Joey Votto will likely pass these Cincinnati Reds legends in 2022

Joey Votto has been a member of the Cincinnati Reds since making his debut with the club on September 4, 2007. The 2010 National League Most Valuable Player and six-time All-Star has accumulated 64.6 bWAR during his career in Cincinnati, the fourth-highest total in franchise history, and just 13.5 bWAR behind Cincinnati’s all-time leader, Pete Rose.

With a contract that extends through the 2023 season (with a team option for the 2024 campaign), it’s very possible that the 38-year-old Votto will play his entire career with the Reds and bypass Rose and other Cincinnati Reds legends in a number of categories before his stellar career comes to a close.

But, looking more in the short-term, there are plenty of milestone moments ahead for Votto in the 2022 season. Entering the 2022 campaign with 6,722 at-bats in a Reds uniform, he should become just the sixth player in Cincinnati history to log 7,000 career at-bats with the franchise (passing Tony Perez with 6,846 along the way).

Joey Votto passing Tony Perez is just one example of how the Cincinnati Reds record books will likely look different after this season.

Let’s take a look at some other categories where Votto will bypass members of the famed Big Red Machine and other Reds legends in 2022 (barring injury or unforeseen circumstances, of course).