1971 Oakland Athletics season

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1971  Oakland Athletics
American League West Champions
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
City Oakland, California
Record101–60 (.627)
Owners Charles O. Finley
Managers Dick Williams
Television KBHK-TV
Radio KEST
(Monte Moore, Bob Elson, Red Rush)
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The 1971 Oakland Athletics season involved the A's finishing first in the American League West with a record of 101 wins and 60 losses (their best record in the Swingin' A's era). In their first postseason appearance of any kind since 1931, the A's were swept in three games by the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Championship Series.

Contents

Offseason

Round 5: Rich Dauer (did not sign)
Secondary Phase [2]
Round 1: Phil Garner
Round 3: Steve Staggs (did not sign)

Regular season

Vida Blue became the first black player in the history of the American League to win the American League Cy Young Award. [3] He was also the youngest AL player in the 20th century to win the MVP Award. [4] During the year, Vida Blue was on the cover of Sports Illustrated and Time magazine. [5]

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 101600.627—46–3555–25
Kansas City Royals 85760.5281644–3741–39
Chicago White Sox 79830.48822½39–4240–41
California Angels 76860.46925½35–4641–40
Minnesota Twins 74860.46326½37–4237–44
Milwaukee Brewers 69920.4293234–4835–44

Record vs. opponents

1971 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKWSH
Baltimore —9–97–58–413–58–106–59–310–211–77–413–3
Boston 9–9—6–610–211–712–61–116–68–47–113–912–6
California 5–76–6—8–108–46–68–106–1212–66–67–114–8
Chicago 4–82–1010–8—3–97–59–911–77–115–711–710–2
Cleveland 5–137–114–89–3—6–122–104–84–88–104–87–11
Detroit 10–86–126–65–712–6—8–410–26–610–84–814–4
Kansas City 5–611–110–89–910–24–8—8–109–95–75–139–3
Milwaukee 3–96–612–67–118–42–1010–8—10–72–103–156–6
Minnesota 2–104–86–1211–78–46–69–97–10—8–48–105–6
New York 7–1111–76–67–510–88–107–510–24–8—5–77–11
Oakland 4–79–311–77–118–48–413–515–310–87–5—9–3
Washington 3–136–128–42–1011–74–143–96–66–511–73–9—

Opening day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1971 Oakland Athletics
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Dave Duncan 10336392.2531540
1B Mike Epstein 10432977.2341851
2B Dick Green 144475116.2441249
3B Sal Bando 153538146.2712474
SS Bert Campaneris 134569143.251547
LF Joe Rudi 127513137.2671052
CF Rick Monday 11635587.2451856
RF Reggie Jackson 150567157.2773280

[9]

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ángel Mangual 9428782.286430
Tommy Davis 7921971.324342
Larry Brown 7018937.19619
Gene Tenace 6517949.274725
George Hendrick 4211427.23708
Curt Blefary 5010122.218512
Don Mincher 289822.23928
Mike Hegan 655513.23603
Dwain Anderson 163710.27003
Steve Hovley 24273.11103
Adrian Garrett 14213.14312
Frank Fernández 491.11101
Felipe Alou 282.25000
Tony LaRussa 2380.00000
Ramon Webster 750.00000
Ron Clark 220.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Vida Blue 39312.02481.82301
Catfish Hunter 37273.221112.96181
Chuck Dobson 30189.01553.81100
Diego Seguí 26146.11083.1481
Blue Moon Odom 25140.210124.2969

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Rob Gardner 47.2002.355

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Rollie Fingers 4846172.9998
Bob Locker 477262.8646
Darold Knowles 435273.5940
Jim Roland 311313.1830
Ron Klimkowski 262223.3825
Mudcat Grant 151031.9813
Paul Lindblad 81003.944
Daryl Patterson 40007.942
Jim Panther 401011.124
Marcel Lachemann 100054.000

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1971 American League Championship Series

Game 1

Sunday, October 3, 1971, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland

Team123456789 R H E
Oakland020100000390
Baltimore00010040X571
WP: Dave McNally (1–0)   LP: Vida Blue (0–1)   Sv: Eddie Watt (1)

Game 2

Monday, October 4, 1971, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland

Team123456789 R H E
Oakland000100000160
Baltimore01100012X570
WP: Mike Cuellar (1–0)   LP: Catfish Hunter (0–1)
Home runs:
OAK: None
BAL: Brooks Robinson (1), Boog Powell 2 (2), Elrod Hendricks (1)

Game 3

Tuesday, October 5, 1971, at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California

Team123456789 R H E
Baltimore1000202005120
Oakland001001010370
WP: Jim Palmer (1–0)   LP: Diego Seguí (0–1)
Home runs:
BAL: None
OAK: Reggie Jackson 2 (2), Sal Bando (1)

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Iowa Oaks American Association Sherm Lollar
AA Birmingham A's Southern League Phil Cavarretta
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Harry Bright
A-Short Season Coos Bay-North Bend A's Northwest League Jim Reinebold

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References

  1. ↑ 1971 Oakland Athletics Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  2. ↑ 1971 Oakland Athletics Picks in the MLB January Amateur Draft (secondary phase)
  3. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  4. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152
  5. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.148, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN   978-0-8027-1745-0
  6. ↑ Darold Knowles page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Curt Blefary page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Champ Summers page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ 1971 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ American League Cy Young Award winners at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ 1971 Cy Young Award voting results at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ American League Most Valuable Player Award winners at Baseball Reference
  13. 1 2 1971 Most Valuable Player award voting results at Baseball Reference
  14. ↑ www.rauzulusstreet.com
  15. 1 2 3 1971 All-Star game at Baseball Reference
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