Barry Larkin not elected to Hall of Fame, Dawson in.

Barry Larkin recieved 51.6% of votes which was not enough to elect him to the 2010 Hall of Fame class.

Andre Dawson is the lone player to be elected into the 2010 HOF class.

Players who recieved votes:

Player            Votes            Percent


Andre Dawson                420                         77.9%

Bert Blyleven                   400                         74.2%

Roberto Alomar †            397                        73.7%

Jack Morris                     282                        52.3%

Barry Larkin †                 278                        51.6%

Lee Smith                        255                        47.3%

Edgar Martinez †             195                        36.2%

Tim Raines                       164                       30.4%

Mark McGwire                128                       23.7%

Alan Trammell                  121                       22.4%

Fred McGriff †                 116                       21.5%

Don Mattingly                    87                       16.1%

Dave Parker                      82                       15.2%

Dale Murphy                     63                       11.7%

Harold Baines                    33                        6.1%

Andres Galarraga † *         22                        4.1%

Robin Ventura † *               7                         1.3%

Ellis Burks † *                     2                         0.4%

Eric Karros † *                   2                         0.4%

Kevin Appier † *                1                         0.2%

Pat Hentgen † *                  1                         0.2%

David Segui † *                  1                         0.2%

My "Prime 9" Cincinnati Reds

#1 Pete Rose

Arguably the best hitter of all-time, Rose is not in the baseball Hall of Fame because he bet on his own team – to win. Say what you want, but Rose deserves his place in the HOF and is still a beloved figure in Cincinnati. Of his record 4,256 hits, 3,358 came in a Cincinnati uniform (1st all-time for the Reds) along with 601 doubles (1st), 115 triples (4th), 1,036 RBI (4th), 1,210 walks (1st), .379 OBP (4th) and a .307 batting average (10 th all-time for the Reds). Rose was the 1963 NL Rookie of the Year, 1973 NL MVP, a 2-time Gold Glove Award winner, 17-time All-Star and the 1975 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year.

#2 Frank Robinson

The only player to be named MVP in both the NL and AL, many do not even realize that Robinson played his first 10 years in Cincinnati. He was the 1956 NL Rookie of the Year and 1961 NL MVP amassing 324 HR and 1,009 RBI while batting .307 as a Redleg.

#3 Johnny Bench

The career leader in HR and RBI for the Reds, Bench spent his entire 17-year career in Cincinnati. Bench was the 1968 NL Rookie of the Year, a part of two World Series Championships, won 10 Gold Gloves, was a 14-time NL All-Star and a 2-time NL MVP. In 1999 he was named the 16 th best player in MLB history by The Sporting News as the highest ranked catcher on that list. Bench ended his career with 389 HR, 1,376 RBI, 2,048 hits and a .267 career batting average.

#4 Joe Morgan

In addition to being a member of the Big Red Machine, Morgan is the Reds’ all-time stolen base leader with 406 swipes. He was an all-star 10 times in his career and won the NL MVP Award during the regular season in the same seasons that the Reds won the World Series (1975 & 1976).

#5 Tony Perez

Perez was an RBI machine during his time in Cincinnati as he played 16 of 23 years with the Reds. His 1,192 RBI ranks #2 on the Reds’ all-time list and he ranks #3 in homeruns and #6 in doubles. A 7-time All-Star, many historians say that when Perez left Cincinnati as a free agent after the 1976 season it was the beginning of the end of the Big Red Machine. Perez finished his career in 1986 with the Reds and later returned as the Reds’ manager in 1993 but was fired after a 20-24 start to the season.

#6 Edd Roush

Roush spent all or parts of 12 seasons with the Redlegs between 1916-1931 ending his career with the 2nd-best career batting average (.331) in Reds’ history. He won the NL batting title in both 1917 and 1919 and was a member of the Redlegs’ 1919 World Series Championship team.

#7 Barry Larkin

The Captain of the Cincinnati Reds in the late 1990’s & early 2000’s, Larkin was the face of the franchise. After winning a World Series in 1990 Larkin was named NL MVP in 1996 and ended his career a .295 hitter with 198 HR, 960 RBI, 379 SB and a .975 fielding percentage at SS, slightly better than Reds’ great Dave Concepcion.

#8 Eric Davis

Despite playing his best years in the late 1980’s, Davis is what you call a “five-tool player” in today’s game. His combination of power, speed & defense can be seen in his career stats with the Reds as he spent 9 of his 18 seasons in the major leagues with Cincy. Davis ranks #8 all-time for the Reds in HR list (203), and #7 in SB (270). He was a 2-time All-Star, 3-time Gold Glove winner, 2-time Silver Slugger Award winner and a member of the Reds’ 1990 World Championship team. It was injuries that kept Davis from reaching full superstar status with the Reds as he had 37 HR, 100 RBI and 50 SB in just 129 games in 1987 before breaking his wrist running into the outfield wall at Wrigley Field to end his season and bid to become baseball’s first 40-40 man.

#9 Ted Kluszewski

The left-handed slugger known as “Big Klu” spent 11 seasons in Cincinnati drilling 251 homeruns, driving in 886 runs and batting .302. He ranks #5 on the Reds’ all-time HR list, #8 in career RBI and was a 4-time NL All-Star with the Reds. Likely the most amazing statistic of Kluzewski’s career is that he struck out just 365 times in 15 major league season in 5,929 career at-bats.



 
 
 
 
 
Honorable Mention: Ernie Lombardi, Davey Concepcion, George Foster, Ken Griffey Jr., Adam Dunn, Vada Pinson
By the way, if you didn't notice this was position players only.

Reds sign OF Josh Anderson

The Reds signed Josh Anderson to a minor league contract with and invitation to spring training.
Yet another puzzling move by the Reds...but what else would you expect from the Castellini clan?
Another chapter added to the Corey Patterson, Darnell McDonald and Willy Taveras saga....

The Reds have signed outfielder Josh Anderson to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training, according to a tweet from MLB.com's Mark Sheldon.

The speedy outfielder has bounced around from Houston to Atlanta to Detroit to Kansas City in his brief big league career, during which he's hit .272/.313/.352 in 519 plate appearances. Johnson has stolen 36 bases in 43 tries, though UZR says he's a poor defender in center but strong on the corners.