Editing Big Red Machine (section)

== The "Great Eight" ==
The eight players most frequently referenced as members of the Big Red Machine include baseball's all-time hit leader in Rose;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pete Rose Stats |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rosepe01.shtml |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> three Hall of Fame players in Bench, Pérez and Morgan, six National League MVP selections, four National League home run season leaders, and three NL Batting Champions.  Between them, these eight players collectively won 25 [[Gold Glove]] awards and made 63 All-Star Game appearances.<ref>{{cite web|author=Baseball-Reference.com |title=Baseball Statistics and History |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC}}</ref> The starting lineup of Rose, Morgan, Pérez, Bench, Concepción, Foster, Griffey, and Gerónimo (collectively referred to as the "Great Eight") played 88 games together during the [[1975 in baseball|1975]] and [[1976 in baseball|1976]] seasons, losing only 19.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erardi |first1=John |url=http://reds.enquirer.com/bigred/ |title=Big Red Dynasty |last2=Rhodes |first2=Greg |publisher=Road-West Publishing |year=1997 |access-date=2009-08-10 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714003538/http://reds.enquirer.com/bigred/ |archive-date=2012-07-14}}</ref>