Getting Rid of Home Run Hitters

by Caleb on Aug 11, 2008 7:08 PM EDT

I got curious about the Reds dumping big time home run hitters. This is what I found.

In 1957 the Reds traded their all time leading home run hitter, Ted Klusewski (251) for a player that would last one season and played 89 games with them.

In 1965, the Reds traded their all time leading home run hitter, Frank Robinson (324) for a pitcher that would go 30-31 over parts of 3 seasons.

In 1968, the Reds traded their third all time leading home run hitter, Vada Pinson (186) to the Cardinals for Bobby Tolan. As much as it pains me to say it was a good trade for us.

In 1976, the Reds traded their second all time leading home run hitter, Tony Perez (263) for a pitcher who would win 5 games in his only season with the Reds. This is the move that began the break up of the Big Red Machine.

In 1982, the Reds traded their 5th leading all time home run hitter, George Foster (244) to the Mets for 3 average players.

In 1991, the Reds traded their 6th leading all time home run hitter, Eric Davis (177) for Tim Belcher and a guy who would never suit up for the Reds.

In 2008, the Reds traded their 7th all time leading home run hitter, Ken Griffey Jr. (210) for a reliever and a minor leaguer.

in 2008, the Reds traded their 4th all time leading home run hitter, Adam Dunn (270) for a great big pile of we aren't sure.

It sure is frustrating sometimes to be a fan of this team.

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we should be safe for a while, then

we don’t have anymore “all-time homerun hitters.”

Just wondering, who leads the team in career REDS homeruns now? EdE?

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by gejoe on Aug 11, 2008 7:23 PM EDT 0 recs

Yup

  1.  A Dunn             32 

  2.  E Encarnacion      22

  3.  B Phillips         17 

  4.  K Griffey          15 

  5.  J Votto            14

  6.  J Bruce            11

  7.  C Patterson         7 

  8.  P Bako              6

  9.  J Keppinger         3

  10.  D Ross             3

  11.  J Hairston         2

  12.  B Arroyo           1

  13.  J Cabrera          1

  14.  R Hanigan          1

  15.  J Valentin         1

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by BubbaFan on Aug 11, 2008 7:34 PM EDT up 0 recs

I meant CAREER.

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by gejoe on Aug 11, 2008 7:38 PM EDT up 0 recs

as a RED

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by gejoe on Aug 11, 2008 7:38 PM EDT up 0 recs

Actually

EdE is 2nd with 63 as a Red; BP has 64.

I don’t know what’s worse – that he’s 3rd in total career HRs (BP has 70 total), or that the leader is now Corey Patterson with 101.

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by sidnancy on Aug 11, 2008 7:40 PM EDT up 0 recs

BP is 44th on the Reds' All-Time Home Run Leader board

Edwin is 46th, and his next homer ties him with Willie Greene.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 11, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up 0 recs

I thought Edwin had 62 dingers

Either way, that’s a season and a half for Dunn.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 11, 2008 7:46 PM EDT up 0 recs

Oops

Stupid numbers. You’re right.

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by sidnancy on Aug 11, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up 0 recs

Ryan Freel (22) has the 4th most HR for the Reds of any current player

right behind BP, EdE, and LLM (31). Votto will likely pass Freel this season.

All I’ve ever done was be Juan Pierre," he said. "I don’t know why, for some reason, they’re just sticking it to me this year."

by Slyde on Aug 11, 2008 8:30 PM EDT up 0 recs

Ooh

Can we trade Corey Patterson?

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by BubbaFan on Aug 11, 2008 7:46 PM EDT up 0 recs

Well obviously

Patterson will now be batting 4th.

by ctnyc on Aug 11, 2008 8:40 PM EDT up 0 recs

Trivia

There are 7 players who have had an at bat in the Majors this season who have more home runs for the Reds than any player currently on the Reds. Name them.

All I’ve ever done was be Juan Pierre," he said. "I don’t know why, for some reason, they’re just sticking it to me this year."

by Slyde on Aug 11, 2008 8:27 PM EDT 0 recs

ken griffey jr

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by chandrathan on Aug 11, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up 0 recs

2nd most

All I’ve ever done was be Juan Pierre," he said. "I don’t know why, for some reason, they’re just sticking it to me this year."

by Slyde on Aug 11, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up 0 recs

Griffey, Dunn...

Kearns, Dmeathook, Aaron Boone, the Mayor, FeLo, That’s 7, right? One of those has to be wrong.

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by BK on Aug 11, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up 0 recs

FeLo is wrong

All I’ve ever done was be Juan Pierre," he said. "I don’t know why, for some reason, they’re just sticking it to me this year."

by Slyde on Aug 11, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up 0 recs

bing!

Here’s the top 20 (though Reggie Sanders isn’t technically active):

  Cnt Player             HR From  To
+----+-----------------+---+----+----+
    1 Adam Dunn         270 2001 2008 
    2 Ken Griffey       210 2000 2008 
    3 Reggie Sanders    125 1991 1998 
    4 Sean Casey        118 1998 2005 
    5 Aaron Boone        86 1997 2003 
    6 Jason LaRue        84 1999 2006 
    7 Austin Kearns      71 2002 2006 
    8 Dmitri Young       67 1998 2001 
    9 Brandon Phillips   64 2006 2008 
   10 Edwin Encarnacion  62 2005 2008 
   11 Wily Mo Pena       51 2002 2005 
   12 Dave Ross          41 2006 2008 
   13 Felipe Lopez       41 2003 2006 
   14 Rich Aurilia       37 2005 2006 
   15 Javier Valentin    31 2004 2008 
   16 Jose Guillen       27 2002 2003 
   17 Juan Castro        25 2000 2008 
   18 Russell Branyan    25 2002 2003 
   19 Scott Hatteberg    23 2006 2008 
   20 Ryan Freel         22 2003 2008

All I’ve ever done was be Juan Pierre," he said. "I don’t know why, for some reason, they’re just sticking it to me this year."

by Slyde on Aug 11, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up 0 recs

Is he currently a Red?

All I’ve ever done was be Juan Pierre," he said. "I don’t know why, for some reason, they’re just sticking it to me this year."

by Slyde on Aug 11, 2008 8:33 PM EDT up 0 recs

he hasn't had an at bat for another team...

i thought that was the criteria. like i said, i read the question wrong

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by chandrathan on Aug 11, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up 0 recs

you didn't get it

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by BK on Aug 11, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up 0 recs

but i do now!

"Video games don't make people more violent, and I'll kill anyone who disagrees." ~ Gord

by chandrathan on Aug 11, 2008 8:36 PM EDT up 0 recs

Curious

This is an interesting question, but I wonder what all these guys did after leaving the Reds?

Klu: 32 HR in 4 seasons
Robinson: 262 HR in 11 seasons
Pinson: 70 HR in 7 seasons
Perez: 106 HR in 10 seasons
Foster: 100 HR in 5 seasons
Davis: 105 HR in 10 seasons

The Reds had gotten pretty much all there was to get out of Klu, Pinson, Perez, and Davis (at least as far as HR production was concerned). Foster still had quite a bit of power, and of course Robinson never aged.

Griffey might hit 2 more HR in his career. Dunn will likely hit a bunch more, but we still don’t know what we actually got for him.

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by ben nevis on Aug 12, 2008 1:54 PM EDT 3 recs

i'm gonna rec this post

i think it is very interesting.

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by chandrathan on Aug 12, 2008 2:03 PM EDT up 0 recs

That's kind of misleading

Klu was done. He hit only 6 HRs in his last season in Cinci.
FRob you know about.
Pinson was also pretty much done before he left, hitting only 5 in his final year in Cinci.
You shortchange Perez, as 61 of those HRs were hit in the first 4 years he was gone; overall, he was at least as productive Foster those first 5 years.
Davis had injury and cancer issues, but still had 5 years of 11+ HRs (topping out at 29) after he left.

I count only 2 of those 6 as “got what we could”, in addition to Jr.

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by sidnancy on Aug 12, 2008 3:10 PM EDT up 0 recs