	2	.186	.247	.357	.261	57	-0.1
Mark Payton	LF	8	20	3	0	0	1	.167	.250	.222	.223	31	-0.1
Travis Jankowski	CF	12	17	1	0	0	2	.067	.176	.067	.137	-25	-0.2
Christian Colón	2B	9	24	3	0	2	1	.130	.167	.174	.155	-13	-0.3
Josh VanMeter	2B	23	79	9	2	6	1	.129	.228	.257	.224	32	-0.3
Phillip Ervin	RF	34	89	11	0	4	1	.149	.292	.189	.243	45	-0.4
José Barrero	SS	23	68	13	0	2	1	.194	.206	.194	.180	3	-0.5

Pitching

21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Luis Castillo	12	12	70.0	4	6	0	89	3.21	2.65	1.23	11.4	2.4
Trevor Bauer	11	11	73.0	5	4	0	100	1.73	2.88	0.79	12.3	2.3
Sonny Gray	11	11	56.0	5	3	0	72	3.70	3.05	1.21	11.6	1.7
Tyler Mahle	10	9	47.2	2	2	0	60	3.59	3.88	1.15	11.3	0.9
Raisel Iglesias	22	0	23.0	4	3	8	31	2.74	1.84	0.91	12.1	0.8
Tejay Antone	13	4	35.1	0	3	0	45	2.80	3.64	1.02	11.5	0.6
Michael Lorenzen	18	2	33.2	3	1	0	35	4.28	3.87	1.40	9.4	0.5
Lucas Sims	20	0	25.2	3	0	0	34	2.45	3.70	0.94	11.9	0.4
Tyler Thornburg	7	0	7.0	0	0	0	10	3.86	2.48	1.57	12.9	0.2
Amir Garrett	21	0	18.1	1	0	1	26	2.45	4.34	0.93	12.8	0.2
Wade Miley	6	4	14.1	0	3	0	12	5.65	4.73	1.67	7.5	0.1
Sal Romano	2	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.19	0.00	0.0	0.0
Jesse Biddle	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0.00	4.69	3.00	13.5	0.0
Cody Reed	11	0	12.0	0	1	0	12	4.50	5.61	1.58	9.0	-0.1
Nate Jones	21	0	18.2	0	1	0	23	6.27	5.49	1.66	11.1	-0.1
Pedro Strop	4	0	2.1	0	0	0	3	3.86	8.33	3.00	11.6	-0.1
Matt Davidson	3	0	3.1	0	0	0	1	5.40	8.29	1.80	2.7	-0.1
Joel Kuhnel	3	0	3.0	1	0	0	3	6.00	9.86	1.33	9.0	-0.2
José De León	5	0	6.0	0	0	0	10	18.00	7.52	2.83	15.0	-0.2
Anthony DeSclafani	9	7	33.2	1	2	0	25	7.22	6.10	1.69	6.7	-0.2
Robert Stephenson	10	0	10.0	0	0	0	13	9.90	12.19	1.40	11.7	-0.8

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	27	0	0	0	0
Day	3	0	0	0	0
Weekend	12	0	0	0	0
Weekday	18	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 2:56
All games: 2:58
Extra innings: 3:43
Longest: 3:46
Shortest: 2:25

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	60	2:58	2:56	2:11	4:07
Regulation	58	2:56	2:56	2:11	4:07
Extra innings	2	3:43	3:43	3:33	3:53
Home	30	3:00	2:57	2:25	3:46
Road	30	2:55	2:54	2:11	4:07
Day	10	3:12	3:09	2:25	3:53
Night	50	2:55	2:54	2:11	4:07

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	6	3:10
Aug	11	3:06
Sep	13	2:50

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 31-29, a .517 win rate, while their 0 run differential implies .500. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.

Cincinnati Reds 2020

The 2020 season

National League Central standings, 2020

2020 Cincinnati Reds roster

Catchers 3

Infielders 8

Outfielders 8

Designated hitters 2

Starting pitchers 6

Relief pitchers 15

Where the offence comes from

Batting

Pitching

Attendance

By situation

By season

Game time

By situation

Through the season

By season