# 1971 Chicago White Sox season

The 1971 Chicago White Sox season was their 72nd season overall and 71st in the American League. They finished with a record of 79–83.

## Offseason

* December 31, 1970: Chuck Hartenstein was purchased by the White Sox from the Boston Red Sox.
* March 29, 1971: Tommy McCraw was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Ed Stroud.
* March 31, 1971: Duane Josephson and Danny Murphy were traded by the White Sox to the Boston Red Sox for Tony Muser and Vicente Romo.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Oakland Athletics | 101 | 60 | .627 | — | 46‍–‍35 | 55‍–‍25 |
| Kansas City Royals | 85 | 76 | .528 | 16 | 44‍–‍37 | 41‍–‍39 |
| Chicago White Sox | 79 | 83 | .488 | 22½ | 39‍–‍42 | 40‍–‍41 |
| California Angels | 76 | 86 | .469 | 25½ | 35‍–‍46 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Minnesota Twins | 74 | 86 | .463 | 26½ | 37‍–‍42 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 69 | 92 | .429 | 32 | 34‍–‍48 | 35‍–‍44 |

### Record vs. opponents

1971 American League recordvte 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Lee Richard, SS
* Jay Johnstone, CF
* Mike Andrews, 2B
* Bill Melton, 3B
* Carlos May, 1B
* Rick Reichardt, LF
* Walt Williams, RF
* Ed Herrmann, C
* Tommy John, P

### Notable transactions

* June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball Draft
** Warren Cromartie was drafted by the White Sox in the 7th round, but did not sign.
** Jeff Holly was drafted by the White Sox in the 17th round.
* July 7, 1971: Lee Maye was released by the White Sox.
* August 6, 1971: Joe Henderson was acquired by the White Sox from the Algodoneros de Union Laguna of the Mexican League.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Luis Alvarado, SS,2B | 99 | 264 | 22 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 34 | .216 | 1 |
| Mike Andrews, 2B,1B | 109 | 330 | 45 | 93 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 47 | 67 | 36 | .282 | 3 |
| Chuck Brinkman, C | 15 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .200 | 0 |
| Tom Egan, C | 85 | 251 | 29 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 26 | 94 | .239 | 1 |
| Ed Herrmann, C | 101 | 294 | 32 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 35 | 44 | 48 | .214 | 2 |
| Mike Hershberger, CF,RF | 74 | 177 | 22 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 30 | 23 | .260 | 6 |
| Ken Hottman, LF | 6 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .125 | 0 |
| Steve Huntz, 2B,SS,3B | 35 | 86 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | .209 | 1 |
| Jay Johnstone, CF,RF,LF | 124 | 388 | 53 | 101 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 40 | 38 | 50 | .260 | 10 |
| Pat Kelly, RF | 67 | 213 | 32 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 36 | 29 | .291 | 14 |
| Ron Lolich, RF | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | 0 |
| Carlos May, 1B,LF | 141 | 500 | 64 | 147 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 70 | 62 | 61 | .294 | 16 |
| Lee Maye, RF,LF | 32 | 44 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | .205 | 0 |
| Rich McKinney, 2B,RF,3B | 114 | 369 | 35 | 100 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 35 | 37 | .271 | 0 |
| Bill Melton, 3B | 150 | 543 | 72 | 146 | 18 | 2 | 33 | 86 | 61 | 87 | .269 | 3 |
| Rich Morales, SS,3B,2B | 84 | 185 | 19 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 26 | .243 | 2 |
| Tony Muser, 1B | 11 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .313 | 0 |
| Rick Reichardt, LF,CF,1B | 138 | 496 | 53 | 138 | 14 | 2 | 19 | 62 | 37 | 90 | .278 | 5 |
| Lee Richard, SS,CF | 87 | 260 | 38 | 60 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 46 | .231 | 8 |
| Bob Spence, 1B | 14 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .148 | 0 |
| Ed Stroud, OF | 53 | 141 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 20 | .177 | 4 |
| Walt Williams, RF,LF | 114 | 361 | 43 | 106 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 24 | 27 | .294 | 5 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Tom Bradley, P | 48 | 96 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 32 | .156 | 0 |
| Don Eddy, P | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| Terry Forster, P | 45 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | 0 |
| Rich Hinton, P | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 |
| Joe Horlen, P | 36 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .100 | 0 |
| Pat Jacquez, P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Tommy John, P | 38 | 69 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | .145 | 0 |
| Bart Johnson, P | 53 | 57 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | .193 | 0 |
| Steve Kealey, P | 54 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .200 | 0 |
| Jim Magnuson, P | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Stan Perzanowski, P | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Vicente Romo, P | 45 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .364 | 0 |
| Wilbur Wood, P | 44 | 96 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 57 | .052 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5382 | 617 | 1346 | 185 | 30 | 138 | 568 | 562 | 870 | .250 | 83 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
| Tom Bradley | 15 | 15 | 2.96 | 45 | 39 | 2 | 285.2 | 273 | 111 | 94 | 16 | 79 | 206 |
| Don Eddy | 0 | 2 | 2.38 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 14 |
| Terry Forster | 2 | 3 | 3.99 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 49.2 | 46 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 26 | 48 |
| Rich Hinton | 3 | 4 | 4.44 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 24.1 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| Joe Horlen | 8 | 9 | 4.26 | 34 | 18 | 2 | 137.1 | 150 | 72 | 65 | 12 | 32 | 82 |
| Pat Jacquez | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Tommy John | 13 | 16 | 3.61 | 38 | 35 | 0 | 229.1 | 244 | 115 | 92 | 17 | 63 | 131 |
| Bart Johnson | 12 | 10 | 2.93 | 53 | 16 | 14 | 178.0 | 148 | 67 | 58 | 9 | 117 | 153 |
| Steve Kealey | 2 | 2 | 3.84 | 54 | 1 | 6 | 77.1 | 69 | 40 | 33 | 10 | 32 | 50 |
| Jim Magnuson | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 30.0 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 11 |
| Denny O'Toole | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Stan Perzanowski | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Vicente Romo | 1 | 7 | 3.38 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 72.0 | 52 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 43 | 48 |
| Wilbur Wood | 22 | 13 | 1.91 | 44 | 42 | 1 | 334.0 | 272 | 95 | 71 | 21 | 64 | 210 |
| Team Totals | 79 | 83 | 3.12 | 162 | 162 | 32 | 1450.1 | 1348 | 597 | 503 | 100 | 506 | 976 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Tucson Toros | Pacific Coast League | Gordon Maltzberger |
| AA | Asheville Tourists | Southern League | Larry Sherry |
| A | Appleton Foxes | Midwest League | Joe Sparks |
| Rookie | GCL White Sox | Gulf Coast League | Joe Jones |