1971 Chicago Cubs season

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.

1971 Chicago Cubs
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 Baseball Reference
Seasons

Offseason

• November 30, 1970: Hoyt Wilhelm was traded by the Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Hal Breeden.
• December 3, 1970: Phil Gagliano was traded by the Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for Carmen Fanzone.

Regular season

Season standings

NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

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	—

Notable transactions

• June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft
  • Dennis Lamp was drafted by the Cubs in the 3rd round. Player signed June 11, 1971.
  • Jim Tyrone was drafted by the Cubs in the 7th round.
• September 9, 1971: Bruce Sutter was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.

Roster

1971 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 33 Bill Bonham 48 Jim Colborn 36 Joe Decker 40 Larry Gura 49 Bill Hands 30 Ken Holtzman 44 Burt Hooton 31 Ferguson Jenkins 45 Bob Miller 45 Ray Newman 32 Milt Pappas 46 Juan Pizarro 27 Phil Regan 37 Earl Stephenson 38 Ron Tompkins		Catchers 19 Danny Breeden 43 Chris Cannizzaro 47 Frank Fernández  9 Randy Hundley 12 J. C. Martin 15 Ken Rudolph Infielders 14 Ernie Banks 18 Glenn Beckert 19 Pat Bourque 25 Hal Breeden 16 Garry Jestadt 11 Don Kessinger  8 Joe Pepitone 22 Paul Popovich 10 Ron Santo 21 Héctor Torres 23 Ray Webster		Outfielders  6 Johnny Callison 29 Brock Davis 23 Carmen Fanzone 28 Jim Hickman 16 Gene Hiser 24 Cleo James 25 Billy North 20 José Ortiz 26 Billy Williams Other batters  3 Al Spangler		Manager  2 Leo Durocher Coaches  5 Joey Amalfitano  7 Peanuts Lowrey  3 Al Spangler  1 Mel Wright

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	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

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
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

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
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

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Joe Decker	21	45.2	3	2	4.73	37

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
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

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Jim Marshall
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Walt Dixon
A	Quincy Cubs	Midwest League	Dick LeMay
Rookie	Caldwell Cubs	Pioneer League	Sparky Davis

References

• 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