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The '''Cincinnati Reds''' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team based in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]. The current franchise started play as the Cincinnati Red Stockings, playing exhibition games in 1881 and then, in 1882, becoming a charter member of the American Association. (The A.A. was a 19th-century major baseball league.) The team has been based in Cincinnati for its entire history.
The '''Cincinnati Reds''' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team based in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio (U.S. state)|Ohio]]. The current franchise started play as the Cincinnati Red Stockings, playing exhibition games in 1881 and then, in 1882, becoming a charter member of the American Association. (The A.A. was a 19th-century major baseball league.) The team has been based in Cincinnati for its entire history.
<ref>https://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/reds.shtml</ref>
<ref>https://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/reds.shtml</ref>
<ref>https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/</ref>
<ref>https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/</ref>
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In 1880, another Cincinnati team, the Stars, played a single season in the National League.
In 1880, another Cincinnati team, the Stars, played a single season in the National League.
<ref>https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CNS/index.shtml</ref>
<ref>https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CNS/index.shtml</ref>
==Championships==
The team has had a total of 5 championship-winning seasons since the beginning of major-league baseball's modern [[Major_League_Baseball/Catalogs/Past_World_Series_winners|World Series]] in 1903, winning the World Series in the following years.
<ref>https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/world-series.shtml</ref>
* 1990
* 1976
* 1975
* 1940
* 1919
They were also National League champions, but lost in the World Series, 4 times, in the following years. 
* 1972
* 1970
* 1961
* 1939
Prior to the start of the modern World Series, the team did not win any National League titles. They won one American Association title, in 1882.
<ref>https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/#all_franchise_years</ref>
This occurred prior to the start of the 19th-century version of the World Series in which the National League and American Association pennant-winners played each other.
<ref>https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/world-series.shtml#all_world_series_winners_aa_nl</ref>
==Retired Numbers==
The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them. For non-players, the person's role in the organization is also listed.
<ref>https://www.mlb.com/reds/history/records-stats-awards/retired-numbers</ref>
<ref>https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/#all_teams_retired_unis_CIN</ref>
*(No number) Marty Brennaman (broadcaster)
*(No number) Waite Hoyt (broadcaster)
*(No number) Joe Nuxhall (broadcaster)
*'''1''' Fred Hutchinson (manager)
*'''5''' Johnny Bench
*'''8''' Joe Morgan
*'''10''' Sparky Anderson (manager)
*'''11''' Barry Larkin
*'''13''' Dave Concepcion
*'''14''' Pete Rose
*'''18''' Ted Kluszewski
*'''20''' Frank Robinson
*'''24''' Tony Perez
*'''42''' Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)


==Notes==
==Notes==
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The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The current franchise started play as the Cincinnati Red Stockings, playing exhibition games in 1881 and then, in 1882, becoming a charter member of the American Association. (The A.A. was a 19th-century major baseball league.) The team has been based in Cincinnati for its entire history. [1] [2] [3]

Sources tie the "ancestry" of the current franchise to 1869 with the creation of the first-ever professional baseball team, also called the Cincinnati Red Stockings but considered to be a separate franchise. In 1876, as the Cincinnati Reds, this franchise became a charter member of the National League, where they played through the 1879 season. [4] In 1880, another Cincinnati team, the Stars, played a single season in the National League. [5]

Championships

The team has had a total of 5 championship-winning seasons since the beginning of major-league baseball's modern World Series in 1903, winning the World Series in the following years. [6]

  • 1990
  • 1976
  • 1975
  • 1940
  • 1919

They were also National League champions, but lost in the World Series, 4 times, in the following years.

  • 1972
  • 1970
  • 1961
  • 1939

Prior to the start of the modern World Series, the team did not win any National League titles. They won one American Association title, in 1882. [7] This occurred prior to the start of the 19th-century version of the World Series in which the National League and American Association pennant-winners played each other. [8]

Retired Numbers

The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them. For non-players, the person's role in the organization is also listed. [9] [10]

  • (No number) Marty Brennaman (broadcaster)
  • (No number) Waite Hoyt (broadcaster)
  • (No number) Joe Nuxhall (broadcaster)
  • 1 Fred Hutchinson (manager)
  • 5 Johnny Bench
  • 8 Joe Morgan
  • 10 Sparky Anderson (manager)
  • 11 Barry Larkin
  • 13 Dave Concepcion
  • 14 Pete Rose
  • 18 Ted Kluszewski
  • 20 Frank Robinson
  • 24 Tony Perez
  • 42 Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)

Notes

  1. ↑ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/reds.shtml
  2. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/
  3. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/reds/history/timeline
  4. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CNR/
  5. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CNS/index.shtml
  6. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/world-series.shtml
  7. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/#all_franchise_years
  8. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/world-series.shtml#all_world_series_winners_aa_nl
  9. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/reds/history/records-stats-awards/retired-numbers
  10. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/#all_teams_retired_unis_CIN
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