1971 Cincinnati Reds season

1971 Cincinnati Reds
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1890) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Riverfront Stadium (since 1970) Cincinnati, Ohio (since 1882)
1971 information
Owner(s)	Francis L. Dale
General manager(s)	Bob Howsam
Manager(s)	Sparky Anderson
Local television	WLWT (Bob Waller, Tom Hedrick)
Local 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 Houston Astros in the National League West, with a record of 79-83, 11 games behind the NL West 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.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

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[edit]

Season standings[edit]

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
San Francisco Giants	90	72	--	.556
Los Angeles Dodgers	89	73	1	.549
Atlanta Braves	82	80	8	.506
Cincinnati Reds	79	83	11	.488
Houston Astros	79	83	11	.488
San Diego Padres	61	100	28.5	.379

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[edit]

1971 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

22 Ángel Bravo

Manager

10 Sparky Anderson

Coaches

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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
CF	Foster, GeorgeGeorge Foster	104	368	86	.234	10	50

Other batters[edit]

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
Duffy, FrankFrank Duffy	13	16	3	.188	0	1

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Blateric, SteveSteve Blateric	2	0	0	0	13.50	4

Farm system[edit]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Vern Rapp
AA	Trois-Rivières Aigles	Eastern League	Jim Snyder
A	Tampa Tarpons	Florida State League	Russ Nixon
Short-Season A	Sioux Falls Packers	Northern League	Dave Pavlesic
Rookie	GCL Reds	Gulf Coast League	Ron Plaza

Notes[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, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References[edit]

1971 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

1971 MLB season by team

AL East

AL West

NL East

NL West

Cincinnati Reds

Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Riverside Park; Tinker Field; Sixto Escobar Stadium; Plant Field; Al Lopez Field; Plant City Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Goodyear Ballpark

Culture

Rivalries

Cleveland Indians

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Robert Castellini
General Manager: Walt Jocketty
Manager: Dusty Baker

Championships (5)

National League
pennants (9)

Other titles

American Association pennants: 1882
National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minors

Media

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