1971 Los Angeles Dodgers
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
OwnersWalter O'Malley, James Mulvey
PresidentPeter O'Malley
General managersAl Campanis
ManagersWalter Alston
TelevisionKTTV (11)
RadioKFI
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

Regular season

Season standings

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

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 Catchers

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

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

All-Stars

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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

Main article: 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.

Notes

  1. ^ Dick Allen page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Alan Foster page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Andy Kosco page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Jeff Torborg page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  6. ^ 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  7. ^ 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  8. ^ 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase
  9. ^ 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary D Phase

References

External links

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