# 1971 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1971 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 89th season for the franchise in Philadelphia. The Phillies finished in sixth place in the National League East, with a record of 67–95 thirty games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates.

## Offseason

* October 7, 1970: Doc Edwards was released by the Phillies.
* November 3, 1970: Curt Flood and a player to be named later were traded by the Phillies to the Washington Senators for Greg Goossen, Jeff Terpko, and Gene Martin. The Phillies completed the trade by sending Terpko back to the Senators on April 10.
* December 16, 1970: Grant Jackson, Jim Hutto and Sam Parrilla were traded by the Phillies to the Baltimore Orioles for Roger Freed.

## Regular season

On April 10, the Phillies officially opened Veterans Stadium, their new home park, with a 4–1 victory over the Montreal Expos.
Harry Kalas was hired by the Phillies in 1971 to succeed Bill Campbell, and was the master of ceremonies at the 1971 opening of Veterans Stadium.
The Phillies played an exhibition game against the Reading Phillies on June 17, 1971, in Reading. The Phillies had signed second-round draft pick Mike Schmidt on June 11. Schmidt made his professional debut in the exhibition game in Reading. Schmidt played the whole game at shortstop for the Phillies and hit a game-winning home run against Reading. He was subsequently assigned to the Reading club, where he played the balance of the season.
On June 23, Rick Wise threw a no hitter against the Reds. Wise also hit two home runs in the 4–0 win. Pete Rose hit a sharp liner to 3rd baseman John Vukovich for the final out.
On June 25, Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Willie Stargell hit what wound up being the longest home run in Veterans Stadium history off of pitcher Jim Bunning in a 14–4 Pirates win over the Phillies. The spot where the ball landed was marked with a yellow star with a black "S" inside a white circle until Stargell's 2001 death, when the white circle was painted black. The star remained until the stadium's 2004 demolition.

### Season standings

vteNL 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 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 22, 1971: Johnny Briggs was traded by the Phillies to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ray Peters and Pete Koegel.
* June 12, 1971: Tony Taylor was traded by the Phillies to the Detroit Tigers for Carl Cavanaugh (minors) and Mike Fremuth (minors).
* July 17, 1971: Jerry Martin was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.

#### Draft picks

* June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball Draft
** Mike Schmidt was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round. Player signed June 11, 1971.
** Dane Iorg was drafted by the Phillies in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the Secondary Phase. Player signed June 19, 1971.

### Game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1971 Game Log Overall Record: 67–95 :
April (7–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6@ Pirates2–4Dock Ellis (1–0)Chris Short (0–1)None39,7120–1
2April 8@ Pirates0–2Luke Walker (1–0)Woodie Fryman (0–1)None12,2890–2
3April 10Expos4–1Jim Bunning (1–0)Bill Stoneman (0–1)Joe Hoerner (1)55,3521–2
4April 11Expos11–4Barry Lersch (1–0)Carl Morton (0–2)Bucky Brandon (1)12,4312–2
5April 12Pirates3–4 (11)Dave Giusti (1–0)Dick Selma (0–1)None19,4692–3
6April 13Pirates3–9Nelson Briles (1–1)Chris Short (0–2)None14,9342–4
7April 14Pirates6–5Joe Hoerner (1–0)Mudcat Grant (0–1)Dick Selma (1)8,3793–4
8April 16Braves7–8Cecil Upshaw (3–0)Jim Bunning (1–1)None15,0993–5
9April 17Braves2–6Ron Reed (2–1)Barry Lersch (1–1)None10,6863–6
10April 18Braves4–5 (10)Cecil Upshaw (4–0)Woodie Fryman (0–2)None29,5833–7
11April 20@ Expos1–0Chris Short (1–2)Ernie McAnally (0–1)None11,6344–7
–April 21@ ExposPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 20 as a traditional double-header
12April 22@ Cardinals2–5Steve Carlton (4–0)Jim Bunning (1–2)None8,4114–8
13April 23@ Cardinals8–6Bucky Brandon (1–0)George Brunet (0–1)None29,2905–8
14April 24@ Cardinals0–5Jerry Reuss (2–2)Bill Champion (0–1)None17,7335–9
15April 25@ Cardinals4–5Frank Linzy (1–0)Woodie Fryman (0–3)None13,1225–10
16April 26@ Astros2–1Rick Wise (1–0)Tom Griffin (0–3)None7,2276–10
17April 27@ Astros0–1Larry Dierker (3–0)Jim Bunning (1–3)None8,1526–11
18April 28@ Astros3–4 (10)Jim Ray (1–1)Bucky Brandon (1–1)None8,5766–12
19April 30@ Cubs1–0Chris Short (2–2)Milt Pappas (3–2)None9,1107–12 :
May (10–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
20May 1@ Cubs4–7Ferguson Jenkins (4–2)Rick Wise (1–1)None16,6187–13
21May 2@ Cubs1–7Bill Hands (3–3)Jim Bunning (1–4)None9,5857–14
22May 3Cardinals3–2Barry Lersch (2–1)Chris Zachary (0–1)Joe Hoerner (2)9,1028–14
23May 4Cardinals3–7Jerry Reuss (3–3)Chris Short (2–3)None9,3398–15
24May 5Cardinals1–5Reggie Cleveland (2–2)Joe Hoerner (1–1)None10,1848–16
–May 6CardinalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 6 as a traditional double-header
25May 7Astros1–8Don Wilson (2–2)Jim Bunning (1–5)None15,7288–17
–May 8AstrosPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 27 as a traditional double-header
26May 9Astros2–1Barry Lersch (3–1)Jack Billingham (2–2)None36,1459–17
27May 10Cubs0–3Ferguson Jenkins (6–2)Chris Short (2–4)None8,6069–18
28May 11Cubs2–6Bill Hands (4–4)Rick Wise (1–2)None9,8739–19
29May 12Cubs4–9Ken Holtzman (2–4)Jim Bunning (1–6)None8,5189–20
30May 14@ Braves2–3Ron Reed (5–2)Barry Lersch (3–2)Cecil Upshaw (5)10,1649–21
31May 15@ Braves2–6Phil Niekro (3–3)Chris Short (2–5)None4,9769–22
32May 16@ Braves4–3Rick Wise (2–2)Pat Jarvis (0–5)Woodie Fryman (1)16,99010–22
33May 17@ Reds3–2Jim Bunning (2–6)Jim Merritt (0–5)Bucky Brandon (2)7,08911–22
34May 18@ Reds3–4Don Gullett (4–2)Barry Lersch (3–3)Joe Gibbon (3)7,39911–23
35May 19Mets4–1Chris Short (3–5)Jerry Koosman (3–2)None19,15912–23
36May 20Mets1–0Rick Wise (3–2)Gary Gentry (3–4)None14,61913–23
37May 21Reds3–7Tony Cloninger (2–1)Jim Bunning (2–7)Wayne Granger (5)26,15913–24
38May 22Reds5–3Barry Lersch (4–3)Jim Merritt (0–6)None31,62814–24
39May 23Reds3–4Don Gullett (5–2)Chris Short (3–6)Clay Carroll (6)40,45514–25
40May 24Reds2–1Rick Wise (4–2)Gary Nolan (3–4)None13,61415–25
41May 25@ Mets4–5 (12)Danny Frisella (2–1)Jim Bunning (2–8)None18,85315–26
42May 26@ Mets3–2 (12)Bucky Brandon (2–1)Tug McGraw (3–2)None22,40916–26
43May 28@ Dodgers2–6Al Downing (4–2)Chris Short (3–7)None27,30916–27
44May 29@ Dodgers3–9Bill Singer (3–9)Rick Wise (4–3)None35,84316–28
45May 30@ Dodgers1–2 (12)Jim Brewer (3–1)Bucky Brandon (2–2)None36,38516–29
46May 31 (1)@ Padres3–1Jim Bunning (3–8)Al Severinsen (1–1)Bucky Brandon (3)see 2nd game17–29
47May 31 (2)@ Padres3–6Bob Miller (2–1)Barry Lersch (4–4)None7,45817–30 :
June (14–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
48June 2@ Padres0–6Steve Arlin (2–7)Rick Wise (4–4)None2,42517–31
49June 4@ Giants5–3Chris Short (4–7)Gaylord Perry (6–3)Jim Bunning (1)9,40318–31
50June 5@ Giants5–3Joe Hoerner (2–1)Jerry Johnson (6–2)None10,94519–31
51June 6 (1)@ Giants1–0Rick Wise (5–4)Steve Stone (4–4)Nonesee 2nd game20–31
52June 6 (2)@ Giants3–4 (12)Rich Robertson (2–2)Joe Hoerner (2–2)None33,51620–32
53June 8Dodgers2–4Bill Singer (4–9)Chris Short (4–8)Jim Brewer (5)21,38820–33
54June 9Dodgers9–4Ken Reynolds (1–0)Claude Osteen (6–4)Woodie Fryman (2)19,00421–33
55June 10Dodgers4–2Rick Wise (6–4)Don Sutton (4–6)None19,49322–33
56June 11Padres1–2Dave Roberts (5–5)Barry Lersch (4–5)None19,26022–34
57June 12Padres3–0Jim Bunning (4–8)Steve Arlin (2–9)Bucky Brandon (4)17,03923–34
58June 13Padres8–9Bob Miller (3–1)Bill Wilson (0–1)Dick Kelley (1)35,34323–35
59June 14Giants9–4Rick Wise (7–4)Gaylord Perry (6–5)None16,11824–35
60June 15Giants0–6Ron Bryant (6–3)Barry Lersch (4–6)None21,58824–36
61June 16Giants6–3Jim Bunning (5–8)Steve Stone (4–5)Joe Hoerner (3)27,21225–36
62June 18@ Mets0–2Gary Gentry (6–4)Ken Reynolds (1–1)None45,42825–37
63June 19@ Mets5–6 (15)Danny Frisella (3–1)Bill Wilson (0–2)None52,17125–38
64June 20 (1)@ Mets6–7Tug McGraw (5–3)Bucky Brandon (2–3)Nonesee 2nd game25–39
65June 20 (2)@ Mets9–7 (11)Woodie Fryman (1–3)Jim McAndrew (0–3)None51,13426–39
66June 21@ Reds5–3 (12)Bucky Brandon (3–3)Jim Merritt (0–9)None11,68327–39
67June 22@ Reds1–6Gary Nolan (5–7)Ken Reynolds (1–2)None13,22627–40
68June 23@ Reds4–0Rick Wise (8–4)Ross Grimsley (4–3)None13,32928–40
69June 24@ Reds3–1 (10)Joe Hoerner (3–2)Joe Gibbon (1–2)None16,21529–40
70June 25Pirates4–14Steve Blass (9–3)Jim Bunning (5–9)None38,73629–41
71June 26Pirates9–11Dock Ellis (12–3)Chris Short (4–9)Dave Giusti (14)24,96529–42
72June 27 (1)Pirates8–4Woodie Fryman (2–3)Bob Johnson (4–5)Joe Hoerner (4)see 2nd game30–42
73June 27 (2)Pirates9–10Bob Veale (3–0)Joe Hoerner (3–3)Dave Giusti (15)37,06230–43
74June 28@ Mets1–3Gary Gentry (7–5)Rick Wise (8–5)None24,15130–44
75June 29@ Mets0–3Tom Seaver (10–3)Barry Lersch (4–7)None22,01730–45
76June 30Reds7–4Bucky Brandon (4–3)Joe Gibbon (1–3)None17,57831–45 :
July (15–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1Reds1–5Jim McGlothlin (4–5)Jim Bunning (5–10)None15,58631–46
78July 2 (1)@ Expos2–4Dan McGinn (1–1)Rick Wise (8–6)Nonesee 2nd game31–47
79July 2 (2)@ Expos8–4Woodie Fryman (3–3)Bill Stoneman (9–8)None22,21032–47
80July 3@ Expos6–3Joe Hoerner (4–3)Carl Morton (7–10)None17,07433–47
81July 4@ Expos10–6Chris Short (5–9)Claude Raymond (1–6)Bill Wilson (1)16,42234–47
82July 5@ Braves6–5Woodie Fryman (4–3)Bob Priddy (3–5)Joe Hoerner (5)33,35335–47
83July 6@ Braves2–5George Stone (2–3)Rick Wise (8–7)Cecil Upshaw (11)7,95035–48
84July 7@ Braves2–4Ron Reed (9–6)Barry Lersch (4–8)None12,26835–49
85July 8Expos7–5Bill Wilson (1–2)Howie Reed (2–2)None12,58636–49
86July 9Expos0–3Steve Renko (8–9)Chris Short (5–10)None14,84736–50
87July 10 (1)Expos2–0Woodie Fryman (5–3)John Strohmayer (2–2)Nonesee 2nd game37–50
88July 10 (2)Expos3–2Rick Wise (9–7)Bill Stoneman (10–9)None37,01438–50
89July 11Expos11–5Bill Champion (1–1)Dan McGinn (1–2)Joe Hoerner (6)10,32139–50
–July 131971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Tiger Stadium in Detroit
90July 15@ Cubs6–7Joe Decker (1–1)Jim Bunning (5–11)None26,34639–51
91July 16@ Cubs2–11Ferguson Jenkins (14–8)Chris Short (5–11)None23,21239–52
92July 17@ Cubs5–2Woodie Fryman (6–3)Bill Hands (9–10)Joe Hoerner (7)30,35240–52
93July 18 (1)@ Astros1–0Ken Reynolds (2–2)Don Wilson (6–7)Nonesee 2nd game41–52
94July 18 (2)@ Astros7–10George Culver (4–6)Jim Bunning (5–12)None32,18141–53
95July 19@ Astros2–3 (11)Buddy Harris (1–0)Bill Wilson (1–3)None13,69341–54
96July 20@ Cardinals5–1Chris Short (6–11)Jerry Reuss (8–10)None14,65042–54
97July 21@ Cardinals1–6Reggie Cleveland (9–8)Barry Lersch (4–9)None16,20042–55
98July 22@ Cardinals0–8Bob Gibson (7–9)Woodie Fryman (6–4)None20,54742–56
99July 23Cubs4–3Ken Reynolds (3–2)Ken Holtzman (9–11)Bill Wilson (2)48,54343–56
100July 24Cubs1–2Ferguson Jenkins (16–8)Rick Wise (9–8)None30,24043–57
101July 25Cubs2–1Bill Wilson (2–3)Bill Hands (9–11)None19,57244–57
102July 26Astros4–7 (15)Jim Ray (7–2)Bucky Brandon (4–4)None10,84844–58
103July 27 (1)Astros8–3Woodie Fryman (7–4)Larry Dierker (12–5)Nonesee 2nd game45–58
104July 27 (2)Astros1–5Wade Blasingame (7–8)Ken Reynolds (3–3)None20,77945–59
105July 28Astros3–6Don Wilson (8–7)Rick Wise (9–9)None15,80245–60
106July 30Cardinals3–4Bob Gibson (9–9)Chris Short (6–12)None26,46145–61
107July 31Cardinals5–4 (16)Bucky Brandon (5–4)Moe Drabowsky (5–1)None19,26946–61 :
August (11–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1Cardinals6–9 (13)Stan Williams (4–4)Manny Muñiz (0–1)None22,43246–62
109August 2Braves4–0Rick Wise (10–9)George Stone (4–4)None12,10447–62
110August 3Braves3–2Chris Short (7–12)Bob Priddy (4–9)None17,70348–62
111August 4Braves3–5Mike McQueen (3–1)Bucky Brandon (5–5)None19,08648–63
112August 6@ Pirates3–2Bill Wilson (3–3)Dock Ellis (15–6)None21,32349–63
113August 7@ Pirates5–3Rick Wise (11–9)Bob Moose (7–7)Bill Wilson (3)29,56550–63
114August 8 (1)@ Pirates3–2Woodie Fryman (8–4)Steve Blass (11–5)Joe Hoerner (8)see 2nd game51–63
115August 8 (2)@ Pirates0–4Bob Johnson (7–7)Chris Short (7–13)None31,44851–64
116August 10@ Dodgers1–6Bill Singer (7–13)Barry Lersch (4–10)None26,50851–65
117August 11@ Dodgers1–4Doyle Alexander (4–3)Ken Reynolds (3–4)None20,13551–66
118August 12@ Dodgers3–1 (13)Bucky Brandon (6–5)Pete Mikkelsen (7–5)None19,75552–66
119August 13@ Padres5–2Rick Wise (12–9)Fred Norman (2–9)None4,00653–66
120August 15 (1)@ Padres4–5Dick Kelley (2–3)Bill Wilson (3–4)Nonesee 2nd game53–67
121August 15 (2)@ Padres2–3Dave Roberts (11–12)Barry Lersch (4–11)None8,10853–68
122August 17@ Giants1–5Gaylord Perry (13–9)Ken Reynolds (3–5)None8,97353–69
123August 18@ Giants0–7John Cumberland (7–2)Rick Wise (12–10)None10,66353–70
124August 20Dodgers5–9Pete Mikkelsen (8–5)Chris Short (7–14)Jim Brewer (15)30,00653–71
125August 21Dodgers3–0Woodie Fryman (9–4)Bill Singer (7–15)None46,63354–71
126August 22Dodgers3–2Ken Reynolds (4–5)Claude Osteen (12–8)Bill Wilson (4)26,40355–71
127August 23Padres3–1Rick Wise (13–10)Fred Norman (2–11)None10,65556–71
128August 24Padres0–2Ed Acosta (1–0)Barry Lersch (4–12)None10,68856–72
129August 25Padres0–7Clay Kirby (12–10)Bill Champion (1–2)None10,69656–73
–August 27GiantsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 28 as a traditional double-header
130August 28 (1)Giants2–5Steve Hamilton (2–2)Woodie Fryman (9–5)Jerry Johnson (15)see 2nd game56–74
131August 28 (2)Giants7–3Rick Wise (14–10)John Cumberland (7–3)None33,01257–74
132August 29Giants3–8Juan Marichal (14–9)Ken Reynolds (4–6)None26,82557–75
133August 30@ Pirates4–6Luke Walker (6–8)Bill Wilson (3–5)Dave Giusti (28)13,39957–76
134August 31@ Pirates5–7Bruce Kison (4–4)Joe Hoerner (4–4)Bob Miller (9)16,17957–77 :
September (10–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Pirates7–10Luke Walker (7–8)Bucky Brandon (6–6)None11,27857–78
136September 2Mets1–3Gary Gentry (11–9)Rick Wise (14–11)None17,11057–79
137September 3Mets1–7Ray Sadecki (6–5)Ken Reynolds (4–7)None16,29357–80
138September 4 (1)Mets5–6 (10)Tug McGraw (11–4)Dick Selma (0–2)Nonesee 2nd game57–81
139September 4 (2)Mets0–3Jim McAndrew (1–5)Barry Lersch (4–13)Danny Frisella (9)25,56057–82
140September 5Mets7–3Woodie Fryman (10–5)Nolan Ryan (9–12)Bill Wilson (5)16,88658–82
141September 6 (1)Cardinals3–6Bob Gibson (14–12)Rick Wise (14–12)Nonesee 2nd game58–83
142September 6 (2)Cardinals2–1Bill Champion (2–2)Chris Zachary (3–9)Joe Hoerner (9)13,19359–83
143September 7Cardinals5–7 (10)Don Shaw (6–1)Bill Wilson (3–6)Al Santorini (2)9,33959–84
144September 10@ Mets3–4Jerry Koosman (6–9)Rick Wise (14–13)Danny Frisella (10)25,43759–85
145September 11@ Mets2–9Tom Seaver (18–8)Woodie Fryman (10–6)None19,50859–86
146September 12@ Mets2–3Danny Frisella (7–4)Joe Hoerner (4–5)None16,70459–87
147September 13@ Cardinals6–5 (10)Bill Wilson (4–6)Don Shaw (6–2)None13,86360–87
148September 14@ Cardinals5–4Rick Wise (15–13)Chris Zachary (3–10)Chris Short (1)10,64061–87
149September 15Expos0–1Ernie McAnally (10–10)Woodie Fryman (10–7)None7,73461–88
150September 16Expos2–6Steve Renko (15–14)Bill Champion (2–3)None5,89361–89
151September 17Cubs3–4Joe Decker (3–1)Ken Reynolds (4–8)Larry Gura (1)13,64461–90
152September 18Cubs4–3 (12)Rick Wise (16–13)Phil Regan (5–4)None7,74062–90
153September 19Cubs3–6Ferguson Jenkins (22–13)Barry Lersch (4–14)None20,81562–91
–September 20@ ExposPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 21 as a traditional double-header
–September 20@ ExposPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 23
154September 21 (1)@ Expos5–4Bill Champion (3–3)Carl Morton (10–17)Bill Wilson (6)see 2nd game63–91
155September 21 (2)@ Expos3–4Jim Britton (2–3)Ken Reynolds (4–9)Mike Marshall (23)14,96363–92
156September 22@ Expos0–2Bill Stoneman (17–14)Rick Wise (16–14)None8,79863–93
157September 23@ Expos6–4Wayne Twitchell (1–0)Ernie McAnally (10–12)Bill Wilson (7)6,78664–93
158September 24@ Cubs6–1Barry Lersch (5–14)Milt Pappas (17–14)None2,18365–93
159September 25@ Cubs2–4Ferguson Jenkins (23–13)Bill Champion (3–4)None8,89165–94
160September 26@ Cubs5–1Ken Reynolds (5–9)Joe Decker (3–2)None18,50566–94
161September 28Pirates6–3Rick Wise (17–14)Dock Ellis (19–9)None14,58267–94
162September 30Pirates3–4Bob Moose (11–7)Bill Champion (3–5)Dave Giusti (30)14,15767–95 :
The August 1, 1971, game was protested by the Cardinals in the top of the twelfth inning. The protest was later upheld, and the game was completed on September 7 (with new umpires). :

### 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 | Tim McCarver | 134 | 474 | 132 | .278 | 8 | 46 |
| 1B | Deron Johnson | 158 | 582 | 154 | .265 | 34 | 95 |
| 2B | Denny Doyle | 95 | 342 | 79 | .231 | 3 | 24 |
| SS | Larry Bowa | 159 | 650 | 162 | .249 | 0 | 25 |
| 3B | John Vukovich | 74 | 217 | 36 | .166 | 0 | 14 |
| LF | Oscar Gamble | 92 | 280 | 62 | .221 | 6 | 23 |
| CF | Willie Montañez | 158 | 599 | 153 | .255 | 30 | 99 |
| RF | Roger Freed | 118 | 348 | 77 | .221 | 6 | 37 |

#### 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 |
| Don Money | 121 | 439 | 98 | .223 | 7 | 38 |
| Terry Harmon | 79 | 221 | 45 | .204 | 0 | 12 |
| Ron Stone | 95 | 185 | 42 | .227 | 2 | 23 |
| Mike Ryan | 43 | 134 | 22 | .164 | 3 | 6 |
| Joe Lis | 59 | 123 | 26 | .211 | 6 | 10 |
| Tony Taylor | 36 | 107 | 25 | .234 | 1 | 5 |
| Greg Luzinski | 28 | 100 | 30 | .300 | 3 | 15 |
| Mike Anderson | 26 | 89 | 22 | .247 | 2 | 5 |
| Larry Hisle | 36 | 76 | 15 | .197 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Pfeil | 44 | 70 | 19 | .271 | 2 | 9 |
| Byron Browne | 58 | 68 | 14 | .206 | 3 | 5 |
| Pete Koegel | 12 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 0 | 3 |
| Johnny Briggs | 10 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 3 |

### 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 |
| Rick Wise | 38 | 272.1 | 17 | 14 | 2.88 | 155 |
| Barry Lersch | 38 | 214.1 | 5 | 14 | 3.78 | 113 |
| Chris Short | 31 | 173.0 | 7 | 14 | 3.85 | 95 |
| Ken Reynolds | 35 | 162.1 | 5 | 9 | 4.49 | 81 |

#### 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 |
| Woodie Fryman | 37 | 149.1 | 10 | 7 | 3.38 | 104 |
| Jim Bunning | 29 | 110.0 | 5 | 12 | 5.48 | 58 |
| Bill Champion | 37 | 108.2 | 3 | 5 | 4.39 | 49 |
| Wayne Twitchell | 6 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 15 |
| Lowell Palmer | 3 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Hoerner | 49 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1.97 | 57 |
| Bucky Brandon | 52 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3.90 | 44 |
| Bill Wilson | 38 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3.07 | 40 |
| Dick Selma | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.28 | 15 |
| Manny Muñiz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.97 | 6 |

## Awards and honors
### Records

* Terry Harmon, National League record, Most Chances Accepted in one nine-inning game (18 chances on June 12, 1971)

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Eugene Emeralds | Pacific Coast League | Andy Seminick |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Nolan Campbell |
| A | Peninsula Phillies | Carolina League | Howie Bedell |
| A | Spartanburg Phillies | Western Carolinas League | Bob Wellman |
| A-Short Season | Walla Walla Phillies | Northwest League | Garry Powel |
| Rookie | Pulaski Phillies | Appalachian League | Harry Lloyd |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Peninsula