1971 Cincinnati Reds season

March 2026 November 2013 Cincinnati Reds 1971 National League West Riverfront Stadium Cincinnati 79 83 y 4th Francis L. Dale Bob Howsam Sparky Anderson WLWT(Tom Hedrick, Bob Waller) WLW(Al Michaels, Joe Nuxhall) The 1971 Cincinnati Reds season was the 102nd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 2nd and first full season at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. The defending National League champion Reds finished with 79 wins and 83 losses, tied for fourth with the Houston Astros in the National League West, eleven games behind the division champion San Francisco Giants. 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 October 20, 1970: Sonny Ruberto was sent to the Reds by the San Diego Padres in a conditional deal.Sonny Ruberto page at Baseball Reference March 31, 1971: Stan Swanson was traded by the Reds to the Montreal Expos for Jim Qualls.Stan Swanson page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents CIN Notable transactions May 29, 1971: Frank Duffy and Vern Geishert were traded by the Reds to the San Francisco Giants for George Foster.George Foster page at Baseball Reference June 8, 1971: Dave Revering was drafted by the Reds in the 7th round of the 1971 Major League Baseball draft.Dave Revering page at Baseball Reference Roster 1971 Cincinnati Reds Roster Pitchers 42 Steve Blateric 34 Pedro Borbón 36 Clay Carroll 40 Tony Cloninger 47 Greg Garrett 39 Joe Gibbon 37 Wayne Granger 48 Ross Grimsley 35 Don Gullett 31 Jim McGlothlin 30 Jim Merritt 38 Gary Nolan 45 Wayne Simpson 44 Ed Sprague 43 Milt Wilcox Catchers  5 Johnny Bench  7 Pat Corrales  9 Bill Plummer Infielders 12 Darrel Chaney 13 Dave Concepción 15 Frank Duffy 19 Tommy Helms 23 Lee May 24 Tony Pérez 20 Willie Smith  6 Woody Woodward Outfielders 29 Buddy Bradford 25 Bernie Carbo 17 Ty Cline 22 Al Ferrara 15 George Foster 11 Hal McRae 14 Pete Rose 16 Jimmy Stewart Other batters 22 Ángel Bravo Manager 10 Sparky Anderson Coaches  2 Alex Grammas 18 Ted Kluszewski  3 George Scherger  4 Larry Shepard 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 George Foster (baseball) 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 Frank Duffy (baseball) 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 Minor League Baseball 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 PlazaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes 2 References 1971 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference Category:Cincinnati Reds seasons Cincinnati Reds season Cincinnati