⭐ Division Winner

1972 Cincinnati Reds

95-59 • 0.617 Win% • 1st in NL W

📊 Season Record

95 Wins
59 Losses
0.617 Win %
1st Rank
707 R 557 RA
Diff +150

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⚡ Quick Stats

707 Runs Scored
557 Runs Allowed
+150 Run Diff
1,612K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 NL Average

Batting Avg .251 1% above the 1972 league average (.248)
OBP .328 5% above the 1972 league average (.313)
SLG .322 3% above the 1972 league average (.313)
Team ERA 3.21 7% better than the 1972 league average (3.45)
Runs Scored 707 17% above the 1972 league average (605 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCinergy Field
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 1,612,695
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Avg per Game 21,219

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Pete Rose 0.307 2 Joe Morgan 0.292 3 Tony Perez 0.283 4 Bobby Tolan 0.283 5 Hal McRae 0.278

Home Runs

1 Johnny Bench 40 2 Tony Perez 21 3 Joe Morgan 16 4 Denis Menke 9 5 Bobby Tolan 8

RBI

1 Johnny Bench 125 2 Tony Perez 90 3 Bobby Tolan 82 4 Joe Morgan 73 5 Pete Rose 57
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Pete Rose 154 645 107 198 0 0 6 57 73 46 10 0.307
Bobby Tolan 149 604 88 171 0 0 8 82 44 88 42 0.283
Joe Morgan 149 552 122 161 0 0 16 73 115 44 58 0.292
Johnny Bench 147 538 87 145 0 0 40 125 100 84 6 0.270
Tony Perez 136 515 64 146 0 0 21 90 55 121 4 0.283
Denis Menke 140 447 41 104 0 0 9 50 58 76 0 0.233
Dave Concepcion 119 378 40 79 0 0 2 29 32 65 13 0.209
Cesar Geronimo 120 255 32 70 0 0 4 29 24 64 2 0.275
Darrel Chaney 83 196 29 49 0 0 2 19 29 28 1 0.250
George Foster 59 145 15 29 0 0 2 12 5 44 2 0.200
Joe Hague 69 138 17 34 0 0 4 20 20 18 1 0.246
Ted Uhlaender 73 113 9 18 0 0 0 6 13 11 0 0.159
Bill Plummer 38 102 8 19 0 0 2 9 4 20 0 0.186
Hal McRae 61 97 9 27 0 0 5 26 2 10 0 0.278
Julian Javier 44 91 3 19 0 0 2 12 6 11 1 0.209
Jack Billingham 36 71 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 29 0 0.070
Ross Grimsley 30 66 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 29 0 0.121
Gary Nolan 25 60 5 7 0 0 0 2 4 24 0 0.117
Wayne Simpson 24 48 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 31 0 0.062
Jim McGlothlin 31 46 6 8 0 0 1 1 5 21 0 0.174
Don Gullett 31 38 7 8 0 0 0 3 2 14 0 0.211
Tom Hall 47 30 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 14 0 0.100
Pedro Borbon 62 21 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 0 0.048
Bernie Carbo 19 21 2 3 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 0.143
Clay Carroll 65 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.182
Ed Sprague 33 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Sonny Ruberto 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Merritt 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pat Corrales 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.000
Joe Gibbon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Tomlin 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Gary Nolan 1.99 2 Clay Carroll 2.25 3 Tom Hall 2.61 4 Ross Grimsley 3.05 5 Pedro Borbon 3.17

Wins

1 Gary Nolan 15 2 Ross Grimsley 14 3 Jack Billingham 12 4 Tom Hall 10 5 Don Gullett 9

Strikeouts

1 Jack Billingham 137 2 Tom Hall 134 3 Don Gullett 96 4 Gary Nolan 90 5 Ross Grimsley 79
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jack Billingham 12 12 3.18 36 31 1 217.2 64 137
Ross Grimsley 14 8 3.05 30 28 1 197.2 50 79
Gary Nolan 15 5 1.99 25 25 0 176.0 30 90
Jim McGlothlin 9 8 3.91 31 21 0 145.0 49 69
Don Gullett 9 10 3.94 31 16 2 134.2 43 96
Wayne Simpson 8 5 4.14 24 22 0 130.1 49 70
Tom Hall 10 1 2.61 47 7 8 124.1 56 134
Pedro Borbon 8 3 3.17 62 2 11 122.0 32 48
Clay Carroll 6 4 2.25 65 0 37 96.0 32 51
Ed Sprague 3 3 4.13 33 1 0 56.2 26 25
Jim Merritt 1 0 4.50 4 1 0 8.0 2 4
Dave Tomlin 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 4.0 1 2
Joe Gibbon 0 0 54.00 2 0 0 0.1 1 1

🏆 Postseason Results

NL Championship
CIN def. PIT 3-2
World Series
Lost to OAK 4-3

👥 Roster (31)

Johnny Bench Jack Billingham Pedro Borbon Bernie Carbo Clay Carroll Darrel Chaney Dave Concepcion Pat Corrales George Foster Cesar Geronimo Joe Gibbon Ross Grimsley +19 more

31 players

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