feat.
They won fifty-six games, tied one, and scored 2,389 runs to 574.

The personnel of the team was as follows: Douglas Allison, catcher; Asa
Brainard, pitcher; Gould, first base; Sweazy, second base; Waterman, third
base; George Wright, short-stop; Andy Leonard, left field; Harry Wright,
center field; McVey, right field. First defeating the prominent Western
clubs, they whipped the Forest Citys, of Cleveland, 25-6; the Haymakers,
of Troy, one of the first Eastern professional clubs, 38-31; the Harvard
College nine, 30-11; Mutuals, of New York, 4-2, a phenomenal game for this
period; Atlantics, of Brooklyn, 32-10; Eckfords, of Brooklyn, 24-5;
Irvingtons, 20-4; Athletics, of Philadelphia, 27-18; Nationals, of
Washington, 24-8; Forest Citys, of Rockford, 34-13.

These were the strongest clubs of the country, and it will be noticed that
they held their strong opponents down remarkably well for the days of
large scores. The Cincinnatis went to St. Louis and then to San Francisco,
and upon their return defeated the Athletics again, 17-12, and Mutuals
17-8. In this season the Cincinnatis defeated the famous Forest Citys, of
Rockford, 15-14, making three runs in the ninth inning.

In 1870 the Atlantics, of Brooklyn, were the first to shatter the prestige
of the Cincinnati Reds, defeating them June 14, on the Capitoline
grounds, Brooklyn, 8-7; losing, September 2, at Cincinnati, 14-3; and
winning the decisive game, October 26, in Philadelphia, 11-7.

During the summer of 1870 the Harvard College nine visited Cincinnati, and
nearly scored a victory. They led the professionals 17-11 in seven
innings, the Cincinnatis having their strongest nine in the field. In the
ninth inning Pitcher Goodwin was hit by a hot liner and was injured. This
resulted in the scoring of eight runs by the professionals, who won the
game 20-17, the Cincinnatis making seven runs after two men were out.

The success of the Cincinnatis placed professional ball on a sure footing.

Among the clubs in the field in 1870 were the Cincinnatis, Athletics,
Atlantics, with such well-known players as Ferguson, Zettlein, Start,
Pike, Pearce, Chapman, and George Hall; Chicago, with Wood, Meyerle,
Tracey, Cuthbert; Forest Citys, of Rockford; A.G. Spaulding, Anson, and
Barnes; Forest Citys, of Cleveland, with James White, catcher; Pratt,
pitcher; Sutton, third base, and Allinson, center field; the Haymakers, of
Troy, with McGeary, catcher; McMullen, pitcher; Fisher