Reggie Sanders spent the first eight of his seventeen seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, and it can be easily stated that this was the best run of his career.

The first few years of James “Bug” Holliday’s baseball career were quite good.   Holliday would win the Home Run Title (with a decent tally of 19) in his debut year with the then named Red Stockings who were then in the American Association.  The switch to the National League was still successful for Holliday who would again win the Home Run Title (1892) and would have four (full) seasons where he was a .300 Hitter. 

The starting Rightfielder for six seasons (and two injury-plagued ones) Ival Goodman proved to be a key contributor to many good seasons that Cincinnati would have in the late ’30s and 1940. 

Ken Raffensberger could be the unluckiest Pitcher in the history of baseball.  The forkball specialist never played for a winning team, (we aren’t counting his rookie year where he played one game) which included his last seven and half years in Cincinnati.  Raffensberger pitched with multiple deliveries but had incredible accuracy regardless of how the ball left his hand.  As a Red, he finished in the top five in BB/9 five times, including the two top finishes in 1950 & 1951.  He would also lead the National League in WHIP in ’51. 

Raffensberger's overall record in Cincinnati was 89-99 with a 3.64 ERA.