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Modern (post-1900) franchise record holder for career hits (1,774), doubles (311), home runs (191), and RBIs (851) by a second baseman; 3-time National League All-Star (2010, 2011, 2013); 4-time Rawlings Gold Glove winner (2008, 2010, 2011, 2013); Silver Slugger Award winner in 2011; 3-time winner of Ernie Lombardi Award as Reds MVP (2007, 2009, 2012); one of 3 Reds in history (Eric Davis, Barry Larkin) with 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in the same season (30 HR, 32 SB in 2007); led NL second basemen in fielding percentage 3 times, assists 3 times and putouts twice; ranks 8^th in franchise history overall in games played (1,614) and second among second basemen (Bid McPhee); also ranks in top-10 all-time for Reds in runs scored (8^th, 877); hits (10^th, 1,774); doubles (9^th, 311); ranks 12^th on Reds all-time list in home runs (191); 11^th in RBIs (851); and 15^th in stolen bases (194); starting second baseman for 2010 and 2012 Central Division champion Reds and 2013 Wild Card Reds.

Ranks 7^th in franchise history with 1,125 career strikeouts; 75 career Reds victories are tied for 30^th all-time (Joey Jay, Tom Seaver); led Reds in strikeouts each season from 2004-2007 and again in 2009, and in victories each season from 2005-2007; in 2006, led NL in complete games (6) and strikeouts (216) and tied for the league lead in games started (35), and victories (16); finished 4^th in voting for NL Cy Young Award in 2007; 2-time winner of the Johnny Vander Meer Award as Reds Outstanding Pitcher; Reds Opening Day starting pitcher each season, 2006-2010; member of Reds 2010 Central Division championship team.

A Reds outfielder from 1991-1998, Sanders was selected by the Reds in the 7^th round of the June 1987 amateur draft. In his first full season with the club, Sanders finished fourth in voting for the National League Rookie of the Year Award after hitting .270 with 12 home runs and 16 stolen bases in 116 games. Sanders enjoyed his finest season in 1995, helping the Reds to the Central Division championship and a Division Series sweep of the Dodgers. An All-Star that season, he hit .306 with 28 home runs, 99 RBIs and a career-best 36 stolen bases, a performance that also earned him a sixth-place finish in voting for the National League’s Most Valuable Player Award. In Reds history, only 20 players have hit more home runs as a Red than Sanders’ 125, and only 20 players have stolen more bases during their Reds careers than Sanders’ 158.

One of only four managers in Reds history to lead the Reds to a world championship, Piniella did so in his first year as the Reds’ skipper, piloting the Reds to a wire-to-wire championship in 1990 that culminated with the Reds sweep of the heavily favored Oakland A’s in the 1990 World Series. The 1990 Reds were the first National League team in history to go wire-to-wire in a 162-game season and the club set a franchise record with a nine-game winning streak to begin the season. Piniella finished second in voting for National League Manager of the Year honors in 1990 and the Reds’ championship earned Piniella honor of managing the 1991 National League All-Star team, making him one of only four managers in Reds history to manage an NL All-Star team. The Reds were postseason contenders again in 1992, finishing in second place in the division on the strength of a 90-win campaign. Piniella’s .525 winning percentage ranks 16^th in franchise history and only 15 managers in Reds history won more games as Reds manager than Piniella’s 255.