National League Central · 2023
Cincinnati Reds
- Team WAR
- 25.9 22.5 bat / 3.4 pitch
- Win %
- .506 pyth .478
- Run diff
- -38 4.83 / 5.07 per g
- wRC+
- 106
- ERA
- 4.90 FIP 4.80
- Home runs
- 197
The Cincinnati Reds went 82-80 in 2023, a .506 winning percentage — 16th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 783 runs and allowed 821, a run differential of -38. The offence ranked 9th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.90 staff ERA was 26th of 30. Their 106 team wRC+ was 6% above league average — 9th of 30 in MLB. TJ Friedl led the position players at 3.7 WAR, and Fernando Cruz the rotation at a 4.91 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,361 team hits
Batting
24 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| TJ Friedl | CF | 138 | 556 | 136 | 18 | 66 | 27 | .279 | .352 | .467 | .355 | 124 | 3.7 |
| Spencer Steer | 1B | 156 | 665 | 158 | 23 | 86 | 15 | .271 | .356 | .464 | .357 | 126 | 3.4 |
| Matt McLain | SS | 88 | 403 | 106 | 16 | 50 | 14 | .290 | .357 | .507 | .372 | 136 | 3.4 |
| Will Benson | RF | 105 | 329 | 79 | 11 | 31 | 19 | .275 | .365 | .498 | .373 | 136 | 2.3 |
| Jonathan India | 2B | 119 | 529 | 111 | 17 | 61 | 14 | .244 | .338 | .407 | .329 | 106 | 2.2 |
| Elly De La Cruz | SS | 98 | 427 | 91 | 13 | 44 | 35 | .235 | .300 | .410 | .307 | 91 | 1.6 |
| Jake Fraley | RF | 110 | 380 | 86 | 15 | 65 | 21 | .256 | .339 | .443 | .340 | 114 | 1.4 |
| Tyler Stephenson | C | 136 | 517 | 113 | 13 | 56 | 0 | .243 | .317 | .378 | .307 | 91 | 1.2 |
| Noelvi Marte | 3B | 33 | 123 | 36 | 3 | 15 | 6 | .316 | .366 | .456 | .359 | 127 | 0.9 |
| Christian Encarnacion-Strand | 1B | 63 | 241 | 60 | 13 | 37 | 2 | .270 | .328 | .477 | .347 | 119 | 0.8 |
| Luke Maile | C | 67 | 199 | 42 | 6 | 25 | 2 | .235 | .308 | .391 | .309 | 92 | 0.8 |
| Stuart Fairchild | LF | 92 | 255 | 50 | 5 | 28 | 10 | .228 | .321 | .388 | .315 | 97 | 0.6 |
| Nick Senzel | 3B | 97 | 330 | 71 | 13 | 42 | 6 | .236 | .297 | .399 | .303 | 88 | 0.5 |
| Nick Martini | LF | 29 | 79 | 19 | 6 | 16 | 0 | .264 | .329 | .583 | .384 | 144 | 0.5 |
| Kevin Newman | 3B | 72 | 253 | 57 | 3 | 28 | 8 | .253 | .311 | .364 | .298 | 85 | 0.4 |
| Joey Votto | 1B | 64 | 242 | 42 | 14 | 38 | 0 | .202 | .314 | .433 | .327 | 105 | 0.3 |
| Alejo Lopez | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | .631 | 314 | 0.1 |
| José Barrero | SS | 43 | 149 | 29 | 2 | 17 | 3 | .218 | .295 | .323 | .278 | 71 | 0.0 |
| Henry Ramos | RF | 23 | 86 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .243 | .349 | .311 | .306 | 90 | -0.0 |
| Matt Reynolds | 1B | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .177 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Curt Casali | C | 32 | 96 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .175 | .290 | .200 | .241 | 45 | -0.1 |
| Jason Vosler | 1B | 18 | 65 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .161 | .200 | .371 | .243 | 47 | -0.3 |
| TJ Hopkins | RF | 21 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .171 | .227 | .171 | .189 | 10 | -0.4 |
| Wil Myers | RF | 36 | 141 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 2 | .189 | .257 | .283 | .244 | 48 | -0.7 |
Pitching
37 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Fernando Cruz | 58 | 2 | 66.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 4.91 | 2.83 | 1.21 | 13.4 | 1.4 |
| Andrew Abbott | 21 | 21 | 109.1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 120 | 3.87 | 4.20 | 1.32 | 9.9 | 1.2 |
| Hunter Greene | 22 | 22 | 112.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 152 | 4.82 | 4.25 | 1.42 | 12.2 | 1.2 |
| Alexis Díaz | 71 | 0 | 67.1 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 86 | 3.07 | 3.52 | 1.19 | 11.5 | 0.9 |
| Brandon Williamson | 23 | 23 | 117.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 98 | 4.46 | 4.63 | 1.28 | 7.5 | 0.8 |
| Ian Gibaut | 74 | 0 | 75.2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 69 | 3.33 | 4.07 | 1.28 | 8.2 | 0.6 |
| Lucas Sims | 67 | 0 | 61.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 3.10 | 4.37 | 1.18 | 10.6 | 0.3 |
| Graham Ashcraft | 26 | 26 | 145.2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 111 | 4.76 | 5.06 | 1.37 | 6.9 | 0.3 |
| Alan Busenitz | 6 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.57 | 2.26 | 1.29 | 6.4 | 0.2 |
| Tejay Antone | 5 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.59 | 1.84 | 0.88 | 11.1 | 0.2 |
| Carson Spiers | 4 | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6.92 | 4.02 | 1.92 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
| Buck Farmer | 71 | 0 | 75.0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 70 | 4.20 | 4.62 | 1.16 | 8.4 | 0.1 |
| Derek Law | 54 | 3 | 55.0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 3.60 | 4.62 | 1.38 | 7.4 | 0.1 |
| Brett Kennedy | 5 | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6.50 | 4.64 | 1.44 | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| Silvino Bracho | 5 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.68 | 4.07 | 1.50 | 7.4 | 0.1 |
| Jason Vosler | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3.26 | 2.50 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Eduardo Salazar | 8 | 0 | 12.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.03 | 4.63 | 1.70 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| Randy Wynne | 1 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 4.54 | 1.71 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Levi Stoudt | 4 | 2 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.58 | 5.09 | 2.32 | 7.8 | -0.0 |
| Ricky Karcher | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.26 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Jake Wong | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 6.26 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Luis Cessa | 7 | 6 | 26.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9.00 | 5.41 | 2.23 | 3.8 | -0.1 |
| Tony Santillan | 3 | 0 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.70 | 7.16 | 2.70 | 2.7 | -0.1 |
| Michael Mariot | 1 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.38 | 7.76 | 1.88 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Reiver Sanmartin | 14 | 0 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.07 | 5.40 | 1.93 | 8.4 | -0.1 |
| Alex Young | 63 | 0 | 53.2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 3.86 | 4.99 | 1.36 | 8.4 | -0.1 |
| Kevin Herget | 14 | 0 | 24.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5.18 | 5.31 | 1.32 | 4.8 | -0.1 |
| Connor Phillips | 5 | 5 | 20.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 6.97 | 5.92 | 1.50 | 11.3 | -0.2 |
| Alec Mills | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 22.26 | 5.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Nick Lodolo | 7 | 7 | 34.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 6.29 | 5.79 | 1.75 | 12.3 | -0.2 |
| Connor Overton | 3 | 3 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11.45 | 7.07 | 2.36 | 7.4 | -0.2 |
| Casey Legumina | 11 | 0 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5.68 | 6.73 | 1.97 | 7.8 | -0.3 |
| Ben Lively | 19 | 12 | 88.2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 79 | 5.38 | 5.35 | 1.36 | 8.0 | -0.3 |
| Daniel Duarte | 31 | 0 | 31.2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3.69 | 5.84 | 1.39 | 6.5 | -0.4 |
| Luke Maile | 4 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.62 | 15.26 | 2.77 | 0.0 | -0.5 |
| Luke Weaver | 29 | 25 | 123.2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 109 | 6.40 | 5.61 | 1.58 | 7.9 | -0.6 |
| Lyon Richardson | 4 | 4 | 16.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8.64 | 9.20 | 1.92 | 6.5 | -0.7 |
Record versus run differential
Cincinnati Reds are 82-80, a .506 win rate, while their -38 run differential implies .478. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.