What years did Ron Reed play?

Ron Reed played in Major League Baseball from 1966 to 1984.

Was Ron Reed a pitcher?

Yes. Ron Reed pitched in the major leagues, recording 146 wins and 1481 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ron Reed hit?

Ron Reed hit 0 career home runs with 98 hits.

What was Ron Reed's career batting average?

Ron Reed batted .158 over his career, with 98 hits in 620 at bats.

How many RBI did Ron Reed have?

Ron Reed drove in 38 runs in his career.

What was Ron Reed's career ERA?

Ron Reed finished with a 3.46 career ERA, going 146-140 with 1,481 strikeouts.

Ron Reed

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1966-1984)

Ron Reed was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1966 to 1984 for 4 teams, including the Atlanta Braves, a span of 19 seasons. Across 751 career appearances, he went 146-140 with a 3.46 ERA, 1,481 strikeouts, and 103 saves. He also batted .158 with 0 home runs. Ron Reed was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 29031.7.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 146–140

ERA 3.46

WHIP 1.21

SO 1,481

Pitcher PIV 29031.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'6" / 215 lb
Born: 11/2/1942 in La Porte, IN, USA
MLB Debut: 1966-09-26
Last Game: 1984-09-29
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Ronald Lee Reed

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ron Reed — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
146	140	751	236	55	8	103	2477.1	2,374	953	182	633	1,481	3.46	29031.7

Career ERA 3.46 vs. league average 3.67 across their career seasons — 5.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Ron Reed Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1966	ATL	NL	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	8.1	7	2	4	6	2.16	—	0.0
1967	ATL	NL	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	21.1	21	7	3	11	2.95	3.30 (+11%)	258.8
1968	ATL	NL	11	10	35	28	6	1	0	201.2	189	75	49	111	3.35	2.98 (-12%)	1233.7
1969	ATL	NL	18	10	36	33	7	1	0	241.1	227	93	56	160	3.47	3.61 (+4%)	2322.2
1970	ATL	NL	7	10	21	18	6	0	0	134.2	140	66	39	68	4.41	3.89 (-14%)	-675.2
1971	ATL	NL	13	14	32	32	8	1	0	222.1	221	92	54	129	3.72	3.47 (-7%)	-544.0
1972	ATL	NL	11	15	31	30	11	1	0	213.0	222	93	60	111	3.93	3.26 (-20%)	-644.0
1973	ATL	NL	4	11	20	19	2	0	1	116.1	133	57	31	64	4.41	3.75 (-18%)	1851.1
1974	ATL	NL	10	11	28	28	6	2	0	186.0	171	70	41	78	3.39	3.63 (+7%)	366.8
1975	ATL	NL	4	5	10	10	1	0	0	74.2	93	35	16	40	4.22	3.71 (-14%)	2611.9
1975	SLN	NL	9	8	24	24	7	2	0	175.2	181	63	37	99	3.23	3.71 (+13%)	5708.6
1976	PHI	NL	8	7	59	4	1	0	14	128.0	88	35	32	96	2.46	3.51 (+30%)	2536.2
1977	PHI	NL	7	5	60	3	0	0	15	124.1	101	38	37	84	2.75	4.00 (+31%)	2402.9
1978	PHI	NL	3	4	66	0	0	0	17	108.2	87	27	23	85	2.24	3.69 (+39%)	3265.5
1979	PHI	NL	13	8	61	0	0	0	5	102.0	110	47	32	58	4.15	4.00 (-4%)	677.0
1980	PHI	NL	7	5	55	0	0	0	9	91.0	88	41	30	54	4.05	3.84 (-6%)	1582.6
1981	PHI	NL	5	3	39	0	0	0	8	61.1	54	21	17	40	3.08	3.58 (+14%)	210.3
1982	PHI	NL	5	5	57	2	0	0	14	98.0	85	29	24	57	2.66	3.86 (+31%)	2380.6
1983	PHI	NL	9	1	61	0	0	0	8	95.2	89	37	34	73	3.48	3.87 (+10%)	2113.1
1984	CHA	AL	0	6	51	0	0	0	12	73.0	67	25	14	57	3.08	3.81 (+19%)	1373.4
Career · 20 seasons			146	140	751	236	55	8	103	2,477.1	2,374	953	633	1,481	3.46	—	29,032

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Ron Reed — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
754	620	42	98	16	1	0	38	0	13	194	.158	.176	.187	.363	-3,176

Career AVG .158 vs. league average .255 across their career seasons — 38.1% below league average.

Career OBP .176 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 45.2% below league average.

Career SLG .187 vs. league average .376 across their career seasons — 50.3% below league average.

Career OPS .363 vs. league average .697 across their career seasons — 47.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Ron Reed Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1966	ATL	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1967	ATL	NL	3	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1968	ATL	NL	35	62	0	10	1	1	4	1	23	.161	.236 (-32%)	.298 (-37%)	.340 (-38%)	.638 (-38%)	-343.1
1969	ATL	NL	37	80	8	10	1	0	1	2	28	.125	.248 (-50%)	.320 (-54%)	.369 (-63%)	.689 (-59%)	-722.1
1970	ATL	NL	22	44	3	4	1	0	4	1	14	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	ATL	NL	32	74	3	11	0	0	1	0	20	.149	.249 (-40%)	.316 (-53%)	.365 (-59%)	.682 (-56%)	-630.5
1972	ATL	NL	31	73	5	13	1	0	5	0	21	.178	.243 (-27%)	.310 (-44%)	.353 (-46%)	.664 (-45%)	-512.8
1973	ATL	NL	21	45	4	9	1	0	7	0	15	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	ATL	NL	28	57	5	6	0	0	1	2	18	.105	.256 (-59%)	.324 (-58%)	.369 (-71%)	.693 (-65%)	-569.9
1975	ATL	NL	10	26	3	6	2	0	4	1	11	.231	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	SLN	NL	24	56	4	9	3	0	3	1	19	.161	.257 (-38%)	.327 (-46%)	.374 (-43%)	.701 (-44%)	0.0
1976	PHI	NL	59	24	2	4	1	0	2	0	3	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1977	PHI	NL	60	18	2	2	1	0	2	1	2	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
1978	PHI	NL	66	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	PHI	NL	61	10	1	3	1	0	0	1	4	.300	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	PHI	NL	55	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	.300	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	PHI	NL	39	6	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	PHI	NL	57	12	0	4	1	0	3	2	4	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	PHI	NL	61	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	CHA	AL	51	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 20 seasons			754	620	42	98	16	1	38	13	194	.158	—	—	—	—	-2,778

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Ron Reed — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Ron Reed — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	AVG
1983	NLCS	PHI	2	0	.000
1983	WS	PHI	3	0	.000
1981	NEDIV	PHI	4	0	.000
1980	NLCS	PHI	3	0	.000
1980	WS	PHI	2	0	.000
1978	NLCS	PHI	2	0	.000
1977	NLCS	PHI	3	0	.000
1976	NLCS	PHI	2	1	.000
1969	NLCS	ATL	1	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Ron Reed — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	2	22	1	1	32.0	38	18	14	26	5.06

Playoff Pitching by Year

Ron Reed — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1983	NLCS	PHI	0	2	0	0	3.1	4	1	1	3	2.70
1983	WS	PHI	0	3	0	0	3.1	4	1	2	4	2.70
1981	NEDIV	PHI	0	4	0	0	6.0	5	2	3	4	3.00
1980	NLCS	PHI	1	3	0	0	2.0	3	4	1	1	18.00
1980	WS	PHI	0	2	0	1	2.0	2	0	0	2	0.00
1978	NLCS	PHI	0	2	0	0	4.0	6	1	0	2	2.25
1977	NLCS	PHI	0	3	0	0	5.0	3	1	2	5	1.80
1976	NLCS	PHI	0	2	0	0	4.2	6	4	2	2	7.71
1969	NLCS	ATL	1	1	1	0	1.2	5	4	3	3	21.60

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Ron Reed — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	384	306	22	57	0	27	.186
Away	370	314	20	41	0	11	.131

Pitching — Home / Away

Ron Reed — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	382	1270.1	1189	490	337	764	3.47
Away	369	1207.0	1185	463	296	717	3.45

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ron Reed — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1984-09-29	CHW	SEA	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1984-09-25	CHW	MIN	SV	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984-09-23	CHW	SEA	SV	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1984-09-20	CHW	MIN	—	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1984-09-19	CHW	MIN	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984-09-17	CHW	MIN	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984-09-12	CHW	OAK	SV	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0
1984-09-10	CHW	OAK	—	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0
1984-09-08	CHW	LAA	L	3.0	4	2	2	0	0	1
1984-09-05	CHW	OAK	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ron Reed — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	751	236	170	340	13	25

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ron Reed — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1966	ATL	P	2	2	0	0	0	0
1967	ATL	P	3	3	1	7	0	0
1968	ATL	P	35	28	16	32	1	3
1969	ATL	P	36	33	20	30	2	3
1970	ATL	P	21	18	10	24	1	2
1971	ATL	P	32	32	19	27	0	1
1972	ATL	P	31	30	15	36	3	3
1973	ATL	P	20	19	15	20	1	1
1974	ATL	P	28	28	11	21	0	2
1975	ATL	P	10	10	4	10	0	0
1975	SLN	P	24	24	11	21	1	0
1976	PHI	P	59	4	7	13	2	1
1977	PHI	P	60	3	6	16	0	0
1978	PHI	P	66	0	6	8	1	0
1979	PHI	P	61	0	3	13	0	3
1980	PHI	P	55	0	14	15	0	1
1981	PHI	P	39	0	0	8	0	0
1982	PHI	P	57	2	8	21	0	2
1983	PHI	P	61	0	2	7	0	0
1984	CHA	P	51	0	2	11	1	3

Career Games by Position

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Ron Reed Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	751

College History

Ron Reed — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Notre Dame	South Bend	IN	1965

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Ron Reed: the record in brief

According to the bio, Ron Reed debuted on September 26, 1966 and played a final game on September 29, 1984. By club, Reed's seasons break down as the Atlanta Braves (1966 to 1975), the St. Louis Cardinals (1975), the Philadelphia Phillies (1976 to 1983), and the Chicago White Sox (1984). At 6 feet, 6 inches and 215 pounds, Reed is listed as a pitcher. The bio says Reed both batted and threw right-handed. The recorded birth is November 2, 1942, in La Porte, IN, USA. Ron Reed was the playing name; the full given name is Ronald Lee.

Reed went 146-140 with a 3.46 ERA in 751 games, 236 of them starts. Also on Reed's record: 1,481 strikeouts, 55 complete games, 8 shutouts, and 103 saves. That 3.46 ERA compares with a 3.67 league average across the same seasons, 5.5% better. No season topped the 18 wins of 1969. The most saves in one season was 17, in 1978.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ron Reed

What years did Ron Reed play?: Ron Reed played in Major League Baseball from 1966 to 1984.
Was Ron Reed a pitcher?: Yes. Ron Reed pitched in the major leagues, recording 146 wins and 1481 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ron Reed hit?: Ron Reed hit 0 career home runs with 98 hits.
What was Ron Reed's career batting average?: Ron Reed batted .158 over his career, with 98 hits in 620 at bats.
How many RBI did Ron Reed have?: Ron Reed drove in 38 runs in his career.
What was Ron Reed's career ERA?: Ron Reed finished with a 3.46 career ERA, going 146-140 with 1,481 strikeouts.