1971 Milwaukee Brewers season

1971 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Frank Lane
Manager(s)	Dave Bristol
Local television	WTMJ-TV
Local radio	WTMJ (AM) (Merle Harmon, Tom Collins, Bob Uecker)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1971 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 69 wins and 92 losses.

Offseason

• October 20, 1970: Jerry McNertney, George Lauzerique, and Jesse Huggins (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Carl Taylor and Jim Ellis.^[1]
• October 20, 1970: Larry Bearnarth was purchased by the Brewers from the New York Mets.^[2]
• December 2, 1970: Hank Allen, John Ryan (minors) and Paul Click (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Bob Tillman.^[3]
• February 2, 1971: Carl Taylor was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals for Ellie Rodríguez.^[4]
• February 10, 1971: Al Downing was traded by the Brewers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Andy Kosco.^[5]
• March 6, 1971: Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley persuaded American League president Joe Cronin to have a preseason game in which a walk was allowed on three pitches rather than four. The Athletics bested the Milwaukee Brewers by a 13-9 tally. Nineteen total walks were issued in the game, and a collective six home runs were hit.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	101	60	0.627	—	46–35	55–25
Kansas City Royals	85	76	0.528	16	44–37	41–39
Chicago White Sox	79	83	0.488	22½	39–42	40–41
California Angels	76	86	0.469	25½	35–46	41–40
Minnesota Twins	74	86	0.463	26½	37–42	37–44
Milwaukee Brewers	69	92	0.429	32	34–48	35–44

Record vs. opponents

1971 American League Records Sources:
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	—

Notable transactions

• April 22, 1971: Ray Peters and Pete Koegel were traded by the Brewers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Briggs.^[7]
• May 11, 1971: Ted Savage was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals for Tom Matchick.^[8]
• June 1, 1971: Floyd Wicker was traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Bob Heise.^[9]
• June 7, 1971: Danny Walton was traded by the Brewers to the New York Yankees for Frank Tepedino and Bobby Mitchell.^[10]
• June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft
  • Rob Ellis was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round.^[11]
  • Kevin Kobel was drafted by the Brewers in the 10th round.^[12]
• July 8, 1971: Phil Roof was traded by the Brewers to the Minnesota Twins for Paul Ratliff.^[13]

Roster

1971 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 29 Larry Bearnarth 40 Jerry Bell 49 Dick Ellsworth 25 John Gelnar 34 Jim Hannan 24 Lew Krausse 42 Skip Lockwood 38 Marcelino López 35 John Morris 52 Bill Parsons 33 Marty Pattin 25 Bob Reynolds 20 Ken Sanders 41 Jim Slaton 49 Floyd Weaver		Catchers 15 Darrell Porter  5 Paul Ratliff  6 Ellie Rodríguez  5 Phil Roof Infielders 19 Rick Auerbach  8 Rob Ellis 22 Gus Gil  8 Mike Hegan  2 Bob Heise 17 Pete Koegel  1 Ted Kubiak 22 Tom Matchick 28 Roberto Peña  9 Ducky Schofield  7 Frank Tepedino 16 Ron Theobald		Outfielders 12 Johnny Briggs  1 José Cardenal 21 Tommy Harper 10 Andy Kosco 11 Dave May 23 Bobby Mitchell  2 Ted Savage 22 Bernie Smith 32 Bill Voss 12 Danny Walton  9 Al Yates Other batters 40 Floyd Wicker		Manager  4 Dave Bristol Coaches 27 Cal Ermer (Third Base) 31 Harvey Kuenn (Hitting) 26 Roy McMillan (First Base) 30 Jackie Moore (bullpen) 18 Wes Stock (Pitching)

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	Rodríguez, EllieEllie Rodríguez	115	319	67	.210	1	30
1B	Briggs, JohnnyJohnny Briggs	125	375	99	.264	21	59
LF	Kosco, AndyAndy Kosco	98	264	60	.227	10	39

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
Peña, RobertoRoberto Peña	113	274	65	.237	3	28
Cardenal, JoséJosé Cardenal	53	198	91	.258	3	32
Ellis, RobRob Ellis	36	111	22	.198	0	6
Savage, TedTed Savage	14	17	3	.176	0	1
Koegel, PetePete Koegel	2	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

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
Krausse, LewLew Krausse	43	180.1	8	12	2.94	92
López, MarcelinoMarcelino López	31	67.2	2	7	4.66	42

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
Ellsworth, DickDick Ellsworth	11	0	1	0	4.91	10
Bell, JerryJerry Bell	8	2	1	0	3.07	8
Bearnarth, LarryLarry Bearnarth	2	0	0	0	18.00	2
Gelnar, JohnJohn Gelnar	2	0	0	0	13.50	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Evansville Triplets	American Association	Del Crandall
A	Danville Warriors	Midwest League	Sandy Johnson
A-Short Season	Newark Co-Pilots	New York–Penn League	Al Widmar

Notes

1. Jerry McNertney page at Baseball Reference.com
2. Larry Bearnarth at Baseball Reference
3. Hank Allen at Baseball Reference
4. Ellie Rodríguez page at Baseball Reference.com
5. Andy Kosco at Baseball Reference
6. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.146, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
7. Johnny Briggs at Baseball Reference
8. Tom Matching at Baseball Reference
9. Bob Heise page at Baseball Reference.com
10. Frank Tepedino at Baseball Reference
11. Rob Ellis page at Baseball Reference.com
12. Kevin Kobel at Baseball Reference
13. Phil Roof at Baseball Reference

References

• 1971 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference
• 1971 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac