1971 Chicago White Sox season

1971 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League West (since 1969)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Arthur Allyn, Jr. and John Allyn
General manager(s)	Stu Holcomb
Manager(s)	Chuck Tanner
Local television	WFLD (Jack Drees, Bud Kelly)
Local radio	WTAQ (AM), WEAW (Harry Caray, Ralph Faucher)
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The 1971 Chicago White Sox season was their 72nd season overall and 71st in the American League. They finished with a record 79-83, good enough for third place in the American League West, 22½ games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason

December 31, 1970: Chuck Hartenstein was purchased by the White Sox from the Boston Red Sox.^[1]
March 29, 1971: Tommy McCraw was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Ed Stroud.^[2]
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.^[3]

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	—

Opening Day lineup

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.^[4]
- Jeff Holly was drafted by the White Sox in the 17th round.^[5]
July 7, 1971: Lee Maye was released by the White Sox.^[6]
August 6, 1971: Joe Henderson was acquired by the White Sox from the Algodoneros de Union Laguna of the Mexican League.^[7]

Roster

1971 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

24 Tom Bradley

32 Don Eddy

51 Terry Forster

44,50 Rich Hinton

20 Joe Horlen

44 Pat Jacquez

25 Tommy John

21,42 Bart Johnson

23 Steve Kealey

40 Jim Magnuson

52 Dennis O'Toole

46 Stan Perzanowski

27 Vicente Romo

28 Wilbur Wood

Catchers

11 Chuck Brinkman

8 Tom Egan

12 Ed Herrmann

Infielders

1 Luis Alvarado

2 Mike Andrews

19 Steve Huntz

17 Carlos May

26 Rich McKinney

14 Bill Melton

30 Rich Morales

5 Tony Muser

9 Lee Richard

22 Bob Spence

Outfielders

15 Mike Hershberger

16 Ken Hottman

10 Jay Johnstone

18 Pat Kelly

19 Ron Lolich

19 Lee Maye

48 Rick Reichardt

6 Ed Stroud

3 Walt Williams

Manager

7 Chuck Tanner

Coaches

4 Luke Appling

37 Joe Lonnett

35 Alex Monchak

33 Johnny Sain

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

Notes

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1971 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

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