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1972 Cincinnati Reds

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

95-59, Finished 1st in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sparky Anderson (95-59)
Scored 707 runs, Allowed 557 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-60

Ballparks: Riverfront Stadium · Attendance: 1,611,459 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 94, Pitching - 93 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 91


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1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Johnny Bench HOF 24 R R 6' 1" 197 Dec 7, 1947 6 147 147 147 147 0 129 8 0 4 0 0 0 17 17 0 0 9.1 $ All-Star
Jack Billingham 29 R R 6' 4" 195 Feb 21, 1943 5 36 31 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Pedro Borbon 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 2, 1946 4 62 2 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Bernie Carbo 24 L R 5' 11" 173 Aug 5, 1947 4 19 4 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 15 0 0.1 $
Clay Carroll 31 R R 6' 1" 178 May 2, 1941 9 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $ All-Star
Darrel Chaney 24 B R 6' 2" 188 Mar 9, 1948 4 83 54 83 79 0 0 0 12 10 64 0 0 0 0 3 9 0.8 $
Dave Concepcion 24 R R 6' 2" 155 Jun 17, 1948 3 119 108 119 119 0 0 0 1 9 114 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.4 $
Pat Corrales 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 20, 1941 8 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
George Foster 23 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 1, 1948 4 59 31 59 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 45 47 15 6 -0.7 $
Cesar Geronimo 24 L L 6' 0" 165 Mar 11, 1948 4 120 60 120 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 91 106 16 14 0.6 $
Joe Gibbon 37 R L 6' 4" 200 Apr 10, 1935 13 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Ross Grimsley 22 L L 6' 3" 195 Jan 7, 1950 2 30 28 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Don Gullett 21 R L 6' 0" 190 Jan 6, 1951 3 31 16 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Joe Hague 28 L L 6' 0" 195 Apr 25, 1944 5 69 33 69 40 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 31 0 0.8 $
Tom Hall 24 L L 6' 0" 150 Nov 23, 1947 5 47 7 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Julian Javier 35 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 9, 1936 13 44 19 44 24 0 0 1 5 19 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 -0.3 $
Jim McGlothlin 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Oct 6, 1943 8 31 21 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Hal McRae 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 10, 1945 4 61 17 61 22 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 3 9 12 42 0 0.3 $20,000
Denis Menke 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 21, 1940 11 140 124 140 137 0 0 11 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2.5 $
Jim Merritt 28 L L 6' 3" 175 Dec 9, 1943 8 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Joe Morgan HOF 28 L R 5' 7" 160 Sep 19, 1943 10 149 148 149 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10.0 $ All-Star
Gary Nolan 24 R R 6' 2" 197 May 27, 1948 6 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $ All-Star
Tony Perez HOF 30 R R 6' 2" 175 May 14, 1942 9 136 134 136 135 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.3 $
Bill Plummer 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 21, 1947 4 38 28 38 38 0 36 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.2 $
Pete Rose 31 B R 5' 11" 192 Apr 14, 1941 10 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 154 0 0 6.3 $107,500
Sonny Ruberto 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 2, 1946 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Wayne Simpson 23 R R 6' 3" 220 Dec 2, 1948 3 24 22 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $21,000
Ed Sprague 26 R R 6' 4" 195 Sep 16, 1945 4 33 1 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Bobby Tolan 26 L L 5' 11" 170 Nov 19, 1945 7 149 148 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 1 0 5.0 $
Dave Tomlin 23 L L 6' 2" 180 Jun 22, 1949 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ted Uhlaender 32 L R 6' 2" 190 Oct 21, 1939 8 73 21 73 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 23 27 44 4 -0.9 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Johnny Bench

Pat Corrales
Sonny Ruberto

Joe Morgan

Bill Plummer

Hal McRae

Darrel Chaney

Dave Concepcion

Pete Rose

George Foster

Denis Menke

Julian Javier

Cesar Geronimo

Tom Hall

Ted Uhlaender

Tony Perez

Bernie Carbo
Joe Hague

Bobby Tolan

Jim Merritt

Jim McGlothlin

Pedro Borbon

Don Gullett

Clay Carroll

Gary Nolan

Joe Gibbon

Jack Billingham

Ed Sprague

Wayne Simpson

Ross Grimsley

Dave Tomlin

1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers