1971 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in second place in the National League West.

1971 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersWalter O'Malley, James Mulvey
PresidentPeter O'Malley
General managersAl Campanis
ManagersWalter Alston
Local televisionKTTV (11)
Local radioKFI
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
KWKW
Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrín
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9072 0.556 — 51–30 39–42
Los Angeles Dodgers 8973 0.549 1 42–39 47–34
Atlanta Braves 8280 0.506 8 43–39 39–41
Cincinnati Reds 7983 0.488 11 46–35 33–48
Houston Astros 7983 0.488 11 39–42 40–41
San Diego Padres 61100 0.379 28½ 33–48 28–52

Record vs. opponents
1971 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–79–99–99–97–57–58–44–811–77–116–6
Chicago 7–5—6–65–78–48–1011–711–76–129–33–99–9
Cincinnati 9–96–6—5–137–117–58–45–75–710–89–98–4
Houston 9–97–513–5—8–104–85–78–44–810–89–92–10
Los Angeles 9–94–811–710–8—8–45–77–54–813–512–66–6
Montreal 5–710–85–78–44–8—9–96–127–116–57–54–14
New York 5–77–114–87–57–59–9—13–510–87–54–810–8
Philadelphia 4-87–112–103–95–76–105–13—6–124–86–67–11
Pittsburgh 8–412–67–58–48–411–78–1012–6—9–33–911–7
San Diego 7–113–98–108–105–135–65–78–43–9—5–134–8
San Francisco 11–79–39–99–96–125–78–46–69–313–5—5–7
St. Louis 6–69–94–810–26–614–48–1011–77–118–47–5—

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day starters
NamePosition
Maury WillsShortstop
Bill BucknerRight fielder
Willie DavisCenter fielder
Wes ParkerFirst baseman
Dick AllenLeft fielder
Duke SimsCatcher
Steve GarveyThird baseman
Bill RussellSecond baseman
Bill SingerStarting pitcher

Roster
1971 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CDuke Sims9023063.274625
1BWes Parker157533146.274662
2BJim Lefebvre11938895.2451268
SSMaury Wills149601169.281344
3BDick Allen155549162.2952390
LFWillie Crawford11434296.281940
CFWillie Davis158641198.3091074
RFBill Buckner10835899.277541

Other batters

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
Bobby Valentine10128170.249125
Manny Mota9126984.312034
Steve Garvey8122551.227726
Bill Russell9121148.227215
Tom Haller8420254.267532
Joe Ferguson3610222.21627
Bill Sudakis418316.19337
Billy Grabarkewitz447116.22506
Bobby Darwin11205.25014
Von Joshua1170.00000
Ron Cey220.00000
Tom Paciorek221.50001

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Don Sutton38265.117122.54194
Al Downing37262.12092.68136
Claude Osteen38259.014113.51109
Bill Singer31203.110174.16144
Doyle Alexander1792.1663.8030

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob O'Brien1442.0223.0015
Sandy Vance1026.0216.9211

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jim Brewer5565221.8866
Pete Mikkelsen418553.6546
Joe Moeller282413.8032
José Peña212013.5644
Hoyt Wilhelm90131.0215
Mike Strahler60002.847
Charlie Hough40004.154

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Tommy Lasorda
AA Albuquerque Dodgers Texas League Monty Basgall
A Bakersfield Dodgers California League Don LeJohn
A Daytona Beach Dodgers Florida State League Stan Wasiak
A Medford Dodgers Northwest League Bill Berrier
Rookie Ogden Dodgers Pioneer League Buddy Hollowell

1971 Major League Baseball Draft
Main article: 1971 Major League Baseball Draft

This was the seventh year of a Major League Baseball Draft. The Dodgers drafted 55 players in the June draft and six in the January draft.

The only notable Major League player in this draft class was first round pick Rick Rhoden, a pitcher from Atlantic High School in Delray Beach, Florida. He pitched in the Majors from 1974–1989, the first five years with the Dodgers. He would have a record of 151–125 and was a two time all-star.

Notes
  1. Dick Allen page at Baseball Reference
  2. Alan Foster page at Baseball Reference
  3. Andy Kosco page at Baseball Reference
  4. Jeff Torborg page at Baseball Reference
  5. 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  6. 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  7. 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  8. 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase
  9. 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary D Phase

References
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