1971 Oakland Athletics | ||
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American League West Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | |
City | Oakland, California | |
Record | 101–60 (.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 was the 71st season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 4th season in Oakland. The Athletics finished 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.
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]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Oakland Athletics | 101 | 60 | .627 | — | 46–35 | 55–25 |
Kansas City Royals | 85 | 76 | .528 | 16 | 44–37 | 41–39 |
Chicago White Sox | 79 | 83 | .488 | 22½ | 39–42 | 40–41 |
California Angels | 76 | 86 | .469 | 25½ | 35–46 | 41–40 |
Minnesota Twins | 74 | 86 | .463 | 26½ | 37–42 | 37–44 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 69 | 92 | .429 | 32 | 34–48 | 35–44 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | WSH | |
Baltimore | — | 9–9 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 6–5 | 9–3 | 10–2 | 11–7 | 7–4 | 13–3 | |
Boston | 9–9 | — | 6–6 | 10–2 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 1–11 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 12–6 | |
California | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 4–8 | |
Chicago | 4–8 | 2–10 | 10–8 | — | 3–9 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 10–2 | |
Cleveland | 5–13 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 9–3 | — | 6–12 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 7–11 | |
Detroit | 10–8 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 12–6 | — | 8–4 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 14–4 | |
Kansas City | 5–6 | 11–1 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 10–2 | 4–8 | — | 8–10 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 5–13 | 9–3 | |
Milwaukee | 3–9 | 6–6 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 10–8 | — | 10–7 | 2–10 | 3–15 | 6–6 | |
Minnesota | 2–10 | 4–8 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 7–10 | — | 8–4 | 8–10 | 5–6 | |
New York | 7–11 | 11–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 4–8 | — | 5–7 | 7–11 | |
Oakland | 4–7 | 9–3 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 13–5 | 15–3 | 10–8 | 7–5 | — | 9–3 | |
Washington | 3–13 | 6–12 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 11–7 | 3–9 | — |
1971 Oakland Athletics | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Infielders
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Other batters | Manager Coaches
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= Indicates team leader |
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 |
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C | Dave Duncan | 103 | 363 | 92 | .253 | 15 | 40 |
1B | Mike Epstein | 104 | 329 | 77 | .234 | 18 | 51 |
2B | Dick Green | 144 | 475 | 116 | .244 | 12 | 49 |
3B | Sal Bando | 153 | 538 | 146 | .271 | 24 | 74 |
SS | Bert Campaneris | 134 | 569 | 143 | .251 | 5 | 47 |
LF | Joe Rudi | 127 | 513 | 137 | .267 | 10 | 52 |
CF | Rick Monday | 116 | 355 | 87 | .245 | 18 | 56 |
RF | Reggie Jackson | 150 | 567 | 157 | .277 | 32 | 80 |
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 |
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Ángel Mangual | 94 | 287 | 82 | .286 | 4 | 30 |
Tommy Davis | 79 | 219 | 71 | .324 | 3 | 42 |
Larry Brown | 70 | 189 | 37 | .196 | 1 | 9 |
Gene Tenace | 65 | 179 | 49 | .274 | 7 | 25 |
George Hendrick | 42 | 114 | 27 | .237 | 0 | 8 |
Curt Blefary | 50 | 101 | 22 | .218 | 5 | 12 |
Don Mincher | 28 | 98 | 22 | .239 | 2 | 8 |
Mike Hegan | 65 | 55 | 13 | .236 | 0 | 3 |
Dwain Anderson | 16 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 0 | 3 |
Steve Hovley | 24 | 27 | 3 | .111 | 0 | 3 |
Adrian Garrett | 14 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 1 | 2 |
Frank Fernández | 4 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
Felipe Alou | 2 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Tony LaRussa | 23 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ramon Webster | 7 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Clark | 2 | 2 | 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 |
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Vida Blue | 39 | 312.0 | 24 | 8 | 1.82 | 301 |
Catfish Hunter | 37 | 273.2 | 21 | 11 | 2.96 | 181 |
Chuck Dobson | 30 | 189.0 | 15 | 5 | 3.81 | 100 |
Diego Seguí | 26 | 146.1 | 10 | 8 | 3.14 | 81 |
Blue Moon Odom | 25 | 140.2 | 10 | 12 | 4.29 | 69 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Rob Gardner | 4 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 2.35 | 5 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Rollie Fingers | 48 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 2.99 | 98 |
Bob Locker | 47 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2.86 | 46 |
Darold Knowles | 43 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3.59 | 40 |
Jim Roland | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.18 | 30 |
Ron Klimkowski | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.38 | 25 |
Mudcat Grant | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.98 | 13 |
Paul Lindblad | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.94 | 4 |
Daryl Patterson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 2 |
Jim Panther | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.12 | 4 |
Marcel Lachemann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |
1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Sunday, October 3, 1971, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Oakland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 5 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Dave McNally (1–0) LP: Vida Blue (0–1) Sv: Eddie Watt (1) |
Monday, October 4, 1971, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Oakland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Baltimore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 5 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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) |
Tuesday, October 5, 1971, at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Oakland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Jim Palmer (1–0) LP: Diego Seguí (0–1) Home runs: BAL: None OAK: Reggie Jackson 2 (2), Sal Bando (1) |
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