List of Cincinnati Reds Opening Day starting pitchers
Pitchers

List of Cincinnati Reds Opening Day starting pitchers

Section Title: Pitchers
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Season	Pitcher	Decision	Final score	Opponent	Location	Ref(s)

1882***	Will White	(L)	9–10	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bank Street Grounds

1883	Will White (2)	(W)	6–5	St. Louis Browns	Bank Street Grounds

1884	Will White (3)	(L)	9–10	Columbus Buckeyes	League Park

1885	Gus Shallix	(W)	4–1	Louisville Colonels	Eclipse Park

1886	Larry McKeon	(L)	1–5	Louisville Colonels	League Park

1887	Tony Mullane	(W)	16–6	Cleveland Spiders	League Park

1888	Tony Mullane (2)	(W)	10–3	Kansas City Cowboys	Association Park

1889	Tony Mullane (3)	(L)	1–5	St. Louis Browns	League Park

1890	Jesse Duryea	(L)	4–5	Chicago Cubs	League Park

1891	Tony Mullane (4)	(L)	3–6	Cleveland Spiders	League Park

1892	Tony Mullane (5)	(L)	5–7	Pittsburgh Pirates	League Park

1893	Bumpus Jones	(W)	10–1	Chicago Cubs	League Park

1894	Tom Parrott	(W)	10–6	Chicago Cubs	League Park

1895	Frank Dwyer	(W)	10–8	Cleveland Spiders	League Park

1896	Billy Rhines	(L)	1–9	Pittsburgh Pirates	League Park

1897	Red Ehret	(W)	8–7	Chicago Cubs	League Park

1898	Ted Breitenstein	(W)	3–2	Cleveland Spiders	League Park

1899	Pink Hawley	(L)	2–5	Pittsburgh Pirates	League Park

1900	Bill Phillips	(L)	10–13	Chicago Cubs	League Park

1901	Noodles Hahn	(L)	2–4	Pittsburgh Pirates	League Park

1902	Len Swormstedt	(L)	1–6	Chicago Cubs	Palace of the Fans

1903	Jack Harper	(L)	1–7	Pittsburgh Pirates	Palace of the Fans

1904	Jack Sutthoff	(W)	3–2	Chicago Cubs	Palace of the Fans

1905	Jack Harper (2)	(L)	4–9	Pittsburgh Pirates	Palace of the Fans

1906	Orval Overall	(L)	2–7	Chicago Cubs	Palace of the Fans

1907	Bob Ewing	(W)	4–3	Pittsburgh Pirates	Palace of the Fans

1908	Bob Ewing (2)	(L)	5–6	Chicago Cubs	Palace of the Fans

1909	Art Fromme	(L)	0–3	Pittsburgh Pirates	Palace of the Fans

1910	Fred Beebe	(W)	1–0	Chicago Cubs	Palace of the Fans

1911	Art Fromme (2)	L	0–14	Pittsburgh Pirates	Palace of the Fans

1912	Frank Smith	(W)	10–6	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1913	Art Fromme (3)	(L)	2–9	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1914	Rube Benton	(W)	10–1	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1915	Red Ames	(L)	2–9	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1916	Fred Toney	(L)	1–7	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1917	Pete Schneider	(W)	3–1	St. Louis Cardinals	Crosley Field

1918	Pete Schneider (2)	(W)	2–0	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1919	Dutch Ruether	(W)	6–2	St. Louis Cardinals	Crosley Field

1920	Dutch Ruether (2)	W	7–3	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1921	Dolf Luque	W	5–3	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1922	Eppa Rixey	L	3–7	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1923	Pete Donohue	W	3–2	St. Louis Cardinals	Crosley Field

1924	Pete Donohue (2)	ND (W)	6–5	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1925	Pete Donohue (3)	W	4–0	St. Louis Cardinals	Crosley Field

1926	Pete Donohue (4)	ND (W)	7–6	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1927	Pete Donohue (5)	L	1–2	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1928	Dolf Luque (2)	W	5–1	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1929	Red Lucas	L	2–5	St. Louis Cardinals	Crosley Field

1930	Red Lucas (2)	(L)	6–7	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1931	Larry Benton	(L)	3–7	St. Louis Cardinals	Crosley Field

1932	Si Johnson	ND (W)	5–4	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1933	Si Johnson (2)	(L)	1–4	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1934	Si Johnson (3)	(L)	0–6	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1935	Tony Freitas	(L)	6–12	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1936	Paul Derringer	(L)	6–8	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1937	Peaches Davis	(L)	0–2	St. Louis Cardinals	Crosley Field

1938	Gene Schott	(L)	7–8	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1939**	Johnny Vander Meer	(L)	5–7	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1940	Paul Derringer (2)	W	2–1	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1941	Paul Derringer (3)	(L)	3–7	St. Louis Cardinals	Crosley Field

1942	Bucky Walters	(L)	2–4	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1943	Johnny Vander Meer (2)	W	1–0	St. Louis Cardinals	Crosley Field

1944	Bucky Walters (2)	(L)	0–3	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1945	Bucky Walters (3)	ND (W)	7–6	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1946	Joe Beggs	(L)	3–4	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1947	Ewell Blackwell	W	3–1	St. Louis Cardinals	Crosley Field

1948	Ewell Blackwell (2)	W	4–1	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1949	Ken Raffensberger	W	3–1	St. Louis Cardinals	Crosley Field

1950	Ken Raffensberger (2)	(L)	6–9	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1951	Ewell Blackwell (3)	(L)	3–4	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1952	Herm Wehmeier	(L)	5–6	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1953	Bud Podbielan	L	0–2	Milwaukee Braves	Crosley Field

1954	Bud Podbielan (2)	ND (W)	9–8	Milwaukee Braves	Crosley Field

1955	Art Fowler	L	5–7	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1956	Joe Nuxhall	L	2–4	St. Louis Cardinals	Crosley Field

1957	Johnny Klippstein	L	4–13	St. Louis Cardinals	Crosley Field

1958	Brooks Lawrence	ND (L)	4–5	Philadelphia Phillies	Crosley Field

1959	Bob Purkey	W	4–1	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1960	Jim Brosnan	ND (W)	9–4	Philadelphia Phillies	Crosley Field

1961**	Jim O'Toole	W	7–1	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1962	Joey Jay	L	4–12	Philadelphia Phillies	Crosley Field

1963	Jim O'Toole (2)	W	5–2	Pittsburgh Pirates	Crosley Field

1964	Jim Maloney	L	3–6	Houston Colt .45s	Crosley Field

1965	Jim O'Toole (3)	L	2–4	Milwaukee Braves	Crosley Field

1966	Sammy Ellis	ND (L)	3–4	Philadelphia Phillies	Shibe Park

1967	Jim Maloney (2)	W	6–1	Los Angeles Dodgers	Crosley Field

1968	Milt Pappas	W	9–4	Chicago Cubs	Crosley Field

1969	Gary Nolan	L	2–3	Los Angeles Dodgers	Crosley Field

1970**	Jim Merritt	W	5–1	Montreal Expos	Crosley Field

1971	Gary Nolan (2)	ND (L)	4–7	Atlanta Braves	Riverfront Stadium

1972**	Jack Billingham	L	1–3	Los Angeles Dodgers	Riverfront Stadium

1973*	Don Gullett	L	1–4	San Francisco Giants	Riverfront Stadium

1974	Jack Billingham (2)	ND (W)	7–6	Atlanta Braves	Riverfront Stadium

1975	Don Gullett (2)	ND (W)	2–1	Los Angeles Dodgers	Riverfront Stadium

1976	Gary Nolan (3)	W	11–5	Houston Astros	Riverfront Stadium

1977	Woodie Fryman	W	5–2	San Diego Padres	Riverfront Stadium

1978	Tom Seaver	ND (W)	11–9	Houston Astros	Riverfront Stadium

1979*	Tom Seaver (2)	L	5–11	San Francisco Giants	Riverfront Stadium

1980	Frank Pastore	W	9–0	Atlanta Braves	Riverfront Stadium

1981	Tom Seaver (3)	ND (W)	3–2	Philadelphia Phillies	Riverfront Stadium

1982	Mario Soto	L	2–3	Chicago Cubs	Riverfront Stadium

1983	Mario Soto (2)	W	5–4	Atlanta Braves	Riverfront Stadium

1984	Mario Soto (3)	W	8–1	New York Mets	Riverfront Stadium

1985	Mario Soto (4)	W	4–1	Montreal Expos	Riverfront Stadium

1986	Mario Soto (5)	W	7–4	Philadelphia Phillies	Riverfront Stadium

1987	Tom Browning	ND (W)	11–5	Montreal Expos	Riverfront Stadium

1988	Mario Soto (6)	ND (W)	5–4	St. Louis Cardinals	Riverfront Stadium

1989	Danny Jackson	W	6–4	Los Angeles Dodgers	Riverfront Stadium

1990	Tom Browning (2)	ND (W)	8–4	Houston Astros	Astrodome

1991	Tom Browning (3)	W	6–2	Houston Astros	Riverfront Stadium

1992	José Rijo	L	3–4	San Diego Padres	Riverfront Stadium

1993	José Rijo (2)	W	2–1	Montreal Expos	Riverfront Stadium

1994	José Rijo (3)	L	4–6	St. Louis Cardinals	Riverfront Stadium

1995*	José Rijo (4)	L	1–7	Chicago Cubs	Riverfront Stadium

1996	Pete Schourek	W	4–1	Montreal Expos	Cinergy Field

1997	John Smiley	W	11–4	Colorado Rockies	Cinergy Field

1998	Mike Remlinger	L	2–10	San Diego Padres	Cinergy Field

1999	Brett Tomko	ND (L)	8–11	San Francisco Giants	Cinergy Field

2000	Pete Harnisch	T	3–3	Milwaukee Brewers	Cinergy Field

2001	Pete Harnisch (2)	ND (L)	4–10	Atlanta Braves	Cinergy Field

2002	Joey Hamilton	ND (W)	5–4	Chicago Cubs	Cinergy Field

2003	Jimmy Haynes	L	1–10	Pittsburgh Pirates	Great American Ball Park

2004	Cory Lidle	L	4–7	Chicago Cubs	Great American Ball Park

2005	Paul Wilson	ND (W)	7–6	New York Mets	Great American Ball Park

2006	Aaron Harang	L	7–16	Chicago Cubs	Great American Ball Park

2007	Aaron Harang (2)	W	5–1	Chicago Cubs	Great American Ball Park

2008	Aaron Harang (3)	L	2–4	Arizona Diamondbacks	Great American Ball Park

2009	Aaron Harang (4)	L	1–2	New York Mets	Great American Ball Park

2010*	Aaron Harang (5)	L	6–11	St. Louis Cardinals	Great American Ball Park

2011	Edinson Volquez	ND (W)	7–6	Milwaukee Brewers	Great American Ball Park

2012*	Johnny Cueto	W	4–0	Miami Marlins	Great American Ball Park

2013*	Johnny Cueto (2)	ND (L)	1–3	Los Angeles Angels	Great American Ball Park

2014	Johnny Cueto (3)	L	0–1	St. Louis Cardinals	Great American Ball Park

2015	Johnny Cueto (4)	ND (W)	5–2	Pittsburgh Pirates	Great American Ball Park

2016	Raisel Iglesias	ND (W)	6–2	Philadelphia Phillies	Great American Ball Park

2017	Scott Feldman	L	3–4	Philadelphia Phillies	Great American Ball Park

2018	Homer Bailey	L	0–2	Washington Nationals	Great American Ball Park

2019	Luis Castillo	(ND) W	5–3	Pittsburgh Pirates	Great American Ball Park

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Feldman was the Reds' Opening Day starter.

final_sentence: Feldman was the Reds' Opening Day starter.