Ronald Lee Reed (born November 2, 1942) is an American former professional baseball and basketball player.

He spent two seasons as a power forward in the National Basketball Association with the Detroit Pistons before spending nearly two decades as a Major League Baseball pitcher.

[2] The 6’6″ forward set the Notre Dame single season rebounding record, averaging 17.7 a game his junior year.

He averaged nineteen points and 14.3 rebounds a game over his college career[3] on his way to being selected by the Detroit Pistons in the third round of the 1965 NBA draft.

During the 1966–67 season, Reed informed head coach and teammate Dave DeBusschere — who was, himself, a two-sport star who pitched for the Chicago White Sox — that he had decided to pursue his baseball career.

[7] The fourth batter he faced, Willie McCovey, hit a two-run home run to give him the loss in his debut.

[9] Reed had a tremendous year in 1969, winning a career-high eighteen games to help the Braves capture the National League West crown in the first season of divisional play to reach the post-season for the first time since moving to Atlanta.

He was the winning pitcher in the game in which Hank Aaron hit his 715th career home run, surpassing Babe Ruth for the all-time record.

[12] Bob Gibson's Hall of Fame career was in its twilight when the Cardinals acquired Reed to replace him in the rotation.

The Phillies acquired Reed with the intention of using him as a right-handed complement to Tug McGraw at the back end of the bullpen.

Following a poor performance against his former Cardinals teammates on May 22, 1976,[16] Reed's record stood at 2–1 with a 4.95 ERA, with one of his two wins being the result of having blown a save for starter Steve Carlton on April 24.

Five batters later, Ken Griffey Sr.'s bases loaded single off Tom Underwood completed the three-game sweep for the Reds.

After the season, and shortly after his 41st birthday, Reed was traded to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later.

The thirteen are: Danny Ainge, Frank Baumholtz, Hank Biasatti, Gene Conley, Chuck Connors, Dave DeBusschere, Dick Groat, Steve Hamilton, Mark Hendrickson, Cotton Nash, Reed, Dick Ricketts and Howie Schultz.