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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Notable transactions  




2.4  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 Farm system  




5 Notes  




6 References  













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1971 Atlanta Braves
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkAtlanta Stadium
CityAtlanta
Record82–80 (.506)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersWilliam Bartholomay
General managersPaul Richards
ManagersLum Harris
TelevisionWSB-TV
RadioWSB
(Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton)
← 1970 Seasons 1972 →

The 1971 Atlanta Braves season was the sixth season in Atlanta along with the 101st season as a franchise overall.

Offseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

  • t
  • e
    • NL West
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    San Francisco Giants 90 72 .556 — 51‍–‍30 39‍–‍42
    Los Angeles Dodgers 89 73 .549 1 42‍–‍39 47‍–‍34
    Atlanta Braves 82 80 .506 8 43‍–‍39 39‍–‍41
    Cincinnati Reds 79 83 .488 11 46‍–‍35 33‍–‍48
    Houston Astros 79 83 .488 11 39‍–‍42 40‍–‍41
    San Diego Padres 61 100 .379 28½ 33‍–‍48 28‍–‍52

    Record vs. opponents[edit]

    1971 National League record
  • t
  • e

    • 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 —


    Notable transactions[edit]

    Roster[edit]

    1971 Atlanta Braves
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Manager

    Coaches

    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
    C Earl Williams 145 497 129 .260 33 87
    1B Hank Aaron 139 495 162 .327 47 118
    2B Félix Millán 143 577 167 .289 2 45
    SS Marty Perez 130 410 93 .227 4 32
    3B Darrell Evans 89 260 63 .242 12 38
    LF Ralph Garr 154 639 219 .343 9 44
    CF Sonny Jackson 149 547 141 .258 2 25
    RF Mike Lum 145 454 122 .269 13 55

    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
    Orlando Cepeda 71 250 69 .276 14 44
    Hal King 86 198 41 .207 5 19
    Zoilo Versalles 66 194 37 .191 5 22
    Bob Didier 51 155 34 .219 0 5
    Gil Garrido 79 125 27 .216 0 12
    Clete Boyer 30 98 24 .245 6 19
    Dusty Baker 29 62 14 .226 0 4
    Tommie Aaron 25 53 12 .226 0 3
    Oscar Brown 27 43 9 .209 0 5
    Marv Staehle 22 36 4 .111 0 1
    Jim Breazeale 10 21 4 .190 1 3
    Leo Foster 9 10 0 .000 0 0
    Tony La Russa 9 7 2 .286 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
    Phil Niekro 42 268.2 15 14 2.98 173
    Ron Reed 32 222.1 13 14 3.72 129
    George Stone 27 172.2 6 8 3.60 110
    Tom Kelley 28 143.0 9 5 2.96 68

    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
    Pat Jarvis 35 162.1 6 14 4.10 68
    Jim Nash 32 133.0 9 7 4.94 65
    Gary Neibauer 6 21.0 1 0 2.14 6

    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
    Bob Priddy 40 4 9 4 4.22 36
    Steve Barber 39 3 1 2 4.80 40
    Ron Herbel 25 0 1 1 5.23 22
    Mike McQueen 17 4 1 1 3.54 38
    Tom House 11 1 0 0 3.05 11
    Hoyt Wilhelm 3 0 0 0 15.43 1

    Farm system[edit]

    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Richmond Braves International League Clyde King
    AA Savannah Braves Southern League Eddie Haas
    A Greenwood Braves Western Carolinas League Clint Courtney
    Rookie Wytheville Braves Appalachian League Paul Snyder

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Greenwood

    Notes[edit]

    1. ^ a b Hoyt WilhelmatBaseball Reference
  • ^ a b Hank AllenatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Don CardwellatBaseball Reference
  • ^ a b Luis TiantatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Clete BoyeratBaseball Reference
  • ^ Biff PocorobaatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Mike BeardatBaseball Reference

    • References[edit]


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