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These are the statistical leaders in Cincinnati baseball history

gordon wittenmyer, cincinnati enquirer
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Cincinnati Reds beat writer Gordon Wittenmyer compiled the best 40-man roster of Cincinnati baseball.

Anybody who knows anything about baseball or Cincinnati knows that West High’s own Pete Rose is Major League Baseball’s all-time Hit King.

But do you know who ranks second among all Cincinnati-bred players? Or how many have hit 300 home runs in the majors? How many local pitchers struck out 1,000 big-league batters?

Here are the all-time Cincinnati big league leaderboards:

All-Time Cincinnati WAR* Leaders

1. Ken Griffey Jr., Archbishop Moeller 83.8

2. Pete Rose, Western Hills 79.6

3. Barry Larkin, Archbishop Moeller 70.5

4. Buddy Bell, Archbishop Moeller 66.3

5. Jim Bunning, St. Xavier 59.4

6. Jim Wynn, Taft 55.7

7. Jesse Tannehill, Dayton (Ky.) 47.0

8. David Justice, Covington Latin 40.6

9. Sam Leever, Goshen High 40.5

10. Dave Parker, Courter Tech 40.1

11. Denny Lyons, (HS unknown) 35.5

12. Bill Doran, Mount Healthy 32.8

13. Kevin Youkilis, Sycamore 32.4

14. Joe Nuxhall, Hamilton 30.3

15. Lance Johnson, Princeton 30.2

16. Kent Tekulve, Catholic 25.5

*-baseball-reference.com

All-Time Cincinnati HR Leaders

1. Ken Griffey Jr., Archbishop Moeller 630

2. Dave Parker, Courter Tech 339

3. David Justice, Covington Latin 305

4. Jim Wynn, Taft 291

5. Kyle Schwarber, Middletown 246

All-Time Cincinnati Hits Leaders

1. Pete Rose, Western Hills 4,256*

2. Ken Griffey Jr., Archbishop Moeller 2,781

3. Dave Parker, Courter Tech 2,712

4. Buddy Bell, Archbishop Moeller 2,514

5. Barry Larkin, Archbishop Moeller 2,340

*-All-time MLB leader

All-Time Cincinnati Pitching Wins Leaders

1. Jim Bunning, St. Xavier 224

2. Jesse Tannehill, Dayton (Ky.) 197

3. Sam Leever, Goshen High 194

4. Joe Nuxhall, Hamilton 135

5. Howie Camnitz, (HS unknown) 133

6. Richard Dotson, Anderson 111

All-Time Cincinnati Strikeout Leaders

1. Jim Bunning, St. Xavier 2,855

2. Joe Nuxhall, Hamilton 1,372

3. Richard Dotson, Anderson 973

4. Jesse Tannehill, Dayton (Ky.) 944

5. Howie Camnitz, (HS unknown) 915

All-Time Cincinnati ERA Leaders

(Min. 1,000 IP)

  1. Sam Leever, Goshen HS 2.47

2. Howie Camnitz, (HS Unknown) 2.75

3. Jesse Tannehill, Dayton (Ky.) 2.80

4. Kent Tekulve, Catholic 2.85

5. Jim Bunning, St. Xavier 3.27

6. Roger McDowell, Colerain 3.30

All-Time Cincinnati Saves Leaders

1. Jeff Russell, Wyoming 186

2. Kent Tekulve, Catholic 184

3. Roger McDowell, Colerain 159

4. Tom Hume, Northeast (Fla.)  92

5. Jim Brosnan, Elder 68

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Where Cincinnati-bred MLB players rank for home runs, hits and more