1971 Cincinnati Reds

79-83 • .488 Win% • 4th in NL W

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
83 Losses
.488 Win %
4th Rank
586 R 581 RA
Diff +5

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⚡ Quick Stats

586 Runs Scored
581 Runs Allowed
+5 Run Diff
1,501K Attendance

📈 vs. 1971 NL Average

Batting Avg .241 4% below the 1971 league average (.251)
OBP .299 5% below the 1971 league average (.316)
SLG .365 equal to the 1971 league average (.366)
Team ERA 3.35 3% better than the 1971 league average (3.47)
Runs Scored 586 7% below the 1971 league average (633 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCinergy Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,501,125
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Avg per Game 18,532

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1971

Batting Avg

1 Pete Rose 0.304 2 Lee May 0.278 3 Tony Perez 0.269 4 Hal McRae 0.264 5 Tommy Helms 0.258

Home Runs

1 Lee May 39 2 Johnny Bench 27 3 Tony Perez 25 4 Pete Rose 13 5 George Foster 10

RBI

1 Lee May 98 2 Tony Perez 91 3 Johnny Bench 61 4 Tommy Helms 52 5 George Foster 50
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Pete Rose 160 632 86 192 27 4 13 44 68 50 13 0.304
Tony Perez 158 609 72 164 22 3 25 91 51 120 4 0.269
Johnny Bench 149 562 80 134 19 2 27 61 49 83 2 0.238
Lee May 147 553 85 154 17 3 39 98 42 135 3 0.278
Tommy Helms 150 547 40 141 26 1 3 52 26 33 3 0.258
George Foster 104 368 39 86 18 4 10 50 23 93 7 0.234
Hal McRae 99 337 39 89 24 2 9 34 11 35 3 0.264
Dave Concepcion 130 327 24 67 4 4 1 20 18 51 9 0.205
Bernie Carbo 106 310 33 68 20 1 5 20 54 56 2 0.219
Woody Woodward 136 273 22 66 9 1 0 18 27 28 4 0.242
Buddy Bradford 79 100 17 20 3 0 2 12 14 23 4 0.200
Ty Cline 69 97 12 19 1 0 0 1 18 16 2 0.196
Pat Corrales 40 94 6 17 2 0 0 6 6 17 0 0.181
Jimmy Stewart 80 82 7 19 2 2 0 9 9 12 3 0.232
Don Gullett 40 75 3 9 1 0 0 3 1 20 0 0.120
Gary Nolan 35 75 3 11 1 0 0 6 3 19 0 0.147
Willie Smith 31 55 3 9 2 0 1 4 3 9 0 0.164
Ross Grimsley 26 51 3 6 0 0 0 1 3 16 0 0.118
Jim McGlothlin 30 51 5 7 2 0 1 1 2 17 0 0.137
Al Ferrara 32 33 2 6 0 0 1 5 3 10 0 0.182
Wayne Simpson 22 32 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 19 0 0.031
Jim Merritt 29 29 0 4 1 1 0 2 1 14 0 0.138
Tony Cloninger 28 27 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 10 0 0.259
Darrel Chaney 10 24 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.125
Bill Plummer 10 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Frank Duffy 13 16 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.188
Clay Carroll 61 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.100
Milt Wilcox 18 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Wayne Granger 70 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0.143
Angel Bravo 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Greg Garrett 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Joe Gibbon 50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Sprague 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Steve Blateric 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pedro Borbon 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1971

ERA

1 Clay Carroll 2.50 2 Don Gullett 2.65 3 Joe Gibbon 2.94 4 Gary Nolan 3.16 5 Jim McGlothlin 3.22

Wins

1 Don Gullett 16 2 Gary Nolan 12 3 Clay Carroll 10 4 Ross Grimsley 10 5 Jim McGlothlin 8

Strikeouts

1 Gary Nolan 146 2 Don Gullett 107 3 Jim McGlothlin 93 4 Ross Grimsley 67 5 Clay Carroll 64
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Gary Nolan 12 15 3.16 35 35 0 244.2 208 86 59 146
Don Gullett 16 6 2.65 35 31 0 217.2 196 64 64 107
Jim McGlothlin 8 12 3.22 30 26 0 170.2 151 61 47 93
Ross Grimsley 10 7 3.57 26 26 0 161.1 151 64 43 67
Wayne Simpson 4 7 4.76 22 21 0 117.1 106 62 77 61
Jim Merritt 1 11 4.37 28 11 0 107.0 115 52 31 38
Wayne Granger 7 6 3.33 70 0 11 100.0 94 37 28 51
Tony Cloninger 3 6 3.88 28 8 0 97.1 79 42 49 51
Clay Carroll 10 4 2.50 61 0 15 93.2 78 26 42 64
Joe Gibbon 5 6 2.94 50 0 11 64.1 54 21 32 34
Milt Wilcox 2 2 3.32 18 3 1 43.1 43 16 17 21
Ed Sprague 1 0 0.00 7 0 0 11.0 8 0 1 7
Greg Garrett 0 1 1.04 2 1 0 8.2 7 1 10 2
Pedro Borbon 0 0 4.15 3 0 0 4.1 3 2 1 4
Steve Blateric 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 2.2 5 4 0 4

👥 Roster (35)

Johnny Bench Steve Blateric Pedro Borbon Buddy Bradford Angel Bravo Bernie Carbo Clay Carroll Darrel Chaney Ty Cline Tony Cloninger Dave Concepcion Pat Corrales +23 more

35 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1971 Cincinnati Reds

What was the 1971 Cincinnati Reds record?
The 1971 Cincinnati Reds finished 79-83 (.488 win pct).
Who led the 1971 Cincinnati Reds in home runs?
Lee May led the 1971 Cincinnati Reds with 39 home runs.
What was the 1971 Cincinnati Reds team ERA?
The 1971 Cincinnati Reds posted a team ERA of 3.35.
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