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.
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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Offseason
edit- October 20, 1970: Sonny Ruberto was sent to the Reds by the San Diego Padres in a conditional deal.[1]
- March 31, 1971: Stan Swanson was traded by the Reds to the Montreal Expos for Jim Qualls.[2]
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
editSources: [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 | — |
Notable transactions
edit- May 29, 1971: Frank Duffy and Vern Geishert were traded by the Reds to the San Francisco Giants for George Foster.[3]
- June 8, 1971: Dave Revering was drafted by the Reds in the 7th round of the 1971 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Manager
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: 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 |
Other pitchers
editNote: 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 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: 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 |
Farm system
editNotes
edit- ^ Sonny Ruberto page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Stan Swanson page at Baseball Reference
- ^ George Foster page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dave Revering page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
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