1972 Cincinnati Reds Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 95–59 (.617), 1st place in National League West
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1972 Bernie Carbo 19 21 2 3 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 .143 .357 .143 .500
1972 Bill Plummer 38 104 8 19 4 0 2 9 4 20 0 0 .183 .207 .279 .486
1972 Bobby Tolan 149 610 88 171 28 5 8 82 44 88 42 15 .280 .331 .382 .713
1972 Cesar Geronimo 120 258 32 70 9 7 4 29 24 64 2 7 .271 .340 .407 .747
1972 Clay Carroll 65 12 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
1972 Darrel Chaney 83 200 29 49 7 2 2 19 29 28 1 3 .245 .339 .330 .669
1972 Dave Concepcion 119 383 40 79 13 2 2 29 32 65 13 6 .206 .268 .266 .535
1972 Denis Menke 140 453 41 104 19 2 9 50 58 76 0 1 .230 .319 .340 .659
1972 Don Gullett 31 43 7 8 1 0 0 3 2 14 0 0 .186 .222 .209 .432
1972 Ed Sprague 33 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Gary Nolan 25 64 5 7 1 0 0 2 4 24 0 0 .109 .162 .125 .287
1972 George Foster 59 145 15 29 4 1 2 12 5 44 2 1 .200 .230 .283 .513
1972 Hal McRae 61 97 9 27 4 0 5 26 2 10 0 0 .278 .295 .474 .769
1972 Jack Billingham 36 76 2 5 1 0 0 2 2 29 0 0 .066 .090 .079 .169
1972 Jim Merritt 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Jim McGlothlin 31 47 6 8 1 0 1 1 5 21 0 0 .170 .250 .255 .505
1972 Joe Hague 69 138 17 34 7 1 4 20 20 18 1 1 .246 .340 .399 .738
1972 Joe Morgan 149 555 122 161 23 4 16 73 115 44 58 17 .290 .415 .432 .847
1972 Johnny Bench 147 538 87 145 22 2 40 125 100 84 6 6 .270 .379 .541 .920
1972 Julian Javier 44 93 3 19 2 0 2 12 6 11 1 0 .204 .250 .290 .540
1972 Pat Corrales 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .667 .000 .667
1972 Pedro Borbon 62 21 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 0 0 .048 .130 .048 .178
1972 Pete Rose 154 647 107 198 31 11 6 57 73 46 10 3 .306 .381 .416 .797
1972 Ross Grimsley 30 77 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 29 0 0 .104 .115 .104 .219
1972 Sonny Ruberto 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
1972 Ted Uhlaender 73 115 9 18 3 0 0 6 13 11 0 1 .157 .242 .183 .425
1972 Tom Hall 47 33 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 14 0 0 .091 .143 .091 .234
1972 Tony Perez 136 515 64 146 33 7 21 90 55 121 4 2 .283 .349 .497 .846
1972 Wayne Simpson 24 48 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 31 0 0 .062 .082 .083 .165
– – 154 5,306 707 1,317 214 44 124 650 606 914 140 63 .248 .327 .375 .702

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1972 Clay Carroll 65 96.0 6 4 37 0 0 89 27 24 32 1 51 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.26
1972 Dave Tomlin 3 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9.00 2.00
1972 Don Gullett 31 134.2 9 10 2 0 0 127 61 59 43 1 96 16 0 2 0 3.94 1.26
1972 Ed Sprague 33 56.2 3 3 0 0 0 55 33 26 26 3 25 1 0 0 0 4.13 1.43
1972 Gary Nolan 25 176.0 15 5 0 0 0 147 48 39 30 1 90 25 0 6 2 1.99 1.01
1972 Jack Billingham 36 217.2 12 12 1 0 0 197 83 77 64 7 137 31 0 8 4 3.18 1.20
1972 Jim Merritt 4 8.0 1 0 0 0 0 13 4 4 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.87
1972 Jim McGlothlin 31 145.0 9 8 0 0 0 165 71 63 49 0 69 21 0 3 1 3.91 1.48
1972 Joe Gibbon 2 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 53.99 12.00
1972 Pedro Borbon 62 122.0 8 3 11 0 0 115 45 43 32 3 48 2 0 0 0 3.17 1.20
1972 Ross Grimsley 30 197.2 14 8 1 0 0 194 73 67 50 0 79 28 0 4 1 3.05 1.23
1972 Tom Hall 47 124.1 10 1 8 0 0 77 43 36 56 2 134 7 0 1 1 2.61 1.07
1972 Wayne Simpson 24 130.1 8 5 0 0 0 124 63 60 49 2 70 22 0 1 0 4.14 1.33
– – 154 1,412.2 95 59 60 0 0 1,313 557 504 435 20 806 154 0 25 9 3.21 1.24

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1972 Clay Carroll P 65 4 21 1 26 1 .962 0.38
1972 Dave Tomlin P 3 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1972 Don Gullett P 31 4 11 1 16 0 .937 0.48
1972 Ed Sprague P 33 2 6 1 9 1 .889 0.24
1972 Gary Nolan P 25 14 19 0 33 2 1.000 1.32
1972 Jack Billingham P 36 14 28 1 43 0 .977 1.17
1972 Jim Merritt P 4 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1972 Jim McGlothlin P 31 10 22 4 36 2 .889 1.03
1972 Joe Gibbon P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1972 Pedro Borbon P 62 2 20 3 25 0 .880 0.35
1972 Ross Grimsley P 30 3 34 0 37 0 1.000 1.23
1972 Tom Hall P 47 0 10 2 12 0 .833 0.21
1972 Wayne Simpson P 24 3 8 1 12 1 .917 0.46
1972 Bill Plummer C 36 148 9 1 158 2 6 7 53.8% .994 4.36
1972 Johnny Bench C 129 735 56 6 797 9 24 31 56.4% .992 6.13
1972 Pat Corrales C 2 6 2 0 8 0 0 1 100.0% 1.000 4.00
1972 Sonny Ruberto C 2 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 0.0% 1.000 2.50
1972 Bill Plummer 1B 1 8 0 0 8 1 1.000 8.00
1972 Denis Menke 1B 11 40 2 0 42 5 1.000 3.82
1972 Joe Hague 1B 22 167 7 0 174 12 1.000 7.91
1972 Johnny Bench 1B 7 24 0 1 25 1 .960 3.43
1972 Julian Javier 1B 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1972 Tony Perez 1B 136 1,207 68 9 1,284 111 .993 9.37
1972 Darrel Chaney 2B 12 14 19 0 33 6 1.000 2.75
1972 Dave Concepcion 2B 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.000 1.00
1972 Joe Morgan 2B 149 370 436 8 814 92 .990 5.41
1972 Julian Javier 2B 5 3 6 0 9 0 1.000 1.80
1972 Bill Plummer 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1972 Darrel Chaney 3B 10 3 10 1 14 0 .929 1.30
1972 Dave Concepcion 3B 9 3 6 1 10 0 .900 1.00
1972 Denis Menke 3B 130 85 258 16 359 20 .955 2.64
1972 Hal McRae 3B 11 3 14 4 21 1 .810 1.55
1972 Johnny Bench 3B 4 2 7 1 10 0 .900 2.25
1972 Julian Javier 3B 19 11 32 5 48 4 .896 2.26
1972 Darrel Chaney SS 64 83 149 9 241 24 .963 3.62
1972 Dave Concepcion SS 114 194 365 18 577 75 .969 4.90
1972 George Foster LF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1972 Pete Rose LF 154 323 15 2 340 2 .994 2.19
1972 Ted Uhlaender LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1972 Bobby Tolan CF 149 404 9 4 417 3 .990 2.77
1972 Cesar Geronimo CF 22 14 1 1 16 0 .937 0.68
1972 George Foster CF 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1972 Hal McRae CF 3 2 0 1 3 0 .667 0.67
1972 Ted Uhlaender CF 2 5 1 1 7 0 .857 3.00
1972 Bernie Carbo RF 4 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 2.50
1972 Cesar Geronimo RF 91 136 9 2 147 1 .986 1.59
1972 George Foster RF 45 68 1 2 71 1 .972 1.53
1972 Hal McRae RF 9 10 0 1 11 0 .909 1.11
1972 Joe Hague RF 19 27 2 0 29 1 1.000 1.53
1972 Johnny Bench RF 17 30 0 2 32 0 .937 1.76
1972 Ted Uhlaender RF 23 32 1 0 33 0 1.000 1.43
– – 154 4,233 1,668 110 6,011 379 31 39 55.7% .982 38.32

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1972 Bobby Tolan 12 47 5 12 2 1 0 10 1 8 5 1 .255 .271 .340 .611
1972 Cesar Geronimo 12 39 3 5 0 0 1 4 1 6 1 0 .128 .150 .205 .355
1972 Clay Carroll 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Darrel Chaney 9 23 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 .130 .259 .130 .390
1972 Dave Concepcion 9 16 2 4 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 .250 .316 .375 .691
1972 Denis Menke 12 42 2 6 1 0 1 2 6 9 0 0 .143 .250 .238 .488
1972 Don Gullett 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1972 Gary Nolan 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 George Foster 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Hal McRae 6 9 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .444 .400 .556 .956
1972 Jack Billingham 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Jim McGlothlin 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Joe Hague 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1972 Joe Morgan 12 44 9 8 2 0 2 4 7 5 3 1 .182 .294 .364 .658
1972 Johnny Bench 12 41 7 12 2 1 2 3 6 8 4 0 .293 .375 .537 .912
1972 Julian Javier 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Pedro Borbon 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Pete Rose 12 49 4 15 4 0 1 4 5 6 1 1 .306 .370 .449 .819
1972 Ross Grimsley 5 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714
1972 Ted Uhlaender 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833
1972 Tom Hall 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Tony Perez 12 43 3 14 3 0 0 4 4 11 0 0 .326 .375 .395 .770
– – 12 394 40 88 17 3 7 37 37 74 16 4 .223 .289 .335 .624

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1972 Clay Carroll 7 8.1 1 2 1 0 0 8 2 2 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 2.16 1.80
1972 Don Gullett 3 16.0 0 1 0 0 0 17 9 9 2 0 9 3 0 0 0 5.06 1.19
1972 Gary Nolan 3 16.2 0 1 0 0 0 11 5 5 3 0 7 3 0 0 0 2.70 0.84
1972 Jack Billingham 4 18.1 1 0 1 0 0 11 3 2 6 1 15 3 0 0 0 0.98 0.93
1972 Jim McGlothlin 2 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 9.00 1.00
1972 Pedro Borbon 9 11.1 0 1 0 0 0 9 4 4 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 3.18 0.97
1972 Ross Grimsley 5 16.0 3 1 0 0 0 9 3 3 3 0 7 2 0 1 0 1.69 0.75
1972 Tom Hall 6 15.2 1 0 1 0 0 9 1 1 5 0 15 0 0 0 0 0.57 0.89
– – 14 106.1 6 6 3 0 0 76 31 30 30 3 64 12 0 1 0 2.54 1.00

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1972 Clay Carroll P 7 1 4 0 5 0 1.000 0.71
1972 Don Gullett P 3 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1972 Gary Nolan P 3 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
1972 Jack Billingham P 4 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 0.75
1972 Jim McGlothlin P 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1972 Pedro Borbon P 9 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 0.44
1972 Ross Grimsley P 5 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.40
1972 Tom Hall P 6 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 0.50
1972 Johnny Bench C 12 69 10 2 81 3 0 0 0.0% .975 6.58
1972 Tony Perez 1B 12 118 6 1 125 5 .992 10.33
1972 Joe Morgan 2B 12 29 36 1 66 6 .985 5.42
1972 Denis Menke 3B 12 9 34 0 43 0 1.000 3.58
1972 Darrel Chaney SS 8 13 27 3 43 4 .930 5.00
1972 Dave Concepcion SS 6 4 11 1 16 1 .937 2.50
1972 Pete Rose LF 12 24 1 0 25 0 1.000 2.08
1972 Bobby Tolan CF 12 24 0 1 25 0 .960 2.00
1972 Cesar Geronimo CF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1972 Cesar Geronimo RF 12 19 1 0 20 1 1.000 1.67
1972 George Foster RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1972 Hal McRae RF 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 2.00
1972 Joe Hague RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
– – 12 319 143 9 471 20 0 0 .981 38.50

Awards

Player Award Stats
Johnny Bench Most Valuable Player (C) .270–40–125, 6 SB
Clay Carroll All-Star (P) 6–4, 37 Sv, 51 SO, 2.25 ERA
Gary Nolan All-Star (P) 15–5, 90 SO, 1.99 ERA
Johnny Bench All-Star (C) .270–40–125, 6 SB
Joe Morgan All-Star (2B) .290–16–73, 58 SB
Johnny Bench Gold Glove (C) .992 FPct, 6.13 RF

Frequently asked questions about the 1972 Cincinnati Reds

Who had the most hits on the 1972 Cincinnati Reds?

Pete Rose led the 1972 Cincinnati Reds with 198 hits in 154 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1972 Cincinnati Reds?

Pete Rose led the 1972 Cincinnati Reds with a .306 batting average in 154 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1972 Cincinnati Reds?

Johnny Bench led the 1972 Cincinnati Reds with 40 home runs in 147 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1972 Cincinnati Reds?

Joe Morgan led the 1972 Cincinnati Reds with a .415 on-base percentage (OBP) in 149 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1972 Cincinnati Reds?

Johnny Bench led the 1972 Cincinnati Reds with a .541 slugging percentage in 147 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1972 Cincinnati Reds?

Joe Morgan led the 1972 Cincinnati Reds with 58 stolen bases in 149 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1972 Cincinnati Reds?

Gary Nolan had a 1.99 earned-run average (ERA) in 25 games, the lowest on the 1972 Cincinnati Reds.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1972 Cincinnati Reds?

Gary Nolan had a 1.01 WHIP in 25 games, the lowest on the 1972 Cincinnati Reds.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1972 Cincinnati Reds?

Jack Billingham led the 1972 Cincinnati Reds with 137 strikeouts in 36 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1972 Cincinnati Reds?

Gary Nolan led the 1972 Cincinnati Reds with 15 wins in 25 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1972 Cincinnati Reds?

Clay Carroll led the 1972 Cincinnati Reds with 37 saves in 65 games.