1971 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |
General managers | John Holland | |
Managers | Leo Durocher | |
Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Jim West) | |
Radio | WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1971 Chicago Cubs season was the 100th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 96th in the National League and the 56th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League East with a record of 83–79.
Offseason
[edit]- November 30, 1970: Hoyt Wilhelm was traded by the Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Hal Breeden.[1]
- December 3, 1970: Phil Gagliano was traded by the Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for Carmen Fanzone.[2]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 52–28 | 45–37 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 90 | 72 | .556 | 7 | 45–36 | 45–36 |
Chicago Cubs | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 | 44–37 | 39–42 |
New York Mets | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 | 44–37 | 39–42 |
Montreal Expos | 71 | 90 | .441 | 25½ | 36–44 | 35–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 67 | 95 | .414 | 30 | 34–47 | 33–48 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft
- Dennis Lamp was drafted by the Cubs in the 3rd round. Player signed June 11, 1971.[3]
- Jim Tyrone was drafted by the Cubs in the 7th round.[4]
- September 9, 1971: Bruce Sutter was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.[5]
Roster
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Manager
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | Chris Cannizzaro | 71 | 197 | 42 | .213 | 5 | 23 |
1B | Joe Pepitone | 115 | 427 | 131 | .307 | 16 | 61 |
2B | Glenn Beckert | 131 | 530 | 181 | .342 | 2 | 42 |
SS | Don Kessinger | 155 | 617 | 159 | .258 | 2 | 38 |
3B | Ron Santo | 154 | 555 | 148 | .267 | 21 | 88 |
LF | Billy Williams | 157 | 594 | 179 | .301 | 28 | 93 |
CF | Brock Davis | 106 | 301 | 77 | .256 | 0 | 28 |
RF | Johnny Callison | 103 | 290 | 61 | .210 | 8 | 38 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Jim Hickman | 117 | 383 | 98 | .256 | 19 | 60 |
Paul Popovich | 89 | 226 | 49 | .217 | 4 | 28 |
Cleo James | 54 | 150 | 43 | .287 | 2 | 13 |
J.C. Martin | 47 | 125 | 33 | .264 | 2 | 17 |
José Ortiz | 36 | 88 | 26 | .295 | 0 | 3 |
Ernie Banks | 39 | 83 | 16 | .193 | 3 | 6 |
Ken Rudolph | 25 | 76 | 15 | .197 | 0 | 7 |
Danny Breeden | 25 | 65 | 10 | .154 | 0 | 4 |
Héctor Torres | 31 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 0 | 2 |
Carmen Fanzone | 12 | 43 | 8 | .186 | 2 | 5 |
Frank Fernández | 17 | 41 | 7 | .171 | 4 | 4 |
Pat Bourque | 14 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 1 | 3 |
Hal Breeden | 23 | 36 | 5 | .139 | 1 | 2 |
Gene Hiser | 17 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 1 |
Randy Hundley | 9 | 21 | 7 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Billy North | 8 | 16 | 6 | .375 | 0 | 0 |
Ramon Webster | 16 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 0 |
Al Spangler | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
Garry Jestadt | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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Fergie Jenkins | 39 | 325.0 | 24 | 13 | 2.77 | 263 |
Milt Pappas | 35 | 261.1 | 17 | 14 | 3.51 | 99 |
Bill Hands | 36 | 242.1 | 12 | 18 | 3.42 | 128 |
Ken Holtzman | 30 | 195.0 | 9 | 15 | 4.48 | 143 |
Juan Pizarro | 16 | 101.1 | 7 | 6 | 3.46 | 67 |
Burt Hooton | 3 | 21.1 | 2 | 0 | 2.11 | 22 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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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Joe Decker | 21 | 45.2 | 3 | 2 | 4.73 | 37 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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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Phil Regan | 48 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3.93 | 28 |
Ron Tompkins | 35 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4.08 | 20 |
Bill Bonham | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.65 | 41 |
Ray Newman | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.52 | 35 |
Earl Stephenson | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.43 | 11 |
Jim Colborn | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.57 | 2 |
Larry Gura | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 2 |
Bob Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 2 |
Farm system
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball Reference
- ^ Phil Gagliano at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dennis Lamp at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jim Tyrone at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bruce Sutter at Baseball Reference
References
[edit]- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1971 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference