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1973 Cincinnati Reds

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974

99-63, Finished 1st in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sparky Anderson (99-63)
Scored 741 runs, Allowed 621 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68

Ballparks: Riverfront Stadium · Attendance: 2,017,601 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 93 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 92

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1972 / 1974 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
Ed Armbrister 24 R R 5' 11" 160 Jul 4, 1948 1st 18 7 18 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 8 14 8 2 0.3 $
Dick Baney 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 1, 1946 2 11 1 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Bob Barton 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 30, 1941 9 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Johnny Bench HOF 25 R R 6' 1" 197 Dec 7, 1947 7 152 150 152 150 0 134 4 0 1 0 0 0 23 23 2 0 5.0 $115,000 All-Star
Jack Billingham 30 R R 6' 4" 195 Feb 21, 1943 6 40 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $ All-Star
Pedro Borbon 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 2, 1946 5 80 0 80 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Clay Carroll 32 R R 6' 1" 178 May 2, 1941 10 53 5 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Darrel Chaney 25 B R 6' 2" 188 Mar 9, 1948 5 105 73 105 98 0 0 0 14 12 75 0 0 0 0 4 12 -0.6 $
Dave Concepcion 25 R R 6' 2" 155 Jun 17, 1948 4 89 86 89 88 0 0 0 0 0 87 0 2 0 2 2 0 3.2 $ All-Star
Ed Crosby 24 L R 6' 2" 175 May 26, 1949 3 36 11 36 33 0 0 0 5 0 29 0 0 0 0 4 3 0.4 $
Dan Driessen 21 L R 5' 11" 187 Jul 29, 1951 1st 102 90 102 96 0 0 36 0 87 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 1.8 $
George Foster 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 1, 1948 5 17 9 17 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 5 13 5 1 0.7 $
Phil Gagliano 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 27, 1941 11 63 7 63 13 0 0 1 5 7 0 1 0 0 1 52 1 0.3 $37,500
Cesar Geronimo 25 L L 6' 0" 165 Mar 11, 1948 5 139 84 139 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 26 130 8 12 0.3 $
Ken Griffey 23 L L 5' 11" 190 Apr 10, 1950 1st 25 20 25 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 4 1 0.9 $
Ross Grimsley 23 L L 6' 3" 195 Jan 7, 1950 3 39 36 39 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.1 $29,000
Don Gullett 22 R L 6' 0" 190 Jan 6, 1951 4 53 30 53 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.1 $
Joe Hague 29 L L 6' 0" 195 Apr 25, 1944 6 19 7 19 9 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 11 0 -0.1 $
Tom Hall 25 L L 6' 0" 150 Nov 23, 1947 6 55 7 55 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 $
Hal King 29 L R 6' 1" 200 Feb 1, 1944 6 35 5 35 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0.2 $
Andy Kosco 31 R R 6' 3" 205 Oct 5, 1941 9 47 32 47 37 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 30 36 14 0 0.8 $30,000
Gene Locklear 23 L R 5' 10" 165 Jul 19, 1949 1st 29 2 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 19 5 -0.2 $
Jim McGlothlin 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Oct 6, 1943 9 24 9 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.5 $
Denis Menke 32 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 21, 1940 12 139 73 139 132 0 0 1 5 123 7 0 0 0 0 15 0 1.9 $
Joe Morgan HOF 29 L R 5' 7" 160 Sep 19, 1943 11 157 151 157 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 9.9 $ All-Star
Roger Nelson 29 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 7, 1944 7 14 8 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Gary Nolan 25 R R 6' 2" 197 May 27, 1948 7 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Fred Norman 30 B L 5' 8" 155 Aug 20, 1942 9 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Tony Perez HOF 31 R R 6' 2" 175 May 14, 1942 10 151 150 151 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.9 $
Bill Plummer 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 21, 1947 5 50 33 50 47 0 42 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -1.1 $
Pete Rose 32 B R 5' 11" 192 Apr 14, 1941 11 160 159 160 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 159 1 0 8.5 $110,000 All-Star
Richie Scheinblum 30 B R 6' 1" 180 Nov 5, 1942 7 29 15 29 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 19 14 0 0.0 $27,500
Ed Sprague 27 R R 6' 4" 195 Sep 16, 1945 5 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $16,000
Larry Stahl 32 L L 6' 0" 175 Jun 29, 1941 10 76 16 76 30 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 23 28 52 1 0.2 $
Bobby Tolan 27 L L 5' 11" 170 Nov 19, 1945 8 129 116 129 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 67 120 13 0 -2.3 $
Dave Tomlin 24 L L 6' 2" 180 Jun 22, 1949 2 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
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

Bob Barton
Hal King

Joe Morgan

Bill Plummer

Denis Menke

Darrel Chaney

Dave Concepcion

Pete Rose

George Foster

Phil Gagliano

Ed Crosby

Cesar Geronimo

Tom Hall

Dan Driessen

Andy Kosco

Tony Perez

Joe Hague

Richie Scheinblum

Gene Locklear

Bobby Tolan

Larry Stahl

Ken Griffey

Jim McGlothlin

Fred Norman

Ed Armbrister

Pedro Borbon

Don Gullett

Clay Carroll

Gary Nolan

Jack Billingham

Dick Baney
Ed Sprague

Roger Nelson

Ross Grimsley

Dave Tomlin

Dick Baney

1972 / 1974 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers