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Yes. The Cincinnati Red Stockings changed their team name to the Cincinnati Reds in 1882. They will remain the Reds until the present day with the exception of a six year period starting in 1953. In fear that the teams name, the Reds, might be associated with communism the name was changed to the Redlegs. People were very paranoid about communism in the 1950s during the McCarthy era.
The Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first professional baseball club, formed in 1869. For a period in the 1950's they were known as the Cincinnati Redlegs, but then settled on Cincinnati Reds. To pay respect to heritage, for many years the first pitch of a season was always thrown at Cincinnati, always a home game for the Reds. Opening Day is still held every year in Cincinnati, and although the American League has started earlier on a few occasions the first pitch in the National League is still thrown on Opening Day in Cincinnati.
As of the 2014 season, the average age of a Cincinnati Reds player is 27.1 years old.
Joe Nuxhall attended Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio when he pitched for the Reds as a 15 year old in 1944.
Old Hoss Radbourn debuted on May 5, 1880, playing for the Buffalo Bisons at Riverside Park; he played his final game on August 11, 1891, playing for the Cincinnati Reds at League Park I in Cincinnati.
Old Hoss Radbourn played in 2 games at outfield for the Cincinnati Reds in 1891, starting in none of them. He made one putout, had no assists, and committed no errors, equivalent to 0 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had no double plays.
Old Hoss Radbourn played in just one game at third base for the Cincinnati Reds in 1891 and did not start. He made no putouts, had 4 assists, and committed one error, equivalent to 1 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had no double plays.
Old Hoss Radbourn played in 26 games at pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds in 1891, starting in none of them. He made 8 putouts, had 36 assists, and committed 6 errors, equivalent to .231 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had one double play.
Johnny Bench '86, Sparky Anderson 2000 (Manager), Joe Morgan '87, Tony Perez '98, Warren Giles '69 (Executive), Ernie Lombardi '58, Bill McKechnie '67 (Manager), Bid McPhee 2002, Eppa Rixey '59, Edd Roush '60, George Wright and Harry Wright 2005 (Player/Manager) are all Cincinnati Reds who either are wearing a Reds hat on their plaque or in some cases the Reds were the team they served the most time on or held in significant regard that it is the first thing mentioned on their plaque. Frank Robinson played his first 10 years in Cincinnati but was inducted as a Baltimore Oriole yet the Reds still retired his number. Sam Wahoo Crawford played his first four years in Cincinnati but spent the next 15 years in Detroit and was inducted as a Tiger. Tom Seaver played most of six years with the Reds and pitched his only no-hitter there but was inducted as a New York Met. Also, Joe Nuxhall, a pitcher for the Reds, has his uniform in the Hall for being the youngest player in history at 15 years old.
Joe Nuxhall, pitcher for Cincinnati Reds, was 15 years old when he pitched in 1944, due to the shortage of players because of the war. He later came back and pitched a long career in the major leagues, and became the voice of the Reds radio announcing team.
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In 1891, Old Hoss Radbourn pitched in 26 games for the Cincinnati Reds, with an ERA of 4.25. He started 24 games and finished 2, pitching a total of 23 complete games. He threw 2 shutouts and recorded no saves, ending up with 11 wins and 13 losses. He pitched a total of 654 outs, facing 951 batters. He gave up 236 hits and 103 earned runs, including 13 home runs. He struck out 54 batters and walked 62.