Barry Larkin
It was originally the Red Stockings, then the Reds, and, briefly, called the Red Legs in the 1950s (to escape the association with Communists, called Reds), then back to Reds again and remains the "Reds" today.
When Ken Griffey Jr. was playing with the reds he had 24 in Seattle and he had 30 in Cincinnati for his dad. He then changed it to 3 for his three kids. When he went to Chicago he was 27 and back in Seattle he rests again with 24.
The Cincinnati Reds play the first game of every season in Cincinnati. This is because the Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first professional team in baseball history back in the 1870's, and have traditionally received the right to play the season opener at home ever since.
Way back on September 11, 1882 a pitcher named Tony Mullane of the American Association Major League's Louisville Eclipse pitched a no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds, then called the Red-Stockings. The Eclipse won the game 2-0.
He wore #30 in Cincinnati from 1973 to 1981. He then went on to play for the New York Yankees and the Atlanta Braves, but returned to play for the Reds in 1988 and wore #25. He went back to #30 for the 1989 and 1990 season before he finished his career with the Mariners.
The Cincinnati Reds won game 7 in 1975 and have swept the Yankees the following year and then the A's in1990. They haven't been back
The National League began in 1876 and the American League started in 1901. The Cincinnati Reds were the first professional team founded in 1869 and were known as the Red Stockings back then.
Jim Thorpe played for the New York Giants in 1913 and 1914, the Cincinnati Reds in 1915, back to the Giants in 1917 to 1919 and finished his Major League career in 1919 with the Boston Braves.
During the "Red Scare" the reds changed there name from the Reds to the Red Legs. But after this, they changed it back to the Reds.
The New York Mets traded Seaver to the Cincinnati Reds for P Pat Zachry, OF Steve Henderson, IF Doug Flynn, and OF Dan Norman on June 15, 1977. After 6 seasons with the Reds, he was traded back to the Mets for OF/1B Lloyd McClendon, P Charlie Puleo, and OF Jason Felice on December 16, 1982.
I just happen to be a huge Reds fan, an Aaron Boone fan, and an Adam Dunn fan.Anyway, enough about me. The book is "If I Never Get Back" by Darryl Brock. The copyright date is 1989.Buy it; it's a good one.AnswerThere's also a sequel called "Two in the Field." I really enjoyed them both, and I'm not even a big Reds fan. There's some great history and they're a quick, fun read.