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Record: 90-71 .559.... 1st in National League West
Stadium: Riverfront Stadium
Playoffs: Lost NLCS (Pirates)
Attendance: 2,356,933

Top Draft Pick: Dan Lamar (#20) AA
Manager - 0 -

Affiliates - AAA Indianapolis Indians AA Nashville Sounds A+ Tampa Tarpons A Greensboro Hornets A- Eugene Emeralds Rk Billings Mustangs

Team Leaders

HR: Foster [30]
RBI: Foster [98]
2B: Knight [37]
SB: Morgan [28]
W: Seaver [16]
SV: Hume [17]
SO: Seaver [131]

Oldest Player: Fred Norman [36]
Youngest Player: Frank Pastore [21]
Longest Tenure: Johnny Bench [13]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Rafael Santo Domingo (Sep 7)
Pitchers: Charlie Leibrandt (Sep 17) Frank Pastore (Apr 4)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Norman Adams			Eugene	A-
Butch Alberts	H	29	Indianapolis	AAA
Russell Aldrich	C		Nashville	AA
	C		Tampa	A+
James Arline	OF		Indianapolis	AAA
Mike Armstrong	P	25	Nashville	AA
Rick Auerbach	SS	29	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Jeff Ayers	P		Billings	Rk
Doug Bair	P	30	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Greg Bangert	P		Eugene	A-
Skeeter Barnes	3B-1B	22	Nashville	AA
Scott Beals			Billings	Rk
Johnny Bench	C	31	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Bruce Berenyi	P	25	Indianapolis	AAA
Paul Blair	OF	35	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Bill Boddy	C		Billings	Rk
Bill Bonham	P	30	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Pedro Borbon	P	32	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Steve Bowling	OF	27	Indianapolis	AAA
Newton Box	P		Billings	Rk
Jose Brito			Tampa	A+
Scott Brown	P	23	Nashville	AA
Bob Buchanan	P	18	Billings	Rk
Larry Buckle	P		Tampa	A+
Sheldon Burnside	P	24	Indianapolis	AAA
Doug Capilla	P	27	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
George Cappuzzello	P	25	Indianapolis	AAA
	P		Nashville	AA
Keefe Cato	P	21	Billings	Rk
Steve Christmas	C	21	Tampa	A+
Dave Collins	OF	26	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Geoff Combe	P	23	Indianapolis	AAA
	P		Nashville	AA
Dave Concepcion	SS	31	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Doug Corbett	P	26	Indianapolis	AAA
Ray Corbett	OF		Greensboro	A
Vic Correll	C	33	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Hector Cruz	OF-3B	26	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Steven Daniels	P		Billings	Rk
Randy Davidson	2B		Indianapolis	AAA
Bill Dawley	P	21	Nashville	AA
Arturo DeFreitas	1B	26	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
	1B		Indianapolis	AAA
Frank DeJiulio			Eugene	A-
Mike Dowless	P		Billings	Rk
Dan Driessen	1B	28	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Dan Dumoulin	P	26	Indianapolis	AAA
Rick Duncan	C	26	Nashville	AA
Michael Duval			Indianapolis	AAA
Scott Dye			Tampa	A+
William Elliott			Eugene	A-
Charles Engel	P		Greensboro	A
Nick Esasky	1B-3B	19	Tampa	A+
Perry Estep	OF		Billings	Rk
Adolfo Feliz			Greensboro	A
Rodolfo Feliz			Billings	Rk
Raul Ferreyra			Nashville	AA
Nick Fiorillo	P		Billings	Rk
Kevin Flannery	P		Eugene	A-
	P		Billings	Rk
Tom Foley	SS-2B	20	Tampa	A+
George Foster	OF	30	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Cesar Geronimo	OF	31	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Russell Getter			Eugene	A-
Paul Gibson	P	19	Tampa	A+
Mike Grace	3B	23	Indianapolis	AAA
Ken Griffey	OF	29	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Wayne Guinn	P		Greensboro	A
Ruben Guzman			Billings	Rk
Robert Hamilton	OF		Nashville	AA
Ken Henderson	OF	33	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Paul Herring	OF		Tampa	A+
Kevin Hinds	2B	22	Billings	Rk
David Hoenstine	Of-3B	23	Greensboro	A
Charlton Hollenbach			Eugene	A-
Paul Householder	OF	21	Nashville	AA
Lee Hover	OF		Greensboro	A
	OF		Eugene	A-
Jay Howell	P	23	Indianapolis	AAA
Greg Hughes	P		Nashville	AA
Stephen Hughes	P		Nashville	AA
Tom Hume	P	26	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Patrick Ingraham			Tampa	A+
Byron Jackson	P		Eugene	A-
Gregory Jackson			Eugene	A-
Larry Jackson	P		Greensboro	A
Kevin Jacobson			Greensboro	A
Richard Jendra	SS-2B		Tampa	A+
Rodney Johnson	3B		Billings	Rk
Jeff Jones	OF	21	Billings	Rk
Russell Jones	OF		Billings	Rk
William Kelly			Nashville	AA
Junior Kennedy	2B	29	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Kurt Kepshire	P	20	Billings	Rk
Ray Knight	3B-1B	26	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Mike Kripner	OF		Greensboro	A
William Kuchar	OF		Tampa	A+
	OF		Greensboro	A
Mike LaCoss	P	23	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Jeff Lahti	P	22	Nashville	AA
	P		Greensboro	A
Dan Lamar	C		Billings	Rk
Tom Lawless	2B-3B	22	Tampa	A+
Charlie Leibrandt	P	22	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
	P		Indianapolis	AAA
Brad Lesley	P	21	Greensboro	A
Ron Little	OF		Billings	Rk
John LoCascio			Greensboro	A
Richard Lombardo	P		Nashville	AA
	P		Tampa	A+
Donald Lyle			Indianapolis	AAA
Tony Masone	OF		Eugene	A-
	OF		Billings	Rk
Wilson Mateo			Eugene	A-
Davis May	P		Indianapolis	AAA
Robert Mayer	P		Nashville	AA
James McArdle			Greensboro	A
Charles McKinney			Eugene	A-
Gregory McKinney			Greensboro	A
			Eugene	A-
Sam Mejias	OF	27	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
	OF		Indianapolis	AAA
Gene Menees	3B		Nashville	AA
Gregory Meyer	P		Tampa	A+
Mark Miller	2B		Nashville	AA
Mark Miller	OF		Billings	Rk
Eddie Milner	OF	24	Indianapolis	AAA
	OF		Nashville	AA
Hilton Molina			Eugene	A-
David Moore	P	25	Indianapolis	AAA
Mark Moore			Greensboro	A
Joe Morgan	2B	36	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Paul Moskau	P	25	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
	P		Indianapolis	AAA
Jase Mota			Tampa	A+
Tommy Mutz	C		Indianapolis	AAA
Alex Neely	P		Tampa	A+
	P		Greensboro	A
Douglas Neuenschwander			Tampa	A+
Charles Noble	P		Greensboro	A
Fred Norman	P	37	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Nyls Nyman	OF	25	Indianapolis	AAA
Ron Oester	2B	23	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
	2B		Indianapolis	AAA
Richard O'Keefe	P		Nashville	AA
	P		Greensboro	A
Paul O'Neill	3B	24	Indianapolis	AAA
Frank Pastore	P	22	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
	P		Indianapolis	AAA
Drew Perkins			Eugene	A-
Carlos Pimentel			Tampa	A+
Carlos Porte			Eugene	A-
			Billings	Rk
Joe Price	P	22	Nashville	AA
Mike Ramsey	CF	19	Eugene	A-
Gary Redus	OF-1B	22	Nashville	AA
	OF-1B		Greensboro	A
Peter Reppucci			Eugene	A-
Hector Rincones			Eugene	A-
Mark Rothey			Eugene	A-
Larry Rothschild	P	26	Indianapolis	AAA
Rafael Santo Domingo	H	23	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
	H		Nashville	AA
Manny Sarmiento	P	23	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
	P		Indianapolis	AAA
Dan Sarrett	C		Tampa	A+
	C		Eugene	A-
Bill Scherrer	P	21	Tampa	A+
Keith Schrimsher	P	22	Billings	Rk
Tom Seaver	P	34	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Mark Simon			Billings	Rk
Steven Skaggs			Tampa	A+
Thomas Sohns	SS-2B		Nashville	AA
Michael Sorel			Greensboro	A
Mario Soto	P	23	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
	P		Indianapolis	AAA
Harry Spilman	1B	25	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
	1B		Indianapolis	AAA
Tim Stamper	P		Eugene	A-
Les Straker	P	19	Greensboro	A
Chris Stropolo	OF		Eugene	A-
Ronnie Stryker	P		Tampa	A+
Michael Sullivan			Eugene	A-
			Billings	Rk
			Billings	Rk
Champ Summers	OF	33	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
James Taylor	OF		Tampa	A+
	OF		Eugene	A-
Julio Tirado	1B	17	Billings	Rk
Dave Tomlin	P	30	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Angel Torres	P	26	Indianapolis	AAA
Randall Town			Nashville	AA
			Tampa	A+
Jose Valdez			Eugene	A-
			Billings	Rk
John Valle	3B		Indianapolis	AAA
Dave Van Gorder	C	22	Nashville	AA
Tad Venger	3B	20	Greensboro	A
Esky Viltz	OF		Tampa	A+
Duane Walker	OF	22	Nashville	AA
Tony Walker	OF	20	Tampa	A+
	OF		Greensboro	A
Kevin Waller	OF		Eugene	A-
Donald Werner	P	26	Indianapolis	AAA
Joel Willett	P		Nashville	AA
	P		Greensboro	A

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Norman Adams		Eugene	A-
Mike Armstrong	25	Nashville	AA
Jeff Ayers		Billings	Rk
Doug Bair	30	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Greg Bangert		Eugene	A-
		Billings	Rk
Bruce Berenyi	25	Indianapolis	AAA
Bill Bonham	30	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Pedro Borbon	32	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Newton Box		Billings	Rk
Jose Brito		Tampa	A+
Scott Brown	23	Nashville	AA
Bob Buchanan	18	Billings	Rk
Larry Buckle		Tampa	A+
Sheldon Burnside	24	Indianapolis	AAA
Doug Capilla	27	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
George Cappuzzello	25	Indianapolis	AAA
	25	Nashville	AA
Keefe Cato	21	Billings	Rk
Geoff Combe	23	Indianapolis	AAA
	23	Nashville	AA
Doug Corbett	26	Indianapolis	AAA
Steven Daniels		Billings	Rk
Bill Dawley	21	Nashville	AA
Frank DeJiulio		Eugene	A-
Mike Dowless		Billings	Rk
Dan Dumoulin	26	Indianapolis	AAA
Scott Dye		Tampa	A+
William Elliott		Eugene	A-
Raul Ferreyra		Nashville	AA
Nick Fiorillo		Billings	Rk
Kevin Flannery		Eugene	A-
		Billings	Rk
Paul Gibson	19	Tampa	A+
Wayne Guinn		Greensboro	A
Ben Hayes	22	Greensboro	A
Charlton Hollenbach		Eugene	A-
Jay Howell	23	Indianapolis	AAA
Greg Hughes		Nashville	AA
Tom Hume	26	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Patrick Ingraham		Tampa	A+
Byron Jackson		Eugene	A-
Larry Jackson		Greensboro	A
Jeff Jones	21	Billings	Rk
William Kelly		Nashville	AA
Kurt Kepshire	20	Billings	Rk
Mike LaCoss	23	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Jeff Lahti	22	Nashville	AA
	22	Greensboro	A
Charlie Leibrandt	22	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
	22	Indianapolis	AAA
Brad Lesley	21	Greensboro	A
John LoCascio		Greensboro	A
Richard Lombardo		Nashville	AA
		Tampa	A+
Tony Masone		Eugene	A-
Davis May		Indianapolis	AAA
Robert Mayer		Nashville	AA
Charles McKinney		Eugene	A-
Gregory Meyer		Tampa	A+
Hilton Molina		Eugene	A-
David Moore	25	Indianapolis	AAA
Mark Moore		Tampa	A+
		Greensboro	A
Paul Moskau	25	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
	25	Indianapolis	AAA
Rick Myles	19	Billings	Rk
Alex Neely		Tampa	A+
		Greensboro	A
Douglas Neuenschwander		Tampa	A+
Charles Noble		Greensboro	A
Fred Norman	37	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Richard O'Keefe		Nashville	AA
		Greensboro	A
Frank Pastore	22	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
	22	Indianapolis	AAA
Joe Price	22	Nashville	AA
Mike Ramsey	19	Eugene	A-
Mark Rothey		Eugene	A-
Larry Rothschild	26	Indianapolis	AAA
Manny Sarmiento	23	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
	23	Indianapolis	AAA
Bill Scherrer	21	Tampa	A+
Keith Schrimsher	22	Billings	Rk
Tom Seaver	34	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Mark Simon		Billings	Rk
Steven Skaggs		Tampa	A+
Mario Soto	23	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
	23	Indianapolis	AAA
Tim Stamper		Eugene	A-
Les Straker	19	Greensboro	A
Ronnie Stryker		Tampa	A+
Mike Sullivan		Billings	Rk
Dave Tomlin	30	Cincinnati Reds	MLB
Angel Torres	26	Indianapolis	AAA
Nelson Torres		Greensboro	A
Randall Town		Nashville	AA
		Tampa	A+
Joel Willett		Nashville	AA
		Greensboro	A