1973 Cincinnati Reds
99 - 63
1972 / 1974 (Organization)
1st place in the NL West
Home Record:
Away Record:
50 - 31 (.617)
49 - 32 (.605)
+7.0 wins
+11.0 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 741 / 636 ( +105 )
Allowed/Expected: 621 / 644 ( +23 )
Pyth Record: 94 - 68 (+5)
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Riverfront Stadium
Attendance: 2,017,601 Avg Att: 24,909 (1.45)
Att Rank: 2 / 12 Lg Avg: 17,173
       
Park Factor: 0.95    
HR Factor: 0.94 R/L HR: 0.93 / 0.95
Notes:
- West Division Champions
- Lost to New York Mets in the NLCS

Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Pete Rose
LF
32.2
8.3
33.0
19.4
11
Y
7
8
1960
Free Agency (Amateur)
2 Tony Perez
1B
31.1
5.3
31.3
20.0
10
Y
3
12
1960
Free Agency (Amateur)
3 Johnny Bench
C
25.6
4.7
26.8
12.2
7
Y
6
8
1965
Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
4 Gary Nolan
SP
25.1
0.1
0.4
0.1
7
Y
6
7
1966
Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 13)
5 Clay Carroll
RP
32.2
-0.7
5.1
1.0
6
N
6
11
1968
Trade ATL NL
6 Darrel Chaney
SS
25.3
-0.4
3.8
-2.5
5
Y
6
7
1966
Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
7 Dave Concepcion
SS
25.0
2.8
15.5
7.2
4
Y
9
12
1967
Free Agency (Amateur)
8 Bobby Tolan
CF
27.6
-2.0
3.6
-6.4
4
N
10
11
1968
Trade SLN NL
9 Bill Plummer
C
26.3
-0.9
2.0
-1.3
4
N
1
9
1969
Trade CHN NL
10 Don Gullett
SP
22.5
2.2
13.9
5.9
4
Y
6
5
1969
Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 14)
11 Jim McGlothlin
SP
29.7
-1.9
0.0
-2.4
4
N
11
25
1969
Trade CAL AL
12 Pedro Borbon
RP
26.6
2.8
14.4
8.5
4
N
11
25
1969
Trade CAL AL
13 Ross Grimsley
SP
23.5
1.4
14.4
6.2
3
Y
2
1
1969
Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 17)
14 Ed Sprague
RP
27.8
-0.5
0.3
-1.6
3
N
10
20
1970
Purchased OAK AL
15 George Foster
CF
24.6
0.6
2.3
1.5
3
N
5
29
1971
Trade SFN NL
16 Dave Tomlin
RP
24.0
-0.4
0.5
-0.8
2
Y
6
6
1967
Draft (Amateur) - Round 29
17 Denis Menke
3B
32.9
2.0
7.6
0.8
2
N
11
29
1971
Trade HOU NL
18 Joe Morgan
2B
29.8
9.3
39.6
24.7
2
N
11
29
1971
Trade HOU NL
19 Jack Billingham
SP
30.4
2.4
19.4
9.5
2
N
11
29
1971
Trade HOU NL
20 Cesar Geronimo
CF
25.3
0.5
4.9
-2.6
2
N
11
29
1971
Trade HOU NL
21 Tom Hall
SW
25.6
0.1
8.0
3.6
2
N
12
3
1971
Trade MIN AL
22 Joe Hague
RF
29.2
-0.2
0.1
-0.6
2
N
5
19
1972
Trade SLN NL
23 Gene Locklear
LF
24.0
-0.2
0.0
-0.4
1
N
1
1
1969
Free Agency (Amateur)
24 Ken Griffey
RF
23.2
0.9
5.8
4.2
1
Y
6
5
1969
Draft (Amateur) - Round 29
25 Dan Driessen
3B
21.9
1.6
12.1
4.4
1
Y
8
29
1969
Free Agency (Amateur)
26 Ed Armbrister
RF
25.0
0.4
0.9
0.1
1
N
11
29
1971
Trade HOU NL
27 Bob Barton
C
31.9
0.0
0.1
0.1
1
N
6
11
1972
Trade SDN NL
28 Larry Stahl
RF
32.0
0.1
2.5
0.3
1
N
11
30
1972
Purchased SDN NL
29 Richie Scheinblum
RF
30.7
0.1
1.4
0.2
1
N
11
30
1972
Trade KCA AL
30 Roger Nelson
SP
29.1
0.2
2.7
0.8
1
N
11
30
1972
Trade KCA AL
31 Hal King
C
29.4
0.3
1.6
0.6
1
N
12
1
1972
Trade TEX AL
32 Phil Gagliano
3B
31.5
0.3
2.5
1.1
1
N
3
27
1973
Trade BOS AL
33 Andy Kosco
RF
31.7
0.6
5.8
3.3
1
N
3
27
1973
Trade BOS AL
34 Dick Baney
RP
26.7
0.6
2.9
1.5
1
N
6
7
1973
Free Agency
35 Fred Norman
SP
30.9
1.4
10.3
4.6
1
N
6
12
1973
Trade SDN NL
36 Ed Crosby
SS
24.1
0.2
1.5
-0.0
1
N
7
27
1973
Trade SLN NL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Ed Armbrister RF Nassau (Bahamas)
Dick Baney RP Anaheim, CA (US)
Bob Barton C Norwood, OH (USA)
Johnny Bench C Binger, OK (US)
Jack Billingham SP Orlando, FL (USA)
Pedro Borbon RP Mao (D.R.)
Clay Carroll RP Clanton, AL (USA)
Darrel Chaney SS Hammond, IN (US)
Dave Concepcion SS Aragua (VE)
Ed Crosby SS Long Beach, CA (US)
Dan Driessen 3B Hardeeville, SC (US)
George Foster CF Lawndale, CA (US)
Phil Gagliano 3B Memphis, TN (US)
Cesar Geronimo CF El Seibo (D.R.)
Ken Griffey RF Donora, PA (US)
Ross Grimsley SP Memphis, TN (US)
Don Gullett SP South Shore, KY (US)
Joe Hague RF El Paso, TX (US)
Tom Hall SW Riverside, CA (US)
Hal King C Oviedo, FL (US)
Andy Kosco RF Struthers, OH (US)
Gene Locklear LF Pembroke, NC (US)
Gene Locklear LF Pembroke, NC (US)
Jim McGlothlin SP Reseda, CA (US)
Denis Menke 3B Bancroft, IA (US)
Joe Morgan 2B Oakland, CA (US)
Roger Nelson SP Covina, CA (US)
Gary Nolan SP Oroville, CA (US)
Fred Norman SP Miami, FL (US)
Tony Perez 1B Ciego De Avila (Cuba)
Bill Plummer C Anderson, CA (US)
Pete Rose LF Cincinnati, OH (US)
Richie Scheinblum RF Englewood, NJ (US)
Ed Sprague RP Boston, MA (USA)
Larry Stahl RF Belleville, IL (USA)
Bobby Tolan CF Los Angeles, CA (US)
Dave Tomlin RP West Union, OH (US)

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James