February 15, 201115 yr What about the Boomer, David Wells? Thats who I was thinking of, how about Juan Guzman, played for the reds laate in is career
February 15, 201115 yr Eric Milton .... Still leaves a sour taste I had seats in left field one game when he pitched and he gave up a HR that was the hardest ball I have ever seen hit. I think Milton Bradley hit it, I quickly got up and left my seat because I was scared to death about his pitching, i figured if he gave up another one I would not be able to get out of the way.
May 11, 201115 yr John Roper. Once sat behind home plate and saw him throw 12 straight balls to start a game (loaded the bases). He then went 2-1 on Larry Walker, who promptly deposited pitch number 16 over the 404 sign in centerfield at the old Riverfront/Cinergy. Great stuff.
May 11, 201115 yr Pete Harnisch Dave Burba John Smiley Randy Milligan Chris Stynes Freddie Benevides Jeff Shaw Roberto Kelly Luis Quinones Johnny Ruffin Brett Tomko
May 12, 201115 yr Infield C Bo Diaz 1B Leon "Bull" Durham 2B Manny Trillo SS Tony Fernandez 3B Buddy Bell LF Hal McRae CF Paul Blair RF Cesar Cedeno SP Jerry Reuss SP Ross Grimsley SP Charlie Leibrandt SP Mike Caldwell SP Milt Wilcox RP Jeff Russell RP Jeff Montgomery RP Carl Willis RP Jay Howell CL John Franco How can you forget John Franco as a memorable Red?
May 13, 201115 yr Royce Clayton Juan Encarnacion Jorge Cantu Ryan Dempster Kyle Lohse Josh Hamilton Mike Cameron The entire Washington Nationals squad
May 13, 201115 yr Christy Matthewson. The first one that came to my mind (even though I'm not quite old enough to remember it). Lots of folks think the worst trade the Reds ever made was Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas and a couple of no-names. Not even close. The Reds traded Mathewson to the Giants for Amos Rusie in December 1900. Rusie went 0-1 for the Reds. Mathewson did slightly better, winning 373 games over the next 16 seasons for the Giants.
May 13, 201115 yr Here are guys that played in a Reds Uniform and for the most part were already washed up or blossomed after leaving the Reds. But for the most part most of these guys were at one time top players in the game and the Reds got them when they were already washed up. For years the Reds tried to make a living off of players past their prime thinking they could resurrect their careers. Out of all these players only one Bip Roberts actually made an All Star game with the Reds. There are a lot of guys that I wanted to mention that I didn't because the thread title is Former BIG Name Reds Players. Pitchers Shawn Estes-Played one year with Reds in 02' ERA over 7-1997 All Star B. J. Ryan-Drafted by Reds and pitched in one gm-2x All Star Closer David Wells-Started 11 gms for Reds in 95'-3x All Star, 1 Perfect Gm Ryan Franklin-20 relief appearances for Reds in 06-09 All Star Cory Lidle-pitched for Reds in 04-Died while flying a plane in 06 Mark Portugal-Pitched for Reds in 96-Silver Slugger award in 94 Mike Stanton-Pitched for Reds in 07-Made 2001 All Star Gm Denny Neagle-Pitched for Reds in 99-2x All Star, 1x 20gm Winner Eddie Guardado-Pitched for Reds in 06-07, 2x All Star, 1x Saves Leader Steve Avery-Pitched for Reds in 99, #1 Prospect in MLB in 90' Tim Belcher-Pitched for Reds 92-93, 1988 Tops Rookie All Star Juan Guzmán-Pitched for Reds in 99, 1992 All Star Infield Jeff Conine-Played for Reds in 07- 2x All Star, 1x Topps Rookie All Star Paul Konerko-Played in 26 gms for Reds- 4x All Star Dan Wilson-Reds 1st R Pick played in 38gms for Reds- 1x All Star Rich Aurilia-Played for Reds in 05-06- 1x All Star, 1x Silver Slugger Bip Roberts-Played for Reds in 92-93 and made 1 All Star gm with Reds Terry Pendleton-Played 50gms for Reds in 97-3xGG Win,1x MVP,1xAS Benito Santiago-Played for Reds in 95 & 00-3xGG win,5xAS,4x S Slugg. Tony Womack-Played 9gms for Reds in 06-1x All Star, 1x 70 SB in year Royce Clayton-Played 50gms for Reds in 06-1x All Star Outfield Dante Bichette-Played for Reds in 2000-4x All Star, 1x Silver Slugger Mike Cameron-Played 1 year for Reds- 1x All Star, 3x GoldGlove Winner Tony Fernández-Played 1 year for Reds- 5x All Star, 4x GG Winner Wilton Guerrero-Older Brother of Vlad I always liked him Jeffrey Hammonds-Played 1 year for Reds- 1x All Star Vince Coleman-Played in 33 gms for Reds-2x All Star, 70+Steals 7x's Cody Ross-Played 2gms for Reds then hit 20+HR's twice for the Marlins Jim Edmonds-13gms with Reds-4x All Star, 8x Gold Glove winner Darren Lewis-played in 58 gms for Reds- 1 Gold Glove Award Dernell Stenson-Top Prospect shot and Killed while in Spring Training Mark Sweeney-Played in 37 gms with Reds-1st All Time in pinch hit RBI's
May 13, 201115 yr A man who made one of the best catches that I have ever seen live against the Cards--- Willie Mo Pena.
May 13, 201115 yr Jeffrey Hammonds - I just remember him having 1 huge year for the Rockies after he left. By some gift from god (steroids) he mad over 30 Mil in his career.
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