Johnny Bench? Pete Rose? Joe Morgan? It was the "other" Hall of Famer who provided the rock Bob Howsam built his team on, ...

“Next day George was a Cincinnati Red,” Ken Griffey said. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle On May 29, 1971, the Giants got Frank Duffy and Vern Geishert, and the Reds got ...

Despite the Reds falling for the second night in a row to a White Sox team that lost 29 of its first 41 games, Cincinnati drew its largest crowd in stadium history for a non-Opening Day weekday game.

The Reds were 64-17 at home in Riverfront Stadium, which is still a National League record. The Lineup of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds Catcher: Johnny Bench First Base: Tony Perez Second Base: Joe Morgan ...

WKRC-12 reports that Helms was the first to hit a home run at the Riverfront Stadium in 1970. He also appeared in all five games in the Reds’ World Series loss to the Baltimore Orioles that year.

The Reds won four National League pennants that decade (1970, 1972, 1975 and 1976) and back-to-back world championships in ’75 and ’76. Aaron tied Babe Ruth’s home run record on Opening Day ...

In his only season as a Reds player, Francona went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in his first game, helping lead the Reds to an 11-5 victory against his former team, the Montreal Expos, at Riverfront Stadium.

I was standing in Newport when Riverfront Stadium was imploded on a cold December day, and I attended the first Opening Day at Great American Ball Park. Ladies and gentlemen, Harvey Bench Photograph ...

The crowd at Riverfront Stadium roared: 47,237 fans witnessed baseball history as Cincinnati’s home-grown star officially became the Hit King with his 4,192nd hit, surpassing Ty Cobb’s record.

He went to Western Hills High on the city’s west side, made his big-league debut for the Reds at Crosley Field, passed Ty Cobb as the game’s all-time leader in hits at Riverfront Stadium and ...

Cincinnati Bengals Stadium History 3. Nippert Stadium (1968-1969) While Riverfront Stadium was in development for the Cincinnati Bengals to eventually begin playing in 1970, they had to play two ...

The Reds moved to Riverfront Stadium in the middle of the 1970 season, and the old fan-favorite ballpark was demolished in 1972. Reds Opening Day at Crosley Field in 1957.