8 3 , ▁although ▁he ▁retain ▁the ▁previous ▁title . ▁ ▁C inc inn ati ▁Red s ▁He ▁left ▁the ▁Yan ke es ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁moving ▁to ▁C inc inn ati ▁as ▁Executive ▁Vice ▁President ▁and ▁General ▁Manager ▁of ▁the ▁C inc inn ati ▁Red s . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁the ▁Red s ▁finished ▁ 5 th ▁in ▁the ▁N L ▁west , ▁but ▁finished ▁ 2 nd ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁During ▁his ▁ten ure , ▁P ete ▁Rose ▁was ▁the ▁field ▁Manager , ▁but ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁listed ▁as ▁a ▁player ▁on ▁the ▁Red s ▁ro ster ▁through ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁season , ▁when ▁he ▁set ▁the ▁all - time ▁ML B ▁record ▁for ▁base ▁hits . ▁Ber gesch ▁attempted ▁to ▁build ▁the ▁team ▁around ▁a ▁core ▁of ▁highly ▁regarded ▁young ▁players , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁veter ans ▁like ▁Dave ▁Parker ▁and ▁Terry ▁Fran con a . ▁However , ▁he ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁capital ize ▁on ▁an ▁excess ▁of ▁young ▁and ▁highly ▁tout ed ▁position ▁players ▁including ▁Kurt ▁Still well , ▁T racy ▁Jones , ▁and ▁Kal ▁Daniel s ▁by ▁trad ing ▁them ▁for ▁pitch ing . ▁Despite ▁the ▁emer gence ▁of ▁Tom ▁Brow ning ▁as ▁Ro ok ie ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁winning ▁ 2 0 ▁games , ▁the ▁rotation ▁was ▁dev ast ated ▁by ▁the ▁early