Ron Reed

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

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

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
146 140 751 236 55 8 103 2477.3 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

Pitching Career Arc

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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 8.3 7 2 4 6 2.16 — 0.0
1967 ATL NL 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 21.3 21 7 3 11 2.95 3.30 (+11%) 258.8
1968 ATL NL 11 10 35 28 6 1 0 201.7 189 75 49 111 3.35 2.98 (-12%) 1233.7
1969 ATL NL 18 10 36 33 7 1 0 241.3 227 93 56 160 3.47 3.61 (+4%) 2322.2
1970 ATL NL 7 10 21 18 6 0 0 134.7 140 66 39 68 4.41 3.89 (-14%) -675.2
1971 ATL NL 13 14 32 32 8 1 0 222.3 221 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 1 116.3 133 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 74.7 93 35 16 40 4.22 3.71 (-14%) 2611.9
1975 SLN NL 9 8 24 24 7 2 0 175.7 181 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 15 124.3 101 38 37 84 2.75 4.00 (+31%) 2402.9
1978 PHI NL 3 4 66 0 0 0 17 108.7 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 61.3 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 95.7 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

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

Career Arc

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

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

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1983 NLCS PHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 WS PHI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1981 NEDIV PHI 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 NLCS PHI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 WS PHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 NLCS PHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1977 NLCS PHI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 NLCS PHI 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1969 NLCS ATL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1983 NLCS PHI 0 0 2 0 0 3.3 4 1 1 3 2.70
1983 WS PHI 0 0 3 0 0 3.3 4 1 2 4 2.70
1981 NEDIV PHI 0 0 4 0 0 6.0 5 2 3 4 3.00
1980 NLCS PHI 0 1 3 0 0 2.0 3 4 1 1 18.00
1980 WS PHI 0 0 2 0 1 2.0 2 0 0 2 0.00
1978 NLCS PHI 0 0 2 0 0 4.0 6 1 0 2 2.25
1977 NLCS PHI 0 0 3 0 0 5.0 3 1 2 5 1.80
1976 NLCS PHI 0 0 2 0 0 4.7 6 4 2 2 7.71
1969 NLCS ATL 0 1 1 1 0 1.7 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

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home3843062257027.186
Away3703142041011.131

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home3821270.111894903377643.47
Away3691207.011854632967173.45

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1984-09-29 CHWSEA — 2.0000010
1984-09-25 CHWMIN SV 0.1000000
1984-09-23 CHWSEA SV 0.1000010
1984-09-20 CHWMIN — 2.0000110
1984-09-19 CHWMIN — 2.0000000
1984-09-17 CHWMIN — 0.1000000
1984-09-12 CHWOAK SV 1.0200010
1984-09-10 CHWOAK — 1.1000030
1984-09-08 CHWLAA L 3.0422001
1984-09-05 CHWOAK — 0.2100010

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 751 236 170 340 13 25

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

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 751

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
University of Notre Dame South Bend IN 1965

Most Similar Players

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Career Spans

Ron Reed (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Rick Honeycutt
    109-143, 3.72 ERA
  2. 96
    Lindy McDaniel
    141-119, 3.45 ERA
  3. 96
    Turk Farrell
    106-111, 3.45 ERA
  4. 95
    Bobby Shantz
    119-99, 3.38 ERA
  5. 93
    Dick Drago
    108-117, 3.62 ERA
  6. 92
    Toad Ramsey
    113-124, 3.29 ERA

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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.