National League Central · 2021
Cincinnati Reds
- Team WAR
- 35.7 25.4 bat / 10.3 pitch
- Win %
- .512 pyth .515
- Run diff
- +26 4.85 / 4.69 per g
- wRC+
- 102
- ERA
- 4.41 FIP 4.32
- Home runs
- 222
The Cincinnati Reds went 83-79 in 2021, a .512 winning percentage — 14th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 786 runs and allowed 760, a run differential of +26. The offence ranked 9th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.41 staff ERA was 19th of 30. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 14th of 30 in MLB. Jonathan India led the position players at 5.0 WAR, and Luis Castillo the rotation at a 3.98 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,350 team hits
Batting
40 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jonathan India | 2B | 150 | 631 | 143 | 21 | 69 | 12 | .269 | .376 | .459 | .367 | 125 | 5.0 |
| Nick Castellanos | RF | 138 | 585 | 164 | 34 | 100 | 3 | .309 | .362 | .576 | .393 | 142 | 4.9 |
| Jesse Winker | LF | 110 | 485 | 129 | 24 | 71 | 1 | .305 | .394 | .556 | .407 | 151 | 4.6 |
| Joey Votto | 1B | 129 | 533 | 119 | 36 | 99 | 1 | .266 | .375 | .563 | .395 | 143 | 4.1 |
| Tyler Stephenson | C | 130 | 402 | 100 | 10 | 45 | 0 | .286 | .366 | .431 | .349 | 114 | 2.7 |
| Tyler Naquin | CF | 126 | 454 | 111 | 19 | 70 | 5 | .270 | .333 | .477 | .347 | 112 | 2.5 |
| Kyle Farmer | SS | 145 | 529 | 127 | 16 | 63 | 2 | .263 | .316 | .416 | .318 | 94 | 2.2 |
| Eugenio Suárez | 3B | 145 | 574 | 100 | 31 | 79 | 0 | .198 | .286 | .428 | .309 | 88 | 1.8 |
| Tucker Barnhart | C | 116 | 388 | 86 | 7 | 48 | 0 | .247 | .317 | .368 | .303 | 84 | 1.5 |
| Max Schrock | LF | 50 | 134 | 36 | 3 | 14 | 1 | .288 | .328 | .448 | .331 | 102 | 0.5 |
| Delino DeShields | CF | 23 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .255 | .375 | .426 | .358 | 119 | 0.4 |
| Aristides Aquino | LF | 83 | 204 | 33 | 10 | 23 | 2 | .190 | .299 | .408 | .306 | 86 | 0.2 |
| TJ Friedl | CF | 14 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .290 | .361 | .419 | .341 | 108 | 0.2 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 62 | 206 | 38 | 6 | 22 | 0 | .208 | .282 | .372 | .286 | 73 | 0.1 |
| José Barrero | SS | 21 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .200 | .286 | .320 | .275 | 66 | 0.0 |
| Nick Senzel | CF | 36 | 124 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .252 | .323 | .315 | .289 | 75 | -0.0 |
| Michael Lorenzen | CF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.0 |
| Ryan Hendrix | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.0 |
| Heath Hembree | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.0 |
| R.J. Alaniz | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.0 |
| José De León | P | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 30 | -0.0 |
| Tejay Antone | P | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .181 | 5 | -0.0 |
| Sal Romano | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.0 |
| Lucas Sims | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.0 |
| Cionel Pérez | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.0 |
| Carson Fulmer | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.0 |
| Tony Santillan | P | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .179 | 4 | -0.1 |
| Alex Blandino | 1B | 41 | 82 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .317 | .257 | .275 | 66 | -0.1 |
| Alejo Lopez | 3B | 13 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .261 | .229 | 36 | -0.1 |
| Reiver Sanmartin | P | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.1 |
| Scott Heineman | CF | 19 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .100 | .206 | .300 | .229 | 36 | -0.2 |
| Mark Payton | PH | 22 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .206 | 22 | -0.2 |
| Jeff Hoffman | P | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .117 | -36 | -0.2 |
| Wade Miley | P | 27 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .185 | .228 | .241 | .212 | 25 | -0.3 |
| Mike Freeman | SS | 31 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .186 | .262 | .186 | .208 | 22 | -0.4 |
| Sonny Gray | P | 24 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .167 | .146 | .142 | -20 | -0.5 |
| Luis Castillo | P | 30 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .163 | .180 | .204 | .170 | -2 | -0.5 |
| Vladimir Gutierrez | P | 21 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .091 | .143 | .091 | .117 | -36 | -0.6 |
| Shogo Akiyama | CF | 79 | 183 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 2 | .204 | .282 | .253 | .246 | 47 | -0.6 |
| Tyler Mahle | P | 31 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .055 | .119 | .055 | .094 | -51 | -1.0 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Luis Castillo | 33 | 33 | 187.2 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 192 | 3.98 | 3.75 | 1.36 | 9.2 | 2.9 |
| Tyler Mahle | 33 | 33 | 180.0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 210 | 3.75 | 3.80 | 1.23 | 10.5 | 2.7 |
| Wade Miley | 28 | 28 | 163.0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 125 | 3.37 | 3.97 | 1.33 | 6.9 | 2.2 |
| Sonny Gray | 26 | 26 | 135.1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 155 | 4.19 | 3.99 | 1.22 | 10.3 | 1.8 |
| Lucas Sims | 47 | 0 | 47.0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 76 | 4.40 | 3.00 | 1.11 | 14.6 | 0.9 |
| Art Warren | 26 | 0 | 21.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1.29 | 1.84 | 0.90 | 14.6 | 0.7 |
| Tejay Antone | 23 | 0 | 33.2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 2.14 | 3.26 | 0.89 | 11.2 | 0.5 |
| Reiver Sanmartin | 2 | 2 | 11.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.54 | 1.80 | 1.20 | 8.5 | 0.4 |
| Heath Hembree | 60 | 0 | 58.0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 83 | 5.59 | 4.34 | 1.19 | 12.9 | 0.2 |
| Sean Doolittle | 56 | 0 | 49.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 4.53 | 4.38 | 1.47 | 9.6 | 0.2 |
| Michael Lorenzen | 27 | 0 | 29.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 5.59 | 4.17 | 1.38 | 6.5 | 0.2 |
| Tony Santillan | 26 | 4 | 43.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 2.91 | 4.62 | 1.27 | 11.6 | 0.1 |
| José De León | 9 | 2 | 18.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 8.35 | 4.53 | 1.80 | 16.2 | 0.1 |
| Max Schrock | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.97 | 0.00 | 5.4 | 0.1 |
| Mike Freeman | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | -2.83 | 0.00 | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| Michael Feliz | 21 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7.20 | 4.62 | 1.65 | 9.9 | 0.0 |
| Carson Fulmer | 20 | 0 | 25.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6.66 | 4.69 | 1.52 | 8.4 | 0.0 |
| Dauri Moreta | 4 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.45 | 5.35 | 0.82 | 9.8 | -0.0 |
| Vladimir Gutierrez | 22 | 22 | 114.0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 88 | 4.74 | 5.22 | 1.41 | 6.9 | -0.1 |
| Amir Garrett | 63 | 0 | 47.2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 61 | 6.04 | 4.89 | 1.57 | 11.5 | -0.1 |
| Brad Brach | 35 | 0 | 30.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 6.30 | 5.04 | 1.60 | 9.9 | -0.1 |
| R.J. Alaniz | 3 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.38 | 10.30 | 1.50 | 10.1 | -0.2 |
| Alex Blandino | 4 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.82 | 9.44 | 2.18 | 2.5 | -0.2 |
| Jeff Hoffman | 31 | 11 | 73.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 79 | 4.56 | 5.20 | 1.58 | 9.7 | -0.3 |
| Josh Osich | 17 | 0 | 14.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5.02 | 6.59 | 1.40 | 5.7 | -0.3 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 26.42 | 3.75 | 13.5 | -0.3 |
| Sal Romano | 19 | 0 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6.12 | 5.85 | 1.68 | 6.1 | -0.3 |
| Ryan Hendrix | 36 | 0 | 31.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 5.97 | 5.85 | 1.55 | 9.9 | -0.4 |
| Cionel Pérez | 25 | 0 | 24.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6.38 | 6.30 | 1.71 | 9.4 | -0.4 |
Record versus run differential
Cincinnati Reds are 83-79, a .512 win rate, while their +26 run differential implies .515. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.