1971 Cincinnati Reds | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Riverfront Stadium | |
City | Cincinnati | |
Record | 79–83 (.488) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Francis L. Dale | |
General managers | Bob Howsam | |
Managers | Sparky Anderson | |
Television |
WLWT (Tom Hedrick, Bob Waller) | |
Radio |
WLW ( 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.
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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San Francisco Giants | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | — | 51–30 | 39–42 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | 1 | 42–39 | 47–34 |
Atlanta Braves | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 8 | 43–39 | 39–41 |
Cincinnati Reds | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 11 | 46–35 | 33–48 |
Houston Astros | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 11 | 39–42 | 40–41 |
San Diego Padres | 61 | 100 | 0.379 | 28½ | 33–48 | 28–52 |
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | — |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |
1971 Cincinnati Reds | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Riverfront Stadium | |
City | Cincinnati | |
Record | 79–83 (.488) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Francis L. Dale | |
General managers | Bob Howsam | |
Managers | Sparky Anderson | |
Television |
WLWT (Tom Hedrick, Bob Waller) | |
Radio |
WLW ( Al Michaels, Joe Nuxhall) | |
|
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.
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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San Francisco Giants | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | — | 51–30 | 39–42 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | 1 | 42–39 | 47–34 |
Atlanta Braves | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 8 | 43–39 | 39–41 |
Cincinnati Reds | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 11 | 46–35 | 33–48 |
Houston Astros | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 11 | 39–42 | 40–41 |
San Diego Padres | 61 | 100 | 0.379 | 28½ | 33–48 | 28–52 |
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | — |
1971 Cincinnati Reds | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
|
Catchers
Infielders
|
Outfielders
Other batters
|
Manager
Coaches |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |