1971 Chicago Cubs season

1971 Chicago Cubs
1971 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1876) Eastern Division (since 1969); ;
Location
	Wrigley Field (since 1916); Chicago (since 1870);
Other information
Owners	Philip K. Wrigley
General managers	John Holland
Managers	Leo Durocher
Local television	WGN-TV; (Jack Brickhouse, Jim West)
Local radio	WGN; (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
	< Previous season Next season >

The 1971 Chicago Cubs season was the 100th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 96th in the National League and the 56th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League East with a record of 83–79.

Offseason

November 30, 1970: Hoyt Wilhelm was traded by the Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Hal Breeden.[1]
December 3, 1970: Phil Gagliano was traded by the Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for Carmen Fanzone.[2]

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	97	65	0.599	—	52–28	45–37
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	0.556	7	45–36	45–36
Chicago Cubs	83	79	0.512	14	44–37	39–42
New York Mets	83	79	0.512	14	44–37	39–42
Montreal Expos	71	90	0.441	25½	36–44	35–46
Philadelphia Phillies	67	95	0.414	30	34–47	33–48

1971 National League record Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	9–9	9–9	9–9	7–5	7–5	8–4	4–8	11–7	7–11	6–6
Chicago	7–5	—	6–6	5–7	8–4	8–10	11–7	11–7	6–12	9–3	3–9	9–9
Cincinnati	9–9	6–6	—	5–13	7–11	7–5	8–4	5–7	5–7	10–8	9–9	8–4
Houston	9–9	7–5	13–5	—	8–10	4–8	5–7	8–4	4–8	10–8	9–9	2–10
Los Angeles	9–9	4–8	11–7	10–8	—	8–4	5–7	7–5	4–8	13–5	12–6	6–6
Montreal	5–7	10–8	5–7	8–4	4–8	—	9–9	6–12	7–11	6–5	7–5	4–14
New York	5–7	7–11	4–8	7–5	7–5	9–9	—	13–5	10–8	7–5	4–8	10–8
Philadelphia	4-8	7–11	2–10	3–9	5–7	6–10	5–13	—	6–12	4–8	6–6	7–11
Pittsburgh	8–4	12–6	7–5	8–4	8–4	11–7	8–10	12–6	—	9–3	3–9	11–7
San Diego	7–11	3–9	8–10	8–10	5–13	5–6	5–7	8–4	3–9	—	5–13	4–8
San Francisco	11–7	9–3	9–9	9–9	6–12	5–7	8–4	6–6	9–3	13–5	—	5–7
St. Louis	6–6	9–9	4–8	10–2	6–6	14–4	8–10	11–7	7–11	8–4	7–5	—

June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft
- Dennis Lamp was drafted by the Cubs in the 3rd round. Player signed June 11, 1971.[3]
- Jim Tyrone was drafted by the Cubs in the 7th round.[4]
September 9, 1971: Bruce Sutter was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.[5]

1971 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Chris Cannizzaro	71	197	42	.213	5	23
1B	Joe Pepitone	115	427	131	.307	16	61
2B	Glenn Beckert	131	530	181	.342	2	42
SS	Don Kessinger	155	617	159	.258	2	38
3B	Ron Santo	154	555	148	.267	21	88
LF	Billy Williams	157	594	179	.301	28	93
CF	Brock Davis	106	301	77	.256	0	28
RF	Johnny Callison	103	290	61	.210	8	38

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
Jim Hickman	117	383	98	.256	19	60
Paul Popovich	89	226	49	.217	4	28
Cleo James	54	150	43	.287	2	13
J.C. Martin	47	125	33	.264	2	17
José Ortiz	36	88	26	.295	0	3
Ernie Banks	39	83	16	.193	3	6
Ken Rudolph	25	76	15	.197	0	7
Danny Breeden	25	65	10	.154	0	4
Héctor Torres	31	58	13	.224	0	2
Carmen Fanzone	12	43	8	.186	2	5
Frank Fernández	17	41	7	.171	4	4
Pat Bourque	14	37	7	.189	1	3
Hal Breeden	23	36	5	.139	1	2
Gene Hiser	17	29	6	.207	0	1
Randy Hundley	9	21	7	.333	0	2
Billy North	8	16	6	.375	0	0
Ramon Webster	16	16	5	.313	0	0
Al Spangler	5	5	2	.400	0	0
Garry Jestadt	3	3	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Fergie Jenkins	39	325.0	24	13	2.77	263
Milt Pappas	35	261.1	17	14	3.51	99
Bill Hands	36	242.1	12	18	3.42	128
Ken Holtzman	30	195.0	9	15	4.48	143
Juan Pizarro	16	101.1	7	6	3.46	67
Burt Hooton	3	21.1	2	0	2.11	22

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Joe Decker	21	45.2	3	2	4.73	37

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Phil Regan	48	5	5	6	3.93	28
Ron Tompkins	35	0	2	3	4.08	20
Bill Bonham	33	2	1	0	4.65	41
Ray Newman	30	1	2	2	3.52	35
Earl Stephenson	16	1	0	1	4.43	11
Jim Colborn	14	0	1	0	6.57	2
Larry Gura	6	0	0	1	6.00	2
Bob Miller	2	0	0	0	5.14	2

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Jim Marshall
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Walt Dixon
A	Quincy Cubs	Midwest League	Dick LeMay
Rookie	Caldwell Cubs	Pioneer League	Sparky Davis

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1971 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.