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1972 Cincinnati Reds Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

Ballpark: Riverfront Stadium (ballparks.com) · 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

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to Oakland Athletics
Won NL Championship Series (3-2) over Pittsburgh Pirates

National League  Champions

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1971 / 1973 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Johnny Bench 24 147 652 538 87 145 22 2 40 125 6 6 100 84 .270 .379 .541 .920 166 291 18 2 0 12 23
2 1B Tony Perez 30 136 576 515 64 146 33 7 21 90 4 2 55 121 .283 .349 .497 .846 145 256 9 0 0 6 15
3 2B Joe Morgan* 28 149 680 552 122 161 23 4 16 73 58 17 115 44 .292 .417 .435 .851 149 240 5 6 3 4 1
4 SS Dave Concepcion 24 119 421 378 40 79 13 2 2 29 13 6 32 65 .209 .272 .270 .541 59 102 11 2 5 4 8
5 3B Denis Menke 31 140 524 447 41 104 19 2 9 50 0 1 58 76 .233 .322 .345 .667 95 154 8 5 6 8 2
6 LF Pete Rose# 31 154 729 645 107 198 31 11 6 57 10 3 73 46 .307 .382 .417 .799 134 269 7 7 2 2 4
7 CF Bobby Tolan* 26 149 667 604 88 171 28 5 8 82 42 15 44 88 .283 .334 .386 .720 110 233 15 6 6 7 5
8 RF Cesar Geronimo* 24 120 285 255 32 70 9 7 4 29 2 7 24 64 .275 .344 .412 .756 120 105 5 3 3 0 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 SS Darrel Chaney# 24 83 230 196 29 49 7 2 2 19 1 3 29 28 .250 .345 .337 .682 100 66 1 0 4 1 7
10 UT Joe Hague* 28 69 159 138 17 34 7 1 4 20 1 1 20 18 .246 .340 .399 .738 115 55 4 0 0 1 5
11 RF George Foster 23 59 152 145 15 29 4 1 2 12 2 1 5 44 .200 .230 .283 .513 49 41 6 1 0 1 1
12 RF Ted Uhlaender* 32 73 128 113 9 18 3 0 0 6 0 1 13 11 .159 .246 .186 .432 28 21 6 0 2 0 3
13 C Bill Plummer 25 38 111 102 8 19 4 0 2 9 0 0 4 20 .186 .211 .284 .495 44 29 3 0 2 3 2
14 UT Hal McRae 26 61 105 97 9 27 4 0 5 26 0 0 2 10 .278 .295 .474 .769 122 46 5 2 0 4 0
15 3B Julian Javier 35 44 100 91 3 19 2 0 2 12 1 0 6 11 .209 .255 .297 .552 61 27 2 0 2 1 0
16 RF Bernie Carbo* 24 19 28 21 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 .143 .357 .143 .500 52 3 0 1 0 0 1
17 C Sonny Ruberto 26 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -21 0 0 1 0 0 0
18 C Pat Corrales 31 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .667 .000 .667 111 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
19 P Jack Billingham 29 36 78 71 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 29 .070 .096 .085 .180 -47 6 1 0 5 0 0
20 P Ross Grimsley* 22 30 78 66 5 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 29 .121 .134 .121 .256 -25 8 0 0 11 0 0
21 P Gary Nolan 24 25 68 60 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 24 .117 .172 .133 .305 -10 8 2 0 4 0 0
22 P Jim McGlothlin 28 31 52 46 6 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 21 .174 .255 .261 .516 51 12 0 0 1 0 0
23 P Wayne Simpson 23 24 49 48 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 .063 .082 .083 .165 -52 4 0 0 0 0 0
24 P Don Gullett 21 31 45 38 7 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .211 .250 .237 .487 43 9 0 0 5 0 0
25 P Tom Hall* 24 47 35 30 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 .100 .156 .100 .256 -24 3 0 0 3 0 0
26 P Pedro Borbon 25 62 23 21 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .048 .130 .048 .178 -46 1 1 1 0 0 0
27 P Clay Carroll 31 65 12 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 7 2 0 0 1 0 0
28 P Ed Sprague 26 33 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Jim Merritt* 28 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Dave Tomlin* 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Joe Gibbon 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.3 154 6003 5241 707 1317 214 44 124 650 140 63 606 914 .251 .330 .380 .710 107 1991 109 37 65 54 85
Rank in 12 NL teams 9 2 7 3 2 5 1 2 1 5 7 1 6 4 6 2 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Jack Billingham 29 12 12 .500 3.18 36 31 2 8 4 1 217.2 197 83 77 18 64 8 137 7 0 8 901 101 1.199 8.1 0.7 2.6 5.7 2.14
2 SP Ross Grimsley* 22 14 8 .636 3.05 30 28 2 4 1 1 197.2 194 73 67 18 50 8 79 0 0 3 813 105 1.234 8.8 0.8 2.3 3.6 1.58
3 SP Gary Nolan 24 15 5 .750 1.99 25 25 0 6 2 0 176.0 147 48 39 13 30 5 90 1 0 5 689 161 1.006 7.5 0.7 1.5 4.6 3.00
4 SP Jim McGlothlin 28 9 8 .529 3.91 31 21 4 3 1 0 145.0 165 71 63 15 49 6 69 0 0 6 635 82 1.476 10.2 0.9 3.0 4.3 1.41
5 SP Don Gullett* 21 9 10 .474 3.94 31 16 6 2 0 2 134.2 127 61 59 15 43 5 96 1 1 1 559 82 1.262 8.5 1.0 2.9 6.4 2.23
6 SP Wayne Simpson 23 8 5 .615 4.14 24 22 1 1 0 0 130.1 124 63 60 17 49 4 70 2 0 6 555 78 1.327 8.6 1.2 3.4 4.8 1.43
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Clay Carroll 31 6 4 .600 2.25 65 0 54 0 0 37 96.0 89 27 24 5 32 9 51 1 0 2 392 143 1.260 8.3 0.5 3.0 4.8 1.59
8 RP Tom Hall* 24 10 1 .909 2.61 47 7 20 1 1 8 124.1 77 43 36 13 56 1 134 2 0 1 509 123 1.070 5.6 0.9 4.1 9.7 2.39
9 RP Pedro Borbon 25 8 3 .727 3.17 62 2 26 0 0 11 122.0 115 45 43 5 32 11 48 3 0 3 501 101 1.205 8.5 0.4 2.4 3.5 1.50
10 RP Ed Sprague 26 3 3 .500 4.13 33 1 10 0 0 0 56.2 55 33 26 6 26 3 25 3 0 6 245 78 1.429 8.7 1.0 4.1 4.0 0.96
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Jim Merritt* 28 1 0 1.000 4.50 4 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 13 4 4 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 38 71 1.875 14.6 1.1 2.3 4.5 2.00
12 Dave Tomlin* 23 0 0 9.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0 7 4 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 20 36 2.000 15.8 4.5 2.3 4.5 2.00
13 Joe Gibbon* 37 0 0 54.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 5 6 12.000 81.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 1.00
Team Totals 25.2 95 59 .617 3.21 154 154 129 25 9 60 1412.2 1313 557 504 129 435 62 806 20 1 42 5862 100 1.237 8.4 0.8 2.8 5.1 1.85
Rank in 12 NL teams 2 11 3 12 4 1 3 7 3 4 10 4 10545
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Johnny Bench 24 157 147 1338.2 864 791 63 10 10 .988 13.2 11.8 2.2 1.0 1.4 -1 0 12 5.74 5.44 2 33 24 32 57% C-RF-3B-1B
Jack Billingham 29 36 31 217.2 43 14 28 1 0 .977 1.74 1.17 P
Pedro Borbon 25 62 2 122.0 25 2 20 3 0 .880 1.62 0.35 P
Bernie Carbo 24 4 4 28.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 25.7 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 3.21 2.50 RF
Clay Carroll 31 65 0 96.0 26 4 21 1 1 .962 2.34 0.38 P
Darrel Chaney 24 86 54 545.1 288 100 178 10 30 .965 -4.9 -10.8 -4.9 -1.1 -3.6 0 4.59 3.23 SS-2B-3B
Dave Concepcion 24 124 108 992.0 588 197 372 19 76 .968 3.9 4.7 2.9 0.3 2.7 1 5.16 4.59 SS-3B-2B
Pat Corrales 31 2 1 9.0 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 8.00 4.00 0 2 0 1 100% C
George Foster 23 47 31 318.2 75 72 1 2 1 .973 0.5 1.9 0.5 -0.6 1.0 0 2.06 1.55 RF-CF-LF
Cesar Geronimo 24 113 60 654.0 163 150 10 3 1 .982 -1.6 -2.9 -3.6 -2.8 -0.8 2 2.20 1.42 RF-CF
Joe Gibbon 37 2 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Ross Grimsley 22 30 28 197.2 37 3 34 0 0 1.000 1.68 1.23 P
Don Gullett 21 31 16 134.2 16 4 11 1 0 .938 1.00 0.48 P
Joe Hague 28 41 33 264.1 203 194 9 0 13 1.000 2.3 10.4 2.3 0.8 1.4 0 0 6.91 4.95 1B-RF
Tom Hall 24 47 7 124.1 12 0 10 2 0 .833 0.72 0.21 P
Julian Javier 35 25 19 168.1 58 15 38 5 4 .914 0.1 0.7 -0.9 0.0 -1.0 1 2.83 2.12 3B-2B-1B
Jim McGlothlin 28 31 21 145.0 36 10 22 4 2 .889 1.99 1.03 P
Hal McRae 26 23 17 121.2 35 15 14 6 1 .829 -2.1 -20.7 -2.1 -1.9 -0.1 0 0 2.15 1.26 3B-RF-CF
Denis Menke 31 141 124 1139.0 401 125 260 16 25 .960 4.4 4.6 4.4 -3.3 7.7 0 3.04 2.73 3B-1B
Jim Merritt 28 4 1 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.25 P
Joe Morgan 28 149 148 1337.2 814 370 436 8 92 .990 6.7 6.0 7.7 4.9 2.8 -1 5.42 5.41 2B
Gary Nolan 24 25 25 176.0 33 14 19 0 2 1.000 1.69 1.32 P
Tony Perez 30 136 134 1187.1 1284 1207 68 9 111 .993 4.8 4.9 4.8 2.8 2.0 0 9.66 9.38 1B
Bill Plummer 25 38 28 267.0 166 156 9 1 3 .994 2.3 10.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2 5.56 4.34 3 4 6 7 54% C-1B-3B
Pete Rose 31 154 154 1408.0 340 323 15 2 2 .994 12.4 10.6 9.4 4.2 5.3 3 2.16 2.19 LF
Sonny Ruberto 26 2 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -133.3 -1 5.00 2.50 0 3 1 0 0% C
Wayne Simpson 23 24 22 130.1 12 3 8 1 1 .917 0.76 0.46 P
Ed Sprague 26 33 1 56.2 9 2 6 1 1 .889 1.27 0.24 P
Bobby Tolan 26 149 148 1323.2 417 404 9 4 3 .990 10.5 9.5 5.5 3.9 1.6 5 2.81 2.77 CF
Dave Tomlin 23 3 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.33 P
Ted Uhlaender 32 28 21 189.2 41 37 3 1 0 .976 0.7 4.4 -0.3 -0.4 0.1 1 1.90 1.43 RF-CF-LF
Team Totals 26.9 154 1386 12714.0 6016 4238 1668 110 379 .982 52.8 5.0 28.8 8.1 21.1 10 1 13 4.18 3.27 5 42 31 40 56%
Rank in 12 NL teams 12 7 1
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1971 / 1973 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics