1971 Cleveland Indians season

1971 Cleveland Indians
1971 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Vernon Stouffer
General managers	Alvin Dark, Gabe Paul
Managers	Alvin Dark, Johnny Lipon
Television	WJW-TV
Radio	WERE (1300)

The 1971 Cleveland Indians season was the 71st in franchise history. The team finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 60–102, 43 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

In the summer of 1971, Indians owner Vernon Stouffer was entertaining overtures with regards to the Cleveland Indians playing 27 to 30 home dates a year in New Orleans.^[1]

Season standings

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AL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	101	57	.639	—	53‍–‍24	48‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers	91	71	.562	12	54‍–‍27	37‍–‍44
Boston Red Sox	85	77	.525	18	47‍–‍33	38‍–‍44
New York Yankees	82	80	.506	21	44‍–‍37	38‍–‍43
Washington Senators	63	96	.396	38½	35‍–‍46	28‍–‍50
Cleveland Indians	60	102	.370	43	29‍–‍52	31‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1971 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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	—

Opening Day Lineup


Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
16	Larry Brown	SS
12	Graig Nettles	3B
27	Roy Foster	LF
8	Ray Fosse	C
40	Ken Harrelson	1B
24	Eddie Leon	2B
22	Ted Ford	RF
25	Buddy Bradford	CF
34	Steve Hargan	P

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Roster

1971 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

8 Ray Fosse
7 Ken Suarez

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

1 Alvin Dark (Apr 6 - Jul 28)
4 Johnny Lipon (Jul 29 - Sep 29)

Coaches

2 Cot Deal (Pitching)
3 Kerby Farrell
6 Bobby Hofman (Third Base)
4 Johnny Lipon (First Base)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Run batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Rick Austin	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Frank Baker	73	181	18	38	12	1	1	23	.210	1
Mark Ballinger	18	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.200	0
Kurt Bevacqua	55	137	9	28	3	1	3	13	.204	0
Buddy Bradford	20	38	4	6	2	1	0	3	.158	0
Larry Brown	13	50	4	11	1	0	0	5	.220	0
Lou Camilli	39	81	5	16	2	0	0	0	.198	0
Chris Chambliss	111	415	49	114	20	4	9	48	.275	2
Jim Clark	13	18	2	3	0	1	0	0	.167	0
Vince Colbert	52	29	3	4	1	0	0	0	.138	0
Steve Dunning	32	55	5	10	1	0	1	7	.182	0
Ed Farmer	43	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	.071	0
Ted Ford	74	196	15	38	6	0	2	14	.194	2
Ray Fosse	133	486	53	134	21	1	12	62	.276	4
Alan Foster	37	51	2	2	1	0	0	3	.039	0
Roy Foster	125	396	51	97	21	1	18	45	.245	6
Rich Hand	16	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	.125	0
Steve Hargan	37	32	0	2	0	0	0	0	.063	0
Ken Harrelson	52	161	20	32	2	0	5	14	.199	1
Jack Heidemann	81	240	16	50	7	0	0	9	.208	1
Phil Hennigan	57	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Chuck Hinton	88	147	13	33	7	0	5	14	.224	0
Gomer Hodge	80	83	3	17	3	0	1	9	.205	0
Bob Kaiser	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Ray Lamb	43	43	3	4	0	0	0	0	.093	0
Eddie Leon	131	429	35	112	12	2	4	35	.261	3
John Lowenstein	58	140	15	26	5	0	4	9	.186	1
Chuck Machemehl	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Sam McDowell	35	73	1	13	0	0	0	4	.178	0
Steve Mingori	54	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Graig Nettles	158	598	78	156	18	1	28	86	.261	7
Camilo Pascual	9	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	.600	0
Mike Paul	17	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.053	0
Vada Pinson	146	566	60	149	23	4	11	35	.263	25
Fred Stanley	60	129	14	29	4	0	2	12	.225	1
Ken Suarez	50	123	10	25	7	0	1	9	.203	0
Ted Uhlaender	141	500	52	144	20	3	2	47	.288	3
Team Totals	162	5467	543	1303	200	20	109	507	.238	57

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Rick Austin	0	0	5.09	23	0	1	23.0	15	13	20	20
Mark Ballinger	1	2	4.67	18	0	0	34.2	21	18	13	25
Vince Colbert	7	6	3.97	50	10	2	142.2	71	63	71	74
Steve Dunning	8	14	4.50	31	29	1	184.0	98	92	109	132
Ed Farmer	5	4	4.35	43	4	4	78.2	42	38	41	48
Alan Foster	8	12	4.16	36	26	0	181.2	93	84	82	97
Rich Hand	2	6	5.79	15	12	0	60.2	43	39	38	26
Steve Hargan	1	13	6.19	37	16	1	113.1	83	78	56	52
Phil Hennigan	4	3	4.94	57	0	14	82.0	45	45	51	69
Bob Kaiser	0	0	4.50	5	0	0	6.0	3	3	3	4
Ray Lamb	6	12	3.35	43	21	1	158.1	67	59	69	91
Chuck Machemehl	0	2	6.38	14	0	3	18.1	16	13	15	9
Sam McDowell	13	17	3.40	35	31	1	214.2	89	81	153	192
Steve Mingori	1	2	1.43	54	0	4	56.2	10	9	24	45
Camilo Pascual	2	2	3.09	9	1	0	23.1	9	8	11	20
Mike Paul	2	7	5.95	17	12	0	62.0	42	41	14	33
Team Totals	60	102	4.28	162	162	32	1440.0	747	684	770	937

Awards and honors

All-Star Game
Ray Fosse, Gold Glove Award

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Wichita Aeros	American Association	Ken Aspromonte
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	Ray Hathaway
A	Reno Silver Sox	California League	Pinky May
Rookie	GCL Indians	Gulf Coast League	Len Johnston

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Notes

References

1971 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
1971 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac

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