The 2015 Cincinnati Reds season was the 146th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 13th at Great American Ball Park, which hosted the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 14. The Reds finished the season with a record of 64–98, 36 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals, second-worst in the National League, and their worst finish since 1982. The Reds also hosted the All-Star Game on July 14.
Offseason On December 11, 2014, the Reds acquired shortstop Eugenio Suárez and minor league pitcher Jonathan Crawford from the Detroit Tigers for pitcher Alfredo Simón. On the same day, the Reds Acquired pitcher Anthony DeSclafani and catcher Chad Wallach from the Miami Marlins for pitcher Mat Latos. On December 31, 2014, the Reds acquired outfielder Marlon Byrd from the Philadelphia Phillies for pitcher Ben Lively.
Standings National League Central
National League Wildcard
Record vs. opponents
Regular season Detailed record Team Home Away Total Win % Gms Left NL East Atlanta Braves 2–1 2–2 4–3 0 Miami Marlins 2–1 1–3 3–4 0 New York Mets 0–4 0–3 0–7 0 Philadelphia Phillies 3–0 1–2 4–2 0 Washington Nationals 3–0 2–1 5–1 0 10–6 6–11 16–17 0 NL Central Chicago Cubs 2–7 4–6 6–13 0 Milwaukee Brewers 3–6 6–3 9–10 0 Pittsburgh Pirates 6–3 5–4 11–8 0 St. Louis Cardinals 2–4 2–7 7–11 0 13–20 17–20 30–40 0 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks 0–4 1–2 1–6 0 Colorado Rockies 1–2 1–2 2–4 0 Los Angeles Dodgers 0–3 1–3 1–6 0 San Diego Padres 1–2 1–2 2–4 0 San Francisco Giants 1–3 1–2 2–5 0 3–14 5–10 8–24 0 American League Chicago White Sox N/A 1–2 1–2 0 Cleveland Indians 1–2 0–3 0–3 0 Detroit Tigers 2–0 1–1 3–1 0 Kansas City Royals 0–2 0–2 0–4 0 Minnesota Twins 2–1 N/A 2–1 0 5–5 2–8 7–13 0MonthGamesWonLostWin % April 22 11 11 May 27 11 16 June 27 13 14 July 25 11 14 August 29 8 21 September 28 9 19 October 4 1 3 162 64 98 GamesWonLostWin % Home 81 34 47 Away 81 30 51
Longest Winning Streak: 4 games (4/5–4/10 & 6/7-6/10) Longest Losing Streak: 13 games (9/20–10/2) Most Runs Scored in a game: 16 (4/21 @ MIL) Most Runs Allowed in a game: 17 (7/26 @ COL)
Home attendance (through 9/23/2015) Source: 2015 MLB Attendance Report
Highest Home Attendance: 4/6 vs. PIT (43,633), 103% capacity Lowest Home Attendance: 4/9 vs. PIT (15,616), 37% capacity
Year Attendance (games) AVG/game NL Rank W–L2015 2,251,014 (74) 31,562 10th of 15 34–402014 2,476,664 (81) 30,576 8th of 15 44–372013 2,492,101 (81) 31,151 10th of 15 49–31
Season summary Opening day lineup
Game log
|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 1 || April 6 || Pirates || FSO || 5–2 || Diaz (1–0) || Watson (0–1) || Chapman (1) || 43,633 || 1–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 2 || April 8 || Pirates || FSO || 5–4 (11) || Hoover (1–0) || Liz (0–1) || || 30,859 || 2–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 3 || April 9 || Pirates || FSO || 3–2 || Chapman (1–0) || Scahill (0–1) || || 15,616 || 3–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 4 || April 10 || Cardinals || FSO || 5–4 || Hoover (2–0) || Walden (0–1) || Chapman (2) || 30,808 || 4–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 5 || April 11 || Cardinals || FSO || 1–4 || Wacha (1–0) || Cueto (0–1) || Rosenthal (2) || 41,525 || 4–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 6 || April 12 || Cardinals || FSO || 5–7 (11) || Villanueva (1–0) || Gregg (0–1) || || 41,446 || 4–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 13 || @ Cubs || FSO || 6–7 (10) || Rondón (1–0) || Parra (0–1) || || 26,390 || 4–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 8 || April 14 || @ Cubs || FSO || 3–2 || DeSclafani (1–0) || Arrieta (0–1) || Chapman (3) || 27,525 || 5–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 9 || April 15 || @ Cubs || FSO || 0–5 || Wood (1–1) || Marquis (0–1) || || 29,205 || 5–4 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 10 || April 17 || @ Cardinals || FSO || 1–6 || Wacha (2–0) || Cueto (0–2) || Siegrist (1) || 46,462 || 5–5 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 18 || @ Cardinals || FSO || 2–5 || Martínez (1–0) || Bailey (0–1) || Rosenthal (4) || 45,906 || 5–6 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 12 || April 19 || @ Cardinals || ESPN || 1–2 || Wainwright (2–1) || Leake (0–1) || Walden (1) || 40,742 || 5–7 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 13 || April 20 || @ Brewers || FSO || 6–1 ||DeSclafani (2–0) || Peralta (0–2) || || 26,660 || 6–7 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 14 || April 21 || @ Brewers || FSO || 16–10 ||Marquis (1–1) || Fiers (0–3) || || 27,293 || 7–7 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 15 || April 22 || @ Brewers || FSO || 2–1 ||Cueto (1–2) || Rodríguez (0–3) || Chapman (4) || 30,452 || 8–7 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 16 || April 23 || @ Brewers || FSO || 2–4 || Lohse (1–2) || Gregg (0–2) || Rodríguez (2) || 30,452 || 8–8 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 17 || April 24 || Cubs || FSO || 6–7 (10) || Motte (1–0) || Badenhop (0–1) || || 39,891 || 8–9 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | — || April 25 || Cubs ||colspan=8| PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for July 22 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 26 || Cubs || FSO || 2–5 || Arrieta (3–1) || DeSclafani (2–1) || Rondón (4) || 39,891 || 8–10 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 19 || April 27 || Brewers || FSO || 9–6 || Marquis (2–1) || Nelson (2–1) || || 17,167 || 9–10 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 20 || April 28 || Brewers || FSO || 4–2 || Cueto (2–2) || Lohse (1–4) || Chapman (5) || 19,238 || 10–10 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 21 || April 29 || Brewers || FSO || 3–8 || Garza (2–3) || Lorenzen (0–1) || || 23,012 || 10–11 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 22 || April 30 || @ Braves || FSO || 5–1 || Leake (1–1) || Miller (3–1) || || 15,744 || 11–11 ||
|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 23 || May 1 || @ Braves || FSO || 3–4 || Foltynewicz (1–0) || DeSclafani (2–2) || Grilli (8) || 30,153 || 11–12 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 24 || May 2 || @ Braves || FS1 || 8–4 || Marquis (3–1) || Stults (1–2) || || 29,515 || 12–12 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 25 || May 3 || @ Braves || FSO || 0–5 || Teherán (1–1) || Cueto (2–3) || || 30,073 || 12–13 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 26 || May 5 || @ Pirates || FSO || 7–1 || Lorenzen (1–1) || Locke (2–2) || || 16,822 || 13–13 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 27 || May 6 || @ Pirates || FSO || 3–0 || Leake (2–1) || Cole (4–1) || Chapman (6) || 16,527|| 14–13 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 28 || May 7 || @ Pirates || FSO || 2–7 || Burnett (1–1) || DeSclafani (2–3) || || 27,302|| 14–14 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | — || May 8 || @ White Sox ||colspan=8| PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for May 8 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 29 || May 9 || @ White Sox || FSO || 10–4 || Cueto (3–3) || Carroll (0–1) || || N/A || 15–14 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 30 || May 9 || @ White Sox || FSO || 2–8 || Rodon (3–3) || Marquis (3–2) || || 27,980 || 15–15 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 31 || May 10 || @ White Sox || FSO || 3–4 || Robertson (3–0) || Chapman (1-1) || || 20,123|| 15–16 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 32 || May 11 || Braves || FSO/ESPN || 1–2 || Avilán (1–0) || Chapman (1-2) || Johnson (2) || 19,881 || 15–17 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 33 || May 12 || Braves || FSO || 4–3 || Chapman (2–2) || Grilli (0–2) || || 23,780 || 16–17 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 34 || May 13 || Braves || FSO || 5–1 || Iglesias (1–0) || Stults (1–4) || || 17,747 || 17–17 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 35 || May 14 || Giants || FSO || 4–3 || Diaz (1–0) || Romo (0–2) || Chapman (7) || 21,792 || 18–17 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 36 || May 15 || Giants || FSO || 2–10 || Bumgarner (4–2) || Marquis (3–3) || || 39,867 || 18–18 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 37 || May 16 || Giants || FSO || 2–11 || Vogelsong (2–2) || Leake (2–2) || || 40,889|| 18–19 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 38 || May 17 || Giants || FSO || 8–9 || Petit (1–0) || DeSclafani (2–4) || Casilla (9) || 39,209 || 18–20 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 39 || May 19 || @ Royals || FSO || 0–3 || Ventura (3–3) || Cueto (3–4) || Davis (7) || 29,769 || 18–21 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 40 || May 20 || @ Royals || FSO || 1–7 || Guthrie (4–2) || Marquis (3–4) || || 30,450 || 18–22 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 41 || May 22 || @ Indians || FSO || 3–7 || Carrasco (5–4) || Leake (2–3) || || 23,617 || 18–23 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 42 || May 23 || @ Indians || FSO || 1–2 || Kluber (2–5) || Cingrani (0–1) || Allen (11) || 27,315 || 18–24 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 43 || May 24 || @ Indians || FSO || 2–5 || Bauer (4–1) || Iglesias (1–1) || || 23,882 || 18–25 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 44 || May 25 || Rockies || FSO || 4–5 || Betancourt (2–1) || Chapman (2–3) || Axford (7) || 20,516 || 18–26 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 45 || May 26 || Rockies || FSO || 2–1 || Chapman (3–3) || Brown (0–2) || || 22,523 || 19–26 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 46 || May 27 || Rockies || || 4–6 || Kendrick (2–6) || Leake (2–4) || Axford (8) || 23,917 || 19–27 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 47 || May 29 || Nationals || FSO || 5–2 || DeSclafani (3–4) || Jordan (0–1) || Chapman (8) || 28,877 || 20–27 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 48 || May 30 || Nationals || FSO || 8–5 || Hoover (3–0) || Janssen (0–1) || Chapman (9) || 36,294 || 21–27 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 49 || May 31 || Nationals || FSO || 8–2 || Hoover (4–0) || Barrett (3–1) || || 31,874 || 22–27 ||
|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 50 || June 2 || @ Phillies || FSO || 4–5 || Papelbon (1–0) || Cingrani (0–2) || || 20,209 || 22–28 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 51 || June 3 || @ Phillies || FSO || 4–5 || García (2–1) || Mattheus (0–1) || || 21,253 || 22–29 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 52 || June 4 || @ Phillies || FSO || 6–4 || DeSclafani (4–4) || Harang (4–6) || Chapman (10) || 21,057 || 23–29 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 53 || June 5 || Padres || FSO || 2–6 || Ross (3–5) || Moscot (0–1) || || 33,381 || 23–30 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 54 || June 6 || Padres || FSO || 7–9 || Maurer (2–0) || Díaz (2–1) || Kimbrel (13) || 40,946 || 23–31 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 55 || June 7 || Padres || FSO || 4–0 || Cueto (4–4) || Despaigne (3–4) || || 27,501 || 24–31 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 56 || June 8 || Phillies || FSO || 6–4 || Leake (3–4) || Hamels (5–5) || Chapman (11) || 30,900 || 25–31 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 57 || June 9 || Phillies || FSO || 11–2 || DeSclafani (5–4) || Harang (4–7) || || 27,993 || 26–31 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 58 || June 10 || Phillies || || 5–2 || Moscot (1–1) || Williams (3–6) || Chapman (12) || 32,994 || 27–31 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 59 || June 11 || @ Cubs || FSO || 3–6 || Wood (3–2) || Lorenzen (1–2) || Rondón (11) || 35,031 || 27–32 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 60 || June 12 || @ Cubs || FSO || 5–4 || Hoover (5–0) || Rondón (3–1) || Chapman (13) || 40,016 || 28–32 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb"