1972 Cincinnati Reds season

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1972 Cincinnati Reds 1972 National League Championship 1972 NL West Championship
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1890) Western Division (Since 1969)
Location
Riverfront Stadium (Since 1970) Cincinnati, Ohio (Since 1882)
1972 Information
Owner(s)	Francis Dale
General Manager(s)	Bob Howsam
Manager(s)	Sparky Anderson
Local television	WLWT (Waite Hoyt, Tom Hedrick)
Local radio	WLW (Al Michaels, Joe Nuxhall)

The Cincinnati Reds' 1972 season consisted of the Reds winning the National League West title with a record of 95-59, 10½ games over the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds also defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in five games to win the National League title, before losing the seven-game World Series to the Oakland Athletics, who dealt the Reds three of those losses on the AstroTurf of Riverfront Stadium, where the Reds played their home games. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Roster
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Other batters
- 3.2 Starting pitchers
  - 3.2.1 Other pitchers
    - 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers
4 1972 National League Championship Series
5 1972 World Series
6 Awards and Honors
7 References

[edit] Offseason

November 29, 1971: Joe Morgan was traded by the Houston Astros with Ed Armbrister, Jack Billingham, César Gerónimo, and Denis Menke to the Cincinnati Reds for Lee May, Tommy Helms, and Jimmy Stewart.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Cincinnati Reds	95	59	--	.617
Los Angeles Dodgers	85	70	10.5	.548
Houston Astros	84	69	10.5	.549
Atlanta Braves	70	84	25	.455
San Francisco Giants	69	86	26.5	.445
San Diego Padres	58	95	36.5	.379

[edit] Roster

1972 Cincinnati Reds roster

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Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

5 Johnny Bench
9 Bill Plummer

Infielders

Outfielders

15 George Foster
20 Cesar Geronimo
11 Hal McRae
14 Pete Rose
28 Bobby Tolan
22 Ted Uhlaender

Manager

10 Sparky Anderson

Coaches

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] 1972 National League Championship Series

[edit] Game 1

October 7: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0
Pittsburgh	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	5	6	0
W: Steve Blass (1-0) L: Don Gullett (0-1) S: Ramón Hernández (1)
HR: CIN – Joe Morgan (1) PIT – Al Oliver (1)
Pitchers: CIN – Gullett, Borbon (7) PIT – Blass, Hernández (9)
Attendance: 50,476

[edit] Game 2

October 8: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	1
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	7	1
W: Tom Hall (1-0) L: Bob Moose (0-1) S: None
HR: CIN – Joe Morgan (2) PIT – none
Pitchers: CIN – Billingham, Hall (5) PIT – Moose, Johnson (1), Kison (6), Hernandez (7), Giusti (9)
Attendance: 50,584

[edit] Game 3

October 9: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	7	0
Cincinnati	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	1
W: Bruce Kison (1-0) L: Clay Carroll (0-1) S: Dave Giusti (1)
HR: PIT – Manny Sanguillen (1) CIN – none
Pitchers: PIT – Briles, Kison (7), Giusti (8) CIN – Nolan, Borbon (7), Carroll (7), McGlothlin (9)
Attendance: 52,420

[edit] Game 4

October 10: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3
Cincinnati	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	7	11	1
W: Ross Grimsley (1-0) L: Dock Ellis (0-1) S: none
HR: PIT – Roberto Clemente (1) CIN – none
Pitchers: PIT – Ellis, Johnson (6), Walker (7), Miller (8) CIN – Grimsley
Attendance: 39,447

[edit] Game 5

October 11: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0
Cincinnati	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	7	1
W: Clay Carroll (1-1) L: Dave Giusti (0-1) S: none
HR: PIT – none CIN – César Gerónimo (1), Johnny Bench (1)
Pitchers: PIT – Blass, Hernandez (8), Giusti (9), Moose (9) CIN – Gullett, Borbon (4), Hall (6), Carroll (9)
Attendance: 41,887

[edit] 1972 World Series

AL Oakland Athletics (4) vs. NL Cincinnati Reds (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	A’s – 3, Reds – 2	October 14	Riverfront Stadium	52,918	2:18
2	A’s – 2, Reds – 1	October 15	Riverfront Stadium	53,224	2:26
3	Reds – 1, A’s – 0	October 18	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	49,410	2:24
4	Reds – 2, A’s – 3	October 19	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	49,410	2:06
5	Reds – 5, A’s – 4	October 20	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	49,410	2:26
6	A’s – 1, Reds – 8	October 21	Riverfront Stadium	52,737	2:21
7	A’s – 3, Reds – 2	October 22	Riverfront Stadium	56,040	2:50

[edit] Awards and Honors

Sparky Anderson, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year
Johnny Bench, Catcher, National League MVP

[edit] References

1972 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

v • d • e 1972 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore · Boston · Cleveland · Detroit · Milwaukee · New York

AL West	California · Chicago · Kansas City · Minnesota · Oakland · Texas

NL East	Chicago · Montréal · New York · Philadelphia Pittsburgh · St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta · Cincinnati · Houston · Los Angeles · San Diego · San Francisco

1972 All-Star Game · 1972 World Series

Preceded by San Francisco Giants 1971	NL West Championship Season 1972	Succeeded by Cincinnati Reds 1973
Preceded by Pittsburgh Pirates 1971	National League Championship Season 1972	Succeeded by New York Mets 1973

v • d • e Cincinnati Reds

Formerly the Cincinnati Redlegs • Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

The Franchise	History • Seasons • Records • Players • Managers • Broadcasters

Ballparks	Lincoln Park Grounds • Avenue Grounds • Bank Street Grounds • League Park • League Park II • Palace of the Fans • Crosley Field • Riverfront Stadium • Great American Ball Park

Culture	Mr. Red • The Big Red Machine • The Nasty Boys • Dowd Report • Hall of Fame

Rivalries	Battle of Ohio

Important Figures	Johnny Bench • Bid McPhee • Ken Griffey • Ken Griffey, Jr. • Bob Howsam • Paul Derringer • Barry Larkin • Ernie Lombardi • Joe Morgan • Frank Robinson • Tony Perez • Pete Rose • Johnny Vander Meer • George Wright • Dave Concepción • Ted Kluszewski • George Foster • Joe Nuxhall Sparky Anderson

Retired Numbers	1 • 5 • 8 • 10 • 13 • 18 • 20 • 24 • 42

Key Personnel	Owner: Robert Castellini • General Manager: Walt Jocketty • Manager: Dusty Baker

World Series Championships (5)	1919 • 1940 • 1975 • 1976 • 1990

National League Championships (9)	1919 • 1939 • 1940 • 1961 • 1970 • 1972 • 1975 • 1976 • 1990

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Minor League Affiliates	Louisville Bats (AAA) • Chattanooga Lookouts (AA) • Sarasota Reds (A) • Dayton Dragons (A) • Billings Mustangs (Rookie) • Gulf Coast Reds (Rookie) • VSL Reds (Rookie)

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