# 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in second place in the National League West.

## Offseason

* October 5, 1970: Ted Sizemore and Bob Stinson were traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Allen.
* December 11, 1970: Alan Foster and Ray Lamb were traded by the Dodgers to the Cleveland Indians for Duke Sims.
* February 10, 1971: Andy Kosco was traded by the Dodgers to the Milwaukee Brewers for Al Downing.
* March 13, 1971: Jeff Torborg was purchased from the Dodgers by the California Angels.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL 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

1971 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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

* Gold Glove Awards
** Willie Davis
** Wes Parker
* Comeback Player of the Year Award
** Al Downing

### All-Stars

* 1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
** Willie Davis reserve
* TSN National League All-Star
** Willie Davis

## Farm system

| 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

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.
1971 Draft Picks :
January draft
Round
Name
Position
School
Signed
Career span
Highest level
1
Steven Olsen
LHP
American River College
No Independent
1971
Rookie
2
Don Standley
RHP
Fullerton College
Yes
1971–1977
AAA
3
Paul Few
P
Chipola College
No
January Secondary phase
Round
Name
Position
School
Signed
Career span
Highest level
1
James Corcoran
SS
University of California, Berkeley
Yes
1971
AA
2
David Freeborn
SS
Shafter High School
Yes
1971–1974
A
3
Francisco Suarez
SS
Miami Dade College
No Twins-June 1971
1971
A-
June draft
Round
Name
Position
School
Signed
Career span
Highest level
1
Rick Rhoden
RHP
Atlantic High School
Yes
1971–1989
MLB
2
Greg Reinecker
RHP
Edgewood High School
Yes
1971–1974
A
3
Ricky Green
RHP
Chino High School
Yes
1971–1974
AA
4
Michael Frazier
C
Elmore High School
No Cardinals – 1975
1975
Rookie
5
Rex Hudson
RHP
Hale High School
Yes
1971–1977
MLB
6
Christopher Mayo
LHP
Hillsdale High School
Yes
1971
Rookie
7
Chuck Redmon
SS
Moore High School
No Cardinals – 1975
1975
A
8
Terry Stupy
C
Los Alamitos High School
No Angels – 1975
1975–1978
AA
9
Thaddeus Philyaw
OF
Gunn High School
Yes
1971–1975
AA
10
Thomas Urban
RHP
Mount Miguel High School
Yes
1971–1972
A-
11
Stanley Watkins
LHP
Pacifica High School
Yes
1971
Rookie
12
Terrence Senn
2B
University of San Francisco
No Mets – 1972
1972–1978
AAA
13
Robert Sans
1B
Texas A&M University
No Dodgers – 1972
1972
A
14
John Hale
OF
Wasco High School
Yes
1971–1981
MLB
15
Leon Wood
2B
Polk Community College
Yes
1971–1974
A
16
Al Arthur
RHP
Lake Oswego High School
No Twins-1975
1975–1977
AAA
17
James Conn
SS
Vanderbilt University
Yes
1971–1974
AA
18
Patrick McNally
1B
Redlands High School
No Angels-1975
1975
Rookie
19
Robert Austin
RHP
Grover Cleveland High School
No
20
Hiawatha Roberson
OF
Cañada College
Yes
1971–1972
A
21
Larry Wolfe
SS
Cordova High School
No Twins-1973
1973–1982
MLB
22
Curtis Hires
C
Thomas Jefferson High School
Yes
1971
A-
23
Edgar Carroll
LHP
El Segundo High School
Yes
1971–1980
AAA
24
William Hattis
RHP
New Trier East High School
No
25
Michael Harrelson
OF
University of Georgia
Yes
1971–1973
A-
26
Dana Hendershott
LHP
University of San Francisco
Yes
1971–1973
AA
27
Bobby Johnson
OF
Southern University and A&M College
Yes
1971
Rookie
28
John Coon
RHP
Las Vegas High School
No
29
Kevin Pasley
C
Chaminade High School
Yes
1971–1982
MLB
30
Douglas Radestock
LHP
Santana High School
Yes
1971–1972
Rookie
31
Kim Andrew
SS
Monroe High School
No Orioles-1972
1972–1977
MLB
32
Steve Rhodin
1B
Ypsilanti High School
No
33
Michael Vinci
3B
Lakeland High School
Yes
1971
A-
34
Theodore Schultz
SS
Escondido High School
No White Sox-1975
1975–1976
AA
35
Tom Hume
RHP
Northeast High School
No Reds-1972
1972–1987
MLB
36
Willis Gallop
RHP
Santa Fe High School
No
37
Michael Thomas
OF
Kirkman High School
Yes
1971
Rookie
38
Mike Sudduth
LHP
Holtville High School
No
39
Keathel Chauncey
OF
Polk Community College
No Rangers-1974
1974–1981
AAA
40
Samuel Ceci
C
University of Southern California
No Twins-1972
1972–1976
AAA
41
Randolph Hoppe
C
Santa Rosa Junior College
Yes
1971–1972
A
42
Michael Collins
LHP
California State University, Long Beach
Yes
1971
A-
43
Richard Rogers
3B
McLain High School
No
44
Ron Wrona
SS
Bishop Kelley High School
No
45
Eddie Ford
SS
Great Neck South High School
No Red Sox-1974
1974–1977
AAA
46
Joe Camp
1B
North Florida Community College
No
47
Mike Trifiolis
1B
West Orange High School
No
48
Don Stackpole
C
Elsinore High School
No
June secondary phase
Round
Name
Position
School
Signed
Career span
Highest level
1
Mike Pfitzer
RHP
Mesa Community College
No Dodgers-1973
1973–1974
A
2
Roger Keilig
C
Cañada College
Yes
1971–1973
A
June secondary D phase
Round
Name
Position
School
Signed
Career span
Highest level
1
Steven Patchin
C
University of Missouri, Columbia
Yes
1971–1981
AAA
2
Tim Evans
SS
University of Colorado
No
3
Pat Paulson
LHP
East Haven High School
Yes
1971
Rookie
4
Roy Peterson
OF-1B
Colorado State University–Pueblo
Yes
1971
Rookie
5
Mike Siani
SS
Villanova University
No :