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1971 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1971 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds finishing in a fourth place tie with the 1971 Houston Astros season in the National League West, with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses, 11 games behind the National League West champion 1971 San Francisco Giants season. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson, and played their first full season of home games at Riverfront Stadium, which had opened at mid-season in the previous year. This was the team's only losing season of the 1970s.

1971 Cincinnati Reds

National League

West

Riverfront Stadium

Cincinnati

79–83 (.488)

4th

Francis L. Dale

Bob Howsam

Sparky Anderson

WLWT
(Tom Hedrick, Bob Waller)

WLW
(Al Michaels, Joe Nuxhall)

October 20, 1970: was sent to the Reds by the San Diego Padres in a conditional deal.[1]

Sonny Ruberto

March 31, 1971: was traded by the Reds to the Montreal Expos for Jim Qualls.[2]

Stan Swanson

May 29, 1971: and Vern Geishert were traded by the Reds to the San Francisco Giants for George Foster.[3]

Frank Duffy

June 8, 1971: was drafted by the Reds in the 7th round of the 1971 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

Dave Revering

1971 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference