1971 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1971  Los Angeles Dodgers
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Dodger Stadium
CityLos 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
  1970 Seasons 1972  

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

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9072.55651303942
Los Angeles Dodgers 8973.549142394734
Atlanta Braves 8280.506843393941
Cincinnati Reds 7983.4881146353348
Houston Astros 7983.4881139424041
San Diego Padres 61100.37928½33482852

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta 5–79–99–99–97–57–58–44–811–77–116–6
Chicago 7–56–65–78–48–1011–711–76–129–33–99–9
Cincinnati 9–96–65–137–117–58–45–75–710–89–98–4
Houston 9–97–513–58–104–85–78–44–810–89–92–10
Los Angeles 9–94–811–710–88–45–77–54–813–512–66–6
Montreal 5–710–85–78–44–89–96–127–116–57–54–14
New York 5–77–114–87–57–59–913–510–87–54–810–8
Philadelphia 4-87–112–103–95–76–105–136–124–86–67–11
Pittsburgh 8–412–67–58–48–411–78–1012–69–33–911–7
San Diego 7–113–98–108–105–135–65–78–43–95–134–8
San Francisco 11–79–39–99–96–125–78–46–69–313–55–7
St. Louis 6–69–94–810–26–614–48–1011–77–118–47–5

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day starters
NamePosition
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
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Duke Sims 9023063.274625
1B Wes Parker 157533146.274662
2B Jim Lefebvre 11938895.2451268
SS Maury Wills 149601169.281344
3B Dick Allen 155549162.2952390
LF Willie Crawford 11434296.281940
CF Willie Davis 158641198.3091074
RF Bill Buckner 10835899.277541

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Bobby Valentine 10128170.249125
Manny Mota 9126984.312034
Steve Garvey 8122551.227726
Bill Russell 9121148.227215
Tom Haller 8420254.267532
Joe Ferguson 3610222.21627
Bill Sudakis 418316.19337
Billy Grabarkewitz 447116.22506
Bobby Darwin 11205.25014
Von Joshua 1170.00000
Ron Cey 220.00000
Tom Paciorek 221.50001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Don Sutton 38265.117122.54194
Al Downing 37262.12092.68136
Claude Osteen 38259.014113.51109
Bill Singer 31203.110174.16144
Doyle Alexander 1792.1663.8030

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bob O'Brien 1442.0223.0015
Sandy Vance 1026.0216.9211

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jim Brewer 5565221.8866
Pete Mikkelsen 418553.6546
Joe Moeller 282413.8032
José Peña 212013.5644
Hoyt Wilhelm 90131.0215
Mike Strahler 60002.847
Charlie Hough 40004.154

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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.

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