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1971 Cincinnati Reds season

1971 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkRiverfront Stadium
CityCincinnati
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place4th
OwnersFrancis L. Dale
General managersBob Howsam
ManagersSparky Anderson
TelevisionWLWT
(Tom Hedrick, Bob Waller)
RadioWLW
(Al Michaels, Joe Nuxhall)
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The 1971 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds finishing in a fourth place tie with the 1971 Houston Astros season in the National League West, with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses, 11 games behind the National League West champion 1971 San Francisco Giants season. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson, and played their first full season of home games at Riverfront Stadium, which had opened at mid-season in the previous year. This was the team's only losing season of the 1970s.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 90 72 .556 — 51‍–‍30 39‍–‍42
Los Angeles Dodgers 89 73 .549 1 42‍–‍39 47‍–‍34
Atlanta Braves 82 80 .506 8 43‍–‍39 39‍–‍41
Cincinnati Reds 79 83 .488 11 46‍–‍35 33‍–‍48
Houston Astros 79 83 .488 11 39‍–‍42 40‍–‍41
San Diego Padres 61 100 .379 28½ 33‍–‍48 28‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1971 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 5–7 9–9 9–9 9–9 7–5 7–5 8–4 4–8 11–7 7–11 6–6
Chicago 7–5 — 6–6 5–7 8–4 8–10 11–7 11–7 6–12 9–3 3–9 9–9
Cincinnati 9–9 6–6 — 5–13 7–11 7–5 8–4 5–7 5–7 10–8 9–9 8–4
Houston 9–9 7–5 13–5 — 8–10 4–8 5–7 8–4 4–8 10–8 9–9 2–10
Los Angeles 9–9 4–8 11–7 10–8 — 8–4 5–7 7–5 4–8 13–5 12–6 6–6
Montreal 5–7 10–8 5–7 8–4 4–8 — 9–9 6–12 7–11 6–5 7–5 4–14
New York 5–7 7–11 4–8 7–5 7–5 9–9 — 13–5 10–8 7–5 4–8 10–8
Philadelphia 4-8 7–11 2–10 3–9 5–7 6–10 5–13 — 6–12 4–8 6–6 7–11
Pittsburgh 8–4 12–6 7–5 8–4 8–4 11–7 8–10 12–6 — 9–3 3–9 11–7
San Diego 7–11 3–9 8–10 8–10 5–13 5–6 5–7 8–4 3–9 — 5–13 4–8
San Francisco 11–7 9–3 9–9 9–9 6–12 5–7 8–4 6–6 9–3 13–5 — 5–7
St. Louis 6–6 9–9 4–8 10–2 6–6 14–4 8–10 11–7 7–11 8–4 7–5 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1971 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Johnny Bench 149 562 134 .238 27 61
1B Lee May 147 553 154 .278 39 98
2B Tommy Helms 150 547 141 .258 3 52
SS Dave Concepción 130 327 67 .205 1 20
3B Tony Pérez 158 609 164 .269 25 91
LF Bernie Carbo 106 310 68 .219 5 20
CF George Foster 104 368 86 .234 10 50
RF Pete Rose 160 632 192 .304 13 44

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Hal McRae 99 337 89 .264 9 34
Woody Woodward 136 273 66 .242 0 18
Buddy Bradford 79 100 20 .200 2 12
Ty Cline 69 97 19 .196 0 1
Pat Corrales 40 94 17 .181 0 6
Jimmy Stewart 80 82 19 .232 0 9
Willie Smith 31 55 9 .164 1 4
Al Ferrara 32 33 6 .182 1 5
Darrel Chaney 10 24 3 .125 0 1
Bill Plummer 10 19 0 .000 0 0
Frank Duffy 13 16 3 .188 0 1
Ángel Bravo 5 5 1 .200 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Gary Nolan 35 244.2 12 15 3.16 146
Don Gullett 35 217.2 16 6 2.65 107
Jim McGlothlin 30 170.2 8 12 3.22 93
Ross Grimsley 26 161.1 10 7 3.57 67
Wayne Simpson 22 117.1 4 7 4.76 61

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Merritt 28 107.0 1 11 4.37 38
Tony Cloninger 28 97.1 3 6 3.38 51
Milt Wilcox 18 43.1 2 2 3.32 21
Greg Garrett 2 8.2 0 1 1.04 2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Clay Carroll 61 10 4 15 2.50 64
Wayne Granger 70 7 6 11 3.33 51
Joe Gibbon 50 5 6 11 2.94 34
Ed Sprague Sr. 7 1 0 0 0.00 7
Pedro Borbón 3 0 0 0 4.15 4
Steve Blateric 2 0 0 0 13.50 4

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Vern Rapp
AA Trois-Rivières Aigles Eastern League Jim Snyder
A Tampa Tarpons Florida State League Russ Nixon
A-Short Season Sioux Falls Packers Northern League Dave Pavlesic
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Ron Plaza

[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Sonny Ruberto page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Stan Swanson page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ George Foster page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Dave Revering page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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