*** THIS DATE IN #REDS HISTORY! SEPTEMBER 30 *** September 30, 1973 - PETE ROSE WINS 3RD NL BATTING TITLE - CINCINNATI REDS DRAW 2 MILLION FOR 1ST TIME EVER! With a final average of .338, Pete Rose won his 3rd NL batting title! (Pete would also win the 1973 NL MVP AWARD after the 73 postseason) In front of a Riverfront Stadium home crowd of 50,776, Reds (99-63) lose to Giants 4-3, However, this great day of attendance would push Cincinnati over the 2 million mark for the 1st time in club history. Tony Perez jacked his 27th Home Run (101 RBIS) & on a last note, re: this game, 19 game winner Jack Billingham (L, 19-10, 3.04 ERA) was denied his 20th win by Giants Ace Ron Bryant (W, 24-12, 3.53 ERA) baseball-reference/boxes/CIN/CIN197309300.shtml .....Also on September 30, 1973, a player to be named later was actually named, from an earlier deal where Cincinnati Reds traded a player to be named later & Ed Sprague to the St. Louis Cardinals for Gene Dusan (minors) & Ed Crosby. Reds sent Roe Skidmore (September 30, 1973) to Cardinals to complete trade on 9.30.73. Additional September 30 REDS HISTORY events : September 30, 2012 - Already clinched REDS won 96th game, scoring 2 in top of 9th to beat Pirates 4-3 in Pittsburgh. Pinch Hitter Xavier Pauls solo home tied game at 3-3, Zack Cozarts RBI double won game, 4-3, as Aroldis Chapman came in for 37th Save. MLB VIDEO! mlb.mlb/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?mode=video&gid=2012_09_30_cinmlb_pitmlb_1 September 30, 2010 - Already Clinched REDS (89-70) won 9-1 over Astros @ Gabp as Bronson Arroyo won his 17th (17-10, 3.88 ERA). Jonny Gomes hit 18th homer (85 RBIS!) & Drew Stubbs also went yard (22HR/77RBIS). Leadoff Batter Brandon Phillips, not to be left out, added his 18th HR. MLB VIDEO mlb.mlb/mlb/gameday/y2010/index.jsp?gid=2010_09_30_houmlb_cinmlb_1&mode=video September 30, 2009 - LF Lance Nix hit a Grand Slam & Bronson Arroyo won his 15th, REDS beat Cardinals 6-1 @ GABP. REDS blew up starter John Smoltz, who had nothing left in the tank. ** i was at this one, lol** September 30, 2008 - Joey Votto named 2008 September NL Rookie of the Month. Rookie Votto hit .309 with 9 HRs & 20 RBIS! baseball-reference/players/split.cgi?id=vottojo01&year=2008&t=b September 30, 2007 - REDS (72-90) beat Lou Piniellas 1st place Cubs 8-4 @ GABP. Homer Bailey gets the W over Former Red Ryan Dempster. Lou had the Chicago hurlers doing one or two inning tune-ups for the post-season. A REDS September Callup, an unknown Canadian named Joey Votto (.321) had 5 RBIS on a homer & a double. And this Votto character played LEFT FIELD! LOL. 23 year old Votto already had 4 HRs & 17 RBIS during this brief September month callup window. Mgr. Pete MacKanin already had Joey hitting 3rd, he had been hitting 8th his first few weeks or so. baseball-reference/boxes/CIN/CIN200709300.shtml September 30, 1998 - Cincinnati Reds released Steve Cooke. September 30, 1988 - @ Riverfront, CF-RF Paul ONeill homered twice (16HRs/72 RBis) as REDS won a walkoff in bottom of 9th, 8-7 over Braves. 3B Lenny Harris single scoring SS Barry Larkin made Western Hills Pete Rose a Winner over Western Hills Russ Nixon. September 30, 1984 - @ Riverfront, Reds defeat Astros in the final game of the season by a score of 7-6 with a walkoff win in bottom of 9th! (Eddie Milners Sac Fly plated Cesar Cedeno) Player-manager Pete Rose hit his 726th double, passing Stan Musials National League record. Pete went 3 for 5 with 3 doubles! Ace Mario Soto went the distance, even though it was rocky, for his 18th Win! (W, 18-7, 3.53 ERA) ** and most improtant of all, I was there! Lol! ** baseball-reference/boxes/CIN/CIN198409300.shtml September 30, 1978 - Better late than never, in Sparky Andersons final days as REDS manager, they became extremely hot, winning their 6th game in a row for their 91st win as Fred Norman & Doug Bair combined on a 6 hit SHUTOUT winning 4-0 over Phil Niekro & the Braves @ Riverfront. It was all for naught, the LA Dodgers had clinched the NL Western division crown long ago..... September 30, 1977 - @ Riverfront, Tom Seaver won his 21st game (W, 21-6, 2.58 ERA). Tom Terrific beat Phil Niekro with a complete game 8 hitter. Reds Beat Braves 7-1. George Foster plated RBI 148 & Johnny Bench drove in RBI #109. (** 7 of Seavers 21 Wins came as a MET, before June 15th). retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/Kseavt0010121977.htm baseball-reference/boxes/CIN/CIN197709300.shtml September 30, 1969 - In Atlanta, Gary Nolan lost 3-2 to 23 game winnee Phil Niekro, But RF Pete Rose continued to battle for his 2nd consecutive NL Batting Title, going 2 for 3 to improve his averge to .348 in the next-to-last game of 1969. baseball-reference/boxes/ATL/ATL196909300.shtml September 30, 1964 - After winning 9 in a row and storming in to 1st place a few days before, Reds (91-68) lose another crucial game, falling to Pirates in 16 innings, 1-0 @ Crosley. With 3 games to go, the loss dropped the 1964 Reds out of 1st place for the pennant. Jim Maloney pitched 11 shutout innings, striking out 13 for a no-decision, :-( baseball-reference/boxes/CIN/CIN196409300.shtml September 30, 1962 - John Tsitouris tossed complete game 5 hit SHUTOUT as REDS blanked Phillies 4-0 @ Crosley. RF Frank Robinson had 2 doubles to give him 136 RBIS! 1B Gordy Coleman (28/86) & LF Jerry Lynch (12/57) each Homered. Fred Hutchinsons Defending NL Champion 3rd place REDS won their 98th game, but with no wild card, werent going anywhere. baseball-reference/boxes/CIN/CIN196209300.shtml September 30, 1943 - Cincinnati Reds purchased Buck Fausett from Little Rock (Southern Association). September 30, 1942 - Boston Braves purchased Red Barrett from Cincinnati Reds. September 30, 1941 - Cincinnati Reds drafted Jim Prendergast from Little Rock (Southern Association) in 1941 rule 5 draft. September 30, 1938 - @ Crosley Field, 4th plsce Reds (80-67) & Pirates split double header. Paul Derringer nabbed 21st win (21-14, 2.96 ERA) with a 7-1 victory in game one, hurling a complete game 5 hitter! C Ernie Lombardi hit 15th Homer (93 RBIS). 1B Frank McCormick drove in his 105th RBI. baseball-reference/boxes/CIN/CIN193809301.shtml September 30, 1931 - Cincinnati Reds drafted Clyde Manion from Milwaukee (American Association) in 1931 rule 5 draft. September 30, 1930 - Cincinnati Reds drafted Casper Asbjornson from Nashville (Southern Association) & Frank Sigafoos from Los Angeles (PCL) in the 1930 rule 5 draft. September 30, 1929 - Sidney Weil becomes Cincinnati Reds new President. September 30, 1897 - Overly Confident, borderline arrogant Cincinnati Reds Ballers hammer Cleveland by a score of 16-1 until 7th inning when Spiders stage a comeback, scoring 11 runs in that inning. The game ended in a tie. Hearts were broken. Lives were ruined. September 30, 1880 - Reds defeat Cleveland in their final regular season game, 2-0, before a home crowd of 183 fans. It would be the final National League game played by this 2nd version-incarnation of Cincinnati Reds. The franchise would be booted out of the league in October and disband. OH THE HUMANITY!!!! September 30, 1868 - In Philadelphia‚ our Red Stockings lose to Athletics‚ 15-12. A controversy occurs before the game when Reds introduced a completely dead ball. Philadelphia refused to play with the it @ finally the road weary Cincinnati club yielded and the game went on. Many folks loosely affliiated with the ballers reluctantly admitted that the ill-conceived gesture was considered as Not Sporting, Chap!
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