1971 Cincinnati Reds season

1971 Cincinnati Reds
1971 Cincinnati Reds
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 was the 102nd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 2nd and 1st full season at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. The Reds finished 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

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

Season standings

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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 v t e 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

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

1971 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

22 Ángel Bravo

Manager

10 Sparky Anderson

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