1971 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1971 Los Angeles Dodgers
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles
Owners	Walter O'Malley, James Mulvey
President	Peter O'Malley
General managers	Al Campanis
Managers	Walter Alston
Television	KTTV (11)
Radio	KFI Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrín
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The 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in second place in the National League West.

Offseason

• October 5, 1970: Ted Sizemore and Bob Stinson were traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Allen.^[1]
• December 11, 1970: Alan Foster and Ray Lamb were traded by the Dodgers to the Cleveland Indians for Duke Sims.^[2]
• February 10, 1971: Andy Kosco was traded by the Dodgers to the Milwaukee Brewers for Al Downing.^[3]
• March 13, 1971: Jeff Torborg was purchased from the Dodgers by the California Angels.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	90	72	0.556	—	51–30	39–42
Los Angeles Dodgers	89	73	0.549	1	42–39	47–34
Atlanta Braves	82	80	0.506	8	43–39	39–41
Cincinnati Reds	79	83	0.488	11	46–35	33–48
Houston Astros	79	83	0.488	11	39–42	40–41
San Diego Padres	61	100	0.379	28½	33–48	28–52

Record vs. opponents

1971 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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	—

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day starters
Name	Position
Maury Wills	Shortstop
Bill Buckner	Right fielder
Willie Davis	Center fielder
Wes Parker	First baseman
Dick Allen	Left fielder
Duke Sims	Catcher
Steve Garvey	Third baseman
Bill Russell	Second baseman
Bill Singer	Starting pitcher

Roster

1971 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 48 Doyle Alexander 21 Jim Brewer 44 Al Downing 49 Charlie Hough 46 Pete Mikkelsen 25 Joe Moeller 50 Bob O'Brien 23 Claude Osteen 29 José Peña 40 Bill Singer 37 Mike Strahler 20 Don Sutton 38 Sandy Vance 31 Hoyt Wilhelm		Catchers 13 Joe Ferguson 14 Tom Haller  8 Duke Sims 16 Bill Sudakis Infielders 15 Dick Allen  6 Steve Garvey  1 Billy Grabarkewitz  5 Jim Lefebvre 28 Wes Parker 18 Bill Russell  2 Bobby Valentine 30 Maury Wills		Outfielders 22 Bill Buckner 27 Willie Crawford 35 Bobby Darwin  3 Willie Davis 12 Von Joshua 11 Manny Mota 17 Tom Paciorek Other batters 10 Ron Cey		Manager 24 Walter Alston Coaches 26 Red Adams 52 Carroll Beringer 19 Jim Gilliam  7 Roy Hartsfield 33 Danny Ozark 51 Dixie Walker

Player stats

Batting

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
C	Duke Sims	90	230	63	.274	6	25
1B	Wes Parker	157	533	146	.274	6	62
2B	Jim Lefebvre	119	388	95	.245	12	68
SS	Maury Wills	149	601	169	.281	3	44
3B	Dick Allen	155	549	162	.295	23	90
LF	Willie Crawford	114	342	96	.281	9	40
CF	Willie Davis	158	641	198	.309	10	74
RF	Bill Buckner	108	358	99	.277	5	41

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 Valentine	101	281	70	.249	1	25
Manny Mota	91	269	84	.312	0	34
Steve Garvey	81	225	51	.227	7	26
Bill Russell	91	211	48	.227	2	15
Tom Haller	84	202	54	.267	5	32
Joe Ferguson	36	102	22	.216	2	7
Bill Sudakis	41	83	16	.193	3	7
Billy Grabarkewitz	44	71	16	.225	0	6
Bobby Darwin	11	20	5	.250	1	4
Von Joshua	11	7	0	.000	0	0
Ron Cey	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Tom Paciorek	2	2	1	.500	0	1

Pitching

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 Sutton	38	265.1	17	12	2.54	194
Al Downing	37	262.1	20	9	2.68	136
Claude Osteen	38	259.0	14	11	3.51	109
Bill Singer	31	203.1	10	17	4.16	144
Doyle Alexander	17	92.1	6	6	3.80	30

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'Brien	14	42.0	2	2	3.00	15
Sandy Vance	10	26.0	2	1	6.92	11

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 Brewer	55	6	5	22	1.88	66
Pete Mikkelsen	41	8	5	5	3.65	46
Joe Moeller	28	2	4	1	3.80	32
José Peña	21	2	0	1	3.56	44
Hoyt Wilhelm	9	0	1	3	1.02	15
Mike Strahler	6	0	0	0	2.84	7
Charlie Hough	4	0	0	0	4.15	4

Awards and honors

• Gold Glove Awards
  • Willie Davis
  • Wes Parker
• Comeback Player of the Year Award
  • Al Downing

All-Stars

• 1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Willie Davis reserve
• TSN National League All-Star
  • Willie Davis

Farm system

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

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.

1971 Draft Picks

January draft [5] Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 Steven Olsen LHP American River College No Independent 1971 Rookie 2 Don Standley RHP Fullerton College Yes 1971–1977 AAA 3 Paul Few P Chipola College No January Secondary phase [6] Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 James Corcoran SS University of California, Berkeley Yes 1971 AA 2 David Freeborn SS Shafter High School Yes 1971–1974 A 3 Francisco Suarez SS Miami Dade College No Twins-June 1971 1971 A- June draft [7] Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 Rick Rhoden RHP Atlantic High School Yes 1971–1989 MLB 2 Greg Reinecker RHP Edgewood High School Yes 1971–1974 A 3 Ricky Green RHP Chino High School Yes 1971–1974 AA 4 Michael Frazier C Elmore High School No Cardinals – 1975 1975 Rookie 5 Rex Hudson RHP Hale High School Yes 1971–1977 MLB 6 Christopher Mayo LHP Hillsdale High School Yes 1971 Rookie 7 Chuck Redmon SS Moore High School No Cardinals – 1975 1975 A 8 Terry Stupy C Los Alamitos High School No Angels – 1975 1975–1978 AA 9 Thaddeus Philyaw OF Gunn High School Yes 1971–1975 AA 10 Thomas Urban RHP Mount Miguel High School Yes 1971–1972 A- 11 Stanley Watkins LHP Pacifica High School Yes 1971 Rookie 12 Terrence Senn 2B University of San Francisco No Mets – 1972 1972–1978 AAA 13 Robert Sans 1B Texas A&M University No Dodgers – 1972 1972 A 14 John Hale OF Wasco High School Yes 1971–1981 MLB 15 Leon Wood 2B Polk Community College Yes 1971–1974 A 16 Al Arthur RHP Lake Oswego High School No Twins-1975 1975–1977 AAA 17 James Conn SS Vanderbilt University Yes 1971–1974 AA 18 Patrick McNally 1B Redlands High School No Angels-1975 1975 Rookie 19 Robert Austin RHP Grover Cleveland High School No 20 Hiawatha Roberson OF Cañada College Yes 1971–1972 A 21 Larry Wolfe SS Cordova High School No Twins-1973 1973–1982 MLB 22 Curtis Hires C Thomas Jefferson High School Yes 1971 A- 23 Edgar Carroll LHP El Segundo High School Yes 1971–1980 AAA 24 William Hattis RHP New Trier East High School No 25 Michael Harrelson OF University of Georgia Yes 1971–1973 A- 26 Dana Hendershott LHP University of San Francisco Yes 1971–1973 AA 27 Bobby Johnson OF Southern University and A&M College Yes 1971 Rookie 28 John Coon RHP Las Vegas High School No 29 Kevin Pasley C Chaminade High School Yes 1971–1982 MLB 30 Douglas Radestock LHP Santana High School Yes 1971–1972 Rookie 31 Kim Andrew SS Monroe High School No Orioles-1972 1972–1977 MLB 32 Steve Rhodin 1B Ypsilanti High School No 33 Michael Vinci 3B Lakeland High School Yes 1971 A- 34 Theodore Schultz SS Escondido High School No White Sox-1975 1975–1976 AA 35 Tom Hume RHP Northeast High School No Reds-1972 1972–1987 MLB 36 Willis Gallop RHP Santa Fe High School No 37 Michael Thomas OF Kirkman High School Yes 1971 Rookie 38 Mike Sudduth LHP Holtville High School No 39 Keathel Chauncey OF Polk Community College No Rangers-1974 1974–1981 AAA 40 Samuel Ceci C University of Southern California No Twins-1972 1972–1976 AAA 41 Randolph Hoppe C Santa Rosa Junior College Yes 1971–1972 A 42 Michael Collins LHP California State University, Long Beach Yes 1971 A- 43 Richard Rogers 3B McLain High School No 44 Ron Wrona SS Bishop Kelley High School No 45 Eddie Ford SS Great Neck South High School No Red Sox-1974 1974–1977 AAA 46 Joe Camp 1B North Florida Community College No 47 Mike Trifiolis 1B West Orange High School No 48 Don Stackpole C Elsinore High School No June secondary phase [8] Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 Mike Pfitzer RHP Mesa Community College No Dodgers-1973 1973–1974 A 2 Roger Keilig C Cañada College Yes 1971–1973 A June secondary D phase [9] Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 Steven Patchin C University of Missouri, Columbia Yes 1971–1981 AAA 2 Tim Evans SS University of Colorado No 3 Pat Paulson LHP East Haven High School Yes 1971 Rookie 4 Roy Peterson OF-1B Colorado State University–Pueblo Yes 1971 Rookie 5 Mike Siani SS Villanova University No

Notes

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site