This Day in Reds History - September 20

by Caleb on Sep 20, 2010 6:29 AM EDT

On this date in 1967 the Reds beat the Braves 9-4.

Rookie Johnny Bench hit his first Major League home run to help the Reds to the win. It came in the sixth inning against Atlanta starter Jim Britton. Bench went three for five on the day. Vada Pinson got the Reds off to a 3-0 lead when he hit a home run following a walk to Pete Rose and a single to Tommy Helms in the top of the first inning.

	Cincinnati Reds			Atlanta Braves
1	Pete Rose	LF	1	Remy Hermoso	SS
2	Tommy Helms	2B	2	Tito Francona	1B
3	Vada Pinson	CF	3	Hank Aaron	RF
4	Lee May	RF	4	Joe Torre	C
5	Tony Perez	3B	5	Clete Boyer	3B
6	Deron Johnson	1B	6	Rico Carty	LF
7	Johnny Bench	C	7	Mike Lum	CF
8	Leo Cardenas	SS	8	Felix Millan	2B
9	Milt Pappas	P	9	Jim Britton	P

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As bad as that trade was,

Pappas was 16-13 with a 3.35 ERA (113 ERA+) in 217 innings that year.

by ken on Sep 20, 2010 11:00 AM EDT reply actions

.316/.410/.637 1.047 OPS/ 49 HR /122 RBI /122 Runs scored

that’s how bad that trade was

Rob Dibble, Norm Charlton, and Randy Myers were nasty boys. Arthur Rhodes is a nasty MAN. by Brendanukkah

by Caleb on Sep 20, 2010 7:26 PM EDT reply actions

What year was this game played..?

If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.
Bob Uecker

by Madville on Sep 21, 2010 2:26 PM EDT reply actions