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

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 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 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 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 2 0 0 0 13.50 4

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

Notes

References 1971 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference